Refugee admissions and Canadian policy in the 1930s
A proposal to admit a carefully selected share of 1.3 to 1.5 million refugees from Germany Austria and Czechoslovakia is examined. The Canadian National Committee on Refugees argues for humanitarian admission balanced with economic and political safeguards to avoid future burden or unrest.
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Germany
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Canadian National Committee On Refugees
Catrine Wilson
Canada
National Committee
Great Britain
Sudeten
Harmless If Left Alone Warns About Octopus Encounters
Windsor Star reports W. L. Clark says a deep sea octopus is not dangerous if left alone. It uses its tentacles to feed and will cling if cornered or if it touches bare skin while you withdraw. A frightened octopus can entangle until death via vacuum cups on its tentacles.
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W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
Bananas Arrive on Moscow Streets After War
Thousands of Muscovites who had never seen a banana gather to buy samples at 7 rubles per pound from a 150000 pound shipment from Colombia. Italian poultry vendors sell rooster combs separately.
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Moscow
Colombia
Ant Trails as Roads in Human Paths
Observations show ants using human footpaths as efficient travel routes. They follow formed lines along sidewalks and paving, integrating with pedestrian traffic while foraging for food.
Soilless growth blooms in London Ontario greenhouse
In a London Ontario greenhouse, roses carnations geraniums snapdragon larkspur and begonias thrive in beds of cinders and crushed quartz rock using nutrient solution methods of greenhouse crop production. Donald Geikile of Goodholme Greenhouses explains Horitulturists may someday grow flowers and vegetables entirely by balanced chemical solutions, a unique Dominion experiment with limited US parallels.
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London
Donald Geikile
Goodholme
Broughdale
Dominion
United States
World butter stocks and rationing reveal distribution issue
The Toronto Star reports Canada held 37 million pounds of butter across nine principal cities on December 1 while Germany allocated a quarter pound weekly per person. The world could have plenty of goods if civilization improved distribution of production.
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The
Toronto Star
Canada
Germany
Small world hints at exodus from Germany
In a compact remark the piece notes how the world is small and, despite that, many people wish to depart Germany. It adds that New Zealand leads the world in meat and butter consumption per person.
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Germany
New Zealand
Temptation To Criminals FCAI Rifles And Pistols Debate
The RCMP Commissioner urges registered pistol owners to consider surrendering weapons as they are linked to fatal home accidents and criminal theft. He notes registration helps trace arms to offenders far from their origin and questions the justification of keeping guns that tempt crime. Ottawa Journal echoes the call.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Wood
Ottawa Journal
Age of Manitoba rocks dated by radioactive decay
The Winnipeg Tribune reports geologists estimate Earth's age by uranium to lead decay in pitchblende, first found in Manitoba, at about 1.77 billion years. A thorium based test yields an age near 1.75 billion years for Manitoba rocks.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg Tribune
Finnish students tally scrap to aid air force effort
Finnish students divided into 22 districts and since last March collected nearly 5 000 tons of scrap metal over two tons of rags five tons of old bottles and 60 tons of waste paper. Proceeds will fund additional air force machinery. An etymology note defines meander from a Phrygian river. Holloway prison in England offers evening classes in country dancing gardening Spanish and cookery to inmates.
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Air Force
Holloway
England
Finland forestry laws shape the nations timber wealth
Ahti Mecklin and Dr. Eino Saari describe Finland’s forest policy on a Canada visit. The law limits yearly cut to natural growth and requires reforestation if regeneration fails, making timber a farm crop and ensuring long term stewardship.
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Finland
Ahti Mecklin
Finnish Forest Service
Eino Saart
University of Helsinki
Canada
Saari
Mrs Roosevelt Wins Broad Support in National Opinion Poll
The American Institute of Public Opinion reports strong approval for Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt as First Lady. About two of every three respondents favored her six years into her husband’s presidency, with women and lower to middle income voters more supportive.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
American Institute of Public Opinion
George Gallup
Dairy Cows From Canada For Britain Self-Sufficiency Plan
Canadian dairy cattle bound for England Ireland and Scotland as part of Britain's self sufficiency program in case of war. Several car loads of young high grade cows were bought by British buyers from the Middlesex and Woodstock dairy area within a month.
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England
Ireland
Scotland
Middlesex
Ontario
Government of
Great Britain
London
Woodstock
Pigeon Returns Home After Westward Flight
A homing pigeon released in Holland flew west rather than east and was found exhausted in Berwickshire England. It was cared for until it could fly again and reached home safely according to a message from the owner. The note was attached to the bird’s leg by the finder.
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Holland
Denmark
Berwickshire
England
Witty exchange and ancient wills on tattooed signer
A humorous dialogue questions home life after a wife’s departure. The speaker jokes about high efficiency and dressing from both ends. The second anecdote notes one of the oldest wills tattooed on the back of the testator who could not sign it because he was not a contortionist.
Meyercord touts plastic veneer aviation production method
George Meyercord of the Gaskelite Co Chicago says a secret process uses thin wood veneers molded under heat to create waterproof lightweight fuselages with no rivets. He claims a single plant could produce more fuselages than all current manufacturers and reach mass output in two weeks to a month.
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George Meyercord
Chicago
Meyercord
Gaskelite Company of
Seaway Plan Seen Boosting U S Canada Defense
Representative Francis Culkin says the St. Lawrence seaway and power project would greatly aid continental defense by creating a defensible land locked coastline and a secure base for air and sea forces. He addressed about 5 000 people at a local auditorium and joked about giving peanuts popcorn and gum to the crowd.
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Francis Culkin
Rep
New York
St. Lawrence Seaway
North American
Congressional Record
United States
Canada
Lakes Basin
Hogs Deployed in Snake-Infested Areas to Eradicate Reptiles
In snake infested zones farmers deploy hogs to root out snakes and reduce venomous reptile populations. The approach uses hog activity to disrupt snake habitats and lower bite risks for nearby communities.
Wandering Kiwi seeks ideal wife across worlds
Diogenes searches for an honest man finds only Gilbert Simon a 24 year old New Zealander who for seven years has hunted for a soulmate. Simon ran away from home at 17 to join a sailing ship and has circled the globe three times seeking a wife who will travel with him. He says he cannot stay in one place and that modern girls want to settle down.
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Diogenes
Gilbert Simon
Simon
Canadian Meteorologist Wins Buchan Prize
The Royal Meteorological Society awarded Dr. Edgar W. Hewson of Toronto the Buchan prize for the most meritorious contribution to the society's publication in the past five years. The award was presented at the society's annual meeting.
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The
Royal Meteorological Society
Edgar W. Hewson
Toronto
Buchan
Primitive huts inspire timber house design worldwide
A remark notes that traditional wigwam like huts in Central Africa and South America are ancestral to timber houses, while in India some rajahs are said to eat thin gold leaf on ice cream.
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Central Africa
South American
India
Underground Heat Brings Melt Point Challenge
A scientist notes that at a depth of 25 miles the Earth's temperature rises to 2200 degrees Fahrenheit, enough to melt metals and rock, illustrating extreme geothermal conditions and material limits.
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