Youth Should Start Small Firms Despite Tough Times
The piece argues that job markets are difficult but not fixed, urging youth to create opportunities in backyards and small workshops. It cites Henry Ford Firestone Heinz Coca Cola and Woolworth as examples of success from humble beginnings, and predicts more success stories from kitchens and cellars in the near future.
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Henry Ford
Firestone
H. J. Heinz
Coca- Cola
Borden
Detroit
Heinz 57
Atlanta
New Jersey
Charles F. Hires
Hires
John Wanamaker
United States
Adam Gimbel
Timothy Eaton
Woolworth
Great
Crane Company
David
Forbes
Deaf and mute athletes attend sign language service at St Pauls
At St Pauls cathedral a Sunday service for the fourth international games for the deaf and mute gathered 700 deaf and dumb persons from 14 nations. Chaplains used sign language while missionaries acted out prayers and hymns, with the congregation joining silently.
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St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Birthday Gift for Lord Londonderry Sets Hangar on Estate
Lord Londonderry, British Secretary of Air, celebrates his birthday with a hangar large enough for two airplanes on his Mount Stewart estate in Newtowards Northern Ireland. An existing 50 acre airport sits nearby. British laundries report about 10 million dollars yearly from handkerchiefs.
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Lord Londonderry
Air
Mount Stewart
Newtowards
Northern Ireland
English eggs make history in global hatching test
A few dozen English eggs travel to distant lands for a poultry experiment. Thirty arrived in Sydney after a London to Brisbane air journey and a 500 mile rail trip. The rest reached Rio Grande do Sul after more than 6,000 miles by air and Graf Zeppelin. Lord Greenway awaits reports on their arrival and viability. If hatched, this could solve long distance stock renewal for poultry farmers.
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Sydney
Australia
London
Brisbane
Rio Grande Do Sul
Brazil
Lord Greenway
England
Deep-sea predator Chiasmodon Niger swallows larger fish
The deep sea fish Chiasmodon Niger, famed for its voracity, is known to swallow prey larger than its own size on occasion, illustrating its extraordinary gulping capacity.
October sees peak common cold cases, health service records show
Public health service records indicate that more common colds are contracted in October than in any other month, highlighting seasonal spikes in respiratory infections.
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The
Public Health Service
Going Concern Insight for Investors
The piece warns investors to assess a company's trajectory before funding. It stresses evaluating cash flow, debt levels, market position, and management credibility to gauge future viability and risk.
So-Called Luxuries In Canada In 1933 Factory Values
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics classified items above basic needs as luxuries, listing carpets silverware jams and cooked meats. In 1933 factory value reached 263.6 million dollars, 12.6 percent of manufacturing. Consumption reached 268.3 million, with candy ice cream pies beverages silk hosiery toilet preparations and tobacco among the notable items.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Bureau
Bulletin
Mittenwald marks 250th anniversary of violin industry
Celebrations in Mittenwald Bavaria honor Mathias Kietz who sparked the town's violin craft in the 17th century. A summer play retells Klotz’s Italy training and wanderings, with a winter staging planned near the Winter Olympics. Apprentices later spread instruments across Europe.
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Mittenwald
Germany
Bavaria
Mathias Kietz
Klotz
Italy
Math
Ontario correspondence courses reach 1800 pupils with free tuition
Nine years into the program the Ontario department of education reports an enrolment of 1800 students in correspondence courses. Fifty participants were physically unable to attend school. Courses are free and fully funded by the department, with average yearly costs from 12 to 15 dollars per pupil.
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Ontario Department of Education
Tobacco costs cited in Dominion manufacturer payments
The Dominion paid tobacco makers far more than for passenger autos bicycles and boats. Factory values show tobacco payments of 74,991,347 and 71,274,213, while passenger vehicles and related items cost residents 28,254,984 in 1932 and 24,518,970 in 1933.
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Dominion
Toronto Daily Star
Attractive Home Ensemble for Easy Kitchen Chores
Ellen Worth highlights a blue and white dimity dress with a white dimity apron featuring suspender straps. Model 910 includes dress and apron in multiple bust sizes, with material requirements and mail order details for pattern No. 910 from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union. Send for the Summer Fashion Book at 15 cents.
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Pattern
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
German Minister Calls for Severe Prison Sentences at Congress
Berlin reports Franz Guertner, justice minister, urged harsh penalties for prisoners at the 11th quinquennial penitentiary congress. He said justice should reflect atonement and protect society, announcing Nazi policy rejects Nulla Poena sine Lege and adopts Nulla crimen sine poena, punishing without strict adherence to existing laws.
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Franz Guertner
Berlin
Guertner
Nazi
Reich
Boys Build Improvised Dives To Probe Kennebec Depths
Three Maine youths Paul R. Dyer Stanley Griffin and Robert Cate fashioned diving gear from a five gallon gasoline can two automobile tire pumps a corrugated can and cement to explore the Kennebec River bottom in Richmond. After success on initial dives they plan deeper expeditions.
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Maine
Kennebec River
Richmond
Paul R. Dyer
Stanley Griffin
Robert Cate
Marking ballots in Dominion election risks many spoiled votes
The article explains how markings beyond the cross, using nonstandard pencils, or signing ballots cause spoilage. It notes past losses of 24 119 votes in 1930 and explains why safeguards exist, including the black pencil rule, and why voters should request new ballots if marked incorrectly.
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Canada
Gift Of Jubilee Present Declared Acceptable To King George
Loyalists in the Irish Free State present a Jubilee gift described as an antique silver potato ring. The circular ring measures up to a foot in diameter and historically held jacketsed potatoes at table. A similar sixteenth century ring has sold at auction for over $5,000.
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Irish Free State
George
Indiana driver loses 109000 eggs in highway spill
Marion Snyder of Harlan Indiana drove a truck over Pocono Mountain near Mount Carmel Pennsylvania and was forced to swerve to avoid a train. About 109,800 eggs were scattered along the highway and most were broken.
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Marion Snyder
Harlan
Ind
Pocono Mountain
Mt. Carmel
Snyder
Granny Warns Granddaughter About Two Words
An old lady asks her granddaughter to promise never to use the words swell and lousy. The girl agrees and asks what the words are.
Leprosy Reach Across Continents to United States
Leprosy arrived in the United States from Europe and Africa, signaling a transcontinental spread. The oldest fruit known to humanity is the olive, highlighting ancient agricultural significance.
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United States
Europe
Africa
Pigeons Trained For Racing Reach Peak At Ages Two To Four
Pigeons are trained as carefully for racing as a horse. Birds start training at two months old. The peak racing performance occurs between ages two and four years.
Rainbows Show Full Circles From High Altitude
A scientific note explains that rainbows are full circles when viewed from sufficient altitude, revealing the complete circle rather than the typical arc seen from ground level.
Coal burning requires twelve pounds of air per pound of coal
An estimate states that about 12 pounds of air are needed to burn one pound of coal, indicating a high oxygen demand for combustion.
Wiley Post Aerial Feats And Fatal Alaska Crash
The article chronicles Wiley Post with Will Rogers, their Alaska crash, and Post’s record flights. It notes his around the world trips with Harold Gatty in eight days, 15 hours, 15 minutes in 1931, and a solo circumnavigation in 1933, plus postwar high altitude tests in Bartlesville Oklahoma. It mentions Post’s four failed transcontinental stratosphere attempts and that he used the Winnie Mae in all exploits.
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Wiley Post
Will Rogers
Alaska
Harold Gatty
Post
Bartlesville
Okla
Burbank
Cal
New York
Winnie Mae
Handkerchief Faithfully Survives Three Years at Sea
Nelson Lash, once aboard the scalloper Virginia when she rammed and sank off Georges Banks, is now in the Louis A Thebaud crew. A pocket handkerchief with Lash initials was recovered from a scallop drag, nearly intact after three years at 33 fathoms.
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Nelson Lash
Scalloper
Virginia
Georges Banks
Lash
Louis A. Thebaud
Will Rogers Plane Joke Recalled in Flight Story
Ten years ago the late Will Rogers was aboard a plane from Los Angeles to Kansas City when it hit an air pocket and dropped 200 feet. “H how far can one of these planes drop” a frightened passenger asked, and Rogers replied the ground is the limit, boys.
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Will Rogers
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Mammoth Cave Illuminated With Floodlights and Projectors
Mammoth Cave in Kentucky now features 12 large floodlights and 16 smaller projectors to brighten its interior. The installation enhances visibility inside the cave for visitors and research alike.
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Mammoth Cave
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