Air travel fuels boom in Canada’s frozen mining frontier
The piece credits the flexibility of airplane travel with opening vast northern mining districts from Saskatchewan to Quebec. It highlights pilots delivering supplies to traps, families moving for work, and frequent landings at Red Lake and Sioux Lookout, noting seasonal air traffic gaps and rewarding frontier development.
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Airway
Red Lake
Canadian Airways
Wings, Ltd
Starratt's Airways
Sioux Lockout
Forestry Reserve
Sunlight as remedy for failing eyesight encourages eye exercise
Dr. James E. Slocum promotes direct sunlight and eye muscle exercise as ways to combat defective vision. He argues sun gazing strengthens sight, notes high rates of visual impairment among students, and urges daily light exposure to counter fixation and eye strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Slocum
National Research Associaton
Wilkins Plans Arctic Submarine Expedition For Canada
Sir Hubert Wilkins told the Canadian Geographical Society directors of a submarine expedition to the North Pole. The craft would be built on the Thames and depart May 1938 for Spitzbergen to gather supplies. The mission would start under the ice 200 miles north of Spitzbergen, cover about 2000 miles, and aim to reach Crocker Land before heading to the Bering Sea. If Crocker Land exists it would be Canadian territory.
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Ottawa
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Canadian Geographical Society
North Pole
River Thames
Sir Hubert
Spitzbergen
Bering Sea
Crocker
Distinct Fingerprints From Two Individuals, Hoover Says
John Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Los Angeles, denies reports that two people had almost identical fingerprints. He states the bureau has examined the prints and pronounced them distinguishable.
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John Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Los Angeles
Mr. Hoover
Freshman Class Proves Modern Youth Superior to Past Generations
University of Cincinnati research reports 20 year gains in height and weight among freshmen with men taller by 2.1 inches and 13 pounds heavier and women taller by 0.75 inches and 2.5 pounds heavier. Doctors note reduced malnutrition and fewer diseases such as rickets typhoid and diphtheria with healthier tonsils and adenoids.
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University of Cincinnati
Laurence Chenoweth
Cincinnati
Harvard
United States University
Chenoweth
Automatic ship alarm calls crew when operator off duty
RCA announces a standby radio alarm for ships that rings when SOS signals arrive while the operator is away. The device activates on a specific pulse sequence, alerting the radio man to return to the cabin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radio Corporation of America
Destruction Of Historic London Landmarks Sparks Protests
A wave of protest sweeps Britain as London’s historic landmarks face demolition for modern development. Editorials and Commons debates rage over preserving the city’s beauty while iconic sites like Alhambra and Covent Garden suffer changes, drawing public outcry and fears of municipal “hara-kiri.”
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London
George VI
Canada
England
Strand
Leicester Square
Piccadilly
House of Commons
Alhambra
Joshua Reynolds
Johnson
Boswell
Garrick
Waterloo Bridge
Carlton House Terrace
Adelphi
Lansdowne House
Whitehall
Covent Garden
Long Acre
Mayfair
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Church of All Hallow
Church of All Hallow's
Sir Christopher Wren
St. Paul's
St. Edmunds
Colors in Television Make Up and Channel Testing
An article notes how TV makeup aims for oranges and browns to read well on electric cameras. It highlights exaggerated sun tanning bold lips and glossy hair while outlining the need for continuous takes and makeup for male announcers. It also mentions Cristobal and Celon near Panama Canal and that God’s name is omitted from Esther’s Book.
Crochet chair set patterns with initials and insets
The pattern describes a filet crochet chair set that includes an alphabet of initials to be worked into the chair back and arm rests. It notes charted directions for chair back, arms, and letters, with material requirements and a price offer of 20 cents plus stamps sent to the Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Innipeg
Evolution Theory Supports Descent From Apes Says Jesuit Scholar
Father Teilhard de Chardin, noted geologist and Jesuit, told an international science gathering that evidence indicates humans descended from apes. He argued this does not conflict with Christianity and highlighted Sinanthropus finds from near Peking as pivotal in tracing early human thought and origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teilhardardin
Father de Chardin
Peking
Cheese consumption rises in Scotland aided by Canadian supply
Industrial coordination in Scotland boosts cheese use with Canada increasing exports to Scotland by 31 percent last year, according to the Agricultural Department of the Canadian National Railways.
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Scotland
Canada
Agricultural Department
Canadian National Railways
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North
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Gods Lake
Gear Lake
John E. Drieman
Christian Science Monitor
Airways
Crocker Land
Ancient
Greece
Alexander Wetmore
United States National Museum
Guatemala
Wetmore
Nature Study
New York Sun
Cristobal and
Celon
Atlantic
Panama Canal
God
Alice Brooks
Alice
Brooks
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