Canadian Ace Lewie Ord to Lead Bomber Drive in Canada
Lewie Ord, a Toronto-born engineer and Britain's armaments chief, will direct Canadian Aircraft Builders to manufacture Handley Page Hampden bombers for Britain. About 50 Canadian craftsmen will train in England before building in Canada, with initial orders for 100 Hampden bombers at roughly 10 million dollars. Ord plans to return to head the firm in February amid wartime production push.
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Atlantic
Lewie Ord
S¢tius
Canada
Royal Air Force
Britain
Canadian Associated Aircraft, Limited
Canadia
Canadian Aircraft Builders
England
Ord
Air Ministry
Great Britain
London
Designer plans 100000 ton super liner with plane runway
Vladimir Yourkevitch proposes a 100000 ton trans Atlantic liner at 17 State Street New York to carry 5000 passengers for 50 dollars four day Europe trips with a self service cafe and limited crew. He envisions a hotel like ship for middle class travelers, coppering a two week vacation for 200 dollars. France resists ships larger than 30000 tons.
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Vladimir Yourkevitch
Normandie
State Street
New York
Mr. Yourkevitch
Europe
John Doe
Atlantic
France
England
Yourkevitch
United States
Ottawa clamps down on cheap souvenirs for royal visit
The government restrictions target inexpensive foreign mementos for the king and queen's visit, imposing duties at twice the invoice value. An exchange of language between French and British air force personnel is planned to foster cooperation.
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Ottawa
Cradle of humanity argued from Sahara finds
Anthropologist Pond argues central Africa as humanity’s cradle from stone age relics. He cites 700000 flint pieces from four expeditions and suggests ancient Sahara supported migrations north to Atlas passes, Barbary lands, Europe via Gibraltar, and Asia via Nile routes.
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Central Africa
Great Desert
Pond
Sahara
North Africa
Heart
The
Theas
Mediterranean
Niger River
Atlas Mountains
Barbary States
Fool
Europe
Gibraltar
Asia
Nile
Asia Minor
Helium In Canada: Quebec Journal Debunks U S Monopoly
The Quebec Medical Journal asserts Canada is a helium producer beyond the United States, noting past production in Ontario and Alberta. It highlights new medical uses for the gas in treating respiratory and heart conditions and its other applications in food preservation and radio tubes.
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Quebec Medical Journal
United States
Canada
British Empire
Clever Boy Chefs Serve Christmas Dinner at Ealing School
Senior boys vocational class at Ealing School London Ontario prepared and served a Christmas dinner to friends and officials. They grew potatoes corn peanuts radishes beets carrots beans tomatoes lettuce onions this past year and canned beets made mustard pickles tomato juice chili sauce and fruit cake for the dinner.
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Ealing School
London
Radium Shipment Arrives for National Cancer Institute
Washington receives what officials call the world’s largest radium shipment. About $200,000 worth weighing several tons arrived from New York in lead containers. The radium, packed in 1,245 hollow needles, will be measured per needle, a process expected to take at least six months.
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Washington
New York
New National Cancer Institute
Discovery of Gas Gangrene Toxoid Tested in Humans
Researchers at Connaught Laboratories and the University of Toronto report a toxoid against gas gangrene suitable for active immunization. Guinea pigs and two human volunteers underwent tests with favorable animal immunity results. two humans showed no harmful effects but antitoxic immunity is not yet reported.
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Connaught Laboratories
School of Hygiene
University of Toronto
Helen Plummer
Canadian Public Health Association
Imperial Airways trains pilots for trans Atlantic air mail route
Imperial Airways announced six pilots from its captains and first officers will begin a training course to qualify as first class navigators under Squadron Leader Godsave at the School of Navigation. They will later train under Captain A S Wilcockson of the Atlantic division, who pioneered six ocean flights last summer.
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Imperial Airways
Godsave
School of Navigation
A. 5. Wilcockson
Keeping His Good Name Ammie Williams in North Carolina
A North Carolina man named Ammie Williams handed over his son to the authorities after locating him, choosing to protect his good name among white residents. The piece reflects on racial attitudes, noting the complexities of kinship, law enforcement, and morality in the colored community amid southern prejudice.
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Ammie Williams
North Carolina
Ammie
South
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Order blocks export of sandbags from Gibraltar
General Sir Edmund Ironside, governor of Gibraltar, issued an order forbidding the export or removal from Gibraltar of empty bags sacks or other materials that could be used as sandbags.
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Gibraltar
Sir Edmund Ironside
Tibetan Hair Tradition Linked to Kanduur Volumes
A fragment notes women in Tibet wear 108 pigtails honoring the 108 volumes of Kanduur. It also mentions a professor claiming a person could lie on onions and strong cheese, and oddly states Columbus began a voyage on a Friday.
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Tibet
Christopher Columbus
Heparin Proves Valuable in Blood Vessel Surgery
Dr. W. E. Gallie reports in Toronto that heparin prevents clotting in operations on blood vessels and the heart. Dr. Gordon Murray enlarges vascular suturing to include vein transplants to replace arterial gaps with high success in animals and potential for treating wounds, tumors, and aneurysms. Progress also noted in replacing damaged heart valves.
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W. E. Gallie
Faculty of Medicine
Department of
University of Toronto
Gordon Murray
Gal‘Me
No Pictures Allowed at Governor General Drawing Room
Photographers were banned from shooting the Governor General and Lady Tweedamuir drawing room in Ottawa. The Friday night event in the senate chamber opens Parliament and hosts notable social figures. A photo snuck into an American magazine last year despite explicit instructions.
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Tweedamuir
Government House
Senate Chamber
Ottawa
Oddities and Facts From A Curious Local Page
A joking symbol of small town humor about a penny pincher leaving his porch light. Astral twins Castor and Pollux lie about 9e13 miles apart in mythic storytelling. Historical note: ostrich eggs served as cups in ancient cultures.
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Castor
Pollux
Faith In The West Unite To Solve Western Canada Woes
The Calgary Herald editorial argues Western Canada faces short term trade strains amid European turmoil but has a bright long term future. It urges careful fact based public discourse and united action across the west to sustain agriculture with patient policy during difficult times led by Premier Bracken.
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Western
Canada
Western Canada
Europe
West
Bracken
Great Lakes
Calgary Herald
Tower of Elgin Cathedral A 400 Year Ruin
Elgin Cathedral remains among Scotland’s scenic ruins. The 190 foot tower, known as The Lantern of the North, was dedicated on August 6 1224 by Bishop Andrew de Moravia. Fire and attacks left it ruined by 1640, with restoration efforts in 1638 and later. Now protected by government works and viewed by thousands yearly.
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Giles
Andrew de Moravia
Cathedral of
Moray
Europe
Wolf of
Badenoch
Patrick Hepburn
Privy Council
Earl of Huntly
Aberdeen
H. M. Office of Works
Books On Wheels Bring Reading To Rural British Columbia
Under the Union Libraries plan residents in three rural districts gain access to book vans that travel Vancouver Island and the Okangan and Fraser Valleys. Any municipality or rural school district can join if a plebiscite approves the plan. Vans depart from district headquarters, visiting settlement stops for book exchanges and deposit stations.
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Union
British Columbia
Vancouver Island
Okanagan
Fraser
Saint John dealer to burn radios atop Fort Howe
In Saint John New Brunswick a dealer plans a bonfire atop Fort Howe to burn hundreds of obsolete radios to clear a market glut. The event would stack the radios for ignition creating a public display and disposal spectacle.
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Saint John
N.B
Dealera
Fort Howe
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