Mass Bombing Plans Highlight War Time Theories
A Regina Leader-Post piece discusses European air warfare doctrine Douhet and Balbo and Britain France relying on bombers for quick victory. It notes planned mass raids aimed at civilian targets and centers of war effort, with debates on countering air power and the role of civil infrastructure in wartime.
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United States
Great Britain
France
General Staffe
Masa
Germany
Lowe Trpca
Europe
Brtain
London
Gulio Douhet
Douhet
Italo Balbo
Curious British Habit Celebrated Isandhlwana Anniversary
A photograph in the Evening Sun shows Englishmen and Zulus talking after the sixtieth anniversary of the Isandlwana battle. The piece notes British habit of commemorating defeats while the British Empire now dominates, suggesting the memory mocks the lost victory and serves as a warning to complacent European leaders.
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Isandhiwana
Europe
Baltimore
Australia’s Helen Heller Helen Keller of Brisbane
Thirty year old Alice Bettridge known as Australia’s Helen Keller is deaf, dumb and blind yet leads an active life. She edits the Braille Australian Magazine, knits professionally, and is an expert typist. She writes the lead article and many stories for the magazine.
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Alice Bettridge
Australia
Helen Keller
Calcutta Man Sets Tea-Drinking Pace at Over 360000 Cups
Nepal Chandra Bhattacharji of Calcutta drinks 34 cups daily, totaling more than 360000 cups in the last 80 years. The report also notes the sun at the equator can melt a 424 foot ice layer in a year.
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Nepal
Chandra Bhattacharji
Calcutta
India
Diet awareness and cooking progress compared to Canada
The woman editor of Overseas notes five years ago Canada led in diet culture with fruit breakfasts and ready salads. She says Canada’s citizens were better cooks while Britain lagged but government action now places Britain ahead in applying scientific dietary knowledge, though the goal remains distant.
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Canada
New World
Great Britain
High Paying Dominion Job For Woman Open soon
One of the highest paying government roles for women in the Dominion is the chief of the agriculture department consumer service. The successful applicant will earn $3,780 yearly, with potential to rise to $4,140. Duties include advising on Canadian food products and addressing women’s clubs on government grading reputations.
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Dominion Government Service
Agriculture Department
Consumer Service
Cyprus Copper Name Derives From Latin Metal Term
The metal GO Cyprus Copper takes its name from cyprum, shortened from aes cyprium meaning metal of Cyprus. The inland region of Cyprus supplied nearly all the ancient metal.
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Cyprus
Great dragon lizards found on small island near Java
Scientists report discovery of large dragon lizards on a remote Indonesian island near Java. Researchers describe the reptiles as notable for size and unusual features, with potential implications for local biodiversity and future studies.
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Java
Royal Visit Trains Prepared for Canadian Tour Next Summer
Royal party trains are being prepared in Montreal with 12 coaches on the main royal train plus a pilot train for journalists. Exterior repainting in royal blue and interior refinishing proceed, with new draperies and upgraded private cars for the King, Queen, and lady in waiting. The earth travels 584,600,000 miles annually in its orbit.
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Canada
Montreal
Started Career At Eight A Printer in Toronto and Detroit
Mrs Jeannie M M Winder Carkeek has spent 70 years setting type in Toronto and Detroit. At 78 she remains active in printing as a hobby and business While born to a printing family she began proofs at age five and never lost her interest. Her father Rev Daniel K Winder started a Toronto press and her mother Mary Jane set the type.
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Toronto
Detroit
Jeannie MM. Winder Carkeek
Airs
Carkeek
Women’s Advertising Club
Daniel K. Winder
Mary Jane
Owners Blamed In Theft Case Remand For Youths
Ottawa juvenile court Judge J F McKinley urged theft insurance policies to require owners prove their car was locked at theft time. He said such clauses could cut thefts more than harsher penalties. He remanded three youths for one week on charges of taking a car without consent.
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J. F. McKinley
Ottawa Juvenile Court
Tickling the Soles and Lotus in Ancient China
A historical note cites foot tickling as an early Chinese torture and links it to the modern phrase tickled to death. It adds that lotus plants are valued in Asia for beauty and for food from seeds and thick rootstocks.
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China
Be Smart Make Your Kitchen Guy Pattern 6297
Pattern 6297 offers a transfer design with seven materials and color ideas for embroidery. Send 20 cents in coin to Household A ste Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave. E, Winnipeg, for this pattern. No Alice Brooks pattern exists.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Unemployment Insurance Plan Faces Provincial Hurdles
The federal plan for unemployment insurance stalls awaiting unanimous provincial approval. Ministers discuss constitutional barriers, with Quebec and Ontario as central players, while experts note differences in regional economies.
Public Speaking Length Favors Brevity Abroad
St. Thomas Times-Journal notes that European audiences expect concise talks while British and Dutch practice shows tighter starts and shorter speeches. It contrasts short European formats with longer American addresses and cites Harold Nicholson’s 40 20 plan as humane for all involved.
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Atlantic
Europe
British Isles
Harold Nicholson
The
Hague
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Quite A Change Of Immigrant Origins In 1938 Canada
Of 17 244 immigrants to Canada in 1938, 5 833 came from the United States and 4 059 Canadians returned from the United States, signaling a reversal of the prior pattern.
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Canada
United States
Dominion
Thia
Somerset Police Protect Wild Birds Duty Question
Somerset police state they are examining reasons behind their duty to protect wild birds in enforcement efforts. The inquiry centers on how law and policy guide their actions in safeguarding avian life.
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Somerset
England
No Visit To Callander By Royal Tour Of Canada
A government official said the king and queen will not travel to Callander to see the Dionne quintuplets during their Canada tour next summer. The quints would have to travel 86 miles to Sudbury on June 5, a plan Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe refused. No changes to the royal itinerary are planned.
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Norman Hoogers
Tabor
House of Commons
Rogers
Duplensis
Quebec
Canada
United States
Alberta
New Brunswick
Ontario
Geneva
Duplessis
Neill
Mr. Rogers
Manion
Callander
Sudbury
Allan Roy Dafoe
Muskoka
Invented Electric Bulb Pioneer Arturo Malignant Dies
Arturo Malignant, 65, an electrical engineer credited with creating the first practical vacuum in electric bulbs, died in Undine Italy. Thomas Edison learned of his work and sent technicians to assist him in Italy.
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Arturo Malignant
Undine
Italy
Thomas Edison
Malignant
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
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Cape Breton Island
Nova Scotia
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