Old Convict Ship Success Featured At Century Of Progress Exhibit
A 143 year old convict ship once sunk at Sydney Harbor and then steered the Atlantic on its own canvas rests at Chicago’s lakefront as a Century of Progress Exposition exhibit. The vessel known as the Success is said to be the oldest ship afloat with preserved dungeons, cells, and tools of punishment.
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Century of Progress
Sydney Harbor
Australia
Atlantic
Chicago
U.S. Grain Crop Poor As Weather Cuts Output
The U S grain crop is poor due to severe weather. Government reports project total production near 603 million bushels, short of domestic needs of 620 million. Winter wheat is about 341 million bushels, well below average, with spring wheat also below normal.
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United States
Crop Reporting Board
Spring dress pattern with navy crepe and organzine sleeves
Describes a navy blue and white crepe silk fashion model with white organdie puffed sleeves and bow, modish shoulder design over a guimpe, and a slim-line skirt. Includes pattern Style No. 713 in sizes 14 to 40 bust, yardage details for guimpe, and a 20 cent price in stamps or coin.
Old Games Still Popular Parior Pastimes Of Eighties Promi
Chicago Toy Show exhibits show modern families still enjoy ring toss checkers anagrams and tiddlywinks readers. Bee bee gun games resurge in cellar grottos as adults seek novelty. Jig saw puzzles attract many buyers with new designs promised to last a decade. Roller skates for adults debut faster models officials claim.
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Chicago
Famous Tree Felled in Durban A Landmark Destroyed
The famed red milk wood tree in Durban, centuries old and 110 feet tall with a massive trunk, was felled after white ants hollowed it out. It stood as a landmark since Natal’s earliest explorers arrived, prompting neighbors to fear for safety.
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Durban
Natal
South Africa
London Sunday Pictorial
Maumee Man Seeks Left Shoe Trade Across States
Otto Wilbarger, who lost his left leg in an accident 15 years ago, seeks to trade his left shoes for right ones. The Maumee resident’s request spread after a local item, with wide reprints across the country. He has mailed left shoes to several states and received right shoes in return.
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Otto Wilbarger
Maumee
Ohio
Wilbarger
Washington
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Trade Pact With France Now In Effect Aims To Boost Commerce
Canada and France proclaimed a new trade treaty in effect, with renewed access for Canadian canned salmon at a reduced tariff of about 11 cents per pound up to a 2,750 ton quota, and time limits for adjustments. Officials say commerce with France should rebound to prior levels. The meal tax in British Columbia draws protests, with mixed compliance and minimal revenue.
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British Columbia
France
H. H. Stevens
Trade and Commerce
Stevens
Phonograph Boom in Soviet Union Expands Record Factory
Enormous popularity of the phonograph in Russia boosts production at aprelevka where the largest Soviet record factory is being enlarged to an annual output of 3,000,000 disks after producing just over 1,000,000 last year.
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Russia
Aprelevka
Soviet Union
Flax From Pedigree Seed King George Tried Experiment
Linen from flax grown on the Sandringham estate will be marketed. W H Gibson announced to the Royal Society of Arts that pedigree flax seed experiments began at Sandringham after a 1931 consideration of Norfolk as a suitable county. The first trial proved highly successful, and a 120 acre second Lancaster experiment is planned to expand production if the season allows.
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King
South Kensington
Norfolk
Sandringham
Lanningham
Manitoban to Study Rural Life in Nordic Countries
John Everett Robbins M A of the University of Manitoba travels to Denmark Norway Sweden and Finland to study rural life under a Carnegie Corporation Scholastic award. He will spend three months examining farm education cooperation marketing and credit systems before returning home. Robbins is from Darlingford Manitoba.
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John Everett Robbins
University of Manitoba
Stilf
Dominion Bureau of Statistical
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Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Mi Cooperative Farmers’ Organisic
Mr. Robbins
Mra White
Darlingford
Man
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