New Rust Resistant Wheat Promises Western Canada Security
After ten years and 600000 dollars, scientists claim a new rust resistant wheat could shield Western Canada’s crops. Government control of seed supply aims to keep prices fair and ensure broad distribution to farmers, amid rust ravages this year. Field tests show milling and baking qualities on par with Marquis and Reward varieties, with strong yield and earliness, offering hope against future outbreaks.
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Western Canada
Dominion Government
West
Canada
Pebapa
Western
Radio clock patenting at Prague for distant operation
A Patented radio clock in Prague can run without winding and be operated from 500 miles away. It uses a small relay to guide bands and records time from astronomical data. Archaeologists recover the tunnel Persian troops dug under Dura wall to capture the city in 25 A.D.
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Prague
Dura
New Name Sought Award Proves Hard To Stump
J R Macdonald Stipendiary Magistrate of Hull has received many letters offering substitutes for the word date with a prize of 2.50 dollars. None deemed good enough yet. One contributor sent 65 alternatives. A curious line notes the reversible awake lizard travels both ways. Canada accounts for ninety percent of the world nickel output.
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J. R. Macdonald
Hull
England
Empress Waizeru Mennen of Ethiopia Aide to Haile Selassie
The article portrays Empress Waizeru Mennen as Haile Selassie's devoted consort and adviser in Ethiopia. Described as highly intelligent and aristocratic, she reportedly guides the emperor against external threats and defends the kingdom, while claiming Hamitic lineage and royal titles.
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Italy
Counzuest
Ethiopia
Haile Belassie
Watseru Mennen
Mascolini
Haile Selassie
Waizeru
Sheba
Cleopatra
Judah
Dionne Quintuplets Birthday Bowl Gift Offer
A chromium six inch cereal bowl honoring the Dionne Quintuplets is offered. The Quaker Oats gift bears the babies’ names Emile Annette Marie Yvonne and Cecile around the rim. Send two Quaker Oats trademarks and fifteen cents to The Quaker Oats Company Saskatoon for postage and handling.
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Emile
Annette
Marie
Yvonne
Cecile
Quaker Oats
Quaker Oats Company
Saskatoon
Sask
Judge A. W. Daly Weighs 400 Pounds Rides Free
County judge A. W. Daly, reputedly the heaviest passenger, sought a United Air Lines ticket in Omaha. The clerk faced a booking dilemma but allowed Daly to fly on one ticket without extra charge, intending to honor the record weight for the airline.
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United Air Lines
A. W. Dalyweber
Omaha
A Strange City Tapton City Eight Houses Derbyshire
A Derbyshire curiosity near Chesterfield’s crooked spire describes Tapton City a tiny settlement with eight houses and 25 inhabitants. There is no church chapel shop post office or public house and residents use oil lamps. Its origin remains unknown though believed built on Roman camp ashes. The article also notes Antarctica’s uncertain continental status and size.
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England
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
Tapton City
Seventeenth Century Bishop Considers Moon Travel
A scientific-minded English bishop discussed traveling to the moon using "a dying chariot." The text notes sun spot temperatures around 4700 degrees Celsius, about 1000 degrees cooler than the sun’s spotless surface.
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England
Parachute Train Takeoff Aims For Stratosphere Test Flight
Soviet aviation officials report first trial of a parachute train that lifted four tons. The parachute dome measured 85 feet and used longer ropes to steer a gondola for passenger use. Prof Grokhoffaky of the experimental institute described the system as a safer form of air travel with parachute deployment ensuring descent.
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I. Grokhoffaky
Experimental Institute of the Commissariat of Heavy Industry
Grokhoffsky
The Machine Age Unemployment Dilemma
The piece argues that mechanization will leave a fixed percentage unemployable and force states to fund those unable to support themselves. It notes America’s resource advantage delayed the issue but predicts growing unemployment as society ages. It questions orthodox industry methods and foresees budgetary support for a dependent class.
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American
Brockville Recorder
Times
Exporters Warned About Sending Goods to Italy Without Payment Guarantee
The Department of Trade and Commerce circulated a cable from the Canadian Trade Commissioner in Milan urging Canadians to avoid exporting to Italy without secured payment. It warns of Italian exchange restrictions and notes shipments should occur only if the Italian importer has an import permit.
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Italy
Department of Trade and Commerce
Eat Milan
A. B. Muddiman
Canada
Four Feet Wide Philadelphia Building May Be U.S. Narrowest
A four foot wide building rises in Philadelphia on a corner plot partly cleared to widen a street. The structure will be stainless steel with a removable summer restaurant front. London births show more girls than boys among 1300 sea-born infants. Michael Angelo praised eternal patience. Eighty percent of English radios are bought on time.
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Philadelphia
U.S
Pennsylvania
United States
London
High Seas
Bees halt embarkation on liner Moldavia at Southampton
Thousands of bees blocked the passenger gangway at Southampton as the liner Moldavia prepared to sail. The insects swarmed at the foot of the gangway defying attempts to move them. A hose wagon failed to disperse them, causing a cloud of buzzing onlookers until order was restored and embarkation proceeded.
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Southampton
Moldavia
England
Transmits Sound And Vision Across 50 Miles In Germany
A transmission from Witzleben to Gildenhall in Germany achieved nearly 50 miles, delivering sound and vision with very good quality. Dr. M Hadamowski, head of the German broadcasting service, spoke to labor camp personnel at Gildenhall. News pictures were later transmitted with reportedly satisfactory recruits.
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Germany
Witzleben
Gildenhall
M. Hadamowski
German Broadcasting Service
Catfish Named for Whiskers and Purring When Caught
The fish earns its name from the cat-like whiskers and the purring sound it makes upon being caught.
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Queer Place
South Pole
Antarctica
Mexico
The
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Michael Angelo
Minard
Dowd
Chenbare
Manitoba
Howse
Big Ben
Ellen Worth
Maili
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDer Root Ave
Winnipeg
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Pisa
Regal Tabi
Lee Raa
Nome
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