Treasures of a vanished earth in Starr Ellizon’s tomb
Starr Ellizon, raised amid her father Professor Ellison’s Egyptian artifacts, accompanies a perilous expedition to Tut Amen Ra’s tomb. A haunting desert journey, rising fear, and the moment of discovery push her toward a fate linked to her father’s dream and a deadly prophecy.
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Starr Ellizon
Ejiiaon
Egypt
Starr
Ashe
Palace of the Dead
John Lessing
Star
Tut-Amen-Ra
Ama-Sun
Ellison
Mfe
Professor Ellison
John Leasing
Austrian Jewish swimmer Ruth Langer suspended for boycott
The Austrian sports authorities suspended 15 year old Ruth Langer a member of the Hakoah club for two years for refusing to join the Austrian Olympic team. Her refusal followed the Maccabi union boycott decision. Earlier 17 year old Judith Deutsch was suspended for two years for the same reason.
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Ruth Langer
Hakoah Jewish
Miss Langer
Maccabi Union
Jewish Aports
Judith Deutsch
Has Never Changed Address Mrs Layton
Mrs T Layton has just celebrated her 80th birthday in Grafton Australia. Born in 1856 when her parents arrived by sailing ship, she has lived at the same address her father built. The house stood on a lone brush track that is now a principal street.
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T. Layton
Grafton
Australia
World fallacies and nationalism threaten global trade
The Toronto Star argues that nations cannot become self sufficient economic units as modern science and industry rely on globally sourced inputs. Nationalism would isolate countries, harming world commerce and leaving nations with limited returns while Britain stockpiles masks amid a failing export obsession.
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Britain
England
Toroanto Star
Bomb-Proof Underground House Proposal Meets Council Opinion
Alan Daly of Elstree announced a plan to build a bomb proof underground residence costing about 156000 dollars. Barnet Rural Council questions plans citing building ordinances, while Daly may submit drawings to the British Ministry of Health if blocked.
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Europe
Barnet Rural Council
England
Alan Daly
Elstree
Daly
Ministry of Health
Turtles From West Indies To Vancouver For Lord Mayor Banquet
Chef Cornelius Muysenberg studies four West Indian turtles sent as a Vancouver gift from Cayman Islands. In a hotel kitchen they swim in tanks as he prepares to boil shells and meat for soup to be served to London’s lord mayor at the golden jubilee banquet, with one turtle yielding enough for about 500 portions.
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Vancouver
Cornelius Muysenberg
Cayman Islands
Muysenberg
London
Dust On Commission
A brisk lunch scene follows a traveling salesman's quick meal in a cafe. Opposite him sits a lean young man eyeing the plate with envy. The salesman remarks on his neighbor as an athlete on a diet, then explains he is one of your travellers on commission.
Breakfast grapefruit stays in fridge overnight hint
A household tip suggests leaving the breakfast grapefruit in the refrigerator overnight. Afterward one may begin the day with an Invigorating cold shower.
Vancouver Jubilee Showcases Prized Chinese Art
The 50th birthday celebration in Vancouver features priceless artifacts from Cathay presented to the western world. Olive-cheeked Chinese girls assist tourists while joss sticks and paper god canopies fill the streets. A bamboo gateway, carved faces, and imported western touches mark the Oriental fair area.
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Vancouver
China
Occidentala
Oldest Deuteronomy Fragments Found in Manchester Library
Four papyrus fragments inscribed with Deuteronomy were found in the John Rylands Library, Manchester. C H Roberts of St John's College, Oxford, in a book "Two Biblical Papyri" states the roll is from the Septuagint, dating to the second century BC. The library acquired the bundle in 1917, origin details remain unknown.
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John Ryland
Manchester
England
C. H. Roberts
St. John's College
Oxford University
Roberta
Alexandria
Ptolemy Philadelphis
Traffic Safety Advocate of Montreal Claims Light System
Montreal's elderly piano teacher Miss Fanny Florinda Drummond credits her accident years ago for inspiring the city to install traffic lights. She denies nearing 100 while noting she forgot her age long ago, and she recalls a vivid last-century vocabulary as she recalls a pharmacist seen as an apothecary.
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Montreal
Fanny Florinda Drummond
Miss Drummond
Drummond
Row Across Fundy by U S Lawyer in Special Boat
Harry F. Phillips rowed a specially built rough seas boat across the Bay of Fundy from Jonesport, Maine to Yar mouth Nova Scotia, then to Boston, becoming the first to cross in half a century. The 13 foot long double ended craft weighed 112 pounds after three years of planning.
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U.S
Bay of Fundy
Harry F. Phillips
Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
Jonesport
Maine
Boston
Phillips
Popper Platform Definition Described by Montreal Star
The text defines a platform as an unattainable set of goals crafted to confuse with minimal honesty. It labels platform statements as designed by politicians with weak memories for voters who rarely read beyond a page. The passage closes with a unrelated remark about loons swimming.
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Popper
Montreal Star
Walk With God Amid Life's Trials
A devotional piece reflecting on Genesis 5 24 and the quest to walk with God in daily life. It questions whether modern workers in shops and offices can maintain divine fellowship when plans fail and weariness rises, urging faith as a guiding, sustaining force. It emphasizes God’s indwelling love as daily, uplifting presence.
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God
Bushmen to form native constabulary in Australia
Australia plans to confer a new dignity on famed black trackers known for extraordinary trail skills. Once employed by the mounties patrolling the remote north, these trackers will form a native constabulary to maintain order among their own people. White officers rely on their abilities and stamina in the vast territories.
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Australia
Northern Territory
Russian jazz linked to Caucasus zurna in Tamiroff view
Akim Tamiroff, ex-Moscow Art Theatre member, says jazz is older in Russia than in America and compares American jazz to Caucasus zurna music. He notes the zurna resembles the saxophone and highlights cross cultural parallels in sound.
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America
Russia
Akim Tamiroff
Moscow Art Theatre
Caucasus
Smallest Woman Dead Declared World’s Shortest Individual
Princesa Elizabeth, billed as the world’s smallest woman, has died in Bad Pyrmont Germany. She was 22 years old and stood about 22 inches tall weighing 22 pounds. She was the daughter of normal parents and sister to two tall brothers.
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Princesa Elizabeth
Bad Pyrmont
Hanover
Germany
Record Heat in Nome Alaska Sets New 83.8 Degree Mark
An Arctic heat wave in Nome produced four new readings with an official high of 83.8 degrees. The prior record was 81.4 degrees, surpassed from the previous day, with the long-standing 80 degree record dating back to August 1926.
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Nome
German monk Berthold Schwartz credited with firearms
Berthold Schwartz a German monk is credited with inventing firearms working on crude weapons between 1220 and 1354.
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Berthold Schwartz
Schwartz
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