Dominion Botanist Plea for Canadian Botanical Gardens
Dominion botanist Dr H T Gumow urges creation of a national botanical garden in Canada to study diverse plant life and support economic and medical research. He cites William Saunders’ 1886 call and compares with gardens in Australia India and at Kew, noting gardens’ global value and educational pull.
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Dominion
Canada
H. T. Gumow
University of Manitobe
William Saunders
Australia
Kew Botanical Gardens
Kew Gardens
Madonna Titian and two other paintings stolen in New York
A worn canvas believed to be a lost Titian Madonna and two other paintings attributed to Titian were taken to a Park Avenue hotel in New York for expert opinion. Stafford Springs collector Breton Apalyenomlgeere Die onry Cini says they are not genuine Titian works but may be worth about 1.1 million dollars. Experts who have viewed them call the Madonna very valuable and one may be a real Titian.
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New York
Opinice
Breton Apalyenomlgeere Die
Onry Cini
Stafford Springs
Onn
Robert H. Grimes
Park Avenue
Grimms
Cini
St. Joseph
Christ
Florida
Mystery Transvaal Diamond Worth Half a Million Rumored for U.S. Sale
Reported offer of 500000 by an unnamed American for the Jonker diamond, the world’s fourth largest at 176 carats, discovered January 1984 in Transvaal by Jacobus Jonker. If sold and cut into ear drops and a necklace, proceeds would fund land purchases aiding white farm starters in 30 years. The stone, valued for its extra bias-white purity, has been kept in Diamond Corporation vaults in London with annual costs tagged at 15000.
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Diamond Corporatio
Jacobus Jonker
Elandsfontein
Transvaal
Africa
Jonker
Sir Ernest Oppenheimer
Diamond Corporation
London
Russia Develops Cheap Two Seater Plane For Training
Russian experts unveil a two seat aeroplane powered by a common light automobile engine from the Gorky factory. Capable of 70 mph, the craft is intended mainly for touring and training due to limited speed and safety concerns. Defective vision is noted as a major factor in about one fifth of personal injuries.
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Gorky Motor Factory
Newfoundland Plans Red Coat Style Ranger Force
A Newfoundland commission government plans a Mounties like police force after Dominions Office approval. Fifty two men start with eighteen posts and five in Labrador. A chief inspector seven sergeants six corporals and thirty seven rangers will patrol outside Avalon Peninsula with planes cars horses and dog teams to handle police admin duties forest relief and game protection.
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Nundland
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Newfoundland
Dominions Office
London
Labrador
Canada
Royal North- West Mounted Police
Avalon Peninsula
World’s Most Accurate Clocks Exhibit in Berlin
The Reicha Institute for Physics in Berlin displays four novel timepieces praised as the most accurate clocks. They operate from quartz crystal vibrations, allegedly deviating only 0.02 seconds in six months, with crystals housed in vacuum tubes and copper, air, aluminum, and feather surroundings, powered by an electric current that drives 10,000 vibrations per second.
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Berlin
Duarte Cresta
Reicha Insitute
Poe
Amend Criminal Code Aims to Bar Death Sentence on Women
The proposal, fled by T L Church in Toronto, would prohibit any death penalty for female defendants. The Globe notes the amendment requires one third of jurors in female trials to be women duly qualified. details cited from the report.
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House of Commons
T. L. Church
Toronto East
Toronto Globe
The
Globe
Nemesis Of Spies Detective Fitch Dies In London
Henry T. Fitch former Scotland Yard detective famed as King’s Shadow and anti espionage operative died suddenly in London at 58. He tracked spies in the Great War and helped trace the master German spy Steinhauer. Fitch wrote Traitors Within detailing wartime espionage and covert acts including disguising as a waiter and handling Lenin and Trotsky.
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London
Henry T. Fitch
Scotland Yard
King
Fitch
Steinhauer
Great Britain
Soho
Lenin
Trotsky
Man Plans Best Kitchen Model Wins National Contest
A retired architect Anthony Trew aged 175 years won the British Commercial Gas Association national 5000 prize against 20000 entrants for a modern labor saving kitchen plan. Second prize of 1000 was shared by Misa Falcott Douglas and Mrs. N. Colling. Trew used cardboard ground plans and card cutouts to test fittings.
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British Commercial Gas Association
Anthony Trew
Misa ¢ Falcott Douglas
Kelso
Roxburgh
Candid Photography and Its Thrills
A guide to candid photography explains it as capturing people unaware in natural unposed moments. It praises miniature cameras for quick action ready use and stresses shooting under real conditions with practice and patience, concluding with signature John Van Guilder.
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John van Guilder
Baldwin warns Europe not to walk dangerous road toward war
Stanley Baldwin cautioned European nations against paths that could trigger war, calling disarmament failures and economic nationalism a danger. He criticized Hitler and warned gas mask readiness, saying Germany treats the League of Nations as a pawn in its power struggle while nations drift toward conflict.
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Stanley Baldwin
The
Council
Free Churches
England and
Wales
Paris
Locarno
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Ald Vin
Germany
League of Nation
Early Garden Tips From Gorion L. Smith
Gardening notes cover early rows of hose vegetables, frost risks, and seed choices for beans potatoes corn tomatoes and greens. It discusses rock garden ideas with boulders and a miniature rocky landscape, plus seed catalog guidance and project planning for a staged harvest and ornamental edging.
New Heart Disease Drug Isolated From Be Still Nut
Dr Albert S Hyman and Dr K K Chen announce the discovery of a stimulant drug named retin derived from the be stil l nut of the yellow oleander tree. It aims to treat heart disease, claiming superiority to digitalis as it can be injected, with experimental use at Beth Israel Hospital since last September showing remarkable success.
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Digitalis
Toronto
Albert 8. Hyman
Witkin Foundation
Beth Israel Hospital
K. K. Chen
Lilly Research Laboratories
Indianapolis
Hawaii
India
Ince
Beth Terael Hospital
Hyman
Chen
Tz Tw
Human Sacrifice Rumors Spark Chinese Railroad Attacks
Reports from the Lalyang district southwest of Honan describe enraged locals abducting 43 railroad workers on the Canton to Haskow line near Cloukapan. Alleged sacrifices were said to appease underground spirits to ensure work safety, fueling fears for the abductees' lives.
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South China
Ulukaowa
Lalyang
Honan
Canton
Haskow
Cloukapan
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Sandra Shaw
Remuda
France
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England
Kansas State College
Kansas
Tastern
Altoether
Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph
Gorion L. Smith
Rock Garden
Thames
Shou-ning
China
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