Firefighters Fight Fire To Save Town In Wild North Reach
Hammond leads miners in a back fire along Loon Creek to stop a spreading blaze menacing a town. Terry orders evacuations and care for women while Jeanne aids the injured and coordinates supplies as the wind drives flames toward the forest. A rescue plan hinges on burning marsh grass to create a firebreak. The effort continues as smoke fills the air and a worker reports someone trapped in the grass.
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Hammond
Terry
Jeanne Towers
Jeanne
Kenning
Fromm
Lew
Jack
Kay
Jack Hammond
Timmy May
Cannes
Annie
Kay Joyce
Lew Snade
Reward For Honesty In Lynn Discloses Found Purse Return
Leo Wade found a woman's purse in Lynn Massachusetts opened it and located 2613 dollars in cash and bank deposit books for 3200 dollars. An automobile license bore the owner’s name so he returned the purse to her hotel receiving a five dollar reward. Wade said he would do it again. Car rying trade is a term used in political economy to describe commerce between nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Wade
Lynn
Mass
Leo
Wade
Tired Nerves Warn of Fatigue from Overwork
Dr John Thompson of Harvard told the AAAS that excessive physical and mental labor wears nerves and reflexes, with tiredness signaling illnesses like tuberculosis thyroid trouble and anaemia. He cited Chicago experiments where sleep deprivation led to partial insanity and aggressive acts, noting activity in other areas aids treatment.
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John Thompson
Harvard University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Thompson
University of Chicago
Harvard
Practical Dreams Differ by Gender Says Research
Dr Charles Dumerens of the University of Cincinnati reports to the AAAS that women dream more of beauty and fantasy while men dream more of practical matters. Women more often hear music see colors and have nightmares. men have fewer anxious dreams and more embarrassing or thirsty dreams. Both sexes dream mainly in the late night hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Diserens
University of Cincinnati
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Royal Tour to Canada Won’t Accept Private Invitations
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced that King George VI and Queen Elizabeth will visit Canada next summer as guests of the nation and will avoid accepting gifts from individuals or bodies. The plan expanded from a single capital stop to a nationwide tour to ease the burden of the long journey.
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Canada
George
Elizabeth
Mackenzie King
United Kingdom
Dominion
Ypres Name Change Decrees Belgian Commission Ruling
The village known as Ypres and nicknamed Wipers by veterans will be renamed to Leper on January 1 after a Belgian Royal Commission ruling. Hundreds more towns will receive French or Flemish names. Louvain becomes Leuven Bruges Brugge Courtrai Kortrijk and Mons will be Bergen.
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Ypres
Royal Commission of Names
Louvain
Leuven
Bruges
Brugge
Courtrai
Kortrijk
Mons
Bergen
Returned Newsboys Reignite Lone Detroit Christmas Cheer Fund
Detroit's Old Newsboys, now prominent civic figures, returned to street papers selling to raise over $150,000 for their annual cheer fund. The effort lights holidays for 65,000 underprivileged children, continuing a 25 year tradition started to fund a $400 goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
The Starting Point Marketing Challenge for Canadian Farms
The Lethbridge Herald argues Canada faces a grave issue unless farmers can market wheat and farm products profitably. It asserts the farmer on the land is the core purchasing power enabling all others to buy goods, including miners, fishermen, and lumbermen.
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Canada
Lethbridge Herald
Bacteria Multiply by Splitting Under Favorable Conditions
Bacteria reproduce by binary fission, where one cell divides into two. Under ideal conditions this cycle can occur every half hour, meaning a single bacterium could yield about 2.815e14 descendants in 24 hours.
Bluenose Captain Plans World Fair Exhibition Return
Captain Angus Walters of the Bluenose and his Halifax bride Mildred Butler traveled to New York to finalize plans to exhibit the fishing schooner at the upcoming World's Fair. Walters intends to retire the Bluenose permanently from fishing and arrange shipment to Miami for winter exhibition. England’s king and queen alone may drive through London’s Marble Arch gates.
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Angus Walters
Boston
Mildred Butler
Halifax
New York
Walters
Bluenose
Miami
Florida
King
Queen of
England
Marble Arch
London
Scottish farmers report worst crop season in 25 years
Scottish farmers report their worst harvest in a quarter century with yields down across crops due to drought, pests, and market pressures. Growers seek assistance from agencies as storage and transport challenges ease.
French astrologers predict 1939 upheaval and Duce’s death
France’s leading astrologers foresee a catastrophe year in 1939 with Il Duce Mussolini’s fatal mischance and European turmoil. They warn of March 21 and May 3 crisis tied to Munich, Mars influence in June, and warns of war scares without actual war.
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Mussolini
France
Il Duce
Dom Neroman
Paris
Europe
Munich
Tokyo
Moscow
Plan For International Currency by Jenson Never Tried
Thomas Shaw Jenson died at 78 in Vancouver at his daughter's home. He proposed an international currency with a six gram gold unit named rex valued at six dollars, with smaller units in six cent multiples. Jenson was a friend of Hon. R. B. Bennett who spoke of the plan to S. F. Darling of the Midland Bank. the plan was never implemented.
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Thomas Shaw Jenson
Vancouver
Jenson
Hon
R. B. Bennett
Dominion
S. F. Darling
Midland Bank
England
Duke of York Named Ship Under Construction at Clydebank
The Admiralty announced the battleship under construction at John Brown & Company Clydebank yards will be named the Duke of York. The warship, part of the 1937 program, was originally to be named the Anson.
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Admiralty
Clydebank
John Brown & Company, Limited
Duke of York
Man Hates Lacing Shoes as Sign of Approaching Age
A terse observation notes that reluctance to lace shoes in the morning signals aging. It frames a simple daily habit as a marker of growing years.
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Fourcross
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British Consols Cigarettes
Ec Rik Csater Ane
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