Soviet Urges Citizens to Take Up Aviation Training
The Soviet government promotes civilian aviation, expanding aviation clubs from 18 in 1933 to 54 in 1934 and building a second line of aviation personnel. Frunze plant alone has 600 workers enrolled, gliding schools rise from 60 fields to 137 stations, and youth projects include 100000 plus schoolchildren building model planes inspiring world records.
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Soviet Russia
Airady
Worlonen
Sach
Frunze
Moscow
Soviet Union
Russia
Canada Poultry Boom Drives British Demand in Months
Canadian chickens meet rising British demand as shipments head to Britain. A 4000 box consignment, largely assembled in Winnipeg, ships under government inspection and standards after a six cent per pound duty pushed buyers toward Canada and other dominions. Last Christmas Canada shipped over one million pounds of chilled poultry to Britain, reinforcing a positive impression of Canadian government supervised poultry.
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Britain
Winnipeg
Canada
Memories Of Early RCMP Museum Beginnings In Regina
A Regina RCMP barracks exhibit marks the start of a museum to chronicle the force with photos and relics. A nine-pound muzzle-loading gun from 1874 and items like old uniforms, handwritten reports, and case exhibits will bolster displays for the Dominion’s history.
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B.c.lp
Regina
A.C.M.P
Unfortunate Error Delays Birthday Message From Hindenburg
A topographer at Essener Volkereitung caused an arrest by inserting a question mark into a congratulatory message from Prexi Gent Von Hindenburg to Chancellor Hitler for his 45th birthday. The mark altered a line about a song wife and led to a puzzling misread phrase.
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Essener Volkereitung
Prexi Gent von Hindenburg
Hitler
Huike
Hull-less oats touted for feed and porridge use
Parliament heard Hon. Robert Weir describe hull-less oats, especially the Laurel variety, as strong straw, high yield, and ideal for green feed and porridge. They lack husks, suit horses and young pigs, with yields of fifty to seventy bushels per acre and fifty-pound kernels.
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Robert Weir
Dominion
United Kingdom
United States
Canada
Gopher
Banner
Victory
Card arrangements in a bridge deck delight plaintive players
The Prairie Farmer notes that a standard deck dealt to four players across 53,644,737,756,488,792,839,237,440,000 possible ways yields ample distinct hands. Even if humanity began playing since Adam, the variety remains vast, offering solace to players who lament bad luck with cards.
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Adam
Work Better After Play Says French Critic
M Andre Siegfred argues our fondness for sport wastes time while the London Sunday Chronicle notes that more play leads to better work. The piece touches on the link between recreation and productivity and cites that forty five percent of motor jets are injured in auto accidents.
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M. Andre Siegfred
The
London Sunday Chronicle
Best Intelligence Gauge Vocabulary Linked To Intelligence
A study of thousands over two years, led by Dr Jay Caster of the University of Arizona, finds vocabulary breadth marks intelligence. Successful businessmen and top students show rich word usage and precise meaning, while limited vocabularies curb thinking and school performance.
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Jay Caster
University of Arizona
Everest Leader Hugh Ruttledge Buys Hebridean Isle
Hugh Ruttledge, famed 1933 Everest expedition leader and Royal Geographical Society Founder's Medal recipient, has purchased Gometra in the Hebrides to live a quiet rural life. He plans farming and photography as his main pursuits, and if a climb beckons, Mull offers nearby mountains.
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Hugh Ruttledge
Gometra
Hebrides
Mr. Ruttledge
Royal Geographical Society
Himalayas
Haa
Mull
Superconductivity Emerges At Extreme Cold Temperatures
At 452 degrees below zero certain metals such as silver and copper lose electrical resistance and become superconductors, signaling a remarkable shift in conductive behavior under extreme cold conditions.
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Copper
How Moths Find Each Other Across Distances
A naturalist explains puzzling moth behavior. Females emit signals attracting males, as shown when released specimens draw nearby mates. Some propose wireless-like messages via antennae, while observed hoverings near emptied mating boxes suggest scent cues influence motion in the field.
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Ashe
China Introduces Tax Licenses For Opium Smokers In Canton
Opium smokers in Canton face a new annual tax with motor cars, as licenses will be issued after examination in three classes costing ten to thirty silver dollars. Smokers have three months to register at the bureau, after which licenses are withheld. The move aims to curb the habit and lure curables to official doctors, though licenses target elderly smokers with no care options.
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Canton
St Pauls Chimes Use Two Notes as Big Ben Falls Back
The article notes St Pauls chimes use two notes E and C sharp while Westminster uses four notes. Big Ben's clock still rings the Westminster chimes, with Big Tom the 5-ton hour bell to strike on G.
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Paul
London
Great Paul
St. Paul's
Ben
Westminster
Whitechapel
St. Paul’s
Big Tom
Big Ben
St. Paul’sa
Overseas Daily Mail
Britain's Target Airliner Seyila Weighs 32000 Pounds
Ottawa Journal describes the Seyla built for Imperial Airways as the largest landplane airliner. Weighing 32000 pounds full load, it spans 864 feet nose to rudder tip and 3144 feet tall, with 39 passenger seats and a crew of four. Four engines propel it 700 miles on 625 gallons of gasoline, with luxury fittings, heating, ventilation, and a wine buffet. A sister ship Syrinx nears completion.
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Imperial Airways
Syrinx
Ottawa Journal
Gander Bill Returns To City Life Amid Street Noise
In Portsmouth England a gander named Bill prefers urban roaming to rustic life. His owner Mr Weeks a builder on Eastfield Road kept him in a stable in the country due to traffic dangers. Bill longed for the streets and smells gasoline which he treats as his sauce and now he is back amid the traffic contentedly.
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Bill
Portsmouth
England
Mr. Weeks
Eastfield Road
Bills
South Africa cuts taxes and lifts penny postage on gold
The government of South Africa lowers taxation by 10 million dollars and restores Imperial penny postage as the country remains the world’s leading gold producer. The Dominion also sees benefits from its gold output while gold could climb to 41 dollars per ounce. In Canada poultry can be kept without artificial heating if the air is dry and birds are healthy. An octogenarian jokes that younger generations are on the road to perdition, claiming freight to sixty years.
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British Air Ministry
John Howard
Toronto
Ontario
London
Howard
H. P. Holler
Maryland
England
Australia
Mr. Howard
South Africa
Canada
Eight Tips for Home Garden Success and Care
Gardening advice covers bean and tomato plantings, staking tomatoes, soil and moisture needs, and window box prep. It explains multiple sowings for continuous harvests, container depth, drainage, and topsoil, along with mulch and manure use, plus early shelter and transplant guidance for seedlings and flowers.
Cent-A-Mile Excursion Recalled From Civil War Era
Inaugurated years ago by Canadian railway workers who praised their cent-a-mile system, a 70 year old note reveals a Chicago to Quebec excursion during the Civil War era. The round trip cost under $22 with 50 cents charged to board the Great Eastern in Quebec harbor, then famed as a marvel of the seas.
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Chicago
Quebec
Tres
Canadan National
Quebec Harbor
Canada appoints colonel to League narcotics advisory role
Col. C. H. L. Bharman of the department of pensions and national health, a prominent Dominion artillery officer, has been named to represent Canada on the League of Nations advisory committee on narcotics.
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C. H. L. Bharman
Department of Pensions and National Health
Dominion
Canada
League of Nations
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