Canada’s World Fair Pavilion Showcases Young Nation Spirit
Canada announced the New York World’s Fair pavilion plans, a 205 by 118 by 40 foot stucco structure fronting Presidential Row, with a 16 by 80 foot illuminated pool, totem poles, color laden interior, and a copper map of Canada highlighting agriculture industry and travel opportunities.
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Canada
New York
Douglas S Cole
J . Parmelee
Department of Trade and Commerce
Ottawa
W F Willams
Iain R. Morrison
Nelson
B.C
Presidential Row
Broad Court of Peace
Coat of Arms of
Dominion
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
New York Sun
War settles nothing and the Czech republic future
The Toronto Telegram argues that wars settle nothing and warns that future conflicts would create new, unsolved problems. The text reflects on the grudging gratitude for avoiding another European war and the impossibility of restoring the Czech republic to its prior state. It emphasizes the need for lasting peace to prevent further slaughter and destruction.
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Czech Republic
Toronto Telegram
Roundabout Editing Fallen Oursier at Liberty Magazine
Oursler, head of Liberty Magazine, edits from West Falmouth Massachusetts while the New York office remains official. During the hurricane wires failed and New York communications failed. Boston remained clear and he directed edits via London and cable back to New York. William Burt, a surveyor, discovered rich iron ore deposits in northern Michigan when his compass needle spun violently.
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Fallen Oursier
Macfadden
Liberty Magazine
West Falmouth
Mass
New York
Boston
London
Oursler
Michigan
Wiliam Burt
Parents Face Awkward Questions as Children Probe Invention
A lighthearted piece notes how parental patience is tested when kids pose tough questions about inventions. It highlights the role of a mother’s ingenuity in guiding curious discussions and fosters a playful look at creativity in the home.
Tattoo art and its aging disguise across cultures
The passage traces tattoo practices from youth scars to cosmetic retattooing, notes Darwin on aboriginal tattooing, explains the word tattoo from Tahitian tatu, and describes blue pigment use by Polynesians. It highlights Maori facial designs signaling age and praises Haida nation tattoo craftsmanship in British Columbia.
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Darwin
New Zealand
British Columbia
Had Him Puzzled Calf Weighing Mystery Stuns Farmer
A farmer weighed his lumber wagon with a calf aboard then unloaded the calf and reweighed. In heavy mud the scale operator puzzled over the result. The farmer asked for the weight and the weigher admitted the calf weighed sixteen pounds less than no calf at all.
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Waal
Counterfeit Dimes Ring Busted in New York Hotels
James J. Maloney of the U S secret service explained a table silver theft at several New York hotels was melted and molded into counterfeit dimes. Two men, Rafael Almira aged 26 and Elpidio Artigas aged 38, worked as bus boys and passed about 5900 dimes monthly.
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New York
James J. Maloney
United States Secret Service
Maloney
Rafael Almira
Elpidio Artigas
Flower Named for Swedish Botanist Shines in New York Show
The American Dahlia Society honored the dahlia, a flower named for Swedish botanist A. Dahl, at its annual show in Bronx, New York. The event featured over 1,000 exhibits across 329 classes. Dahlias have grown from ten original species to more than 5,000 today.
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Mexico
A. Dahl
American Dahlia Society
New York City
Bronx
Queen Mary praised for ageless grace and public duty
Valentine Williams lauds Queen Mary in the London Daily Mirror for aging with energy and dignity. The Queen Mother balances sorrow and service, continuing public duties, welfare work, and personal ploughing of life, inspiring widows and all women to craft new lives.
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England
Valentine Williams
London Daily Mirror
Queen Mary
Canine Safety Appeal Over Dogs Left in Parked Cars
The national canine defense league of England appeals to motorists to avoid leaving pets in parked cars with all windows closed. The warning stresses that sun heat can cause suffering and even unconsciousness for dogs inside a closed vehicle during hot weather.
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National Canine Defense League of England
Just His Bad Luck
An Irish claim of a 110 year old pipe smoker is met by a rival 112 year old pipe smoker. A Yorkshire man drank ten quarts of ale daily for 64 years yet died near 80. A Silesian duke reportedly drank 25 pints of wine nightly for 32 years, with death attributed to milk overdose.
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Johanna O'Connor
Ireland
Bridget Guthrie
County Clare
Paul Parnell
Ewes Farm
Yorkshire
Heinrich VI
Liegnitz
Silesia
MIT scientists to seek sun energy for power storage
Dr. Karl T. Compton announced a gift of 647700 to MIT for converting solar energy into power or storage. He cited sun heat data showing vast daily and seasonal energy yields per area. Harvard researchers also study speeding tree growth as part of broad energy and material science efforts.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Karl T. Compton
Harvard University
Ivory imports drive piano makers’ large ivory use
Piano manufacturers are cited as the world’s largest ivory users with roughly three hundred thousand pounds imported annually for this purpose.
Colorful Peacock Panel Embroidered Pattern 6159
A transfer pattern 15 by 20 inches featuring a peacock motif in wool or silk adds richness to rooms. Pattern 6159 includes color chart key stitch illustrations and materials, available for 20 cents to the Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermotane EP Winninane.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot
Winninane
Sunspots Reach Modern Era's Great Maximum
The sun is at the greatest sunspot maximum in modern times with record counts at Mount Wilson. Dr. Frederick Seares notes a possible double peak as July and August brought renewed activity and daily averages near 10 spots. Solar disturbances have disrupted telegraph and telephone services, and auroras were visible as far south as the Mexican border.
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Carnegie Institution
Mount Wilson Observator
Frederick Seares
Seth Nicholson
Mt. Wilson
Wheat farming in southern Saskatchewan has limits
H Van Vliet of the University of Saskatchewan told a Saskatoon service club that farming there has definite limitations. He warned droughts will recur in cycles and that wheat remains the most drought resistant crop, arguing against wholesale adoption of mixed farming for southern Saskatchewan farmers.
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Saskatchewan
H. van Vliet
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
South Saskatchewan
Grasshoppers On Ice Attract Glacier Exposing Insects
Dr. Kenneth King, Dominion entomologist, Saskatoon, spoke at Weyburn farmers meeting about a dwarfing glacier near Yellowstone Park revealing grasshopper blankets. He said the hoppers migrated on the glacier and, conditioned by the atmosphere, could not leave as the glacier grew.
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Yellowstone Park
Kenneth King
Dominion
Saskatoon
Weyburn
King
Great Plains
Red Cap Service postcard joke in Chicago
The New Yorker notes Miss Anne Morgan's secretary, en route from a West vacation, dashed a postcard to her sister between trains in Chicago. She urged the Red Cap to mail it, and the sister received a postscript saying she made it, respectfully yours, Red Cap.
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the New Yorker
Anne Morgan
Chicago
Czechs in Canada population estimate
The piece estimates about 40,000 Czechs in Canada today, with the 1931 census listing 30,401 Czech and Slovak origin residents. It notes thousands more since and shows 8,871 in the province, many in Sudbury and northern Ontario.
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Canada
Sudbury
Ontario
Sud* Star
Renown Wheat Emerges as Likeliest Marquis Replacement
Dominion government plant breeders regard Renown as the best rust-proof wheat to supplant Marquis. Thatcher, though high quality, risks bleached and non rust immunity to head rust. Renown shows rust immunity and equal appearance to Marquis, with up to half a million bushels slated for seed next year amid western Canada export concerns.
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Marquis
Thatcher
Canada
Canada Art Exhibition Opens in London
The Duke of Kent opened the largest Canadian art show ever shown outside Canada at Tate Gallery in London. It showcases historic Canadian wood carvings from Quebec and works from the National Gallery of Canada the Toronto Art Gallery and University of Toronto with items from Vincent Massey’s London collection. The exhibit runs two months and may tour provincial galleries afterward.
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The
Dominion
Duke of Kent
Tate Gallery
London
Europe
Canada
Quebec
National Gallery of Canada
Toronto Art Gallery
University of Toronto
Vincent Massey
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Time
Zofingen
Alice Brooks
Calgary
Grasshoppers
Red Cap Service
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