Canadian Economic Theories Fading as Wheat Marketing Standoff Grows
A Canadian editorial argues that deep tax burdens and varied economic theories distract from a concrete crisis in agriculture. It stresses reopening world trade, re-writing tariffs, and solving marketing and exchange value issues for wheat to restore commerce. The piece questions government willingness to revise tariffs and address surplus stock.
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Canada
Minerva
Jupiter
United States
Mr. McFarland
Mr. Stevens
New Diesel Engine Claim From Saint John Inventor
Karl Angel, a young designer, began building a new diesel engine in September 1932 at Saint John New Brunswick. After patents in Canada and the United States were granted, the engine was tested in January and declared successful, with claims it is stronger simpler more efficient and at least ten times cheaper to produce than existing diesel engines.
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Saint John
N.B
United States
Karl Angel
Remarkable Memory Marin Karadinitroff Plans England Visit
Bulgarian memory expert Marin Karadinitroff, 38, prepares to travel to England to showcase feats after a committee witnessed his skill. He recalled a secretly read 100-word list perfectly, then reversed and recited every other word. He previously memorized 3,000 words before Professors Kas andfieff at the University of Solla and earned a diploma.
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Marin Karadinitroff
England
Marin
Kasandfieff
University of Solla
Tree Blooms Under Glass at New York Botanical Garden
A ninety foot sugar palm blooms under glass at the New York Botanical Garden. It is the first time this species has flowered in the United States, grown from Philippine seed sent in 1964. Blooming will take months to a year before the tree dies.
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New York Botanical Garden
United States
Philippines
Agricultural Colleges Surge in Soviet Union surpassing 100
The Soviet Union now hosts more than 100 agricultural colleges expanding higher education in farming. Institutions report rising enrollments and focus on modern farming techniques.
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The
Soviet Union
England's Baby Airplane Engines Take Flight
An English baby aer engine develops 100 horsepower and weighs 199 pounds. Fitted upside down for clear pilot vision, it includes self starters. The pilot only touches a button to start, like a car. The writer imagines widespread adoption of such air machines in the future.
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England
Perfect Engineering Survives 17 Month Drill to Meet in Mountain
Two tunnel crews on the Colorado River aqueduct achieved a direct meet in the center of a mountain after 17 months of drilling from opposite sides. The 3.8 mile long 17 foot diameter tunnel is the first major section completed as Southern California municipalities expand their water supply. Four shorter tunnels have been completed. Christian Science Monitor.
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California
Christian Science Monitor
Kruschen Salts Said To Cure Lumbago
A reader claims Kruschen Salts cured his four year lumbago attack after a hospital stay and heat treatment. The letter credits the remedy with purifying the bloodstream and boosting elimination to prevent future pain.
Twenty Years Late vindication for Moreau family named
A military court on January 19 granted damages to the surviving Moreau family members after twenty years of effort to clear their name. Louis Moreau and two sons were jailed in French Guiana for alleged spying, while his wife was imprisoned for signaling to Germans. Both Moreau and his wife died in jail. the sons were pardoned after the war as victims of hysteria. The court found the alleged light signals from the house unproven alibis.
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Louis Moreau
Moreau
French Guiana
Moreaus
Nickel reserves in Canada exceed world needs for generations
O B J Fraser superintendent of technical service at the International Nickel Company told the Rochester section of the American Chemical Society that Canada’s developed ore reserves contain enough nickel to meet global demand for more than a generation.
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Canada
O. B. J. Fraser
International Nickel Company
Rochester
American Chemical Society
Duval Street Links Gulf to Atlantic in Key West
Key West Florida features a single main thoroughfare named Duval Street, stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean and forming the town’s central axis.
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Key West
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Duval Street
First photograph of human thought recorded by Soviet device
The Moscow Institute of the Brain unveiled the world’s first black and white record of actual mental activity using a thought camera. Two needles into the skull captured brain currents, amplified a thousandfold, as a man solved 184 plus 273, producing a straight film line for 30 seconds.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Institute
New Ideas Forecast as Prosperity Returns
In Boston Dr. Vannevar Bush told the Society of Industrial Engineers the end of the low mood will unleash a flood of ideas. He argued timid business delayed good concepts but the era will purge inefficient firms and awaken demand, reshaping industry and reducing unemployment through new industrial directions.
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Boston
Vannevar Bush
Society of Industrial Engineers
Bush
How to Relieve Your Cold Almost at Once
A historic health ad promotes Aspirin as a fast cold remedy. It claims quick relief from ache and distress, noting aspirin disintegrates rapidly and can relieve sore throat in minutes with a gargle. The ad advises taking aspirin every 2 to 4 hours on the first day and to look for Bayer branding cross marks on Canadian-made tablets.
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Canada
Bayer
Bayer Company, Limited
Columbia University Announces Vitamin B Formula Discovery
Columbia University announces the discovery of the chemical formula for Vitamin B by Robert R. Williams. The vitamin, essential for nerve health, was previously sourced from foods and glands, with purification and large scale synthesis now anticipated. The formula identifies carbon nitrogen hydrogen oxygen and sulfur as the constituent atoms and explains how to connect them to form Vitamin B.
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Columbia University
Robert R. Williams
Columbia
Argentina Grain Outlook Down on Wheat and Flax
A report to the international agriculture institute says Argentina’s current crop of wheat and flax falls short of prior estimates in quality and quantity. Threshing in Buenos Aires shows wheat below average, while the corn crop and cattle are in good condition.
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Argentina
International Agriculture Institute
Buenos Aires
Rates On Feed Grain Appeal From Thomas Reid
Thomas Reid and the Westminister Liberal party appeal to the cabinet council against the railway board's ruling on feed grain and mill feed rates from the prairies to British Columbia. Current export rates Edmonton or Calgary to Vancouver stand at 20 cents per 100 pounds with BC consumption adding 50 percent for grain and 100 percent for mill feeds. Overseas Daily Mail reports P C Walter J Taylor, retiring Southampton officer after 26 years, is suspected to have fired the Boer War shot that killed a British corporal by mistake.
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Thomas Reid
Lib
Westminister
Cabinet Council
Board of Railway Commissioners
Prairies
British Columbia
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
The
Overseas Daily Mail
P. C. Walter J. Taylor
Southampton
Portugal Faces Overcrowded Prisons With 282 Arrivals
Portugal struggles to house 282 convicts arriving from colonies after the Colonial Act. Lisbon prisons are full, so authorities plan to place them in concentration camps. Many are described as of the worst criminal type.
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Portugal
Lisbon
Warlords of Szechwan Levy Friendship Tax on Civilians
In Szechwan China, warlords lacking funds propose a "friendship" tax to fill coffers. Civilians face a new levy to secure goodwill of the soldiery, with immunity from army enmity promised only if paid promptly and cheerfully. The note contrasts with New York’s status as the nation's largest city since 1790 census, when it counted 33,000.
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Szechwan
China
New York
United States
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