Demand for Adult Education Grows Across Prairie Provinces
University of Saskatchewan president Dr. Walter C. Murray cites a broad field for adult education, noting lack of funds but a rising self-driven demand. He argues adults seek knowledge to keep pace with rapid change, inspired by younger generations’ educational strides and broader reading.
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Leas
Walter C. Murray
University of Saskatchewan
Aod
Prairie
Murray
Train Crew Penalized For Missed Stop At Shimizu Station
A Japanese express train failed to stop at Shimizu station by two minutes causing staff to summon Okisu next. Passengers were redirected by automobile and the crew faced penalties for negligence. The European spruce sawfly’s spread continues affecting Canadian forests and Connecticut evergreens. Nineteen cities and towns in Union listed in the United States.
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Shimizu
Japan
Okisu
Seaplanes Under Construction for Imperial Airways Fleet
Twenty nine seaplanes are under construction at Roches ter aeroplane factories for Imperial Airways. The craft are part of a plan to create a network of Imperial air routes including Canada and Britain. British planes will fly over British territory only. Each seaplane can carry about three and a half tons, with a cruising range around 1,560 miles. The text notes separate concerns about the Mediterranean fruit fly damaging Hawaiian crops and intensified parasite control efforts.
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Imperial Airways
Imperial
Rochester
Mind Should Be Exercised at Opening Education Week
Lady Tweedsmuir urged a flexible education system to meet changing 1930s conditions. She recalled childhood arithmetic struggles, promoted the three R s and A G, and warned against shallow media consumption that weakens the mind.
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Tweedemmir Io Broader
Tweedmouk
Maharajah of Bhavna Gar Travels Home With Rich Spoils
After a seven week London visit the 24 year old Maharajah of Bhavna Gar returned with a royal retinue. He and his party bought dogs apparel inc ubators talking pictures equipment and a $5 000 automobile among 150 crates of souvenirs.
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Bhavnagar
London
England
Letters Return From Pacific Bottle Mailings
Lea Buring of Sydney has received the third of five letters mailed in bottles from ships in the Pacific months ago. One bottle found on a Fijian shore after five months. another drifted 500 miles to the North Queensland coast. The third, from near Pago Pago, reached the Gilbert Islands and was recovered by a native who opened the envelope and kept the letter, then later handed it to a sailing captain who forwarded it to Buring.
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Lea Buring
Sydney
Australia
Pacific Ocean
Queensland
Pago Pago
Gilbert Islands
Buring
Photographs Turn Pages Into Compact Film Records
New York public library photographers create page movies of rare books and ancient newspapers. The photostat division handles rising orders, but page movies offer compact storage on 35 millimeter film rolls, using about two percent of original space.
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New York Public Library
Photostat
Buckingham Palace May Get Modern Additions
Buckingham Palace could be modernized with a swimming pool and squash court. Edward VIII, then Prince of Wales, was a keen squash enthusiast and swam nearly every morning at a famous London club. The palace alterations are under consideration to suit his tastes.
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Buckingham Palace
London
Prince of Wales
Edward VIII
Saskatoon Farm Stock Values Rise in 1935 Figures
Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimates Saskatchewan farm animals worth 86,360,000 dollars in 1935 with cattle horses sheep and swine leading gains. Farm poultry value climbs to 5,299,000 dollars, marking a notable increase from 1934.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Saskatchewan
Eskimos Face Rising Tuberculosis Between Cultures
Report from Montreal via London notes two scientists studying Eastern Arctic Eskimos find tuberculosis rising among natives due to contact with white men. Colds and influenza recur after ships arrive, yet cancer and diabetes are not observed. Healthier groups live in native dress with limited white foods. further frigid-area study could aid temperate disease battle.
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Arctic
Montreal
London
New York Times
Must Be Nice Song Sparks Budapest Police Action
Budapest police call the song Gloomy Sunday a public menace reporting 18 personal crises. The latest case involved Joseph Keller who asked for roses on his grave. Two others shot themselves while gypsies played, and several suicides followed while listening at home or in servants halls.
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Budapest
Joseph Keller
World's Fastest Express Reaches 100 MPH in Six Minutes
The Reich Railroad Co unveils a four coach streamlined express achieving up to 110 mph with 125 ton weight. It reaches 100 mph in six minutes and can stop from top speed in about 3000 feet. An observation platform on the last coach marks a German railroad first.
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The
Reich Railroad Co
Electric eels generate up to 300 volts say experts
Christopher W. Coates of the New York Aquarium tropical fish section states that an electric eel about six feet long can produce from 170 to 300 volts. He believes the eel may exceed 300 volts, powerful enough to kill a horse. In other news, Cuba exported over 5.9 million pounds of fruit in a single month. Robert Schumann once wrote pieces with a pen he found on Beethoven’s tomb.
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Christopher W. Coates
Tropical Fish Department
New York Aquarium
Coats
Robert Schumann
Beethoven
Selected Recipes for Hot Cross Buns
A traditional bun recipe uses compressed yeast butter sugar currants and spices. The method details dissolving yeast in warm milk, making a sponge, beating eggs, combining ingredients, kneading, rising, shaping into rounds, glazing with egg water and a cross, then baking at 400 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.
Foggy Changing of the Guard At St James Palace
Crowds watched the guard change amid fog in Friary Court. The band played a muted set as they marched back to barracks, ending with the tune Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.
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St. James Palace
Friary Court
Barrackas
X Ray Pioneer Dr Charles Harvey Archibald Dies
New York physician and X-ray pioneer Dr Charles Harvey Archibald died at Ashbury Park New Jersey. He previously lost a finger to X-ray burns in 1930 and had his left arm amputated in 1934. The fatal operation aimed to stop further infection from burns.
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Charles Harvey Archibald
New York
Asbury Park
N.J
Specialist and patient debate paying for surgery
Specialist asks if payment could cover an operation if needed, while the patient counters by asking whether a necessary operation would be found affordable if payment were impossible. The exchange highlights concerns about access to medical care and financial barriers.
Saskatchewan gift to fund agricultural research
The Agricultural Research Foundation of the University of Saskatchewan will receive about $24,000 for agricultural experimental research through an act allocating unclaimed assets of the Saskatchewan Cooperative Elevator Company. The current research fund began from Wheat Board balances of 1919-20 totaling around $225,000, with interest supporting ongoing provincial agricultural research.
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Agricultural Research Foundation
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company
Wheat Board
Coal Production in Canada Rises in January
January coal output in Canada reached 1,391,044 tons, up 84,131 from 1936. Bituminous 772,638 tons, sub-bituminous 65,108, and lignite 644,198. Alberta led with 635,554 tons, then Nova Scotia 437,357, Saskatchewan 149,697, and New Brunswick 35,677. Humble Guest: "Er have you ever walked in your sleep, Sir John?" Very Rich Man: "Certainly not, may have motored."
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Alberta
Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan
New Brunswick
John
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