Survey Urges Canada Doctors Census For National Emergency
Dr Newman B Freedman of Montreal proposes a province based survey of medical manpower to form an emergency corps. Provinces report to a central Ottawa office funded by the Dominion Treasury. The plan includes detailed doctor data and aims to aid government selection of army doctors.
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Canada
Dominion
Fleld
Newman B Freedman
Montreal
Freedman
Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons
Ottawa
Canadian Medical Association
Medical Council of Canada
Dominion Treasury
Great Britain
Loves Horses Drawn by Call of Hooves
Stella Baker, 19, daughter of an English engineering professor, grooms and teaches at a North Toronto riding stable. Homesick for horses, she skipped a Bristol return ticket after a California vacation, calling stables until landing the job. Her father’s death influenced her choice to follow horse work over academia.
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Toronto
Stella Baker
Bristol
California
Academy
England
Stella
Force Of Habit Sparks Bargain At Gas Pump
A banker, out of work, works as a gasoline station attendant. A customer buying ten gallons explains his trip, and the ex-banker suggests he could manage with five. The exchange plays on the banker’s urge to cut back and his old efficiency mindset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sani
World Domination Fading for Reichsfohrer Says Kaiser
The exiled Kaiser Wilhelm at Doorn Netherlands says world empire is impossible and predicts Adolf Hitler will fail in any bid for global power. His remarks come through Rev. E. J. T. Bagnall who interviewed him in London. The octogenarian monarch notes past world-dominating attempts have always collapsed.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Hohenzollern
Germany
Netherlands
Europe
Wilhelm
Bismarck
Sarajevo
Hitler
Mr. Bagnall
New Rubber Process Embosses Textiles and Leather
A new method uses rubber and continuous vulcanizing design to emboss patterns economically on cloth leather or imitation leather.
Nutrition warnings and drought prophecy from Montreal and geology talk
The Canadian Medical Association closing session featured food expert Dreuth warning against rigid nutrition standards until more is known and praising preventive medicine. E P Cathcart endorsed meat alternatives with milk and cheese, while Halbert P Gillette predicted a 1966 drought from 1700 year rainfall cycles, linking cycles to historic prosperity and crises.
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Canadian Medical Association
Montreal
E. P. Cathcart
University of Glasgow
Scotland
Must Cut Corners in Swissvale Fire Truck Debacle
Swissvale residents celebrate a new 11997 fire truck but balk at its 265 inch wheelbase. Borough officials say more than twenty street corners must be trimmed to allow turning. At a confectioner wedding the couple was showered with sweets, sparking a bricklayer to break off his engagement.
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Swissvale
Pittsburgh
Bottle Drift Traced From Bermuda to France
A bottle tossed overboard Oct 8 1936 by Capt R A Clarke of the Canadian National liner Lady Drake was found on the French west coast after about 31 months and 3900 miles at sea. The discovery aids the U S hydrographic office study of Atlantic Ocean currents.
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R. A. Clarke
Lady Drake
Bermuda
France
United States Hydrographic Office
Boston
Sydney Wool Centre Tops World Market
The text notes Sydney Australia as the world’s largest wool selling centre. It emphasizes the city’s central role in wool trade and market activity.
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Sydney
Australia
Simple Cutwork Delights For Beginners Pattern 6300
Experienced and beginner needleworkers can enjoy floral cutwork motifs ideal for linens. Embroider with buttonhole stitch in matching or contrasting colors. Includes 16 transfer motifs from small to large and color schemes. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg for pattern 6300.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Fathers Of Confederation Laid The Groundwork For Dominion
The article cites business and public figures praising courtesy and manners as profitable traits. It recalls Confederation’s 72nd anniversary and traces Canada’s path from 1867, detailing provincial entries 1871 to 1905 and the vision of a united Dominion from sea to sea under the British connection.
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Fathers of Confederation
Canada
George VI
Ottawa
Ontario
Quebec
Upper
Lower Canada
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Dominion of Canada
George
Queen Elizabeth
Charlottetown
P.E.L
Island
Dominion
John A. Macdonald
Manitoba
Central
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
Prince Edward Island
Alberta
Sskatchewan
North West Territories
Newfoundland
Yukon
George Brown
George Etienne Cartier
Emperor Hirohito Adopts Frugal Court Life in Wartime Japan
Reports in Asahi describe Emperor Hirohito abandoning silk and gold for cotton and plain glasses. He rises at seven, prays at his ancestors mausoleum, studies papers, dons a military uniform for a morning walk, and spends hours on state affairs while using a modest car fuel substitute.
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Hirohito
Japan
China
Asahi
Bank of Japan
Astute Passenger Wins Big on Mauretania First Voyage
Albert G. Tompkins of Maplewood New Jersey and Swift Calculators Inc won seven ship pools totaling 2305 dollars on the Mauretania’s New York crossing. He took 500 680 and 775 dollar pools and added 150 from hot pools and 200 on Ambrose Lightship time. Tasmanian kangaroos under an open season warn of highway danger to motorists.
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New York
Albert G. Tompkins
Maplewood
N.J
Swift Calculators, Inc
Broadway
Tompkins
Ambrose
Expensive Laundry Queen Serves Embassies in DC
Mrs Margaret Diehl earns the nickname the most expensive laundress in the world in Washington DC. Her laundry handles priceless linens for foreign embassies with prices up to 250 dollars per bundle. The Swedish embassy was charged 50 dollars to wash a gold embroidered banquet cloth. She also cleans garments for wealthy Washingtonians shipped from Chicago New York and Palm Beach while writing novels in spare time.
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Margaret Diehl
Washington, D.C
Europe
Dich
Chicago
New York
Palm Beach
American Magazine
Noted Florida Driver Claims Red Light For Colored People
A Florida city officer ticketed a Black motorist who said he observed whites proceeding on green and concluded the red signal applied to colored people. The man cited he acted on that belief when stopped at the intersection.
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Florida
Hotel cash policy amid emotional baggage remark
A quoted traveler recalls paying cash before hotel room access due to an emotional baggage claim. Separately, recent tests indicate the sea contains less radium than earlier researchers believed, reshaping historical radiation measurements.
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Hollywood
Morley
Foothills
Stoney Indian Reserve
Jacob Two-Young-Men
Stoneys
Frank Buchman
George Marjoribanks
Edinburgh
Prairie
Bracken
Patterson
Saskatchewan
Aberhart
Hollywood World Assembly
Edmonton
Clydeside
Far East
Empire
Kaiser
Ric Et Rac
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Halbert P. Gillette
Greece
Rome
Ghengis Khan
St. Catharines
Charles B. Hath- Way
Rotarian
Ners
Detroit
Hathaway
John Wanamaker
Marshall Field
Field
Paderewski
Mr. Hathaway
Washington
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