Wheat Price Plans From Rome Aimed at Stabilizing Global Market
International experts at Rome study methods to raise and stabilize world wheat prices. Proposals include a price fixing system tied to export supplies and a London target of 63.02 gold cents per week, with tariffs phased in. If implemented, Western Canada may see higher export quotas and lower European duties, aligning with global state-supported reforms.
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Wheat Advisory Commission
Rome
London
Great Britain
Western Canada
Prairie Provinces
Europe
Canada
United States
Mussolini
Germany
Austria
Russia
Britain
Bird values by Rev Henry reflect pest control roles
Pratt Mass preacher Rev B F Henry assigns values to birds noting meadow larks at 2 dollars each and robs as weight in gold. He explains robins help reduce garden and lawn pests while meadow larks aid farmers by controlling smaller field pests.
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B. F. Henry
Pratt
Mass
Henry
World’s cheapest air service links Glasgow Belfast and London
The new route offers flights for at most one penny per mile. Aircraft with two 460 horsepower motors will carry 15 passengers and two pilots. The Southern Railway Company already runs an air line from Croydon to the Isle of Wight.
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Glasgow
Belfast
London
Southern Railway Company
Croydon
Isle of Wight
Aerial Future: 1200 MPH Airliners and Gyroscopic Control
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith imagines a half century ahead where giant flying liners cruise at 1200 miles per hour with 100 passengers and no human pilots. Ships and railways would carry only heavy freight, as engines and fuel systems evolve to ensure near zero risk and constant high speed.
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Earth
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Australia
Sir Charles
Charles
Rich Marine Collection To Enrich UBC Museum
Dr C McLean Fraser and a scientific party return from an 8500 mile South Pacific cruise reporting hundreds of marine species, many new to science. The Vancouver mission gathers coastal flora, fauna and exotic life including hydroids and sea creatures for the university museum.
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University of British Columbia
South Pacific
C. McLean Fraser
Fraser
Vancouver
South America
University Museum
Prices Rise But Tea Still Most Economical
Three years of low tea prices spurred growers to form committees to control production. Prices have begun to rise and once current stocks are used merchants may raise prices slightly. Finest Salada tea still yields about five cups per cent.
Double Nasturtium Impresses at Local Flower Shows
Philadelphia developed a new double nasturtium that resembles an azalea with colors from lemon yellow to scarlet. Created by David Burpee in the tradition of Luther Burbank, the flowers drew major attention at recent local flower shows, earning the label the poor man's orchid.
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Philadelphia
David Burpee
Luther Burbank
Miss Curtis Starts Jiu Jitsu Class For Girls At UW
Miss Dorothy Curtis recently returned from Japan where she taught for three years and now enters her final year at the University of Wisconsin. To help cover expenses she has organized a jiu jitsu class for girls with several promising students.
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Dorothy Curtis
Japan
University of Wisconsin
Miss Curtis
First American print of Escala Espiritual de San Juan Climaco
The earliest known American printing of the Escala Espiritual de San Juan Climaco is cited, but no copies are currently known to exist. The note highlights the historical oddity of a once printed work with no surviving exemplars.
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America
Escala Espiritual de
San Juan
Mrs Sopwith to Time Endevour in America Cup Bid
Mrs T D Sopwith will act as timekeeper aboard the Endevour as it challenges the United States for the America's Cup off Newport Rhode Island this summer. She will stand beside her husband at the wheel with two stopwatches to relay exact leg times and opponent standings. She says the role is the thrill of her life and notes she will wear a skirt and blouse with a waterproof for rough seas.
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Associated Press
Sopwith
Park Lane
Historic sabre linked to Louis XVI travels to North America
An ancient sabre once bearing Louis XVI colors belongs to Auguste de la Tremaindan of Montmartre Saskatchewan 1893. It was wielded by Baron de la Villadeau breveted lieutenant in 1785 and took part in Louis XVI campaigns and Napoleon's Moscow march Waterloo. The baron died 1836 and the weapon passed to Tremaundan, a 94 year old village pioneer who settled in Chrysostom Quebec after emigrating from France in 1873 and moving west two decades later.
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Louis XVI
France
Auguste de la Tremaindan
Montmartre
Sask
Baron de la Villadeau
Tremaundan
Napoleon
Moscow
Waterloo
Bonaparte
Chrysostom
Chautaguay County
Quebec
Light Refreshments for New York's Finest Policemen
A New York police force of 6,000 officers shared a breakfast of 3,000 grapefruit, 1,200 pounds of oatmeal, 24,000 eggs, 2,500 roast chickens, 4,500 pounds of potatoes, 12,000 sausages, and 1,000 pounds of sugar. They washed it down with 900 gallons of coffee, 800 quarts of milk, and 1,250 quarts of cream. Readers can compute each officer's share.
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New York
Eight-Year School Age Urged by Optometrist Leader
Dr Laurence P Folsom president of the New England Council of Optometrists argues children should not attend school before eight. He contends the eyes mature at eight and early classroom strain harms future eye health.
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Laurence P. Folsom
New England Council of Optometrists
Road mileage in the United States largely unimproved
A historical note states that about two thirds of U S road mileage remains unimproved. The figure highlights the extent of underdeveloped pavement across the country, underscoring infrastructure needs.
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United States
Caspian Sea Holds Its Crown as Largest Inland Sea
The Caspian Sea remains the world’s biggest inland body of water by area, distinguishing itself from seas and lakes with its unique geographic classification. No other inland water body matches its scale.
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Caspian Sea
Agricultural Notes in Canada Survey 1933 Crop Trends
The Agricultural Situation bulletin outlines 1933 Canada crop and livestock trends. It notes British Columbia as the only furopran earwig habitat in Canada, major table stock swede turnip regions Ontario and Prince Edward Island, sugar beet acreage down about 2 percent from 1932, and stable clover and grass seed production. It highlights Alsike Ontario seed dominance, barley milling demand of about 15 million bushels, prune drying prospects, prune imports dropping in 1932, growing tobacco from 1921 to 1932 with marketing challenges, and steady demand for green waxed beans with limited export prospects. It observes renewed sheep-raising in Eastern Canada due to improved fencing, malting barley outlet growth with 5,441,000 bushels used in 1932, and prairie seed production for brome western rye and crest ed wheat grass. The 1933 potato crop is projected at 41 million cwts, up four percent from 1932 and below the 1928–32 average, while grape acreage rises with winery considerations. Dairy cow and heifer numbers in the Western provinces suggest 1934 dairy production may mirror 1933 if price relations with beef hold.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
Like Good Old Days In Erskine Alberta A Revival Of Home Industry
In Erskine Alberta the community returns to home production with wood chopping and a wheat chopper for breakfast foods. Hides are turned into moccasins coats and sugar beets yield syrup. Women knit socks sweaters and caps while a lifeboat design features rotating rims to slide beside a ship in any position.
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Erskine
Alberta
Shorter leg bias sparks endless circles in runners
A noted physician notes that about six in ten people have one leg shorter than the other. The remark prompts light speculation about why some runners loop in circles during workouts.
New Gillett's Lye Booklet Promotes Household Uses
Free booklet from Standard Brands Limited offers revised information on soap making cleaning and farm uses of lye. Readers can request a copy by writing to Fraser Ave Liberty St Toronto Ontario.
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Gillett’s Lye
Standard Brands Limited
Fraser Ave
Liberty St
Toronto
Resolution for government control of key minerals endorsed by clubs
The Vancouver Women's Canadian Club and the Calgary Business and Professional Women's Club endorse a resolution calling government control of key minerals as a war prevention measure. It will be sent to the League of Nations Society in Ottawa for consideration and action.
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Vancouver
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