Premier Herriot Calls for Peace Pact Across Atlantic
Premier Herriot urges Britain and America to grant a peaceful Atlantic and promises France will alone guarantee global peace. He compares peace to marriage, says his 27 years as Lyons mayor and role as former foreign minister inform his pragmatic, lifelong pacifism. He envisions a mutual peace machine grounded in Europe.
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Britain
America
Herriot
Anglo-American Press Association
Paris
Herriott
Lyons
Europe
Atlantic
Evidence Of Herring Found Near Churchill
Norwegian fisherman John Ingebrigston reported finding salt water herring in Hudson Bay near Seary Island 160 miles north of Churchill. He found eight inch specimens washed ashore and collected samples for Churchill though lacking proper nets. He also noted a new small bait fish, possibly a caplin, and previous discoveries of two other bait species in Hudson Bay.
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Hudson Bay
John Ingebrigston
The
Pas
Churchill
Ingebrigtson
Seary Island
Norway
Ingebrigston
Gas Lighting Still Used in London’s West End
The Gas Light and Coke Company of London extends a fifteen year contract with the City of Westminster, lighting nearly 50 000 street lamps nightly across much of the West End. The arrangement covers Pall Mall Piccadilly Regent Street Whitehall and surrounding streets for decades to come.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Leerie
Gas Light and Coke Company
London
City of Westminster
Pall Mall
Piccadilly
Regent Street
Whitehall
Weaving a Worldwide Suit Through Loose Wages
A quoted speaker notes the suit’s journey from Austra lia to Sax ony via English merchants and a Scottish factory. The remark highlights how many earn a living from something not paid for. The piece also cites Tepe Gawra as an ancient town site and credits early bleaching discoveries to a French chemist in 1784.
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Australia
Saxony
Berlin
Cleaning Royal Clocks and Imagined London Skies
The article notes Buckingham Palace schedules a two month cleaning of over 160 clocks with Windsor Castle and Sandringham holding hundreds more. It highlights King Edward’s punctuality, a French Louis XV clock with a negress head, and Sandringham’s clocks set half an hour fast for early engagements. It also describes a proposed overhead aerodrome wheel in central London with 36 skyscraper legs and eight spokes, costing about 25 million pounds, including a hotel and flats for 800 families.
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Buckingham Palace
Palace
Windsor Castle
Sandringham
Balmoral
France
Louis XV
Norfolk
Edward
London
King’s Cross
St. Pancras
W. Craven-Ellis
M.P
Southampton
London Bridge
Gandhi humor in London tested by blustering visitor
An artist who painted Gandhi in London recounts a blunt American asking what freeing India would achieve. Gandhi replied by asking whether it would matter if Indians could avoid American control, illustrating his wit.
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Gandhi
London
Life Captain Dyson Loses License for Drinking Driving
License suspended for life after Southend bench convicts Life Captain Harry St. Clair Dyson of driving while drunk. He faces $500 fine or two months in prison. Dyson, once allied with Lord Byng on the United Service Fund and later in British West Africa where he contracted malaria, had three similar convictions since 1927.
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Harry St. Clair Dyson
England
Southend
Lord Byng
United Service Fund
British West Africa
Manitoba Barley Shipment to British Brewers Readied
A representative of the Associated Brewers has secured about 60 000 bushels of Manitoba barley for testing by British brewers. Shipments come from multiple Manitoba sources including C. W. Banks Benito C. H. Goodman Benito Wm Gordon Kentville. Major Shaw is pleased with Valley samples and may visit Swan River before leaving for England. Some lots are being bagged separately for detailed suitability reports.
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Associated Brewers
Manitoba
C. W. Banks
Benito
C. H. Goodman
Wm. Gordon
Kentville
Shaw
Swan River
England
Sound Rule For Driving
A Brandon Sun note urges drivers to watch the other fellow to keep eyes on the road and minds on safe driving. It argues that courtesy and equal rights on the highway reduce risk and promote shared road ownership.
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Brandon Sun
Certified sea cooks required on all ships over 1000 tons
The Board of Trade mandates a certified sea cook on every sea-going vessel of 1000 tons or more. Cook apprentices must pass three grades to prove proficiency and then earn between £12 and £40 monthly.
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Board of Trade
British mills increase use of Canadian wheat in crop year
A Dominion Bureau of Statistics report notes British mills have used a high percentage of Canadian wheat since the start of the current crop year, the largest share since 1928, indicating a shift in import composition and domestic milling practices.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Untouchables Struggle Highlighted in Gandhi Era Critique
The piece details the rigid Hindu caste system from Brahmins to Untouchables, describing oppression and ritual purification. It notes Gandhi's hunger strike aiding untouchables, compares efforts from Asoka to modern times, and stresses a vast modernization challenge for India.
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India
Gandhi
Christ
Asoka
London
Delhi
New Iron Treatment Syrup For Anaemia Created At Toronto
Dr. G H W Lucas associate professor of pharmacy at the University of Toronto has prepared a new iron based syrup for treating anaemia excluding pernicious anaemia. It has shown success in tests on doctors and patients. The university will not manufacture it, but the recipe will be available to physicians.
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G. H. W. Lucas
University of Toronto
Old German Field Marshal von Mackensen Celebrates 84th Birthday
Field Marshal von Mackensen, among the war’s oldest survivors, recently marked his eighty fourth birthday. He stands out as the first German soldier of humble stock to reach General Field Marshal, being the son of a farmer.
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von Mackensen
Hindenburg
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Tepe Gawra
Northern
Mesopotamia
Ww. N. U
House of Commons
Brighton
Swan River Valley
Toronto
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