Swine Industry Key to Britain Trade In 1936
Canada exported more than 28 million dollars worth of pork products to the United Kingdom in 1936, placing hogs second only to wheat in volume of trade. The rising revenue supported farmers and allied industries, aiding national employment and rail, trucking, and packing sectors. The piece urges expansion and stability in hog production to protect Canada’s foothold, warns against market volatility, and notes keen competition for the British bacon market.
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Britain
Canada
United Kingdom
England
Valuable Manuscripts Unpublished Browning Letters Fetch $15,000
London auction of Elizabeth Barrett Browning letters and manuscripts from Lieut-Colonel H. P. Mouiton Barrett’s estate realized $15,000. Notable items include a six year old Miss Barrett letter to her mother earning $110 and 111 letters to her sister Arabel fetching $4,750, plus 17 letters to her brother George at $1,700. The sale highlights Browning material not seen since 1913.
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Miss Barrett
Arabel
George
Browning
Wimpole Street
Canada to UK bacon trade expands with Ottawa 1932 quota
The article notes the 1932 Ottawa Agreements set a 280 million pound annual bacon and ham quota for Canada, extended by 1937 under the Anglo Canadian Trade Agreement, with Canada still expanding hog production. It highlights underuse in 1936 at 55 percent of quota, growing UK demand, and the emphasis on quality hogs and grading to reward producers.
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Canada
Ottawa
United Kingdom
Joke on the World's Busiest Waterway at Lunch
Judith Anderson dines alone at the Algonquin when Frank Case jokes he dislikes men dining solo who try to chat up other women and asks that they pay for the luncheon. The anecdote headlines a column noting traffic on the Great Lakes surpassing Panama and Suez in 1929 and referencing Soo Canals freight records.
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Judith Anderson
Algonquin
Frank Case
Miss Anderson
Great Lakes
Soo
Sault Canals
Panama
Suez Canals
Traffic curbs eyed to let Burmese children play football
Rangoon authorities consider closing vehicular traffic at fixed hours daily to permit children to play football. Football is the Burmese boys’ favorite game and they play in the streets all day, risking injury.
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Rangoon
Tame mice bred in dozens of shades across lab lines
Researchers report that domesticated mice now come in more than twenty one distinct colors and patterns. Breeding programs aim to map genetic traits behind color variation and temperament. The findings highlight rapid diversification in controlled colonies and potential use in genetics studies.
Helium exports debated as wartime need outlines use
Major General Oscar Westover tells a Senate subcommittee that helium exports could aid defense if peaceful. in war, gas is less decisive and substitutes like hydrogen may be used. He notes humanitarian and scientific uses approved in peacetime. The report also notes sensational notes on wolf meat and a Serbian peasant.
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Oscar Westover
United States Army Air Corps
United States
Senate
Westover
War Department
Combat Weed Seed Threat in Canadian Farms
The Dominion Department of Agriculture warns that weed seeds contaminate fields through imperfectly cleaned cereals and seeds, spread via transport, manure, threshing, and wind. Weeds such as wild mustard and pig weed can seed heavily, infesting soils within years. Bulletin 137 details key weeds and seed cleaning, available free from Ottawa.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dominion
Ottawa
League Of Nations Debate Looks At Canada War Stance
In Ottawa at the Chateau Laurier luncheon the League of Nations Society of Canada debated Canada's position in a possible war and how policy would align with League ideals. Leaders including Senator Catrine Wilson and Hon. R. J. Manion weighed collective security against Canadian obligations. John W. Dafoe urged a pro active, opinion forming society to press the government.
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St. John
N.B
Lord Tweedsmuir
Cecil Rhodes
Lord Cromer
Theodore Roosevelt
William Gladstone
Herbert Asquith
Lord Balfour
Wilfrid Laurier
Lawrence of Arabia
Rudyard Kipling
Canada
League of Nations
League of Nations Society
Chateau Laurier
Ottawa
Catrine Wilson
R. C. Wallace
Queen's University
R. J. Manion
Railways and Canals
John W. Dafoe
Winnipeg
Dafoe
Canadian Teachers’ Federation
Dominion Command
Canadian Legion
National Council of Women of Canada
Trades and Labor Congress
Social Service Department
Church of England In
Ottawa Journal
Permits for Nails in Modern Germany
Article notes that building a house in modern Germany requires official permits for nails screws iron bars and steel reinforcements. Smaller private homes and public schemes above set costs receive iron upon application while under limits no special permit is needed. The piece includes unrelated dialogue about fish diet and a doctor’s remark about whales and social attention.
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Germany
Dutch Twins Tea Towel Pattern Promises Colorful Stitching
A Winnipeg newspaper ad promotes pattern 5868 featuring seven tea towel motifs Hans and Hulda, colorful characters used for quick cross stitch. The design covers one motif per day, about 5 by 8 inches, with material needs and stitch illustrations. Send 20 cents in stamps to Household Arts Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Hans
Hulda
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Teaching Of Pacifism Debate In House Of Commons
R H Rayner condemned pacifist teaching and the idea of brotherhood of man as dangerous as nations educate children for war. He urged home truths about patriotism and duty to the state in peace and war. Rev C G Holland criticized military tattoos, calling them a glorification of mass murder and portraying war as a brutal, dirty shambles.
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R. H. Rayner
House of Commons
Board of Education
Rayner
C. G. Holland
Ewell
Newsboys in Philadelphia Adopt Electrified Chest Signs
Philadelphia newsboys wear flashing chest signs advertising their paper for visibility and safety. The glass tube name is shockproof with a plastic base, powered by a portable battery lasting 48 hours, with a vibrator and transformer in the apron.
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Philadelphia
Popular Mechanics
Export market insights from Canadian dairy leaders at Guelph
Hon J G Gardiner told 600 Holstein breeders at Guelph that export marketing is a key phase of livestock production along with good breeding and feed. He cited English standards that limit cows and steers with ear damage, noting Scotland and England pay bonuses for certain cattle and that Canada needs better export market information for producers.
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J. G. Gardiner
Guelph
Gardiner
England
Cheshire
Mr. Gardiner
Glasgow
Forecast of a long reign for Queen Elizabeth by Indian astrologers
Indian astrologers in Bombay forecast a long reign for Queen Elizabeth based on her birth star Mars. They note a coincidence with the Kohinoor diamond bearing the same star. Meanwhile Niagara Falls sees seven thousand tons of water pass each second and British railways report over 109 million passengers in a recent month.
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Elizabeth
Bombay
Mars
Kohinoor
Niagara Falls
British Railways
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Mr. Browning
H. P. Mouiton-Barrett
Motherland
Case
New York Post
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
Holland
France
Port Arthur
U.S. War Department
Alice Brooks
Edward Blackwell
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