British Scientists Warn Against Unnecessary Noise
H V Thomas in the Sun Gay Pictorial argues noise wastes efficiency and happiness. He cites studies from the National Physical Laboratory and the Institute for the Deaf showing millions suffer hearing loss and that quiet improves factory output and personal well being. He urges individual cooperation to reduce noise in private life.
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H. V. Thomas
Sun Gay Pictorial
British Association
Institute For the Deaf
National Physical Laboratory
Lord Horder
Henry John Spooner
Guarded Windsor Castle Noise Etiquette Reminder
A concise admonition on reducing noise in daily life. It urges quiet behavior at home in Windsor Castle and in public spaces like cars and restaurants. It warns that noise disturbs others and can make people nervous or overworked, urging personal responsibility to avoid interference with others' pleasure.
Centenary celebrates King William's Temple at Kew Gardens
London’s Kew Gardens marks 100 years since King William's Temple was built on rising ground opposite Pagoda Vista. Nearby plants include witch hazels with yellow blooms and two rare Tree of Heaven specimens, plus historic mulberries and Queen Elizabeth's elm at Brentford Ferry Gate. A willow near The Pond stems from a cutting of Napoleon’s grave tree on St Helena.
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Kew Gardens
London
King William's Temple
Wiliam IV
George IV
Kew
Shakespeare
Stratford-on-Avon
Queen Elizabeth
Brentford Ferry Gate
Richmond Palace
Napoleon
St. Helena
Retiring chief guards Windsor Castle fire brigade
Chief Officer Chadwick of the Windsor Castle Fire Brigade retires after 30 years of service with no fires in the castle major treasures in state rooms remain uninsured. The closest scare came five years ago when Elizabethan timbers in a Canon’s house roof caught fire, a quick brigade response saved cloisters.
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Overseas Daily Mail
Chadwick
Windsor Castle
Royal Library
Scotsman appointed King’s Sandringham farm manager
The Glasgow Bulletin reports Alexander MacKinnon, a Scotsman, is named manager of the King’s Sandringham farms including the experimental flax project. He has long managed for Lord Strathmore at St Pauls Waldenbury, where the Queen was born and spent her childhood.
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England
Scotland
Glasgow Bulletin
Alexander MacKinnon
Sandringham
King George V
Mr. MacKinnon
Lord Strathmore
St. Paul's, Waldenbury
Canadian Banknote Circulation Surges to Record Levels
The September Bank of Canada summary reports over 200 million in paper money in public hands. August note circulation averaged 203 million, a peak not seen since 1929’s boom, while 1935 total active notes averaged 169 million.
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Bank of Canada
Toasting The King And The President In The Crown
The Ottawa Journal notes that toasting the King or the President is a symbol deserving utmost respect. It recalls a Victoria dinner anecdote about unclear health toasting between George VI and Edward VIII and contrasts American respect for the President with the fear of losing a tooth in Roosevelts era.
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Victoria
George VI
Edward VIII
United States
Roosevelt
Ottawa Journal
Hawks Steer In Flight Using Tails
A study notes hawks maneuver midair by adjusting tail feathers to steer during flight. Researchers tracked wing and tail movements to understand lift, balance, and direction changes in hunting dives.
Seed Growers Push for Seed Purchasing Commission
F L Dickinson of the Canadian Seed Growers Association urged a permanent seed purchasing commission before the Tur geon Royal Grain Commission in Winnipeg. He said seed growers face financing difficulties after threshing and before spring sowing, risking loss of pure high grade seed to commercial channels. He noted province seed exchanges help but small holdings lack support, and a permanent body would ensure pure seed stocks for farmers and maintain Canada’s world grain market status.
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Seed Purchasing Commission
Turgeon Royal Grain Commission
Winnipeg
F. L. Dickinson
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
Canada
Dickinson
Ford’s Country House Visit Sparks Suspicion and Tools
Henry Ford and wife visit England as weekend guests at a country house. The butler, unfamiliar with Ford, inspects his baggage and spots a common set of repair tools, misreading them as a burglar’s kit. The butler watches Ford closely throughout the stay. Separately a milk bar near East Wemyss pit-head proves popular, with miners consuming about 80 gallons daily.
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Henry Ford
Glasgow Bulletin
England
Ford
Mr. Ford
Edgar Wallace
East Wemyss
Scotland
Airplane Opens New Mining Frontier in Northwest Territories
Aerial transport enables access to Canada’s northern mineral regions. Prospectors target radium, copper, nickel, gold, lead, zinc and silver as exploration expands from Great Bear Lake to Coppermine River and Yellowknife areas.
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Canadian
Northwest Territories
Canada
Dominion
Great Bear Lake
Yellowknife River
Pine Point
Great Slave Lake
Norman
Mackenzie River
Coppermine River
LaBine Point
Outpost Island
Taltson River
Gordon Lake
Yellowknife Bay
Francois River
Rankin Inlet
Hudson Bay
Britons Demand Canadian Eggs Rise in British Breakfast
Canadian eggs gain importance in Britain as Agriculture Department predicts fall shipments to reach 1,250,000 dozen, a 37 percent rise from last year’s 912,000 dozen. Exports run mid-September to late November with 270,000 dozen shipped by October 2. Saskatchewan Manitoba and Ontario lead exports.
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Agriculture Department
Great Britain
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Kittens Pattern 5719 For Wool Embroidery Gift
Pattern 5719 offers a kitten transfer 7x9 inches and 8x9% inches with outlines and color chart. Includes stitch illustrations material needs and color suggestions. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave for the pattern.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnines
New Glass Prevents Heat Passage Discovered in Prague
A Bohemian inventor unveils a glass that blocks heat while remaining transparent to light. The opaque to heat glass promises reduced heat transmission, with light and heat waves differing only in wavelength.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
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