Glamorous Westchester Party Sparks Hidden Passions
Starr Ellison lights up a moonlit Westchester house party with a dazzling bracelet and sharp wit while Lance Marlowe declares possession. Michael Fairbourd watches from the shadows as Starr reels between romance and danger, lured toward a fateful night of vow and consequence.
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the Dales
Michael
Stephanie
Starr
Lance Marlowe
Lance
Starr Ellison
Deaire
Westchester
Ellison
June Garfield
Cartier
Finbh Avenue
Michael Fairbourd
Michael Hassan
Marlowe
Lancearlowe
Archery Rebirth in Vancouver Sparks New Range
Archery returns to Vancouver with classes led by Ian Eisenhardt at a National Defence drill hall. Ed Bermott, a skilled Vancouver archer, teaches as the sport revives after earlier failed attempts since 1929 and a 1935 revival in Stanley Park.
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Vancouver
Ian Eisenhardt
British Columbia
Department of National Defence
Ed. Bermott
Stanley Park
Leisure loving colored gentleman recalls old king Solomon
A fragmented humor vignette features a leisure loving colored gentleman amused by aging and a joke about washing for one wife. Separately a note recalls American match firms introducing cardboard books in 1890, once a flop. The piece ends with a quip about a mystery date and a reference to China’s shift toward foreign styles influencing woolen industry in 2184.
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Old King Solomon
China
Tower banquet recalls medieval feast at the Tower of London
About eighty guests dined in the Tower of London to sample dishes once savored by medieval trenchermen. The menu echoed 1466 York enthronement and 1546 Neville marriage feasts, featuring a royal swan and venison, boars head from Germany, and the bragger ale honey drink brewed by Barnstaple’s beadle. The event celebrated 43 years of service by chairman Harry Machin.
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Tower of London
Tower
Archbishop of York
Sir John Neville
Elizabeth
King's Forest
Black Forest
Germany
Beadle
Barnstaple
Tower Division
Harry Machin
Has Fine Collection of Spiders Acquired by Collector
W Falconer, a retired schoolmaster from Waterloo, Liverpool, presented 84 British spider species to the British Museum. He has hunted spiders for 40 years, found four new to science, and holds over 400 specimens though he still seeks 200 more. He uses an umbrella to collect insects and spiders.
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British Museum
W. Falconer
Waterloo
Liverpool
England
Turkish bill requires educational films at starts of shows
A new bill in Turkey mandates compulsory eight to twelve minute educational films be shown at the beginning of each performance. Some films will be produced in Turkey and depict town and country life with pointed morals. The piece ends with a joke exchange about a sky and a cloud resembling a diseased liver.
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Turkey
Keeps Eyes Open as Britain’s Secret Service Chief
W L Clark profiles Sir Robert Vansittart Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and head of Britain’s secret service In anxious days he directs spies worldwide and knows identities of operatives His unit, including many women agents, stays alert to checkmate rivals' moves in foreign lands.
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Great Britain
Robert Vansittart
Fom Foreign Affairs
Sir Robert
Secret Service
Britain
W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
Forest industries aid Canada's economic recovery says Crerar
Hon T A Crerar minister of mines and resources notes forest industries boosted national income to about 250 million in 1936, up from 197.8 million in 1935. Exports of wood and paper totaled 181.9 million with 23.3 million imports, a favorable 158.6 million balance. Increased newsprint and BC lumber exports drive gains while domestic lumber demand to rise via housing program.
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Canada
T. A Crerar
British Columbia
Crerar
Dominion
First Samaritan Marriage Crowned in Nablus Colony
In the Samaritan colony at Nablus, Palestine, the first marriage in years was celebrated as the few remaining Samaritans, fewer than 200, preserve their lineage. They recount a 2,500 year old quarrel with Jews tied to 537 B.C. when Judah spurned Samaritan aid to rebuild Solomon's temple.
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Nablus
Palestine
Jerusalem
Solomon's Temple
Wing Stroke Rates Of Insects And Leeds Slum Clearance
Scientific calculations show a fly at 320 wing strokes per second, a bee 240, a wasp 110, a dragonfly 28, and a butterfly 8. The butterfly’s grace is linked to its slow wing motion. Separately, Europe’s largest flat collection will be built at Leeds as part of a slum clearance project.
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Europe
Leeds
Little Helps For This Week
A devotional piece urges practical duty as true religion. It cites James 1 27 about visiting the fatherless and widows and keeping oneself unspotted from the world. The poem argues inward grace grows through consistent acts of love and cheerful duty.
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James
Historic Dock to Go Fountain Dock in London
The 300 year old Fountain Dock on the River Thames, once home to the Mayflower and later the Fighting Temeraire, will be demolished for a modern warehouse and wharf. The historic site has long served as a busy hub for ships requiring cleaning and refitting.
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Fountain Dock
London
Thames
America
Paid High Compliment To Major Murray In Parliament
In a Commons debate on the BBC H B Lees-Smith the Postmaster-General in the last Labour government said Major Gladstone Murray general manager of the CBC and a former BBC official, was second only to Sir John Reith as the most important broadcasting official in the British Empire.
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Starr
Michael
Stephanie
Lance
Stephanies
Hawaii
Miami
Nassau
Havana
South Seas
Gladstone Murray
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
British Broadcasting Corporation
House of Commons
B.B.C
H. B. Lees-Smith
Major Murray
John Reith
British Empire
Not A Bad Idea Daddy Meticulous Dishes During Illness
A four year old questions why dishes from the sick room are boiled to kill germs. His mother explains that inflamed influenza makes germs cling to dishes and boiling kills them. The child then suggests boiling the father to cure all at once, revealing a mix of curiosity and childlike logic.
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Daddy
Mother
Donald
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Toronto
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Appleford
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Edmonton
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