Thames Embankment Car Crash Ends With Scotland Yard Tangle
A foggy Thames Embankment collision leaves Aileen Rivers with a bruised elbow and a tailing mystery. Sub-Inspector James Carlton of Scotland Yard intervenes, escorts her home in a taxi, and hints at a prior connection to her family as the case unfolds toward a continuation.
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Thames Embankment
Aileen Rivers
Aileen
James Carlton
Scotland Yard
Petra Tank
Mr. Carlton
Alfreen
Rivers
Arthur Ingle
Mr. Harlow
A More Beautiful Canada Home beautification urged nationwide
The article argues every Canadian home should plant trees shrubs vines and flowers to boost beauty and value. It links attractive surroundings to happier children tourism and community pride and notes practical help from experimental farms and agricultural colleges.
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Canada
Plant Kingdom
Cape Breton Island
Pacific Coast
United States
Dominion
Agricultural College
Finland Plans Farmland Split for Displaced Farm Residents
Finland intends to divide large estates and state lands to create new farms for 340,000 residents who migrated from areas ceded to Russia. The move aims to keep Finns in the country and ensure land for livelihoods despite not being over-populated.
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Finland
Russia
Food consumption figures and altitude effect on pitching
The New York Post cites Neal O'Hara estimating yearly per adult intake: 132 pounds meat and fish, 16 percent potatoes, 329 of milk and cream, 217 cereal, 186 fresh fruit, 110 sugar and syrups, 40 eggs, and 17 coffee tea and chocolate. A Denver altitude curveball loses air resistance versus San Diego, affecting pitcher effectiveness. A potato weighing more than one pound is illegal to sell for human consumption in England.
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Neal O'Hara
New York Post
Denver
San Diego
England
Record To Be Envied OM class of Trans-Canada Airlines
The Trans-Canada Airlines record over the past year shows about 30 000 passengers carried with no fatalities. Critics questioned starting passenger service after mail and express work, but officials trained staff before passenger operations. The achievement reflects aviation skill of Canadian pilots and ground crews.
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Trans-Canada Airlines
TCA
Lethbridge Herald
How to Make Slip Covers At Home in Quick Steps
Simple home project shows how to transform chairs with bottle green crash fabric and bullion fringe. Includes pin on fitting method and finishing trim, with a 32 page booklet and extra titles available for 15 cents each from Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Shoes Standardization Gap Narrow in Wartime Britain
The wartime standardization plan will soon apply to women's shoes in Britain. Fewer styles and colors and a narrower quality range are forecast by manufacturers. Lower and medium grades would cost 16 to 13 shillings per pair for women and 17 to 20 shillings for men.
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Britain
Leslie Burgin
Brazil Holds Largest Standing Army in South America
Brazil maintains the biggest standing military force in the region while Argentina has the largest trained reserve pool among South American nations.
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Brazil
South America
Argentina
Parks in Leicester Plant Scented Flowers in Special Corners
Parks in Leicester England introduce highly scented flowers in designated corners for the herb garden project. The note mentions 4000 lenses in the eye of the common house fly and 2356 as a referenced figure.
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Leicester
England
Earl of Athlone seeks stay for Sir Shuldham Redfern in Canada
The Earl of Athlone, Governor-General-designate, asks Sir Shuldham Redfern to continue as private secretary at Government House. Redfern is arranging a Foreign Office leave extension via the Sudan government. He came to Canada in 1935 with Lord Tweedsmuir after serving as Governor of Kansas Provincia near Abyssinia for the Sudan.
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Shuldham Redfern
Lord Tweeds Muir
Earl of
Gems of Thought on Motive and Character
A collection of quotations on motive shaping character and actions. Notable lines from Bruyere Penn Eddy Johnson Goethe and Macauley reflect that good deeds, intention, and integrity determine virtue, with emphasis on inner purpose over outward praise.
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Bruyere
Braille Gone With the Wind Published by New York Guild
The New York Guild for the Jewish Blind Library offers a 30 volume Braille edition of Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. Transcribed by Ida Klingstein the 4 110 pages fill 30 volumes in Grade 144 Braille. A reader averages 40 pages per hour and would need 100 hours to finish. Also notes termites in wood and a quip about Hans Christian Andersen.
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Library of the Community Centre of the
New York Guild For the Jewish Blind
Margaret Mitchell
Ida Kllngstein
Park Avenue
New York
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Fotheringay Mansions
Aifeen
Son of
Nimsht
Little Milton
Big Brother
Northern
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Tab Harey
AMD
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Home Service
Great Britain
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Lord Tweedsmuir
William Penn
Mary Baker Eddy
Samuel Johnson
Goethe
Macaulay
Bund
Hans Christian Andersen
MacDonald
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