Possibilities Of Radio In Bringing North and South Closer
A Winnipeg Free Press reflection on radio uniting vast Canadian and European Norths. It suggests cross broadcasts to share life, culture, and security across Canada from the Northlands to settled regions, citing Major Murray and northern voices as a model for national cohesion.
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Canada
Europe
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Iceland
Republic of
Finland
Gladstone Murrays
Major Murray
Northland
Winnipeg Free Press
Radio in Car Aids Wakefulness Despite Safety Warnings
Detroit News reports a consumer research stance against installing radios in cars while noting drivers claim radios help prevent dozing at the wheel. The piece cites wakefulness benefits vs. speed related interference and argues conversations by passengers or radio may keep motorists alert.
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Consumers’ Service
Detroit News
Romans uncover woolen mill ruins near Rudston in Yorkshire
Archaeologists discover Roman cloth production evidence in Rudston England suggesting a woolen mill site. The area, once a thriving sheep and farming district, may have supplied togas in ancient Rome. Earlier finds include a hillside villa with central heating and mosaic floors.
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Rudston
Yorkshire
England
Rome
Retailer Rejects First Delivery in Sample Dispute
A retailer rejects a large first delivery saying it fails the sample standard and orders immediate cancellation. The manufacturer replies that cancellation is not possible and urges the retailer to wait. The report notes a reference to Assyrian Wednesday.
Training Police Horses For Coronation Duties From London to Buckingham Palace
The Toronto Star Weekly reports on meticulous police horse training for the coronation era. Mount ed police at Imber Court practice backing into crowds and tolerating surges while umbrellas and scarlet uniforms appear. Buckingham Palace grooms coach horses for guard changes and noise. A London zoo horse learns calm amid camels and elephants for the viceroy Lord Linlithgow’s visit.
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Imber Court
Mounted Police
Metropolitan Police Force
Buckingham Palace
London Zoo
Lord Linlithgow
India
Toronto Star Weekly
Eighty Years Ago Rules Employees Of Chicago Firm
The Bowmanville Statesman notes Carson, Pirie Scott Co of Chicago marked its 80th anniversary by unearthing an old rule list. It required store hours from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m and strict duties, limited Sabbath openings, smoking bans, church giving, and weekly courting time for men. The piece contrasts past and present while joking about the rules and Spanish cigars.
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Carson, Pirie Scott Co
Chicago
Bowmanville Statesman
Proud Of His Job New Zealand Shepherd Serves One Family
The oldest New Zealand shepherd, tied to a single family for 74 years, began as a 13 year old on Alexander Sutherland’s Lyall Bay station Wellington and remained with the family through Hinakura Wairarapa and into old age on the grandson’s station.
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New Zealand
Alexander Sutherland
Lyall Bay
Wellington
Hinakura
Wairarapa
Sutherland
Corn Worries Patient In Light Hearted Exchange
A patient tells the doctor that while heart, liver, and kidneys show issues only lightly, the main concern described is a troublesome corn. The humorous line reveals a medical consultation focusing on a minor ailment amid broader health worries.
Blind Bramwell Peck Pioneer Utah Reporter Highlight
Leslie T. Foy, publisher of the Cache Valley Herald, calls Bramwell Peck one of the most efficient reporters. Peck, though totally blind, performs street reporting with heavy use of the telephone and claims an excellent memory for numbers.
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Bramwell Peck
Leslie T. Foy
Cache Valley
Coronation Visitors Census Aims To Secure London Lodgings
A gigantic census of all possible accommodation within 100 miles of London is under way by the Hotels and Restaurants Association of Great Britain. Proposals invite hotel and lodging proprietors to report available rooms and terms to prevent profiteering for coronation visitors next May.
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London
Hotels and Restaurants Association of Great Britain
Association
Southampton Row
Strand
G. Reeves- Smith
Savoy Hotel
Canadians Read More Than Twenty-One Million Library Circulations
A Dominion bureau of statistics survey shows Canada’s library circulation at 21,000,000 in 1935 with $2,000,000 cost. Per capita spending is 88 cents, versus 3.7 books per person sent to the U S and 4 percent in Britain. Nonfiction reading rose while fiction declined in several large libraries.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Speed of Driver When Touches Golf Ball Measured
An England conducted experiment used special apparatus to measure the speed of a driver at the moment it touches a golf ball. The results range from 70 to 125 miles per hour depending on the test.
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England
Hobby Horse Toys Make Easy Christmas Figures
Pattern 5737 guides quick eight inch rocking toys named Jolly Jumbo and Dashing Dobt'n. Details show seaming sides to a centre band with optional contrasting ma and cardboard base stiffening. Send 20 cents to obtain the pattern from Household Arts Winnipeg at 175 McDermot Ave.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Alice Brooks
Start Work Early
The piece argues that actors and athletes become public figures very young, noting stage stars can debut as infants and endure decades in the spotlight. It contrasts careers in the theatre, writing, law, and sports, mentioning Mrs. Fiske and a typical athletic veteran’s arc from 18 to mid sixties.
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Fiske
New Zealand Government Boosts Defence Budget by 1.25 Million
New Zealand's labor government announces an additional 1.25 million dollars for defence spending. The move underscores a broader security and military funding push amid regional tensions and parliamentary oversight.
Hospital admissions occur every four seconds in US
A patient is admitted to a hospital somewhere in the United States every four seconds, illustrating the ongoing demand on health care facilities across the country.
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United States
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