Revolutionary ultra light planes bring flight within reach
In Britain experimenters and manufacturers push three ultra light aircraft toward mass use. The BAC Drone by Robert Kronfeld reaches 70 mph with a motorcycle engine at one cent a mile. The Flying Flea, Le Pou du Ciel, promises easy flight for novices after minutes of instruction with a simple wing control system. A third design converts to a pure glider after launch, the engine retracting into the fuselage.
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Britain
Clute
Robert Kronfeld
Aristocracy for Sale in Vienna Title Trade Revealed
A Vienna court case exposes a vast trade in noble titles with 200 organizations allegedly selling titles for up to 25 000 a year. Buyers pay fees to adopt or marry into titles, with promoters earning substantial commissions while hundreds of impoverished nobles are listed in promotional files.
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Vienna
Karl Fiala
Joseph Fleisch
Duke of
Seed Industry Takes Root in Southern Alberta
Seed industry may expand in Lethbridge area as H G O Loane plans 900 acres of peas and beans for seed. If successful, 4 000 to 5 000 acres could be contracted in 1996 with Canada growing more seed locally and potential exports later. Also notes on a conductor and aging perceptions and Italy adding workers.
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Alberta
H. G. O'Loane
Lethbridge
Canada
O'Loane
World Cruise Planned In 40-Foot Dreamship
A 40 foot auxiliary cutter named Dreamship, anchored at Shoreham Sussex, will circle the world with three men aboard a yachtsman, a Dutchman, and Dr J W Stuart. The voyage, 18 months to two years, aims to film the trip and sell a future book with Dr Stuart collecting leprosy settlement data in the South Seas.
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Dreamship
Shoreham
Sussex
Abe
Tie Owter
John D
Goring
Warwick Street
Worthing
J. W. Stuart
South Seas
Hearder
England
Australians Welcome Surge in Tourist Traffic Driven by A N T A
Australia sees a rise in temporary visitors to 23 051 last year up about 5 000 or 28 percent from 1933, amid global propaganda by the Australian National Travel Association. For five depressed years to 1934 total overseas spending reached 24 million dollars. Arrivals from Britain up 28 percent, Canada 33, New Zealand 40, and the United States 43.5 percent.
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National Travel Association
Australia
Australian National Travel Association
Canada
New Zealand
United States
War Church Exemption Recommendation From Winnipeg Conference
Rev A E Kerr urged Manitoba United Church delegates to seek exemption from military service for conscientious objectors in the next war. The recommendation will be forwarded to the United Church committee. A humorous editorial aside compares a nearly empty fountain pen spilling its contents to a person’s head.
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A. E. Kerr
Manitoba
Dionne Quintuplets Mark First Birthday Worldwide Interest
The Dionne children reach their first birthday with Dr Morris Fishbein noting medical progress cut infant rabies deaths from 250 300 per 1000 births to 50 170. The world’s interest in the quintuplets remains strong despite some calls to limit coverage.
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Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Pisa
Dionne
Stratford Beacon-Herald
A Well-Educated Man and Eels in Brief
The Archbishop of sore Dr Temple defined a well educated man as one with quick imagination wide sympathy and disciplined intelligence able to see things from others points of view He notes no one is so stupid as the man who only views things from one angle The piece adds a remark that eels are voracious and eat varied foods and can reach four to five feet in length
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Sore
Dr. Temple
Parlby Questions Usefulness Of Public Oratory
Alberta cabinet member Irene Parlby urged more thinking by individuals rather than relying on endless speeches. In 15 minute addresses at Edmonton she questioned how much political oratory adds to wisdom and happiness and urged citizens to form broader viewpoints and reduce inherited prejudices.
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Alberta
Irene Parlby
Edmonton
Platform Tickets Bring Large Revenue for Railways
A historic note explains that platform tickets allow farepayers to see friends off or greet arrivals on station platforms. Last year nearly 6 million bought such tickets, with London selling about 2,000 daily. Revenue and popularity rose by 167,528 from the prior year.
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Britain
London
Entomologists Across U S Canada Enduring Cooperation
The American Association of Economic Entomologists showcases fifty years of joint work between U S and Canada. Arthur Gilson notes deep government cooperation, with the International Great Plains Crop Pest Committee as a central example. Conferences since 1920 rotate between Winnipeg, Canada and the United States, yielding mutual benefits and shared progress on the Canadian Prairies.
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United States
Canada
American Association of Economic
Mexico
Arthur Gilson
Dominion
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Northwest International Committee On
Winnipeg
Canadian Prairies
Coal in Packages Aids Clean Coaling Ships
A former crew member recalls washing coal to keep ship white and clean during coaling. A new invention now used at Fishguard loads coal into containers lowered to bunkers, where coal slides out neatly without dust.
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Fishguard
Tests To Achieve 650 MPH Airplane Speed In Lab
At National Physical Laboratory in Teddington England wind tunnel tests use miniature airplane wings to study aerodynamics at 650 mph a speed 210 mph above the current record and 50 mph below the sound barrier. Air is pushed past six models to simulate travel at that speed yielding results that match real flight dynamics.
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National Physical Laboratory
Teddington
England
Qualifications for a BBC announcer named by expert
Prof A Lloyd James lists requirements for a good announcer including reading a news bulletin with diverse international names without hesitation and delivering weather reports in a way that engages listeners despite a somber mood from Iceland.
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British Broadcasting Company
A. Lloyd James
Iceland
Snakes and luck evade the odds with a quirky tip
A playful proverb suggests adding a letter p to luck as a wink at fortune. The note claims snakes can get cancer, though it says such cases are rare.
Footrot Disease of Wheat Has Four Distinct Types
Four distinct wheat root diseases take all common root rot browning rootrot and prematurity blight caused by different parasites require different controls. Take-all shows blackening on roots and stem bases while prematurity blight lacks root blackening. Specimens may be sent to the Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology at Winnipeg Saskatoon or Edmonton for identification.
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Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Pictures Can Be Rented By London Artists Group
The London organization rents pictures from eminent living artists not prints or copies. Members can hire a painting for a day to a month, helping artists earn money while students study techniques and colorings. Rich hosts can impress guests by displaying rented portraits as family members or ancestors.
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London
Royal Academy
St. ‘Thomas
Jonkher Diamond Arrives in New York by Mail
The 726-carat Jonkher diamond, largest uncut gem, arrived in New York aboard the liner President Roosevelt. Insured for 1,000,000 dollars, it was sent from England in a registered mail sack, with 65 cents postage charged.
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New York
England
Shin-Plaster Rollover Paid For Second-Hand Bicycle
Ernest Rekstan handed a roll of eighty shin plaster Canadian bills to John Neil, owner of a bicycle shop in Edmonton, Alberta. Each bill was valued at 25 cents, a sizable amount for that era and issue.
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Hal
Ernest Rekstan
John Neil
Edmonton
Alta
Low Sugar Diet Found To Resurrect Tooth Decay
A study suggests that reducing sugar intake may slow tooth decay by altering oral bacteria. Researchers examined dietary patterns and dental health outcomes, noting mixed effects across age groups and highlighting the need for broader clinical trials.
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