British Aviator Survives Spinning Flight Jump Near Colnbrook
Flight Lieut. Staniland, test pilot and racing driver, escaped a deadly spin at 7,000 feet during secret research trials near Colnbrook Middlesex. After being hurled back twice into the rear cockpit he finally jumped clear on the second try, parachute deployed safely as the aeroplane crashed in a gravel pit two miles away. Staniland, with a storied career in road and track events, later set class lap records in Ulster and was chosen for Britain's Schneider Trophy team in 1928.
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Colnbrook
Middlesex
Miete
Air Ministry
Pught
Staniland
Home Of Poet Restored Philadelphia Poe Shrine Opens
The Philadelphia home of Edgar Allan Poe has been restored to its appearance a century ago and opened as a public shrine. The three story cottage displays original manuscripts first editions and valuable pieces from Poe’s collections including a stove desk and bedroom furniture. A boat of Pallas sits in the study where Poe wrote.
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Philadelphia
Edgar Allen Poe
Poe
Man Held On Manslaughter Charge In Hull Crash
A Hull Quebec driver faces manslaughter charges after a collision with a truck killed two friends riding as passengers. The incident underscores the responsibility of motorists when giving lifts on highways as a public safety issue.
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Hull
Que
Unmeccomery Accents on Car Safety at Whitby Rally
Oshawa Times reports a Whitby Supreme Court rally where speaker says many accidents stem from long junked cars. He cites court cases and urges a law to keep unsafe vehicles off highways to protect pedestrians and drivers.
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Harsty Justice
Supreme Court
Whitby
Ontario
Oshawa Times
Johannesburg Named Richest City In World
The editorial claims Johannesburg in Transvaal as the world's richest city surpassing London and New York. It cites a stock boom with gold mining shares reaching three hundred million pounds and notes miners and residents spending fortunes while saving for tomorrow remains uncertain.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
London
New York
Samuel‘ Storey
Sunderland
Transvaal
Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Home Safety Rules Emphasize Common Sense Precautions
A New York safety officer outlines a home safety code for adults, stressing lighting every room and stairs, keeping floors clear, using a rubber bath mat, employing a step-ladder, choosing non inflammable cleaners, keeping wet hands from appliances, reading labels, and avoiding rush. The guidance notes many accidents stem from simple neglect.
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New York
Death Co
Pos
Judge rules unwritten law not recognized in British countries
In London Ontario Judge Joseph Weering states that Canada has no unwritten law. A magistrate notes Americans claim self help by fathers and husbands, but British jurisdictions reject such a concept. The Monitor cites the divergence and calls the unwritten law weak.
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Canada
Joseph Weeringman
London
Ont
United States
Christian Science Monitor
Parliament to debate Canadian titles at next session
Discussion for the next session will see the federal house tackle whether Canadians may accept titles from the king. Humphrey Mitchell of Hamilton East is expected to push a full debate and resolution to maintain the titles ban with exceptions for judges and military officers. Premier R B Bennett indicated the government does not feel bound by the 1919 Mickle motion.
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Federal House
Humphrey Mitchell
Labor
Hamilton East
R. B. Bennett
Mickle
Under Three Flags Expedition Aims for Streamlined Cars
An article discusses high speed autos using about 80 percent fuel to overcome wind resistance. Streamlining promises power savings and improved ride comfort. It argues modern cars should evolve from horse-drawn carriage designs toward scientifically guided shapes with broader fronts and tapered rears. The Institute of Aero-Dynamic Repeated predicts major revisions in future car lines.
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Institute of Aero-Dynamic
Numa
How He Understood It Boy Mistakes Resurrection Book
A boy trying to register at Griffitown club, part of Federated Charities of Montreal, asks for the Resurrection Book after mishearing a woman’s title. He is told the registration book is missing and is sent to Miss Mackay upstairs to fetch it.
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Griffitown Club
Federated Charities of Montreal
Mis souri hunting season humor and diamond notes
The report mixes hunting rules with fashion signals a hunter without a red hat risks misidentification. It notes no fatalities last year and credits red hats and feathers for safety. It also mentions black diamonds in Brazin river washings as rare industrial gems and cites Paris amusement spending on movie adu’drums.
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Missouri
Ozarks
Brazin
Lancashire woman linked to Edison shows remarkable inventions
A Lancashire woman, Nell Bradshaw, claims kinship to Edison and displays four major inventions at her Heaton Chapel home. Her fog-penetrating lamp, robot signaling device, anti-drowning life jacket, and thief alarm for cars are demonstrated. She says she was born in New York and offers life-saving ideas, noting distant kinship to Edison.
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Edisom
Nell Bradshaw
Heaton Chapel
Manchester
Miss Bradshaw
Sell
Hradshaw
Stockport
Ministry of Transport
Gert
Bradshaw
New York
England
Edison
The Empire State Building Visitor Registration
Observers report crowds at the Empire State Building observatory fluctuating from 31 000 visitors in the first week to 23 000 during Christmas week and 6685 in a recent week. A new registration showed attendees hailed from 46 states and 45 countries, with only 10 percent from New York City. Two visitors, John Stephens from Mudros and Paulin Mastaton from Libau Latvia, came from places unfamiliar to executives, prompting curiosity about Mudros on Lemnos and Libau now Liepaja.
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Empire State Building
New York City
John Stephens
Mudros
Paulin Mastaton
Libau
Latvia
National Geographic Society
Mudrog
Lemnos
Aegean
Liepaja
New York Evening Post
Unusual Lung Removal Reported by Medical Doctors
An operation removed an entire lung from a patient, reportedly the first deliberate whole-lung removal at one stage. Dr. Evarts A. Graham and Dr. J. J. Singar of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shared details via Dr. Morris Fishbein of the JAMA. The cancer-driven procedure occurred April 5, with the Pittsburgh physician said to be fully recovered.
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Evarts A. Graham
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Journal
Graham
J. J. Singar
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis
Point
Pittsburgh
Singar
Aunt Mamie Williams Seeks Peace After Weight Loss Claim
In Jacksonville Florida a 48 year old woman known as Aunt Mamie Williams formerly weighed 798 pounds. She reports troublesome neighbors caused her to lose 200 pounds and has filed a complaint with the sheriff seeking peace and quiet. She continues to work in her garden where much of her weight loss occurred.
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Mieses
Mamie” Williams
Jacksonville
Florida
Japan Faces Large Budget Gap Next Year
The Tokyo cable to the New York Times reports Japan's coming year deficit at 270 million dollars while armament outlays total 351 million. The Ottawa Journal notes a 307 million deficit for the country publishing the Times in 1531 with navy and army spending at 586 million excluding pan-military items.
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Tokyo
New York Times
Japan
Ottawa Journal
Toronto Star
Honor Goes To Prussia The World Oldest Flea Found
The world’s oldest flea, 5,000 years old, was discovered at Palmnicken East Prussia. Scientists examined the venerable insect found embedded in amber on a Baltic shore and consider it a remarkable archaeological find.
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Palmnicken
East Process
Hitler boasts of abstinence but silent on killing vow
Much Liere asserts he does not drink or smoke, yet the Brickville Recorder and Times notes he has not addressed the commandment Thou shalt not kill. The remark frames Liere as avoiding vice while avoiding moral restraint.
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Hitler
Brickville Recorder and Times
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