Clergyman Says Abductors Tried to Reform Him
Jerusalem Aug 2 Rev Gerould R Gomner an Ohio clergy man freed last week by Arab kidnappers said in a written statement he lectured captors on the evils of kidnapping and they planned to go to America The gang practiced with pre war rifles and Mausers and the leader wore a Turkish General's uniform while the captors shaved him daily and boasted of their mustaches
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Jerusalem
Gerould R. Gomner
Ohio
America
Goldner
United States
George Walsworth
Bia
Twenty Three Years After Doomed War Wounds Renewed
Robert Upward of Harrys Harbour Green Bay, a veteran of the First Battalion Royal Nild Regiment, underwent leg re amputation after decades of disability from injuries on the Somme era raids. Now convalescing at Pennywell Road, he walks on crutches as comrades note gradual recovery after Dr Conroy’s work.
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Royal Nild. Regiment
Somme
Toth
Robert Upward
Harry's Harbour
Green Bay
Conroy
Upward
Pennywell Road
Daily News
Unmasked Rhetoric on German Conquest and Hitler’s Motives
The Montreal Star surveys the German invasion as a brutal medieval conquest dismantling Bohemia and subjugating a civilized people. It condemns the Nazi regime as satanic beneath a veneer of racial rhetoric and argues treason and imperial aims under Hitler.
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Hitler
Montreal Star
Misread Prompt Produces Odd Sentence About Attraction
A pupil's answer misreads a prompt and writes My big brother drives attraction en gine, revealing confusion over the word attraction and a split word error. The example shows how a simple instruction can yield a comical misinterpretation.
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Big Brother
Canadian Employment Shows Broad June 1 Rise Across Industries
Ottawa industry reports indicate widespread employment improvements in Canada as of June 1. Data from 11,718 establishments show staff totaling 1,098,908, up from 1,032,068 in May.
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Ottawa
Canada
Gillett Pure Flake Lye Improves Heavy Cleaning
A cleaning solution cuts grease and clears clogged drains. It keeps houses sanitary and odorless, scour pots and pans, and reduces hard scrubbing. Keep a tin handy for heavy cleaning tasks.
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Gillett’s
Belgian scientist showcases coal dust power tower
Belgian physicist Max Morand demonstrates a two story high tower that uses circulating coal dust to generate electric energy. A bottom generator, a cigar shaped titanium plate top, and a pipe move dust over the surface to collect charges, yielding voltages between 700,000 and 1,060,090 volts in experiments.
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Max Morand
Morand
Prayer and Deeds United in Faith and Action
A meditation on prayer without effort. It warns that simply hoping for miracles without action will fail. The poem argues that steadfast faith must be paired with toil and practical deeds to move obstacles and achieve success.
Apple and Gravity Discovery Tale in School Scene
A teacher explains Isaac Newton and gravity to children as an apple supposedly falls on him. The learner quips that if Newton had stayed in class with his books he might not have discovered anything, illustrating a humorous view of discovery.
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Isaac Newton
Cornbread Muffins Recipe Instructions
A roughcornbread recipe with dry ingredients and wet mix. Mix together corn meal soda cream of tartar and salt then add milk. Combine with dry ingredients and bake in a buttered pan or tins until muffins are done. Bake about thirty minutes at a steady 300 to 350 degrees.
Defence of Labrador Air Base Plans in News Editorial
The Labrador coast survey by Royal Canadian Air Force pilots is viewed as strategic, aiming to locate air base sites similar to Anticosti Island. Newfoundland Airport and seaplane stations are considered the key Atlantic defense hub, with possible depots at Hopedale and Ungava Bay.
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Labrador
Royal Canadian Air Force
Montreal Star
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Anticosti Island
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Cape Chidley
Hopedale
Ungava Bay
Daily News
750000 Tons Ore From Bell Island to Date
At end of July over three quarters of 1 trillionths of ore left Wabana for the year to date. Germany has contracted for 50,000 tons of this toll nearly 200,000 tons have been sent to Sydney and in July one large shipment went to England and another to Scotland. Shipments by end of July exceed last year’s level by four cargos despite SS Seljie not carrying ore since grounding in Sydney Harbour on July Ith.
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Bell Island
Wabana
Germany
Sydney
England
Scotland
Sydney Harbour
Cameras Bring Out in Drunken Driving
Fresno police report photographing drunken drivers under a new method that records arrestees before sobriety. Officials claim the system saves time and increases accuracy, reducing subsequent acquittals and incidents, with 34 photographed in April, 28 in May, and 22 in June.
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Fresno
Calif
Ghc Harpes
State Aghway Patrol
Datey
Secord
Police Dog Finds Lost Man Near Halifax Woods
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police dog from the Halifax detachment located 76 year old William Mackenzie who was missing in the Spryfield area. Police were alerted shortly after the disappearance and the man was found before midnight after the dog followed the scent.
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Halifax
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
William Mackenzie
Agreement Between W.A.A. and F.P.U. on Indian Bay labor
The document outlines a peaceable plan to regulate operations at Indian Bay involving W.A.A. and F.P.U. unions. It proposes job assignment under current terms, dispute handling through arbitration, and a possible union recognition after the driving season. Leaders J. J. Thompson and A K Brown endorse the proposal, dated August 4, 1939.
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Thomson
IIPU
Peate and Bartholy
Indian Bay
F.P.U
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Kidspped Clergyman
Lranur
Gazett
Lye
Darane
Taske
Standard Brands Ltd
Frasce Aye
Liberty Street
Toronto
Ont
Electrical Energy
Defence of
Mars
The
W.A.A. and
I’ P U
St. John's
Bowater’s
NewfSunds and Pulp and Paper Mills
H M. Spencer Lewin
J. J Thompson
K . Brown
F.P A
John Cook
North Side
SUN Office
Labrador Steamship
Service
S.S. Kyle
St. John’s
Newfoundland Railway
Stewart Roberts
Twillingate
E. J. Linfield, T’gate
P. O. Box
George Reid
J. McIntyre
W. Edgar Merce
Notre Dame Day
Bay
Methpsus
Twitlingate
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