Destruction In London and Beards Stir South Africa Debate
Reports warn a sustained aerial attack could force a wartime government move from London to Manchester or Liverpool with Ottawa as a shadow capital and Canada as a temporary base. In South Africa, Afrikander beards for the Voortrekker centenary spark debate over tradition versus fashion, with editors noting changing public mood.
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London
England
Scotland
Wales
Canada
Ottawa
Paris
Marne
Bordeaux
Whitehall
Berlin
British Isles
Dominion
Longboat, Once Globe-Trotting Marathon Star, Now City Worker
The Toronto directory notes Thomas Longboat once ranked among the world’s top athletes. Born near Brantford he won the 1907 Boston Marathon and represented Canada internationally. After retiring he served as a brigade runner in France during WWI and later worked as a general labourer with Toronto’s street cleaning department.
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Thos. G. Longboat
Toronto Directory
Thomas Longboat
Toronto
Tom Longboat
Six Nation
Brantford
Canada
Longboat
France
Redheads Prove Toughest to Anesthetize Says Doctor
A British Medical Association speaker near London reports redheads resist anesthesia best while blondes succumb fastest to gas. Averages show blondes 52 seconds to lose consciousness, dark haired 62 seconds, redheads 68 seconds.
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British Medical Association
London
Short recruit defies odds in Yugoslav conscription
The 20 year old Smeatfest recruit Shafko Imerovitch is 38 inches tall yet passed the medical despite expectations. Authorities face a puzzling case as his blood output and unusual eye features are noted alongside general biology trivia about heart output and bee vision.
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Shafko Imerovitch
Do Not Use Brush Julia Stirling’s Hand Art Emerges
Julia Stirling aged 78 paints without a brush using house paint on the palm and bits of paper. The Chatham Ontario artist started at 72 and lives with her sister in an antique filled home on Lorne Avenue. Her long life includes roles as milliner dressmaker and housekeeper. She finds inspiration in religion and creates surprisingly good pictures with her unique method.
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Julia Stirling
Lorne Avenue
Chatham
Ont
Miss Stirling
Steam Power and the Industrial Shift in England
A historical note traces steam engine use in English mines for sixty years before Watt’s tea kettle moment. It links steam to mining needs, cottage industries, and the advent of the industrial revolution as factories replaced home weaving, spinning, and crafts, fueling England’s global trade.
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England
James Watt
New Republic
Henry VIII Spoon Sells at London Auction for 1600 Dollars
A Henry VIII era spoon dating to 1509, six inches long and weighing one ounce, sold at a London auction for about 1600 dollars. The utensil was found 16 years ago beneath an old oak floor in a manor house near East Dorset.
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London
Dorset
Emeralds and Thames Facts From a Screened Musing
A collection of varied trivia notes cites salmon speeds of 10 yards per second, Thames River origin at a spring in the Cotswolds, and emerald production mainly in Colombia.
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Cotswold Hills
Air power and aviation schools shape Britain Canada view
The article notes Britain’s air power emphasis and preparedness warnings from Sir John Simon, with Canada considering aviation schools funded by Britain and staffed by instructors. It mentions limited Canadian volunteer training and no conscription in peacetime as Prime Minister Chamberlain noted. It also reviews early sleeping car history, citing Cumberland Valley attempts and the 1859 Pullman debut with conductor J L Barnes recalling candlelit cars and boot removal before boarding.
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Sir John
Great Britain
British Isles
Chamberlain
Canada
Birdmen
Montreal Star
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Pennsylvania
Pullman
J. L. Barnes
Horseradish Offer Amid Silent German School Film Saga
A playful exchange at a greengrocer ends with a remark about a car and a claim that motion picture machines have been installed in 17,000 German schools. The quote suggests a rapid, fictional penetration of cinema into education abroad.
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Germany
Made His Fortune Charlie Tung Dead at 45
Charlie Tung, a prominent Chinese laundryman who built a large southern laundry chain after arriving in New Orleans from Canton in 1911, died at 45 from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was known for lavish parties for his son Edson and a hotel roof garden event with leaders. He reportedly donated a fortune to the Chinese government to aid its war with Japan.
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Charlie Tung
New Orleans
Canton
South
Tung
Edson
Japan
Fossil Shark Jaws Reveal Horse-Size Prehistoric Meal
Fossil jaws from a long extinct shark indicate it could have swallowed a horse in one bite. The discovery suggests the predator hunted large prey during its era, highlighting the creature’s immense bite strength and feeding habits.
Cross Stitch These in Wool or Silk Pattern 6195
Instruction on large cross stitch projects using four strands on floss or wool. Describes making a pillow and scarf, notes fast work and seven transfer motifs varying in size. Pattern 6195 includes color schemes and stitch illustrations. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Department in Winnipeg for pattern.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
World Wheat Production For This Year Estimated As Largest On Record
The United States agriculture department estimates world wheat production for 1938-39 at 4.365 billion bushels the largest on record. Total work supplies around 4.96 billion bushels with a 3.83 billion bushel consumption projection leaving a July surplus near 1.165 billion bushels.
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United States Agriculture Department
Department
United States
Durum Wheat Crop In Western Canada Report States
The 1938 amber durum wheat crop in western Canada mirrors last year's quality in the third annual report by the Canadian board of grain commissioners. Major degrading factors include improperly ripened cracked and broken kernels and black point infection. The current crop is estimated at 22 million bushels versus about 30 million last year.
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Stanley Flower
Western Canada
Canadian Board of Grain Commis
Fall grazing impacts on next year hay crops
The article notes fall grazing of autumn hay meadows uses second growth for livestock with varying effects on next year’s hay. Experimental stations show grasses differ in response, with timothy and brome yielding about two tons per acre under good conditions. Proper fall grazing benefits grasses. carry three to four inches of growth into winter.
How Helena Modjeska Adopted Her Stage Name
The Polish born actress Modrzejewska was renamed Modjeska after John McCullough suggested a readable version in San Francisco. He proposed Madgeska but the g was changed to j to form a name easy to read and pleasing to the ear. The new name spread across the world.
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Mme
Helena Modjeska
United States
Modrzejewska
Poland
Europe
John McCullough
San Francisco
McCullough
Madagascar
Modjeska
Japanese in Canada Not a Menace, Study Finds
University of Toronto Press reports in The Japanese Canadians that 150 annual immigrants to British Columbia would not significantly boost population growth. Authors Charles H. Young and Dr Helen R Y Reid present analysis, with supplementary remarks by Prof W A Carrothers on Oriental standards of living.
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British Columbia
Canada
University of Toronto Press
Japan
Charles H. Young
Helen R. Y. Reid
W. A. Carrothers
Economic Council of
Custom Says Cow Milking Should Be On The Right Side
A milk recording medal shows a cow milked on the left, sparking debate. NFU officials say cows are always milked on the right and warn changing sides may cause mishaps. D Davies of Hobbs and Davies notes only that right-hand milking is “custom,” with no firm rule. Also noted is Canada’s oldest locomotive, the Samson, built in England in 1838 and owned by Nova Scotia.
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Milk Recording Society
L. E. Rose
Churchli Heath
Kingham
Oxford
National Farmers’ Union
D. Davies
Hobbs and Davies
Kelmscott
Glos
Nova Scotia
England
Equal day and night at equator year round
The equator experiences equal lengths of day and night throughout the year. On March 21 and September 22 the Sun stands directly above the equator, making day and night equal worldwide.
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Im Paarl
Danie J. Bas- 21
Mr. Basson
Basson
Voortrekker
New Street Cleaner
Columbia
Lampeth Town Hall
Queen Mary
John Simon
Young Bride
iHousehold
London Zoo
Zoological Park
Washington
Blois
Loire
Vienna
Major Flower
Gordon Nairne
Ann
Edinburgh
London Observer
Sioners
B.C
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