Inflation War Shapes Global Currencies And Policy
The article traces how inflation, tariffs, and currency wars grew from postwar nationalism. It argues sustained inflation is dangerous, prompts deflation elsewhere, and warns that U S and Canada will feel ripple effects as Congress and policymakers wrestle with money printing and the gold standard. It notes 1929’s crash driven by overextension of credit and installment buying, leading to widespread unemployment and losses as prices rise and fall across nations.
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United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Canada
B.C
Evidence electricity governs world weather cycles
Scientists announced at the National Academy of Sciences in Cambridge that electricity drives global weather with a 23 year cycle. The sun-origin cycle predicts 1956 will mirror 1933 and next summer resemble 1911, marking progress toward long range forecasting. A stray line followed on a quip about women's love of ribbons.
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National Academy of Sciences
Cambridge
Mass
Seizure Ordered of Albert Einstein and Wife Property
Secret police order seizure of all Dr Albert Einstein and Mrs Einstein property under the law for confiscation of Communist property. The Reichsanzeiger official notice lists mobile and immobile goods including bank accounts to be confiscated for the Prussian state.
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Albert Einstein
Einstein
Reichsanzeiger
Prince George Hosts Dinner for Act Celebration in London
In London a dinner honored the passing of the Factory Act with Prince George acting as host. The Prince of Wales and Prince George attended, the latter serving as Home Office Inspector and hosting his brother. Also noting Italy may adopt a 40 hour week.
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Prince of Wales
Prince George
London
Home Office
A Tired Worn Out Woman Can't Make a Happy Home
A reader describes a mother overwhelmed by household duties and illness. The ad claims Milburt's H. & N. Pills restore energy, strengthen the nervous system, and return health and vigor to worn women.
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Milburt
German Glass That Neither Splinters Nor Breaks
Tests in Germany show a new glass with elasticity like flexible steel. Three adults used a long narrow sheet as a seesaw to test it. A 10 foot steel ball drop left no impression. Produced by a special heating process, it draws interest from railway and automobile officials.
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Germany
Kruschen Remedy Claims Health Breakthrough
A reader testimonial praises Kruschen for easing headaches constipation and rheumatism. The author asserts six mineral salts in the bottle explain Kruschen’s broad effectiveness and how it benefits stomach liver kidneys and digestion, helping the user feel young at 67.
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Kruschen
Belgium to Close Four Prisons After War Crime Drop
Belgian officials report crime fell after the armistice and plan to close four of thirty one prisons. They credit court leniency and the first offenders act, noting minors now go to reforms not listed as prisons.
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Belgium
Commission urged to probe St Lawrence water levels
J W Nicoll president of the Shipping Federation of Canada urged the Dominion government to form a commission this season to investigate the causes of low water in the St Lawrence ship channel and the port of Montreal and to propose remedial measures for low water conditions at a federation meeting.
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St. Lawrence Ship Channel
Montreal
Dominion
J. W. Nicoll
Shipping Federation of Canada
Bees Observed In Glass Hive At St Louis School
Pupils at St Louis watch honey bees at work inside a glass hive in the educational museum of the Board of Education. The bees exit the hive through a pipe leading outside the museum building.
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St. Louis
Educational Museum of the Board of Education
Conroe collector preserves 11000 songs in 100 pound scrapbook
L H Peevey of Conroe Texas collects old songs and ballads as a hobby. He has gathered more than 11 000 pieces in a scrapbook weighing about 100 pounds and his collection continues to grow. A record consignment of cattle serum weighing nearly 24 cwt was sent by air from Berlin to England to combat a foot and mouth disease outbreak in Cheshire.
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L. H. Peevey
Conroe
Texas
Berlin
England
Cheshire
Refusal of Salary by Dail Eireann Member Stirs Debate
Frank MacDermott, descendant of King Roderic O'Conner, declines the 150 dollar monthly salary for Dail Eireann service, offering to buy Irish sweep tickets and use winnings to aid Roscommon farmers if successful. A Toronto church sends 35 Chinese dollars to the Church of the Resurrection in Toronto for the poor, while a bizarre St Lawrence River creature puzzles zoologists.
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Irish
Dail Eireann
Toronto
Wal
St. Lawrence
Frank MacDermot
Roderic O'Conner
Flying Hamburger claims fastest German rail service
German rail authority asserts the Flying Hamburger motor train on the Berlin Hamburg route averages 78 miles per hour, surpassing Britain's 72 mph London Swindon and France's 66 mph Pars Saint Quentin. Tests with another motor train reached 84 mph.
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Germany
Berlin
Hamburg
London
Swindon
Pars-St. Quentin
German Federal Railroad Company
Magnesia Remedy Promises Quick Aid for Stomach Ailments
An advice note claims Bisurated Magnesia mixed in water after meals can cure gas in the stomach sour water brush pain after eating and acute indigestion within three minutes. The text asserts common Bisurated Magnesia from drugstores corrects acid stomach and stops indigestion immediately.
Currency Of Albania Is Very Cosmopolitan
The Albanian state, lacking a national currency, pays officials in gold francs and accepts various coins and notes from abroad. At an international church conference in Sofia a bishop paid hotel expenses in gold coin, illustrating Albania’s reliance on precious metal alongside Napoleons and Louis. With the gold standard ended in the U S era, Albanians returned to gold amid a regional shift from depreciating paper currencies and strict anti gold trafficking penalties.
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Albania
Balkans
Sofia
Vissarion
United States
Balkan Countries
Russia builds K-7 giant plane at Kharkov
The K-7 is a 128 passenger plus crew aircraft built at Kharkov in Soviet Russia. It features 16 compartments with four sleeping berths each, convertible berths to seats for day flights, a cabin with seats and sofas, and a central promenade in each wing.
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Kharkov
Soviet Russia
British Commonwealth Cooperation Studied After Meeting
A meeting addressed by J. H. Thomas examined closer cooperation among societies advancing Commonwealth interests. Fourteen organizations attended including the Royal Empire Society and the Overseas League. Within three years Old Country farms with electrical equipment doubled to over 5,000, with 700 electrified farms in Yorkshire.
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British Commonwealth
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
The
Royal Empire Society
Overseas League
British Empire League
League of Empire
Yorkshire
Dunblane marks 700th anniversary of Bishop Clement
Dunblane Scotland celebrated the 700th anniversary of the coming of Bishop Clement to the city. The commemoration highlighted the long church history and local heritage tied to the medieval church figure.
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Dunblane
Scotland
Clement
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