Flirting With Death at Protected Railway Crossings
A December report by Canada’s Board of Transport Commissioners details dangerous practices at protected railway crossings from Halifax to Vancouver during 1938. It notes 346 cases across 24 offence types, with 140 crossing in front of trains despite signals and 42 driving under lowering gates, urging stricter license suspensions to curb the trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Transport Commissioners For Canada
Halifax
Vancouver
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Crossings Head
Reductions Forecast for League of Nations Budget
The budget committee urged a $7,252,600 1839 appropriation be cut by $1,518,750 citing state withdrawals and surpluses from back payments. Also noted is Gloucester England planning a new $5,000,000 airplane factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
Gloucester
England
New Germ Destroyer Uses Light Waves To Kill Germs
Scientists Dr. Harvey C. Rentscher and Dr. Rudolph Nagy of Westinghouse labs report a method to kill specific germ types by exposing them to defined light intensities for set times. Potential hospital use includes targeted illumination during operations to sterilize incisions and prevent infections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association For the Advancement of
Harvey C. Rentscher
Rudolph Nagy
Westinghouse Research Laboratories
Philadelphia
Radium Market Preceded Discovery Linked to Congo Supply
The piece notes radium sources pre discovery, with most supply from the Belgian Congo and prices around 70,000 dollars per gram, vastly higher than current rates at 840,000 dollars per ounce. The statement reflects price levels and geographic origins before the field’s identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgian Congo
Tomato Canned Goods Lead US Volume Among Vegetables
The tomato tops canned vegetables by volume in the United States while peaches and pineapples dominate canned fruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Empire Youth City Idea Seen Nearing Reality in London
Lord Bessborough outlines a £1 000 000 youth city plan for London to be built as a home for visiting students from the United Kingdom dominions and colonies. The project aims to symbolize unity among free peoples with a central block housing a theatre restaurant gymnasium chapel library and lecture halls and wing dormitories for 200 students from each dominion and colony. Public funds would finance a central block of about £250 000. The proposal positions youth as a future force and compares the cost to that of a destroyer as a defence and inspiration.
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London
United Kingdom
Guildhall
Empire Press
Earl of Bessborough
Canada
Lord Bessborough
Empire
Dominions
India
Colonies
RAF crew flee bull in field near Loughborough
A Royal Air Force bomber crew forced to land in a field near Loughborough to escape danger. They ran at top speed after landing as a bull charged from the field. The men crossed a hedge to safety just as the bull returned to the aircraft.
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Royal Air Force
Loughborough
England
World's Largest Icebreaker Has Nickel-Steel Propeller
The icebreaker keeps the upper St. Lawrence River navigable in winter with a four Blade nickel steel propeller. Each blade weighs 5800 pounds and resists heavy shocks at low temperatures. Coral is a polyp, not an insect. Tunis, capital of Tunisia, has about 250000 residents.
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St. Lawrence River
Dr Williams Pink Pills Claim Health Boost
An old ad extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood builder that increases red corpuscles and oxygen delivery. It warns of numbness and fatigue from low oxygen and urges readers to obtain the pills from their druggist to regain energy and pep.
Southern Polar Route Could Trim 10000 Miles in Flight
A government white paper proposes a southern polar air route cutting about 10 000 miles from Cape Town to Sydney flights. It would use Adelie Land near the South Pole as a stopover with France’s permission and require allied cooperation.
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South Africa
Australia
Cape Town
Sydney
Africa
Alexandria
India
Singapore
France
Adelie Land
South Pole
United Kingdom
New Zealand
Mystery of Bertha Sybert’s Bouncing Bed Baffles Jonesville
In Jonesville Virginia residents investigate a nine year old girl Bertha Marie Sybert whose bed reportedly scratches and shakes at night. Grandmother Rebecca Sybert says the phenomenon began after 6 p.m. and has grown more violent, with Baptist minister Rev. Victor Sword noting the events are beyond his knowledge. Bertha remains unfazed though uncomfortable.
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Jonesville
Virginia
Bertha Marie Sybert
Rebecca Sybert
Bertha
Victor Sword
Selected Recipes for Ham Waffles and Buttered Syrup
Sift flour with baking powder and salt. Stir in egg yolks and milk until smooth, then add melted butter. Fold in stiff egg whites. Bake in a hot waffle iron, adding ham before closing. Serve with butter and maple syrup or eggs. Makes four or five four-section waffles.
Waffle Batter Recipe from Old Kitchen Column
A vintage recipe describes mixing 2 cups sifted cake flour with baking powder soda salt and sugar then folding in beaten egg yolks milk and melted butter or beaten egg whites. The batter is heated until smooth and baked in a hot waffle iron yielding four to five sections served with butter and syrup.
Belief in Mythic Creatures Through History
A brief look at how people in earlier eras readily accepted legends of mermaids, sirens, unicorns, centaurs, lamias and sea serpents, with many imagining diverse sizes and forms.
Bones Found Of Giant Horse And Dwarf Buffalo In SA Caves
Scientists in South Africa report fossils of a giant horse and a dwarf buffalo were uncovered in caves as part of studies into early human evolution and possible ape like traits in ancient fauna.
Canada’s oldest trapping business gains speed from air and radio
Trappers across the Northwest Territories and western Canada increasingly use commercial aviation and Royal Canadian Signals radio to reach cabins, post offices, and markets. Edmonton firms shuttle about 150 trappers each fall, delivering furs by air and returning to civilization in hours. The aviation era reduces trail time, opens new ground, and helps secure higher fur prices.
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Canada
Northwest Territories
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Edmonton
Coureur de Bois
Right Man In Right Place Admiral Pound Extended
The News of the World says Admiral Sir Dudley Pound will have his Mediterranean Fleet command extended for another year. He is described as quick with a breezy manner, a strong seaman, and author of a ship organization standard. He is hailed for courage, having twice saved lives at sea and once ordered a dangerous rescue under foul air aboard the Superb.
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Dudley Pound
Mediterranean
News of the World
Britain
British Columbia
Superb
Comdr
Pound
Nazi anthem tempo order after Hitler complaint
A music criticism of Chancellor Hitler prompted Heinrich Himmler to order the German national anthem Deutschland Ueber Alles to be played at a speed in conformity with its nature. The Fuehrer complained at a Nazi meeting that the anthem was played too fast.
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Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Fuehrer
Elasmosaurus: Giant Cretaceous Reptile of Kansan Seas
Elasmosaurus, a giant Cretaceous reptile, had a porpoise like body and an astonishing snakelike neck. It reached about 40 feet in length and inhabited the area now Kansas, then a vast sea evidenced by deposits.
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Kansas
Corner ice cream wafers tap a penny tale
A child asks his mother for a penny for a poor man. The mother questions the man’s location and the boy replies that the man is at the corner selling ice cream wafers.
Memorial Coronation Gifts Worldwide Through Royal Planting Scheme
The Coronation Planting Committee in London chronicles 19000 living memorials across the British Empire from trees to gardens and display schemes. A volume titled The Royal Record will document these efforts and be presented to the King with public copies. The piece also notes tuna cannery data as a separate tidbit.
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George
Elizabeth
London
Regina Leader-Post
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Science
Fanpire
Bull
Tunis
Tunisia
North Africa
Southern Polar Air Route
Australa
Appleford Paper Products Ltd
Winnipeg - Regina
Saskatoon
Calgary
Jack
Jack Frost
British Empire
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Ottawa
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