Television Advances Beyond Inventive Stage Says New York Times
The New York Times reports that practical tests under controlled conditions show television has moved past pure invention. Sarnoff and Zworykin’s iconoscope earn praise, with capitalists showing cautious optimism and investors funding development for a nationwide system and regular programming.
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David Sarnoff
Padio Corporation of America
Mr. Sarnoff
Vladimir K. Zworyk
Sarnoff
Edison
New York Times
Canada tests armored cars for troop use
The Ministry of National Defence is experimenting with small armored cars built by Canadian motor manufacturers. Officials stress the vehicles are not tanks, and the program is in initial stages as a trial with ordinary four wheel cars fitted with special plating for troop use.
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Ministry of National Defence
Canada
Britain Considers Compulsory Air Raid Drill Plan
The air ministry advises British aircraft makers not to take foreign orders without consultation as drafting plans may double Royal Air Force home strength at a cost of 120 million dollars. A country-wide compulsory air raid drill is forecast to become part of civil protection and population preparation.
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Britain
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
United Kingdom
Slimming smart jacket dress for fuller figures pattern 877
Extremely attractive jacket dress designed for sizes 36 through 48 inches bust. Open V neck and slimming cross over bodice with yellow tub silk print and plain yellow bodice. fabrics include linen voile batiste lawn and striped handkerchief fabrics. Patterns 20 cents order from Winnipeg Newspaper Union Pattern Department.
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Pattern Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Sue
Canadians See Safer Skies as Aircraft Travel Grows
Civil aviation figures from the Department of National Defence show 1934 aviation in Canada safer per miles flown. In 6,497,637 miles and 75,871 hours, 12 died and nine were injured among crews, passengers, and bystanders. The fatality rate fell to one per 928,234 miles.
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Canada
Civil Aviation
Department of National Defence
Prairie provinces distribute free young trees to farmers
Do minion governments in several provinces set up tree planting programs to supply farmers with young trees at little or no cost. The Forest Service and later the Federal Department of Agriculture run the scheme headquartered at Indian Head Saskatchewan with Ontario and Quebec adopting similar programs.
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Dominion
Forest Service
Department of the Interior
Prairie Provinces
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Indian Head
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan Mine Run by Canada’s First Woman Coal Operator
Miss Jessie Hamilton leads a Saskatchewan coal mine near Bienfait, the first woman miner to run a Canadian operation. Since 1926, she and her team modernized the shaft, installed pumps handling 17 000 gallons per hour, and expanded cutting and shear technology while she emphasizes leadership and responsibility in a male dominated field.
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Saskatchewan
First Woman
Canada
Jessie Hamilton
Manitoba
Bienfait
Miss Hamilton
Self timer guides for family photography with children
Readers learn to use a self timer on folding cameras to include mothers in snapshots. Instructions cover tripod setup indoor lighting, proper diaphragm and shutter speeds, and timing to capture a seated child with a parent in the frame. The device is cheap and widely available and can be added to cameras with external cable releases.
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Jane
Miss Marion Thring Hailed as First Full-Time Guide-Lecturer
Miss Marion Thring, selected from over 200 men, becomes the Victoria and Albert Museum’s first full-time guide-lecturer in London. After three months she has walked about 1000 miles of galleries and studied 10 000 treasures, with 1600 more miles and 10 000 objects to go before regular lectures begin in July. She quips she could use roller skates, and notes pockets are lacking as she carries two large museum keys on a neck cord.
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Marion Thring
Victoria and Albert Museum
London
Arduous Journey Ends for Grand Rapids Trekker
David Irwin of Grand Rapids Michigan returns from a grueling seven week trek across northern Canada. He reached Churchill with three dogs pulling his sled after a voyage over 400 miles from Baker Lake NWT. Irwin had linked with Andrew Bahr in the Alaska reindeer drive but departed two years prior.
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Thern
Canada
David Irwin
Grand Rapids
Mich
Civilization
Baker Lake
Nwt
Irwin
Churchill
Andrew Bahr
Alaska
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St. Catharines
British Museum
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