World Shipping Led by Britain in One-Third Share
Lloyds Register notes Britain owns about one-third of global shipping as of the era, with Britain and the United States among the top fleets. The Normandie and Queen Mary launches loom, while world tonnage rises from 45 to 64 million tons.
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Britannia
Lloyd's Register of Shippiir
Britain
Havre
Lloyd's Register of Shipping
Oceana
On Said
British Empire
United States
Japan
Norway
Germany
France
Italy
Ottawa Journal
University of London forms 32 member committee to study psychical research
A new committee of distinguished scientists philosophers and psychologists is assembled to pursue psychical phenomena including telepathy clairvoyance automatic writing psychometry and poltergeists. Foreign correspondents will aid data collection while the public is asked to cooperate to shed light on seance room mysteries studied for nearly a century.
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University of London
National Laboratory of Pasychical Research
United States
British Dominions
Keeper of the Lookout for Cinque Ports Named
Chummy Barden of Winchelsea holds the title of Keeper of the Lookout of the Cinque Ports since the thirteenth century. His daily duty is to scan the horizon for hostile fleets and he earns £12 6d a year for this service.
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Chummy”" Barden
Winchelsea
Cinque Ports
Barden
Alberta wool scouring plant nearing completion plan revealed
Easten interests back a roughly $50,000 wool scouring and manufacturing plant to be erected at a major southern Alberta centre. The initiative aims to establish a new facility, with construction progressing as talks outline the project goals and scope.
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Alberta
Arctic voyage ends in Edmonton for Cambridge Bay family
Mrs E Paisley and her two year old daughter June travel from Cambridge Bay to Edmonton for a year’s Arctic vacation. They crossed frozen seas, slept on rocks in a storm, and endured weeks of travel from their isolation 1000 miles from Aklavik. June born Feb 23 1932 at Cambridge Bay.
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Arctic
E. Paisley
June
Edmonton
Cambridge Bay
Victoria Island
Beaufort Sea
Capt. Paisley
Mrs. Paisley
Coppermine
Little June
Arctic Circle
Canalaska Trading Company
Arctic Post
Paisley
Aklavik
Alaska
R.c.mlp
No Good Customer Requests Geraniums Replacement
A customer seeks geraniums to replace promised watering plants for his wife. The florist offers chrysanthemums instead, but the customer insists chrysanthemums are unsuitable. He emphasizes the geraniums were promised wife to water during her absence.
Greeks First To Invert Alphabet With Vowel Sounds
The Greeks are described as early designers of an inverted alphabet where their language’s vowels and consonants are represented by a series of letters, marking a foundational step in alphabetic writing.
How is it that widows marry in asks a writer
A writer asks why widows are thought to remarry quickly, joking that the tale of dead men tells no tales might explain it, suggesting a witty, reflective line on marriage and rumor.
Mosquitoes Linked to Sleeping Sickness in Horses
At the twelfth international veterinary congress in New York, experts reported the mosquito can cause sleeping sickness in horses, cattle, and sheep, labeling it a major threat to animal health. The article notes the mosquito’s potent tools and the need for careful prevention and control. It also mentions human dietary guidance from Hamilton Spectator on balanced eating and Canadian grading.
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Veterinary Congress
Mosquito
Belzebub
Hamilton Spectator
Dry cure and brine or pickle cure methods for meat
Dry cure and brine or pickle cure are two general methods for curing meat.
Pillow Quality and Feather Use in Bedding
Advice on choosing pillows recommends goose feathers for lasting fluff and lighter feel, noting more resilient under shaking and airier fill. Goose feather pillows stay fluffy, while chicken feather ones may pack and feel heavier. Householders are urged to shake and plump pillows to air out and keep them dry and light.
Chinese Adviser To Aid Film On The Good Earth
Maj. General Theocoe Tu of the Chinese National government has arrived in Hollywood to act as technical adviser and censor for a Pearl Buck adaptation of The Good Earth. His aid was sought amid complaints that American films misrepresent Chinese life, and he will review scenes for accuracy and propriety.
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Theocoe Tu
Etiquette Advice Denounces Knife at Table Dining
An 1827 etiquette book urges diners to avoid placing the knife in the mouth at all if possible. Separately, Argentina supplies Britain with 100 million dollars of chilled beef yearly. Astronomers report unidentified gases detected in the atmospheres of larger planets beyond Earth.
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Great Britain
West Australia Moves Toward Leaving The Commonwealth
The Calgary Argus notes that West Australia has begun petitioning the King for permission to withdraw from the Commonwealth. It discusses constitutional rules, the 1900 referendum, and arguments that the petition reflects an intolerable grievance in federation while federal law binds states.
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Canada
Australia
Dominion
West Australia
Commonwealth
New South Wales
Victoria
South Australia
Queensland
Tasmania
United Kingdom
London
Federation
Calgary
Atbetan
Editorial lessons learned from the depression practice
A Detroit News reader urges an editorial on the Depression era lessons. Families pooled earnings and savings, cut waste, and used money wisely. Cars served family needs, no credit reliance. Simple dinners replaced costly outings, and truth and sincerity gained value. Community life grew closer, snobbery faded, and the Great Game of Pretense ended.
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Bridge
United States
Detroit News
League economists hail League plan for world economic groups
The League of Nations economics committee urged the council to organize international economic groups, saying such groups would be a powerful factor in restoring and recovering the world economy. The committee, composed of renowned economists, framed the move as pivotal for global economic recovery.
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League of Nations Economic Committee
League Council
Organization of Economic Groups In International Relations
Hungarian wedding feast feeds hundreds with meat and wine
A three day celebration at Magocs in southern Hungary featured two oxen eight pigs one calf numerous fowl and about 1400 liters of wine consumed by attendees.
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Magocs
Hungary
Ancient Rains Unearthed In Soviet Archaeology Sweep
Soviet archaeologists reveal Tanket city ruins ninety miles from Tashkent showing palaces markets straight streets and reservoirs. Nearby mountains yield ninth or tenth century lead ore slag and mine shafts while Armenian Scythian tombs praise copper industry links. Excavations ongoing as warm months attract more discoveries.
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Tanket
Persia
India
Ching
Tashkent
Kingdom
Ilak
Nizhni Tugil
Urals
State Historical Museum
Dalanar
Armenia
Academy of Sciences
Zangezur
Immensity Of Pacific Ocean Surpasses Global Land Scale
The article explains the Pacific Ocean’s vastness far exceeds all land surface. It cites Liverpool to New York at 3,050 miles versus Yokohama to Valparaiso at 9,340 miles, Vancouver to Yokohama at 4,260 miles, and notes the ocean spans from Arctic to Antarctic with about seventy million square miles of area containing tens of thousands of islands.
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Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Pacific
Lake
Ontario
Liverpool
New York
Yokohama
Valparaiso
Vancouver
Arctic Ocean
Antarctic Ocean
Rector hosts strawberry tea teaches garden safety
In a village scene the rector invites the boys to the rectory for tea after which he questions them about why their behavior was better than stealing from his garden. A chubby boy answers that they would have had no sugar and cream with the berries, thus making it nicer.
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Lisi
Planning a New Leningrad With 5 Million People
The architectural planning section of the Leningrad Soviet outlines a re planning scheme for a expanded city. The new Leningrad would extend along the Neva from Lake Ladoga to the Gulf of Finland about forty miles and include the present city and surrounding suburbs.
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Leningrad
Leningrad Soviet
Neva
Lake Ladoga
Gulf of Finland
Whey Butter Blend Rules for Canada Sales
Canada bans sale of any butter labeled whey butter when mixed with creamery butter or dairy butter unless branded whey butter. The rule restricts mixed products and requires clear branding to meet sales standards.
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Canada
The Dog Days of Midsummer Named for Sirius Dog Star
The phrase dog days of midsummer derives from the rising of Sirius, the dog star, signaling the peak heat of summer. Ancient observers linked the star with hottest days, though modern astronomy notes solar orbit timing variations.
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