Primitive Tribes Of Peru Missionary Tells Strange Tales
Ruth Stull, missionary of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, spoke at a Toronto Bible and Missionary convention about life among primitive Peruvian jungle tribes. She described bruising rites, torture of children, poison tea, and archer ambushes, noting sun worship and a pervasive fear of death shaping a brutal society.
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Jungl
Peru
Toronto
Ruth Stull
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Jungle
Stull
Amazon Valley
Mra Stull
Newgate Bell Joins Madame Tussaud's Closing Time
The iconic Newgate Prison toll bell will ring nightly at Madame Tussaud's Wax Works to signal closing time, replacing previous whistle warnings. The bell, bought by John Tussaud in 1903 for £100 from auctioned prison relics, carries a long London legacy.
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Newgate Prison
London
Madame Tussaud
Newgate
John T. Tussaud
New German Chemist Claims One Step Film Processing
A. G. Hauff of Fuerbach Germany claims a secret formula that develops fixes and fixes photographic film in one in a single bath. He says the process eliminates separate washing and fixing stages and will streamline film production.
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A. G. Hauff
Fuerbach
Germany
Kuduz vine aids soil, forage in Southeast
The kuduz or perch vine, long used as ornamental cover and forage, is promoted by the Soil Conservation Service to stabilize topsoil and restore nitrogen. It thrives in varied Southeast conditions, sending long runners and rooting at nodes to anchor soil and support farming crops.
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Soil Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
Coffin Ready Aboard Ocean Liners For Emergencies
In Southampton I met a shipboard carpenter aboard the Normandie who showed me a newly made coffin in the workshop. The ship’s doctor, a qualified embalmer, ensures coffins are on large liners for emergencies though burials at sea are rarer today. Pearson’s Weekly.
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Southampton
America
Pearson'’s Weekly
Meteor Names and Phases of Space Rocks
The terms shoot ing stars describe meteoroids before they enter the atmosphere. Meteors occur during the atmospheric entry and visible trail. Meteorites are what meteors become after they land on Earth.
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Earth
Literary Bible edited as literature by Oxford Cambridge presses
The authorized Bible printing privilege is relaxed for a literary edition titled The Bible Designed to be Read as Literature. Omissions include Chronicles and parts of the Apocrypha. genealogies are reduced. Spelling and punctuation are modernized. Laurence Binyon notes the Bible's literary value and the neglect of its form.
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Oxford
Cambridge
Laurence Binyon
Program Canceled to Spare Children Fears of War
The British Broadcasting Corporation canceled a forthcoming program in which a Chinese and a Japanese were to present their views on the Sino Japanese conflict. The move aimed to avoid exciting school children about the undeclared war.
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British Broadcasting Corporation
Oriental War Area
Canada
Johnnie Nomura
Cliff Tonouye
Pegina
Tonouye
Moose Jaw
Nomura
Alberta
Simple Language Reflects Union Key Moment At Edinburgh Castle
H B Ellison reports a Scottish guide in Edinburgh Castle recounting a 1600s dinner for English and Scottish nobles. The guide narrates how the guests sat and rose together, illustrating the unity behind the Acts of Union with plain speech and a quiet emphasis on the final word together.
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H. B. Ellison
Christian Science Monitor
Edinburgh Castle
James VI
Scotland
England
Britain Leads in European Airliner Use Despite Lower Power Plans
Britain operates more airliners than any European nation except Germany and ranks ninth in the continent's commercial flying speed list. The country’s aircraft plans favor lower powered, more economical operations over speed.
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Britain
Germany
Launches New Era Lady Worsesheer Starts Portable Blacksmith Shop
Greenwich Village woman Martha Smith announces a portable blacksmith service from 46 Horatio Street. The now mobile shop with husband George aims to bring horseshoeing to horses, reflecting a shift as they pack tools into an auto after closing the downstairs shop.
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Lady Worsesheer
Martha Smith
Greenwich Village
Mra. Smith
Horatio Street
New York
George
Richard Dix
Smith
Drew
Tovera
Dexter
Mich
Fog and light waves aid air defense progress
A London letter in the Ottawa Journal notes Churchill and Inskip in the House of Commons hinting that air dominance may arrive within a decade or sooner. A new fog penetrating apparatus using light waves detects aircraft in cloud or fog, aiding navigation in bad weather and marking early experimental stages of practical defense applications.
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London
Ottawa
House of Commons
Churchill
Thomas Inskip
Enthusiastic salesman sparks chaotic rug scene
A fast talking salesman bursts into a lady's home and scatters lint as he urges wiring a plug for a demonstration. The woman stops him, noting the house is not wired for electricity, and offers a broom instead. The exchange ends with a tense, comic confrontation.
Newsprint Usage Claims Moon Reach in US Production
A historical note suggests the United States uses enough newsprint each year to create a 4 sheet stack 450 feet wide that could reach to the moon, illustrating vast paper consumption.
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United States
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