Shortage of Doctors Amid Jewish Exclusion in Germany
Berlin reports a reform cutting medical training by one year. The eight year path previously included seven years plus two to three terms of practical work. now ten examination terms remain with two terms of practical work. The removal of Jews from medicine widens a profession already short of workers, with 4309 pan Aryan doctors in 1935 and an estimated 3000 to 4000 Jewish doctors erased from registers after bans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Manchester Guardian
Germany
Austria
Genius Cannot Be Transferred
Column argues Nazi anti Semitic policy in Germany harms economy by driving Jews from business. It claims the loss includes not just capital but the depletion of commercial talent, causing foreign exchange shortages and a lack of skilled middlemen in domestic commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reich
Germany
New York Herald Tribune
Foreign Office Never Sleeps Dispatches to London Constant
The Foreign Office maintains round the clock contact with 50 British embassies and legations via telephone telegraph and post. Messages are sent in cipher and only one man, the permanent under secretary, knows all secret service members. The Foreign Office dates to 1782.
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Foreign Office
M. H. Halton
Toronto Star
Britain
Downing Street
London
W.I
Secret Service
The Small Town Editor Voices From the Office
A midwestern town vignette explains how editors interact with callers seeking favors and information. The piece notes editors learn from diverse conversations, contrast with metropolitan roles, and hints at social dynamics like blackmail and debt threats within small-town journalism.
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Holy of Holies
Metropolian
Canada 1939 Official Handbook aims to inform nationwide economy
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics announces the 1939 Official Handbook of Canada covering Atlantic to Pacific. It emphasizes current economic conditions with thirteen chapters on population production trade and transportation and includes photo inserts. A feature article discusses unemployment among youth and government cooperation. Copies cost 25 cents with a 10 cent educator/student/minister price. orders go to King’s Printer Ottawa.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Official Handbook of
Canada
Dominion
Atlantic
Pacific
King’s Printer
Government Printing Bureau
Ottawa
Pilot Reports Unmapped BC Peak Range Between Rivers
Russ Baker claims an unmapped chain in northern British Columbia near the Dease Lake area may surpass the province’s highest mountains. Inspector T Van Dyk corroborates the sighting while Vancouver mountaineers note rumors but no climbing there yet.
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Russ Baker
British Columbia
Dease Lake
Prince George
Baker
Turnagain
Dease
Cassiar Range
Inspector T. van Dyk
Provincial Game Department
Vancouver
The Shirt Rental Company Sews New York Fashion Note
In Manhattan a new business rents shirts to men offering three laundered shirts weekly for fifty cents. Shirts are custom made to measurements and stamped with the patron’s name. Customers sign a year long contract and may choose more shirts for higher fees. Four hundred men already subscribe.
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New York
Manhattan
Ocean sunfish reach giant sizes from tiny beginnings
The fish start at about one tenth of an inch and can grow to lengths of ten feet and weights near a ton. They are noted as poor swimmers and scientists wonder how they obtain enough food to achieve such growth records.
Sharks die from blunt impact to snout near brain
A concise note states that sharks are killed easily by a blow on the snout where the brain lies near the surface, explaining vulnerability to blunt force.
Distributor Points Cause Sluggish Motor Performance
The text notes that sluggishness in an automobile motor is often traced to worn or dirty distributor points.
Milwaukee man inspired Peck's Bad Boy dies at 77
Edward J. Watson of Milwaukee died at his home aged 77. As a boy he devised April Fool pranks that inspired George W. Peck to create Peck's Sun stories and the Peck's Bad Boy character. A family letter from Peck praises Watson's role in spawning the popular tales.
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Peck
Milwaukee
Edward J. Watson
Edward Watson
Wisconsin
George W. Peck
Sun
Watson
E. J. Watson
Meal in ancient Egyptian tomb unearthed by Walter Emery
In the sole intact tomb from Egypt’s Second Dynasty a laid out meal about 5,000 years old was found by British archaeologist Walter Emery. The food included fish meat and cakes. A curious sports betting note mentions a golfer losing 10 cents on the first hole then doubling each hole for 18 holes ending with a large sum. Memphis Tennessee enforces a blue law barring Sunday sale of winn ers while allowing bologna sales.
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Walter Emery
Chinese Language's Global Reach Across Dialects
Chinese stands as the most widely spoken language due to its many dialects and large speaker base, influencing communication across regions and cultures worldwide.
Critics vs. totalitarians in satire and speech
The piece contrasts sharp, witty criticism of Premier Chamberlain and dictator propaganda. It notes better bites from London music halls and Hebrew comics than from Streicher or Voelkische Beobachter. Roosevelt and Democrats also offer cleaner invective, while totalitarians appear inept and driven by one-sided rage.
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Premier Chamberlain
London
Komische Zeitung
Julius Streicher
Roosevelt
Voelkische Reobachter
Shelley
New 32-Wire Telephone System Handles 256 Conversations
Bell Telephone Laboratories researchers B. W. Kendall and H. A. Affel unveiled a long distance telephony system in New York using 32 bare wires to carry 256 conversations simultaneously. The method expands frequency ranges well beyond prior limits, approaching radio in capability and enabling clear speech over thousands of miles.
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New York
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
B. W. Kendall
H. A. Affel
Bell Telephone Laboratories
RCAF Aims At Threat Deterrence For Canada
Wing Commander G W Walsh of Ottawa told Montreal United Service Institution the Royal Canadian Air Force is being built as a powerful deterrent against any aggressor. He said Canada cannot be made completely immune to air attack and within 18 months all squadrons should be up to date. The RCAF should cooperate with the navy and army and act independently if needed to meet air or sea threats, noting dangers from dirigibles, ship launched aircraft, and overseas bases.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Montreal
Walsh
Dominion
Coins From Canada Mint 1938 And 1957 Output Trends
The Royal Canadian Mint produced 28,990,000 coins in 1938 valued at 1,712,800 dollars, with one-cent pieces totaling 18,430,000 valued at 184,300. In 1957 output reached 21,576,500 pieces valued at 1,678,700. Worn coins are retired by the Bank of Canada and melted down for new minting. A mint worker tests coin tones by dropping duds on a block. The refinery received 4,407,680 fine ounces of gold and 672,903 fine ounces of silver in 1938, vs 3,933,043 gold and 550,358 silver in 1937.
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Royal Canadian Mint
National Money
Bank of Canada
Help To Police Voluntary Gun Registration Aids Crime Hunt
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police report shows voluntary revolver and pistol registrations valued for tracking criminals. For year ended March 31, 1938, 7214 registrations occurred across Dominion police forces and 168389 weapons are on record at Ottawa HQ plus cases where ownership links to original crimes have helped arrests.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Dominion
R.C.M.P
Ottawa
Ancient Sakkara Tomb Unearthed by British Archaeologist
London Times reports archaeologist Wa ter Emery uncovers a Second Dynasty tomb at Sak kara. The main chamber holds alabaster pirate remains depicting a fish and pigeon for the departed, with adjacent rooms containing alabaster jars once holding grain and wine.
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Water Emery
Sakkara
London Times
Rice seeding by airplanes common in California 1938
Sixty percent of California's 1938 rice crop was planted by dumping seed rice from airplanes. Fliers receive sixty to seven-tenths of a cent per acre for planting rice.
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California
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Greenland
Antarctica
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Bay of Fundy
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England
Duke OF Windsor
France
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Riviera
Mandel
Cap d'Antibes
Duke
Compton
Men of
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Bad Boy
Memphis, Tenn
Spahis
Premier Daladier
Ala Tounine
Tunisia
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Libya
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