Make Your Own Job
Amid discouraging world conditions the article urges youths to start small ventures in kitchens, attics, and storefronts. It cites Ford Firestone Heinz Coca Cola Hires Root Beer Wanamaker Gimbel Eaton Woolworth Crane and others as examples of humble beginnings leading to large enterprises. It urges optimism that future years will bring growth and opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Firestone
H. J. Heinz
Coca- Cola
Borden
Borden’s Milk
Welch
Maxwell House
Detroit
Heinz 57
Atlanta
New Jersey
Charles E. Hires
Hires
John Wanamaker
United States
Adam Gimbel
Timothy Eaton
Woolworth
Great Crane Company
David
Goliath
Forbes
Deaf and mute athletes hold touching service at St Pauls
At St Pauls cathedral in London 700 deaf and dumb athletes from 14 nations gathered for a Sunday service during the fourth international games for the deaf and mute. The service used international sign language with chaplains delivering voiceless prayers while athletes and mission aries acted out the rites. the congregation then joined in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Birthday Gift for Lord Londonderry Sparks Airport Plan
Lord Londonderry, secretary of air, turns 57 as his wife gifts a hangar for two planes on his Mount Stewart estate in Newtownards Northern Ireland near a 50 acre landing field. British laundries report about 10 million dollars yearly from handkerchief sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Londonderry
Air
Mount Stewart
Newtowards
Northern Ireland
English eggs make history with global voyage
A few dozen English eggs arrive in Sydney after air and rail travel from London and Brisbane. The rest reach Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, after more than 6000 miles by air and Graf Zeppelin. Lord Greenway awaits letters reporting arrival condition as the hatchery project promises to ease distant poultry stock shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
London
Brisbane
Rio Grande Do Sul
Brazil
Lord Greenway
England
Deep-sea Chiasmodon Niger Swallows Larger Prey
The deep-sea fish Chiasmodon Niger, famed for its voracity, sometimes ingests prey larger than its own size. This surprising feeding habit highlights the species ability to swallow sizable fish whole.
October sees highest contract rate for common calds, study finds
Records from the public health service show October records the most contracted common calds, exceeding every other month in the period studied. The report highlights October as a peak month for this condition based on official data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Public Health Service
Going Concern: Reading the Future Direction for Investors
A brief caution urges investors to assess a business's trajectory before funding. It emphasizes examining cash flow, debt levels and strategic plans to gauge future viability.
What counts as luxury goods in Canada in 1933
The Comimon Bureau of Statistics classified items above basic necessity as luxuries. In 1933 factory value reached 263.6 million dollars (12.6% of manufacturing), with consumer-level estimates around 268.3 million. Notable items include candy, ice cream, pies and pastries, beverages, silk hosiery, and tobacco showing large shifts in goods labeled luxuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comimon Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Bureau
Bulletin
Mittenwald Marks 250th Violin Industry Anniversary
The Bavarian village Mittenwald celebrates 250 years of violin making begun by Mathias Klotz in the 17th century. A summer play The Song of the Stars recounts Klotz’s wanderings in Italy and the craft’s rise, with a winter staging planned near the Olympics.
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Mittenwald
Germany
Bavaria
Mathias Klotz
Klotz
Italy
Math
Ontario correspondence courses aid 1800 pupils yearly
Nine years into the program the Ontario department of education offers free correspondence courses for those out of reach of school or physically unable to attend. Last year 1,800 enrolled, including 50 unable to attend. Average annual cost per pupil runs from 12 to 15 dollars.
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Ontario Department of Education
Dominion Residents Pay Less for Automobiles Than Tobacco
The Dominion people paid manufacturers under half the tobacco price in 1932 and 1933. Factory values show 74,991,347 and 71,274,213, with passenger cars bicycles and boats totaling 28,254,984 in 1932 and 24,518,970 in 1933 according to the Toronto Daily Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Toronto Daily Star
Smart blue and white dimity dress with apron pattern
Ellen Worth promotes a home dress and white dimity apron ensemble in sizes 16 through 46 bust. Pattern No 910 costs 15c with material needs specified, mail orders accepted to Pattern Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union. A Summer Fashion Book offers more vacation clothing for 15c.
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Pattern
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Nazi Justice Minister Demands Severe Prisons Policy
Berlin officials report Franz Guertner, minister of justice, urged strict penalties at the opening of the 11th quinquennial penal penitentiary congress. He told 400 delegates from 50 nations that criminal law should represent national atonement and defend society with severe prisoner treatment. He announced Nazi Germany rejects Nulla Poena Sine Lege and adopts Nulla Crimen Sine Poena, punishing even without a law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz Guertner
Berlin
Reich
Boys' homemade gear dives into Kennebec depths in Richmond
Three Maine youths Paul R. Dyer Stanley Griffin and Robert Cate built diving apparatus from a five gallon gasoline can two automobile tire pumps a corrugated can and cement to explore the river bottom. After successful initial trials they plan deeper underwater excursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Kennebec River
Richmond
Paul R. Dyer
Stanley Griffin
Robert Cate
Granny’s Warning Sparks a Word Promise
An old lady urges her granddaughter to vow never to use the words swell and lousy. The granddaughter agrees and asks what the words are, prompting Granny to reveal the request and the girl’s curious reply.
Leprosy's Spread to the United States Across Continents
The article notes leprosy arriving in the United States from Europe and Africa. It also references the ancient olive as mankind's oldest known fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Africa
Marking ballots safeguards in Dominion general election
Voters are urged to mark ballots with a black pencil and to avoid extra marks or signatures. In 1930 many ballots were spoiled for reasons including wrong name, nonstandard marks, or using ink. new precautions and regulations aim to deter bribery and ensure valid counting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Gift Acceptable Jubilee Present to King George Declared
Loyalists in the Irish Free State present a beautiful antique silver potato ring as a Jubilee gift to King George. The ring measures up to a foot in diameter and recalls the old practice of keeping jacketed potatoes from rolling on the table. A sixteenth century ring of good design has sold at auction for over $5,000. The King is noted for his devotion to old silver.
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Irish Free State
George
Scrambled Eggs Spill Closes Highway in Pa.
Marion Snyder of Harlan Indiana drives a truck carrying 109,800 eggs on Pocono Mountain near Mt. Carmel Pennsylvania. To avoid a train, he swerves and scatters the load across the highway. Most eggs break as traffic carries on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Snyder
Harlan
Ind
Pocono Mountain
Mt. Carmel
Snyder
Pigeons Trained for Racing and Flight Circles
The text notes racing pigeons are trained from two months old and peak between ages two and four. It also states rainbows are complete circles, not semicircles, and that at sufficient altitude one could see the whole circle.
Coal combustion efficiency estimated by air to coal ratio
It is estimated that about 12 pounds of air are needed to burn one pound of coal.
Wiley Post the daring aviator of early flight
The article highlights Wiley Post with Will Rogers and Harold Gatty, noting their world flight in 1931 in eight days. It covers Post solo circumnavigations in 1933 and 1935, his shift to practical aviation, high altitude runs over Bartlesville Oklahoma in a self designed suit, multiple failed stratosphere attempts from Burbank to New York, and that all feats used the Winnie Mae.
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Wiley Post
Will Rogers
Alaska
Harold Gatty
Post
Bartlesville
Okla
Burbank
Cal
New York
Winnie Mae
Handkerchief from sunk scalloper returns after 33 fathoms
Nelson Lash, once aboard the Virginia when she was rammed and sunk off Georges Banks, reappears in the Louis A. Thebaud crew. A pocket handkerchief with Lash's initials was recovered from the dredged scallop drag, preserved almost perfectly after three years at sea in 33 fathoms.
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Nelson Lash
Scalloper
Virginia
Georges Banks
Lash
Louis A. Thebaud
Ground The Limit Jokes From Will Rogers Flight
Ten years ago Will Rogers flew from Los Angeles to Kansas City when a plane hit a air-pocket and dropped 200 feet. He quipped the ground is the limit. Mammoth Cave Kentucky adds twelve floodlights and sixteen projectors to light its interior.
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Will Rogers
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Rogers
Mammoth Cave
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