Amazing British Post Office Figures Impress San Francisco Argonaut
The San Francisco Argonaut highlights British Post Office operations showing high efficiency and scale. It notes the GPO's revenue of about 4.5 billion dollars, rapid mail growth including air mail since 1919, extensive telephony, enduring cables, and a unique underground railway for mail, while contrasting with American post office deficits.
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San Francisco
London
Great Britain
Post Office
British Postal Telephone Service
Paddington
Savings Bank
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Italy to expand air fleet with 1500 new planes this year
Italian aviation experts estimate Benito Mussolini will add at least 1500 war planes to Italy s air force by year end. Most will be high speed S81 bombers with speeds 217 to 248 mph and a 1860 mile range. Factories are producing about five planes daily, replacing older aircraft sent to Africa.
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Benito Mussolini
Italy
Africa
Japanese newspapers praised as living references and art
The Ottawa Citizen notes that Japanese newspapers are unmatched on this continent for artistry and information. They are illustrated works of commercial art, detailing current affairs and presenting a vivid picture of old and new Japan.
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Ottawa Citizen
Japan
Experiments Show Beet Sugars Shield Cans in Fruit Canning
Experiments indicate English beet sugars greatly reduce acid corrosion of cans during fruit canning. Researchers note the sugars act as protective agents, improving can longevity and preserving contents under acidic conditions.
Road To Martyrdom by Victor Eubank
A historical overview of Japanese assassinations and the ritualized idea of martyrdom in Nippon. The piece notes killings linked to political wrongs, the decline of hari-kari, and the rare pursuit of self-sacrifice as patriotic acts. It also describes officers becoming martyrs in the empire and the vision of transformation into Shinto gods.
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Victor Eubank
Associated Press
Association
Tokyo
Japan
Cherry Blossom Land
Kindness Of Kipling Remembered By Burwash Catholics
A Burwash resident recalls Rudyard Kipling in Sussex showing care for a family on the Feast of Corpus Christi. While his car broke down in rain, Kipling told his driver to take the woman and six children to their feast, saying their mission was more important than his.
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Rudyard Kipling
Westminster Abbey
Burwash
Sussex
Corpus Christi
England
Kipling
Wheat Stocks Lower In Canada As Supplies Dip
Canadian wheat stocks stood at 235.4 million bushels on February 14, down from 244.5 million a year earlier. Over five weeks the visible supply fell by 21.5 million bushels versus 12.2 million last year. Canada’s world trade share is rising as Southern Hemisphere shipments wane, due mainly to a smaller crop and Argentina’s new sales policy.
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Canada
Canada Sees Record Cattle Exports Hit 112 771 Head
The country moved 112 771 head of cattle abroad last year, marking the largest export total in several years and underscoring strong demand in international markets.
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Canada
Prehistoric Women Wore Trousers in Habur Excavations
A British Museum report on Habur region excavations in North Syria asserts prehistoric women wore trousers and striped jackets similar to Kurdish women today. Statues of goddesses are shown wearing trousers.
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British Museum
Habur
Syria
Pleasant Cold Preventive in Loughborough Factory
A scent factory in Loughborough reports half the staff never catch colds or influenza while the rest remain as susceptible as ever. For five years no worker in the filling and labelling rooms has had a cold, claimed to be due to antiseptic oils or flowers used.
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Loughborough
Is the lens in your camera fellow Guild member
Amateur photographers are urged to keep lenses clean through careful handling and simple cleaning methods. The piece compares camera clarity to clean eyeglasses and emphasizes treating the camera as a precision instrument. It highlights how dirt and fingerprints affect photos and promotes a book titled How To Make Good Pictures for both beginners and advanced amateurs. JOHN VAN GUILDER
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John van Guilder
Care Of Package Bees Instructions For Shipments
Thousands of package bees arrive from the Southern States to Canada and must be cared for carefully to build strong honey producing colonies. Upon arrival keep packages cool and shaded, spray with a light sugar solution, release in late afternoon, follow provided instructions, and avoid disturbing the bees for a week. Release the queen within 36 hours and obtain Pamphlet No. 107 from Ottawa for full installation guidance.
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Canada
Dominion Apiarist
eXpres
Publicity and Extension Branch
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Vanished King Edward Carpet Stirs London Rumor
London correspondent notes the royal purple carpet laid for King Edward's coffin in Westminster Hall, a vast protection carpet later vanished. Leather squares protected halberds on the newly laid floor, and the fate of the carpet remains a mystery with whispers it may have left for the United States.
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Westminster Hall
London
Ottawa Journal
King George
King Edwards
U.S.A
Honey production drops as vetch harms bees in Alberta
An Alberta agricultural report attributes a 400000 pound decline in provincial honey output to bees foraging on vetch. Field bee losses from pollen from vetch ranged from fifty to eighty percent, while total honey yield stood at about 1100000 pounds.
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Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Woodstock Poultryman Heats Brooder With Wires
An Ontario poultryman in Woodstock experiments with soil heating by electrical resistance wires. He runs wires through two sand layers on the floor of a baby chick brooder to create controllable temperature conditions for the chicks.
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Woodstock
Ont
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