It Could Be Done By It Is Direct Reaction To Peace
The piece argues that postwar irritant unrest endangers international nerves and that peace needs humility and fraternity. It praises Lloyd George's War Memoirs showing wartime organization could sustain victory and suggests world powers unite to organize for lasting peace and solve economic problems. It cites a $400 billion war cost and imagines peaceful investments benefiting nations and citizens.
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Lfe
David Lloyd George
Britain
Lloyd George
Nicholas Murray Butler
United States
Canada
Australia
England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
France
Belgium
Germany
Russia
Recover Sunken Gold From Laurentic Salvage
The Laurentic, a 15000 ton White Star liner sunk by a German torpedo in 1917 off Lough Swilly Northern Ireland, yielded £5 million in bullion recovered by Admiralty divers between 1918 and 1924 in over 5000 dives. Remaining £1 million was abandoned due to the wreck’s burial in sand amid gale exposed conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Mall
Admiralty
Lough Swilly
Ireland
God Save the King origins and national attribution
The tune God Save the King is argued to be English in origin and later adopted by Prussians as their national anthem. It is erroneous to claim it belonged to Germany as a borrowed work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delonge
England
Germany
Rocket Mail Between Dover and Calais Proposed
A German invention called Zucker aluminum rocket may deliver letters across the 21 mile English Channel from Dover to Calais in about a minute. Demonstrations were shown at the London International Air Post Exposition in May as an approach to a regular European rocket mail service with Calais as continental hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Calais
England
France
London
English Channel
Salvage Ship Recovers Copper From Sunken Spectator
In fourteen days of operation the Arplone recovered five hundred tons of copper valued over $80,000 from the sunken Spectator near Kingsdale in the Irish Free State. The site is believed to overlie the Lusitania wreck, which was torpedoed in the First World War. The Lusitania itself is said to contain more than $5,000,000 in gold bullion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsdale
Irish Free State
Arplone
Interesting Facts on Dust Hazards and Elephant Training
Nina of the World, London notes in a National Geographic article that motorbuses provoke Arab camel herders with dust and protests as pilgrims travel a road likely to host the Jeddah Mecca railway. The piece discusses elephant lore, training methods, and Jumbo the London Zoo elephant, citing Belgians in Api Congo using trained elephants for plowing and lumber tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina of the World
London
National Geographic Magazine
Cameleera
Jeddah- Mecca
London Zoo
API
Congo
Alberta teachers face varied demands in dismissal appeals
Edmonton hearings on alleged wrongful dismissals reveal school boards seek versatile talents. A Willingdon teacher claims dismissal for not playing piano, while another board cites the teacher being too high strung and repeatedly banging pupils on the head as grounds for dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Edmonton
MacDonald
Willingdon
Youth returns with two motorcycles missing from term drive
A youth arrived home from college declaring he passed all but two motorcycles, joking they must have had airplane motors. A scientific expedition explores the lost world of southern Venezuela, noted for its daring research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Mount Royal Summit Car Ban Sparks Montreal City Rally
Controversy erupts as Alderman Bray proposes allowing cars on Mount Royal the city’s central landmark. Residents vow to preserve the mountain’s primitive charm, hoping to keep motor traffic out and maintain the historic, pedestrian realm. French Canadians defend the rock as a symbol of homeland heritage.
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Dominion
Mount Royal
Metropolis of
Canada
Ald
J. Allan Bray
Gree
Montreal
Bermuda
Thousands of German Scholars Seek Work Abroad
About 7,500 academics and professionals fled Nazi Germany seeking new lives in other countries. The New York Emergency Committee reports these groups have suffered most under the regime. Of displaced scholars, 1,300 have found positions in American colleges, while 5,200 to 5,500 professionals left Germany and 1,500 to 1,600 of 7,000 university students pursued refuge overseas. British farmers registered milk output details show 1,284 farmers with 54 pane cows producing about 22 million gallons annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazi Germany
New York
Germany
High Commission
Milk Marketing Board of
Great Britain
River Length and Alaska Earthquake Raise Historical Note
The Amazon river system extends about 3,300 miles from its headwaters. In 1899 Disenchantment Bay on the Alaskan coast rose 47 feet due to the earthquake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amazona River
Alaskan
Cunard White Star superliner 534 to be named soon
Details of the upcoming Cunard White Star superliner 534 reveal a 1018 foot hull, 11 decks, four propellers, twin engine rooms, and 257000 turbine blades. Estimated cost 30 million dollars, Clyde launch site at John Brown yards, expected 200000 horsepower and 60 thousand cubic feet of refrigeration with a 70 foot funnel height.
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Cunard
Clydebank
Scotland
George V
Atlantic
England
France
Clyde
John Brown & Co. Ltd
Quebec
Hamilton
Ottawa
Halifax
Vancouver
Pacific Ocean
New York
Jersey City
Staten Island
Graf Zeppelin’s Atlantic Flight Sets Punctual Record
In her 53 crossings of the Atlantic the Graf Zeppelin has rarely fallen behind schedule and often arrived several hours early, maintaining superb punctuality across her record journeys.
Cold Weather Quieted Hall Voices Reported
Tests show speakers carry less when audience wears heavy clothing. In cold weather, louder delivery improves projection as fabrics absorb sound, prompting performers to raise vocal levels to reach listeners.
Pocket wind gauge used by Russian air forces
An aviator's compact hand gauge for measuring wind velocity is being used by Russian air forces, highlighting portable instrumentation adopted for field operations.
Commemoration of 25th Anniversary Flight in Canada
In Edmonton 15 Aero Club members kept planes aloft for 15 hours 15 minutes in a dawn to dusk flight marking 25 years since Casey Baldwin's historic flight in Nova Scotia. Pilot C North Snawle started at 5:00 a.m. and Sven Jensen landed at 4:35 p.m. after a thunderstorm halted further flying. Miss Margaret Fane was the sole woman pilot joining the commemorative event referencing Baldwin and his Silver Hawk.
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Canada
Edmonton
Northern
Alberta
Sven Jensen
Margaret Fane
Casey” Baldwin
Nova Scotia
London Flatels Hotel Style Flats With Ground Floor Shops
London unveils Flatels a 10 million block of flats planned with hotel style services for 50 units housing 1200 tenants. Daily needs from food to clothing will be provided inside the building including restaurants salons and barber shops. A 16 foot wide terrace around the top floor offers sunbathing and exercise.
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London
Man Seeks Razor Used in Wife’s Suicide Bid
A small man walked into Portland police headquarters and asked for the razor his wife used in a failed suicide attempt. When questioned, he coolly replied that he wanted to shave, and officers suggested he buy a new razor.
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Portland
Oregon
Reading Session Sparks Question From Little Girl
A mother explains she will read from a book, while the little girl asks why she brought the book to be read aloud, highlighting a moment of curious dialogue between parent and child.
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