Ducks Unlimited plans to spend millions in Canada rehab
Canada to proceed with rehabilitation of duck breeding areas in the west similar to a US effort. Ducks Unlimited aims to raise about 3 million dollars from American sportsmen to expand permanent prairie water surfaces and restore loss from wanton destruction.
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Canada
West
United States
Ducks Unlimited
Dominion
W. G. Ross
Mose Jaw
Seaskatchewan
Manitoba Game and Fish Association
Prairie Farms Rehabilitation Plan
Farms Rehabilitation Commission
Prairie Provinces
Suggests A Change in Uncle Sam Symbol
Professor Clyde R. Miller of Teachers College urged in New York that Uncle Sam’s tall hat and stern figure misrepresent Americans. He called the current symbol unlovable and penny-pinching, lacking humor and humanity, while praising its portrayal of justice and honesty.
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Uncle Sam
Clyde R. Miter
Teachers’ College
New York
Miller
Life Of An Editor From The Trenches Of The Press
Tren ton Courier Advocates the editor’s grind as a relentless cycle from first copy to final page. The poem notes editors feed the machine, chase elusive headlines, and endure aging while producing steady, evolving news.
Supply Getting Low on Fashion Dames Infinitesimal Dogs
A playful scene notes fashionably small dogs carried by style conscious women. A reporter greets actress Arso on arrival with an ultra tiny canine and quips that the star is nearly out of dogs as her only pet is confirmed.
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Arso
Ship News
New Alfalfa Strain Shows Seed Yield Advantage
The Division of Forage Plants reports a new alfalfa strain developed at Central Experimental Farm Ottawa from Grimm selections. In 1936 trials the strain outyielded the standard variety in seed by about 50 percent while hay yield was only slightly higher, and further tests are planned before distribution.
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Experimental Farms
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Royal London streets to use Royal insignia in coronation
The City of Westminster plans replace Jubilee decorations with the Royal Standard the Crown the Royal Cipher and the Royal Arms. The cross ed battle axes remain proper Westminster insignia for Jubilee while emblems may be used with care to avoid firm advertising. portraits and photos should be dignified. Red squirrels stockpile mushrooms by drying them in tree forks as the north pole moves south about six inches per year.
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London
City of Westminster
Westminster
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Cross Stitch The Smart Dress Trim
A note states there is no Alice Brooks pattern book published regarding the Addie style or the trim for the smart dress.
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Alice Brooks
Push for Paid Holidays for All Workers Gains Momentum
A Labor Ministry committee will study a reform to grant paid holidays to 12 million workers, up from 3 million, arguing a healthful annual leisure period boosts national fitness and efficiency. Across industries many still have no paid holidays, while some are locally arranged.
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Minister of Labor
Ministry of Labor
Overseas Daily Mail
Remarkable Silk Fiber Could Lift 32 Tons
The silk worm's minute fiber, proportional to its size, is cited as the strongest known material. A single filament about one-fourth the diameter of a human hair, when twisted into an inch square rope, could bear a load of 32 tons, highlighting extraordinary strength of natural silk fibers.
City editor via stage talk at New School on newsroom reality
Neil MacNeil, assistant night managing editor of the New York Times, says fictional city editors could not run a real paper. He notes police crime stories now make up less than three percent of modern papers, with war shifting news values toward social and economic issues and away from sensationalism.
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City Desk
Neil MacNeil
The
New York Times
MacNeil
Times
New School For Social Research
Stage
Screen
Will Exhibit In Glasgow Represented At 1938 British Empire Show
The department of agriculture discloses that Will Exhibit In Glasgow Canada will be represented in the 1938 British Empire Exhibition to be held at Glasgow. The Canadian pavilion was a standout at Wembley in 1924-25. The Lord Mayor of London spends between 100000 and 150000 dollars annually maintaining the dignity of his office.
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Canada
Glasgow
Department of Agriculture
Wembley
London
Trans Atlantic Air Mail Delayed by Diplomatic Snag
Assorted notes discuss elephants in Assam and a looming trans Atlantic air mail race. The piece cites Assam natives who claim elephants bury their dead, then shifts to Germany leading in North Atlantic air routes with the Hindenburg set to fly May 5 from Frankfurt to New York. It details diplomatic snags over Western termini and a $750000 US appropriation needed for a trans Atlantic air mail service, and British empire routes launching in June.
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Charles Low
Assam
Burma
Ceylon
India
Mr. Low
United States
Washington
Bermuda
Azores
New York
Imperial Airways
Montreal
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Ireland
Canada
Pan- American Airways
Greenland
Iceland
Pan-American
England
Imperial
Empire
Honohu
Africa
Hog production rises as feeds stay affordable in Canada
Canada reports 4,422,400 hogs on farms as of December 1 1936 the highest December figure in six years. The total marks a 7 percent rise from June 1 1936 and a 12 percent rise from December 1 1935. Included observations reference abundant feed grains and provincial increases.
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Canada
Railway crossing deaths in Canada in 1936 total 211
Transport Minister Howe told the House that 211 people were killed in railway crossing accidents in 1936 in Canada, with 243 total accidents. At protected crossings 113 died and 367 were injured, while at unprotected crossings 95 died and 322 injured. The footer notes speed and power references.
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Canada
Howe
J. C. Lenderyou
8.C
Calgary East
House of Commons
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Pan-American Airways
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