Inventor Promises Practical Vertical Flying In London
Senor Juan de la Cierva told the Royal Aeronautical Society in London that vertical flight from autogyros has moved beyond fiction. He noted a machine had lifted off without a run and discussed rotor pitch, engine declutching, and imminent safe roof landings, with further tests planned for practical use.
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Senor
Juane la Cierva
Royal Aeronautical Society
London
Senor de la Cierva
Todny
Engne
Battle Against Flu Germ Found at Point Barrow Alaska
Medical science targets the flu germ with a new approach at Point Barrow Alaska where a sudden epidemic has claimed several lives. Native residents are the hardest hit as doctors seek vital new information for a possible cure.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Arctic
Drivers’ Pledge Questions Highlight Safe Road Habits
A set of driver safety questions asks motorists if they focus on driving, maintain reasonable speed, yield to pedestrians especially the young and elderly, stay in their lane, remain calm in emergencies, keep vehicles mechanically sound, avoid cutting in, and obey traffic signals. A separate item notes a dry onion powder for use in cat food, canned soups, and similar products now on the market.
Grasshopper Plague Faceed by Prairie Farmers Fight
Drought fears ease as farmers brace for a grasshopper invasion. Forecasters and experts predict the pest decline may end as governments plan an intensified campaign. Prairie provinces unite to deploy control mixtures by air and ground, with funds already allocated and rapid response carts ready.
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Alle
Prairie
New Zealand Butter Lead World Per Capita Eater
New Zealander tops per capita butter consumption at about 37.7 pounds while cheese intake lags. A Canadian skipper notes New Zealand dairy output rising since 1928 with 1934 butter production up 9.55 percent. Dairy accounts for about a quarter of New Zealand’s output and NZ exports to the United Kingdom remain dominant.
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New Zealand
New
Australia
United Kingdom
Drought Ends as May Brings Rain to Central States
Weather shift led by collision of polar and tropical currents over Canada. Chicago forecaster W P Day says wetter conditions arrived suddenly this spring, ending last year’s historic drought in the middle west. Mississippi runs high. boats told to move carefully to avoid levee spills. Royal Jubilee fund appeals flood St James Palace with small subscriptions for children’s welfare.
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Central States
W. P. Day
Chicago
Canada
Mississippi
Day
Middle West
Prince of Wales
St. James’ Palace
Toronto police recruits to take optional swimming lessons
Following the drowning of P. C. Knox when his police car crashed into the bay, Toronto police will include swimming lessons in the curriculum. The lessons are optional for recruits and will not be compulsory. The decision aims to improve safety after the incident.
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Toronto
P. C. Knox
Meat Prices Stand Firm Amid Drought and Shortages
The notice reports tight meat supplies as beef and pork dwindle across United States stockyards and Canada faces rising prices. It notes export demand, scarce cattle, and a shift toward lamb and mutton as lamb becomes more available in North America under policies supporting sheep flocks.
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United ‘States
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Valuable Training For Youth In Public Speaking
The St Marys Journal Argus notes that oral composition teaching in high schools and school dramatic societies aid youth in developing public expression and self management. It emphasizes the valued skill of speaking before groups, often lacking due to insufficient early training. Canada faces tax concentration with three hundred seven high earners paying 80 percent of income tax, each over $50,000 yearly.
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St. Marys Journal
Argus
Canada
Egg Grading Rules Tighten Under Agriculture Department
A department of agriculture statement says the province will extend licensing for egg handlers and add bonding requirements. The egg-inspection service will pursue accurate grading and uniform application across all trade channels to improve quality control and consistency.
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Department of Agriculture
Cominion
Blind machinist runs shop with electric saws in Barrie
Harold Webb, a 33 year old Barrie Ontario resident who is totally blind, operates his own machine shop, keeps 145 bee colonies, repairs clocks and tunes pianos. He builds beehives and frames and extracts honey alone. His shop features a steam boiler and two electric saws guarded by hoods. to date he has never cut himself.
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Harold Webb
Barrie, Ont
Happiness and duty shape happiness in Thackeray quote
A Thackeray quotation links happiness to focused duty and earnest thought on universal beauty. A doctor scene notes a master improving yet irritable and a Butler quip about throttling, with the doctor humorously advising patient restraint.
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W. M. Thackeray
Doctor
Thompson
I Didn't Take My Camera On My Travels
The writer, a Snapshot Guild member, recalls traveling to visit relatives and discovering an eye for photography in hindsight. She emphasizes readying the camera for instant use, adjusting exposure for brighter days, and choosing smaller lens openings to improve depth of focus while capturing candid scenes of her niece Jean and everyday travel moments.
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Jean
Immigration Ease Aims To Boost Canadian Tourist Trade
Canada loosens immigration and customs rules to lure U S tourists. Simplified permits replace bonds for stays up to six months and 24 hour visitor access is allowed. Travelers may import personal effects tax free, including typewriters, with limits on cigars and other items. Officials frame moves as courtesy to aid the tourist industry.
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Canada
United States
Dominion Bureau
Customs and Immigration oMidlala
Tourist Bureau
Automatic Moscow Train Aims 450 Mile Fourth Hour Run
Inventor O Polinan exhibits an automatic train in Moscow claiming a 450 mile Moscow to Leningrad run in four hours. The diesel powered 500 hp system uses stabilizers to prevent derailment and carries 236 passengers across three coaches.
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O. Polinan
Institute of ‘Transport Inventors
Moscow
Russia
Moscow-Leningrad
Treasured souvenir: Naval officer receives Queen Victoria gift
Harry Davis of Victoria British Columbia preserves a tiny brown beer jug made by order of Queen Victoria for the golden jubilee in 1887. The limited collector’s item was presented to Royal Navy officers and features raised white agures on the rug depicting Victoria on the throne and the empire.
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Queen Victoria
Empire
Harry Davis
Victoria
B.C
Royal Navy
Exhibition of Waste Material Objects by Brooklyn Children
A Waste Material A store in Brooklyn hosted a week long exhibition of items made from waste materials by children from settlement houses. Supervising teachers of homecrafts from the recreation department of the work division emergency relief bureau oversaw the project. The display featured screens belts wall plaques fruit dishers letter openers and skits.
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Brooklyn
Recreation Department
Emergency —Relief| Bureau
Largest all silver piano debuts in London broadcast
A monumental 11 ft 6 in silver piano built for the King's Jubilee was first played on a London broadcast. Weighing in, it requires 12 movers and reportedly cost 3000 dollars to create, with construction spanning years. The piece stands as a feat of design and ceremonial symbolism in a grand televised event.
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London
Apples Go Far As South American Import Share
South America is the third largest importer of British Columbia apples after Great Britain and Egypt, taking 40,286 boxes. Delicious dominates demand for large fruit, while Yellow Newtowns and Spitzenbergs appear in smaller lots. France, South Africa, and Scandinavia also imported notable BC crops with Jonathans, McIntosh, and Delicious leading orders.
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B.C
South America
Great Britain
Egypt
Brazil
France
South Africa
Scandinavia
Jonathans
Alberta tops Canada in hog production for first time
Alberta holds hog production volume steady for three years and improves quality to lead Canada, surpassing Ontario which slipped. Official federal grading reports show Alberta hogs graded in the first 18 weeks of 1935 totaled 398,427, up from 242,995 the prior year and 333,271 in 1983, with Ontario 25,000 head behind in early 1935.
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Alberta
Ontario
New twin of diabetes reported to physicians group
A new disease described as a twin of diabetes causes excessive hunger. Reported to the American College of Physicians in Philadelphia, the condition is linked to the body's sugar handling. Seale Harra, MD, emeritus professor at the University of Alabama, presented the findings. More than 1,500 people have written Lincoln biographies.
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American College of Physicians
Philadelphia
Seale Harra, MD
University of Alabama
Lincoln
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Prince's Fund
Manitoba
Ble Snapshot Guild
A. A
British Columbia
Ooklyn
Bangs
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