Flexible loans urged for Western Canadian farmers
Western Canada should adopt flexible mortgage terms that reflect revenue fluctuations. Officials cite past rigidity, crop failures, and droughts, urging automatic principal adjustments and variable payments to ease debt and avoid endless negotiations. Australia’s model shows paying more in good years and less in lean years can work.
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Western
Canada
Australia
S. P. Grosch
Saskatchewan Municipal Debt Adjustment Organization
Swords Forbidden In Turkey Under New Government Order
An official order from the Turkish government bans carrying swords in Turkey. Uniforms may be worn only by foreign airmen soldiers sailors visiting Turkey on duty or for sports, by forces taking refuge in Turkish waters or territory, by fliers who have crashed or are detained due to personal or mechanical damage.
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Turkey
Easter Date Set by Council Rule
The rule for Easter dates was adopted in 325 A D by the Council of Christian Churches. Easter falls on the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon, on or soon after March 21, 2166.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of Christian Churches
Liquid Air Fueled Cable Car May Revolutionize Motive Power
A Japanese laboratory tests a motor using liquid air as fuel cooling to 250 to 350 degrees below zero. The system absorbs heat to vaporize the liquid, driving pistons and reclaiming energy, with potential for cars ships trains and especially aircraft. Majestic Mount Fuji will remain climbable as a cable-car route was rejected due to aesthetic and health concerns. Fuji stands at 12 467 feet with about 100 000 climbers yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Fuji
Jiji
Home Office
Fuji
Australia tops world for long distance calls says report
A postal authority report highlights feats in long distance telephony. A Sydney to Valparaiso 19000 mile call with perfect reception. Frequent Sydney to London San Francisco and South Africa calls. A Los Angeles to Sydney 53 minutes the longest to date. Conference calls spanned London Johannesburg Bombay Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Perth. Since service began there have been 7000 calls to Chile Saar Finland Hungary Palestine. Latest hookup with Tasmania.
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Australia
Sydney
Valparaiso
London
Buenos Aires
San Francisco
South Africa
Los Angeles
Johannesburg
Bombay
Melbourne
Adelaide
Perth
Chile
Saar
Finland
Hungary
Palestine
Tasmania
New Test of Death Uses Ophthalmoscope in Canada
Drs Salisbury and Melvin of Queen's University Kingston describe a death test in the British Medical Journal. The test watches for retinal vein blood column changes after circulation stops about ten minutes. If broken, revival is deemed impossible.
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Drs. Salisbury
Melvin
Queen's University
Kingston, Ont
Cat tail linked to spine explains fear and defense
The article explains that a cat tail is part of the backbone and brain, so pulling a tail affects the brain and can provoke growling and scratching. It notes that babies dragging at the tail can drive the cat into a momentary madness.
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Puss
Unique Shoe Shop Aids Footless in St Louis Exchange
A department of the Child Conservation Conference opens in St Louis to allow persons using only one shoe due to a missing or injured foot to swap footwear with others who lack the use of the opposite foot.
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St. Louis
The
Child Conservation Conference
Highway tolls shift from cash to blood in grim change
A stark report notes toll collection evolving from traditional cash payments to a grisly system in which blood is used as the toll. Authorities investigate the unsettling method, while residents react with fear and calls for protection.
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Claim
An old advertisement promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills claiming to stimulate two pounds of bile flow daily to aid digestion. It argues that blocked bile causes gas, constipation, and a sour feeling, urging readers to choose Carter's and reject calomel or mercury products.
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Carter
Home Made False Teeth From Motorcycle Parts
Albert Orwin a road worker from Jump near Wombwell England experiments with dental substitutes. He first used a mutton leg bone and a billiard ball but both proved too small. He finally cast teeth from melted aluminum crank case scrap and created an everyday set. For Sundays he wears a perfect smile from aluminum screw tops of thermos flasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Orwin
Jump
Wombwell
Eng
Orwin
Centipede Blamed For City Power Outages in Peshawar
Peshawar in the North West Frontier region of India suffered three nights of blackout due to a fault at the electric power station. Experts could not identify a cause until a linesman discovered a singed centipede on the wires on the fourth night, cited as the source of the outages.
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Peshawar
India
Special Prize At Saskatoon Regina Fair 1937
A special prize of 25 dollars will be awarded for the best finished Here ford steer at the Saskatoon and Regina spring fairs in 1937. The article warns drivers to stop and rest when drowsiness begins to steal alert attention and car control.
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Saskatoon
Regina
Lost city of Yong Peng found in Malayan jungle
A British government official locating Yong Peng, a thriving 5000-strong Chinese settlement in Johore state, buried in the Malayan jungle. The town, built as a native civilization with rubber plantations over 10 000 acres, offers rich future opportunities in the Pacific region as Dr. Adamantios Plytoides argues for a rising Pacific world.
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Pacific Coast
Yong Peng
Johore
Selected Recipes Mixture Date Oat Sandwich Bake
Two mixtures create a date and oat sandwich bake. Mixture one boils dates with brown sugar and vinegar, then cools. Mixture two combines oats flour salt and soda with shortening, then layering and baking yield a date oat bake.
Buenos Aires Sets Horn Tone Standard For Cars
Buenos Aires plans to ban loud horns and require a single soft horn tone approved by the executive department. Klaxon and other sharp or multi tone horns would be prohibited under the new regulation.
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Buenos Aires
Alaska Man Don Skuse Returns to Juneau
Don Skuse returns to Juneau Alaska saying he was stopped by police on Broadway and Fifth Avenue New York not for infractions. Officers noted his Alaska license plates and inquired about the territory during the stops.
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Don Skuse
Juneau
Alaska
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
New York
Forgotten Eskimo People Mystery in Eastern Arctic
Canadian government scientist Douglas Leechmanwill sail aboard the Nascopie to the Burto Islands near Ungava Peninsula to search ancient village sites for traces of an extinct Eskimo civilization. He aims to date and locate the origin of the forgotten race through bone and ivory implements.
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Arctic
Hudson Bay
Douglas Leechman
National Museum
Burto Islands
Ungava Peninsula
Disguises Forbidden Under New Secret Act
A new official secrets act bans all disguises in Singapore with dyed hair and wigs forbidden. Wig makers face arrest as spies under strict Gibraltar of the East regulations.
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Singapore
Britain
Gibraltar
Japanese Scientists Denied Entry for Eclipse Viewing
Japanese researchers protested after Russia allowed only two scientists to enter for the recent eclipse viewing. The restriction sparked further complaints about access to international astronomical events and collaboration.
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Russia
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Adamantios Plytoides
University of Southern California
Dr. Plytoides
Pacific
China
Far East
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg
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