Canada Bars Liquor Boats Bound to U.S.
Ottawa enacts law outlawing export of liquor to the United States and barring clearance papers for boats carrying liquor. The measure, pushed by Premier Mackenzie King, aims to curb rum running on the Great Lakes and Detroit River. Parliament prorogued after royal assent. general election set for July 28.
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Associated Press
Ottawa
United States
MacKenzie King
Great Lakes
Detroit River
Sinking tragedy claims fifteen on Italian motorship Literno
In a thick fog off Beachy Head, the Italian motorship Literno was struck by the Swedish steamer Inger, sinking soon after. Only three survivors were saved, including Swede Lindfors who reported rapid flooding and failed boat launches.
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Associated Press
New Haven
England
Inger
Literno
English Channel
Beachy Head
Lindfors
Six Die in East Fire at Glen Echo Amusement Park
United Press reports a blaze at Glen Echo near Washington killed six people including a mother and five children. One-armed William Moxley jumped from his burning home to escape. Victims named Foley family members aged 40 and children aged 15, 11, 8, 5, and 3. Ford cuts prices on cars and trucks announced.
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United Press
Washington
Glen Echo
William Moxley
Mrs. Foley
George
Linda
Gordon
Eileen
Bessie
Detroit
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Combines to Harvest Large Western U S Wheat Crop
Kansas City report notes major shift to combine harvesters across Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska with 40 percent or more of winter wheat cut by older binders. Labor moves from hobos to southern migrants as the harvest begins within two weeks, reshaping field work dynamics.
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United Press
Kansas City
Texas Panhandle
Nebraska
Combine Harvester
Army of Harvest
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Wheat
Ozarks
Change in Farm Life As Combine Affects Roles
The passage notes that familiarity with farm work and tools makes workers, especially women, better able to endure heat. The introduction of the combine shifts the farmer's wife role, transforming threshing days from peak activity to a different daily rhythm.
Farming women and the rise of mechanized threshing
The text discusses how farm women fed threshing crews from sunrise to sunset and notes the shift toward combine harvesters ending that era. It also mentions the emergence of wheat farming corporations using large machine-powered land leasing and scale similar to big business.
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Elim
Combine
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