Freight Revenues Of Canadian Railways Reduced By Truck Competition
S. W. Fairweather of the Canadian National Railways told the Maritime Board of Trade in Charlottetown that truck competition cuts rail freight revenues by about 34 million dollars annually and nets the railways a 74 million dollar annual loss. He argued railways must subsidize service and rate adjustments, while trucks, aided by state support, undercut high-volume, low-value tonnage and avoid unremunerative routes. He cited a Maritime branch line where winter maintenance costs exceeded revenue, highlighting the shift of costs to the state from highway competition.
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Canadian Railways
Maritime Board of Trade
Charlottetown
5S W . Fairweather
Bureau of Economics
Canadian National Railways
Dreath
Railways
Canadian National
Maritimes
Fairweather
Maritime Provinces
Eskimos Embrace Reindeer Herd for Arctic Security
Nesbitt, head of the government reindeer station near Aklavik, predicts a 3 800 head herd will transform Eskimo life in the MacKenzie River district by providing food and clothing. He notes Eskimo enthusiasm, training of herdsmen, and the potential for widespread reindeer distribution, plus a hint about Olympic scouts observing Sami ski skills.
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Canada
Mackenzie River District
Harvey W. Nesbitt
Aklavikx
Ottawa
Arctic
Nesbitt
Tun-Dra
King Edward's Pict Appraises His Calm Royal Pilot
A profile of Flight-Lieutenant Edward Hedley Fielden, Captain of the King's Flight, noting his role as the monarch's sole pilot, his discipline and modesty, and his record including over 2,000 flight hours and a 1932 cross England run Liverpool to Skegness in 49 minutes.
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Edward Hedley Fielden
Edward VIII
Boas
Edward
Fielden
Hendon
Royal
Brigade of Guards
Royal Air Force
cross-England
Liverpool
Skegness
Canada to Import Indian Corn Duty Free Through Year End
Canada will import Indian corn from treaty countries duty free until year end due to drought and depleted domestic supplies. Revenue minister L Ilsley announced that the 10 cent duty and intermediate tariff are eliminated, with previous imposts from the French treaty 25 cents and US pact 20 cents per bushel, while the general tariff remains 25 cents.
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Canada
Hon. L. Ilsley
Banished Word in Italy Renamed Pampieni
Report from Rome states the term meaning sandwich has been banned for origin ties to a notorious earl in a sanctionist country. The word will be replaced by pampieni meaning filled bread. Brazil reports its 3936 37 coffee crop will fill over 21 000 000 bags.
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Italy
Rome
Brazil
League Forms Saskatchewan Branch Of Rheumatism Group
The Saskatchewan Medical Association approved the Saskatchewan branch of the League Against Rheumatism linked to the Canadian Society for the Study and Control of Rheumatic Disease. Dr Duncan Croll of Saskatoon chairs a data collecting committee with Drs Baltzan Harvie Kirkby and McCulloch. The provincial group aligns with the national body formed last February to join the International League Against Rheumatism.
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Saskatchewan
Canadian Society For the Study
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Medical Association
Duncan Croll
B. M. Baltxan
W. A. Harvie
Regina
R. W Kirkby
Prince Albert
F. D. McCulloch
Moose Jaw
International League Against Rheumatism
Amsterdam
Glass office building on Fifth Avenue planned by Corning Works
The Corning Glass Works announced a five storey glass office building on the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 56th Street in New York. Built to be windowless above ground floor, it will admit 78 percent of outdoor light and feature five ground floor display windows.
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Fifth Avenue
Corning Glass Works
56Th Street
New York
Clever Love Bird Proclaimed World’s Brightest by Sydney Barber
B Perkins, a Sydney barber, claims his three inch love bird is the cleverest in the world. The bird can pull a match from a box and present it to a customer while shouting O.K. Chief. It sleeps in a shaving mug and, on cold days, perches on the rim of a cup of tea to stay warm in the steam.
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B. Perkins
Sydney
Australia
O.K
Skywriter Makes Error in Air Skywriting Display
Montreal spectators watched Al Stinis perform skywriting when a fault drew laughter as an onlooker from a downtown street claimed he had dotted an upper case T. The event drew curious attention from bystanders.
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al Stinis
Too Young To Qualify For Coronation Attendance
More than twenty peers will be under 21 on May 12 1937 and ineligible for the Coronation ceremony. Lord Herschell aged 13 serves as a Page of Honor, while Lords Townshend and Oxford edge toward eligibility by May and April dates respectively. The text also notes a belief about bull meat from Mexican bullfights being unfit for sale.
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Lord Townshend
Norfolk
Lord Oxford
Lord Herschell
Potash From Dead Sea Draws British Scrutiny At New Plant
The Dead Sea, 1300 feet below the Mediterranean, is being tapped for potash and bromine with a 30,000 ton annual capacity plant near its shores. Great Britain watches the process closely as operations run in shifts, piping brine from the sea to pans until salt and carnallite form for refinery.
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Great Britain
Dead Sea
Mediterranean
Jordan
Arch
Europe
Realism In Films Exposes Marvels Of Hollywood Studio Sets
A traveller in Hollywood tours MGM studios and sees vast sets including a submarine, eighteenth century Paris blocks, a battleship in a pond, a nightclub, and a convincing Romeo and Juliet mountain. A guide explains the two dirt covered kitchen tables used in The Good Earth and rice fields of China. Brazil edges the United States as Germany’s raw cotton supplier.
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Hollywood
M-G-M
Paris
China
New Yorker
Dish Towel Dogs Pattern for Seven Days
Frisky dish towel dogs shown in seven motifs one for each day of the week. Pattern 5652 includes transfer, materials, and stitch guides with one color silhouette. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg for pattern.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave E
Winnipeg
Soy Beans Prove Versatile Vital For Industry And Diet
Yale researchers reveal enzyme catalase in action using a spectroscope and photo electric tube. World soybean production tops seven million tons with China Japan and the United States leading. Canada grows slowly. Uses span oils for paints, linoleum, soaps, resins, electrical equipment, food products, animal feed, and potential meat replacement.
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Kurt G. Stern
Manchuria
Japan
United States
Division of Chemistry
Central Experimental Farm
Changes in Soviet Life Under New Constitution
An Associated Press observer notes progress in Russia with the proposed constitution. The family is promoted as a basic societal unit with parents liable for child maintenance and education. Divorce is taxed and must be decreed, with custody and support enforced or prison risk. Fashion relaxes, titles return in the army, and the housewife role gains esteem, signaling life in the Soviet Union drifting toward bourgeois norms.
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Russia
Associated Press
Soviet Union
Chiang Kaishek Orders Return to Traditional Chinese Dress
General Chiang Kai-shek in the New Life Movement decree requires women and girls to wear full body coverings. The Ten Commandments threaten punishment for violations amid ongoing dress reforms. Southern China women recently resisted similar rules and retain sartorial freedom.
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China
Chiang Kaishek
New Life Movement
May Ling
Wellesley College
British unit completes Canadian film shoot at Revelstoke
The British motion picture group sailed home aboard the Empress of Britain from Revelstoke British Columbia after a summer of location work. Mil ton Rosmer, director, praised the Canadian extras as exceptionally professional and capable during their first Canadian picture making experience.
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Revelstoke
B.C
Milton Rosmer
Fulham Power Station Opens After Four Year Build
London's largest power station on the Thames at Fulham officially opened on September 29 after more than four years of construction. The plant cost 544 million pounds and will supply electricity to the entire south east region.
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London
Fulham
England
Beekeeper's Tragic Attack Near Naponkoskis
A horse in Naponkoskis village in central Finland was killed after a hive was disturbed by a peasant. A rescuer was also stung and hospitalized in precarious condition. Other notes mention travel in England and aluminum from bauxite, with Romania banning foreign exchange except via its central bank.
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Naponkosk
Finland
Romania
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Yale University
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