Canada Water Power Exhibit At New York Worlds Fair
Visitors to the Canadian Pavilion encounter a striking display of Canada's water power resources. The exhibit, presented by the Department of Mines and Resources with the Department of Trade and Commerce, centers on low cost power as a driver of industrial development. A 15 foot bronze power figure symbolizes hydro power, with two wild horses at its feet and a power house scene below. Silk drums show secondary industries aided by electricity, while a large 15 foot map highlights developed and undeveloped water power resources.
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Canada
Department of Mines and Resources
Department of Trade and Commerce
Dominion
North Pole
Dance as Business Motive Across Cultures
The New York Times argues that commerce drives dance in primitive societies and the United States, while in the South Sea islands and the American Southwest ritual aims—rain, victory, plague warding—show otherwise. It likens dance to Wall Street brokers and World’s Fair directors seeking crowds.
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New York Times
United States
South Sea Islands
Southwest
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Rubber gloves in wartime surgery urged to save supply
A Munich medical journal cites patriotic Surgeon Karl Faber urging longer hand washing to save scarce rubber gloves. He proposes cloth substitutes for routine work, laundering soiled bandages, and using smaller towels for child operations amid wartime shortages.
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U.S
Germany
Munich
Karl Faber
Faber
Real Adventure in Beaumont For Mrs Rebecca Holland
Mrs Rebecca Holland of Village Mills Hardin county Texas, age 8S, experiences first telephone call, elevator ride, and tall building in Beaumont during a 45 minute car trip. She plans to see a movie, ride in an airplane, and possibly get a permanent wave. Aunt Becky hopes for more firsts in the near future.
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Rebecca Holland
Village Mills
Hardin County
Texas
Beaumont
Holland
Becky
Revival of a British Duke Title in 1623
The article notes no dukes in the British peerage from 1572 to 1623. Queen Elizabeth executed the last duke in 1572. James I revived the title in 1623 for George Villiers, creating him Duke of Buckingham.
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Elizabeth
James L
George Villiers
Duke of
Buckingham
Two Ways to Shield a Wife From Humiliation
An old editorial quip suggests two methods to spare a wife from asking for money. It contrasts giving an allowance with declaring financial hopelessness. Separately, a brief regional note reports two new railway lines opened in Manchuria.
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Manchuria
Weekly newspapers gain power in national affairs
The Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association promotes higher standards as rural weeklies grow in value and influence. At Niagara Falls its twentieth annual meeting elected H. T Halliwell as president. awards include the Mason trophy to the Penticton Herald and the David Williams cup for editorial pages.
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Wm. Lyon
Vdtimers
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Clarence V. Charters
Brampton
Ont
Niagara Falls
H. T Halliwell
Coleman
Alberta
Mason
William Mason
Sudbury Star
Penticton
B.C
Capital needs and open economy shape Canada's industry
The piece argues Canada requires more capital equipment and a free market to grow its economy. It warns that restricting new ventures risks harming workers and altering the regime, contrasting with peers like India, China, and Russia and urging state role only as referee.
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Canada
India
China
Russia
Batas
War and sunshine and birds in the British Isles
The Toronto Star notes war is uncivilized but would not halt progress, comparing tropical solar energy to coal output and identifying red grouse as the sole bird endemic to Britain.
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The
Toronto Star
British Isles
False Mallers Building death alarm ends with theft
An excited call to Chicago police warned of a man about to jump from the 21st floor of the Mallers Building on Wabash Avenue but the alarm was false. While officers rushed to the scene a burglar entered a Market Street garment plant and stole a cashier’s pay envelopes, then fled.
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Chicago
Mallers
Wabash Avenue
Market Street
Florence Samuels
East Side
West Side
Earliest and Latest Easters in the Century Cited
A churchgoer, while idly turning hymnals, discovered a list showing Easter dates from 1924 to 2000. He notes Easter 1940 will be March 24, the earliest since 1924 with no earlier date until 2000, and Easter 1943 will be the latest in 75 years on April 26.
German taxpayer makes Detroit tax payment with extra cents
Was Strictly Honest William Wendt of Perleberg Germany remitted tax on three Detroit lots. 29 cents short. Jess Fecteau, clerk of mail tax receipts, added the extra amount and sent a full receipt. Wendt sent back 39 cents claiming 19 cents as compensation for the trouble from the error. Included with the funds was authorization from the German Government for shipment, limited to tax payment.
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Wendt
Detroit
Jess Fecteau
New Type Ferryboat For Elbe River Breaks Ice For Bears
A German shipyard near the Elbe plans a ferry with an ice breaking prow and a rear section for motor vehicles. Power comes from an 800 horsepower gas engine fueling a coal gasifier, aiming to move passengers freight and autos across the river.
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Hamburg
Germany
Elbe River
Christian Science Monitor
Abundance Of Feed Guides 1939 Storage Plans
The Montreal Weekly Star notes a 1939 feed surplus across Canada and urges farmers to build up reserves for future shortages. It recommends storing oat sheaves and especially grass hay, with hay favored for long term keeping, and advises using oats first to avoid deterioration.
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Canada
Montreal Weekly Star
Norse Crew Sets Out To Brave Northwest Passage
Five men and a woman from Faerder Norway sail the yacht Pandora to force the Northwest Passage emulating Amundsen. Only one member, Pastor Flind Kellems, has prior sea experience. The passage is usually ice free for six weeks from August to mid September.
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Faerder
Norway
Pandora
Raold Amundsen
Amundsen
Pastor Flind-Kellems
Septembe
Careless Smokers Linked to Forest Fires
The Detroit Free Press warns that lighted matches and cigarette butts tossed from car windows start fires that destroy property, harm wildlife, and scar scenery. It urges smokers to exercise extra caution as dry grass and leaves season approaches.
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Autuagia
Detroit
Fr Press
Electric light as public convenience on moonlit nights
The Stratford Hea con-Herald recalls a 50 year old Toronto Star Weekly item noting a newly dedicated Evangelical church in Stratford being the only church lit by electricity in the city. On moonlight Sundays no power was supplied by the station, so lamps were used due to the street lighting circuit not operating on such nights.
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Toronto Star
Tela Ua
Stratford Heacon-Herald
Chromium-plated beacon ball aids sunken submarine rescue
Inventor unveils a chromium plated ball with 91 facets to reflect sunlight and searchlight beams for ten miles. Designed to be released from sunken submarines, it would float on water and summon help by signaling rescuers.
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