Heatwave alters Eiffel Tower height and global news brief
French engineers report the Eiffel Tower stretched eleven inches upward in a day amid a severe heat wave. Other items note Britains air program cost to 1938 at 100 million, Paris 1937 expo costing 20 million, and various international developments including Soviet wheat policy and Indian flight attempts.
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France
Great Britain
House of Lords
Air
Lord Londonderry
Paris
Mosasaurus Unearthed In Alabama Dig Reveals Ancient Monster
State geologist Dr. Walter L B Jones reports digging near West Green in Greene county has yielded 10 feet of a 35 foot mosasaurus likely 70 000 800 years old. A nearby find in Futan township uncovered a two ton turtle. Both fossils are said to be encased in Cretaceous chalk.
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Alabama Geological Department
Walter L. B. Jones
West Green
Greene County
Dr. Jones
Futan
Canadian barley market feeds 15 million bushels
The Canadian milling industry uses about 15 million bushels of Canadian grown barley each year for food products and feeds.
Man Freed After Bottle Thrown At King and Queen
A man discharged at a police court hearing was believed to owe the royal pardon to the king. The bottle was hurled as the king and queen were driving to Edinburgh from Harthill, striking the pavement behind their car. The king reportedly expressed a wish for the man’s release.
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Edinburgh
Harthill
Sailor Gal Dress For Growing Daughters In Navy Blue
Attractive sewing pattern for a sailor style dress for girls with growing daughter in sizes 8 10 12 14 years. Describes materials navy blue accents white dotted pique and trim with navy collar tie and belt. Includes yardage and price 20 cents in stamps or coin.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Union Office
Pattern order information lists Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. Pattern number eee appears as a placeholder in the quoted text and no further details are provided.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Rayon process explained and its rise in use
The article outlines how rayon or artificial silk is made from high grade wood pulp and cellulose using the viscose process. It describes the steps from alkali cellulose to ripening, viscose preparation, and spinning into thread, noting rayon’s thin strength, fine appearance, low cost, and extensive use alone or with wool or cotton.
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Canada
Noted Talking Bird Jocko Dies at St. Louis Zoo
Jocko the Mina, a famed talking oriental starling like bird at the St. Louis Zoo, died of old age after six years entertaining visitors. His phrases included Hello guy and How do you like the zoo. He will be replaced by an understudy Mina.
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Jocko
Mina
St. Louis Zoo
Guy
Zoo
Widow and famine miracles of Elisha lesson note
Sunday School lesson details Elisha miracles with a widow and a famine, comparing them to Elijah and Jesus. It notes oil multiplied to pay debts and life from a dead child, plus feeding a hundred with twenty barley loaves, framing ministry as words of Jehovah through Elisha.
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Elisha
Elijah
Jesus
Andrew
G. Campbell Morgan
Babel Tower Idea Inspires Church Steeple Design
A historical note explains that church steeples trace to the Babel tower concept, architecturally linking earthly worship with a striving ascent toward heaven. The ancient belief framed vertical worship as a means to near the divine.
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Tower of Babel
Heaven
Agricultural Notes From Many Sources on Cattle and Crops
Agricultural notes review diverse topics from livestock to crops. It discusses cattle eating poison ivy safely, wheat movement between the U S and Canada, dairy hay feeding with molasses, crop acreages in Canada, Canada Britain cattle trade, hogs graded in 1934, tariff treatments on Australian products, poultry exports improving markets, thorn apple weed, prairie wheat marketing up to June 29 1934, and reflections on traditional farming methods versus scientific proof by J F Hockey Kentville N S.
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United States
Canada
Montana
Great Britain
Jamestown
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
J. F. Hockey
Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology
Kentville
N.S
Potato Flakes Tested as Cattle Fodder In Germany
Studies in Germany assess potato flakes as cattle feed and find they may be used with satisfactory results. When mixed with other feeding stuffs, they are said to suit hogs and poultry.
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Germany
Prince George to Present Lions Cub Gift at Zoo Visit
During his South Africa trip Prince George will present three lion cubs to Edinburgh Zoo, a gift donated by Lydenburg in Transvaal during his royal visit.
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British Columbia
Vancouver
George Graham
George P. Graham
Soviet Union
Communist Party Congress
Irene Parlby
U.F.A
Alix
Italy
London
Prince George
Edinburgh Zoo
Lydenburg
Transvaal
South Africa
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Gill
Ogden
Lou Skuce
Olidays
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Ramnath Chawla
India
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Aleppo
Istanbul
Alabama
Royal Car
VOX
Ruth Rogers
Rayon
Gordon H. Guest
M.A
Cunard
Cunard White Star
Montreal
White Star Limited
S.S. Laurentic
Glasgow
Belfast
Liverpool
R. Sewell Quinn
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