High Altitude Flight and Its Scientific Basis
An article discusses the viability of very high altitude air travel beyond the troposphere. It notes expert opinions favoring future high altitude passenger aircraft with air pressure cabins, potential rocket integration, and records such as Captain Hawthorne Gray and Willy Neunhofer pushing into 40k plus feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HG. Perl
Atlanta
Herman Oberth
Hawthorne Gray
Army Air Corps
Willy Neunhofer
United States Weather Bureau
The Committee Punch Bowl at Athabasca Pass
A small lakelet at the summit of Athabasca Pass is named The Committee Punch Bowl on map sheet 27 of the Alberta BC boundary survey. The pass was a major fur trading route in early days and the name was given over a century ago to honor that use.
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Athabasca Pass
Alberta
British Columbia
Topographical Survey
Department of the Interior
Farm plans for crops and shipments dominate regional notes
The Broder Canning Company of Medicine Hat will plant 20 acres of pumpkins 38 acres of seed peas this season and expects to ship 100 acres of green beans from Taher district yielding about three tons per acre or 50 carloads of canned beans. China with 40,000,000 people is said to have no lunatic asylum. Long distance air liners prompt a quip about quiet motors from a Vienna source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broder Canning Company
Medicine Hat
Taher
Hand Forged Spoons Endure Across Centuries In Exhibit
A Regent Street display by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company contrasts hand forged spoons with machine made ones. Makers trace metal from ingot to finished spoon while detailing forging, die work, hand punching, and polishing. Hand crafted spoons endure for generations, unlike mass produced pieces that bend or wear.
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Edward the Confessor
Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company
Regent Street
London
England
Sea Lion Hunt Faces Toll on British Columbia Fisheries
The British Columbia sea lion problem continues as expeditions use firearms to reduce rookeries. The fisheries patrol cruiser Givenchy carries a bow gun with a gunner trained in trench warfare. Landings were made on Virgin and Pearl Rocks to curb marauders harming salmon runs and gear.
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Givenchy
France
Virgin and Pearl Rocks
Fisheries Department
Salina’s人口 claim grows with census count
A Kansas town once boasted “population 20,000” on stone pillars. The 1920 federal census lists Salina at 20,167, prompting a wry note that the town may push the figure to 30,000 to chase the dream and win.
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Salina
Kansas
Women Society Feeds Workers With Motor Kitchen Dinners
In Cologne Germany a women's society started a plan to provide hot dinners for workers. Men order from the society and a noon whistle signals ready meals from a nearby motor kitchen. Each unit serves 500 hot dinners per hour plus light refreshments at 12 cents per dinner.
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Cologne
Germany
Willing To Accommodate Lady Dialog
A humorous exchange where a suitor asks Lena if she is engaged. Lena replies she has no fiancé but could obtain one quickly if desired, prompting a witty back-and-forth about readiness and availability.
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Lena
Toll Of Swiss Alps Fatalities Across Four-Year Span
An official inquiry finds over four hundred deaths in the Swiss Alps across four years. Tourists account for just over half. other fatalities include haymakers, agricultural workers, and youth. Most deaths occur ages 30 to 45. avalanches, falls, exposure, and freezing are common causes with regular yearly patterns.
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Swiss Alps
Incising Timbers Cuts Creosote Waste, Saves Railroads
Creosoting timbers favors end penetration but not sides. Incising timbers, developed by Canada Forest Products Labs, allows easy side penetration and reduces wasteful end treatment. Railways cut creosote use by 1 million dollars. Also notes Welland Canal in Canada linking lakes and Niagara Falls area. Also mentions France kerchief law, cats diseases, and Latvia motor boating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Products Laboratories of Canada
Department of the Interior
Canada
Heat Rays Raise Worker Skin Temperatures at Steel Plants
Researchers from the U S Public Health Service report molten iron heat from blast furnaces can raise skin temperatures to over 110 degrees. Electric thermometers placed on steel workers show high readings on the face neck and chest, linking intense heat exposure to pneumonia and lung diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. J. J. Bloomfield
James E. Ives
Rollo H Britten
United States Public Health Service
Washington, D.C
Mr. Bloomfield
Malay Natives Prove Themselves Gentlemen
Detroit Free Press portrays Amy Johnson's Timor landing as showing Malay and Papuan islanders as gentlemen after a dangerous night. It notes natives could not speak English yet guided the aviatrix safely to a mission, praising their virtue and humanity.
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Amy Johnson
London
Australia
Timor
Malay Archipelago
H. Rider Haggard
Africa
Emily Post
Lillian Eichler
Detroit Free Press
Windsor man fined for not giving name after crash
A Windsor man paid a 25 dollar fine in Kingsville for refusing to provide his name and address after a motor vehicle collision. The notice warns motorists that laws require sharing identifying details with the other party and that failure can influence court judgments.
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Windsor
Kingsville
Four Weeklies Banned in Ireland Under Censorship Bill
Four English weeklies News of the World Empire News Thompson's Weekly News and The People were banned by the Irish Free State for devoting excessive space to crime topics. China imports four fifths of its rice needs after a poor crop.
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China
Cornell Scientist Chases Dragonflies by Airplane
A Cornell University researcher undertakes an aerial dragonfly survey using a small aircraft to study swarm movements and species distribution. The effort aims to map habitats and monitor environmental factors affecting dragonfly populations.
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Cornell
Courtesy in business and the value of civility
Harold W. Donahue, retiring president of the Advertising and Sales Club in London Ontario, pressed the need for courtesy in retail sales at the group’s annual meeting. He cited customer letters praising civility and warned that irritated clerks deter customers, arguing cheerful service builds goodwill and effective advertising.
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Harold W. Donahue
Advertising and Sales Club
London
Ont
Two Ladies Complain Of Modern Generation
Two old fashioned women discuss today’s youth. One laments men masquerading as men and the other notes widespread suspicion. She recalls receiving a letter addressed Dear Sir or Madam, illustrating the era’s social quirks.
Alberta Honey Display At 1930 Calgary Exhibition
The Provincial Department of Agriculture reserves space at the 1930 Calgary Exhibition for a display of honey and honey products and the equipment used in apiaries.
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Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Calgary
Income tax contrasts for English and Canadian earners
A comparison notes that a married Englishman with no children earning 5000 a year pays 527 in income tax while a Canadian in the same situation pays 40. The piece highlights tax burden differences between the two countries.
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Canada
Modern Footwear Condemned at Hastings Conference
Federation of Boot Trades Associations reported over 200 medical men responded to a questionnaire. They urged scrapping present lasts and ultra high heels. A shoe with thick leather sole and supportive arch reduces rheumatism heart disease and foot deformities, though fashion resists change.
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John Hoyle
Federation of Boot Trades Associations
Hastings
England
Federation
Brain power needs calories says science
Dr. Francis G. Benedict reports at a National Academy of Sciences meeting that the brain can run for an hour on an oyster cracker or a half salted peanut. He notes intense mental work causes deep fatigue, yet metabolism remains largely unchanged and a stretch for relief often follows.
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Francis G. Benedict
Nutrition Laboratory
Carnegie Institution
National Academy of Science
World's Only Eskimo Dentist Dies in Arctic Outpost
The lone Eskimo dentist, known as Siberian Mike, who lacked formal schooling but was famed for pulling teeth across the far north, died near Perry River opposite King William Land. He had become an itinerant dental mechanic after the Hudson's Bay Company brought a dentist in 1920 to Herschel Island. He spoke Russian and English and practiced across the Arctic.
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Mike
Perry River
King William Land
Ottawa
Hudson's Bay Company
Herschel Island
Civilization
Arctic
Balloon advertisement ends as crocodile escapes at Berlin Zoo
A captive balloon used to advertise 1,000 crocodiles at the Berlin zoo broke free in a strong wind and drifted to a site near Leipzig. The finder received a monetary reward from zoo officials and was presented with one of the crocodiles.
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Berlin Zoo
Leipzic
Beating the Odds A Cologne Joke on Service
A Lustige Kolner Zeitung joke comments on dining norms by urging a waiter to let a child serve a tiny beef portion to make it appear larger. The humor hinges on perception and social roles in a restaurant setting.
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Lustiga Kolner Zeitung
Cologne
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Western Canning Factory
Vienna
Pacific Coast
Welland Ship Canal
Strait of Belle Isle
St. Lawrence River
Great Lakes
Duluth
Lake Superior
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Niagara Peninsula
Niagara Falls
Latvia
Capilano
United States
North Shore
Canadian Pacific
Vancouver
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