Apprenticeship Proposed to Absorb Unemployed Youth
The Federal Unemployment Commission's youth division led by Alan Chambers urges industry driven apprenticeship as a permanent solution to youth unemployment. It warns of a coming skilled labor shortage and calls for school reform or direct industry partnerships to ensure trained youths gain jobs and experience.
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Federal Unemployment Commission
Alan Chambers
Unemployment Commission
Ottawa
The Greatest Inventor Debate
A group argued who was the greatest inventor with Edison Marconi and Morse named. A small Jew claimed the true genius was the man who invented interest, asserting that person was no fool.
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Edison
Marconi
Morse
Horse Killed by Elephant At Panguitch Circus Parade
Nelse Ipson, a Panguitch rancher, arrived for a circus parade on horseback. His horse reared at an elephant, fell and died. Ipson was severely injured in the incident.
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Panguitch
Utah
Nelse Ipson
Ipson
Keeping Fruit Fresh With Dry Sand Storage Method
A vintage tip explains storing lemons oranges and green tomatoes in a box filled with perfectly dry sand. Fruits must not touch each other and tomatoes require weekly inspection as they ripen.
Tower of Light Fails to Shine Over Johannesburg Exhibition
A 14,000,000 candlepower beacon at the Empire Exhibition in Johannesburg remains invisible at night due to pristine air and lack of reflective surfaces. Spectators only see stars while the beam stays unseen. The tower stands 150 feet high, but air conditions prevent the light from reflecting toward viewers.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Durban Bluff
Cape St. Francis
Exhibition
New Livelihood: Cat Catchers Supply Cat Gut for Instruments
Japanese poor turn to catching cats as a livelihood. They lure cats with a sparrow decoy and use a club to kill. Cats are sold to makers of musical instruments for cat gut strings. Prosecution risk exists if the animal belongs to someone else.
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Kitty
Captain Kettle of the Air Tops Imperial Flyer Record
O. P. Jones, a senior Imperial Airways commander, marks 19 years in aviation. He has logged about 13,000 flight hours, carried around 90,000 passengers safely, and flown 1.3 million miles, an aggregate air time of just over 18 months. He is 38 years old.
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Imperial Airways
Kettle
O. P. Jones
Jones
Carter’s Little Liver Pills Ad Claim
An old advertisement touts Carter’s Little Liver Pills to “wake up your liver bile” and ease digestion. It claims they stimulate bile flow, relieve gas, constipation, and sour feelings, and insists the pills contain no calomel or mercury while urging readers to refuse other products.
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Carter
Harmiese
Tle
Learning To Walk Again After Moose River Mine Collapse
Seven months after the Moose River Mine collapse in Nova Scotia survivor Alfred Scadding begins crawling and standing with support. He endures pain as doctors attempt to save his feet including sores and red welts from surgery. Scadding attended football games but cold worsens his agony while he recovers with Dr. D E Robertson of Toronto.
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Moose River
Nova Scotia
Alfred Scadding
Scadding
D. E. Robertson
Toronto
Herman Magill
Color Coding City Bans Vehicles on Red Streets
Istanbul plans bright red housing in designated areas for the wealthy and dull gray for slums to mark social sections. The Municipal Council aims for a bold, original scheme with uniform colors per block and bans on vehicles on red streets for pedestrians only.
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Park Avenue
Istanbul
Turkey
Synthetic chocolate entices German shoppers with new bars
The piece notes synthetic "chocolate" as a popular Nazi era substitute product. Wrapped in ordinary paper and advertised as nourishing and tasty, it resembles a caramel bar in appearance and flavor with only a few raisins providing the brown touch.
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Nazi Germany
Timber richesse from Empire panels at Moorgate Station
In a Times letter the Chief Royal Engineer notes the escalator journey through the Empire by a balustrade of wood from Canada Newfoundland Africa India and Britain. He asks why restrict the idea to Moorgate Station when timber wealth spans the Empire.
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the Times
Moorgate Station
Empire
Canada
Newfoundland
Africa
India
Britain
London
Canada Field Crops See Mixed Yields in 1936 Report
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports higher production this year for potatoes, turnips, marigolds, alfalfa and sugar beets, but lower hay and fodder corn. Increased fall wheat sowing and reduced fall rye seeding are noted in the 1936 field crops report. The figures reflect the second seasonal estimate for root and fodder crops.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Bureau
Woodpeckers: Master Carpenters of the Bird World
Woodpeckers do not carry grass or feathers to line nests yet they are not lazy. They work diligently to build their homes and are regarded as master carpenters among birds.
Free Garage Hotel Sign Leads Tourist to Sleep in Car
A tourist saw a hotel sign offering free garage and stayed the night. After a stroll, the attendant asked for preferred accommodations. The guest replied he would sleep in his car, declining any room.
Unlikely Dogs In Russia Beyond City Limits
The piece notes dogs are scarce in Russian cities due to fear and dislike, crowded housing, and feeding costs for workers. It contrasts rural areas where dogs are used for work and mentions an alligator emitting a musk scent when roars, detectable far away.
Thorp Warns of Sustained High Profits Threatening Economy
Wilard L. Thorp of Dun and Bradstreet warned at the American finance conference that low mood could recur after a brief upswing. He cautioned against optimistic error amid expanding consumer power and low rates, noting the danger of sustained high profits and calling for economic leadership to manage future threats and promises.
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Wilard L. Thorp
Dun and Bradstreet, Inc
American Finance Conference
Thorp
Outstanding Athlete Awarded Memorial Prize
Dr Phil Edwards dusky Montreal runner won the Norton H Crow Memorial prize as Canada s outstanding athlete and sportsman of the year at the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada annual meeting in Regina The British Guiana middle distance man a three time Olympic point winner for Canada inspired the committee with his Olympic record and McGill University track career Rankine was the only other nominee Since 1931 the award has gone to Williams Wilson Ball Webster Meagher and Edwards is the latest winner
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Phil Edwards
Montreal
Norton H. Crow
Canada
British Guiana
Amateur Athletic Union of Canada
Regina
McGill University
Edwards
Robert “Scotty” Rankine
Preston
Ont
Ancient Cookies From A Scrappy Recipe Load
A recipe fragment lists cup butter cup lard cup brown sugar and rolled oats with dates as core ingredients. It instructs creaming fats with sugar then blending in egg vanilla and dry mix before baking spooned cookies at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.
Submarine X1 Seeks Buyer As Royal Navy Sheds Older Vessels
The British Admiralty offers Submarine X1 for sale after a decade of idle rust in Portsmouth dockyard. Once the largest royal navy submarine with 110 bunks and a £1,000,000 build price, X1 now sits unused as newer vessels prevail. Biscuit is a French term meaning twice cooked.
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Portsmouth
Royal Navy
Wincarnis Tonic Ad Promises Energy Boost
An advertisement urges run down readers to use Wincarnis three times daily, claiming it supplies grape elements and beef malt extracts to build blood and tissue. It promises better sleep and improved energy for those with fatigue, insomnia, or pallid complexion, sold by Harold F. Ritchie & Co. Ltd. Toronto.
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Wincarnis
Wincarms
Harold F. Ritchie & Co. Ltd
Toronto
Oakland baker builds five foot cake masterpiece
George Wong of Oakland creates a towering off hour sculpture from 1035 eggs and 400 pounds of powdered sugar. The 450 pound replica blends Taj Mahal, California State Capitol and 1893 fair motifs, with 94 columns 168 windows nine offices 42 flower pots and 39 miniature inhabitants plus ten fire escapes.valued by Wong at 5000 dollars.
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George
California State Capitol
Wong
Underground Parking For London
Mr. Hore-Belisha the British transport minister urged London authorities to use powers from last year’s Restriction of Ribbon Development Act to create and maintain underground parking areas. He said street parking is a privileged highway use and off street parking would improve traffic flow and safety.
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Hore-Belisha
London
Distributing New Varieties Samples By Saskatchewan Association
The Saskatchewan Field Husbandry Association will distribute two pound seed samples to members for next year’s seeding. Varieties include Colsess barley Bison flax Fairway crested wheat grass and Thatcher wheat. Prices apply to Alberta Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Elite status is expected from the Canadian Seed Growers Association for much of this seed.
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Saskatchewan Field Husbandry Association
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
Post Office Deartment reports 20 million pieces mailed last year
The Post Office Department estimates over 20,000,000 pieces of mail were franked in the previous year, totaling more than 7,500,000 pounds in weight. The statistic underscores heavy mail volume.
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Post Office Department
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