Western Canada urged to boost tourism for revenue
An industry to nurture argues that expanding tourist traffic can bolster government finances and private incomes. It highlights the 1937 foreign tourist expenditure of 295 million dollars and native traveler outlays of 123 million, notes western underutilization, and recommends highway improvements and a trans-Canada route to attract more visitors and create jobs.
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Western Canada
Canada
United States
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie Provinces
East
Prairie
Government agencies report big tax gains in fiscal year end
Finance Minister Dunning closed books on March 31 showing income tax at 120,365,531 dollars up 18,000,289 from the prior year and total customs and excise collections of 319,046,053 dollars, up 44,701,517. Customs duties 91,636,781 dollars up 9,584,821 excise taxes 174,451,397 dollars up 28,852,022 and excise duties 52,162,116 dollars up 6,191,051.
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Dunning
Department of National Revenue
Lipman Built Lipman Paper Company Abroad Trade
Abraham Lipman born in Russia and raised in New York built a waste paper empire exporting over-issue New York papers to China Japan India Java and South Africa for wrapping partitions and remanufacture. He ran a yearly gross of about one million dollars and died at 63. Three Swiss orchids valued at 250 were flown from Croydon to Cologne.
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Abraham Lipman
New York
Russia
Lipman Paper Company
Lipman
China
Japan
India
Java
South Africa
Go to Church movement harms preachers time
The piece argues that shifting church debates and routines waste ministers time. It urges congregations to protect the preacher’s preparing hours, stop petty interruptions, and let ministers deliver their best sermons. Deacons and parish groups should curb parish fuss to draw crowds. Detroit Saturday Night.
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Sleepyhead
Beechers
Talmages
Spurgeons
Detroit
Exchange Of Students Rescued From Tree Top
Dr. Alan Valentine urged a four year undergraduate Rochester scholarship for a Canadian student to foster bilateral exchanges. He warned Canadian educators to guard Anglo Saxon ideals while expanding ties. In Australia a white cockatoo in Glebe was rescued after fire brigade ladders proved too short and two firemen bagged the bird from a 60 foot tree top.
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Canada
United States
Alan Valentine
University of Rochester
Toronto
Ontario Educational Association
OFLA
Fire Brigade
Glebe
Sydney
Australia
French Radio Trains Offer Dancing Car and Onboard Lectures
France's radio trains feature a special dancing car that seats 12 couples, a built in broadcasting station for each compartment, countryside lectures, music, and news. A passenger amateur hour and popularity contest are common, with trains running on Sundays for round trips to historic or interesting sites.
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France
Simple Jelly Fruit Desserts From Tested Recipes
Practical and delicious fruit desserts using canned and fresh produce with jelly. Peach and grapefruit molds use peach juice vinegar sugar cloves cinnamon and lime jelly. orange jelly with oranges and sugar. orange pieces with orange jelly. Serves 6 to 8.
World’s Largest Aloe Found in Natal Near Greytown
South Africa claims the world’s largest aloe near Greytown Natal. The plant stands just over 60 feet tall with a trunk about 22 feet in diameter. Discoverer Professor Felbrecht of Pretoria University found it while touring Natal with five companions in a special lorry for botanical garden specimens. He spends holidays traveling the veld, having logged 200000 miles.
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California
South Africa
Greytown
Natal
Felbrecht
Pretoria University
Brandon Sun
Repaired Ypres Ramparts After Four Years of War
Famous Ypres ramparts that withstood German guns are repaired after four years of bombardment. The brick bulwarks, 30 feet wide, sheltered wounded soldiers and held off shells, though neglected since the armistice. Flowers now grace the broad tops as funds finally allow restoration of the 250 year old walls.
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Ypres
Perseverance Opens Paths to Both Worlds, Truth in Motion
The old adage links waiting with reward, declaring that nearly all good things arise for those who persevere long enough in seeking them. Without perseverance, little is acquired or useful service rendered to others. The 180th meridian is the international date line, but the line no longer follows that meridian.
Boy's Voice Deepens As Voicebox Grows
A boy experiences a deepening voice as his voicebox enlarges and his vocal cords lengthen, causing a lowered pitch. The physical change marks puberty and the maturation of the larynx, producing a richer, deeper tone.
Berlin Plans World’s Largest Airport Terminal
Berlin authorities announce a groundbreaking project to build the world’s largest airport terminal, a seven storey structure. The facility will be part of a vast complex stretching three quarters of a mile, including a long office building component.
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Berlin
Youthful Bolero Frock Pattern 4792 Ad
Anne Adams promotes Pattern 4792 a junior and misses dress with a saucy bolero dainty trim and gored skirt. The pattern includes step by step instructions and costs 20 cents to order from Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Realism In Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Shocks Cleveland
A visiting radio executive in Cleveland notes the uncanny realism of Edgar Bergen and his dummy Charlie McCarthy. He recalls a rehearsal where a page boy handed a script to Bergen, and Charlie demanded to see it, in a playful nononair moment.
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Cleveland
West Coast
Charle McCarthy
America
Edgar Bergen
Charlie
Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Couple seeks sea wedding denied by ship captain
A young US couple traveling from Ogdensburg to cross the St Lawrence asked Capt J Boivan to wed them at sea. The bridegroom explained no license is needed at sea, but the captain replied they were not at sea and halted their marriage plans. The article also notes petroleum ranges in color from dark to green.
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United States
St. Lawrence
Ogdensburg
J. Boivan
Men Grow Discouraged After Rain Fails to Come
A group of men saved money hoping for rain as a sign of good fortune. When the forecast proved dry, their spirits waned and plans stalled. The piece reflects cautionary mood about delayed rewards and reliance on uncertain outcomes.
Britain Aims Big Build Up of Air Arm with US Canada Purchases
The Air Ministry plans a large expansion to make Britain’s air force second to none, including importing warplanes. Britain aims to buy at least 500 bombers from U S manufacturers with talks under way and may modify the Royal Air Force build program to 2300 aircraft. Canada may host extra production while U S firms could open Canada branches to dodge export limits.
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Great Britain
Earl Winterton
Canada
United States
Air Ministry
Britain
Royal Air Force
Empire
J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon
Empire View
Toronto
Germany
Britain Builds Giant Suez Zone Army Base in Egypt
Protecting the Suez Canal, Britain's new 60 million dollar army base at Moascar and Genia in Egypt will take seven years to finish. Spanning over five miles it will house 10 000 soldiers with hotels stores schools clubs and amusements plus airfields and bombing ranges for 400 RAF pilots. Mosquito swamps must be drained and key roads completed before work begins.
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Britain
Moascar
Geneiia
Egypt
Suez Canal
Royal Air Force
Predicting school age shifts and extended education
A Toronto psychologist foresees children aged two entering school within fifty years. Another observer argues education should extend to the thirtieth year. Some claim pensioning men past fifty five, imagining a society run by the 30 to 55 age group. A quote notes Mary’s lack of work and a lover’s visit. Granite and other rocks derive from its materials.
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Toronto
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