Exhibition of Childhood London Opens a Relic Display
An April 19 exhibition titled Children throughout the Ages presents relics tracing child life from 600 B C to Queen Victoria era. Highlights include Elizabeth's christening items, Charles I and Cromwell robes, Napoleon's gift to his son, seventeenth to nineteenth century toys and furnishings, wax tableaux, royal loans from Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales, and a 1750 pewter feeding bottle. Proceeds support a London charity.
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B.C
Queen Victoria
Queen Elizabeth
Holbein
Charles I
Oliver Cromwell
Napoleon
Rome
Kate Greenaway
Mary
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Harry Lauder’s New Mansion at Strathaven Nears Completion
Sir Harry Lauder’s new Strathaven mansion in Scotland is receiving finishing touches and should be ready for occupancy in a few weeks. He oversaw planning, and the building features many historic and unique elements.
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Harry Lauder
Lauder
Strange Accidents At Sea From Two Unusual Collisions
Officers of the steamer Beechpark at Saint Joan recount two odd collisions from war days. Chief Engineer David Thomson recalls the Volumnia cutting a trawler in two after troop ships failed to hear warnings, with five of 39 crew saved and one dead. Captain Will Masson describes the Montpark’s misty collision and sinking near Tyne, where crew perished and unknown vessel vanished.
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Beechpark
Saint Joan
David Thomson
Volumnia
English Channel
Admiralty
Thomson
Will Masson
Montpark
Tyne
Masson
British Plan To Show the Flag With Air Squadron in Canada
In the British House of Commons a proposal arose to send detachments of Royal Air Force aircraft to Canada aboard a naval carrier to display British air power. Oliver E. Simmonds noted Canada had never seen a squadron of British planes, unlike regular U S exhibition flights. Sir Philip Sassoon called the idea very interesting.
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House of Commons
United Kingdom
Canada
Dominion
Oliver E. Simmonds
Duddeston
House
United States
Simmonds
Ottawa
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Philip Sassoon
Air
Progress For Persia and the Shah’s Five Year Plan
The shah of Persia unveils a five year program to mechanize traditional carpet and rug crafts. Factories will replace hand labor, creating uniform designs and colors to rival American oriental products. Progress may erode uniqueness and reduce genuine craft appeal for collectors. Meanwhile in Bulgaria, workers uncover an excavated aqueduct with removable top-pipe sections during construction in Kustendil.
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Persia
Kustendil
Bulgaria
Passenger Train Pooling Cuts Milton Miles Across Routes
In a Commons statement Hon. R. J. Manion said the pooling of Montreal Toronto Ottawa Toronto and Montreal Quebec trains will run from March 11. Total annual train miles saved are about 1,000,000, roughly split between the CNR and CPR. Each company stands to gain about $500,000 yearly based on a conservative estimate. The figure comes from a telegram by C N R chairman C P Fullerton.
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Montreal
C. P. Fullerton
C.N.R. Board of Trustees
New Television Machine Demonstrated at Century of Progress
The world’s largest television machine, built at Horton Steel Works in Fort Erie New York, will debut at the Century of Progress reopening in Chicago on May 1. A. A. Sanabria of Chicago leads the project with a 30 foot screen and transmitter over 5000 pounds. The device provides enough definition to display an entire scene at once.
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Horton Steel Works
Fort Erie
N.Y
Chicago
A. A. Sanabria
We’re Slipping Socially, Brandon Sun Says
The Brandon Sun reports a social decline evidenced by sending 62 Christmas cards and receiving only 41 in return, highlighting dwindling holiday correspondence and community spirits.
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Brandon Sun
Hungary to Build World High Broadcasting Station
Hungary plans a world broadcasting tower on an island south of Budapest. A steel trellis tower will reach 932 feet with a telescopic shaft topping the structure at 1,022 feet to spread Hungarian culture and keep expatriates in touch with the homeland.
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Hungary
Budapest
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