Canada to Unveil Modern Pavilion at New York World’s Fair
Canada's pavilion details announce a modern stucco building fronting on Presidential Row South with an illuminated pool, two totem poles, extensive landscaping, and a burnished copper map of Canada. Architects W Williams and I Mor rison of Nelson BC were chosen after a Dominion-wide competition. The design emphasizes agricultural industrial and economic life and promotes investment and travel.
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Canada
Douglas S. Cole
Canadian Trade Commissionetr
J . Parmeiee
Department of Trade and Commerce
Ottawa
W. Williams
Iain R. Morrison
Nelson, B.C
Presidential Row
Broad Court of Peace
Coat of Arms of
Dominion
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
New York Sun
No Enduring Peace Yet as War Ends, Czech Question Remains
The Toronto Telegram argues war settles nothing and warns any future conflict would create fresh problems. It notes the peacemakers cannot restore the Czech republic to its former state and urges gratitude that a broader European war has been avoided.
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Czech Republic
Toronto Telegram
Editing Liberty editor with New York links through Boston and London
Fulton Oursler, head of Liberty magazine, works from West Falmouth Mass though office is in New York. After a hurricane disrupted wires, he directed edits via telegraph to Boston, cables to London, then back to New York. Also notes William Burt’s discovery of rich iron ore in northern Michigan.
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Fulton Oursler
Macfadden
Liberty Magazine
West Falmouth
Mass
New York
Boston
London
Oursler
Michigan
Wiliam Burt
Parents Faced with Odd Questions as Children Question Motives
In a reflective piece readers explore how parental interviews reveal the awkward nature of questions from children. The essay notes that curiosity reveals parental motives and the invention of motherhood becomes a guiding necessity.
Tattooing Across Cultures Through Ages
The passage notes that many people tattoo in youth and may seek removal with skin-colored retattooing. It traces the word tattoo to the Tahitian tatu and describes blue ash-based pigment use in Polynesia. It mentions Darwin on aboriginal tattooing and Maori, Haida practices, with claims on age concealment and artistry.
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Darwin
New Zealand
British Columbia
Farmer's Calf Confuses Scales In Mud
A farmer towed a calf in a lumber wagon to town and weighed the wagon with the calf. After unloading the calf and reweighing the wagon, heavy mud delayed the weigher. The puzzled worker finally computed the weight as sixteen pounds less than no calf at all.
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Waal
Counterfeit Dime Ring Exposed by Secret Service
James J. Maloney of the U S secret service explained that hotel silver from a vanishing table was melted into counterfeit dimes. Two men, Rafael Almira age 26 and Elpidio Artigas age 38, operated as bus boys in several hotels and passed about 5000 dimes monthly.
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New York
James J. Maloney
United States Secret Service
Maloney
Rafael Almira
Elpidio Artigas
Dahlia Show Honors Swedish Botanist Name In NYC Exhibit
The American Dahlia Society held its annual show in the Bronx New York City honoring the dahlia named for Swedish botanist A Dahl. Over 1 000 exhibits filled 329 classes. Original count of ten species has grown to more than 5 600.
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Mexico
A. Dahl
American Dahlia Society
New York City
Bronx
Queen Mary’s public life endures with ageless courage
Valentine Williams writes in the London Daily Mirror that the Queen Mother remains active and influential at a grand age. He notes her public duties, charitable work, and steadfast spirit, arguing that sorrow has been woven into a renewed life rather than a retreat from duty.
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England
Valentine Williams
London Daily Mirror
Queen Mary
Canine Defense League Warns Against Leaving Dogs in Cars
The national canine defense league of England appeals to motorists not to leave pets in parked cars with all windows closed. Hot sun causes suffering and can lead to unconsciousness in dogs inside unventilated vehicles.
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National Canine Defense League of England
Just His Bad Luck
The article mocks the belief that abstainers live longer, citing claims of long-lived pipe smokers and drinkers. It mentions Johanna O Connor claiming 110, Bridget Guthrie at 112, Paul Parnell drinking ten quarts daily for 64 years, and Heinrich VI drinking 25 pints nightly for 32 years, with milk overdose blamed for his death.
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Johanna O'Connor
Ireland
Bridget Guthrie
County Clare
Paul Parnell
Ewes Farm
Yorkshire
Heinrich VI
Liegnitz
Silesia
MIT to Harness Sun Energy for Power and Storage
Mass Institute of Technology scientists will focus on converting solar energy into usable power or storing it for future use. Dr. Karl T. Compton notes the sun delivers about four million calories daily to each square yard in temperate zones and that peak summer yields roughly 250 tons of coal per acre. Harvard researchers also study accelerating tree growth. Piano makers import 300000 pounds of ivory yearly for their products.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Karl T. Compton
Harvard University
Colorful Panel Embroidered Peacock Pattern 6159
A 15x20 inch transfer panel titled Colorful Panel a Delight to Stitch features a peacock and instructions. Pattern 6159 includes color chart and stitches illustrations. Send 20 cents in coin to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg for pattern. no Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Glareless headlights and tires eyed for safer cars
The piece notes glare from oncoming headlights doubles night driving danger and proposes puncture proof tires and glare free headlights and windshields as essential improvements. It cites Calgary Albertan on potential standard equipment in Canada and outlines the new glass type reducing glare while allowing better forward vision.
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Canada
Calgary
Farming in Southern Saskatchewan Faces Wheat Limits
University of Saskatchewan instructor H. Van Vliet told Saskatoon service club that farming in southern Saskatchewan has definite limitations yet can be successful. He warned drought cycles make farming there inherently hazardous and that wheat, being drought resistant, remains the best crop. broad mixed farming is not the universal solution.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
H. van Vliet
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
South Saskatchewan
Grasshoppers Revealed by Glacier Near Yellow Stone Park
Dr. Kenneth King a Dominion government entomologist told Weyburn district farmers that a dwarfing glacier near Yellow Stone Park exposes layers of grasshoppers from migrations. He noted these hoppers adapted to the plains long before present settlers and would resist efforts to destroy them.
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Yellowstone Park
Kenneth King
Dominion
Saskatoon
Weyburn
King
Great Plains
Red Cap Service Postscript Confirms Train Arrival
The New Yorker recounts Miss Anne Morgan’s secretary traveling home from the West missing trains in Chicago yet delivering a postcard to a Red Cap. The card was mailed and later reached her sister with a penciled postscript reading She made it. Respectfully yours, Red Cap.
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the New Yorker
Anne Morgan
Chicago
Czechs in Canada Population Estimate Grow in Ontario
The piece notes about 40,000 Czechs in Canada today, up from 1931 census counts of 30,401 Czech and Slovak origin. It highlights 8,871 in Ontario at the census, with many in Sudbury and northern centres.
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Canada
Sudbury
Ontario
Sud* Star
Renown Wheat Poised to Replace Marquis in Western Canada
Dominion government trials suggest Renown, rust immune and with Marquis-like appearance, stands as the likely successor to Marquis. Thatcher remains high quality but vulnerable to leaf rust and weather bleaching, affecting export appearance. Half a million bushels may be sown next year to meet rust fears.
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Marquis
Thatcher
Canada
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Zofingen
Alice
Carnegie Institution
Mount Wilson Observatory
Frederick Seares
Seth Nicholson
Mt. Wilson
Mexican
Grasshoppers
Red Cap Service
The
Water Gallery
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