Debt burden in Canada eyed as Major de Lorimer warns
Major J Greetham de Lorimer cites staggering figures on Canadian debt, noting $18.23 billion in bonds across government, utilities, and industry. He splits debt between foreign and Canadian holdings, with a large portion described as dead weight. He assigns per capita shares to Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta and argues over-borrowing and government size drive the strain.
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Canada
Major J. Greetham de Lorimer
Montreal Daily Star
Great Britain
United States
de Lorimer
Major de Lorimer
de Lorimers
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
The Farming Profession in Modern Agriculture
The agricultural institutions of learning have elevated farming to a science. Weather permitting, farmers know what to expect and mostly get it. Agriculture is becoming as technical as mechanics and a highly specialized profession.
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Chatham News
Ink Thief Rumor Haunts Swellendam City Hall
Reports claim Ink Rats drink black ink at night in Swellendam's town hall. Foreman P. Heyns found ink wells emptied despite locked rooms, then poured ink into a saucer before leaving. next morning the vessel was empty. Great Britain doubles bicycle deliveries with added motorcycles.
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Swellendam
South Africa
P. Heyns
The Titanic Mummy Case and Royal Birthday Holiday
A historical note recounts the Titanic sinking linked to an Egyptian mummy case once owned by Tom Terris and later sent to the British Museum, then New York’s Metropolitan Museum where it went down with the ship. It also discusses royal birthdays King Edward VIII on June 23 and King George VI on June 3 and their holiday observance in Canada.
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Atlantic
Tom Terrias
Egypt
Terris
Alexandria
England
London
British Museum
Metropolitan Museum
New York
Edward VIII
George VI
Gold From Platinum Transmutation Experiment At UC Cyclotron
Dr. E. O. Lawrence and Dr. J. M. Cork report using a cyclotron to accelerate nuclei to millions of volts and shoot them into platinum. Some platinum atoms apparently absorb the nuclei and transform into lighter elements, yielding gold in a demonstration of transmutation.
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National Academy of Science
University of California
E. O. Lawrence
J. M. Cork
Feel Canada Is Home Leacock Says He Won’t Return
Professor Stephen Leacock of McGill rejects London suggestion he return to England. He praises Canada’s distances isolation and climate and declares I’m home now. The Brantford Expositor notes many Britishers have made the Dominion their home.
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Stephen Leacock
London
McGill
England
Brantford
Post Office Revenue and Building Rentals Policy
The post office department showed a $3,000,000 operating profit for the year ending in March with net revenue of $32,507,400. Buildings are provided by the public works department at no charge, a practice Elliott said was anomalous but longstanding since Confederation. He suggested Parliament must decide on rental arrangements.
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Post Office Department
Elliott
House of Commons
Public Works Department
A. A. Heaps
C.C.F
Winnipeg North
Mr. Elliott
Scholarships Awarded to Thirty Canadian Students 1936-37
National Research Council announces postgraduate awards for 1936 37 in Ottawa. Two fellowships worth 700 dollars each, eleven studentships at 600 dollars, and seventeen bursaries at 500 dollars. Aims to build a trained scientific pool for research to promote industry and expand Canadian materials and markets.
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National Research Council
Ottawa
Canada
Bishop Praises Air Openings and North West Growth
Right Rev A H Sovereign Bishop of Athabaska says planes have opened the north west greatly. He cites pilots Wop May and Punch Dickens for outstanding work. He calls Fort McMurray the largest commercial air base in Canada and notes Great Bear Lake and Goldfields mining spurs population influx.
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Northwest
A. H. Sovereign
Athabaska
Toronto
Sovereign
May
Punch" Dickens
Fort McMurray
Canada
Great Bear Lake
Goldfields
Cheap Watches Cause Uproar in Swiss Industry
A wave of cheap watches priced at 20 cents sparks a major outcry in Swiss watchmaking as many plants go bankrupt. Factories are repurposed to mass produce watch parts, with peasants assembling them in spare time at costs far below typical assembly wages, threatening traditional craftsmanship and pricing.
Queen Mary to resume public life after mourning ends
The King's appointment of his mother Queen Mary as Grand Master of the Order of the British Empire signals she will remain a central figure in public life. Once court mourning ends in autumn, he plans she resume active leadership in social and ceremonial duties.
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the Order of the British Empire
Mary
Selected Recipes Spanish Cup Cares 2s
Cream butter adding sugar gradually beat until fluffy and white. Add eggs one at a time and beating between additions. Sift flour with baking powder salt and mace then add to first mix alternately with milk. Bake in 350 degrees F cups until golden then top with icing and cherries or nuts.
Debate Over Radio Baseball Broadcast Excitement
A discussion notes that radio accounts of World Series games are less thrilling than past ticker pauses. It contrasts modern fervor of announcers with the old listening style when the result was signaled by immediate calls like Ball one or Strike one.
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New York Times
Lightning Prank Sets Fire at Buranda School
A vivid thunderclap and bright flash followed by a ball of fire entered through an open Buranda School window in New South Wales. The fire touched a boy’s paper as he worked a math sum, he extinguished it with his hand and suffered a headache but no injuries.
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Buranda School
New South Wales
Famine in China Reported as Death Toll Rises
A famine sweeping Szechwan and North Henan provinces is described as a disaster with 10 to 30 million feared dead or facing death. Hunger driven cannibalism and selling children are reported by vernacular newspapers while deficiency diseases threaten even more lives.
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Szechwan
Henan
China
Englishwoman Flies Through Sahara Dual Triumph on Motorcycle
Miss Florence Blenkiron of England completed a Sahara crossing in a sidecar with Miss Theresa Wallace from London to Cape Town. After the return trip alone in September she reached South Algeria in February, then traveled home by bus, becoming possibly the only woman to cross the Sahara solo. She left the worn machine in the desert.
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Sahara
Florence Blenkiron
England
London
Theresa Wallace
Cape Town
Miss Blenkiron
Algeria
Toronto architect wins first prize in Dominion Housing design
W Ralston of Toronto won the first prize of 500 in the Dominion Housing Act design competition announced by Finance Minister Charles Dunning. Two third prizes of 100 went to Arthur W Davidson of Brockville and W F Williams of Nelson. Beryllium is a metal about one third lighter than aluminum. Employment in Austria is higher than last year and on the rise.
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W. Ralston
Toronto
Charles Dunning
Arthur W. Davidson
Brockville
Ont
W. F. Williams
Nelson
B.C
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