Driving Safely On Expressways Warns Of Sudden Death
A public safety message warns that speed and recklessness turn cars into deadly missiles. It cites high accident and fatality counts in the United States and Canada, urges courteous driving, and highlights Reader’s Digest warnings about highway dangers. It stresses that time is not of the essence on the road and a driver must protect everyone traveling with and around them.
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Erica
United States
Canada
Ontario
Reader's Digest
Niagara Falls
Death
North Am
Rebuilt by New Method Restores Worn Machine Parts
A new process rebuilds worn parts by spraying metal into screw-cut surfaces. The electrically driven gun fires particles at 2700 feet per second to fuse into the base metal, then parts such as piston rods cylinders shafts bearings and turbines are smoothed to long wear.
Texas laboratory produces 99.96 percent pure helium
A government laboratory in Texas reports success in producing helium that is 99.96 percent pure, marking a high grade of purity for industrial and scientific use.
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Texas
Jubilee Week Telegrams Sent to King Reach Thousands
During May 3 to 9 the King received 10 264 telegrams from all parts of the world. Every sender in the British Isles received a reply from the King or his secretaries. Overseas messages were answered, many by cable, others by personal letter from the King’s secretaries or his representative in the Dominions or Colonies.
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British Isles
Dominions
Istanbul Streets Draped in Turkish Colors
The municipal council decrees all houses on the main street of Istanbul be displayed in Turkish colors on feast days as a citywide display initiative.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Hotels Carried in Parcels As French Build Desert Posts
The French advance into the Sahara erect hotels for officials, officers, merchants, and daring tourists. Buildings are assembled in the desert. each parcel weighs about 200 pounds per camel load. Foremen and European laborers refuse to go, so engineers outline the plans in sand while Arabs supply mud bricks and roof beams. Ships of the desert delay parcels due to temperamental routes and camel foot care.
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Sahara
Timimoun
Algeria
Drama Festival Finals Regulations for 1936 Dominion Festival
Regulations detail 11 regional contests across Canada and a final week in Ottawa starting April 20. Authored by J A Aylen the honorary secretary general the plan lists Western Canada dates for English plays and separate French regional events with dates to come. Continuous one act plays or self contained scenes lasting 20 to 45 minutes are required with regional and executive oversight by Col H C Osborne and regional committees.
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Canada
Ottawa
J. A. Aylen
British Columbia
Vancouver
Alberta
Calgary
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Quebec City
Montreal
Col. H. C. Osborne
Lighthouse Heroine of Belle Isle Died in Lorient
Mme. Matelot a famed lighthouse heroine died in Lorient France. In 1910 she earned world fame and the Carnegie Medal for heroism and the Legion of Honor after keeping the Kerdonis Light burning through a perilous night to aid her husband and protect sailors. She collapsed as dawn arrived.
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Mme
Matelot
Lorient
France
Kerdonis
Belle Isle
Wrap-Around Apron Home Frock Adapts To Figures
New wrap-around apron frock features paneled bodice flowing into a flared sleeve dress. Calico or percale prints highlighted, dimity print as a cover-all overdress. Pattern No 310 offers sizes 14 to 42 bust inches with yardage and price details. patterns 15 cents. Mail orders to Winnipeg Pattern Department. Autumn Fashion Book advertised at 15 cents.
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Pattern Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Moon Proximity Ties to Increased Earthquakes
Seismologists report a 15 percent rise in earthquakes when the moon is nearest Earth compared with when it is farthest away, suggesting a correlation between lunar position and seismic activity.
First rivets driven into cruiser Aurora at Portsmouth
Paid union rates of a penny per rivet were given to Lady Kelly wife of Admiral Sir John Kelly and other officers wives when they drove the initial rivets into the ship’s plates at Portsmouth signaling the launch.
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Lady Kelly
Sir John Kelly
Aurora
Portsmouth
London to phase out horse drawn traffic within five years
The Ministry of Transport plans a fully mechanized system to replace horse drawn traffic in London. Regulations will soon close busy streets to horses and an edict may ban horse drawn vehicles after three to five years. Minister Hore Belisha has authority but will warn owners before forcing removal.
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Ministry of Transport
London
Oxford Street
L. Hore- Belisha
Eastern Excursions Bargain Fares By C P R and C N R
Eastern Canada autumn travel deal announced by Joseph B Parker western secretary of the Canadian Passenger Association. Sale runs September 21 to October 4 with a 45 day final return from date of sale. Stopovers allowed at Port Arthur Armstrong and east. Valid on coaches tourist or standard sleepers with appropriate fare. Tickets honored from Port Arthur Armstrong west to Sault Ste Marie Sudbury Cochrane and east.
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C.P.R
C.N.R
Canada
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Railways
Joseph B. Parker
Canadian Passenger Association
Port Arthur
Armstrong
East
West
Pacific Coast
Sault Ste. Marie
Sudbury
Cochrane
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Nene
Western
Madame Matelot
Big Ben
Ellen
Bhi
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