Constitutional Reform in Canada The Nation’s Constitutional Debate
The article argues for rapid constitutional revision in Canada to address Privy Council rulings on social and marketing laws. It recommends a nonpartisan, representative Dominion provincial conference to set principles and methods for amending the British North America Act or redefining Canada’s constitution, aiming to avoid future legal barriers and align with national needs.
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Western
Canada
Privy Council
Court of Last Resort
Empire
Dominion
London Times
the Times
Parliament
Automobiles Outnumbered by Drivers in the United States
A colloquial estimate notes there are twice as many automobile drivers as automobiles in the United States. The statement implies a large driving population relative to vehicle counts across the country.
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The
United States
How To Overcome Piles And Rectal Soreness
An advice note promotes Hemroid as an internal remedy to relieve itching and soreness from piles. It urges seeking prompt treatment from a druggist to avoid operation and claims Hemroid is physician recommended and affordable.
Tea lover consumes over 300000 cups in 30 years
Nepal Chandra Bhattacharji of Calcutta has drunk more than 300,000 cups of tea in the last three decades, averaging about 30 cups daily. The piece notes England’s longest railway platform at Victoria and Exchange station in Manchester, 2,194 feet long, with a remark on human progress versus machinery.
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Nepal
Chandra Bhattacharji
Calcutta
India
England
Manchester
Victoria and Exchange Station
Prairie Provinces census shows growth and migration
The 1936 quinquennial census of Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta reports population totals for June 1 1936 with Manitoba 711000 Saskatchewan 931000 and Alberta 772000. It notes regional population gains and a northward shift due to farm openings mining growth and port Churchill activity.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Hudson Bay Railway
Northern Ocean
Port Churchill
Buccleuch Ducal Family Returns to Branxholm Castle
The Buccleuch ducal family resumes residence at Branxholm Castle near Hawick after 186 years. Dowager Duchess, mother of the Duchess of Gloucester, moves in with two unmarried sons. Branxholm, famed in lore and art, hosts a historically rich estate once attacked by Northumberland and Surrey.
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Buccleuch
Branxholm Castle
Hawick
Duchess of Gloucester
Branxholm
William of Deloraine
Earl of Northumberland
Earl of Surrey
Heads Enlarge T Investigator Finds Cranium Increases In Size After Adult Age
Smithsonian tests on three generations of US ancestry show the head grows in length and breadth through the middle decades of life for both men and women. Dr. Ales Hrdlicka notes the why and how remains for future study.
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Smithsonian Institution
United States
Ales Hrdlicka
Codex Sinaiticus Bound For Centuries At British Museum
The Codex Sinaiticus is bound to endure a thousand years more at the British Museum in two volumes of white goatskin leather with oak boards. Restorers led by Mr Cock erell repaired torn vellum, softened and flattened leaves, and reassembled detached bundles and single leaves for long-term preservation.
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British Museum
Cockerell
How Many Pennies Your Childs Life
A health warning urges mothers to consult doctors before giving home remedies to children. It promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as safe for kids and stresses buying genuine Phillips product, now available in tablet form at 25 cents for a large box.
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Phillips
Dr. Pierce
Coronation Programme A Price free Aid To Broadcast Listeners
England faces costly updates to the Official Coronation Souvenir Programme a 32 page brochure with full colour cover. It features royal photos an ode by John Masefield and a map of the procession route selling for 50 cents with April 25 delivery. Proceeds benefit underprivileged youth in Britain.
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England
St. James’s Palace
London
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Mary
Princess Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
John Masefield
John Drinkwater
Westminster Abbey
Sir Gerald Wollaston
Garter
Empire
King George's Jubilee Trust
Great Britain
It is estimated that the average talker speaks about 90 words a minute
A typical speaking rate is estimated at about 90 words per minute, reflecting a brisk pace in normal conversation and presentations.
Mary Somerville OBE Led Early Broadcasts for Schools
A Glasgow Herald profile recalls Miss Mary Somerville OBE, director of broadcasts, who rose from a remote Scottish hamlet to help John Reith pioneer broadcast education. Her early work built staff, ships of programs, and school contacts from Savoy Hill to Oxford.
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John Reith
B.eb.c
London
Mary Somerville O
British Broadcasting Company
Reith
Mary Somerville
Oxford
Savoy Hill
Cherry Roll Dessert from Mildred Mae MacKenzie
A recipe for cherry roll dessert with steps to make a jelly roll style cake. It covers mixing flour with baking powder and salt, cutting in shortening, forming a dough, adding milk, rolling, filling with cherries, sealing, then baking with syrup and butter until brown.
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Brown
Mildred Mae MacKenzie
Prune Mold With Corn Syrup And Lemon
A recipe method describes heating prunes with Crown Brand corn syrup, mixing Benson's cornstarch and cinnamon with cold prune juice to a paste, stirring into hot prunes, cooking until thickened, then adding lemon juice. The mixture is poured into chilled moistened moulds and served with whipped cream.
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Crown
Benson's
Benson
Taking Best Cure Flying Career Strain for Mrs Mollison
In a Geneva hillside clinic 33 year old Mrs Amy Mollison seeks renewed health after strain from her flying career. She enjoys snow sports but may be unable to join soon. She expects a month for her cure and to regain strength.
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Geneva
Amy Mollison
The Right Pronunciation Sparks Cairo and New Madrid Dispute
Radio announcers in Cairo Illinois urge locals to pronounce Cairo as Kay ro while New Madrid Missouri is said to be New Maddrid with a falling accent. North Carolina used about 3500 bales of cotton in 1936 highway tests. A New York advertiser offers to train after-dinner speakers, arguing for discipline over training.
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Cairo
Illinois
Egypt
New Madrid
Missouri
New
North Carolina
New York
Carter’s Little Liver Pills Ad Claims Bile Flow Remedy
An old ad urges readers to wake up the liver with Carter’s Little Liver Pills to restore bile flow and improve digestion. It promises bile production without calomel or mercury and urges asking for the product by name.
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Iver
Eid Carter
Harmness
Carter
Pris
Elise
Soviet stores flood war economy as 10 million army planned
Soviet authorities accelerate reserve building with grain, butter, meat and staple stocks funneled into stores and underground caverns. Amid fears of a German Soviet Japan pact, Moscow aims to stockpile for an army of 10 million, moving supplies to frontiers and Far East to sustain an independent force of about 500,000 men.
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Russia
Kremlin
Ukraine
Far Eastern
Red Army
Far East
Seaweed as future edible in Australian research drive
Australian government outlines seaweed as a potential food source with plans to reserve 5,000 specimens from A. H. Lucas estate for Canberra research. Japan uses seaweed in soups and desserts while Australia sees it as a bathers hazard. Lake Mead, Boulder Dam project, doubles in size to 19 miles. note on gender in spiders.
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Japan
Australia
A. H. 8. Lucas
Sydney
Canberra
Australian Press Bureau
Lake Mead
Boulder Dam
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