Edmonton Route Seen As Aerial Gateway To Orient
Captain James Bell of Edmonton, leading aviation figure, asserts Overlord Route via Edmonton will shorten trips to Shanghai by 4.40 miles not by sea. He outlines three main routes from Edmonton: south to U S lines, northwest to Yukon and Asia, and north to Moscow with Europe beyond, noting overland routes reduce cost and risk.
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Edmonton
James Bell
Aviatem
Canada
Bell
United States
Chicago
Shanghai
San Francisco
Orient
Capt Bell
Fanorton Blatchford
Famonton
North America
Europe
Yukon
Alaska
Betry Sea
Inter
Whitehorse
Fairanks
Nome
Bering Sea
Asia
Japan
China
Australia
Singapore
India
North Pole
Moscow
Imperial Airways
England
Mining Industry Addresses Youth Employment in Canada
Article notes that opening new mines in Canada creates jobs for youth. Uchi directors host a party for miners and families drawing veterans to sing while most attendees are under 34. Pickle Crow staff also skew young. the piece argues mining is key to reducing youth unemployment.
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Uchi
Tipperary
Pickle Crow
Canada
The
Financial Post
Toronto
Mussolini’s 36th Birthday Observed Quietly
Premier Benito Mussolini marked his 36th birthday on June 29 but the Italian press was instructed to say nothing. He remains in excellent health, pilots his own plane, drives a racing car and motorcycle at high speed, rides a horse each morning, and fences. His motto is Live dangerously.
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Benito Mussolini
Tr Duce
Mussolini
Eagle Snatches Mallard Then Drops It Near Hunter
Courtenay B C hunter Frank Dack recounts a duck hunt in which a mallard vanished into a lake after a shot. An eagle swooped, seized the duck in its talons, then released it as it flew overhead, dropping the bird near the hunter.
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Frank Dack
Courtenay
B.C
Deck
Dack
Precautions for Seed Plot Care in Rust Resistant Varieties
The article stresses careful seed plot management to preserve purity of rust resistant cereals. It covers isolation from neighboring fields, a 25 foot contamination path, row planting for easy roguing, and thorough cleaning of threshing equipment between crops. It also notes roguing best done when heads are filled and using separate crops to prevent cross contamination.
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W.H Johnston
Dominion Experimental Farm
Branden
Manitoba
Brandon
Lifeguard Urges Training Before Rescue At Beach
A Baltimore Sun lifeguard warns against entering rough water to save others without life saving training. He cites 40 unskilled bathers at the beach who tried to assist drowners and were themselves pulled under before rescue. He advocates teaching swimming with basic life saving skills for all swimmers.
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Baltimore Sun
Zipper Inventor Gideon Sundback Retires at 59
Meadvill PA born inventor Gideon Sundback, who came from Sweden at 23, retires at 59 after registering about 70 patents from 1913 to 1939. He helped form Talon Inc with the late Cal Walker, a company now producing about three fourths of American slide fasteners.
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Gideon Sundback
Meadville
Sundback
Cal. Lewis Walker
Talon, Inc
America
Sweden
Arctic tern makes 22000 mile annual migration
The Arctic tern completes a global journey from the Arctic to the Antarctic each year, covering about 22000 miles and averaging roughly 150 miles daily.
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Arteic
Antarctic
Smallpox Vaccine Method To Filminate Scars
Dr Harry Plotz reports a new smallpox vaccine from the Pasteur Institute that leaves almost undetectable scars and causes little fever. Over 50 000 soldiers have been vaccinated, with plans to use it in France starting next October. The vaccine is free of secondary bacteria that caused past scarring, produced by passing cowpox through rabbits to eliminate contaminants.
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Pasteur Institute
Harry Plotz
Academy of Medicine
France
Plotz
Beavers Draw Crowds to Terrebone Colony Exhibition
A Terrebone near Montreal hosts the Canadian Beaver Restoration colony drawing visitors including families and nature lovers. Beavers of all ages perform land and water antics praised by camera fans for close up views. One inch of rain yields over 100 tons of water per acre.
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Montreal
The
Laurentians
Terrebone
Beaver Restoration Colony
Nascopie Heads North on 27th Annual Arctic Voyage
The supply ship Nascopie sails from Montreal on its 27th Arctic voyage carrying baby carriages to movie magazines. It will visit 21 northern posts and travel nearly 11 000 miles before returning to Halifax on Sept. 26. The crew numbers 41 with 13 passengers and a government party of 14 led by Major D. L. McKeand.
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Nascopie
Montreal
Hudson Bay
Arctic
Hudson's Bay Co
Halifax
D. L. McKeand
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Soviet Oilfield In Ukraine Attracts Thousands Of Workers
A new Soviet oil field in the Romny and Poltava region draws thousands of workers as Well No 12 flows from 1000 feet with high grade petroleum. Prospecting across a wide area is planned, large scale production expected by January, with military importance for supplying fuel to a mechanized army on the Ukrainian border.
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Ukraine
Romny
Polava
Caucasus
Belgium coast resorts linked by cross frontier streetcars
The article notes that Belgium’s famous coast resorts are connected by a streetcar network. Travelers can start in Holland beyond a frontier and ride through Belgium past its western border into France, indicating an integrated regional transport system across frontiers.
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Belgium
Holland
France
Plastic maker predicts all plastic car body in eight minutes
A plastic manufacturer envisions an automobile body could be built entirely from plastic and completed in eight minutes, suggesting a rapid production breakthrough in automotive manufacturing.
Unusual Clyde Built Motor Ship for LMS Service
A 306 foot merchant vessel by William Denny and Bros for the London Midland and Scottish Railway Co serves Stranraer to Larne. The top deck carries 1,000 passengers in two classes while the main deck is a bulkhead free garage for motor cars with ramps and turntables for rapid loading and unloading. It will be the LMS first motor ship to Ireland.
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Clyde
Messrs
William Denny and Bros
London, Midland and Scottish Railway Co
Stranraer and Larne
L.M.S
Ireland
British Navy Purchases British Food Preferably
Geoffrey Shakespeare said the Admiralty buys British produced foodstuffs to the fullest extent and imports only when domestic or Imperial goods are not available at reasonable prices. The remark answered Sir Thomas Rosbotham’s question in the House of Commons.
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Geoffrey Shakespeare
Admiralty
House of Commons
Thomas Rosbotham
Royal Navy
Shaw's early writing career nets modest income
The text notes George Bernard Shaw, now a millionaire, spent his first eleven years attempting writing. His income from belles lettres totaled $45, just over $4 per year.
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George Bernard Shaw
World’s Speech Clinic Aids Stutterers From Everywhere
The National Hospital for Speech Disorders offers free treatment to many including children in a unique New York kindergarten where records track each patient’s voice. Patients travel far, from New Zealand to Canada, seeking help for stuttering and related disorders since its 1916 founding.
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New York
National Hospital For
Free Clinic
British Columbia
Vancouver
Mystery shopper at Wanamaker store proves gift of glove sales
A man, later revealed as Mr. Rodman Wanamaker, spotlights customer service by walking behind the counter to help a glove buyer. He persuades a woman to buy four pairs, noting needs for washing and extra pairs, all within ten minutes. The deft act ends with a business card.
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Wanamaker
Mr. Rodman Wanamaker
Angus Macdonald lauded for chivalry in Nova Scotia press
The Brockville Recorder and Times says Angus Macdonald Nova Scotia premier stands out for real chivalry. It notes others only shook Queen Elizabeth II’s hand, while Macdonald kissed her hand and the Queen reportedly expressed delight.
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Brockville Recorder
Times
Nova Scotia
Angus Macdonald
Queen Elizabeth
Angus
A Versatile Tree
The Australian eucalyptus tree is valued for many uses including quality writing paper production eucalyptus oil for medicinal use and a palatable beverage called Eucalyptine.
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