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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 12, 1939
Page
3
The piece explains London smog as a coal soot fog that dumps tar, ammonium compounds and sulfur acids into streets. It cites Glasgow data where respiratory deaths spiked during fog periods and urges households and industry to burn electricity gas and coke to reduce smoke while condensing waste products from coal.
The London Free Press notes Ottawa quiet on Parliament but the Ottawa Journal focuses on a new dictionary about American slang. It highlights entries like napoo and Nazi, notes omissions of terms, and critiques the dictionary's coverage of words and spellings.
A red sensitive photographic film at Mount Wilson Observatory pierces Milky Way dust to reveal a dense galaxy nucleus. Dr. Walter Baade notes the film shows stars thick in the center, with the sun and planets far out. The film helps scientists study what drives the Galaxy.
The League of Nations Society of Canada sent via cable $1,100 to Prague to relieve distress among refugees in Czecho Slovakia, drawn from the National Aid Czecho Slovsk fund established by the Society. A year has 10.00 days on the planet Jupiter.
Canada’s butter surplus has grown to about 15,900,000 pounds. A. C. Fraser of the national dairy council urged domestic consumers to cook with butter to cut the surplus, noting Canada’s December supplies at over 53 million pounds.
A Canadian Pacific bulletin notes two high bred Japanese spaniels visiting Sudbury. Dinner for Jo Chan and Nachi caused a stir, ordered by Wire from Winnipeg. Meal included mutton broth, boneless fish, and milk costing $1.10. The two spaniels, valued at $300 each, traveled from Kobe via steamship and rail to New York.
In Grand Rapids Michigan a sale of McIntosh apples at the State Horticultural Fair fetched a record price. A farm equipment maker bought a bushel for 21 dollars to exhibit at the fair. All prize fruit will be sold at public auction next year.
The Royal Society of Canada offers ten scholarships of 1500 dollars each to graduates with the MA or equivalent for study in literature or science at European or other foreign universities. Victor Morin, the society’s president, announced the awards as the annual meeting in Montreal coincides with a royal visit. officials hope the King and Queen attend a session.
The New York Times contemplates future climates with air conditioning year round at 67.5 degrees and proper humidity. It contrasts current winters with ancestral hardship and suggests modern viewers seek strength at the cinema by watching dramatic feats on skis and Mount Everest.
The defence committee of the Canadian Corps urges the federal government to construct 100 training centres across Canada for unemployed youth to gain vocational training and become a nucleus for defence forces. The statement warns of the evils of unemployment and criticizes relief camps and the failed apprentice system alongside a plan to employ youth to support national security.
A ptarmigan in winter plumage blends with snow, its white body camouflaged while its shadow remains visible from a distance. The statement notes 6,000 tin can sizes and shapes currently in use worldwide.
Astronomers at the Carnegie Institution of Washington say a nova or supernova could erupt in the Milky Way, releasing light equal to 100 moons and turning Earth’s night into day for weeks or months. The event could occur tomorrow or after many years, with no definite date.
Weather records preserved in ancient trees reveal an 11.5 year sunspot cycle. Scientists study growth rings to trace solar activity across thousands of years.
The Sunday Chronicle reports the King will spend the coming months examining political, industrial, and diplomatic conditions so that, upon his next year trip to the United States after Canada, he can speak to President Roosevelt with firsthand knowledge.
London maintains a women's police unit with one superintendent three Inspectors eleven sergeants and sixty patrolwomen.
A statement highlights that restful sleep matters more than duration. Dream disturbances are noted as evidence of brain activity during sleep, implying the mind remains active even in rest.
Within a 20 mile radius of St Pauls cathedral London observers record 171 different wild bird types. The Queen Mary stern rudder weighs 140 tons according to maritime notes.
The Port of London Authority describes how cargo containers vary by commodity from chests and cases to gunny sacks and gunny bales. Different packings determine handling charges, with iron bottles for quicksilver and goat skin coverings for iodine, affecting costs for importers.
Johns Hopkins Professor Reymond Pears tells Population Association of America that women are more evolutionarily advanced due to more generations since they marry younger. Dr Alfred Lotka adds figures showing eight female ancestors vs seven male ancestors in 224 years, implying longer female lineage.
Edmonton witnesses the official opening of Canada’s first mosque at a simple ceremony attended by over 100 people. The Rashid Mosque honors the Prophet Muhammad and was dedicated by Abdullah Yauf Ali, a Muslim scholar and Indian statesman touring Canada with Mayor J. W. Fry in attendance.
A historical note states that a gallon of the earth’s average material would weigh 55 pounds, an estimate tied to early scientific curiosities about earth composition and density.
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