Loss Leaders by Joseph Linder Rolladge
A critique of government market intervention arguing that keeping prices high after wartime demand ends creates artificial scarcity and debt. The piece notes US government purchases of cotton, wheat, corn, potatoes, dried eggs and milk, butter, and canned meat, totaling billions in leases and storage, as an expensive, ineffective policy. It warns such politics shift burdens to the public and discourage natural buying, advocating price setting by available goods for broader affordability.
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Joesph Linder Rolladge
United States
Metal Laundry cleans metal parts with shot blasting tech
A Toronto engineer runs Metal Laundry Ltd, turning worn steel iron and brass into new. The facility uses a four ton shot blasting tub and a five cubic foot inside cabinet to blast and polish parts in three to ten minutes.
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The
Financial Post
Toronto
Metal Laundry Ltd
London Transport's 480 Rides per Person Annually
City of commuters data shows Londoners average 480 rides yearly covering 1340 miles. Transport system carries 4.7 billion passengers annually, about 13 million journeys daily, up 50 percent from prewar days. The era notes the first Bible printed in America in an Indian language.
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London eEnsrainy Transport
America
Costly administration of unemployment fund questioned
Ottawa reports show $17,000,000 spent last year to administer Canada’s unemployment insurance fund while total contributions reached $120,000,000. Senator W. M. Aseltine of Saskatchewan urged Senate inquiry into the fund’s administration as a shocking 11 percent overhead.
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W. M Aseltine
Saskatchewan
Senate Committee
Senater
Aseltine
Ottawa
Calls for Revision of Outmoded Tariff Laws
Reader's Digest summarises an American Magazine piece urging overhaul of outdated US customs rules. It argues red tape and overzealous officials hinder imports from allied nations, cites misclassifications such as a radio bells recording and a Canada asphalt tile case, and warns reform could boost imports by about one billion dollars annually.
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Tays Jerome Beatty
U.S
United States
US Customs Department
AUS Hnoteum
Canada
American Customs
Oita
Uncle Bob Confronts Barking Dog on Lover's Lane
In a small town Uncle Bob tells his dog to stop barking under his window on Lover's Lane. After the bark ends a quiet young man responds softly with a hesitant yea, ah. The scene captures a brief moment of tension and miscommunication in a domestic setting.
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Uncle Bob
Lover's Lane
Buddy
Reader's Digest
French Poodle Guard Interjects at Milwaukee Hotel Door
While strolling with her mother in Milwaukee, a well groomed French poodle leashed to a proper chauffeur drew attention. The poodle's guardian sharply asks if a visitor from a beauty salon would want fingers in its hair.
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Mother
Milwaukee
Tala
The
Reader's Digest
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