Rapid Atlantic flights foreseen by London professor
G R Hill a London University professor predicts near future ocean travel by airplane carrying four passengers at 275 mph across the Atlantic via a tropopause route. He explains the air layers and notes the Queen Mary may fade before such rapid flights become common. In other items publishers sell books to collectors, not readers, citing a 10 000 copy miss in text plates and almost no complaints.
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London
New York
G. R. Hill
London University
Royal Society of Arts
Hill
Atlantic
Toronto
Oldest Cree Indian Peocus Dies After Century of Life
Peocus a Cree hunter famed as a guide to pioneers and voyageurs died near Camrose Alberta after a claimed age of 130 with death certificate listing 110. He traveled from Fort Garry to the Rockies and Great Slave Lake. Survived by son Louis and daughter Mrs Marie Rose Ladoux.
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Peocus
Canada
Camrose
Alta
Prairies
Hudson Bay
Father B. Beillevaire
Father Beillevaire
Old Fort Garry
Winnipeg
Rocky Mountains
Great Slave Lake
Fort Pitt
Brosseau
North Saskatchewan River
Louis
Marie Rose Ladoux
Canada Ranks Seventh in World Trade Volume
The League of Nations bulletin shows Canada seventh in world trade volume for 1935, with Great Britain leading at 14.2 percent. The United States, Germany, France, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, and Belgium follow, with the Netherlands, India, South Africa, Australia and Argentina also listed. The February 1936 gold value of world commerce rose 84 percent from February last year.
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Canada
League of Nations
Geneva
Great Britain
United States
Germany
France
Switzerland
Japan
Belgium
Netherlands
India
South Africa
Australia
Argentina
Bulletin
Destroyers Grafton Grenade Head to Gibraltar for Med Fleet
The Admiralty states destroyers Grafton and Grenade have sailed to Gibraltar to join the Mediterranean fleet. Meanwhile Rowena Truster and Torrid depart the Mediterranean for home waters ahead of a planned sale this year.
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Admiralty
Grafton
Grenade
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Rowena
Truster
Torrid
Bagpipe Noise Halt In Wirral Morcombe Dispute
Cheshire case over Allan bagpipe playing stalls as magistrates seek an agreement on lawful daily hours. Neighbors allege excessive noise harming health and seeking curbs, with two adjournments to mediate a settlement. The New York Sun notes New York’s noise challenges compare to the local dispute.
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Wirral
Cheshire
England
Allan
New York
New York Sun
New Superdouble Nasturtium Stuns Missouri Gardens
George Pring director of the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St Louis hails a new nasturtium variety called superdouble developed by David Burpee and William Foster. The flower has 50 to 60 petals and strong fragrance unlike the common type. It is sterile and can be propagated only by cuttings after 41 000 crosses of ordinary and golden gleam varieties.
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George Pring
Missouri Botannical Gardens
St Louis
David Burpee
William Foster
Pring
Mexico
Burpee
Eyster
Will of John Downing Probate Sparks Anger Record
In Los Angeles the probate of John Downing's will reveals a contested document. The dated notes claim the 1930 will is void due to anger, while a 1934 revision asserts the earlier will was made in anger and is invalid.
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Los Angeles
John Downing
John Davis Downing
O.K
Eye trouble often signals broader body issues
A New York physician notes that sixty percent of eye trouble cases are mere symptoms of another underlying health problem in the body, highlighting the need for broader medical evaluation.
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New York
Queen Marys Garden to be a world class London sight
The Queen Marys Garden in Regent’s Park London will be a premier global sight when finished. The Ministry of Agriculture with top British growers will showcase delphiniums lilies scabious lupins phloxes and Michaelmas daisies along with exceptional rose beds.
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England
Queen Mary's Garden
Regent's Park
London
Ministry of Agriculture
British Isles
A Real Philosopher and Other Odds and Ends
The item surveys James Lucey of Northampton famed as Calvin Coolidge’s friend and notes his singular, devout observation on life. It adds a courtroom quip about crocodiles chasing a man who climbed a lamp post and cites Canada’s 1934 canned foods output of 32,847,000 dollars.
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Northampton
James Lucey
Calvin Coolidge
New York Sun
Canada
Medical Missionary Recounts Labrador Coast Experiences
Dr H L Paddon, one of Sir Wilfrid Grenfell's medical missionaries, describes 25,000 miles by dog team and an 1,800 mile journey, facing blizzards and ice. He recalls performing a leg amputation with an Eskimo helper after a gun accident and notes gold prospecting hope along the Labrador coast.
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Arctic
H. L. Paddon
England
Dr. Paddon
Sir Wilfred Grenfeil
Labrador
Ontario
Belle Isle Strait
Ungava Bay
Horses Shipped To States From Weyburn Area
American buyers purchased more than 300 general purpose work horses from Weyburn Saskatchewan farmers and shipped them in 17 freight cars to Black River Falls Wisconsin. Prices paid ran 15 to 20 percent above last year as Weyburn faces a local spring shortage.
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Saskatchewan Point
Weyburn
Sask
Black River Falls
Wisconsin
Canadian Egg Industry 1934 to 1935 Shift Noted
It is estimated that 94 000 fewer egg laying hens operated on Canadian farms in 1985 than 1934 while 268 000 dozen more eggs were laid. The total egg value rose to 37 763 000 dollars, up 3 309 000 from 1934. The average egg value climbed to 17 cents per dozen from 15. Tourists spent 28 140 000 dollars in Austria in 1935.
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Canada
Jiffy Knit Blouse and Skirt Pattern Offered
A quick two piece outfit offered in pattern 5530 features a one piece construction blouse and skirt. It uses simple drop stitch and plain knitting with Shetland floss. Send 20 cents in stamps to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave. Br Winnier VV oe.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnier
Plans for giant dirigible rivaling Hindenburg announced
Goodyear Zeppelin president Paul W. Litchfield said engineers drafted a dirigible larger than Germany’s Hindenburg. The proposed ship would be 850 feet long and 145 feet in diameter, about 75 feet longer. Potential U S terminus cities include Philadelphia and two Virginia sites, Alexandria and Richmond.
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Paul W. Litchfield
Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation
Germany
Europe
Philadelphia
Alexandria
Richmond
Cows Hired Out With Rent Waiver In Early England
A note from Cambridgeshire recounts 1600 bequest of cows for church upkeep with a proviso that rent would be waived while the cows were dry. The practice reflects early rental arrangements in farming economies and parallels modern installment purchases for livestock.
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England
Cambridgeshire
London Spectator
Killing Time and the Call to Banish Time Thieves
Poetic verse by Walt Mason laments those who waste or steal time from others. The rhyme advocates sending such individuals to an isolated island where they can waste hours without affecting others. The piece critiques society’s impatience and the value of personal time.
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Walt Mason
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Toronto Globe
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St. Louis
Queen Mary's
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Hampton Court
St. Thomas
Labrador Coast
Norman Rogers
Austria
Alice
Brooks
Alice Brooks
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