Defence Plans Of Canada Include Fortification Of Pacific And Atlantic Coasts
Defence Minister Ian Mackenzie outlined revised Canadian plans to fortify the Pacific and Atlantic coasts at a Toronto banquet. He stressed air power, coast defences, and mobilization efforts including new fortifications at Esquimalt Vancouver and Yorke Island and expanded weapon production in Canada.
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Canada
Pacific
Atlantic
Ian Mackenzie
Canadian Military Institute
Toronto
Esquimalt
Vancouver
Yorke Island
Mackenzie
Defining Happiness Across Mind Body And Service
Ramsay MacDonald muses on happiness as elusive and argues that true joy may lie beyond goods fortune or comfort. He notes happiness can be found in daily work and, most of all, in unselfish service. The piece concludes that Christmas embodies the year’s happiest season.
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Asia
Europe
Great Britain
Ramsay MacDonald
Britain
Toronto Star Weekly
Apples top fruit in Great Britain says Imperial Committee
The Imperial Economic Committee reports apples as the most popular fruit in Great Britain. In 1936 consumption reached 29 pounds per person, up six pounds from 1935. Oranges were previously preferred, but demand declined due to the war in Spain, while bananas had a record year with over 20 million imported bunches.
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Great Britain
Imperial Economic Committee
Spain
Accident in Wilson involving White family vehicles
In Wilson North Carolina a two vehicle collision occurred in front of Mrs. J. E. White's home. The truck owned by J. Oliver White and driven by Carson White collided with a car owned by John White and driven by his son William White. Officer Robert A. White investigated. The scene note mentions a milk loaded painted white truck and a piano history aside. An unrelated historical note mentions Switzerland’s no man’s land refuge for travelers without a country.
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J. Oliver White
Carson White
John White
William White
J. E. White
Wilson
Robert A. White
Switzerland
Lorimer's Post halted popular series at peak
The policy of editor George Horace Lorimer during his tenure at the Saturday Evening Post was to stop printing a series when it reached peak popularity. This brief note recalls the practice as part of his editorial philosophy.
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George Horace Lorimer
Saturday Evening Post
Outlook on health and a sales tale of trust
The piece advises maintaining a positive view to improve health and warns against dwelling on illness. It recounts Archie Fisher and J. C. K. noting a machinery salesman who won a buyer by promising capability, with the buyer insisting on purchase once assured of results, despite the price of 14 000 dollars.
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Archie Fisher
Toronto
United States
Taming Lions Demonstrations By Belfast Doctor
Dr R H Hunter of Queen's University Belfast demonstrates his theory that lions can be tamed by kindness in a cage with two forest bred lionesses. Dressed in evening clothes with a yellow carnation he uses a brush and forked stick to coax the animals through simple tricks, arguing whips anger the lions. The passage notes a rice flower opening in 30 seconds and lasting two to three hours.
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R. H. Hunter
Queen's University
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Princess Elizabeth predicts Sunday horse holidays in humorous pledge
An 11-year-old Princess Elizabeth jokes about a law banning horse riding on Sundays while studying royal lineage. London finds the tale charming as she is likely to one day wear the crown. Also mentions a motorist pleading short sight after driving up hotel steps and a new peach nectarine cross awaiting a name in Australia.
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Elizabeth
Empire
London
Savoy Hotel
Doilies in Three Sizes Pattern 5998 for Home Use
Complete instructions for oval and round crochet doilies in pattern 5998. Includes dimensions 15 by 28 inches and rounds 12 4 % inches and 5% inches, illustrations, stitch examples, and material needs. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Physical limits on large scale irrigation in Western Canada
In the 1936-37 Dominion Agriculture report the Field Husbandry Division notes that Western Canada faces severe physical and economic limits for large scale irrigation. surveys show water scarcity, high costs, and regional differences across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Vallance argues only land water and money govern viability with little dam based water control in Alberta and costly pumping in Saskatchewan.
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Canada
Dominion Minister of Agriculture
Dominion Experimental Farms and Stations
John Vallance
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act
Saskatoon
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Mr. Vallance
Vallance
P.F.R.A
West
Birds Draw Tourists to Perce Rock and Bonaventure Island
Canada sees rising tourist flow to its bird sanctuaries with Perce Rock and Bonaventure Island drawing thousands. In 1936 about 20 000 visitors viewed the birds and 5 000 to 6 000 took motorboat trips around Bonaventure to see nesting ledges. Early 1937 reports indicate continued growth of visitors to Perce and nearby areas.
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Canada
Dominion
British Columbia
Prairies
Perce Rock
Bonaventure Island
Perce
Quebec
Making It Right on the Sabbath
Donald hammers at the bottom of his barrow on a Sabbath morning while his wife frets about the neighbors. He insists on mending his barra, then she scolds him for working and suggests using screws.
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Donald
It Would Be A Waste To Insure The Clock
An insurance agent sought to insure all office furniture against burglary. The boss refused noting the clock is the best piece of furniture and impossible to steal since staff never take their eyes off it.
Grandfathers' Club Meeting in Holloway England
Two hundred forty grandfathers, aged 60 to 93, gathered in Holloway to sing, play cards, chess, and dominoes for three hours. Rev. A. J. Klaiber presented birthday greetings to six. seven new members joined, aged collectively 583 years, and 30 members who died in the last year were honored. The club, formed three years ago, aims to give elder men social life.
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Holloway
England
A. J. Klaiber
Grandfathers’ Club
Dieting Exhibit Reveals Old Culinary Health Text
Berlin exhibition showcased a 1652 Cologne cookbook titled Dietetics A New Handbook and Guide to Good Health Through Proper Diet and Correct Use of Viands and Beverages. It underscored that dieting ideas are not new and traced advice on food and drink.
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Berlin
Cologne
Theatres Worldwide Embrace Sound Pictures
More than 3,500 theatres worldwide are now equipped for sound pictures marking a major shift in cinema. Industry officials say the rollout accelerates as film studios expand sound technology and audiences respond to improved audiovisual experiences.
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Defence Department
War Office
Dominions
Welland
Ontario
Princess Elizabeth
Hawkesbury Agricultural College
Australia
Alice Brooks
the Grandfathers’ Club
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