Submarine arms race drives major navies in 1930s plans
The 1938 British Admiralty report shows Italy leading in submarine construction with 24 under way and 17 added in 1937, surpassing the United States as the former top builder. Britain, France, and Germany expand fleets while Mosquito-class motor torpedo boats rise, and ships receive heavier armor and anti aircraft defenses to counter air threats.
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British Admiralty
Russia
Russia's Status, As Her Naval Expansion Prgram
Italy
United States
Teader
Great Britain
France
Germany
Britain
Arc Royal
Victoria film planned with Anna Neagle as Queen
Herbert Wilcox will produce a companion film to Victoria the Great portraying Queen Victoria from her wedding to her death at Osborne House. Anna Neagle to reprise the role with Anton Wal dock as Prince Consort. technicolor filming to cover pivotal private life scenes.
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Queen Victoria
Victoria the Great
Herbert Wilcox
Anna Neagle
Anton Waldock
Osborne House
Victoria and Albert
Henry VIII
Wilcox
Nelson
London Times
Path of Persistence Becomes Widely Sought
A public interest note describes a trend toward easier, longer lasting solutions in daily routines. Many seek steadier results through habits and choices that require less ongoing effort, reflecting a cultural shift toward sustainable consistency.
Radio licenses in Australia top one million sets in operation
Government figures quoted by H P Brown show over 1,000,000 radio receivers licensed in Australia. About 62 percent of licenses are in metropolitan areas with 80 of every 100 houses having a receiver, and 44 percent in country districts. The $4 license fee funds national broadcasts, with over half of receipts used for government stations.
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Australia
H. P. Brown
Posts and Telegraphs
United States
Denmark
Great Britain
Sweden
New Zealand
Mr. Brown
Australian Press Bureau
How to Pronounce Eire Stirs London Debates
London columnists debate how to pronounce Eire after the Irish Free State becomes Eire under a new constitution. Various figures including Malcol m MacDonald and Clement Attlee offer forms such as Airah and Air-ay while Gaelic commentators suggest Fairy or Erie. Alfred Duff Cooper asserts Erie remains plain Ireland.
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London
House of Commons
M.P
London Daily Telegraph
John Bull
Alfred Duff Cooper
The
Admiralty
Erie
Ireland
Sweden
Sverige
Deutschland
World Poultry Congress planned for Cleveland in 1939
The first semi annual meeting of the general committee for the seventh World Poultry Congress held in Cleveland Ohio in July August 1939 featured Fred C Elford Canadian Special Poultry Commissioner and honorary General Executive Board member. He underscored the value of an international congress and early planning to enable full participation while reports outlined progress on program facilities housing entertainment exhibits publicity tours and transportation. Canada will actively participate in the forthcoming congress as it has in prior events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Fred C. Elford
Canada
General Executive Board
Ottawa
Mr. Elford
Life on a Liner: Luxuries and paradoxes at sea
A vivid critique notes ocean travel blends luxury with absurdities. Passengers swap day wear for evening gowns amid endless meals and non stop service, while chefs dish out hors d oeuvres between courses as weather rages outside.
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Someo
Lfe
United States
Newfoundland
Ivor Brown
Manchester Guardian
Land Grants Question on 1870 Manitoba Provision Clarified
In the Commons Crerar stated no 1870 order in council granted land to all Manitoba born children. The Manitoba Act 1870 and an 1871 order as amended by 1873 provided 240 acre grants to children of half breed heads of families in Manitoba when it joined Canada on July 15, 1870.
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Leslie Mutch
Winnipeg South
Manitoba
House of Commons
Crerar
Canada
New Regulations For Archaeological Specimens In Canada
Canada enacts rules requiring all archaeological specimens collected under permits to be submitted for examination. Specimens needed to complete Canada’s National Museum collections become government property, with the remainder returned to the permit holder who must deposit them publicly for study. A holder may request to retain items temporarily to aid scientific reporting.
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Canada
Northwest Territories
Musettf
Leagul
Council of the
Commissioner of the Territories
Hospital room rates in Canada show modest growth
Canadian hospitals charge an average of 5.01 per day for private rooms, 2.79 for semi private, and 1.98 in public wards while the per patient daily cost is 3.23 on average. The gap yields deficits except for private room revenue, with a 12 year rate rise of 3.6 percent. Municipal World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Queen Mary Visits Drapers Hall for Play Centre Display
Children welcomed Queen Mary with hundreds of shrill voices at Drapers Hall. She toured the fortieth anniversary display by London play centre children, reaffirming her interest in the movement aiding youngsters in poorer, crowded districts.
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Queen Mary
Drapers Hall
London
England Registers Factories and Workshops
In England the Government lists 162 922 factories and 83 110 workshops as officially registered.
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England
Smart Crochet Gauntlets Pattern 6057
Crochet pattern 6057 gives instructions for lengthwise pull ons in small medium and large sizes with materials and stitch illustrations. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg to obtain. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Fewer Royal Warrants Alter Royal Household Policy
The government will issue Royal Warrants only to firms that supplied the royal household at 143 Piccadilly and continue services at Buckingham Palace. Warrants will be granted after a two year probation. Queen Mary has pruned her list and the King approves shop by shop permits for George V holders.
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Queens
Piccadilly
Buckingham Palace
London Daily Sketch
Queen Mary
George V
Lord Cromer
Oldest Married Couple in India Revealed
The oldest practising physician Sir Temulji Bhhaur Nari and Lady Nariman are named as the oldest married couple in the war era. Married at age five under an old Indian custom, they remain active with 89 years of partnership and continued work.
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India
Temulji Bhhaur Nariman
Nariman
Village Station Exchange Defines Afternoon Train
At the village station a passerby asks for the 3:15 train. The porter replies that no exact time exists and they simply call it the afternoon train.
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Village Station
Porter
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World Poultry Congress
Ocean Travel
South African Wool Council
St. Thomas Times-Journal
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