Deficit Faulted as Canada Faces Higher Sales Tax
A 1924 budget report shows a deficit of about 162 million dollars for the year ending March 31. Hon Chas A. Dunning disclosed the shortfall and the planned two percent sales tax increase, with fears that it may not balance the year and could shift costs to consumers. The piece weighs pros and cons of Oklahoma style itemized tax billing and its impact on retailers and shoppers.
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Chas A. Dunning
House of Commons
Canada
Dunning
State of
Oklahoma
Great Britain trains children in railroading nationwide
T R Dester of Associated British Railways says Britain educates school children in railroading with nationwide demonstrations. Over 40 000 youngsters have attended as demonstrations cover locomotive driving signal systems and other railway topics. The program aims for long run public understanding of rail transport problems across the Empire.
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Great Britain
T. R. Dester
Associated
British Railways
Ancient Grass Found in 1400 BC Egyptian Tombs
Archaeologists report preserved grass dating to 1400 BC unearthed in Egyptian tombs. The find suggests early plant utilization and offers clues about ancient agricultural and ritual practices.
Temple to the Sun rises in London suburb with sunlit gardens
A 7500 square foot sun temple in South Hackney's populous district aims to blend housing with hanging gardens. The Bethnal Green and East London Housing Association leads a team of housing experts, builders and architects to create sun and air homes with private gardens on each level. The first section has 16 flats, each with at least 200 square feet of garden open to the sky, and a pyramid shaped cantilevered design around a covered market hall.
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Bethnal Green
East London
J. E. M. Macgregor
Fortification Lesson Sparks Quick Rhyme Reply
A schoolmaster asks what a fortification is and receives no answer. He points to a pupil and again asks, who then blurts out a playful, erroneous "Two twentyfications, six" as the class stares.
Hampton Wick church serves free tea and eggs after services
The local Hampton Wick church offers boiled eggs butter rolls marmalade and tea at Sunday morning services. The vicar originated the idea and funds it.
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Hampton Wick
England
Insurance rate cut on Hudson Bay route for next year
Marine insurers will reduce hull and machinery premiums by 25 percent for the Hudson Bay route, with the season Aug 5 to Oct 10 and a cap on ships passing Cape Chidley after ice-breaker word. Cargo insurance remains separate and yearly coverage applies to most routes.
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Hudson Bay
Howe
House of Commons
Cape Chidley
Churchill
N. B. Mce-Lean
Imperial Shipping Commission
London
Sound Financial Policies Seen As Britain’s Success
C Howard Ferguson former Ontario premier and Canadian High Commissioner to London says Britain’s three year old financial policies kept it ahead during trade crises. He notes empirewide impact of Britain’s activity, praising strong business in Britain with Canada and South Africa close behind. He cites his Ottawa area 35 acre farm earning about 1 000 a year for balance of two decades.
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Great Britain
C. Howard Ferguson
London
Ontario
Ferguson
San Francisco
British Empire
Canada
South Africa
Ottawa
Knight of St George at St Pauls Cathedral Service
London marked St George’s Day with a service of the Order of St Michael and St George at St Paul’s. Duke of Kent, newly titled Knight Grand Cross, wore Saxon blue mantle with ornate collar over his naval uniform as the procession entered. The order’s chapel displayed the duke’s banner while banners of recent deceased knights were lowered.
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St. George's
London
Order of St. Michael and St. George
St. Paul's Cathedral
Duke of Kent
Order
Iceland Seen as Air Base for Trans-Atlantic Flights
Iceland's minister of education foresees the island serving as an air base for planes operating between Europe and America, signaling a strategic role for Iceland in trans-Atlantic air travel.
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Iceland
Europe
America
Hull Warns Trade Barriers Harm World Peace
U S Secretary Hull in Washington attacked excessive trade barriers as a threat to global stability. He urged a revival of world trade to halt economic distress and unrest, calling reciprocal policies essential and a scrap would be a fatal step backward.
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U.S
Hull
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Selected Recipes Butter Sugar Egg Yolk Rolls
A recipe describes creaming butter with sugar, beating in an unbeaten egg yolk, then mixing in milk and flour with baking powder and salt. It divides the dough into three parts, one with melted chocolate, one plain, and one colored with vegetable coloring, rolled and combined like a jelly roll, chilled overnight, then sliced and baked at 350 degrees for ten minutes.
Weather Expert Retires After 48 Years at Gonzales Observatory
Denison, veteran superintendent of the Dominion government meteorological bureau at Victoria, retires after nearly five decades. Known for tracing global earth tremors, he leaves his post to W A Thorn of Toronto but vows continued scientific research. He remains a renowned weather observer across the Dominion and Pacific coast.
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F. Napier Denison
Gonzales Hill Observatory
Dominion Government Meteorological Bureau
Vic
Gonzales Observatory
W. A. Thorn
Toronto
Denison
Meteorological Service
Great Ship Scrapped After Queen Mary Passage
The 42,000-ton liner l Atlantique, once the French counterpart to the Queen Mary, was dragged stern first to a shipbreakers' yard in the Clyde area. Built as a flagship, she was burned in the English Channel years ago. Over 100 men will work on her dismantling for about a year. The note about elephant tusks appears as a non sequitur.
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Clyde
Channel
English Channel
Brothers divided by chalk line in New York hills
Two estranged brothers George Washington Coleman and James Philatus Coleman had lived in a Bakers Gulch NY cabin for 62 years with a chalk line dividing their single room. James died of pneumonia at 81, and George, 79, vowed to carry on in the same hermitlike shelter.
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New York State
George Washington Coleman
Bakers Gulch
James Philatus Coleman
Long European School Vacations and Cat Fish Taste Buds
Spain has the longest school vacations at 122 days, while Holland Germany Denmark and Italy show shorter breaks. Dutch pupils have 43 to 51 days, Germans 31 to 45 days, and Danish and Italian about 45 days. Also noted are taste buds along a cat fish whiskers and body enabling tasting on all sides. A judge advised a woman to speak as if at home. the case is ongoing.
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Spain
Europe
Holland
Germany
Denmark
Italy
Uniforms Preview for Canadian Air Mail Return
The Bulletin shows two Canadian Airways officers in smart blue uniforms with peaked caps and the company goose emblem. Uniforms will be worn by all pilots and co pilots on airmail runs. Vancouver to Seattle crews debut the new look and aircraft have been equipped with two way radio.
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Canadian Air Mail
Bulletin
Canadian Airways, Ltd
Canadian Airways
Vancouver- Seattle
King Edward Adds To Famous British Stamp Collection
E Goodfellow, noted British philatelist, said on arrival in Montreal from England that King Edward will continue and add to the famous collection of stamps left by the late king. He is en route to New York to judge the philatelic exhibition at Grand Central Palace.
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Edward
E. Goodfellow
Montreal
England
New York
Grand Central Palace
Manitoba Honey Production Tops Five Million Pounds in 1935
Manitoba produced over five million pounds of honey in 1935 with more than 3,300 apiaries and 51,416 bee hives. The sizable industry reflects extensive beekeeping activity across the province during that year.
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Manitoba
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