World’s Largest Telescope Under Construction in California
Plans for a 200 inch telescope at Mount Palomar California announced in New York by Captain C S McDowell USN. The $6 million project aims to finish the main structure by 1940 with a tube five stories high and a flying field atop the observatory for quick access to Pasadena laboratories 90 miles away.
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California
New York
Observatory
American Institute
C. S. McDowell
USN
Navy
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
McDowell
Mt. Palomar
Value Of Cheese In Canadian Diets
Summary of the Milk Utilization Service statement detailing cheese as a Canadian dairy product rich in protein calcium vitamin A and energy. It highlights cheese as economical highly nutritious and an adaptable ingredient pairing with cereals fruits and vegetables for balanced meals.
Ottawa opens new college course in political science
The University of Ottawa established a school of political science to serve both regular and occasional students with evening lectures. It aims to prepare candidates for Canadian administrative roles in external affairs, trade and finance, offering a Canada centered study of political issues.
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University of Ottawa
The
University
Trade
Good And Bad Music Theories From Kreisler And Gershwin
Fritz Kreisler argues music expresses excitement and primeval instincts and notes there is good and bad in jazz as well as classical music. He cites Gershwin as potentially great if raised differently. TheLiterary Digest mentions Oxford’s 872 founding and recommends daily dairy intake for all ages.
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Fritz Kreisler
Europe
Gershwin
Literary Digest
Not Always Helpful The Bystander Advice From Surgeons
The American College of Surgeons warned bystanders against aiding accident victims unless the person is in imminent danger. In a symposium on fractures at the 26th annual clinical congress Dr. Robert H. Kennedy of New York City cited up to 1.5 million fractures yearly in the United States and said untrained helpers often worsen injuries by premature intervention.
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American College of Surgeons
Robert H. Kennedy
New York City
United States
Origin of red herrings in U S political fights
The term red herring traces to smoked and nitre cured herrings used in 17th century Britain to mislead hounds. It entered common use to describe deliberate distractions from a real issue, a device discussed by The New York Times and cited in the Lethbridge Herald.
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U.S
New York Times
Lethbridge Herald
Wells and the Coal Merchant on a Boiled Water Plan
H G Wells, age seventy, is famed for his Utopia ideas and jokes about others. At a dinner he debated world-betterment when a neighbor claimed all drinking water should be boiled an hour before use. Wells joked that the man must be a coal merchant, not a doctor.
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H. G. Wells
Mr. Wells
Hans Christian Andersen Accused of Disliking Children
A historical remark attributes a dislike of children to Hans Christian Andersen, noted author of many fairy tales, reflecting a debated aspect of his personal reputation.
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Hans Christian Andersen
Meat Survey Aims To Gauge Canada’s Lamb Veal Use
The Dominion Department of Agriculture launches a survey in Saint John Montreal and Vancouver to measure meat consumption by households. Interviewers will ask monthly usage of lamb veal beef bacon and other meats plus fish and eggs and provide charts on beef and lamb cuts and preparation tips.
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Canada
Saint John
N.B
Montreal
Vancouver
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
United Kingdom
Empire
Australia
New Zealand
New Milk Container Claims Months Freshness
Department of Agriculture officials in Ottawa test a container invented by Swiss Joseph Hofius. Sealed in Berne six weeks earlier, several containers were opened and preliminary results showed fresh sweet milk and cream. The text then shifts to a statement about the League of Nations and nations outside it.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Joseph Hofius
Berne
Switzerland
Decline of Wild Fowl Linked to Marshland Reclaims
Remarkable changes in animal life are noted as marsh lands are reclaimed. Lions reappear in the Rockies while mink raid bacon in Glacier National Park and trumpeter swans enjoy recorded songs at Yellowstone. Deer avoid creosote and woodchucks are called whistle-pigs in Great Smoky.
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National Park
U.S
Rockies
Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado
American Museum of Natural History
Sequoia National Park
California
Great Smoky National Park
North Carolina
Tennessee
Chairs Earned Modern Use In Late Seventeenth Century
The article notes chairs did not become common until the late seventeenth century, with earlier seating being hard wooden stools. Early chairs, found in museums, are described as stiff and uncomfortable, made of solid carved wood, and called wainscot chairs.
Fishermen Score $300000 Herring Haul Off Scotland
In three weeks fishermen from Gour Ock and Greenock Scotland caught a haul worth 300000 dollars in herring.
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Gourock
Greenock
Scotland
Pattern 5634 Kitten Pals Day of Week Tea Towels
Pattern 5634 offers seven transfer motifs, one for each day of the week, with color guides and embroidery instructions. Send 20 cents to Household Arts at Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave. E, Winnipeg, to obtain the pattern.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Breeks
Dirigible Hindenburg Returns After Ten Atlantic Voyages
The Hindenburg docked at Frankfort after her tenth and final round trip across the Atlantic of the season. She carried more than 1,200 passengers in both directions between the United States and Germany with remarkable regularity and speed.
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Hindenburg
Frankfort
Atlantic
Germany
Iceland
Azores
New York Herald Tribune
Goats Debunked as Tin Dish Eaters Claim Refuted
A Farmers' Advocate note asserts goats are not fond of tin cans red flannels or ploughshares and will not eat such items. The piece says goats are fastidious and demand quality in their feed and teases a later report praising goats for consuming poison ivy, potentially elevating their status if confirmed.
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East
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Brooks
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