Helium shown to aid health and industry worldwide
A Buffalo Courier-Express report notes that America gift helium is useful beyond airship needs. It helps treat breathing obstructions, aids newborns, protects divers and caisson workers, and may assist in pneumonia and tuberculosis treatment while enabling wider industrial uses and export under restrictions.
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America
Divera and Caisson
Federal Mines Department
Buffalo Courier-Express
German venture to produce fish based substitutes in Hamburg
A German fishing concern plans a North Atlantic operation off Newfoundland and will set up factories in Hamburg under the German Albumin Company. The Viking Company will run large fast motor ships of 276 tons to extract albuminoid substances from fish for ersatz materials including fish wool and fish leather.
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North Atlantic
Newfoundland
Hamburg
Viking Company
Albumin Company
Japan fears Chinese progress cited by Canadian missionary
Rev James Endicott of Toronto urged that Japan attacked China not for vices but for virtues. He said Christian leadership under Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek fueled China’s advances and warned that, left to grow, China could become more Christian than the Western hemisphere within a century. Japan feared delays would hinder its aims.
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Japan
China
James Endicott
Toronto
United Church In Canada
Dundas Centre
London
Endicott
Chiang Kai-Shek
Green ethylene ripens fruit for export and boosts farm revenues
Ethylene gas from petroleum cracking is used to ripen green picked fruit for shipping, expanding markets and increasing revenues for California and Florida farmers. Separately, 200000 pairs of fashionable shoes shown at Chicago fair feature blue tones for women and bold colors for men, with beach clogs and evening styles. A Canadian Airways pilot ferries a heavy organ to a northern Manitoba settlement after an unknown helper trims the instrument to fit.
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Cana
Airways
The
Petroleum Institute
California
Florida
Chicago
National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
National Shoe Retailers’ Association
M Schultz
Little Grand Rapids
Manitoba
Canadian Airways
Stewart McRorie
Bloodvein Settlement
Winnipeg
Little Grand Rapids Settlement
McRorie
Junkers
English Canals Could Ease Road Traffic Congestion
A London Institute of Transport paper argues England should expand canal use as a safer cheaper transport. Canals offer low accident risk and potential for moving many goods, contrasting with a culture slow to embrace fresh water navigation.
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Institute of Transport In
London
England
Christian Science Monitor
Gloves found under floor in Deal linked to smugglers
A 250 year old package of unsoiled white gloves was discovered under a floorboard in Deal England. Authorities believe the gloves were hidden by smugglers and concealed for smuggling purposes.
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Deal
England
Canada Promotes Air Service Achievements
Canada ranks as one of the most air minded nations with freight records unbeaten. By next year’s completion of the trans-Canada Air Service those records are set to be surpassed again. From 1927 to 1937 totals show 177,985 hours flown 16,166,010 miles 35,051,940 pounds of express matter 5,369,423 pounds of mail and 153,638 passengers.
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Canada
trans-Canada Air Service
Newspaper Reading and Democracy
Glenn Frank argues that a well read newspaper, with fair editorship, acts as a college level education. Citizens should read, think, critique, and reread quietly to sustain informed democracy.
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Glenn Frank
Steps of Progress in World Women Achievements
A Sydney report highlights global advances for women: Dr M Reynold earns a master of doance degree as Australia’s sole female chemist in forest products research. Miss Elizabeth Carlow Walla becomes Glasgow University Court assessor the first woman in that role. Women gain legal and political ground in New York, Bulgaria, Vancouver, the Philippines and Persia with elections, cabinet posts, and degrees.
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Sydney
Australia
M. Reynold
Elizabeth Carlow Walla
Glasgow University Court
Vijayalakshmi Pandit
India
New York
Bar Association
Bulgaria
Vancouver
Helen Rose Gutteridge
parasite mistletoe survives on living trees and birds
The article explains mistletoe as a parasite that drains nutrients from living trees, spreading via birds that carry berries. It notes how thrushes, robins, and waxwings wipe their beaks on branches, allowing seeds to germinate in bark. Commercial production uses deliberate berries pressed into small branch cuts.
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Calgary Herald
London Press Shutdown by Sir Basil Thompson
During World War I the British government closed a London newspaper The Globe for repeating that Lord Kitchener had resigned. Sir Basil Thompson, head of Scotland Yard, and two inspectors entered the press room to halt production. The foreman and workers failed to grasp machine operation. Thompson asked how to disrupt the presses and, holding up a small metal piece, he said he would pocket it and leave.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Globe
Basil Thompson
Scotland Yard
Basil
Sir Basil
A Christian Woman Lends Silver for Church Social
A speaker describes a truly Christian woman as one who will lend her solid silver to a church social, illustrating virtue through generosity and community service.
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Germany
United Church
Pacific
Pacific Ocean
Pago Pago
Auckland
New Zealand
Cecil Sellars
J. W. Strickrod
Paul S. Brunk
Waterways
Die Grune Post
Berlin
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