Hong Kong to become major aviation hub linking continents
The British government, owning Hong Kong, will allow commercial planes to land there. Hong Kong will host a large airport and serve as the eastern headquarters for Imperial Airways flights to London and Pan American routes across the Pacific. The move ties Europe, the United States, China, Australia, India and the Philippines via air.
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China
Japan
Hong Kong
Imperial Airways
London
Pacific
Europe
United States
Australia
India
Philippines
Hawaii
Middle Temple Hall Foundations Secure After Six Months Work
One of London's oldest buildings, Middle Temple Hall, has secured its west wall after six months of work. Eight hundred cubic yards of concrete and 8,000 feet of steel rods were used, with foundations extended 15 to 30 feet below ground. The ancient hall, linked to Drake and Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, now rests on stable support amid historic celebration.
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London
Middle Temple Hall
San Francisco Chronicle
Ffteen
Francia Drake
Spanish Indies
Francis North
Charla L
Usher Takes Bribe Offer For Theatre Seats
Three schoolgirls at a Wednesday matinee sought to bribe an usher to move from balcony to downstairs seats. He lent them three seats in Row M then allowed them to mail 75 cents, later offering a quarter again. The tale, cited by The New Yorker, highlights the usher’s polite, opportunistic conduct.
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The
New Yorker
Quite A Difference Between Antlers And Horns
Antlers and horns differ in structure and growth. Antlers shed annually with no blood flow after growth, while horns have a bony core and bleed when broken and do not regrow. The text notes clock decoration origins and France as an early maker of fancy timepieces.
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Srt
France
Canada plans for transcontinental air service by 1938
Hon GC D Bowe states Canada lags in air transport for mail and passengers on main travel arteries while Britain plans cross Atlantic routes. An all-British air link from England to Montreal via Ireland and Newfoundland is expected by 1938, with Canada to connect Montreal to the Pacific. Government collaboration with railways is urged as Post Office projects deem route feasible, with six and a half million already invested and a further 1.5 million sought to build ground facilities across Canada.
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Kevin
GC. D. Bowe
Canada
Great Britain
North Atlantic
England
Ireland
Newfoundland
Montreal
Pacific Ocean
Post Office Department
Dominion
America
To Save The West Warns Of Deserted Wheat Lands
J T Hull of Winnipeg voices alarm at Toronto meeting of the western agricultural conference. He says Western Canada normally yields 400 million bushels of wheat but this year only 216 million with thousands of acres not harvested due to drought and erosion. He argues Canada has done little to halt desertification while the United States pursues reforestation.
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Canada
J. T. Hull
Winnipeg
Western Agricultural Conference
Toronto
Western Canada
Mr. Hull
Canadian Chamber of Agriculture
Central America
United States
Canadian tourist industry sees record 1936 profit
D Leo Dolan director of the Canadian Travel Bureau spoke at Niagara Falls Ontario noting tourism valued at 275 6 million for 1936, the most profitable season since 1928. Statistics from the Domin ion immigration department show a 25 percent rise with U S visitors totaling 18 262 838 in the first nine months of 1936, marking a strong expansion opportunity.
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Canada
D. Leo Dolan
Canadian Travel Bureau
Niagara Falls
Ontario
Dominiin Immigration Department
United States
Dolan
Ancient Maclean Campbell feud ends as clan chief dies at 101
Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, Scotland's 26th hereditary chief and 101, died at historic Duart Castle. He buried the hatchet with rivals Campbells in 1932 amid a long feud rooted in 1745 love. Born May 18, 1835, he served with the 13th Hussars and 13th Light Dragoons, fought at Alma and Sebastopol, and left a grandson Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean as Madonna clan head.
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Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean
Scotland
Duart Castle
Fitzroy
Clan Maclean
Campbell
Sir Fitaroy
Gillean
Maclean
Gilleannan Tualghe
Gillean of
Bat-tle-Axe
Isle of
Mull
Canada
13Th
Hussars
13Th Light Dragoons
Buljanawy
Alma
Sébastopol
Sebastopol
Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean
Hector F. Maclean
League Opens Movie House for League of Nations Visitors
The League of Nations unveils a cinema in its Geneva secretariat building for 2000 daily visitors during holidays. The program includes an intro film on the league and travelogues from Tibet and Soviet Russia by health service members. It will serve secretariat demonstrations and expert committees as part of the new facility.
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Ite
Sims
League of Nations
Secretariat
Geneva
League
Tibet
Soviet
Russia
Memorials to Queen Victoria in London Unveiled
London hosts 24 outdoor memorials to Queen Victoria the most among English sovereigns. Buckingham Palace frontage features a vast Carrara marble monument weighing 2300 tons. A colossal granite candie marked Kettsington High Street and a statue in Kensington Gardens by Princess Laulae portrays the youthful queen at her accession in white marble with crown and sceptre.
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Victoria
London
Buckingham Patence
Kettsington High Street
Kenington Gardens
Laulae
Historic sieges show Madrid amid enduring sieges through history
The article surveys famed sieges across eras, noting Verdun withstanding 66 German divisions for 195 days, Tyre resisting Nebuchadnezzar for 15 years, Sebastopol’s 11 month Crimean War siege, and Zaragoza’s eight month stand in 1808. It contrasts ancient and modern sieges, linking Madrid’s beleaguerment to a long history of stubborn defense.
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Wang Long
Madrid
Verdun
Lake Verdun
Troy
Helen
Alexander the Great
Tyre
Nebuchadnezzar
Sebastopol
Clive
India
Arcotia
Berrison
Fort Arthur
Spain
Zaragozaz
Kingdom of
Aragon
Julian Caesar
Visiting Card Aeroplane Over City Highlights Canada Trade
An aircraft trailing a banner reading Canada Calling Glasgow drifted over the city. Vincent Massey, Dominion High Commissioner, spent a busy day promoting Canadian trade with Scotland.
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Canada
Glasgow
Vincent Massey
Dominion
Scotland
Boston News Stands Unchanged After 15 Years Of Turmoil
In a discussion on transportation discipline the text notes that drunkenness at the throttle of a railway engine warrants permanent dismissal, while motor vehicle drivers face a brief jail term and temporary license suspension. It highlights that Boston has not suffered a daily newspaper loss to merger or suspension in fifteen years, unlike other metros.
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Boston
U.S
Eskimo Boy Parade Signals Civilization Reach on Main Street Bethel
An Eskimo boy paraded a mile long two plank sidewalk in Bethel reading Moving Pictures Today Admission One Fish And Bethel. Twenty six whites and two hundred Eskimos witnessed the event along the Kuskokwim river country as civilization arrived.
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Bethel
Kuskokwim River
Notable cargo and bear sizes across the Atlantic voyage
On a return voyage to England the Berengaria carried over one ton of tea and coffee, two tons of bacon, two tons of butter, 20 tons of potatoes and 22 tons of meats. The Kodiak bear is the largest known bear, with some intermediate species weighing up to 1,200 pounds.
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Atlantic
England
Nuisance remarks over money lending and repayment requests
Dialogue notes a nuisance character who pesters for money then demands repayment after being touched for funds multiple times. The exchange shows tensions and reciprocal pressure between two individuals as the situation escalates.
Origin of the term Cowboys traces to Revolutionary War
The word cowboys originated during the American Revolutionary War when a band of Tory raiders stole cattle from both American and British sides. The label reflected their cattle theft and partisan actions amid the conflict.
Social Dinner Chat With a Deaf Guest and Doctor
A deaf woman sits beside a famed surgeon at a social dinner. Conversation stalls until she asks if he is Dr or Mr Dobbs. He replies you may call him anything, joking that friends call him an old fool. She, mishearing, sweetly says those people know him intimately.
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Dr. Dobbs
Mr. Dobbs
Vicar appeals for aid with plea for plum puddings
A vicar from the pulpit urged support for a poor people's fund and ended his appeal with a demand for concrete help. He urged sympathy in action, not abstract charity, ending with the memorable line about providing plum puddings.
Simplified Feeding Methods For Pullets In Laying House
Practical guidance from the Dominion Experimental Station Fredericton on dry mash feeding with free access, daily fresh mash, and a two to one two parts of wheat to one part cracked corn barley and oats mix. Provides water oyster shell grit and daily green feed. stresses maintaining body weight to avoid moults and production drops.
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Dominion Experimental Station
Fredericton
N.B
Prosperity Debate Warns Fair Sharing Needed Across Societies
Sir Robert M. Kinderaley of the Bank of England speaks at the American Club of Paria about a looming global prosperity for France Great Britain and the United States. He argues democracy must ensure wide distribution to lower income brackets or the prosperity will be short lived.
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Bank of England
France
Great Britain
United States
American Club of
Beneficial Habit Eating Between Meals Warns Yale Expert
Dr H W Haggard a Yale physiologist says eating between meals aids most people and boosts work output. He cites experiments reviving exhausted athletes with sugar and ten years feeding industrial workers between meals with milk as the major item, noting increased work and enthusiasm with less fatigue.
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H. W. Haggard
Yale University
The Outstanding Gift
An attractive woman recalls gifts from her life and ranks her first sweetheart’s 12th birthday present above orchids roses candy and books. The remembered gift was a hunk of bologna sausage from a fat boy whose father owned a butcher shop.
Radium Sealed In Needle At Port Hope Plant
The first ounce of radium produced in Canada was sealed in a needle at Eldorado Gold Mines in Port Hope Ontario. The ceremony drew medical and mining experts with Lieutenant-Governor Herbert A. Bruce and Sir Frederick Banting among the attendees.
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Canada
Eldorado
Port Hope
Ont
Herbert A. Bruce
Ontario
Frederick Banting
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