British sentiment remains dominant in Canada says study
The piece summarises Carl Goldenberg’s article in the Fortnightly arguing Canada remains British at heart despite American economic influence. It notes proximity to the United States, shared culture, and evolving capital patterns, while stressing political loyalty to Britain and Quebec’s defense of its constitutional rights.
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Canada
United States
Carl Goldenberg
London
England
Great Britain
Atlantic Ocean
Goldenberg
New York
U.S
Quebec
World Wool Production Outlook and Odd Driving Warning
World wool production is expected around 3.25 billion pounds with missing data from Russia and China. US and Canada may yield slightly higher, South Africa and New Zealand report more sheep, while Australia has fewer sheep but better weather boosts the wool yield. A separate car crash near a railroad crossing ends with a gas tank collision, and a general reminder about being deceived at times.
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Russia
China
United States
Canada
Union of
Coronation mugs autographed by King Edward planned for empire children
The British Pottery Manufacturers Federation announces next year's coronation ceremonies will gift millions of mugs bearing the King's signature to schoolchildren across the Empire. King Edward reportedly agrees to autograph the designs, a move praised as boosting British pottery trade and seen as a gesture of thoughtfulness by Halifax Herald. Hubby joke about lemon color follows in the column.
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British Pottery Manufacturers’ Federation
Empire
Edward
Halifax Herald
Vancouver Girl Guides win Welsh Eisteddfod prize
Elgar Junior choir from Vancouver won first prize in the choral section at the Welsh Eisteddfod in Fishguard Wales. They traveled about 6000 miles and sang Welsh tunes with training from a Vancouver Welsh teacher. Entries required knot tying and good deeds for full Girl Guides status.
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Vancouver
Wales
Smarty Girl Guides
Fishguard
Elgar
Soviet aviators greeted by Stalin after record Siberia flight
Chekaloff Baidukoff and Belyakoff landed in Siberia on July 22 after a 5,858 mile non stop flight in a single motored plane. They were ordered down by radio due to fuel shortage and strong winds. The mission aimed for Chita or Irkutsk and was hailed as a success by the commissariat of heavy industry.
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Joseph Stalin
Commissariat of Heavy Industry
Chekaloff
Baidukoff
Belyakoff
Siberia
Recovery In Britain Emergence From Low Mood
The League of Nations Monetary Review compares postwar recovery in Britain and the United States. It states deflation was greater in the US, with American recovery slower, while UK gains came with cheaper money and little price rise. US used many recovery measures at the cost of higher debt and faster price increases.
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Britain
League of Nations Monetary Review
United States
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Red Army Expands with Vast Trained Reserve
The article notes the Soviet Union expanded its army and reserves under a decree. It lowers the compulsory service age to include those born after 1917 and plans full effect by 1940 to absorb new recruits. As of January 1, 1936 the Red Army totaled 1,300,000 with an estimated trained reserve of about ten million soldiers.
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Red Army
George Bernard Shaw Beats Age On Vegetarian Diet
The article notes George Bernard Shaw who has reached 80 as a vegetarian. It highlights his preference for vegetables over meat and asserts his remarkable physical and mental vitality, able to walk or swim with vigor, contrasting with meat eaters. It stresses his consistency in health and active mind.
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George Bernari Shaw
Gbs
Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
An Unusual Operation 2 Of His Own shoop Saved Boy's Life
Sam Owen Jr 11 of Bassett Arkansas was saved by a transfusion of his own blood after an accidental shooting in Memphis Tennessee. Surgeons located pure blood, removed it from the wound site and re injected it into his leg completing the life saving transfusion.
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Boy
Sam Owen, Jr
Bassett
Arkansas
Sam
Memphis
Tenn
Mother Superior Sees Outside World After 47 Years
Sister Mary Pius of a New Orleans Dominican convent traveled to Toronto to visit her sick brother John McMullen. It was her first time outside the walls in 47 years since she left Ireland, and the pair had not seen each other since that farewell.
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Mary Pius
New Orleans
Louisiana
Toronto
John McMullen
Ireland
Graves Found of Ontario Premiers and Fur Trader
Mysterious graves discovered in tall grass near Stormont County Ontario may mark the burial sites of John Sandfield MacDonald the first Ontario premier and Simon Fraser the famed fur trader who first saw the Pacific from the western shores. A separate interview features a prospective homeowner seeking a house design that minimizes steps, with the architect suggesting a straight line layout for bedroom kitchen and garage.
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Stormontounty
Ontario
John Sandfeld MacDonald
Simon Fraser
Pacific
Simplicity Marks Windsor King George Memorial Plan
Plans for a Windsor King George memorial approved by King Edward and Queen Mary move forward with a Lutyens design featuring a simple central stone cenotaph crowned with royal emblems. The inscription 1 George V will sit on the steps, and a water basin with twin fountains will frame the monument near Windsor Castle. Expected unveiling next spring with King Edward presiding.
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Windsor
King George
King Edward
Mary
Edward
Edward Lutyens
George V
House of Windsor
Windsor Castle
Selected Recipes From A Historic Card
Oven directions describe making a fruit cake style batter with Whites of 4 eggs 2 teaspoons baking powder and milk. It includes adding flour gradually forming layers and a top confection with nuts figs and raisins. A sugar syrup icing is prepared and poured over stiff egg whites to set with vanilla and nuts.
Wind Power and Traffic Damage and Industry Figures
The text notes wind force rises with velocity squared, comparing 30 mile winds to 10 mile winds as 900 to 100 and explains small velocity increases yield greater wind damage. It cites England confectionery production at 25 million dollars yearly, employing 19,350 women and 24,650 men. It also records 227 automobile-train collisions in Pennsylvania in 1935 with no serious train damage.
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England
Mystery tag hints at Dalai Lama reincarnation clue
A reported dispatch describes a Tibet regent, a carnival of purification, and a ceremony in Lhassa where a two year old child is suspected as the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation. The revealed words Ah Ka Ma are tied to Amdo and the child’s mother Kama. The Tibetan government weighs the claim.
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Tibet
Kali
Dalai Lama
Tashi Lama
China
Lhassa
Kamateo
Amdo
Inaugural Telephone Demonstration in Lisbon Goes Awry
A ceremony in Lisbon to inaugurate an automatic telephone system was broadcast to the Portuguese RepublicPresident and Prime Minister. The maid answered when the PM was away. The President reassured her that the clocklike device is simple to use as the ceremony proceeded.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Railway safety record in New South Wales statistics
Official statistics report a fine railway safety record with 145000000 passengers carried annually and no fatalities attributed to railway operations in New South Wales. The figures underline the system’s apparent safety performance amid massive passenger traffic.
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New South Wales
Rai
Mechanical man shoots its creator at San Diego exhibition
A mechanical iron man at a San Diego exhibition fired at a target when it turned and shot its inventor, Henry May, in the head. May was recovering from the wound.
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San Diego
California
Henry May
May
French Inventor Boissier Develops Iodine Battery
Francois Boissier, a French inventor, reported creating a storage battery in which iodine serves as the active material. The claim highlights a novel chemistry for energy storage and potential applications in portable power devices.
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Francois Boissier
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