A Lesson From Europe On Canadian Unity And Policy
The piece argues unity as Canada faces internal divisions echoed by Europe. It cites Czecho-Slovakia’s collapse to warn against factionalism and urges tolerance, patience, and clear thinking. It notes Cronkite's outline of federal challenges and hopes the Rowell Commission will chart a path to unity.
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Europe
Czecho-Slovakia
Czecho- Slovakia
Hitler
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Daladier
France
Canada
F. C. Cronkite
University of Saskatchewan
Maritime
Confederation
Quebec
Ontario
Fathers of Confederation
Rowell Commission On
Eyesight restoration via corneal grafts proposed by Castroviejo
Dr. Ramon Castroviejo of New York proposes using corneal tissue from recently dead or stillborn eyes to graft a new window for the eye. He notes corneal damage can often be repaired, but tissue scarcity limits operations and suggests preserving eyes for days to stock a hospital supply.
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Ramon Castroviejo
New York City
Castroviejo
Education and work by prairie provinces schooling levels
The census bulletin from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics shows that residents of prairie provinces with less than a high school education mostly work in agricultural, semi skilled, and unskilled jobs. Clerical workers and artisans tend to have nine to twelve years of schooling, while those with thirteen years or more, many with college, dominate professional, commercial, and clerical fields. Nearly two thirds of males have under nine years of schooling, about two fifths of females share that level.
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Prairie Provinces
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Farmer Ralph Pastatis Recovers After Cliff Fall
Ralph Pastatis, 58, lay semi conscious at the base of a 30 foot cliff for five days after a fall. He crawled to a neighbor’s home and was taken to a hospital in Olympia, Washington but refused to stay, saying he was behind on farm chores.
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Ralph Pastatis
Olympia
Wash
Pastatis
Make Good Citizens
Discussion emphasizes pride in ancestral culture while opposing current Italian and German political creeds. The piece notes Canadians of German and Italian stock value heritage but reject fascist ideologies gaining traction in Europe.
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Italy
Germany
Dental study finds girls show more tooth loss than boys
A United States Public Health Service report by Dr Henry Klein and Dr Carroll Palmer on 2 232 boys and 2 184 girls in Hagerstown Maryland shows girls have more teeth missing filled or decayed at a given age not due to greater decay susceptibility but earlier tooth eruption and longer exposure to wear germs and damage.
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United States
Public Health Service
Henry Klein
Amd
Carroll E. Palmer
Hagerstown
Headache sufferer credits Kruschen for relief
A testimonial claims Kruschen Salts cured severe headaches after trying tablets and pills failed. The ad describes headaches as tied to sluggish kidneys, liver, and intestines, with Kruschen said to stimulate internal organs and prevent waste buildup, keeping the inside clean and easing pain.
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Kruschen
Law
United States Cattle Quota For Canada 1938
The United States quota for Canadian cattle in 1938 allows 155,799 cattle at 700 pounds or more, 51,933 calves under 165 pounds, and 20,000 dairy cows. Through September 3 Canada had shipped 34,010 heavy cattle, 32,610 calves, and 4,288 dairy cows. By August 28 last year the heavy cattle and calves quotas were filled and the dairy cow quota was 20 percent used.
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United States
Canada
One Word Described In Washington Visit
Dr. Dafoe visited the White House for a longer than planned five minute appointment with the President. After the meeting his publicist pressed for details but Dafoe kept the discussion confidential. The press agent finally shouted for a word and Dafoe answered Babies.
Skilled Pilot Major C H Chichester Smith Landed on Warship Deck
Major C H Chichester Smith arrived in England from Canada after contesting the 14 foot dinghies on Canadian lakes. He became one of the first to land an airplane on a warship deck and later organized the Naval Air Mission to Greece. In 1921 he joined Lord Sempill on an air mission to Japan to aid its Naval Air Service.
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C. H. Chichester Smith
England
Canada
Greece
Lord Sempill
Japan
Naval Air Service
Wright brothers first flight faced disbelief in press
The Wright brothers’ initial flight went largely unwitnessed by reporters and when first reported few believed the tale. Some insect and environmental facts accompany the section, noting leaf beetle larvae breathe by extending into air spaces of lily stems underwater. Greenland now moves away from Europe about 50 feet annually. The cricket’s note can travel a mile or more.
Canada to open first Moslem church in Edmonton
News notes the Arabian Moslem Association will own and build a modest brick veneer one story church on 108th Avenue Edmonton. It questions whether the congregation will be Arab and cites Canada’s growing religious diversity and Islam’s global reach.
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Edmonton
Canada
108Th Avenue
Great Britain
Mahomet
Mecca
Brandon Sun
Selected Recipes From A Historic Baking Note
A fragmented old recipe lists ingredients including sugar butter corn starch flour milk baking powder lemon flavour and salt. It instructs creaming butter and sugar, beating egg yolks, folding in stiffly beaten egg whites, alternating milk with sifted dry ingredients, and baking two layers in a moderate oven for 20 to 25 minutes.
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St. Lawrence
Durham
Jell O Plum Pudding Delight With Fruits N Nuts
A vintage Jell O plum pudding recipe blends lemon or cherry Jell O with salt cinnamon cloves hot water and mixed fruits and nuts. Fold in raisins prunes citron and Crape-Nuts then mold chill and serve with foamy sauce or nutmeg whipped cream. Optional brandy enhances flavor for 10 servings.
Giant 42-passenger airliner shatters design expectations
The new Douglas C-4 airliner, ordered by five U.S. airlines, has completed 46 test flights in Santa Monica, California. Built at nearly 2.9 million dollars, it exceeded predicted performance with speeds over 240 mph. On four engines it climbed above 25 000 feet. with three engines it reached 20 000 feet. The craft measures 139 feet 3 inches wingtip to wingtip and 97 feet in length.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Sky Leviathan
United States Airlines
Blind Youth Expert Placer Miner Builds Opal Hills Goldout
Expert placer miner Welton Benton, a 24 year old blind youth, has crafted a water wheel and sluice boxes in the Black Hills near Mystic South Dakota since 1934. He laid hundreds of feet of railroad track for his ore car and tunneled into the hillside. He detects gold by weight and sound rather than sight and earns 50 cents to 3 dollars daily.
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Welton Benton
Black Hills
Mystic
South Dakota
Salt Flats near Salt Lake City host speed record events
The vast Utah salt flats form a 200 mile amphitheatre where John Cobb set a record only to lose it a day later to Capt. Eyston. The surface is so hard wooden stakes must be ironshod, furrows appear behind fast cars, and leveling scrapers follow the crowd. Cobb, a London fur broker, pursues speed driving as a hobby.
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Salt Lake City
John Cobb
Capt. Eyston
Cobb
London
Man’s future tied to the front seat of his car
A concise proverb notes that a man’s future often lies in the choices made at the car’s front seat, suggesting self-determination hinges on personal decisions and actions taken in everyday mobility.
Danish Farming Prosperity In 1788 To 1960s Liberty
The Montreal Gazette notes Danish peasants gained liberty from Villeinage in 1788 and now run small farms averaging 15 acres. Society relies on cooperative marketing, loans tied to harvests, and forest management. Denmark emphasizes agriculture over industry with 200 000 farmers supporting a population around 3.5 million.
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Montreal Gazette
Denmark
North America
New Use for Radio Lights Sky as Artificial Aurora
Dr W A Bailey proposes using radio to create an artificial aurora that would light the sky to moon-brightness over a 60 mile diameter patch. Tests by WLW Cincinnati and RV-1 Moscow pave the way, with glow discharge and resonant vibration methods driving light produced by ionized air in the F layer.
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Science Jour
WLW
Cincinnati
RV-1
Moscow
W. A. Bailey
University of Sydney
Bailey
Swing music dismissed as novelty by Sir Ernest McMillan
Sir Ernest McMillan of Toronto claimed in Vancouver that jitterbugs jam sessions and swing music were nothing new and that all popular music derives from negro rhythm. He doubted swing music would be permanent and attributed jittery music to the nervous life people lead today.
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Sir Ernest McMillan
Toronto
Vancouver
Sir Ernest
Portrait Joke and Weathered Facts From Early 20th Century
A witty painter quips about creating a portrait from two photos one old and one new. In Siberia a meteor wind toppled forests over 100 square miles in 1908. The north star keeps the observer’s latitude fixed. About 7,000 people drown in the United States annually.
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Siberia
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