Age and Mind Power Defy Retirement Myths
A historical piece cites Dr. Irving Lorge and Professor Edward Thorndike showing mental power does not decline with age and that older adults can learn as well as youth. Tests suggest seniors may score higher when given time adjustments, arguing for no fixed retirement age and valuing elder statesmen in politics and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Lorge
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Albert Wiggam
Reader's Digest
Lorge
Edward J. Thorndike
Thorndike
Not As Easy Job for London Vicar Says Parish Woes
English vicar Rev. C Paul Gudden of St James church in Walthamstow speaks in the parish magazine about the impossible expectations of parishioners. He notes accusations for devoutness, nosiness, indifference, and independent policy. He suggests keeping quarrels to spoken words rather than written notes.
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C. Paul Gudden
St. James’ Church
Walthamstow
London
Empire tele graphic communications study by imperial committee
Edward Wilshaw announced a proposed committee of dominion and colonial representatives to study empire graphic communications. He warned these links are essential to defense, note Britain’s prior dominance is being challenged, and that communications may become uneconomic without action. The panel will be chaired by Sir Campbell Stuart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominions
Sir Campbell Stuart
Imperial Communications Advisory Committee
Montreal
Royal Empire Society
Edward Wilshaw
Cables and Wireleas, Limited
Wilshaw
Bride of official seeks shaker in Transkei shop
A young wife in the Transkei asks for a cocktail shaker at a local trading station. The native assistant, puzzled at first, answers that they do not have shakers but offer feather dusters as a bright alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transkei
Missis
Explorers Find Nineteen 10K‑Foot Peaks in Yukon 1935
In 1935, Yukon explorers in Canada uncovered nineteen new mountains rising over 10,000 feet. Three unnamed peaks register above the 11,000 foot mark, signaling a significant topographic addition to the territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukon Territory
Canada
Daventry to Lead World Short Wave Broadcasts
The British Broadcasting Corp will spend 1,250,000 pounds to make Daventry the largest short wave station with six transmitters and 22 aerials. It promises up to full 24 hour service and dual beams to serve South Africa and Canada, aiming for world coverage by the coronation broadcasts, surpassing Germany’s 18 daily transmissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Broadcasting Corp
Daventry
Empire
South Africa
Canada
B.B.C
England
Germany
Berlin
Britain
Challenge And Opportunity In The Cooperative Movement
A speaker urges young men to join the cooperative movement as a life work. He says workers in co-ops face both challenge and opportunity to use all resourcefulness and courage, arguing that economic and spiritual freedom are the farmer's greatest possessions and that regulation threatens independence.
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Co-Operative Movement
Co-Operative
H. KE. Babcock
Co-operative League Federation Exchange
Canadian Poultry Delegation At Leipzig Congress
The Department of Agriculture reports a Canadian delegation to the Leipzig World Poultry Congress praised for 69 birds shown. Visitors noted vitality and liveliness. Five Canadian delegates join delegates from 60 nations led by F. C. Elford of Ottawa and F. C. Nunnick, head of publicity and extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Leipzig
Germany
Canada
F. C. Elford
Ottawa
Dominion Poultry Husbandman
F. C. Nunnick
Paderewski to Star in London Film Studio Project
Televized cinema feature will showcase Paderewski at the Dagenham studio in London. The Polish master pianist will perform Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata and selected Chopin works for the film, marking his first major cinematic appearance after decades of concert acclaim.
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Tgnace
Jean Paderewski
Poland
Dagenham Studio
London
Paderewski
Chopin
Biplane Goose Demonstrates Dual Wings At Fair
Emily the biplane goose, famed for two wing pairs, glided over a Hermon barnyard using its larger upper wings for lift and a shorter under pair for balance. Poultry experts at last year’s New York State Fair noted it as unique in having two wing sets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily
Douglas Sawyer
Hermon
Haig Honored At Dryburgh Service In Scotland
A government and Canadian tribute paid to Earl Haig of Bemersyde at Dryburgh Abbey Scotland where a wreath of poppies and maple leaves was laid on his stone cross. Rev John Kelman led the service with Vimy pilgrims, Canadian officials and Scottish dignitaries in attendance. Lady Haig faced hostile attacks calmly and with dignity.
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France
Dryburgh
Scotland
Tweed
Canada
Earl Haig
Bemersyde
Haig
John Kelman
Fairbank Presbyterian Church
Toronto
Tuberculous Veterans’ Section
Canadian Legion
Lady Haig
Braille Notes Shape Debate Speech by Sir Ian Fraser
Sir Ian Fraser, a war-blinded MP who secured free Wireless licenses for blind people, used embossed Braille notes on light brown cards with one or two words per heading. He read by touching the card, keeping his head up and voice steady, unlike peers who read manuscripts. Major Tryon contrasted with a largely inaudible speech from manuscript. The Postmaster General faced sharper criticism.
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M.P
Sir Ian Fraser
Sir Ian
Tryon
London Daily Telegraph
Anglo Russian Trade Credit Agreement Announced in London
Walter Runciman, president of the board of trade, announced a £10,000,000 credit for Soviet orders to British exports in a London agreement. Russian orders are to be placed by Sept 30, 1937, with orders up to the full limit but excluding munitions. He also reported suspension of Anglo Italian trade negotiations and Italy’s strict import limits on UK goods.
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London
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Runciman
Italy
United Kingdom
Ancient Casinum finds reveal Augustan theatre ruins
An exceptionally well preserved Casinum site uncovers an Augustan age theatre with curtain machinery remains and inscriptions statues coins and stage props. The discovery ties Casinum to Roman Caesars era and enhances Italy's archaeological legacy.
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Italy
Casinum
Mark Antony
Deer Clash With Gardener Over Protected Deer
A. Fletcher of Glenmorris petitions Ontario Department of Agriculture for protection as a herd of about 20 deer raided his garden twice this year. He says the deer destroyed 5000 cauliflowers and 3000 heads of late cabbage in nocturnal raids.
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A. Fletcher
Glenmorris
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Fletcher
Theatres In Russia to Run Eleven Thousand by 1936
Soviet government plans project eleven thousand sound equipped motion picture theatres in operation by the end of 1936. Total theatres, houses and circuses to reach 44,800, up 8,000 from 1935, with new theatres planned for Moscow Leningrad Alma Ata Kazan and other cities. Leningrad completes the country’s largest theatre with marble interior 1500 seats and 15 pillars of granite.
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Soviet Union
Moscow
Leningrad
Alma-Ata
Kazan
Simferopol
Ulan-Ude
Chelyabinsk Batum
Karkov
Ashkhabad
Selected Recipes Card From Historic Baking Manual
A compact recipe card lists ingredients for a chocolate cake with brown sugar butter eggs and sour milk. Steps describe creaming butter and sugar, beating eggs, dissolving cocoa and soda in boiling water, folding in flour with baking powder and salt, then alternating with milk and baking at a slow oven for thirty five minutes.
May Get Radio Job at BBC Presidency
The London Daily Mail reports the Marquess of Willingdon is likely to be offered and accept the BBC presidency. The BBC’s new five year charter starts operation January 1, 1937. Ronald Collett Norman, brother of Montagu Norman, is the current BBC president.
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London Daily Mail
Marquess of Willingdon
British Broadcasting Corporation
B.B.C
Ronald Collett Norman
Montagu Norman
Bank of England
BBC
Notable voyage tale from Gloria Hollister in Guiana
Gloria Hollister, famed for her yellow hair and deep ocean dives, returns from a zoological expedition to British Guiana. Milas Hollister comments on perilous jungle travel by plane. The NY Zoological Society member leads a 20 person party whose boat was sunk by a swollen torrent but later raised and the journey resumed.
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Gloria Hollister
British Guiana
South America
Milas Hollister
New York Zoological Society
Peace Garden hailed as monument of peace at ceremony
At Boissevain Manitoba Hon T A Crerar federal minister of the interior called the Peace Garden a beacon of peace in a fearful world. More than 3000 people heard Governor Walter Welford and Senator Nye of North Dakota speak. The Interior Ministry ordered steel helmets for German police during air defense drills.
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Canada
United States
Boissevain
Man
T. A. Crerar
International Peace Garden
Walter Welford
North Dakota
Nye
Ministry of the Interior
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