Argentina Hopes Drouths Offset Poor Harvests Weigh on Beef Trade
Argentina faces one of its smallest wheat surpluses in a decade as drought and heavy rainfall hurt crops. Higher world prices driven by North American droughts may offset reduced maize and wheat exports, with hopes for resumed chilled beef shipments to the United States if sanitary restrictions ease.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
United States
Canada
Patagonia
Britain
Patents to be shown at Leipzig Fall Fair
An unusual exhibit of the newest patents and ideas from inventors in many countries will highlight the Leipzig Fall Fair. The display aims to aid inexperienced inventors and buyers seeking markets, with space for demonstrations. The event runs August 30 to September 3 with expert advice on developing ideas and securing patents.
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Leipzig
L.P
Letters 25 Years Late but Britain Apologizes
Workmen uncover a stash of letters posted between 1908 and 1918 inside a pillar box at Bowes Park Myddleton Road London. An official apologizes as the overdue correspondence is forwarded to recipients with an apology note.
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London
Britain
Mydddleton Road
Bowes Park
Australian Goods Barred in Belgium Over Tariffs
Belgium bans Australian grain and preserved meats in retaliation for higher Australian tariffs. A similar move against Australian wool and barley is expected. In 1935 Australia exported about 20 million dollars to Belgium, while Belgium shipped around 2 million dollars to Australia. Ticket scalping appeared in Germany during the Olympic Games.
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Brussels
Belgium
Australia
Pet Clinic Combines Pound With Hospital
In Chicago a new $75,000 McConnell Memorial clinic blends hospital and prison features for animals. The three story building provides first aid, outpatient services, confinement cages, exercise yards, kitchens, baths, and an execution chamber. Dr. Herman J. Streibert handles 35 to 40 cases daily, with dogs receiving special care and dogs and other pets enjoying adoption and humane treatment.
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Chicago
Anti-Cruelty Society
Horace and
Marion McConnell
Bank
Smiths
Herman J. Streibert
McConnell Memorial Clinic
Light Glows for Hours After Current Is Off
Chicago report describes a lamp with a chemically treated shade that continues to glow for hours after the electric bulb is extinguished. Invented for a home furnishings exposition at the Merchandise Mart, the device blends Aladdin style imagination with modern industrial engineering.
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Chicago
U.P
Merchandise Mart
Moonfish Found on Beach Identified as Opahs
Two strange fish washed ashore puzzled seasoned seafarers but were identified by the Nanaimo biological station as opahs or moonfish. The tropical denizens likely came up the warm Japanese current.abraam is a red ocher used in cabinet making to color unseasoned mahogany.
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Kyuquot
B. C
Nanaimo
Educators Study Europe Youth Movement for U.S. Plans
Four University of California professors sail for Europe to study the youth movement. Woodbridge Metcalf and W W Glenn Waterhouse attend the Geneva International Youth Conference then survey Germany Italy England and France. C W Rubel and Robert Klamp will observe detailed development and report potential California 4 H club applications.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Europe
California
United States
Woodbridge Metcalf
W.W. Glenn Waterhouse
Geneva
C. W. Rubel
Robert Klamp
Sutter County
Germany
Italy
England
France
Price of radium falls a third in 15 years
Victoria B C The price of radium has dropped more than one third in the last 15 years. Major Harold Brown of the British Columbia Cancer Foundation says the foundation recently bought 312 grams of radium at 30 dollars per milligram. Fifteen years ago radium cost about 100 dollars per milligram.
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Victoria
Harold Brown
British Columbia Cancer Foundation
Brown
Famous peak climber gives up hobby at 77
William O. Owen, the namesake of Mr. Owen in the Teton National Park and first to seal Grand Teton, cancels his climb due to threatened blindness. At 77, he had aimed to defend his status as oldest man and first climber of the peak this year.
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Jackson
Wyo. U.P
William O. Owen
Owen
Teton National Park
Grand Teton
FISH AND BREAD CLAIM FOR ABBEY FACES KING
Before his coronation next May King Edward may hear claims from Westminster Abbey Dean and Chapter for wine fish and bread. The pre Reformation rite dates from royal coronation refreshment. If Dr Foxley Norris as Westminster Dean pursues the claim it would go to the Court of Claims but the court would defer to the King's decision.
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London
Edward
Weastminster Abbey
Westminster
Foxley Norris
Court of Claims
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