World Economic Conference Divides Gold Bloc and Sterling-Dollar Group
London discussions reveal a split between Gold Bloc and Sterling-Dollar camps. Britain leans toward Dominion and U S ties, signaling imperial economic unity, while inflation fears temper hopes for rapid, spectacular outcomes. Ottawa agreements gain support as Canada eyes a revival with rising commodity prices.
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London
England
Europe
France
Germany
Great Britain
Dominions
United States
Britain
London News
Gold Bloc
Ottawa
Canada
Small Aeronca Plane Proves Cost Efficient At Denver Airport
A two cylinder Aeronca plane, among the smallest built, operates over Denver Colo at over a mile high. Weighing under 1009 pounds loaded, it costs less than 2 dollars per hour to run, has a top speed of 95 mph and cruise of 85 mph. It burns about 2.5 gallons of gasoline per hour and seats two in a cabin monoplane.
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Aeronca
Denver
Colo
Dawn Chorus Of Eleven Thousand Roosters At Shenandoah
In Shenandoah Iowa farm district residents were awakened by a dawn chorus as about 11 000 roosters crowed in cars en route to market. The unexpected racket drew many startled neighbors from their beds and created a rare rural commotion.
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Shenandoah
Iowa
Prince Prefers Kilts For State Occasions At St James
The Prince of Wales deputising for his father at St James Palace favors wearing the kilt during state events. He finds the full dress Guards uniform uncomfortable and restrictive. A British inventor builds a searchlight truck that projects words and time from a clockface onto clouds. Saskatchewan reports 838 wards in free or wage foster homes, 84 in paid foster homes, and 29 in shelters at year end 1931-32.
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Prince of Wales
St. James’s Palace
Prince
Welsh Guards
Seaforth Highlanders
Saskatchewan
Martyr to science Doctor Pierced Himself for Pain Study
Dr. David Waterston told at the James Mackenzie Institute for Clinical Research in St. Andrews that he self experimented to map pain sensations. He pierced to the bone, tracing nerves in muscle and arteries, reporting a new theory that pain is carried by a distinct internal nerve system separate from touch nerves.
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James Mackenzie
St. Andrews
Scotland
David Waterston
Institute
Waterston
Island of Fright Explored by Marie La Franc in Brittany
A Montreal audience met Marie La Franc detailing a voyage to the Brittany isle off Brest. She described the perpendicularly inset ladder, shore women like stone silhouettes, and the rocky coast with lighthouses and sheep filled hills. The island’s origin as Island of Fright stems from mists and pirates, now famed for shipwrecks and daring Ashant rescues.
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Brittany
Montreal
Marie la Franc
Brest
Great Authority On Crime Sir Ernley Blackwell Retires
Sir Ernley Blackwell, renowned for his crime insight and Home Office work, retires as legal assistant under-secretary at age 65. Born 1853 at St Andrews, called to the bar in 1892, he became assistant under-secretary in 1913. In recent years London appointed 403 women magistrates.
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Sir Ernley Blackwell
Home Office
United Kingdom
Sir Ermley
Home Secretary
St. Andrews
Inner Temple
Bachelor Gives Up Quarters for Better Hails
A concise quip notes that many bachelors sacrifice small living spaces to obtain more favorable living conditions or social signals, implying priorities shift toward better accommodations when possible.
Saskatchewan Grain Elevators Run Day Night Amid Brighter Wheat Market
Minister Robert Weir on return to Ottawa reports Saskatchewan elevators busier than ever as farmers sell wheat at 60 cents a bushel or more. He notes widespread activity and a brighter outlook, while 50 municipalities suffer grasshopper damage requiring aid.
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Saskatchewan
Robert Weir
Ottawa
Weir
Melfort
Sask
Russian Lumber Plans High Volume Imports Stir British Market
The Morning Post reports Timber Distributors Limited, a group of British importers, will import 693 million board feet of Russian lumber in the coming navigation season. The firm says it will add 15 shillings to contract prices to cover embargo disruption, asserting British prices will still undercut Canadian timber interests.
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The
Morning Post
Timber Distributors, Limited
the Post
Cross Canada Flight Completes at Sea Island Vancouver
George M. Ross secretary of the Canadian Flying Clubs Association completed a coast to coast flight visiting Aero clubs en route. He flew the Moth from Calgary in eight hours to Vancouver, marking the craft's fourth Vancouver visit and fourteenth trans Canada flight with about 86 000 miles logged.
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George M. Ross
Canadian Flying Clubs’ Association
Sea Island
Vancouver
Canada
Calgary
J. H. MacBrien
Aviation League
United States
Montparnasse Station Opens Free Nursery for Babies
A Paris rail hub at Montparnasse introduces a free nursery for 40 to 50 infants, the first in France, planned to be copied by major stations. Services include baths, clothing changes, milk, and naps. The article also notes a discovery about bee communication through a dance-like motion.
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Montparnasse
Paris
Brittany
la Vendee
France
Cars Are Practically Immune To Lightning
The Bureau of Standards states automobiles are practically immune to lightning. Cars remain fairly safe when inside a conducting enclosure, though tires and body get wet. Drivers are better off remaining in the vehicle during a storm. few recorded cases of auto strikes despite many cars in storms.
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Bureau of Standards
Entomological Society of London to Host Three Day Centenary
Over 150 delegates from 22 counties will meet in London for the Entomological Society of London centenary celebrations. The text cites economic entomologists across the Empire and notes successes such as reclaiming 3 million acres in Queensland from prickly pear and saving Fiji's cocoa industry from a purple moth through parasitic insects. The global effort hinges on economic entomology to control migratory pests in Africa and Asia.
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London
Entomological Society of
England
Queensland
Figi Islands
Africa
Asia
Wonderful Trip For English Schoolboys
Twelve pupils from a Manchester grammar school travel to Morocco for a holiday and become the first Europeans to visit the forbidden city of Tehzewen. Permission stems from friendly ties with the Sultan. The trip doubles as a Lancashire cotton trade mission with cloth samples to win Moroccan buyers.
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Morocco
Manchester Grammar School
Tehzewen
Boom In Construction Across Canada
Twenty six Canadian cities anticipate engineering and building projects totaling 160 million dollars with final figures expected near 350 million. The national construction council, after surveying 54 centers, plans twelve local committees to coordinate survey and research across provinces.
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Canada
National Construction Council
Best Container For Cream Found By Gary Farmers
Gary farmers say the best vessel to hold cream is a well soldered plain bottom tin can with a cap about eight inches in diameter and roughly twenty inches long. It is easily cleaned and convenient to handle. Earthenware jugs may impart an undesirable flavor if cracks are chipped.
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Gary
Governor General Visits Digby Baby Clinic in Nova Scotia
During a Nova Scotia tour Lord and Lady Bessborough watched as doctors examined 25 infants at a Digby baby clinic. The event was part of a program for their Excellencies during the governor general’s first visit to the area.
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Canada
Lord
Lady Bessborough
Digby
Nova Scotia
Germans Embrace Nazi Salute While Formal Greeting Shifts
The article notes a growing adoption of the Hitler salute among German civilians as a polite form of greeting, slower to replace handshakes. It contrasts the German gesture with the more dramatic Mussolini salute and the Italian practice of a quick, raised hand, followed by a drop.
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Italy
Germany
Woman Wins Royal Society Fellowship to study wheat rust
Dr. Dorothy F. Forward, a University of Toronto arts graduate with MA and PhD, receives a Royal Society of Canada fellowship to be held at Newnham College and the Botany School in Cambridge. Her research focuses on the physiological resistance of wheat plants to rust, and she plans to go to England this summer after holding an Ontario Research Foundation fellowship during her postgraduate studies.
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Royal Society of Canada
Newnham College
Botany School
Cambridge
Dorothy F. Forward
University of Toronto
Department of Botany
Ontario Research Foundation
Forward
England
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