Rhodes scholar named for Newfoundland
James T. Howley of St John’s, an engineering graduate from Nova Scotia Technical College Halifax, was named 1995 Rhodes Scholar for Newfoundland. Other brief items note Quetta’s planned rebuild on the original site after last May’s quake, Ontario tax on incomes starting Jan 1, and Roosevelt’s call for a North America wildlife conference in Washington February 3 to 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Howley
St. John's
Nova Scotia Technical College
Halifax
Newfoundland
Quetta
Ontario
Croll
Roosevelt
Washington
Leon Trotsky
Norway
France
Henry Pidgeon
Los Angeles
Durban Bay
Pacific
National Miners Union of Scotland
Miners’ Federation of Great Britain
Palestine Legislative Council Veto Powers Extended
A Jerusalem communique announces the establishment of a legislative council in Palestine with Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope as high commissioner granted wide veto powers. It says if any Palestinian group boycotts elections, the high commissioner may seat British officials on the council. Jewish leaders and Dr. Chaim Weizmann have rejected participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erement
Jerusalem
Legislative Council
Arthur Grenfell Wauchope
Palestine
Assembly
Chaim Weizmann
World Zionist Organization
Jewish Agency For Palestine
New Aluminum Ship Fragment Tests at Newport News
The aluminum alloy ship Fragment built in Bath Maine left port on its first railborne trip. The test cross section is to be further examined by the Aluminum Company of America in Newport News Virginia to gauge corrosion resistance versus steel and potential impact on future ship hulls and speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Aluminum Company of America
Newport News
Common Remembrance Plan For War Graves Agreement
Britain and Germany agree on maintaining war graves with 6500 British dead to rest in Germany. Similar terms apply to German graves for French and British soil. The Berlin pact aims to preserve solemn remembrance of Great War dead across former belligerent nations.
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Britain
Germany
Berlin
Vast Building Scheme Planned by English Towns
The St Thomas Times-Journal reports a massive public development plan by coastal towns near London. Affected areas like Worthing will see tens of thousands of houses built on newly purchased lands costing about 75 million dollars. The project promises modern town planning, recreation facilities, and 2,000 jobs for 25 years, with wide effects on building supply and related industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Worthing
Sussex
Channel
St Thomas Times-Journal
Lucky Job Swap Shows Generous Applicant
The New York Post recounts Spencer Hare finally landing a Radio Publicity Service job after a long search. He beat one rival, who learned he lost out only when Hare’s future boss was notified. The rival refused the post, choosing to let Hare take it. Hare’s fiancée had ended their three year engagement earlier due to his unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonora Lyons
New York Post
Spencer Hare
Spencer
Tve
Hare
Speaker
Expel Soviet Members Joseph Stalin To Get Rid Of Ten Per Cent
Soviet leadership under Stalin ordered a purge of about ten percent of party members. Pravda said many excluded were former White Russians from the 1920 22 civil war era and supporters of Admiral Kolchak. The purge followed Kiroff s assassination and subsequent executions in Soviet prisons as card control and cleansing measures continued.
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Joseph Stalin
Joseph Salin
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Moscow
Pravda
Admiral Kolchak
Siberia
Sergi Kiroff
Stalin
Kiroff
Communist Party
Seed grain samples sent to Dominion Seed Branch
Sasnaccuewan farmers send seed grain samples to the Dominion Seed Branch in Saskatoon for testing. Due to the large volume, germination test results will not be available for at least a month after mailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Seed
Saskatoon
Origin of Carat Name Traced to Quirat Tradition
The term carat derives from quir at in Arabic meaning the pod of the coral tree of Abyssinia. The seeds have long been used in the east for weighing 1 ¢ old and are prized for their constant dry weight.
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Abyssinia
East
Advertising Efficiency Turns Channel Barriers Into Speed
The article traces how obstacles from the English Channel to Napoleon shrank as technology advanced. It notes transportation shifts from sail to steam to air travel and asserts that modern advertising can create nation wide demand for a new product in a single day, highlighting the magic of efficiency.
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English Channel
Napoleon
French
Dover
Channel
Toje
Lufthansa plans 1986 North Atlantic air route service
Lufthansa announces a regular North Atlantic air mail and passenger line via Lisbon Azores Bermuda using the LZ 129 and the under construction LZ 190. First trials of the LZ 129 will occur next month while weather favorable and landing points in the Azores and Bermuda aid feasibility.
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Lufthansas Company
Lisbon-Azores
Bermuda
Germany
Lufthansa
Dranes
Ireland
Daring Night Raid on Gravesend Air Base Spurs Hunt
An all-metal British aircraft project at Gravesend drew a high profile raid by suspected spies. A sentry confronted a group at dawn in a hangar after doors were left open, a fight followed, and he was knocked unconscious before police launched a nationwide manhunt to recover secret ship plans.
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Spe
Gravesend
Scotland Yard
Gravesend Army Airport
Lifeboat Institute reports year totals and Edinburgh efforts
Work of the Lifeboats totals about 304 lives saved in 1935 by mid December and describes a cumulative 64,335 lives saved since inception. Edinburgh’s 1935 contribution rose with subscriptions and donations over £500. Three new motor lifeboats were added to Scotland’s fleet. Edinburgh Scotsman.
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Edinburgh, Leith, and
Granton
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Edinburgh
Scotland
Scotsman
Air Pilot Pioneer Named Superintendent in Mackenzie District
Wop fay will take over duties of superintendent for Canadian Airways Limited in the Mackenzie River district succeeding C. H. Dickins who is promoted to Winnipeg. The announcement came from Edmonton and other cities.
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Canada
W. R
Wop Fay
Mackenzie
Crochet Collar and Cuff Set Pattern 5288 for Frocks
Dressly on crocheted neckwear pattern 5288 offers a collar and cuff set with crocheted borders in white or tinted net georgette and a lacy scarf option in cotton using knot stitch. It notes a collar with a bow and sailor back, and mentions a illustrated cot rara pattern not provided. To obtain this pattern send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave. B, Winnipeg. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Women Convict Labor Builds Far East Rail Across Russia
A two year project completed near Moscow opens a new 1 365 mile line paralleling the trans Siberian from Karyn near Chita to Khabarovsk. Camps are described as reformatories with brigades of women and men led by women often working in icy waters under harsh conditions.
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Russia
Soviet Far East
Moscow
Ussr
Karyn
Chita
Mongolia
Khabarovak
Siberia
Mongolian People's Republic
Selected Recipes From a Fictional Kitchen Segment
A vintage recipe card outlines a cookie dough using shortening brown sugar Crown Brand syrup eggs oatmeal bread flour baking powder salt cinnamon raisins and milk. The method includes creaming, beating eggs, sifting dry ingredients, alternating additions with milk and dropping spoonfuls onto a Mazola prepared sheet for baking.
Improvement In Building Leads The World In Bullting Testy
A scrambled report notes worldwide progress in building and industrial sectors, highlighting statistical pulls from the League of Nations era. It mentions advancements in engineering, energy, and related fields, with a nod to automotive and manufacturing growth.
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Reise Poe
League of Nations
Guadambereen
Ssa
Pace
Rsa
Te Tng Industri Sci i
Pcos
Abot Pac
Siueig
Sydney Skipping Enthusiast Cleared 600 Mile Feat
A Sydney skipping enthusiast completed a 600 mile journey from Melbourne to Sydney along the Hume Highway. He claims about 472,000 skips, wore out one pair of shoes, and was aided by three cyclists who carried food and clothing. He aimed to prove skipping is valuable exercise and finished in 28 days after planning for 35.
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Sydney
Australia
Melbourne
Unclear fragment hints at strange items and phrases
Fragmentary text appears to mix names and nonsensical phrases with mentions of blood used in button making. No coherent event or entities emerge to form a proper news item.
Foot Walkers and Fire Feats Stir Medical Debate
Dr. R. Plato Schwartz of Rochester argues in the Journal of the American Medical Association that foot mechanics and timing explain fire walking. He cites Hindu performer Kuda Bux in London and notes plaster under the arch stayed unburned, suggesting trained technique and specific contact intervals prevent blistering.
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R. Plato Schwartz
Rochester
N.Y
American Medical Association
Chicago
Kuda Bux
London
Eng
Schwartz
Nizam of Hyderabad Prepares Silver Jubilee Feast
The Nizam of Hyderabad plans a grand silver jubilee with 1000 oxen and 10,000 sheep to be slaughtered for the festive feed. He rules over 14,000 subjects and is described as frugal in private life while amassing vast wealth including gold bars and precious stones in his underground vaults.
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Croesus
Hyderabad
India
Akbar Hydari
Midas
Victor Cleave's four year coma ends in Folkestone return
Victor Cleave of Folkestone England, a railway worker, awoke from a four year sleep that began in 1931 after shell shock. Doctors fed him by injection as he could not be roused. He did not recognize his children and described the four years as a blank before returning home after long hospital confinement.
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Victor Cleave
Folkestone
Eng
Cleave
Pioneering X Ray Doctor Krauss Dies in Memphis
Victim of science Dr William G Krauss 74 early southern physician who foresaw X ray use in medicine dies in Memphis Tenn from cancer caused by X ray damage to his left hand. Also notes aging and Mayfly life span brief from evening to dawn.
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Wiliam G. Krauss
United States
Memphis
Tenn
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