European alliance risks and the League of Nations needs
A historic European security breathes through a wary forecast of Mussolini linking Italy with Germany and Austria, while Britain seeks stability via the League. The Times notes distrust between France and Germany and urges practical talks to curb aggression and finish the League’s expansion.
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Abyssinia
League
Rome
Mussolini
Germany
France
Italy
Austria
Great Britain
Isle
Anthony Eden
Council of the
League of Nations
London Times
the Times
Hitler
Bears Attack Aeroplane Near Fort Simpson
J C F Dalziel, a northern trapper turned flyer, said two grizzly bears ripped a door and damaged fabric on his aeroplane parked overnight in snow. He had flown from a remote trap line to Fort Simpson N W T, after a successful fur catch. The incident occurred during his winter trapping season and follows reports from Moscow that over 100 Soviet radio balloons have been sold abroad.
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J. C. F. Dalziel
North
Fort Simpson
N.W.T
Dalziel
Bamonton
Flyer
Moscow
Russia
Grim Uplift From Chicago On Deadly Daily Toll
A Chicago piece recalls dire U S accident stats from last year. The National Safety Council cites 271 killed daily and 11 hourly, with 25 000 injured daily and 1000 permanent injuries each hour. The text notes vast economic losses and questions insurance companies duty. Ottawa Journal contrasts wars and slaughter with domestic harm.
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Chcago
United States
National Safety Gamel
Puszice
Ottawa
Recruiting Offer From Fighting MacGuires
A dialogue frames a recruit eager to enlist for the war duration or longer. The candidate proclaims loyalty to the fighting MacGuires and a commitment to every scrimmage. London hosts 650 firms with over a century of history. 21551.
Russia to Spend Vast Military Sum in 1996 Warns Tokyo
Auckland News notes Japan allocates 60 percent of its budget to defense while Russia plans 14,800,000,000 roubles for the military in 1996, about £2,600,000,000, contrasting with Britain’s debate on modernization costs. The piece suggests Japan may be inflating war fears to boost defense spending.
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Japanese War Office
Japan
Russia
Marshal Tukhachevski
Britain
Restoring Confidence in Wheat Plague Says Swanson
Dr W W Swanson of the University of Saskatchewan argues Canada faces its gravest issue in restoring belief in wheat. He notes a temporary surplus driven by 1928 conditions and market crashes, not lasting world overproduction, and says the alarm must end to resume fair prices and sales.
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Canada
W. W. Swanson
Department of Economics
University of Saskatchewan
Swanson
Montreal
Nicola Valley Leads World In Fighting Grasshoppers
Nicola Valley in British Columbia leads the world in locust control by systematic poisoning of grasshopper egg beds. The method has been approved by a world conference of entomologists in Cairo as most effective. Nicola is the only place to have carried out this program for years.
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Nicola Valley
British Columbia
Department of Agriculture
World Conference of
Cairo
Egypt
Nicola
Women detectives urged to join all Metropolitan divisions
The article notes that a few women attached to the criminal investigation department at Scotland Yard have proven their value. It states there are three women detectives in the west end divisions and urges the addition of at least one woman detective in every division of the Metropolitan police.
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Criminal Investigation Department of Scotland Yard
West End
Metropolitan Police Force
Origin of the saying and 1933 Peru business note
The Latin poet Claudianus is credited with the origin of the phrase Home was not built in a day and a line about Roman power. The proverb evolved into its current form. Peru reports that business has improved since early 1933.
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Claudius Claudianus
Claudianus
Peru
Crown of Our Lady of the Andes Shown in New York Suite
Chicago jeweler Warren Piper displays the storied crown of Our Lady of the Andes in a gilded New York hotel suite. He refuses to name a price, cites an approximate 4.5 million dollars, and hints at exhibition before possible private sale. Proceeds from 1914 negotiations were pledged to charity.
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Uhicage
New York
Warren Piper
Chicago
Piper
Pizaro
Peru
England's walking champ barred from Olympics over style
W W G Stone, England's seven mile champion, faces Olympic exclusion for an unorthodox walking style. Officials doubt his technique, fearing he may be running rather than walking, despite times reportedly well under the Olympic standard. Stone defends his method as purely his pace.
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England
W. W. G. Stone
Stone
Devlin
Not Room For Candles On Birch's 114th Birthday
John Biren of North Bay Ontario celebrated a birthday on June 5 but candles wouldn’t fit the cake. Claimed as Canada’s oldest white man, Mr Birch reached his 114th year. The text notes Bible mentions brain and cites Aristotle on cooling blood as a belief about the brain’s function.
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John Biren
North Bay
Ontario
Canada
Mr. Birch
Shipments Heavily Guarded After Seized Consignment
A traveler recounts a heavily guarded operation involving a ship loaded with undenounced stones. The scene features foreign suspects, a special bond, and police action, with details pointing to a Baltimore Sun report on a detailed incognito arrest and eventual recovery.
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Fi Geri
Baltimore ‘Sun
Selected Recipes For Simple Layer Cake
A simple bake involves creaming butter with sugar then whisking in eggs and milk with vanilla. Fold in Purity Flour baking powder and salt, then add the batter. Bake in a sheet layer in a moderate oven at 375 degrees for about twenty minutes.
Seven year old boy becomes hospital governor in England
George Thornton of Nottingham, aged seven, is named life governor of the Royal Eye Hospital in Southwark for his success as a collector for the institution. He had been a patient there two years earlier, making him the youngest hospital governor in England.
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England
George Thornton
Nottingham
Royal Eye Hospital
Southwark
George
Letter finds owner after two world voyages and liner tragedy
A letter recovered from the sunken air liner City of Khartoum, which crashed near Alexandria killing 12, traveled twice around the world. Sent to Mr. E. W. C. Hughes of Bowaters Australia Ltd, it circled London Montreal New York Sydney and London before sinking with the ship. Now Hughes treasures it as a memento of the tragedy. The note remains legible despite saltwater damage.
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City of
Khartoum
Alexandria
E. W. C. Hughes
Bowaters (of Australia), Ltd
London
Hughes
Montreal
New York
Sydney
Rubber bands spark debate over stationery status
The Dominion railway board weighed if rubber bands qualify as stationery to secure lower freight rates. Chair Hugh Guthrie noted stores use them instead of string, a point the St ationers' Guild argued. George Ranson of the Canadian Freight Association contrasted drug store sandwiches with bands and cited regional prices from Toronto, Montreal and Regina.
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Dominion Railway Board
Hugh Guthrie
D. W. Buchanan
Stationers’ Guild of Canada
George Ranson
Canadian Freight Association
Ranson
Toronto
Montreal
Regina
Discovery of Gold Encasement Reveals Ancient Egyptian Chief Priest
Selim Hassan Bey of Cairo University announced the finding of a gold leaf wrapped body believed to be Ka Niht, fifth dynasty chief priest and grand official. The tomb, dating to about 3200 BCE, included a gold crown, bead necklace, and a gold-encased cane. Ka Niht served as Director of Granaries, chief scribe, and chief priest to Pharaoh Sahure.
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Ka Niht
Selim Hassan Bey
University of Cairo
Pharoah Sahure
Sahure
Lesson in driving ends with doubt
A motorist explains car brakes to a woman stating the hand lever brakes the rear wheels and the foot pedal brakes all four. She replies she would rather not have any of them broken. Canadians scientists suggest Newfoundland could be a source of sulphur supplies.
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Newfoundland
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