Seagulls Protect Harbor Health and Clean Waters
Public health authorities cite seagulls as vital scavengers that prevent harbor and river pollution. At New York and London markets gulls feed on offal, reducing refuse and potential disease, with protections and penalties for harming them.
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Sigmund Sameth
US Public Health Service
New York City
Fulton Street
London
Billigegate
East River
Fulton Street Pith Market Association
Death of Miss Mary Rothnie Former Balmoral Housekeeper
The royal family mourns Mary Rothnie eldest daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Rothnie Huntly Street Aberdeen She served as housekeeper at Abergeldie Castle for fourteen years and at Balmoral for the King and Queen Their childhood friend she knew King George V and Queen Mary and King George V visited her after retirement She died aged 83 after years of ill health
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Mary Rothnie
Mrs. Rothnie
Huntly Street
Aberdeen
Miss Rothnie
Abergeldie Castle
Balmoral
King George V
Queen Mary
Princess of Wales
Mary
Queen Victoria
John Brown
George V
Ballater
Prefabricated UK hostels to house farm workers
The British Ministry of Works and Buildings plans to have 300 prefabricated hostels ready in a few weeks, each housing 30 or more farm workers, totaling about 12,000 workers. Archibald Hare wrote a book on Merchant Navy courage in the Great War titled The Battle of the Seas. Dickens published Papers in 1836 at age unknown.
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Ministry of Works and Buildings
Archibald Hare
Caeates Dickens
Secret two lens color cinema shown in Berlin by Prof Roux
Inventor Roux demonstrates a colored film method in Berlin using two lenses for color, one at the camera and one at the projector. The projection creates natural color without makeup, using ordinary cameras and processes.
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Berlin
Lucien Mears Reux
Paru
Paris
Roux
Britain's Tin Hat Boom Reaches New Total
In Britain one in three people now wears a tin hat as 16.7 million have been produced. The latest style for fire watchers and industrial workers resembles a pudding basin with an adjustable rim band. The Ministry of Supply designed it for quick stamping from sheet metal in a single press, with easy drilling and finishing.
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Britain
Home Guard
Civil Defence Services
Ministry of Supply
Hardly To Be Blamed Let Hitler Look Round
The passage describes Aachen and Munster shopping centres and streets wrecked, utility services out, with the RAF intensifying raids. It asserts Germany is being repaid for attacks on British cities and that Britons bombed at home feel exultation, referencing the Overseas Daily Mail.
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Hitler
Aachen
Munster
R.A.F
Germany
Mai
British approve Nova Scotian potato canning method
Bowman L. Rafuse announced in Bridgewater Nova Scotia that his potato canning process has been approved by the British government and will be adopted immediately as part of the food preservation drive in Great Britain.
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Great Britain
Bowman L. Rafuse
Bridgewater
Storing Up Hate as Nazi Rule Tightens Grip
The piece notes Dutch civilians face shootings for aiding British airmen forced to land in the Netherlands. It argues this reflects Nazi severity and growing peril, with daily accumulations of hostility and retaliation signaling the regime’s hard line.
Watchkeeping Rule for Railroad Workers
A railroad man involved in transportation must ensure his watch varies no more than 30 seconds per week, illustrating strict timekeeping standards for railway operations.
Soils in Dutch East Indies Largely Volcanic
A report notes that twenty eight percent of the soil in the Dutch East Indies is of volcanic origin. The statement highlights the volcanic contribution to the region's earth and its potential agricultural impact.
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Dutch East Indies
Dominion wide conference on tourist traffic planned in Ottawa
A Dominion wide conference on tourist traffic will convene in Ottawa in October 1922. Walter P. Zeller announced after a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Tourist Industry. Attendees will include representatives from nine provinces and major tourist and transport organizations to boost wartime tourism and national economic aims.
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Ottawa
Walter P. Zeller
J. T. Thorson
National War Services
Canadian Association of Tourist and Travel Bureaus
Transportation Companies
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Canada
Dominion
Advisory Committee On Tourist Industry
Minister of National War Services
Intentions Were Good Soldier Finds Secret Message in Sock
A marching soldier suffers a painful blister when he returns to camp and removes his boot. He discovers a pellet of paper in the sock bearing the message God bless the soldier who wears these socks.
Savings Deposits in Canadian Banks Edge Up in July
Savings deposits in Canadian chartered banks reach 1 488 738 000 at July 31 up from 1 466 936 000 at June 30 and 1 612 549 000 a year earlier, per the finance department monthly statement. Belgium noted as Europe’s most densely populated country.
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Finance Department
Belgium
Europe
Buying British Even German Prisoners Of War Prefers Gur Goods
A German prisoner of war at a British camp was found with a folder from a roll of panchromatic British film. He said he preferred British film to German, having often used it. British film willfully smuggled via occupied and neutral routes, while photographers and paper firms report surging exports to the Empire, the United States, and South America. Exports to Australia, North Borneo, Kenya, Thailand, Brazil, India, South Africa, New Zealand, and China show notable increases.
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Germany
France
Holland
Belgium
Denmark
British Empire
United States
South America
North Borneo
Kenya
Thailand
Australia
Brazil
India
South Africa
New Zealand
China
Desperate Nazi Move to Stop Release of Bonded Matches
The London Daily Sketch reports the Nazi minister in Stockholm tried to halt the release of 2,000,000 boxes of matches bonded for Britain and France since France fell. The block aims failed as labels showed French and British flags entwined, and a sale ban in shops is being sought.
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London Daily Sketch
Stockholm
Britain
France
Bond
Col
Jaloppy Defined As Stepchild To Tin Lizzie
A bashful young lady clueless about the word jaloppy learns it means a stepchild to a Tin Lizzie. She arrived on this planet 22 years ago and still wonders what a Tin Lizzie is.
Amsterdam Built on About 90 Islands
Amsterdam lies on roughly 90 small islands linked by canals and bridged by around 1,300 bridges. The city’s unique geography forms its historic center and widespread neighborhoods within the Dutch capital.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
London children aid drive to set standard clothing sizes
Nearly 200 British children helped develop new standard sizes for boys and girls. Experts measured hips, chests, arms and height to create coded sizes. If approved, millions of garments will be sized scientifically, replacing age based estimates. Hundreds more children may be measured as standards expand to 1 000 total.
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London
British Standards Institute
United States
Institute
No moral scruples in Hitler war on his own weapons
The Ottawa Journal argues that Hitler uses ruthless tactics and that fighting him with rules and diplomacy is dangerous. The piece warns that defeating him requires meeting his methods with equal ruthlessness, implying a grim, all-out struggle.
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Adolf Hitler
Ottawa Journal
Canadian paper types produced in local mills
The passage asserts that practically every variety of paper used in Canada can be manufactured in Canadian mills. It also states the earth year length as 365.242 days.
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Canada
Forestry Corps praised by British official in Ottawa interview
Sir James Calder, timber adviser to Britain, visits Canada to study timber production and securing logging machinery. He cites home production as key to reduce imports while bombing Germany continues, and notes Canadian Forestry Corps work in Northern Scotland with orderly timber sales and milling. He predicts war end in 1943. Bristol port damage cited but operations continue.
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James Calder
Ottawa
James
Canada
Britain
Forestry Corps
Germany
Scotland
Sir James
London
Bristol
Treaty Money Distribution To Canadian Indians
The Indian Affairs Branch reports about 250000 dollars in treaty money distributed annually to Canada’s Indians as Treaty Annuities. Payments occur between April and August across Ontario prairie provinces and the north west territories. Pay officers include doctors and RCMP. remote areas use aircraft and pontoons for landings near settlements.
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Canada
Indian Affairs Branch
Department of Mines and Resources
Crown
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Northwest Territories
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
British citizens reunite children from the United States
Mr and Mrs Oswald A Savage arranged for their children to rejoin them in England after being in the United States since October 1929. The children will return by clipper, and the mother believes they will be safe and well fed.
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Britain
Oswald A. Savage
England
United States
Clipper
YMCA tours 750 tea cars visit 17,000 units
The YMCA conducts a large touring program with 750 tea cars visiting over 17,000 naval, army and air force units. Some groups receive daily sessions while others are visited several times a week.
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YMCA
Great Britain
Air Force
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