Prairie Provinces Move Toward Group Health Insurance
Public demand for statewide hospitalization and medical care grows across Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta. Saskatchewan State Hospital and Medical League collects cost data from 19 000 Wheat Pool members to build a foundation for a community health scheme.
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Prairie Provinces
Dominion
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan State Hospital and Medical League
League
Wheat Pool
War Trophy Kept by Veteran Who Carried Bullet 18 Years
James Varley a Christie Street hospital patient kept a German service bullet as a trophy after carrying it since the war. Doctors G M Dale and D E Robertson removed the bullet from Varley's lower spine at the hospital and Varley now plans to shine and keep it.
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James Varley
Christie Street Hospital
G. M. Dale
D. E. Robertson
Varley
Dale
Ocean ages debated by researchers with conflicting claims
Researchers clash over which ocean is oldest with some arguing the Atlantic is oldest except near the West Indian region, while others say the Pacific is still forming. The passage also notes early plum puddings were liquid mixtures served in soup tureens.
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Atlantic
Pacific
West Indian
Temperature Control Snowstorm In Planes Reported
A New York Times description says artificial snow is created inside aircraft cabins by spraying carbon dioxide on walls and ceiling to rapidly cool air from 105 to 70 degrees in two minutes. The CO2 evaporates into dry snow with no moisture residue.
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New York Times
Militia Reorganization Shrinks Units in Canada Reform
Canada completes the Mackenzie reform of the non permanent active militia. Cavalry regiments drop from 36 to 16 plus four armored cars, infantry battalions fall from 135 to 59 rifle, 26 machine gun, and six tank battalions, artillery gains 41 field batteries, six medium batteries and five anti aircraft batteries, with anti aircraft units expanding to six plus two sections.
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Mackenzie
Geneva
Canada
Royal Canadian Artillery
Method Changes Seen in Canadian Banking
Canadian Banker argues that depressions prompt banks to mechanize and expand as note-issuing privileges decline and provincial taxes press on branches. The shift favors larger offices and female-dominated clerical work, raising questions about operating costs and staff turnover as hiring slows.
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J. W. Walters
Extra Christmas Pay For General Foods Staff
General Foods Limited announces extra wage compensation for Canadian and U S employees. Those with service before January 1, 1936 receive two weeks extra pay. staff hired between January 1 and November 17, 1936 get one week extra. Distribution occurred December 17, 1936, covering 63 plants and offices. Products include Jell O Maxwell House Grape Nut Post Toasties Certo Baker’s Cocoa and more. Vacations with pay also extended this year.
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General Foods
R. K McIntosh
General Foods Limited
Toronto
General Food
Canada
United States
Jell-O
Maxwell House
Post
Certo
Baker’s
Bakers Chocolate
Sanka Coffee
Post's
Bakers
Postum
Mussolini Expands Work Week Amid Economic Shifts
The report notes Mussolini gained early praise from Italian workers for a 10 percent raise to 500 000 metal workers, then devalued the lira by 41 percent two months later. It states a 60 hour work week is now in place to accelerate war material production across 1 200 industries, with a critical stance on the Fascist regime's claimed gains.
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Mussolini
Selected Recipes Cake and Pineapple Frosting
Butter and sugar creamed until light then eggs added one by one. Mix flour baking powder and salt, fold in halves with milk and any remaining flour until batter is smooth. Bake at 350 degrees F in buttered pans. Cool and layer with pineapple lemon frosting using butter sugar and pineapple juice.
Letter Returned From Wreck Packet Washes Ashore
A letter posted in Guelph Ontario in September destined for Australia was returned to the sender after washing up on English shores. It came from the wreck of the British transport plane Boadicea which departed Croydon for Paris and disappeared. A British postal note said the letter was found in a packet from the wreck.
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England
Guelph
Ontario
Australia
T. Storey
Croydon
Paris
Jack Miner Naturalist Tours Canada Inspires Wildlife Fans
The article praises Jack Miner, revered as a major naturalist, who built a sanctuary for migrating birds with little money. His 207 page book "Jack Miner and the Birds" details his work, ethics, and philosophy, while inviting readers to order through Copp Clark Co. Ltd. of Toronto.
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Canada
Jack Miner
Jack
Jack Miner and
the Birds
Copp Clark Co., Ltd
Wellington Street
Toronto
Medical Service Extends Care to Canada North
Canada’s government provides medical care to Eskimo and inland peoples across the Far North. Eight doctors serve vast Arctic regions with patrols and transport modes like airplanes and dogsleds to prevent illness among native communities. Canada Week By Week.
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Canada
Arctic
Dominion
Education For Life Education reform aims to teach pupils for life
The Hon. Dr. Simpson Ontario's Minister of Education proposes a curriculum overhaul in primary schools to emphasize life readying over university prep. The change aims to reduce misfits and later failures in higher education. The article ends with a quip about punctuality.
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Simpson
Ontario
Buffalo Medical School studies energy use in weather
Four unnamed University of Buffalo Medical School students act as guinea pigs in a year long test to compare energy use in cold and warm weather. Dr. Fred R. Griffin Jr. and Miss Julia E. Lockwood explain the experiment measures oxygen consumption. Students live on identical daily calories while their breath is tested every morning.
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Medical School
University of Buffalo
Fred R. Griffin Jr
Julia E. Lockwood
Puzzle Hatches Two Goslings at Moose Jaw Wild Park
Puzzle naturalists report two goslings hatched in the Wild Animal park Moose Jaw from a blue goose and a Canada gander. Experts note geese normally mate within their kind and fear loss of one partner. The first London directory traces to Charles I who sought a citizen loan list. German instrument sales abroad reach record highs.
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Moose Jaw
London
Charles I
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