Economic fashion in press mirrors world markets and policy
The article argues newspapers chase readers by delivering economic news and analyses, noting rising global awareness in Canada. It cites H R Knickerbocker and Walter Lippman, discusses shifting public interest toward economics, and warns that theories require broad historical study and practical context.
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Daily Press
H. R. Knickerbocker
Hearst Organization
England
Hearst
Great Britain
America
United States
Walter Lippman
Canada
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Prairie West
Scotland
Wales
Britain
Adam Smith
Mosquitoes Prefer Yellow for Travelers Says Steamships
The Canadian National Steamships reports studies finding mosquitoes avoid yellow but are attracted to navy blue and dark red. They recommend yellow clothing and yellow tepees for tropical travel where mosquitoes abound.
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Canadian National Steamships
Noted Kansas Candidate Brags Over Madhouse Papers
The Kansas race features a candidate who claims an honorable discharge from a local madhouse and rallies with papers proving sanity. He asks his rival if they can refute the claim as he pens his victory toast.
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Kansas
New Yorker
Prosperity Village Cuts Taxes in Dutch Settlement
In Lieder dorp near Leiden prosperity village has reduced taxes six times in twelve months. School fees marriage fees and water and electricity charges have fallen. Only 75 of 2700 residents are on the dole and work by draining ditches. No outsider may enter free. a turpike toll is charged.
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Liederdorp
Leiden
Holland
Dole
Railway on liner drives massive shaft work aboard Cunard liner
Inside the new Cunard White Star liner No 534 a miniature railway is under construction with more than 2000 workers building night and day to launch on September 26. The line runs through a stern shaft tunnel to haul propeller shafts to their fitment point.
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Cunard-White Star
Richest Indian ruler to visit London with 200 entourage
The Nizam of Hyderabad, the wealthiest man, plans Europe's first visit with a 200 person entourage including 35 wives kept in purdah. A chartered liner will take him to London, where he will receive sovereign honors and a grand royal welcome as he pays homage to King George.
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London
England
the Nizam of Hyderabad
Europe
Nizam
India
Hyderabad
George
Liberty Bell Rings by Radio Signal from Byrd
Independence Hall in Philadelphia rang the Liberty Bell via a radio impulse from Admiral Byrd during the July 4 Independence Day broadcast to Antarctica. Mayor Moore authorized the ringing, and WCAU CBS engineers fed the impulse to the bell hammer. The signal carried across the United States Canada and Little America.
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America
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Admiral Byrd
Antarctic
Wabc-Columbia
J. Hampton Moore
Byrd
Expedition
WCAU
CBS
United States
Canada
Little America
New Farm Manager Appointed for Indian Head Zone
Colonization Finance Corporation of Canada announces W. C MecKillican as farm manager for the Indian Head zone succeeding O. S Longman who moves to Alberta as Field Crops Commissioner. McKillican brings decades of agrarian leadership including Brandon Experimental Farm superintendent and first dean of the Faculty of Agriculture. Louis L. Lang plans west inspection tour with directors as new expansion plans loom.
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T. O. F. Herzer
Colonization Finance Corporation of Canada, Limited
W. C MecKillican
Manitoba Agricultural College
Indian Head
Colonization Finance Corporation
O. S Longman
Alberta
Mcillican
Dominion
Brandon
Agricultural
McKillican
Glengarry County
Ontario
Louis L. Lang
Galt
Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada
Lang Tanning Company
Kitchener
Lang
Wager With Death: Two Colorado Inmates Volunteer for TB Serum Tests
Two life-term Colorado convicts Carl Erickson and Mike Schmidt believed they could outlast a serum trial aimed at preventing tuberculosis. They gained weight and report good health after taking multiple doses while live tubercle bacilli were injected into their blood. They volunteered under Governor Ed C. Johnson's pledge of pardon if they survived the experiments.
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Colorado
Carl Erickson
Mike Schmidt
Ed. C. Johnson
Correct English and the preservations of a language heritage
The Ottawa Journal notes that today’s correct English mirrors Addison Pitt Macauley Gladstone and other language masters. It acknowledges new words meet evolving needs yet asserts that our English remains their English, a magnificent asset and splendid tradition to maintain.
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Addison
Pitt
Macauley
Gladstone
Ottawa Journal
Russian Wheat Imports Rise to Feed Eastern Military Buildup
A Soviet source says Vladivostok will import over 3,000,000 bushels of wheat this year to feed a larger Russian military establishment in eastern Siberia amid Japan tensions. Imports have grown for six years despite no official Soviet data.
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Vladivostok
Siberia
Japan
Russia
Soviet Union
Budapest Police Mandates Mustaches for Mounted Officers
The chief of police orders all mounted policemen to wear moustaches. The rule aims to enhance military bearing and align with the national image of the dashing Magyar horseman in Budapest.
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Budapest
United launches Seattle to Vancouver direct air service
Direct air passenger express between Seattle and British Columbia becomes effective July 1 as United Air Lines opens operations into Vancouver. Extension of the Pacific coast airway will shorten travel between Canada and Mexico to about 12 hours.
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Seattle
British Columbia
United Air Lines
Vancouver
Agricultural notes on crops and trade from Canadian reports
The record covers Sudan grass in Eastern Ontario pastures, seed issues in British Columbia and Quebec, dairy temperature grading, Saskatchewan fertilizer sales, and Quebec seed prospects. It notes Ronald Ross’s malaria discovery, ten months of 1934 wheat exports totaling 138,828,849 bushels with Empire and foreign destinations, and Holland's barley imports trends and present high prices.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
Saskatoon-Macklin
Quebec
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Sir Ronald Ross
Canada
Irish Free State
New Zealand
Malta
United Kingdom
Holland
Belgium
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
China
Peru
Bolivia
Brazil
United States
Netherlands
B Holland
Fireproof Nest Built by Pigeon in Deaver Court Yard
A pigeon nesting in the federal building courtyard at Deaver Colorado showed influence from fireproof design by using a nest made entirely of wire paper clips amid twigs and shrubs. Janitor J. M. Lee found two eggs in the nest.
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Federal Building
Deaver
Colorado
J. M. Lee
Stitched Heart Works After Operation on Patient George Hampton
George Hampton, 41, remained improving after a Lancaster hospital operation in which surgeons lifted his heart from its place stitched to close a stab wound and replaced it. The medical team stayed in touch by telephone as his condition improved.
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George Hampton
Lancaster
X-ray device by Luther Simjian promises clearer images
Luther G. Simjian, former Yale Medical School photographer, perfected and patented a new X-ray observation device. The system shows anatomy and blood vessels in natural color, reduces hazards, and enables telegraphic image transmission between clinics at great distances.
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Luther G. Simjian
Yale Medical School
Mr. Simfian
Bareley
Mr. Simjian
American trader seeks Canadian life amid U S discontent
A prosperous American sells his business and visits Canada seeking a quieter life. He reports calm, stable days there with no kidnap scares and notes Canadians appear less anxious about politics. He cites Forbes Magazine on the European practice of Sunday morning closures.
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United States
Canada
Dominion
Forbes Magazine
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Dominion Seed Branch
Dairy Industries Act
Questo
Ane
Appleford
Rascuers
Hamilton
Denicotea
Tobacco Empire
Chaniler & Chaniler
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