Amendments to the Criminal Code Expand Reckless Driving Rules
Ernest Lapointe introduced a bill in the House of Commons committee to amend the Criminal Code. The changes include a higher penalty for failing to stop after a collision and new rules making stoppage avoidance prima facie evidence of intent, plus a three year nationwide driving ban for convicted reckless drivers. Provincial laws remain limited to the province of offense.
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Mvere
House of Com
Ition Ernest Lapointe
Canada
Women Aid ARP Drive Seeks 1,000,000 Recruits
Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare urged broad participation in civilian defence urging women join ARP in a national drive. He cited 400,000 current defenders and pledged family gas mask training gasproofing and fire control. Injured volunteers would be compensated to protect families from loss of earnings.
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Samuel Hoare
Home Secretary
Sir Samuel
United Kingdom
Seed Grain Exports From Airdrie Reach 60 000 Bushels
Wheat and oats shipped from Airdrie Alberta for seed grain during a three month period total over 60 000 bushels. The income to producers is about 40 000 dollars and has been distributed to farmers in the district. Elevator firms moved over 50 000 bushels in bulk carloads to southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan under Dominion seed branch instructions. Most grain came from registered or certified seed and was under government supervision.
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Airdrie
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Dominion Seed Branch
Oban Fisherman Found Living In Trunk Boat
James MacDonald aged 70, a retired fisherman, lived two years in a rowboat in Oban Bay Scotland. He kept $6,000 life savings hidden in the boat and refused to quit the water until rescuers found him and he was hospitalized. Sympathizers previously fed him believing him poor.
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James MacDonald
Oban Bay
Oban
Scotland
MacDonald
Historic Piccadilly mansion for rent near royal era
The four storey silicone mansion at 145 Piccadilly, once home to King George and Queen Elizabeth, is offered for lease after losing its grace and favor status. Available until 1975 for about £200 monthly, the 20 to 30 staff residence features 20 bedrooms, nine reception rooms, 12 kitchens, a nursery, seven bathrooms, and grand entry halls.
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London
Piccadilly
George
Queen Elizabeth
Commissioners of Crown Lands
Economic snapshot of medieval English farming and wages
The article compares 12th to 17th century prices in England, noting stocking a farm around £10 in today’s terms, rents about a penny per acre, arable land sixpence, draught horses in the shilling range, and a mayor’s mansion rent of 19s 8d. It also covers cheese prices, inn charges, harvest wages, and Thomas Guyon’s £100,000 fortune from wool trades.
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England
London
Thomas Guyon
Health Drive to Promote Welfare Across Canada
The National Health Department announced a nationwide drive to sell good health to Canadians, aiming from cradle to rocking chair and seeking cooperation from provincial and private health authorities, the medical profession, and the public. Mrs. J. D. Detwiler noted more than $250,000 had been spent by the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire on education for children of veterans, distributing bursaries and 18 postgraduate scholarships since 1920, with 1,000 sets of war memorial pictures sent to schools to teach war’s horrors.
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Lo.d.e
Nation of Children of Veterans
Department of National Health
Ue. Poyer
Pensions and National Health
National Department
National Health Review
J. D. Detwiler
London
Ont
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire
War Memorial Fund
Patient And Polite Switchboard Operator Advice
A lighthearted anecdote praises a tele phone operator in India for patience and politeness. After years in a telephone exchange she grasps men's moods and avoids illusions about them, joking that she never wears a watch with a dress suit because she never has both at once.
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India
Italian decree bans bachelors from local government
A government decree in Italy forbids bachelors and widowers without children from holding municipal or provincial offices such as mayor or councillor. Those already in such posts must resign. The British Museum displays the largest pair of modern elephant tusks, each 12 feet long, combined weight over 400 pounds.
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British Museum
Woman Fined for Slapping Man on Street Car in Amsterdam
A Amsterdam court ruling declares a woman has no right to hit a man for his behavior, fining a young woman ten shillings after she struck a stranger on a street car. The incident notes a broader tone about changing attitudes toward women and public behavior.
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Holland
Amsterdam
Toronto Star
Early Earth Diameter Through Formation and Change
Scientists explain Earth's diameter started near 5,500 miles at creation, expanded to about 8,100 miles as planetesimals accreted, then contracted to roughly 7,926 miles due to crustal buckling and compression over time.
Accordion described by Metcalf as snoring instrument
Clarence I Metcalf in the Cleveland Plain Dealer humorously claims the accordion functions by snoring. He notes the worst noise comes from inhaling and exhaling, and that picking up, putting down, or caressing the instrument provokes squeals groans and howls.
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Clarence I. Metcalf
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sparrows in America and Bunyan's Tinker Life
There are no native true sparrows in America and the only real sparrow is the imported English sparrow, while other birds referred to as sparrows are finches. John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress, lived as a tinker in Bedford England.
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America
John Bunyan
Bedford
England
The
United States
Sharon
Jericho
Desert
Palestine
Egypt
Uniform Punishments Shave Arson Sentences in Commons Bill
The Criminal Code amendment bill proposed by Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe seeks uniform arson penalties. It would cut the current life maximum for willful fires to 15 years and reduce the five year cap for arson involving chattel over 200 dollars to 25 dollars.
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Commons
Ernest Lapointe
Farm capital values in Canada rise overall since 1936
The term farm capital includes lands buildings implements machinery including motor trucks and automobiles and livestock on fur farms. Canada’s total farm capital in 1987 reached 4 722 583 000 compared with 4 626 161 000 in 1936. Lands and buildings and livestock rose from 1936 to 1937 while implements and machinery fell. Some provinces show declines in land values Nova Scotia New Brunswick Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia whereas Ontario and Quebec posted large gains.
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Canada
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
June Roses and the Life of Leaves in Nature’s Cycle
The piece reflects on roses and leaves in June, detailing leaves’ vital work after pollination and the seasonal cycle. It traces the rose’s cultural symbolism in religion and art, notes wild and cultivated varieties, and the long life of leaves supporting trees through months of growth and protection of future life.
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