Four Thousand Mile Airlift From New York to Budapest in Five Days
Imperial Airways airliner met the Queen Mary at Cherbourg and flew a party of passengers via Paris Munich Vienna to Budapest covering 1020 miles in record time. Meals, travel speed and radio telegraphy enabled constant contact though experts warn the human body is not built for such rapid pace. The New Outlook.
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Europe
Imperial Airways
Cherbourg
Paris
Munich
Vienna
Budapest
Zurich
Leas
World happenings briefly told
Edmonton boy Prancis John Savage 15 left for London to join the British navy. Nine to 14 year olds are enrolled for aeronautics instruction. John Red Kelly 82, former hockey star, dies in St Boniface hospital. Stamp fans note King Edward VIII issues. Ernest Bakewell resigns from British Columbia CCF. Susan Anthony to appear on a U S postage stamp. Bernard Shaw dinner honors H G Wells on his 70th birthday. Sir Henry Wellcome estate inheritance tax totals revealed. Palestine reinforcements embark aboard California for the Holy Land.
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London
England
Prancis John Savage
Edmonton
John “Red” Kelly
St. Boniface
Man
Edward VIII
United Kingdom
Marvin Wolff
St. Lawrence
Susan R. Anthony
U.S
Martha Washington
Bernard Shaw
H. G. Wells
Will Queen Mary Attend Coronation of King Edward VIII
Discussion grows over whether Queen Mary will attend the coronation next May for her son Edward VIII. No direct precedent exists for a widowed queen attending her spouse’s successor, though royal practice has sometimes overridden precedent. Queen Alexandra did not attend Edward VII’s coronation in 1911, despite reported pressure from her.
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Mary
Edward VIII
England
Alexandra
Edward VII
George V
Periodical pay, radium work, and queue jokes echo
The piece contrasts three months of rent with paid work, noting radium needle filling behind lead screens where workers handle tiny radioactive salts. It asks if waiting 24 hours in a theatre queue earns mockery, depicting a columnist’s quip on public patience and humor.
Circumstantial Evidence Dismisses Rumor Of King Edward Marriage
John Drinkwater, a British author, rejects renewed rumors about King Edward VIII’s marriage. He asserts circumstantial evidence shows the King contemplates no marriage now and notes Buckingham Palace preparations serve the bachelor establishment. He adds official announcements would follow if a marriage were decided.
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Edward VIII
England
Irene
Catherine
George II
Greece
John Drinkwater
London
Drinkwater
Buckingham Palace
King Edward Enjoys Austrian Village Dialect Song
King Edward praised a dialect song about the lower Austrian village of Langenlais near Vienna. He heard it in a Vienna nightclub and asked for three encores, tipping the performer generously and declaring it his favorite.
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King Edward
Vienna
Edward
Langenlais
Iowan Unearths 25000 Relatives After 12 Years Research
An Iowan spent twelve years tracing lineage and claims to have found twenty five thousand relatives. He muses that winning a sweepstakes might have been simpler though he pursued science and family history instead.
France Faces Agricultural Shortfall Amid Population Surge
About half of France's population works in farming yet agricultural output falls short of demand, highlighting a structural gap between labor and production.
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France
Secret Soviet submarine fleet at Vladivostok leaks rise
Reliable sources disclose a new and secret Soviet submarine flotilla at Vladivostok to deter a Japanese attack. The fleet, called the mystery fleet, is not listed in naval manuals and numbers are disputed from 40 to 80 subs. New, small, concealable craft are trained for Pacific defense, with 500000 soldiers backing aerial and submarine defenses in the Far East.
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Russia
Vladivostok
Japan
Pacific
Far Eastern
Oklahoma tunnel to study 250 mph winds on campus
Real tunnel at University of Oklahoma near completion measures eighty five feet long and will push wind at 250 mph through a steel duct. A 400 horsepower natural gas engine drives the flow, built by Works Progress Administration technicians at a cost of sixteen thousand dollars. Jos eph Liston says the apparatus will expand aeronautics courses and research testing on airplanes trains boats cars.
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University of Oklahoma -Engineering
Asd
Works Progress Administration
Joseph Liston
Duchess Acts as Guide at Glamis Castle
The Duchess of York demonstrated expert knowledge of Glamis Castle where she spent her youth and once posed as a maid to guide American visitors. She accepted a tip to preserve the secret, revealing her identity only after the joke delighted the guests.
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H.R H
Duchess of York
Glamis Castle
Glamis
Democracy's value urged by Massey in Toronto luncheon
Hon. Vincent Massey, Canadian high commissioner in London, told the Canadian Club in Toronto that Europe shows democracy is more than a word. He warned against dictatorship, praising British and American liberty and the people’s right to elect replacements when governments fail.
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Uscracy
Vincent Massey
London
Toronto
Europe
British Empire
United States
Kitchener
Treasures From Japan Exhibit in Boston to Oct 25
Japanese Emperor honors Boston Museum of Fine Arts and Harvard University for long support of Japanese art. The loan exhibit runs through October 25 and includes 136 objects from Buddhist art beginnings in the seventh century to the Tokugawa era in the mid nineteenth century, with pieces from imperial households and Japanese museums alongside Boston holdings.
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United States
Beston Museum of Fine Arts
Harvard University
Japan
Boston
Imperial Household
Boston Museum
Museum of Fine Arts
Harvard
Black Death Calamity: A 14th Century Pestilence
The text attributes the Black Death as the greatest calamity in history, a pestilence that swept Asia Europe and northern Africa in the 14th century and claimed about 67 million lives.
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Asia
Europe
Africa
Duchess of Gloucester lends name to new carnation variety
A dialogue between husband and wife references a club event while noting a newly named carnation variety. The Duchess of Gloucester is cited as the namesake for this elegant per petual flower, highlighting a horticultural honor from a royal-associated cultivar.
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Duchess of Gloucester
First Converts In Europe in Pauls Missionary Journey
Sunday School lesson recounts Paul’s ministry in Philippi where a river prayer space blessed by God led to Lydia’s conversion and baptism of her household. It highlights hospitality of early Christians and Paul’s aim to preach where Christ not yet named, with Basil Mathews praising the pioneer mission.
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Europe
Philippi
Paul
Lydia
Thyatira
Ydia
Pauls
Moffatt
Christ
Jerusalem
Tilyricum
Asia
Aegean
Iyricum
Basil Mathews
Autonomy to come in April 1937 for India province
The Marquess of Linlithgow told the Indian legislature that provincial autonomy would arrive in April 1937 under the Government of India Bill of 1935. He said the transitory period before federation would likely be brief and contrasted Britain’s move with Europe’s dictatorships, calling it a historic experiment in representative government.
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Marquess of Linlithgow
India
Government of India
Europe
Great Britain
An Unexpected Accident at Mr J R Williams Home
Mr J R Williams of Los Angeles sought an impending crash view and fell breaking his leg. A magistrate notes middle aged women drivers offend the least under speed limits due to years of experience keeping under thirty.
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J. R. Williams
Los Angeles
Williams
Airways Trafic Control Operation Adopts Sky Lane System
The United States moves toward formal air traffic control as the Bureau of Air Commerce rapidly sets up an organized system. Controllers monitor maps and radio in a room filled with tiny wooden plane models on routes between airports. One watcher coordinates six planes by adjusting altitudes and speeds to prevent congestion.
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United States
Bureau of Air Commerce
Autoista
Nagging Raises Illness Rates in Office Clusters
The British Medical Research Council reports higher sickness in nagging workplaces. A survey notes that a fair, respectful environment reduces susceptibility to illness, citing a stenographer office where one site saw many absences during a flu outbreak and another with few.
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British Medical Research Council
A Dangerous Plaything by Toy Guns Warned
A warning circular from the Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers cites toy air guns and sling shots as deadly to birds and dangerous to children. It notes that in one blind institution 200 children will never see again due to injuries from such toys.
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Illinois Congress of Parents and ‘Teachers
Death's Head Moth Emits Mouse-Like Squeaks
A description notes the death's head moth now rarely seen emits squeaks nearly as loud as a mouse, highlighting its eerie sound in modern observations.
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