British Professor Foresees Atlantic Air Travel Soon
London University engineer G. T. R. Hill told the Royal Society of Arts that airships may soon fly across the Atlantic in hours. He described a four passenger, 275 mph airplane using eight horsepower and explained a tropo poanse level between troposphere and stratosphere as the hopping route, with Queen Mary as a future passenger liner rival.
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New York
G. T. R. Hill
London University
Royal Society of Arts
Hill
Atlantic
Outlook
Toronto
Oldest Cree Indian Peocus Dies in Alberta Claim of 130 Years
Peocus a Cree elder died in Camrose Alta after a long life that he and friends claimed reached 130 years. Born at Fort Pitt near Brosseau on the North Saskatchewan, he guided missionaries and voyageurs from Fort Garry toward the Rocky Mountains. Survived by son Louis and daughter Marie Rose Ladoux of Vermilion.
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Canada
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Alta
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Father Beillevaire
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Winnipeg
Rocky Mountains
Great Slave Lake
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Brosseau
North Saskatchewan River
Louis
Marie Rose Ladoux
Vermilion
Canada Ranks Seventh in World Trade Volume
The League of Nations bulletin from Geneva shows Canada at seventh in world trade volume for last year with Great Britain leading at 142 percent. The United States, Germany, France, Switzerland, Japan, Canada and Belgium follow, then the Netherlands, India, South Africa, Australia and Argentina. The bulletin notes the gold value of world commerce in February 1998 was 84 percent higher than February 1997.
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League of ‘Nations
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Great Britain
United States
Germany
France
Switzerland
Japan
Belgium
Netherlands
India
South Africa
Australia
Argentina
Poultry Industry Sees Egg Output Rise in 1935 Canada
Industry tallies show 94 000 fewer egg laying hens in 1935 than 1934 while production climbs by 268 000 dozen eggs. Total Egg value reaches 37 763 000 dollars, up 3 300 000 from revised 1984 value. Average egg value 17 cents per dozen vs 15 cents in 1934.
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Canada
Admiralty Sends Grafton Grenade to Join Mediterranean Fleet
The Admiralty announced destroyers Grafton and Grenade have sailed to Gibraltar to join the Mediterranean fleet. Meanwhile destroyers Rowena Truster and Torrid, slated for sale this year, left the Mediterranean for other waters.
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Grafton
Grenade
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Rowena
Truster
Torrid
Books Not Always Read in a Curio of Sales Minds
A Toronto Globe excerpt discusses why some best sellers succeed despite flaws. A publisher printed 10 000 copies of a standard work missing six pages, yet salesmen marketed the book as is and sold all copies with only eighteen complaints. The piece recalls Elbert Hubbard’s lampooned best seller An Essay on Silence.
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Elbert Hubbard
Toronto Globe
Noise debate halts as Wirral magistrates weigh bagpipe hours
In Wirral Cheshire officials pause a case against Allan for bagpipe noise after adjournments while neighbors and magistrates seek an accord on acceptable daily playing hours. Some complainants dub even a single squeal excessive amid New York’s usual city noise comparison.
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Wirral
Cheshire
England
Allan
New York
New Flower Superdouble Nasturtium Shown At Gardens
George Pring director of Missouri Botanical Gardens in St Louis praises a new nasturtium developed by David Burpee and William Eyster. The superdouble variety has 90 to 60 petals and strong fragrance. It is sterile and propagated only by cuttings after 41 000 crosses with the golden gleam and ordinary varieties.
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St. Loui
George Pring
Missouri Botannical Gardens
St. Louis
David Burpee
William Eyster
Pring
Mexico
Burpee and Eyster
Waterfowl Breeding Prospects Improve in Central Saskatchwan
Melting snow fills sloughs that were hay meadows for years and may hold water through spring if wet enough. This could support duck hatch survival after droughts that caused thousands of young ducks to die when sloughs dried up. No recent floods in the Saskatoon area.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Horses Shipped To States From Weyburn Buy 300 Head
American buyers bought more than 300 general purpose work horses in the Weyburn Sask area during the past weeks and shipped them to Black River Falls Wisconsin. The horses were loaded in 17 freight cars averaging 18 per car. Prices paid ranged 15 to 20 percent higher than a year ago.
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Sask
Black River Falls
Wisconsin
A Real Philosopher
The Northampton shoemaker James Lucey, famed as Calv in Coolidge’s friend, kept a simple life. In his basement shop he labored while his family thrived above, and he quipped that his work below and his children above defined his life. His one enduring saying captured contentment and resignation.
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Northampton
James Lucey
Calvin Coolidge
Queen Mary's Garden to Light Up Regent's Park Visitors
The Queen Marys Garden in Regent's Park London will be a major world sight when completed. The Ministry of Agriculture leads a nationwide display with top British growers contributing their finest delphiniums lilies scabious phlox and Michaelmas daisies and expected premier rose beds. The project highlights horticultural beautification and advice programs across the United Kingdom. Nearly 150000 listeners wrote to the British Broadcasting Company last year and Canada produced 32847000 in canned foods in 1934.
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Iles
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British Broadcasting Company
Jiffy Knit Pattern Teaches Easy Drop Stitch Garments
A Winnipeg Newspaper Union notice promotes pattern 5530 for a fifty knit blouse and skirt in sizes 16 18 and 38 40 with complete instructions and an illustration. Materials include Shetland floss, and the pattern costs 20 cents in stamps or coin sent to Household Arts Dept.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
E. Winnives
Medical Missionaries Tales on Labrador Coast and Goat Venture
Dr. H L Paddon recalls 21 years with Sir Wilfred Grenfell's Labrador mission and 25,000 miles by dog team while Mrs Tyler nurtures a goat herd on Beaver Dam Road near Niagara Ontario. He cites life risking journeys and a possible Ontario gold reef. The Taylors welcome visitors to their farm and note goats thrive on alfalfa hay oats bran and minerals.
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Mra. T. 3
Tyler
Beaverdam's Road
Niagara
Switzerland
Teerenburys
Tylers
Arctic
H. L. Paddon
England
Paddon
Sir Wilfred Grenfell
Labrador
Dr. Paddon
Ontario
Belle Isle Strait
Ungava Bay
Victims Of Depression Highlight Canadian Labor Labor
Hon Norman Rogers cites the scale of hardship from unemployment and relief, noting hundreds of thousands affected and stressing patience and fortitude amid long postwar adversity. A Los Angeles probate case on John Downing's will reveals a disputed 1930 document, dated November 1, 1930, later found to be mad.
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Norman Rogers
Canada
Dr Clarence Swanson Named Mineralogy Professor
Receives appointment as professor of mineralogy and petrography at the University of British Columbia. Dr Clarence Swanson heads the geology department at Michigan Technical School.
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Clarence 0. Swanson
Michigan Technology School
University of British Columbia
Goodyear Plans Giant Dirigible Larger Than Hindenburg
Paul W. Litchfield, president of Goodyear Zeppelin Corp, announced engineers drafted plans for a dirigible larger than the Hindenburg. The ship would be 850 feet long and 145 feet in diameter, exceeding the German airship by 75 feet. Three eastern cities Philadelphia Alexandria Virginia and Richmond Virginia emerge as possible American termini for transatlantic service.
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Paul W. Litchfield
Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation
Germany
Europe
Philadelphia
Alexandria
Richmond
Curious England farming note on cow hiring and rents
The piece notes a rise in installment sales for cattle among cash-strapped English farmers and recalls a Cambridgeshire Church history where cows rented free during dry periods. It blends economic oddities with literary reflections on wasted time by Walt Mason.
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England
Cambridgeshire
London Spectator
Tourists Spend $23 Million in Austria 1985 Season
A report notes tourists spent 23.14 million dollars in Austria during the 1985 season, reflecting strong visitor activity. The figure highlights travel demand and spending by international visitors.
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