Shall Broadcasting Become a Monopoly in Canada
A discussion of national broadcasting in Canada, the Radio Commission’s policies, and the push for public control versus private stations. The piece notes dissatisfaction after initial unity, critiques wavelength changes, and warns that new high power stations could end small local outlets. It calls for public input to the next Parliamentary committee and urges delaying large expenditures until investigations conclude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
House of Commons
Bennett
Radio Commission
Toronto
Montreal
United States
Canadian Commission
Commission
Quebec
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
W. A. Beynon
Moose Jaw
Radio Association
Prairie Crop Acreage and Dachsunds Captivate London
The Prairie provinces hold most of Canada’s field crop acreage with wheat as the dominant crop. A London beach show featured dachshunds only. A French roadman, Jean Baptiste Arnaux, claims he is legally dead and questions income tax liability citing his presumed death at birth and unsuccessful court appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Red River
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Jean Baptiste Arnaux
Maubeuge
France
British Scientists Plan Undersea Quest for Lemuria
An expedition led by Captain J M Mackenzie will sail from London in August for nine months at sea between Africa and India. In a 105 ton craft Alexandria fits steel bottles and lead lines to collect sea life and sea floor samples while seeking traces of the Lemuria continent and possible undersea ridges. Colonel Seymour Sewell directs the zoological survey of India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M Mackenzie
Douglas Mawson
Antarctic
London
Africa
India
Alexandria
Madagascar
Sumatra
Atlantic
Seymour Sewell
Zoological Survey of India
Weather Diary Reveals 18th Century Travel Woes
Diary of Mrs. Reicsel wife of General von Reicsel details a fickle climate disrupting her Montreal spring shopping trip in 1778 82. She describes traveling by horse drawn cariole along the St. Lawrence to Sorel with an overnight stop and a sudden weather shift forcing her to abandon ice travel for a boat voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reicsel
von Reicsel
Three Rivers
Quebec
Montreal
Salvage efforts target remaining gold aboard Egypt wreck
Italian salvage ship Antiglio sails for a final try to raise about 1.5 million dollars in gold from the sunken P and O liner Egypt, which lies 70 fathoms deep off Point de Raz. Four summers of work have yielded 2.5 million of the five million total cargo. the Egypt sank after a fog collision with the Seine, with 96 deaths among 44 passengers and 291 crew. After this, Antiglio may work for Egypt to recover treasure from Napoleon era ships sunk by Nelson at Aboukir Bay.
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Antiglio
Egypt
Point de Raz
London
Napoleon
Lord Nelson
Aboukir Bay
France Bans Child Prodigies From Stage And Film
France will not issue licenses for performers under thirteen and will stop all future licenses for child prodigies including film child stars. Reports from Health and Public Education cited long hours and insufficient study time as the reason for the ban, affecting many young performers. The note mentions British racing colors, Canada’s silver production in British Columbia, and new factories opening in Japan.
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France
Minstries of Health and Public Education
Not a Pain at 78 Kruschen Salts Revival Claim
A 75 year old woman credits Kruschen Salts for transforming her health. She claims no pain since taking the product for five years and says she feels as young as when she was 48, attributing her vitality to internal cleanliness and the Kruschen habit.
Britain to Represent at World Grain Conference in Regina
UK agricultural ministry says Britain will be represented by Sir Daniel Hall Sir John Hall and William Robb at the World Grain Conference opening July 24 in Regina Saskatchewan A Rothamsted exhibit shows eight nine successive crop wheat selections and Scotland plans cat samples that won awards Britain will also send wheat barley flax and grain from Northern Ireland and England delegates may visit Canadian connections a small parliamentary group may also attend.
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United Kingdom
Regina
Sask
Ministry of Agriculture
Daniel Hall
John Innes Horticultural Institute
John Hall
Rothamsted Experimental Station
Imperial Bureau of Soil Science
William Robb
Scottish Society For Research
Rothamsted Station
Harpenden
Hertfordshire
Britain
Scotland
England
Northern Ireland
Recipes For This Week Pudding With Ham Spread
A retro recipe card describes a weeknight pudding mix with orange pulp apples walnuts raisins and bread crumbs baked in a dish. It adds a ham based spread with mustard tobago sauce sugar chili and buttered bread slices as a topper.
Mollisons to attempt long distance air dash from New York
James A Mollison and wife Amy plan a summer flight from Roosevelt Field New York to Baghdad or beyond to beat the 5340 mile record set February 1 by Nicolett and Gayford. Their twin engine De Havilland Dragon monoplane will pack three huge fuel tanks and a tiny rear cabin, with no radio and a 6000 mile claimed range.
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James A
Amy Mollison
Roosevelt Field
New York
Nooestop
Bagdad
Nicoletts and Gayford
England
Mollisons
de Haviland
Record of Hudson's Bay Company Archives Highlighted
Douglas MacKay praises the fur trade journals of Hudson's Bay Company noting their archival wealth. He states London hosts the archives and that six tons of documents were gathered from posts for cataloging. The London archivist now leads organizing efforts to make the material readily accessible to historians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacKay
London
Robe inscribed with Koran returned to India for Aligarh
Lord Lothian wins return of a sacred Koran inscribed robe taken in 1857. Gifted to the Muslim University of Aligarh, the robe is displayed prominently and revered by the faithful. The piece history remains sparse while its return is celebrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Lothian
India
England
Aligarh
Man accused of threatening dog attitude in Clerkenwell court
A Clerkenwell case reports a man accused of adopting a threatening posture toward a dog and its owner. He claims the dog growled at him, while he says he growled at the dog, eliciting a magistrate's puzzled remark. The piece also notes Indo-China exports nearly matched 1931 figures last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerkenwell
Indo-China
Modern Swedish home for disabled opens near Stockholm
Sweden completes a new institution at Nynäshamn near Stockholm described as Europe’s most modern for the disabled poor. The State Pension Board installed rheumatism nerve disease asthma and other treatments with five physicians and a large staff. The facility features hundreds of rooms terraces sun galleries gymnasium an assembly hall and theatres. About 60 percent of treated patients have regained ability to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Nynashamn
Stockholm
Europe
State Pension Board
Rhubarb From Pharmacy To Popular Food
Rhubarb moved from medicinal use in early pharmacology to everyday food. It grows wild along the Volga and was used in 1820 tarts, then spread to Canada and the United States. Early settlers valued it when fruit was scarce. The office bachelor notes the contrast between an animated doll and a modern girl who does not holler "Mamma" when squeezed. Britain reports nearly 50 004 police on regular duty.
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Volga
Russia
Canada
United States
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Hudson
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Tokyo
Italy
Lfe
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Hamilton
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