Britain Faces Massive Unemployment Relief Effort After Armistice
The British government plans to spend about 105 million pounds on unemployment relief with potentially 20 million more. Lloyd George and Churchill indicate a major municipal works plan, including garden cities, to steer Britain through winter. Roughly two million men and many women are out of work as officials await official plan details.
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Britain
Lloyd George
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Washington
Garvin Adverts in Barrie Local Notice
J A Garvin provides contact info with phone 566 at corner Thompson and Wellington Streets Barrie for local notices and services.
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J. A. Garvin
Thompson and
Wellington Streets
Barrie
Unemployment concerns and railway extension plans noted
The article reports cautious signs of improving unemployment in Canada with Ontario approving a seven mile Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway extension from Cochrane toward Smoky Falls, costing about three and a half million dollars to create work. It notes potential electrification, rail repairs, and steel rail orders as part of a broader effort to provide jobs rather than dole, amid global economic tensions and League of Nations debates.
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Canada
Ontario
Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway
Cochrane
Smoky Falls
Dominion Department of Railways and Canals
Doles
Britain
Harding
United States
Washington
Germany
A. J. Balfour
League of Nations
Austria
Spain may seek autonomy plan in zone under foreign watch
A leading faction in the Spanish zone proposes real protection under Spain rather than influence control with respect for the Sultan of Morocco. The move would require consent from France and Britain and could alter regional dynamics, while citizens remain largely unaware of the issue.
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Spain
Morocco
France
Britain
Britain Tests New Phosphate Manure From Nauru Shiploads
The Ministry of Agriculture plans demonstrations to assess a new phosphate manure. First shiploads have arrived from Nauru and Ocean Islands, former German possessions in the Pacific, with an indefinite quantity of the material awaiting evaluation.
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Britain
Ministry of Agriculture
Nauru
Ocean Islands
Pacific
Radium fertilizer and German chemical farming push
The piece notes radium earth and other fertilizers becoming available through Czech Slovakia mine controls. Germany backs a carbon fertilizer to boost soil productivity, aiming for leadership in agriculture and stock raising. A French general warns civilian populations could be herded into concentration camps in future war due to chemical ravages.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
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