Italy Eyes Abyssinia Resources and Strategic Port
A historical prospecting note describes Abyssinia as rich in gold silver platinum timber soil and climate with fertile highlands and plains suited for crops rubber and cotton. It highlights wild game forests and mineral traces while noting Abyssinia’s strategic port at Jibtol now French controlled near Bab-el-Mandeb Strait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Ethiopia
Ite Colala
Ite Highlands
Hentiiy
Abyssinia
Italy
Jitl
Bab-el-Mandeb
Mediterranean
Review Of The Fleet Will Be Brilliant West At Ports
Plans for a brilliant July royal fleet review at Spithead are under way in Portsmouth and Southsea. Around 200 ships including Nelson and Hood are expected to take part with air arm units aboard carriers Furious and Courageous. The King is due July 16 to join the royal yacht and may travel to London by car if weather permits.
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Valiant
Barhas
Hood
Renown
Furious
Courageous
Royal Yacht
Portsmouth
Ten Most Charming People Named by Miss Margery Wilson
Miss Margery Wilson selects ten charm leaders including President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Pope Pius XI, Emperor Hirohito, Princess Elizabeth, Bill Robinson, the Prince of Wales, Anne Lindbergh, Sonja Henie, and others. The list reflects Wilson’s view of global charm in public figures and entertainers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margery Wilson
Roosevelt
Amelia Earhart
Pope Pius XI
Emperor Hirohito
Japan
Princess Elizabeth
England
Bil Robinson
Prince of Wales
Anne Lindbergh
Sonja Henjie
Gillam
Wilson
Thousand Dollar Reward for Song Writer on Relief
A San Francisco relief chorus singer, Julia Louisa Covell, receives a $1000 cheque for writing a popular song and leaving relief rolls. The report notes a broader U S shortage of horses and mules, with Canada expanding exports and rising prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Julia
Louisa Covell
San Francisco
Royal Barge In Procion for Jubilee Thames Pageant
A pageant recalling Gays on the Thames will be part of the King’s Silver Jubilee celebrations. The Royal State Barge, launched in 1687, will be used in a procession to Chelsea with various royal and ceremonial craft. Seats for the route from Buckingham Palace to St Paul’s are selling fast at £3 to £15, with blocks near St Clement Danes nearly gone. Canadian Pacific plans to transport at least 20,000 Canadians for the event.
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Thames
London
Saeneing
Cwtty Companien
Chelsea
Bost
Buckingham Palace
St. Paul's
St Clement Danes
Strand
Giant Carnivorous Dinosaur Headed for Alberta Museum Display
The 34 inch skull and 27 foot body of a gorgosaurus, found in the Red River valley near Berry Creek, is being prepared at Edmonton for mounting by George F. Sternberg of Fort Hays College museum. The fossil, from the Cretaceous period, will be exhibited at the University of Alberta museum. Fossils of imperial elephants and other giants have been found in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
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Alberta University Museum
Red River Valley
Berry Creek
Edmonton
George F. Sternberg
Fort Hays College Museum
Kansas
University of Alberta Museum
Prairies
Sas
Katchewan
Manitoba
Walter Phillips Chromoxylography Pioneer of Winnlee
Walter Phillips of Winnlee is renowned as a top chromoxylographist, creating colored woodcut prints by hand. He sketches on mulberry paper, transfers to cherrywood, hand cuts for about 60 hours to form the key block, then applies color blocks for each hue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Philips
RCA
Winnlee
Walter Phillips
Keeper of the British Museum Knew Books By Heart
Dr Richard Garnett, longtime keeper of printed books at the British Museum, celebrated on his birth centenary for his prodigious memory and vast knowledge of the library. He could guide Ford Madox Ford by precise shelf, volume, and page details to locate a Merovingian buckle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Museum
Sen- Mor Meighen
Richard Garnett
Potatoes As Food Good Recipes For Everyday
A housewife’s guide highlights potatoes as energy rich with 18 percent carbohydrate and notable water content. It offers step by step methods for boiled, baked, and French fried potatoes, emphasizing even cooking, digestion, and proper serving to maintain texture and flavor.
By and Large Phrase From Sailors Explained
A New York Herald Tribune correspondent notes dislike of the phrase by and large and an editor offers nautical roots. The term describes alternating sailing close hauled and off the wind, covering all points of sailing and meaning in all respects or taken altogether.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald Tribune
Sears
Webster's
Mariner's Magazine
One Man Symphony Emerges From New Electrical Device
A Cornell professor Valdimar Karapetott develops an electrical recording system enabling a single performer to create sounds previously possible only with multiple players. The report highlights the era’s push toward solo orchestral capabilities and new tech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valdimar Karapetott
Cornell University
Eggs Carried by Air From Britain to Australia Experiment
A historic air shipment carried a sitting of hatching eggs from Captain the Hon. C. K. Greenway’s Stanbridge Earls estate in Hampshire to Mr. F. P. Finney in Sydney. The 12 800 mile journey, via Paris Calcutta Rangoon Singapore Port Darwin and Brisbane, reduced transit to 12 3/4 days against 45 by sea. The eggs arrived undamaged and the feat drew wide Australian interest, with Finney promising further reports to Qantas Empire Airways and Lord Greenway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Australia
Austalia
Cunard
White Star
Imperial Airways
C. K. Greenway
Lord Greenway
Stanbridge Earls
Romsey
Hants
F. P. Pianey
Rhode Island
Red Cub
Sydney
New South Wales
London
Paria
Calcutta
Rangoon
Singapore
Port Darwin
Brisbane
Malaya
Ausralia
Qantas Empire Airways
Finney
England
Care Of House Plants Watering And Care Tips
Guidance on watering houseplants in winter, including pot depth, watering methods, and using pots in water, plus notes on water temperature and washing leaves. Also mentions that Canada led oats exporters to the British Isles in 1984 with 1,941,279 cwts, over half of all sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
British Isles
Britain
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Alberta
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
MONS
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
Union of South Aftica
Jimmy
House of Commons
Ramsay MacDonald
Arthur Henderson
Railway Trades Union
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Arthur
Row
Albert
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Fangful
Thomas Stevens
Cumberland
Thomas Teasdale
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