Canada as a Land of Striking Contrasts for Tourists
A British visitor describes Canada’s vast scale and contrast from Ontario to Quebec. Distances loom large for English travelers while cities like Montreal Toronto and Vancouver teem with life. The country blends old seigneurial history with frontier towns, offering varied transport, scenery, and a traveler’s sense of awe.
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Gatineau Valley
North Pole
Ottawa
Fim
Hollywood
Paris
New York
Quebec
Louis XIV
Ontaro
Niagara
Ontario
Mackenzie River
Montreal
Canada
Veteran Showman Frohman May Vacate Lyceum Apartment
Daniel Frohman, long time showman, faces eviction from his four room Lyceum top dwelling in New York after a foreclosure by Bowery Savings Bank. The heat is off and the private elevator to the apartment has ceased operation. The space housed his art collection and hosted theatre notables, with a square panel giving a Lyceum stage view and a rehearsal hall below.
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Hane Daniel Frohman
Lyceum
New York
Bowery Savings Bank
Actors Fund
Frohbman
Frohman
Pine United States Invests Heavily in Pine Paper Industry
D. G. Moon, consulting engineer, notes U S spending on pine based paper has reached 260 million dollars with over 27 million spent on mills last year. He projects 21 million more in 1939 and cites 100 million spent since 1935. Experimental work with hardwoods aims to supplement pine for newsprint. Moon cites rising per day paper consumption and substantial south forest resources capable of meeting large pulps demand.
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United States South
Pup Mil
D. G. Moon
Moon
United States
Endorsed Money Order Incident in Los Angeles Post Office
A woman attempted to cash a money order at a Los Angeles post office. The clerk found the order uncancelled and asked her to endorse it at a different desk, while the back contained a note reading I heartily endorse this. The scene reflects a routine security check at a city window.
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Los Angeles
Spouse’s Lunch Question Sparks A Saving Difference
A husband asks why lunch with a male friend is fine but lunch with a woman friend causes a quarrel. The wife replies the difference is in payments: one case you pay, the other she saves.
Japanese Canned Salmon Sparks Trade Dispute in Commonwealth
A House of Commons tabled correspondence reveals Australian and English markets flooded with Japanese canned salmon misbranded as Canadian. Canadian trade commissioners warn of price undercutting and foreign exchange needs, while British Columbia’s salmon pack industry is kept informed.
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Australia
England
House of Commons
Austria
British Columbia
Secret vitamin formula locked in Health Ministry safe
The London Daily Sketch reports a secret glandular vitamin formula intended to bolster Britain's population against wartime panic is secured in the Ministry of Health vault. Florida is described as having 19,800,000 acres of swamps and wetlands.
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The
London Daily Sketch
Britain
Ministry of Health
State of
Florida
Botanist Reads Plant Diet From Leaf Clues
A botanist explains how leaves reveal soil nutrition. Using tobacco as a test plant, Dr. J. E. McMurtrey notes nitrogen deficiency causes paler green leaves that yellow and brown. Phosphorus lack yields darker green, narrow leaves and immaturity. Iron starvation shows only veins stay green.
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J. E. McMurtrey
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Punishment for Traitors in Singapore Reported
Nigel G. Morris notes traitors in the Straits Settlements face ear clipping as a punishment in conflicts with Japan. The assistant commissioner of police at Singapore, arriving in Victoria on the Empress of Japan en route to England, confirms ear clipping remains practiced in Singapore.
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Straits Settlement
China
Japan
Nigel G. Morris
Singapore
Victoria
England
Cast Coin Creation Described with Mould Method
A cast coin is formed by pouring molten metal between two moulds. a struck coin is stamped from a blank of gold, silver, nickel or copper bronze.
Magna Charta copy at New York World's Fair showcased
The government and public at the World Fair view a copper framed Magna Charta copy protected by bullet proof glass. Four major copies exist with the Lincoln diocesan charter likely the original. The Pilgrim Fathers inspired clauses of the American Constitution. The exhibit emphasizes legal rights across England and the United States.
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New York’s
England
Beco
New York
Lincoln
British Empire
United States
John
Runny“inede
Windsor Castle
Stephen Langton
Canterbury
Himelf
British Museum
Thomas Times-Journal
Learid His
Marvelous Elektro the Mechanical Man at 1939 World's Fair
Elektro, a seven foot tall mechanical man built by Westinghouse engineers led by J. M. Barnett, debuted at a Pittsburgh luncheon. He walks talks counts to ten speaks 77 words smokes, distinguishes red and green, responds to voice, and performs 36 tricks after three years of work.
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Pittsburgh
Elektro
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
J. M. Barnett
Elektra
Baldness studies show nutrition precedes hair growth
Prof. Karl O. Butcher of Hamilton College in Clinton New York reports that energy and body repair demands must be met before hair can grow. He notes white rats regrow hair every 35 days, but underfeeding slows growth to 50 or 60 days, or stops it.
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Karl O. Butcher
Hamilton College
Clinton
N.Y
Soviet Motorship Chelyus-Kinetz Wrecked Near Tallinn
The Soviet motorship Chelyus-Kinetz of 6,598 tons was wrecked in Esthenian waters near Tallinn after grounding in a storm and breaking in two. The steamship Ashkhabad rescued 36 crew members.
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Chelyus- Kinetz
Tallinn
Ashkhabad
Diamonds Form as Single Crystals Not Mass Formations
Diamonds are found as single crystals rather than in mass formations according to the statement. The claim emphasizes that diamond crystals occur individually rather than as aggregated structures.
Meteorological Flight Records Reach Everest-like Heights
Royal Air Force pilots routinely fly to about 25 000 feet from Mildenhall to gather weather data for the Air Ministry. The Meteorological Flight has logged a 15 year record of around 1 500 flights near the Everest peak, a remarkable level of duty since the last cancellation of a scheduled flight amid widespread low visibility reports in Britain in November 1936.
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Royal Air Force
Roya Air Force
Air Ministry
Everest
Mildenhall
Britain
British Aircraft Society
The Modern Hotel History and Early American Rooms
A brief look at early American hotels traces modern hotel origins to 1884 with the City Hotel in New York City. It notes Parker House in Boston dating from 1854 lacked upstairs plumbing and had unheated chambers with basic furnishings and minimal bath facilities.
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City Hotel
New York City
American Hotel Association
Parker House
Boston
Hitler Youth to Require German Youth Service
The regime makes membership compulsory for boys and girls aged ten to eighteen. It outlines eight years of Hitler Youth training followed by six months in labor service and two years in the army. The program enforces Nazi precepts and pre military instruction across the youth.
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Relief Daidier Wag Insuet
Ald
Hitler Youth
Ambiguous OCR Notice on Rewards and Trade Errors
Fragmentary text discusses rewards for government work and mentions a possible monument or scaffold. Scattered figures include oats imported into the United Kingdom from Canada and a stray reference to 18398.4 476.777 cats, indicating OCR errors and unclear context.
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United Kingdom
Canada
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