Western Farmers Shut Out From Home Improvement Plan
The Home Improvement Plan by the National Employment Commission aims to rehab homes and curb unemployment, but in Western Canada prairie farmers cannot meet repayment terms. Committees in Saskatchewan Alberta and Manitoba find the plan inoperable for rural districts due to yearly or irregular income and existing debt, while urban salaried workers and certain eastern farmers may benefit. Building rehab for western farms is desperately needed as farm buildings and machinery have deteriorated over years.
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Prairie
Canada
Commission
Western Provinces
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
British government probes sabotage at aircraft plants
The British government ordered a secret service inquiry into conditions at several aircraft factories after what appeared to be sabotage at a Midlands plant. Details of the incident were not released as regulations restricting unauthorized access to planes were tightened.
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Secret Service
Midlands
Strange European Peace and Hidden Hatred
A Halifax Herald reader notes the paradox of Europe where graves are cared for by common humanity yet living nations nurture hatred and suspicion. The piece reflects on the futility of repeating past wars as weapons accumulate and new victims loom.
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Europe
Halifax Herald
Childs remark delights Queen Mary at Albert Hall
Four year old Jean Oxford in a pageant at Albert Hall mixed up Queen Mary with a ship. The Queen mother laughed at the confusion and Queen Mary sent for the child. She presented a carnation from the royal bouquet and praised the child’s spirit.
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Jean Oxford
Albert Hall
Queen Mary
Jean
Swiss Gold Reserves Valued at 625 Million Dollars
Swiss authorities announce the nation's gold reserves are valued at 625 million dollars. The statement names no changes to holdings but confirms the valuation for public records and financial reporting.
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Switzerland
Hawksbill Turtle Trade Stirs Conservation Debate
The report notes illegal or unsustainable harvesting of hawksbill turtles for tortoise shell, citing a 2194 reference and concerns over species decline. Officials urge stronger regulation and enforcement to curb trade and protect marine reptiles.
Brazilian Engineers Blaze Pan American Highway Path
Three Brazilian explorers Leonidas Borges de Oliveira Francisco Lopez de La Cruz and Mario Fava spent nine years and 15000 miles charting an untraveled jungle route from Rio de Janeiro to Panama through Paraguay Argentina Bolivia Peru Ecuador Colombia Costa Rica Nicaragua Honduras El Salvador Guatemala and Mexico They built 116 bridges crossed the Andes four times and endured cold caves mule transport and harsh jungles The team expects six years and a half billion dollars to complete the highway and will hand their data to the Pan American Union.
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North
South America
St. Louis
Leonidas Borges de Oliveira
Francisco Lopez de la Cruz
Mario Fava
Rio de Janeiro
Paraguay
Pampas
Buenos Aires
Bolivia
Peru
Ecuador
Colombia
Panama
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Honduras
Salvador
Guatemala
Mexico
Andes
Arctic Circle
de Oliveira
Pan-American Union
Glass Advances to Shape Skyscraper Facades
An architectural engineer spoke to leading architects and construction experts about rapid development in structural glass. Demand grows for kitchen and bath applications, fireplace and exterior facings, and modernization. The expert predicts practical skyscrapers with glass exteriors.
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Forbes Magazine
Zeppelins to Fly Regular Americas Service by 1940
Captain Ernst Lehmann of the Zeppelin Navigation Company announces in Friedrichshafen that Germany will run four Zeppelins to North and South America by 1940. The Hindenburg sister ship tops the fleet this autumn, two more start late 1937 or early 1938, with India and the Far East lines planned next. The North Atlantic is not seen as a barrier and New York service may soon regularize alongside South America. No financial difficulties are anticipated.
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Ernst Lahmann
Friedrichshafen
Germany
North
South
America
Zeppelin Navigation Company
Lehmann
India
Far East
North Atlantic
Zeppelin
New York
South America
Canada
Bayer Company, Limited
Windsor
Ontario
Man Who Watches the Clock Becomes One of the Hands
A saying notes that a person who constantly watches time often embodies the traits of a clock hand, reflecting ideas about patience, presence, and timely action in daily life.
Ivy-leaved duckweed forms intricate lattice pattern
A description notes the ivy-leaved duckweed weaving into a lattice like network. The passage highlights the plant’s growth habit and structural arrangement in water.
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Teaches Bile Motive
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as the solution to sluggish digestion. It claims to wake the liver and bil e flow, promising relief from constipation and a better morning start without calomel or mercury.
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Carter
Support for League Urged to Thwart Fascist Expansion
The All-Canadian Congress of Labor resolutions, presented in Toronto, urge Canada to back the League of Nations as a tool of collective security. They warn that Hitler and Mussolini’s expansion, if unchecked, could enable a naval onslaught ending in the dismemberment of the British empire and a future world war whose victims would be workers across nations.
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Canada
League of Nations
Resolutions Committee
Toronto
Congress of Labor
Hitler
Mussolini
Europe
Germany
Italy
Spain
France
Portugal
England
Japan
Singapore
Britain
British
A.C.C. of
Canada Needs New Supreme Court Building
For 61 years the squat grey stone Parliament Hill building has housed Canada's Supreme Court. Mice decay and fire hazards drive seven judges to new quarters. An appropriation of 250000 was set aside to start construction, though costs will likely exceed that. The court houses a vast law library of about 80000 volumes, a fire risk seen as a serious danger to Canadian legal practice.
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Parliament Hill
Canada
Supreme Court
Legend of Saco River Curse Recalls Three Deaths Each Year
In Saco and Biddeford Maine the tale of the Indian mother cursing the white settlers for her infant's drowning is retold. The legend links a yearly river tragedy to the 1675 incident when British sailors upset a canoe bearing Squando's family.
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Saco
Maine
Biddeford
Disraeli
Quebec
Old River
Squando
England
Port Hope tribute for Miss Mary Strickland after 54 years of teaching
A Port Hope Guide notice honors Miss Mary Strickland who retires from the Central School after 54 years with only one absence. The gathering, attended by leading Port Hope citizens, acknowledges a record likely unmatched in Canada.
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Port Hope
Mary Strickland
Central School
Miss Strickland
Canada
Port Hope Lindsay Post
Desert Dunes Expand Southward Threatening Farmlands
Over 300 years the Sahara dunes have shifted more than 186 miles south eroding fertile farmland and grazing areas. Settlers blame wind and lack of soil management for accelerating desertification.
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Sahara Desert
Co operative Housekeeping Study at Toronto Uni
Seventeen or eighteen male students at the University of Toronto ran a cooperative residence showing receipts of 1419 dollars and expenses of 1141 dollars for the first eighteen weeks, producing a surplus of 277 dollars. The group included eighteen men. In London a coal delivery scene shows a white-painted cart and a man in white overalls.
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University of Toronto
London
Elm tree aged 200 years offers weather forecasting clues
An elm cut near Regina at Was Kana Creek may reveal drought and moisture cycles for Saskatchewan. Ring width measurements were sent to the University of Saskatchewan and a plaster cross section to U.S. weather officials to study correlations with rainfall and sunspot activity.
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Wascana Creek
Regina
Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
United States
Commodities, Lotteries, and Wealth Gaps
A quip contrasts poverty and wealth while a report notes Austria's government lottery receipts rose significantly last year. The piece highlights how state lotteries contributed to public revenue amid shifting fortunes.
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Austria
Empire affair limits coronation souvenirs to British origin
Canada criticizes Australian stance on coronation mementoes as empire spirit prompts Australia to prohibit non British origin items. The Brandon Sun also notes a mechanic invention for brake free stopping and a South African woman training cats to kill garden snakes.
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Canada
Australia
United Kingdom
Customs
Brandon Sun
Johannesburg
South Africa
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The
National Employment Commission
Ces Golden
Ences
Zeppelin Company
Labor Congress
Ottawa
Elm
Saskatoon
Pactuc
Calgary
Winnipeg
Punch
Appleford Paper Products Limited
Hamilton - Ont
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