Death Stalks The Highway Campaign Promotes Safer Driving
A federal plan to cut road deaths in Canada aims to reduce the 1935 US toll of over 36 000 automobile fatalities and similar Canadian losses. The campaign highlights recklessness and alcohol as key factors, citing 242 crashes at railroad crossings in 1935 and urging drivers to avoid drink and drive.
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Department of Transportation
Canada
United States
U.S.A
Board of Railway Commissioners
Wainwright Buffalo For Germany
Canada to send twenty buffalo cows from Wainwright Alberta to Germany to aid European bison recovery. Luis Heck of Berlin gardens led the initiative with Interior Minister Crerar confirming the plan. A second note reports Prof. Haggar advising small frequent meals to boost work efficiency. The article also mentions Earth’s 584,600,000 mile yearly orbit.
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Wainwright Buffalo
Germany
Europe
Crerar
Wainwright
Alta
Buffalo National Park
Luis Heck
Berlin
France's Post Office Offers Dial Answer Service
In Paris the new If you please service by George Mandel charges 6 to 15 cents for ordinary questions and 20 to 30 cents for tougher queries. A post office cyclist can deliver drinks or flowers for 35 cents by day or 70 cents at night. The service aims to test jokers with higher bills for harder queries.
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France
America
V.P
George Mandel
Beggars Academy Found in Czechoslovakia City
Police in Pilsen uncover a beggars academy housed in an empty Skornany barn. Two adult instructors trained twenty six boys to appear miserable blind or dumb. Practical beggar exercises used crutches and bandages. pupils wrote begging letters and shared loot with teachers.
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Skornany
Strengthening Air Forces with New Coastal Planes
The Canadian government orders four Blackburn Shark class coastal protection aircraft from Blackburn Aviation of England to bolster spring air force defence. The planes match British naval service models with lifting power for 1,500-pound torpedoes or bombs and carry survey photography and artillery spotting gear. A supplementary fuel tank gives a 1,000 mile cruising radius for use by the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Air Force Defence of
Canada
Blackburn Aviation Company
England
British
Naval Air Service
Royal Canadian Air Force
Aerial torpedo inventor Nazir hailed as future war changer
Phiroze P. Nazir a young aeronautical research student at Queen Marys College London claims a flying projectile could travel up to 200 miles at 300 miles an hour with self contained fuel and drop at a set distance. He also describes tail gun systems that fire on approaching planes to overwhelm whole squadrons.
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Queen Mary's College
London
England
Marconi
Phiroze P. Nazir
Government of
India
Nazir
Cornell Cyclotron Creates Synthetic Radium Substitute
Cornell University announces completion of a cyclotron in Ithaca New York capable of producing artificial radium at a cost of 5000 dollars per unit versus natural radium priced at forty thousand dollars per gram. The second cyclotron of its kind in existence is now in operation alongside the original at the University of California.
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Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
E. A. Lawrence
University of California
Chocolate Cookies Crisp and Easy to Make
A fold of 12 cup finely chopped nuts adds crunch to a chocolate cookie recipe. Melt chocolate with shortening and sugar then beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in flour Benson's Corn Starch vanilla and corn syrup. Bake on oiled sheets at 400 degrees F for 15 minutes. Cut while warm.
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Mazda
Farm stock keeper relies on ancestral laying herds
The article argues farmers should not keep hens beyond the second laying year unless ancestors have laid many large eggs for three or more years. It compares poultry longevity to a camel's need for water, noting water loss weakens strength after three days without it.
Faber & Co Celebrates 450 Years of Family Publishing
The Madgeburg firm Faber & Co marks four and a half centuries of continuous family ownership. Its first publication is recorded as the Psalms of David issued in 1485.
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Faber & Co
Madgeburg
Germany
Curious Grapefruit Rinds Stir Household Curiosity
In a short rural dialogue a mistress notices her maid has been taking empty grapefruit shells home. The maid sheepishly admits to carrying them away and jokes they make her garbage look stylish.
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Annie Mae
Mrs Francis Allcott Praises Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
A Toronto reader endorses Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a system builder and stomach t0ner. She reports relief from indigestion and sour stomach and says the tonic boosts appetite and energy. Available at drug stores in various sizes and forms with prices listed.
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Francis Allcott
Sackville St. Toronto
Pierce
Normandy County Mandates Night Lanterns for Pedestrians
The Normandy county council requires all pedestrians on unlit highways to carry a lantern at night to prevent being run over. The rule aims to improve safety for walkers and reduce traffic accidents after dark.
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Normandy
France
County Council
PhosphFerine claims tonic relief for fatigue and nerves
Advert says PHOSFERINE, a British tonic, boosts energy helps sleep and appetite and eases debility. It promises relief from insomnia, rheumatic pains, indigestion, and nervous fatigue with liquid or tablet forms at three price sizes.
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Howard W. Haggard
Yale University
Western
Post Office
Institution For Beggars
Beggars’ Academy
Pilsen
Czechoslovakia
Ogden's
Ogden
Old Publishing Firm
Atd
Iratian Bates
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