Buffalo Range Project Aims to Reintroduce Buffalo
Alberta officials and guides led by Harry Stelfox seek approval to restore buffalo in the Clear Water Reserve near Jasper National Park. The plan envisions protected grazing and a controlled open hunting season, hoping to revive the ancient herd and support local wildlife and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellkearn Spertemen
Forty Mountain House
Jasper National Path
Meekliw
Harry
Aru
Alberta
Anie Doepartrverit
Jabie Hale
Hoyal Canadian Red Police
Toni Sataenen
Stelfox
Woo. Wallace
Wainwright National Park
Bani Reserve
Jasper National Park
Prairies
Bul
Falo
Patel
Holbein Portrait Put Forward as Queen Elizabeth Discovery
Antique dealer George Fripp claims a Holbein portrait may depict Queen Elizabeth I. He bought it with hundreds of works, later restored and examined by experts who are convinced it could be a genuine Holbein, potentially the finest example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
George Fripp
Fripp
Edward
Holbein
Henry VIII
Strength Of Empire Cited By Viscount Gort At Cranwell
Viscount Gort chief of the Imperial General Staff told cadets at the Cranwell College in England that empire protection rests on the sword. He warned that only a loyal sword can safeguard the empire in the last resort, a view he urged cadets to remember.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viscount Gort
Swaurd
Imperial General Staff
Aerosumes Colege
Cranwell
England
Congress allocates 550000 for Antarctic expedition
The United States Congress appropriated $550,000 to fund an Antarctic expedition. No details were given on repatriation funds. Officials warn budget duration must cover the round trip to avoid procurement hold ups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Congress
Antarctic
Mars inhabitants unlikely but possible says Steavenson
Royal Astronomical Society expert Dr William Herbert Steavenson argues Martian life could exist in a form needing no Earth‑like respiration. He notes extreme temperatures, low moisture, and scarce oxygen on Mars, but says future observations by Dr Vesta Melvin Silpher in South Africa and larger telescopes may resolve doubts about man made canals being mere deception.
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William Herbert Steavenson
Royal Astronomical Society
Mara
Vesta Melvin Silpher
South Africa
Earth
Mars
Steavenson
Pacific Coast
Mary
Plans to camouflaged key sites for war effort
Plans drawn by the British air ministry propose camouflaging factories administrative centers and famous buildings in wartime. Experiments at South Farnborough show façades changed to look like churches and an airport hidden as a village to thwart air reconnaissance.
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Engkind
St. Pauls Cathedral
British
Air Ministry
South Farnborough
Fish and flower lists in Bermuda and Britain
The article catalogs aquatic species in Bermuda’s aquaria and notes Britain’s wild orchid diversity. It lists hog fish porcupine fish sea hare sea horse butterfly fish goatfish and the guinea chick lobster among aquarium residents. It also mentions about 40 kinds of orchids growing wild in Britain.
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Bermuda
Aquarilla
Britain
Buses Without Roads Face Tide Timetables in Malay States
Stanley W. Nelson describes the first annual report on reforming road transport in the Malay States. East coast services along Pahang beaches work where roads are absent, crossing mangrove swamps and rivers, with buses run to tide tables and passengers helping push through water and sand.
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Frst
Stanley W. Nelson
Ministry of Transport
Pahang
Neiton
Kuala Rompin
Juale Endau
Trengganu
Weiter
Exquisite Chessmen Exhibit at Hove Museum Attracts Interest
A display at Hove Museum of European and Oriental chessmen draws widespread attention. Exhibits include a Burmese set linked to Lord Roberts and the first Duke of Wellington, a Lord Clive piece, a Captain James Cook ivory set, and a 1790 Wedgwood piece tied to Abs. Siddons and Charles Kemble. A Russian set models bishops as ships and a Berne bears ivory set also draws note. A pink onyx and black agate French piece from about 1800 completes the selection.
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Hove
Lord Roberts
Duke of Wellington
Lord Clive
James Cook
Australia
Abs. Siddons
Charles Kemb
Berne
London
Defenses of Britain praises Dominions in last war
Captain Liddell Hart argues Britain could face invasion and parachute sabotage. He lauds Canadian and Australian forces as the best fighters in the final year of the Great War, noting discipline and robust order in their ranks.
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Britain
Liddell Hart
Salvage of German Fleet at Scapa Flow Postponed
Sir J. Donald Pollock of Metal Industries, Limited, says salvage of the German Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow will be suspended after raising theDerfflinger within months. The company must quit Lyness premises on lease expiry in September. two battleships remain submerged.
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J. Donald Pollock
Metal Industries, Limited
Glasgow
Scapa Flow
Derfflinger
Lyness
London Times
Growth of Oklahoma City and Vancouver cited in editorials
The Woodstock Sentinel Review notes W. W. Southam directs Vancouver Daily Province in examining growth trends. Oklahoma City rose from 13 709 in 1891 to 226 000. Vancouver expanded to 267 000. The piece notes rapid urban growth and a proverb about good intentions.
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Oklahoma City
New York
LSA
Woodstock
Sleep habits in wartime Britain reveal varied patterns
A wartime Britain inquiry shows eight hours as a guideline with women sleeping more than men and the rich less than the poor. Only 3 percent slept six hours or less while 14 percent slept over nine hours. 2 percent slept over ten. Forty percent of the young and half of those over fifty met their usual sleep nightly. Women exceeded eight hours more often, irregularity higher in the better-off groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neea Seriou
Britain
Great Britain
Vancouver Port Poised for Banner Year Amid Global Turmoil
The National Harbors Board reports a half year despite Orient wars and rumors of other regions. Ex ports double, imports up 20 percent, and deep sea ships rise. Wheat exports fell last year, but the port rebounds. if the second half of 1938 matches the first, the year’s showing will be marvel ous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Orient
Globe
National Harbors Board
Vancouver Province
Postponed voyage disrupts Arthur Parong’s marriage plans
Arthur Parong aimed to marry a girl in Perth Western Australia. He signed on with a ship in England planning to reach Australia but the vessel diverted to Durban then circumnavigated the globe via Lourenco Marques Singapore Vancouver and the Panama Canal before returning to Durban. After Durban the ship was slated to sail to Aden and Port Sudan delaying his reunion with the bride.
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Arthur Parong
Perth
Western Australia
England
Australia
Durban
South Africa
Lourenco Marques
Singapore
Vancouver
Panama Canal
Capelawn
Aden
Port Sudan
Rem Brandt Death Reveals Valued Painting Heritage
At the time of his death Rem Brandt possessed painting materials and a few linen and woolen garments. In recent years as much as half a million dollars has been paid for one of his pictures.
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Rembrandt
Undefined Phrase Refutes Rascals as Bold Stance
A fragment defines effrontery as a bold stance when a rascal speaks for one side, implying a charged, paradoxical rhetorical device. The text frames boldness as a mask for deceit or self-serving advocacy.
Camp Shilo News Reflects Canadian Military Growth
Camp Shilo details show thousands of youth drafted into cadet and militia programs as Canada expands armed forces. Reports highlight new structures, a hospital bed, and the limited railway connection due to funding gaps while noting armored and light tanks, air field development, and weekly troop influx from across the Dominion. An anniversary dinner reunites three officers from 1911 coronation contingents.
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Great Britain
Dominion
American Congress
United States
Roosevelt
Canada
Shilo
Western Canada
Camp Shiloile
112Th Army
Royal Canadian Air Force
George V
Camp Shilo
England
Cominion
D.C. MacKay
C.B.E
V.C
Tth
Winnipeg
J. N. Bibson
R.C.C.C
Ordnance Mechanical Engineer
Esquimault
British Columbia
Elon Machragon
Princesa Patricia
Canadian Light Infantry
Winner Announced in Canadian Women's Press Club Contest
Joyce Marshall of Toronto wins the memorial award for her short story And the Hilltop Was Elizabeth announced at Saskatoon by chair Miriam Green Ellis. Honorable mentions include Beryl Gray of Vancouver for The Exile and Jessie Beattie of Blair Ontario for Apple Cider. Judges were G G Sedgwick, Gladya Longheed, and W A Dearon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Howard
Oglethorpe
Virna Sheard
Br. GG. G Sedgwick
Vancouver
Gladya Longheed
Winnipeg
W. A. Dearon
Health of Livestock and Animal Health Efforts Across Dominion
Fragmented text notes concern for livestock health including horses cattle and sheep. It credits the Dominion Health of Animal Division with maintaining livestock health and meat product quality. Mentions a German mapmaker Martina Waldaeermuller with a group of scholars at St Div France in 1507 and early use of America as the New World name.
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Dominion
Amtnala
Martina Waldaeermuller
St. Div
France
America
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Yast Buffalo Range
Idral Spat
Alberta Foothdile
Kecky Wellstain
Horne
Loncon
Toome
Atlanth
Budt
Calfurna
Botwood
Newfoundland
Felixstow
Brith Aur Ministry
Malay States
Hove Museum
Parachute Army
Port of Vancouver
Watchet
Somerset
51St London Anti-Aircraft Regiment
Territorials
Fleet Anny
British Empire
Ecard
Cunada
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