Canada faces massive relief spending and a blank cheque
Premier Bennett warned Parliament that Canada will require huge relief funds over the next eight to twelve months due to crop failures and unemployment. He sought and received a blank cheque authority, while urging taxpayers to avoid waste and insist on strict limits, stressing borrowed money and future taxation costs. Communities should self-help to reduce public expenditure and prevent a culture of excessive dole.
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Canada
Bennett
Burpee Receives Medaille de Vermeil from Paris
Lawrence J. Burpee of Ottawa has been awarded the Medaille de Vermeil by the Paris French academy for his eminent work on early Canadian history and his scholarly editing of the journals of La Verendrye, the explorer who opened western Canada. The medal grants the title Laureat des Instituts.
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Ottawa
Paris
French Academy
Lawrence J. Burpee
Canada
New France
Prairie Provinces
Dictagraph Aids Firemen Read Fire Alarms in Portland
Portable dictagraphs attached to switchboards log every Portland telephone fire alarm. Slowed playback helps decipher hurried calls when house addresses are unclear. Also notes a luminous Australian mushroom that glows so bright it enables reading by its green light.
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Portland
Ore
Popular Mechanics
Australia
Gandhi Sees Self as Social Reformer Not Politician
Mahatma Gandhi, dedicating a new Hindu temple, described himself as a social reformer rather than a saint or politician. He urged opening all Hindu temples to India's 70 million untouchables and blamed caste-based sins for India’s political failures.
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Mahatma Gandhi
India
Valuable chemical recovered from apple waste for coatings
Popular Mechanics notes millions of pounds of apple pomace from cider and vinegar mills can yield ur solic acid, a yellow powder extracted from apple peelings. The Department of Agriculture says it repels water and enhances gloss and water resistance in lacquers. A quirky quote on marriage follows.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Department of Agriculture
Mauretania to sail five Mediterranean cruises next winter
Canard Steamship announces the giant Mauretania will run five seventeen day Mediterranean cruises next winter. At least 2,000,000 dollars will be spent on a fully First Class charter with shore excursions and on board dining. Ports include Cadiz Gibraltar Algiers Villefranche and Riviera stops with Monte Carlo Nice and Cannes. Departures from New York: Dec 17 Jan 8 Jan 27 Feb 15 and Mar 6.
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Mauretania
Mediterranean
Ralph Dellevie
National Tours
West Indies
Dellevie
Atlantic
Cadiz
Spain
Gibraltar
Algiers
North Africa
Villefranche
French Riviera
Riviera
Monte Carlo
Nice
Cannes
New York
Grand Central ceiling stars mirrored in celestial error
The article laments a historic error at Grand Central Terminal New York where the planetary ceiling stars were painted backward creating a mirror image of their real positions. A painter and decorator misread the celestial globe causing the inverted star field seen since the station opened in 1913.
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Grand Central Terminal
New York
Settlers Move to Peace River District in British Columbia
About 3 000 people have settled on Peace River lands in British Columbia since April, including 1 073 families taking up quarter to half a section each. Most settlers report good progress in improving their holdings. Premier Tolmie announced a plan to assist in building a modern flour mill at Fort St. John through an industrial loan.
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British Columbia
Peace River District
W. S. West
Mr. West
West
Tolmie
Fort St. John
Appeal for Surplus Wheat to Aid Chinese Flood Sufferers
John Earl Baker, U S disaster expert, called for surplus wheat to help 10 million Chinese flood victims who he warned may starve before spring. He described the 16 province flood as the worst in 30 years with damages pegged at 300 million dollars and deaths possibly in the thousands, per the Corpse Recovery Society.
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United States
John Earl Baker
China
Baker
When embarrassment hurts feelings and sacred things mocked
A reflections on laughter that wounds. It notes discomfort when someone blushes from embarrassment or when ridicule targets a vulnerable infirmity. It condemns bitter expressions that exclude others from shared humor and treats sacred matters as off limits.
Persian Balm for Skin Health and Beauty
Persian Balm is praised as a universal family aid for skin health and beauty. It is described as beneficial for a mother's loveliness a child's tender skin and a father's hair fixative or cooling shaving lotion. The brochure urges universal use by women to cool caress and enhance complexions.
Explorer Graf Zeppelin Maps Arctic Glaciers and Geography
Prof Rodolphe Samoilovitch quoted on the expedition noting the aircraft crossed numerous concealed glaciers mountain ranges bays and other features during the Arctic cruise. A separate remark cites one seventh of Britons living last winter on unemployment insurance.
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Rodolphe Samoilovitch
Great Britain
Glass Currant Jelly Cake Filling With Coconut
A recipe notes spreading a jelly and coconut filling between and over two 9 inch cake layers. Beat jelly with a fork until spreadable then layer with coconut between and on top and sides. Makes enough filling for two layers.
Coconut Lemon Layer Cake Filling Recipe
A simple dessert filling recipe combines sugar eggs lemon juice and rind with shredded coconut. Cooked in a double boiler until thickened then cooled to spread between two cake layers yielding enough to cover a 9 inch layer.
Modern Waldorf Salad
Core red apples and dice without peeling. Combine apples, celery, walnut meats, and pickles. Add sufficient mayonnaise to bind ingredients and moisten well. Pile into salad bowl or heap on small platter, garnished with crisp lettuce.
Rub It In For Lame Back Brisk Liniment Ad
A claim for Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil promises quick relief for lame backs. The ad states the oil is rapidly absorbed through the skin and penetrates tissues to ease pain, asserting the product’s efficacy and urging readers to try it and be convinced.
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Thomas
Deaf mute pilot earns solo flight at Windsor field
Edward T. Payne, unable to hear or speak, completed an 11 hour solo flight after training at Walker airport Windsor. Authorities believe he is the first handicapped person to fly a plane and he is to receive a private pilot license upon qualification.
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Edward T. Payne
Walker Airport
Windsor
Only War Can Justify Massive Money for Social Goals
The speaker argues that solving housing, unemployment, and disease needs would require enormous funds, noting such sums are only feasible in wartime. The statement ties large-scale financing to war efforts and social aims like cancer and tuberculosis cures.
Egypt dig uncovers granary with grain bins and papyrus records
Excavations in Egypt reveal a large granary with grain bins and papyrus documents. Some items appear connected to the property and its business dealings.
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Egypt
Porter Sells 55 Cattle Shipment to England
William Porter a Wakaw Saskatchewan farmer recently sailed to Ottawa and thence to England to export 55 head of his own farm raised cattle. He carried 1300 dollars in cash representing the extra over Winnipeg prices. Minister Weir notes the English market was flooded with Irish cattle and Porter’s gain would have been 2000 dollars if sold at home.
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William “Bill” Porter
Wakaw, Sask
Ottawa
England
Porter
Winnipeg
Old Country
Robert Weir
Weir
Ottawa Post Wheat Pool Statistician Resigns for Government Role
Clive B. Davidson, assistant statistician to the Canadian Wheat Pool, resigns to join the Agricultural Branch of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics in Ottawa. A University of Saskatchewan graduate, he previously worked for the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and since 1930 served in Winnipeg as assistant statistician to the pool's central selling agency.
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Clive B. Davidson
Canadian Wheat Pool
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa
University of Saskatchewan
Davidson
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Winnipeg
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Promises Lasting Relief
A dramatic claim targets worried mothers promising relief for suffering children. The advertisement touts sure effects and lasting relief from worms with Mother Graves Worm Exterminator.
Glider Tested in Germany With Windmill Vanes
A new type glider fitted with windmill vanes, similar to autogyros, is being tested in Germany. Reports say the system works, with four horizontal blades mounted on a vertical post before the cockpit. The glider’s wings are slightly smaller than standard motorless planes and the vanes may allow aloft flight in lighter winds.
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Germany
Indian Scientist Sir C V Raman Faces Poverty Despite Fame
The prominent Indian physicist Sir Chandrasekhar V Raman, famed for his light research and likened to Einstein, receives global lecture invites yet remains poor and underfunded in a Calcutta flat with limited library and no lab. He is 43, tall, with a white turban. He plays violin and has written on its technique.
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Sir Chandrasekhara Raman
Einstein
California
Calcutta
Sir Chandrasekharas
India
Italian war ace Attilio Gatti explores Congo for gorilla language
Commander Attilio Gatti, famed for seven African expeditions and surviving cobra bites and disease, leaves New York to study the red haired gorilla described by pygmies in the Bel gian Congo. Fragments of his expeditions fill Florence museum rooms.
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Africa
Benito Mussolini
New York
Tchibendo
Belgian Congo
Attilio Gatti
Royal Museum of Florence
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