Brien BalchenVisiting Officials Outline Pan-American Feeder Plan
Bernt Balchen met Pan-American Airways officials in the United States to arrange a feeder service from Norway to North America. A 720 mile Jerusalem to Baghdad telephone line opened linking Palestine and Iraq. Alberta lawyers to pay 3100 for letters patent. Vancouver jubilee notices inspire Edmonton trains for a royal visit. Ottawa to get a new legation and residence costing 306000. Vulcan Alberta posts a year end surplus of 12408. Dionne quintuplets fund receives a one dollar bill auction as first contribution. Helium treatment method from Dr. Alvan L Barch at Columbia University announced.
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Bernt Balchen
trans-Atlantic Flyer
Polar Explorer
United States
Norway
North America
Pan-American Airways
Jerusalem
Baghdad
Palestine
Iraq
Alberta
Aberhart
Vulcan
Wheat
Dionne
Young Men's Christian Association
Toronto
Alvan L. Barch
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Bible society reports vast spread of scriptures worldwide
Rev J B M Armour of Toronto told St Andrews Presbyterian church that the British and Foreign Bible Society has published over 500 million Bibles in up to 980 languages since its founding 132 years ago. He noted the United States houses 207 religious bodies with about 62 million members.
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British and Foreign Bible Society
J. B. M. Armour
Toronto
Canadian Society
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
United States
Vision tube enables see in darkness at AAAS meeting
Dr. V. K. Zworykin and Dr. George Morton unveiled a foot long vision tube at a St Louis AAAS meeting. The device converts invisible infrared and ultraviolet rays into a greenish black and white image. Potential uses include infrared guidance for stealth aircraft and other practical applications.
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St Louis
American Association For the Advancement of Science
V. K. Zworykin
George Morton
Radio Corporation of America Laboratories
Noted Banker Dwells On Townbound Lunch Break
A conversation on Lower Broadway ends with Mr. Morrow asking if he was going uptown or downtown. The reply is downtown, and the banker concludes the chat by saying he has had his lunch. The anecdote frames a light social encounter between a banker and a friend.
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Dwight
French plebiscite under Napoleon regime defined by ratification vote
A plebiscite in a form of voting in France under the Napoleonic regime by which the whole body of voters ratified or refused to ratify a legislative enactment.
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France
Kindness Rewarded by Legacy from Wake of 1900 Tea Offer
A PEI woman who offered tea to a stranger 36 years ago is remembered by a $1000 bequest in the will of Grace Fletcher Kelly, an elderly Boston recluse who died recently. Kelly, moved by the brief kindness at a Sum merside funeral, left the sum to Mrs Reuben Cate, born in Sum merside.
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Prince Edward Island
Reuben Cate
Summerside
Grace Fletcher Kelly
Boston
Miss Kelly
East Concord
Mrs. Cate
Pattern 5518 blouse directions and material list
Instructions describe blouse making in sizes 16 18 and 88 40 with illustration and all stitches and fabric needs. To obtain this pattern send 20 cents in stamps or coin to Freaseball Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave gE Pes. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Freaseball Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. Ge
Pes
Jesus Declares His Mission in Nazareth Sermon
Sunday school lesson on Jesus reading Isaiah in the Nazareth synagogue Luke 4 16 21 and 22 24. It covers his purpose to bring good news to the poor free the captives restore sight to the blind and proclaim the year of the Lord. It notes the crowd’s disbelief and their view of him as Joseph's son.
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Jesus
Nazareth
Roble
Isaiah
Dummelow
Joseph
Messiah
Prophet
Christ
One-Track Mind Man With Single Purpose
A reflection on the limits of single minded focus. The piece argues that few people who understand the whole process, beyond their specific task, rise to trusted positions. It notes most workers are content with their daily wage, while a few seek broad understanding to advance to leadership.
Weather forecasts prove unreliable over long horizons
The Edmonton Journal notes that long range weather prediction is often fallible. It recalls a 1919 Alberta forecast predicting 100 degrees below zero on December 17, which caused widespread fear, but the day ended mild, underscoring the futility of such predictions.
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Alberta
Edmonton Journal
Evidently Forgot Himself Recent Bride to Judge
The bride recalls her husband swearing at her while she learned to drive to please him. The judge questions the remark as the bride describes his outburst after she drove near a truck and ended in a ditch.
Winnipeg doctor rejects gravity and magnetic pull claims
Dr H P McPhail of Winnipeg told the Royal Astronomical Society that gravity magnetic attraction and energy transfer occur only through motion and contact. He argued light speed is variable and forces arise from infinitesimal rays pushing matter, a view dismissed by scientist J S Plaskett who called gravity a measurable known fact.
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Winnipeg
H. P. McPhail
Royal Astronomical Society
McPhail
J. S. Plaskett
Victoria
Plaskett
Winnipeg Medica
Newspapers Lead in Advertising Value Says Dayton Expert
Louis L. Buisch of the Merchants Bureau of Dayton Ohio told a Montreal audience that newspapers handle about twenty percent of existing business concerns yet account for eighty percent of total business volume due to advertising. He notes newspapers offer economical, wide coverage and claims value lies in choosing advertising based on purpose.
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Louis L. Buisch
Merchants Bureau
Dayton
Ohio
Montreal
Emblem Decision Delay At Regina History Society Meeting
Regina Natural History Society heard proposals for a Saskatchewan emblem, including the black eyed susan, tiger lily, waxwing, chickadee, grouse and wild goose, but kept the matter undecided. Alderman J H Taylor explained the plan to coordinate with other groups so a provincial emblem could be pressed at the legislature. Prof H Schmidt noted the prairie rose had been adopted by the Regina Horticultural Society until Alberta chose a flower, while Taylor mocked critics calling them horror culturists.
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Regina Natural History Society
Saskatchewan
Ald. J. H. Taylor
Horticultural Society
The
Fish and Game Society
H. Schmidt
Regina Horticultural Society
Alberta
Taylor
Onewspaper
Tamed Goose Returns as Wild Flock Drops by Bures Farm
In Canada Texas last year Emil Bures reports his sons found a wild Canadian goose exhausted from a long flight. They tamed it and in spring it joined a northward migrating flock. This year another flock passed over the village and a lone goose descended to rest among the Bures chickens.
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Emil Bures
Canada
Texas
Turks approve new salary tax for military aviation
The Turkish Grand National Assembly is expected to pass an act immediately requiring all workers to contribute two percent of their salaries to military aviation. It would become the fourth salary tax after income, crisis, and equilibrium taxes.
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Grand National Assembly
New York Collector Finds Rare Chinese Classic Slips
A New York collector unveils a rare set of Chinese classics written on thousands of tiny ink slips used by students for cribbing during Manchu era examinations. The compact library reveals the era's education practices and linguistic heritage.
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New York
Youth and Miss Trade Dismissive Quip in Playful Chat
In a brief social exchange a youth tells a young woman she must suppose he is foolish, to which she retorts that if he is not, he has much to be thankful for, hinting at mutual amusement and social wit.
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