Lessons Of The World Grain Show
The World Grain Exhibition in Regina showcased Canada’s vast resources from BC forests to Ontario mining, prairie wheat, and maritime Quebec. Exhibits highlighted reforestation, coal, beet sugar, fish, timber, and the bread basket provinces, conveying national strength and future growth.
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Canada
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
Prairie Provinces
Ontario
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Manitoba
Arctic Circle
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Empire
Prairies
Dominion
Regina
Hudson Bay
Esquimo
Winnipeg
Calgary
C.P.P
C.N.R
M of Transportation
Gum boots boost Canadian exports to New Zealand
The article notes gum boots were a key Canadian export in the first quarter of the year. It also explains the word tax comes from Latin taxare meaning to touch sharply. The piece ends with a wry remark about knowing it all.
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New Zealand
Tax Payment Letter Delivered from Enfield Australia
A letter enclosing payment for taxes arrived at the tax official office in Enfield England after being delivered from Enfield Australia.
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Enfield
Australia
England
Scientist Claims Rain at Will Breaks Picnic Tradition
A clever scientist boasts of a method to produce rain on demand, but the old English practice of holding a picnic remains preferred. The remark juxtaposes modern science with traditional outdoor pastime, highlighting a humorous clash between innovation and everyday leisure.
Argentina Faces Rapid Rise in Tobacco Use
A report highlights a sharp increase in tobacco consumption across Argentina with rising health concerns. Public health officials urge stronger anti smoking measures to curb youth uptake and long term disease risk.
Judge Fines Himself On First Day In Traffic Court
In Chicago a new traffic division judge, Eugene J. Holland, faced a self‑imposed case. The clerk opened with City of Chicago v Holland, revealing a parking ticket from days earlier. Holland declared it his birthday and fined himself $1 plus $1 costs as a light self‑imposed penalty.
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Chicago
Eugene J. Holland
Holland
Eugene J Holland
Tremendous Chances Aviators Fly 29 Hours Nonstop
Captain James Mollison and Amy Johnson began a long nonstop flight from Pendine Wales toward New York but crash landed near Bridgeport Connecticut after 29 hours in the air. Mollison recalled extreme fatigue while Wiley Post noted his own long sleep breaks during a globe circling voyage.
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James Mollison
Amy Johnson
Pendine
Wales
New York
Bridgeport
Wiley Post
Globe
Edmonton
Atlantic
Stratford Beacon-Hert.d
How the Rule Works in National Employment Patterns
The article argues that employment boosts reduce the social burden as more people work. It uses estimates from March showing 12 million idle and 36 million at work, then cites a 3.5 million job rise producing about 40 million employed versus 8.5 million idle. It concludes the social burden is nearly halved.
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New York Times
Makes a Difference No Music In Threshing Machine
Description of a failing threshing scene during hard years with little grain and poor markets. The machine chugs steadily while grain output and straw fill the yard, and quiet, tense workers discuss politics amid a general sense of oppression.
Wife's Delight At Husband's Weight Loss
A wife reports her husband dropping from 230 to 200 pounds after three months on Kruschen Salts. She adds she began three weeks ago and shed from 153 to 144 pounds. The ad claims Kruschen improves internal organs to flush waste and poisons.
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C. Kruschen
Eskimo Village Slaying Report Reaches Ottawa
A wireless report to Ottawa RCMP from Inspector T. Sandys Wunsch aboard the Nascopie recounts the murder of Oo-Shoak-Juke by three Eskimos seeking tribal order. The killing followed Oo-Shoak-Juke’s 13 year-old murder of a Cape Dorset resident. An inquiry was begun at Wolstenholme with tribal leaders present, and a full report will be sent from Moosonee.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ottawa
T. Sandys
Wunsch
Oo-Shoak-Jake
Newfoundland to be governed by commission for now
The St. Thomas Times-Journal reports Lord Amulree’s commission proposes Newfoundland’s dominion status be placed under a governing commission to run essential functions. The move, while surprising, is framed as temporary rescue by Britain to straighten the financial mess and allow Newfoundland to regain self rule later.
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Lord Amulree
Newfoundland
John Bull
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Britain Eyes New J Class Yachts for Cup Bid
Britain bets on Velsheda, the all steel J class cutter designed by Charles E. Nicholson, to reclaim the American Cup. The vessel's Park Avenue boom and advanced mechanisms boost speed and handling, with William L. Stephenson likely to challenge the cup if Velsheda continues to win.
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Sir Thomas Lipton
Britain
Charles E. Nicholson
Nicholson
Harold Vanderbilt
W. L. Stephenson
Sir Thomas
Stephenson
F. W. Woolworth & Co
Velma
Sheila
Daphne
Clyde
Velsheda
Shamrock
Enterprise
The Other Club Celebrates Twenty First Birthday
The Other Club in London marked its 21st birthday with a Savoy dinner attended by Sir William Jowitt and Lord Kyslant. General Jan Christian Smuts presided as Winston Churchill founded the club which meets fortnightly during Parliament. The ground rules aim to keep political tempers from intruding on private discourse.
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Savoy Hotel
London
England
William Jowitt
Lord Kyslant
Federation of Chambers of Commerce of
British Empire
Jan Christian Smutts
Winston Churchill
Lord Birkenhead
Savoy
Doctor's Hand Worth $50,000 in Auto Accident Verdict
Dr. Abraham Goldfoot of Cheltenham England was awarded $50 000 damages after his right hand was injured in a car collision his wrist broke and he cannot write prescriptions without an assistant accompanying him everywhere.
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Abraham Goldfoot
Cheltenham
England
Wheat Exports Banner Month for Canadian Farmers
In July 1933 Canadians sold 16,373,500 bushels of wheat in world markets, earning $12,302,600 at an average of 75 cents a bushel. July 1932 yielded 57 cents and July 1931 61 cents. Last year’s exports were 19,620,200 bushels with $11,209,600 in receipts, averaging 57 cents. In July 1931 shipments totaled 12,060,800 bushels at 61 cents each.
Insect Diversity Explored With Thousands More Found Each Year
The article notes that about 450000 distinct insect types are known and several thousand new species are described annually, highlighting the vast biodiversity and ongoing discovery in entomology.
Viscount Chilston Named Ambassador to Russia
The king approves Viscount Chilston as ambassador to Russia succeeding Sir Esmond Ovey. He was minister at Budapest since 1928 and will depart for Moscow in September, marking the first full ambassador in Russia since March 30.
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Viscount Chilston
Russia
Esmond Ovey
Buckingham Palace
Lord Chilston
Budapest
Moscow
United Kingdom
Not Good For Business Wheat At Low Levels
Sir Albert Humphries of Old Country milling warned delegates at the World's Grain Conference in Regina that keeping wheat prices low harms producers and the public. He said prosperity for agriculturists would lift the world’s economy.
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Sir Albert Humphries
Regina
Sir Albert
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Riverbend School
Winnipeg Man
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Oppleford Paper Products
Hamilton
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