Secrets of Sleep and Brain Waves Across Institutions
The University of Chicago physiologists conclude sleep is largely self-made, fatigue driven, and habitual. Air conditioning is touted as a dry climate treatment aiding rheumatic fever. McGill opens a lab to map brain waves for epilepsy origins. Manchester researchers pursue cabbage extracts as an oral insulin substitute to avoid insulin shock in diabetes.
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University of Chicago
Albert G. Young
M.D
Brookline
Mass
Young
McGill University Neurological Institute
University of Manchester
England
Car Owners Blamed In Theft After Keys Left In Car
Forest City officials warn motorists not to leave ignition keys in parked cars after a theft that led to an armed robbery of a London grocer. Magistrate D B Menzies says most youth car theft cases trace to keys left in vehicles.
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London
Forest City
D. B
Menzies
Swing Style Out Sweet Music In The Swing Style Declines
Critics from Panassie to Kostelanetz and Benny Goodman note a shift away from noisy swing to sweet swing, arguing the public favors melodic jazz. The piece also mentions Ramsgate centenarian Mrs. Charles Stokes, 100, still active at home and in reading.
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Monsieur Hughes Panassie
Andre Kostelanetz
Columbia Broadcasting System
Benny Goodman
Goodman
Kostelanetz
Panassie
Charles Stokes
Ramsgate
England
Brand Livestock Farmers Advised
Cattle rustling and sheep thieving are rife in Grey Bruce and Huron Counties with over twenty night raids on farmers stock in the last three months. Constable McCoy urged stock guards to alarm trucks move stock to yards and packing plants and to identify animals. Five raids in Huron County involved sheep. one raid in Sydenham township Grey netted eight head and another Navy 23 head thirteen head.
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Grey
Bruce
Filion
Goderich
Sing Brow
McCoy
Huron County
Sydenham Township
Grey County
Navy
Modern Etiquette Rules From Roberta Lee
Answers cover greetings when introduced and thanking hosts, dining courtesy, meal invitations, minister fees, leaving remarks, and paying taxi fares for entertainers. Do not use crude greetings, always respond to meal invitations, tip flexibly, avoid self conscious farewells, and let the hostess handle transport costs.
Growth of a Man by Mazo de la Roche review
A strong insatiable hunger for knowledge drives Growth of a Man by Mazo de la Roche, a vivid study of character and ambition. The review notes the author’s sharp portrayal and the novel’s thoughtful narrative arc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mazo de la Roche
McClelland & Stewart
Toronto
Canada
Whimsical Fragments and Oddities Across Town
A collage of droll quips and brief vignettes appears in this snippet. It weaves jokes about roosters, courtships, and a cash-poor suitor with a ten dollar bill, plus sharp asides on changing women, social commentary from Shaw, and fleeting notes on cinema, cuisine, and public figures.
Castor Oil Known In Pharaoh's Time
Historian pharmacist Charles La Wall discusses 4000 years of pharmacy proving castor oil was used in ancient times. He notes early prescriptions dated to 1552 B C and lists ingredients like yeast oils turpentine figs wormwood and opium. The text traces medicine evolving from combined practice to separate physician and pharmacist roles.
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Moses
Mount Horeb
la Wall
How Can I Clean a Felt Hat and Other Household Hacks
Advice from a vintage Q A column covers fastening lace buttons with doubled thread and tying ends under buttons. It also suggests cleaning a clothesline with baking soda and salt, or boiling in salt water, easing tight shoes with heated cloth, preserving olives with olive oil, and cleaning a felt hat with a gasoline flour paste followed by brushing.
Germany Buys Ontario Apples for Nazi Tables
London Ontario reports say German crop data suggests a subnormal German harvest will boost imports from Middlesex grown apples. District producers expect strong Canadian apple sales with a portion of a $600,000 German budget for fresh apples allocated to Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ont
Middlesex
Germany
Canada
Rural Maidens Attend Course in Home Economics
Attendance figures for the first weeks of a three month Home Economics course in five Ontario counties show 164 rural young women attending lectures. Courses cover Food and Cookery, Household Management, Health Education and Home Care, Clothing, and Home Furnishings under the Women's Institute Branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Institute
Ontario
Department of Agriculture
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Bruce
Halton
Hastings
Peterboro
Wentworth
Royal Commission Prepares Draft Report on Canadian Unity
The Royal Commission on Dominion Provincial Relations ends hearings after 85 days and 10 000 pages of evidence. It will synthesize data with expert studies to draft a skeleton report and recommendations, aiming for mid parliamentary session timing opening January 12.
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Royal Commission On
Canada
Manitoba
Wupens
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