Thieving Towel Tales Across English Trains and Hotels
A New York Evening Post item notes English trains lose about 25 000 towels monthly with cups spoons window straps and glasses also vanishing from railways. Hotels face heavy losses at Christmas as guests swipe cutlery linen and ashtrays. A guest once backed into a spoon incident, and the attendant misfired in saving face, driving her to never return.
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Hlandedees
Patrens
Nesa Ee Betels
New York Evening Post
Education at Risk in Hard Times Warns British Columbia
Dean D. Buchanan quoted the phrase Young Canada we stand on guard for thee to condemn drastic education cuts. The piece argues against slashing school services and teacher salaries, stressing that Britain and Canada must fund higher learning to avoid a Dark Age and preserve national progress. It notes BC and western Canada face unemployment, tax cuts, and strained public finances.
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Canada
Dominion
Victoria
B.C
Times
British Columbia
Vancouver
Britain
Dean D. Buchanan
British Columbia Teachers’ Federation
Doing Good Business With Other Countries
British shipowner R S Dalgleish of Newcastle on Tyne praised Japan for forging ahead in international trade during a world tour ending in Victoria. He cited Japan surpassing Britain and the United States, urged Britain to abandon tariffs subsidies and quotas to lower costs and compete globally.
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Japan
R S, Dalgleish
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Victoria
Australia
Vancouver
England
Wrapar
Great Britain
United States
Mr. Dalgleish
Paris Prefect Would Ban Car Horns And Wide Noise
Paris police prefect Jean Chiappe proposes a fixed low pitch single note horn for city cars and, with O C Cabot of La Societe pour la Supression du Bruit, urges total suppression of loud horns. He notes most horn blasts cause unnecessary noise and distract drivers, risking accidents and nerve irritation.
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Jean Chiappe
Paris
O. C. Cabot
la Societe Pour la Supression du Bruit
M. Cabot
New York Times
Manitoba Patrolmen Tout Tiny Car For Speed Duty
Two six foot Manitoba patrolmen arrived in Calgary on motor car business. They say their tiny English import can reach 70 miles an hour on gravel. The pair work for the Manitoba Motor League Safety Patrol with authority to issue infractions and arrest for violations of the provincial Motor Vehicle Act.
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Manitoba
Calgary
England
Manitoba Motor League Safety Patrol
Won Honors At Oxford Blind Girl Transcribed Braille Textbooks
Miss Hazel Winter, a blind Oxford undergraduate, earned first class honors in modern history. At 17 she won an open scholarship at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, with all textbooks transcribed into Braille by volunteers from the National Institute for the Blind. Her aim is a history lectureship. recreation was swimming.
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Hazel Winter
Oxford
Chorleywood College
National Institute For the Blind
Lady Margaret Hall
Miss Winter
C. B. Winter
D.S
Fingerprints and photos in family albums urged by police chief
Buffalo commissioner Austin Roche told a Chicago convention that fingerprints would aid missing persons or kidnapping cases and could exceed photographs in value. He proposed recording fingerprints of children to preserve identity. The Graf Zeppelin will visit the United States in October as announced by Postmaster General Farley.
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Austin Roche
Buffalo
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Chicago
Roche
United States
Farley
Chicago Exposition
South America
Nova Scotia Premier Myth Overlooked RC Heritage Claim
The note contends Nova Scotia's Angus L Macuonaid will not be the province’s first Roman Catholic premier, pointing to 1882 premier J. S. D. Thompson and Sir John as earlier RC leaders. It also recalls Ontario’s John Sandfield Macdonald as possibly kin. The piece ends with a market-like comment on cable rates in Argentina.
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Angus L Macuonaid
Nova Scotia
J. 5
D. Thompson
Sir John
Ontario
John Sandfield Macdonald
Toronto Mail
Empire
French seaman breaks Atlantic solo crossing record
Marin Marie or Durand Couppal arrives in New York aboard the 36 foot sloop Winnibell II after a solo voyage from Brest via Madeira Dominica and Port Louis Martinique. He covered 2850 miles since May 10 beating Captain Slocum's prior mark by earning a 29 day crossing with 250 miles more than the earliest mariner. The Winnibell II was built in Boulogne and can be steered from the cabin with all halyards loaded aft for one man crew. Marie used the voyage to collect seascape material and spent little time at the helm, sleeping below while the bot sailed on.
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Atlantic
Marin-Marie
Durand Couppal
New York
Winnibell IL
Brest
Madeira
Dominica
Port de France
Martinique
Marie
Slocum
Spray
Cape Sable
Lisbon
Marle
Boulogne
Marnique
Canadian West visit hoped by Lord and Lady MacMillan
Lady MacMillan, wife of the Royal Commission on Banking in Canada head, expresses fondness for the Canadian West and a wish to return for a longer stay. She notes four prior visits, including 1926 Saint John and 1928 Regina Bar convention, and mentions a keen interest in Scottish Canadian communities. She also secured flower seeds from Butchart Gardens in Victoria.
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Lord
Lady MacMillan
Royal Commission On Banking
Canada
Canadian West
Rockies
Prairies
Saint John
Canadian Bar Association
Regina
Lord Macmillan
Britain
Maritimes
Victoria
Butchart Gardens
Surrey
Veteran British Locomotive 2717 Scrapped After War Service
The veteran engine No. 2717, the only British locomotive reportedly seized by Germans, has been withdrawn and broken up. Captured at Cambrai in 1917, it served five months in No Man's Land as a machine gun post, was recaptured in 1918, and returned home decorated for war service before its disposal.
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Malles
Cambrai
No Man’s Land
Guilty Conscience Returns Stolen Hotel Items in Murray Bay
Murray Bay Quebec hotel manager unwraps a brown paper package revealing two demi tasse cups and saucers a silver finger bowl a butter knife and two tea towels. A note states the former waitress joined the Oxford group and returned the stolen articles. An unrelated quote about a nephew's car and an absurd reference to a radium clock and earth age are noted.
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Murray Bay
Que
Oxford Group
Financial Strength Of Britain Reflects Bank Savings Rise
The Winnipeg Tribune notes Britain’s financial strength as shown by a leading bank's annual report. Deposits rose by 179 million dollars from the previous year while dividends remained strong at 10 percent and 14 percent. With about two million in total resources, the institution signals capacity to finance enterprises amid a widening market and the Economic Conference's hopeful outlook.
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Britain
Economic Conference
England
Winnipeg Tribune
Germany Wants Saar Basin Concessions From France
Dr. Carl Leitz, a German industrialist, says Germany may urge France to cede the Saar Basin before 1935 in exchange for guarantees of French interests there and support for an economic interregnum between the Saar and Alsace Lorraine. He notes the Saar is German in population and is under League mandate with a 1985 plebiscite to decide its fate.
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France
Germany
Saar
Alsace-Lorraine
Carl Leitz
Montreal
Leitz
League of Nations
Television Tests From Crystal Palace Tower
Experimental television transmissions are planned from Crystal Palace south tower on ultra short waves below eight metres. The 550 foot height above the Thames makes the tower ideal for experiments. Assistant organist H Thomas conducted tests from the north tower with an amateur transmitter, with reports of reception up to 200 miles away.
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Crystal Palace
Thames
H. Thomas
Queen Receives Jewel Gift After Music Degree Honor
At Buckingham Palace the Queen was conferred the Doctor of Music honor by the Royal College of Music. The Prince of Wales presented a jewel and chain from the college, with Sir Hugh Allen directing the ceremony alongside Lord Palmer and Charles Marley as honorary secretary.
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Royal College of Music
Prince of Wales
Buckingham Palace
Hugh Allen
Lord Palmer
Charles Marley
Man who spanked Adolph Hitler still alive in Austria
A remark recalling a 1930s idea to spank Adolf Hitler notes that the plan never materialized. the speaker contends the man is still alive in Austria, though the notion was once considered useful.
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Adolph Hitler
Austria
Cloth Orders by English Railway Totaled 256 Miles
An English railway recently ordered cloth for its employees amounting to 256 miles of fabric. The move reflects the railway's effort to outfit workers and standardize uniforms across its network.
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Englsh
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