Queen Mary weighed and measured for voyage
The liner Queen Mary was officially weighed, tonnage set at 80 773 and length listed as 1 018 feet. Edouard Herriot urged France to pay war debts to the United States in a constitutional address. The King bought a Canadian built automobile, his first since accession.
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France
United States
Edouard Herriot
Canada
Pennsylvania Industrial School
Huntingdon
Pretoria
Transvaal Museum
Orighstad
United States Treasury
House Committee On Privileges and Elections
King
Book Of Remembrance to List 68000 Canadian War Dead
Progress on the Book Of Remembrance to be placed in the Parliament buildings memorial chamber at Ottawa. It will record about 68 000 Canadians who died in the war from August 4 1914 to April 30 1922 plus a page for those who died later from war causes. James Purves, London heraldic artist, began the work four years ago.
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Ottawa
J. R. Bowler
Canadian Legion
Vancouver
Canada
James Purves
London
Buy Canadian Homey and Keep Empire Boss Busy
A scrambled notice critiques the buy British campaign extended to empire goods. It mocks slogans like buy Canadian homey while lampooning the dull gray tone of the era. The piece highlights linguistic confusion and colorless rhetoric in wartime propaganda.
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Empire Productions
Empire Boss
Canadian Youth Congress to Meet in Ottawa May
A Canadian Youth Congress will convene in Ottawa on May 22 24 and 2 to discuss Youth in the Canadian Economy and A Peace Policy for Canada. Delegates from youth groups nationwide will seek mutual agreement to guide Canada’s World Youth Congress delegation in Geneva. The organizing committee chaired by T W L MacDermot aims to include all national youth organizations with headquarters at 92 Adelside Street West Toronto.
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Ottawa
Canada
Geneva
T. W. L. MacDermot
Upper Canada College
League of Nations’ Society
Canadian Youth Council
League of Nations
Congress Committee
Adelside Street West
Toronto
Aviation Expansion Urged by Canadian Legion Convention
A Vancouver convention of the Canadian Legion unanimously passed a resolution calling for expanded commercial aviation in Canada and a timely update of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The measure decries inadequate federal support and urges a plan of definite assistance for all commercial operators, use of unemployed labor for airport work, rapid completion of the trans Canada Airways, and special aid to northern operators to develop mining regions.
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Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canadian Legion
Vancouver
English Mastery as Key to Success in Life
The piece argues strong English is the most valuable asset after thinking, enabling nine of ten self-made figures to rise by mastering error-free spoken and written English. It claims clear, confident English impresses employers, friends, clients, and casual acquaintances, shaping response and personality.
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Overseas Weekly Mirror
Peril Of a Closed Mind and the Fear of Learning
The peril of the closed mind is the deadliest of perils. The one gateway to youth is lifelong learning. Laziness and fear bar new truths, turning a thinker into a fossil or museum exhibit of stale beliefs.
Auction Sells Carroll Novel For 900 Guineas In London
A first edition of Alice In Wonderland sold at auction for 900 guineas about $4700. A London book firm purchased the item.
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London
New Device Aims to Restore Hearing for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Researchers at the University of California led by Prof. Vern C. Knudsen with graduate students Norman Watson and Ludwig Sepmyer announce a new ear amplifier. It targets a specific range of tones to boost deaf spots, offering near full hearing for some users and relief for about 3 million hard of hearing in the United States. Trials show partial deaf individuals, often professors and students, hear almost perfectly through earphones.
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Vern C. Knudsen
Norman Watson
Ludwig Sepmyer
University of California
United States
Knudsen
War Veterans Aid Plan Heads to Commons in Canada
Pensions Minister Power pushes a paid veterans assistance commission to find work for ex service men and conduct research. A reorganization would merge the pension appeal court into the pensions commission with more commissioners to speed hearings and tighten timing on applications and retroactive pensions. Also notes sea temperature off Alaska runs 18 degrees warmer at 20 fathoms below the surface.
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Veterans’ Assistance
Commission Ottawa
House of Commons
Pensions
Power
Major Power
Veterans’ Assistance Commission
Pension Appeal Court
Pensions Commission
Alaska
Parable of the Great Supper and Divine Invitation
The lesson centers Luke 14 17 25 24 and Isaiah 55 2 7 noting the divine banquet as a symbol of heaven Jesus tells of a man who invites many to a great supper yet guests refuse with excuses Moody's imagined response frames acceptance The text emphasizes readiness and the contrast between worldly engagements and the heavenly feast.
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Jesus
Kingdom of Heaven
Spencer
God
Jesus Christ
Dwight L. Moody
Englishman’s mummified hawk bleeds in crisis prophecy
Sir Mark Grant-Sturgis keeps a mummified Egyptian hawk said to bleed from the beak and breast during British crises. Discovered during the Boer War, the bird reportedly bled through both the Boer and Great Wars, though it showed no emotion during Italo Abyssinian bloodshed.
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Great Britain
Mark Grant-Sturgis
Egypt
Mark
Daily Mirror
Wool production hit by severe winter in southern Alberta
P. W. Lewis, wool agent at Lethbridge, says extreme winter will curb wool output in southern Alberta. Growers report heavy losses up to 25 percent as cold weather slowed growth. An executive is a person who thinks he is busy when he takes all day to make up his mind.
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Alberta
P. W. Lewis
Lethbridge
Alta
Smarten Your Home With Crochet Pattern 5331
Crochet pattern offers a tulip design rug towel band and scarf with complete directions and charts. Includes material needs color suggestions and stitch guidance. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg for pattern 5331.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Making New Appointment For Alberta Lieutenant Governor
Official word arrives from Premier King as the five year term of Hon. W. L. Walsh ends May 4. Potential candidates include J. W. McDonald K C of Macleod Dr F W Gershaw of Medicine Hat Dr H M Tory former University of Alberta president and ex chair of the National Research Council Col P C H Primrose former Edmonton police magistrate Capt J C Bowen former Alberta Liberal house leader and W W Prevey a pioneer Edmonton businessman.
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Hieutenant
Alberta
W. L. Walsh
King
J. W. McDonald
K.C
Macleod
F. W. Gershaw
Medicine Hat
H. M. Tory
University of Alberta
Selected Recipes Cold Water Sponge Cake
Beat yolks with a Dover beater until thick and lemon colored. Add cold water and sugar then lemon rind. Fold in flour sifted with baking powder and salt. Beat, then fold in stiff whites. Bake in tube pan at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes.
Gun Carriage From King George V Funeral Arrives at Woolwich
The gun carriage used for King George V's funeral was moved from the Royal Horse Artillery depot at St Johns Wood to Woolwich, where it will be officially preserved under cover. The carriage that bore King Edward VII remains in the Tower of London armoury.
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George V
Woolwich
Royal Horse Artillery
St. Johns ‘Wood
Artillery Service
King Edward VII
London
Armour Museum
Tower of London
Inventor H E McCoy Demonstrates Concentrated Sun Power
Los Angeles inventor H E McCoy showcased a 60 mirror revolving solar furnace that concentrates sunlight onto a steel plate to melt metal. The device uses three panels with 60 slabs of glass tracking the sun to a focal point about 15 feet away, reaching around 4000 degrees Fahrenheit.
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H. E. McCoy
Los Angeles
California
McCoy
Canadian Exhibits Sought for Empire Exhibition in Johannesburg
A letter to the Regina Board of Trade from F. P. Congreve of the Government Exhibition Commission Ottawa seeks Canadian exhibits for the Empire Exhibition at Johannesburg South Africa. The pamphlet describes facilities for the Canadian section and outlines arrangements. It notes South Africa is Canada’s fifth best market.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Regina Board of Trade
F. P. Congreve
Government Exhibition Commission
Ottawa
Trans Atlantic Air Service to Reach United States
The new trans Atlantic air service linking Britain and Canada will be extended to the United States to capture American mail and passenger traffic. Sir Philip Bassacon, under secretary for air, announced this in the British House of Commons.
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Britain
Canada
United States
Philip Bsasacon
Afr
House of Commons
Foundations of Jerusalem Rise 125 Feet Over 1900 Years
The article notes that Jerusalem has been rebuilt many times and now sits with foundations about 125 feet higher than they were two millennia ago. It emphasizes the city’s long history of reconstruction atop ancient remains and the resulting elevated ground level.
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Jerusalem
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