National Health Council scientists shape Canada's destiny
National Research Council of Canada scientists in Ottawa shaped Canada’s industrial future in steel, airplanes, and rust resistant wheat. Major General A G L McNaughton said the council’s work saved prairie farmers over 35 million dollars and boosted employment fivefold since 1932. Hormone synthesis in Ottawa led to higher wheat yields and earlier maturity. Research, he said, remains vital to cut costs, reduce waste, and build new industries.
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National Research Council of Canada
Ottawa
Dominion
A. G. L. McNaughton
Vancouver Institute
Council
Department of Agriculture
Canada
Austria
McNaughton
Nova Scotia
Ottawa Counci
General McNaughton
Reveries Of A Writer Opie Read At 86
Opie Read, last of a storied writing circle that included Mark Twain and Artemus Ward, is 86 and enjoying reading and conversation. He quips philosophy is the undershirt of truth and critiques political superficiality while reflecting on the uncertain future of American letters and possible shifts in literary style alongside science.
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Opie Brad
Opie
Mark Twain
Eugene Field
John Billings
Artemus Ward
Rockefeller
Great Boone
Read
Deaf mute stowaway labeled undesirable alien after 12 years at sea
Leon Reilli Der, a deaf mute aged twenty four, secretly boarded a ship at Havre and hid in a lifeboat for 32 hours. He was detained at Waterford and Blyth, then declared undesirable by customs and ordered back to Havre as the ship sailed. He has wandered at sea for 12 years and stayed aboard one vessel for three years.
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Leon Reilli
Der
Waterford
Ireland
Havre
Bird House Shelter Built For Private Garden Feature
Richard H L Bergstrom of Miltona Minnesota built an elaborate martin haven for Phil J Noonan of Alexandria Minnesota. The 3600 pieces of timber 13 000 scraps nails and other materials created a unique bird house with reefing front porches and railings. The art took an entire winter and spring to complete and is part of Mr Noonan's Little Bit of Heaven ward en which in 1937 was fed by 80 000 tourists worldwide.
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Richard HL Bergstrom
Miltona
Minnesota
Phil J. Noonan
Alexandria
Martin Haven
Afr
Noonan
Heaven
Chriatian Science Monitor
Goats and Tires: Quirky Dublin Incidents Reported
A Dublin goat was arrested for eating posters off billboards. The note mentions car tires revolving 43 000 times an hour at 60 miles per hour, illustrating a quirky linkage of mundane road details with an unusual animal incident.
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Dublin
Unusual Christmas Party Hums Beneath Morris Iron Mine
At Morris Iron Mine in Isphemling Michigan 1400 feet underground Inland Steel hosts annual Christmas party since 1920. Mine captain Charles Miron originator now at Penn Mine Vulcan Michigan. A Christmas tree from upper Michigan woods, carols and gifts from Santa Claus organizer Jim Fowler marked subterranean festivities.
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Morris Iron
iniIsphemling
Mich
Inland Steel Company
Charles Miron
Penn Mine
Vulcan
Upper Michigan
Jim’ Fowler
Santa Claus
Miron
Self Education Fosters True Growth and Self Discipline
The text argues intellect grows only through one's own action and free will, not passive study. It asserts self-education is essential, as readiness in emergencies comes from exerting mental powers. It contrasts gifted readers with disciplined doers and cites ancient warriors and the depth of the Robinson gold mine as examples.
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Daniel Webster
Troy
Comprehensive Problems on Science and Society Effects
A British Association for the Advancement of Science committee at Cambridge studies how advances in science affect communities and how social conditions influence scientific progress. It outlines economic needs of nations, industry shifts, emergency research support, coordination, social psychology research, consumer studies, and use of light metals.
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British Association For the Advancement of Science
Cambridge
Consumers’ Research Council
Not Taking Any Chances Won With Two Horses
An excited man bet $100 on one horse just as the race began at the post. He boasted of owning the other two horses, claiming a strong winning position as the bookmaker quips. The tense exchange ends with the man confident in his threehorse stake.
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Booke
Scientists Find Petrified Camel Head Near Puyallup
Scientists report a petrified camel head uncovered near Puyallup Washington suggesting the camel originated in North America roughly where Nebraska sits today and calling the animal an immigrant to the Sshara desert.
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Sshara Desert
Puyallup, Wash
North America
Nebraska
Horror of War Great Part Played by Women in Peace Efforts
Miss Gordon Holmes of London, financial chair of the International Federation of Business and Professional Women, told Ottawa federation members that women's peace efforts helped curb war. She cited Hitler facing three crises: food, labor gangs removing workers from communities, and a serious religious crisis.
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Gordon Holmes
London
International Federation of Business and Professional Women
Ottawa Federation
Miss Holmes
Hitler
Etiquette Advice Confusion in Dinner Manners Debate
A Peterborough Examiner note questions rule clarity in etiquette guidance. It mocks Q A formats for table manners, asking whether a fork should stay in hand or be placed elsewhere and suggests common advice is vague and hard to act on.
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Peterborough Examiner
Democracy and the Right to Laugh at Life
A New York Times column argues democracy must protect the right to humor. It cites a French war ministry housing fiasco and quotes British cartoonist David Low on ridicule of power, warning that banning jokes harms civilization.
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David Low
BBC
British Broadcasting Agency
Mr. Low
Mr. Roosevelt
Il Duce
Germany
Mickey Mouse
Donald Duck
England
France
India
Tunis
New York Times
Lord Nuffield Creed of Charity Drives Mass Production Pledge
Viscount Nuffield, British industrialist, declares his creed to pass on help to mankind. He notes about £13 million in beneficence, from hospital aids to iron lungs for Empire hospitals, and promises to continue for life. The next day he donates £31,000 to Morris Orthopaedic Hospital at Oxford, linked to his early bicycle shop beginnings.
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Viscount Nuffield
Empire Hospitals
Morris Orthopaedic Hospital
Oxford
Stewardesses Favored by Passengers on Air Liners
Mary Mussen a 27 year old stewardess says she weds only 85 hours a month about three hours daily. Air lines prefer pretty girls for service and the Clipper ships employ stewardesses due to strenuous high altitude work. Altitude limits work pace and weight limit of 120 pounds is set to fit narrow aisles.
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Air Linera
Mary Mussen
Toronto Telegram
Mary
Monastery in Charterhouse Square To Let
The Charterhouse’s Registrar’s House in Charterhouse Square, BC, a former Carthusian monastery, will be let for 300 pounds yearly. Henry VIII expelled the monks, later served as a hunting lodge, then owned by the Duke of Norfolk, with Queen Elizabeth visiting in 1558. A nightly 8 o clock curfew tolls for fifty nine aging brothers.
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Henry VIII
Charterhouse Square
B.C
St. Pancras
Islington
Duke of Norfolk
Elizabeth
Charterhouse Brothers
London Sunday Express
Vessels Named Wasp in U S Navy History
The item notes six U S Navy ships bearing the name Wasp. It recounts a peculiarly phrased dialogue about misfortune and voice loss, then lists naval vessels named Wasp, as part of a historical reference.
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United States
Striking Out Afresh Elderly Minister From England Takes New Post
Dr F W Norwood formerly minister at City Temple London accepts invitation to become minister of St Andrew's Wesley Church Vancouver one of Canada's largest churches He plans to start the appointment next October and says he is in perfect health at over 60 years old saying life is like that and he hopes to strike out again at 88 with continued hard work
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England
Vancouver
F. W. Norwood
City Temple
London
St. Andrew's Wesley Church
Canada
Norwood
National Free Church Council
Overseas Daily Mail
Fishermen Use Varnished Boards to Reel In Moonlit Fish
In China, crews rig boats with white varnished boards that slope into the water. On moonlit nights, fish mols climb the boards, dash onto the boards, and skid into the boats.
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China
Longest English railway platform at Victoria and Exchange Manchester
The Victoria and Exchange station in Manchester is said to have the longest platform in England at 2,104 feet. A bee grows rapidly after emergence, being 1,500 times heavier six days after leaving the egg. A proverb notes that a man who yields when wrong is wise while yielding when right leads to marriage.
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England
Victoria and Exchange
Manchester
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