Trans-Canada air mail network expands across continent
The power review notes forty-four air services carrying mail on about 14 180 miles of lines. It details the opening of the Montreal to Vancouver daily service on March 1 with stops, the Vancouver to Victoria link, and the Montreal to Moncton connection, plus feeder lines. It also covers cross Atlantic efforts, wartime censorship, and post office expansions.
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Canada
Power
Post Office Department
Trans Canada
Europe
Asia
Australia
Trans-Canada
Montreal
Vancouver
United States
Tur
Central
South America
Far East
Pan-American Airways
Port Washington
N.Y
Southampton
England
Shetac
Atlantic
Imperial Airways
Boucherville
Canadian Postal Corps
Refused admittance blocks Dupre at Sydney recital
During Marcel Dupre’s Australian tour a free Sydney recital filled Town Hall to capacity and the doors were shut. Dupre arrived minutes before showtime and was barred by an attendant before he forced his way in with help from a staffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcel Dupre
Sydney
M. Dupre
Organis Fire Brigades
Ugi Science Monitor
Not Always Companion In Advice From The Farmer's Advocate
The Farmer's Advocate notes that experience and inspiration are not always companions. It recalls that the author of Home Sweet Home died homeless and the author of Rock-a-Bye Baby died without ever soothing a child to sleep with the tune that charmed countless sleepers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baoy
Sandman
Nations Survived Defying Size in Biblical Texts
A Montreal Star opinion recalls that mighty populations do not decide history. It cites Egypt, Assyria, Persia, Greece and Rome as states that fell, while the small, defenseless Jewish nation endured and grew stronger in the course of history.
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Great Britain
Egypt
Palestine
Russia
Finland
Asyria
Persia
Assyria
Babylon
Greece
Rome
Montreal Star
Sounds Funny To Them Cockney Parents Get Laugh Out Of Child's Sussex Accent
London correspondent reports Molly a Cockney child of working class neighbors developed a broad rural Sussex accent four months after evacuation. Parents unaware at first now amused when visiting countryside. teachers say such cases could be multiplied by ten thousand.
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Sussex
London
Ottawa Journal
Savas
Molly
Quite Suitable All Season Car Turns Heads
A car dealer and a lady discuss a vehicle described as an all season car. The exchange centers on features like the radiator and fan, highlighting practical appeal and customer satisfaction.
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Sateaman
Front brakes may cause lighter steering feel hints drag
A lighter steering feel in a car could indicate that the front brakes are dragging. The observation suggests checking brake alignment and wear to prevent reduced handling and potential damage.
Stage world backs Finnish relief with nationwide benefit
The New York theatre community plans a countrywide series of shows aiming to raise 500000 for distressed Finns. Ex president Hoover joins a luncheon to form a Who's Who of the stage, hoping every theatre contributes. Actors pledge free performances for emergencies, fires, floods, and disasters.
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United States
Finland
New York
Hoover
Orfar
Stage
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Russians misled about mission to fight Finns
Report states Russian soldiers believed they were heading north for winter sports and were unaware they would engage in combat with Finland. Toronto Saturday Night notes the era’s wartime misperceptions amid global cinema traffic totaling 220 million attendees.
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Toronto
Deadly natural poison found in Pacific salamander embryos
Stanford biologist Professor Victor Twitty found a virulent toxin in Triturus salamander embryos along Pacific streams. A gram could kill hundreds. grafting tiny embryo tissue caused paralysis in another salamander. Poison detected in eggs embryos and sometimes in females' blood.
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Pacific
Victor Twitty
Stanford University
Twitty
Lucky Sailor Thomas Martin Escapes Two Dangers
Thomas Martin of Glasgow narrowly avoids peril after a summons from Oban Sherriff Court stops him from joining the armed merchant cruiser Rawalpindi as fireman. He had just left the Athenia before its final voyage and later crashed a motorcycle, spending six weeks in hospital and six days unconscious. He remains convinced he is lucky.
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Thomas Martin
Glasgow
Scotland
Rawalpindi
Athenia
Martin
Beng
Liverpool Post
Mulock Accepts Honorary President Role for Blind Institute
At 96, Sir William Mulock agrees to serve as honorary president of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind following the death of Sir Charles Lindsay in November, filling the vacancy created by the loss.
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William Mulock
Canadian National Institute For the Blind
Charles Lindsay
Flower Potholders Pattern 6581 For Gay Kitellen
Pattern 6581 provides instructions and charts for single crochet potholders using four strands of string and unbleached cotton with color illustrations. To obtain the pattern send 20 cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg. There is no Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Sugar Surplus Assures Canada Britain War Needs
Federal sugar controller says Canada will have ample supplies throughout the war. Britain will rely on sugar beet crops for over half its annual needs, with 1939 yields boosting output and freeing cargo space for essential imports.
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Canada
England
Britain
Ro Noble
Prices and Trade Board
Cuba
Java
Mr. Noble
Noble
Ottawa
Women Break Barriers in McGill Architecture Program
At McGill University Montreal two female undergraduates Catherine M Chard and Arlene R Becott join the architecture program alongside male students. Initial fears by male students are said to be unfounded as the coeds adapt to the curriculum. More women expect to enroll in architecture in the near future.
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McGill University
Montreal
School of Architecture
McGill
Catherine M. Chard
Westmount
Arlene R. Be
Beaver dam techniques inspire Wyoming rancher
Rancher T. D. O'Neil of Big Piney Wyoming studied beaver ponds to learn dam building. He observed how beavers entwine limbs and mud to cement a stable structure that resists high water. Applying the method, he now builds check dams in small creeks to store and divert water, reducing washout trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
T. D. O'Neil
Big Piney
O'Neil
Mieh Jess
Making Good Progress Woman Scientist On Sleeping Sickness
Dr Alma J Neill physiology professor at the University of Oklahoma has worked six years on a theory that sleeping sickness stems from a toxin in grains of corn and possibly other plants She believes the disease is not contagious but transmitted from plants to animals when eaten
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Alma J. Neill
University of Oklahoma
Neill
Indian Troops in France Surprise Arrival in Midwinter
The Edmonton Journal notes native Indian troops arrived in Northern France during winter 1914-15, facing cold and damp conditions. Many were moved to Egypt and Mesopotamia while some brigades, including cavalry, remained and fought at Cambrai in 1917 as dismounted troops. India sent about 70,000 to France in 1914, with Sikhs Gurkhas and Bengalis forming large portions of the fighting force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
France
Flanders
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Cambrai
Thei
Edmonton Journal
Britain faces massive pensions bill from World War I
Sir Walter Womersley, minister of pensions, said the department spends £38,000,000 annually and by March will have spent £1,360,000,000 on last war pensions. Claims from 1914-18 continue, with about 850,000 beneficiaries. Since September 46 pensioners surrendered pensions, saving £1,773 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Britain
Walter Womersley
Walter
Proved His Point Over a Sieve Weather Quip
A passenger argues patience proves nothing in a railway compartment. Another passenger retorts that patience and perseverance can carry weather in a sieve. The exchange ends with a quip about waiting for water to freeze.
New Damask Weaving Method by Swedish Teacher
Alexander Berger a teacher in Jamtland northern Sweden invents a new damask weaving method. He has portrayed works of the masters in twitted linen.
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Alexander Berger
Jamtland
Sweden
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Ming George
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Hese Gay
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