Newfoundland Airport Opens as Trans Atlantic Hub
Newfoundland prepares a major trans Atlantic air base near Botwood nine miles from the coast. The project includes four runways, a seaplane base on Gander Lake, living quarters, a hotel, and radio meteorological stations backed by Imperial Airways. About 350 workers have cleared a square mile, with two runways slated for completion and the first experimental flights planned for next spring.
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Botwood
St. John's
British Empire
Ocean
North Atlantic
Canada
Ireland
Britain
Newfoundland
Gander Lake
Imperial Airways
British Air Ministry
United States
Wheat resistant Thatcher shows resilience in garden trial
A Sinnett Saskatchewan resident planted Thatcher wheat sample in her garden. A heavy trampling by a horse and later a cow did not deter the grain which recovered and matured by August. Turkeys consumed most kernels, leaving about five thousand seeds for next year’s planting.
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Thatcher
Sinnett, Sask
Regina Leader-Post
Lord Tweedsmuir Refused Underground Visit Joke
A Sudbury Frood Mine time office reporter misnames Governor-General Lord Tweedsmuir. The mine staff, unaware of his identity, jokes that he is already underground when asked if he will visit the shaft. The exchange ends with the line that he is currently below ground.
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Frood
Sudbury
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
New Idea for Holidays Advocates Longer Breaks for Workers
Dr Alfred Cox of the British Health Resorts Association urged at the Institute of Hygiene that those doing dangerous or disagreeable work deserve the longest holidays. He argued the idle rich should face hard labor or be forced into time in bed for rest. He warned many people lack sufficient sleep and emphasized holidays in bed as a relief.
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Alfred Cox
British Health Resorts Association
Institute of Hygiene
Idije Rich
Cox
Adult male eagles smaller than females
A concise observation notes that adult male eagles are smaller than their female counterparts, highlighting a notable size difference between sexes in this species.
Conference to study intrusion in private family news
British journalism groups sponsor a conference on unwarrantable intrusion and unprofessional practices in news gathering. The Worlds Press News notes mixed reactions in Fleet Street to pooling views of editors and proprietors while acknowledging variability in human interest stories and editor discretion. A questionnaire shows editors opposing needless intrusion yet blaming lack of police information for alleged intrusions.
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Institute of Journalists
National Union of Journalists
Newspaper Proprietors’ Association
The
Newspaper Society
Britain
Worlds Press News
Fleet Street
Blind Michigan law graduate proves defying odds
Mandino Perlongo a 28 year old Italian born blind in an accident at age four earned a University of Michigan law diploma, the second blind graduate in the school's history. He studied in braille, had letters read aloud, typed exams and briefed cases, and was an honor graduate from Michigan State College in 1931. He plans to practice law, citing friend Judge Ned Smith of Detroit as the other blind law graduate from the university.
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University of Michigan Law School
Mandino Perlongo
Common Pleas
Ned Smith
Detroit
University of Michigan
Perlongo
Michigan State College
Old man overdoses on youth plan pills
An elderly man paid a large sum for a fountain of youth scheme. He was given six pills to take daily for six days but ingested them all at once. His family struggled to rouse him the next morning and he muttered that he would get up but would not go to school.
Britons Tell Poultry Farmers How To Get Egg Yolk Shades
Agriculturists in Britain describe how to adjust yolk color through diet, noting clover cabbage and beetroot yield orange-red to darker yolks. The piece ties table manners and color names to a broader history of eating implements and cultural fuss over shades. It cites National Geographic Society and Smithsonian sources, mentions Eskimo use of knives, and references a Coronation piano with red white and blue keys.
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Britain
Civilization
Natonal Geographic Society
National Geographic Society
Smithsonian Institution
Alaska
British Color Council
Lord Derby
United States Bureau of Standards
Ministry of Agriculture
Sinclair Lewis describes censorship via amused voyage tale
The American novelist, 52, recalls Germany banning one of his novels and offers a tale of censorship on a voyage to England. He notes an elderly reader on deck who, after reading his book, angrily closes it and tosses it overboard into the sea.
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Sinclair Lewis
Germany
England
Not Very Welcome Wife Feels Arrival of Brother
A tense domestic scene centers on Hector arriving to stay briefly, described as seedy. The husband dismisses the guest as unwanted, signaling a brewing family friction and uneasy guest acceptance.
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Hector
Crochet Dinner Cloth Pattern Promises Elegant Attire
A Winnipeg notice advertises pattern 5814 for a lacy snowflake medallion cloth with string work and repeats. It offers complete instructions and an illustration, requires 20 cents, and directs purchases through the Household Arts Dept. at the Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave. E.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
The Dog Star Sirius and Its Dense Companion Revealed
The article explains Sirius as a bright nearby star and notes a faint companion, much denser than water, weighing over a ton per matchbox. Physicists are puzzled by its composition, suggesting it may be composed of unknown material. The piece ends with a reflective line from The New Outlook.
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Sirius
Paradise
Kensal Green
Averages Are Deceiving Says UK Official
Sir Thomas Inskip, minister for the coordination of defence, warned against relying on averages in a London speech. He recalled a Ministry of Health blue book describing a mysterious malady said to affect people with an average age of 45, later found to have only a one year old baby and a 90 year old man as actual cases.
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Thomas Inskip
London
Ministry of Health
Osteopath Riddles and Varsity Marriage Myths
A witty quip defines an osteopath as a chap who works his fingers to the bone. A writer contends that very few Varsity girls marry, asserting marriage not gained by degrees.
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Manchester Guardian
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
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