Mass Bombing Strategy Shapes Early World War Prep
The article outlines European plans to use rapid air offensives to force quick victories. It discusses Britain and France buying American bombers and pursuit planes, aiming to strike railways, highways, and factories and to deter land warfare with air power. It cites Italian general Douhet and Balbo, noting belief that civilian targets and large city bombings could precede land campaigns.
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Germany
Europe
Great Britain
France
London
Gulio Doghet
Douhet
Italo Balbo
Curious British Habit Celebrating Isandlwana Loss
The Baltimore Sun comments on a photograph from the Evening Sun showing Englishmen and Zulus conversing at a celebration of Isandhlwana sixty years past. It argues the British habit of commemorating defeats while the Zulus benefit from the memory, noting the 832 English killed and the eventual British victory.
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Isandhiwana
Europe
Baltimore Sun
Australia’s Alice Bettridge Leads Deaf Magazine Work
Thirty year old Alice Bettridge, dubbed Australia’s Helen Keller, is deaf, dumb, and blind yet active. She edits Evraille Australian Magazine, knits professionally, and is an expert typist. She writes the leading article and various stories.
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Alice Bettridge
Australia
Helen Keller
Evraille
Calcutta Man Drinks Over Three Hundred Thousand Teas
Nepa Chandra Bhattacharp of Calcutta has consumed more than 300000 cups of tea in thirty years, averaging about 30 cups per day. This record highlights his extraordinary tea habit and daily ritual.
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Nepa Chandra Bhattacharp
Calcutta
India
Sun’s rays reportedly melt 424 foot ice layer in a year
A historical note claims extreme solar heat could melt a 424 foot thick ice sheet within twelve months, illustrating dramatic climate extremes and potential impact on polar regions and shipping routes.
Royal Portrait on Canadian Stamps Needs Cleaning
The Regina Leader-Post notes rude stamp cancellations mar Canada Post letters with crude devices and poor ink. It imagines King George VI and his daughters seeing a blotched royal portrait, urging funds to improve canceling gear for tidier mail art.
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Siberia
Russia
Canada
Regina
Diet Conscious Canada Inspires British Households
The five year comparison shows Canada leading in diet awareness with fruit breakfasts, widespread salads, and automatic orange juice. British researchers laid the groundwork but lagged in applying science. now Britain has accelerated, with government action moving toward improved national nutrition.
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Canada
Great Britain
High Paying Dominion Role Promises Service to Women
The Dominion government to hire a chief of the agriculture department consumer service, a top paying job for women. The successful applicant will begin at 3780 dollars annually, with potential raise to 4140 dollars. Duties include advising on Canadian food products and addressing women’s clubs about grading regulations.
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Dominion Government Service
Agriculture Department
Consumer Service
Copper Namesake From Cyprus Roots
The metal copper traces its name to cyprum from aes cyprium meaning metal of Cyprus. The island provided nearly all ancient copper supplies.
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Cyprus
Great dragon lizards found on island near Java
Scientists report discovery of dragon lizard species on a small island off Java. The find includes sizable specimens and suggests a previously unknown endemic population. Further study planned to classify habitat and origin.
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Java
Royal Train Preparations for King and Queen’s Canadian Tour
Work has begun on royal coaches in Montreal with royal blue exteriors and fresh interiors. The King and Queen will travel in two all steel air conditioned private cars with 12 coaches including dining lounge and bedrooms. A pilot train will precede to carry journalists and staff, while interiors receive new draperies, fittings and radio in car two.
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Canada
Montreal
Earth's annual orbit covers 584 million miles
The Earth completes a yearly orbit around the sun totaling about 584.6 million miles. This vast voyage defines the progression of seasons and the solar year for observers on Earth.
Started Career At Eight A Printer’s Long Detroit Run
Mrs Jeannie M Winder Carkeek a veteran printer now 78 continues type setting in Detroit after a career begun 70 years ago in Toronto. She was guest of honor at the Women s Advertising Club dinner and is the daughter of the late Rev Daniel K Winder who started a Toronto press.
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Toronto
Detroit
Jeannie M. Winder Carkeek
Carkeek
Women's Advertising Club
Daniel K. Winder
Mary Jane
Ottawa judge urges owner proof to curb thefts
Judge J. F. McKinley of the Ottawa juvenile court suggests theft insurance policies require owners to prove cars were locked at theft time. He believes this clause would reduce thefts more than harsher criminal penalties. Three youths were remanded for one week on charges of taking a car without the owner's consent.
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J. F. McKinley
Ottawa
Tickling Feet as Early Torture and the Phrase
An old practice in China used sole tickling as torture, explaining the origin of the modern expression tickled to death. The note connects a primitive method to a widely used idiom.
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China
Lotus Part of Asiatic Food and Beauty
The article notes that Asiatic people admire the lotus for beauty and use its seeds and thick rootstock as food. Strong cultural details but limited scope.
Be Smart Pattern 6297 for Embroidered Bride Set
The notice describes a cross stitch pattern 6297 titled Be Smart Make your Kitchen Gay. It includes a transfer pattern for seven materials and illustrations of stitches and color schemes. To obtain the pattern send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. There is no Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Unemployment Insurance Plan Faces Provincial Hurdles
Government moves to implement a national unemployment insurance plan await provincial consent. Norman Rogers says Quebec Premier Duplessis overstates federalism, while Alberta New Brunswick and Quebec with Ontario hold back. An expert from Geneva drafted a measure ready for Canada, but unanimous provincial approval is required. The debate mirrors U S Social Security model options and constitutional concerns.
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Norman Rogers
House of Commons
Rogers
Duplessis
Quebec
Canada
Roggrs
Alberta
New Brunswick
Ontario
Geneva
Neill
United States
Manion
Speaking Durations Across Nations Draw Daily Reactions
The article notes that public speeches are typically shorter in Europe and Britain, with audiences punctual and speeches rarely exceeding 15 minutes. It cites Harold Nicholson in The Hague recommending 40 minutes for the first part and 20 for the second, totaling 49 minutes, before a break. It contrasts Dutch efficiency with American and Canadian habits and laments potential apathy at home if speakers are not exceptionally engaging.
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Atlantic
Europe
British Isles
Harold Nicholson
M.P
The
Hague
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Quite A Change Of Immigration From The United States
Immigrants to Canada in 1938 totaled 17 244 with 5 833 from the United States and 4 059 Canadians returning from the United States. The shift marks a reversal of former patterns. In Somerset England police study bird protection duties as part of their training.
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Canada
United States
Dominion
Somerset
England
No Visit To Callander Inroy Royal Tour Plans
A government official said the king and queen will not travel to Callander to see the Dionne quints during their Canada visit next summer. The quints could only see the royals if they travel to a location on the itinerary, which would require an 80 mile trip to Sudbury on June 5. The plan does not include a Callander stop or a Muskoka rest day in June. Dr Allan Roy Dafoe, the quints’ guardian, agrees the 80 mile trip would not be done.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Callander
Canada
Sudbury
Allan Roy Dafoe
Muskoka
Inventor Malignani Dies in Italy at 65
Arturo Malignani, an electrical engineer credited with practical vacuum creation in bulbs, died in Undine Italy. Thomas Edison reportedly sent technicians to assist him.
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Arturo Malignani
Undine
Italy
Thomas Edison
Malignani
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Brooks
Dionne
North America
Cape Breton Island
Nova Scotia
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