Equitable Debt Adjustment Across Prairie Government Boards
The piece argues for principled, equitable debt adjustment for farmers across prairie provinces through tribunals and voluntary mediation. It notes varied agreements and human factors complicating math-based equity, endorses missions to keep farmers on the land, and highlights Saskatchewan’s ten year plans with rising principal, capped interest, and crop-failure pauses as a model for Alberta and Manitoba.
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Prairie Provinces
Federal Board of Review
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
United Farmers of Canada
Boards of Review
Judge Musamanno Seeks Prison Experience In Self Imposed Sentence
Judge M A Musamanno of Pittsburgh criminal court completed a voluntary three day prison term to study prison life and routine. He told newsmen through cell bars a judge must know the environment to understand the system. Separately a coal to gasoline plant at Billingham England produced nearly 240 million gallons of fuel.
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M. A. Musamanno
Pittsburgh Criminal Court
Billingham
Eng
Water conservation pushed for Prairie Farms plan in West
John Vallance urged broad irrigation under the Prairie Farms Rehabilitation Act at a Regina Rotary Kiwanis joint meeting. He called for large storage basins to preserve spring run-off and stressed the need for expanded project development with PFRA assistance to farmers and groups in drought areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
John Vallance
Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
P.F R.A
Foot Binding Ordinance Bans Marriage in Shantung Province
The Shantung provincial government orders that bound foot women will be ineligible for marriage starting January 1, 1937, with severe penalties for bachelors who still choose wives with lily feet.
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Shantung
Royal Mews to undergo extensive alterations
The text notes that the King will retain fewer horses than King George, prompting extensive alterations planned for the Royal Mews.
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George
Ruttledge Abandons Everest Bid Plans To Sail From Devon
Mount Everest expedition leader Hugh Ruttledge says he will not attempt Everest again, preferring to live on a yacht from Brixham and climb smaller peaks. He noted a 20,000 foot ascent in bad weather and predicted future permission for a new expedition, while recounting Tibetan monastery hospitality. The Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire awarded 17 LODE war memorial bursaries worth 20 400 to children of soldiers killed or disabled in the war with recipients listed in Saskatchewan.
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Hugh Ruttledge
Lo.d.f. War Memorial
Mount Everest
Brixham
Devon
Plymouth
India
Ruttledge
Everest
Mr. Ruttledge
National Executive Council of
The
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire
Lode
British Columbia
Ontario
Soviet official eyes Canadian seed wheat for experimentation
A. S. Essipov of the Soviet agriculture ministry announced in Edmonton that Canada will supply rust resistant wheat seed in experimental quantities for potential Soviet planting. He met with Dr. K. W. Neatby to examine Edmonton seed growers and hopes for renewed Soviet-Canadian trade, possibly aided by W. D. Euler’s Moscow visit.
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Soviet Union
Edmonton
A. S. Essipov
U.S.S.R
Essipov
Moscow
K. W. Neatby
Fields Crops
University of Alberta
Soviet People's Commissariat of Agriculture
Canada
W. D. Euler
Dominion
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Claims Two Pounds Bile Daily
An old advertisement extols Carter's Little Liver Pills as a harmless, gentile remedy that awakens the liver to produce two pounds of bile daily and improve digestion. It contrasts with calomel and mercury products and urges consumers to ask for the brand by name.
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Carter
Mining minister urges scholarship drive as gold output climbs
Timmins Ontario hearing heard Hon T A Crerar forecast Canada would produce 135 million dollars in gold this year with growth to 250 million within five years. He promised no mining tax hikes during the current government and asked big firms to fund Canadian university mining scholarships including a year in the Ottawa Mines Department ore lab for the winner. Last year output was 116 million.
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Canada
T. A. Crerar
Mines Department
Ottawa
Crerar
Gang Warfare Fears Rise in London and Glasgow
Two men wounded in a Balham hospital after a razor attack in a gang fight. Police issue a message for information on the gangs. Glasgow magistrates vow to use full powers to stamp out armed gangs amid public anxiety in the east end.
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London
Glasgow
Balham Hospital
Simple Raisin Cookies From Pantry Mixture
A dated recipe lists ingredients including raisins sugar butter salt cinnamon and soda with hot water. It instructs mixing in order and dropping onto a greased sheet. Bake slowly at 300 degrees for twenty minutes yielding cookies.
Offended Japanese Nab Objects Seized From Nihonbashi Exhibit
Police in Nihonbashi ordered removal of foreign art pieces with motifs resembling the imperial chrysanthemum crest. Items included an Italian cake tray a French stein hair ornaments and a Japanese ink set. Owners were summoned to sign apologies while a new folding wheelbarrow for gardeners was noted as an innovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nihonbashi
Japan
Underground Home Plans for Britain’s Bombproof Shelter
English architects announce an underground home under a Hertfordshire meadow designed to withstand air raids. The $150,000, twenty room luxury mansion promises safety from gas and bombs. Germany aims to boost wool supply to thirty percent of its needs. Kilauea in Hawaii is the world’s largest active volcano with a crater two miles wide.
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Britain
Hertfordshire
Germany
Kilauea
Hawaii
Adventurers Rescued After Seven Days Beside Gangotri Glacier
Five men led by Fazal Elshie of the Survey of India were marooned for seven days at 18 000 feet near Gangotri glacier India. A violent monsoon brought eight feet of snow, cutting off supply, but a rescue party reached them after three days of snow crawling and tunnelling. They were brought to Mussoorie for treatment and expected to recover.
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Fazal Elshie
Survey of India
Mussoorie
Gangotri Glacier
India
Himalayan
Governor General Visits Deserted Town and Pays War Tribute
Baron Tweedsmuir and Lady Tweedsmuir visited Bankhead, a ghost town above Cascade Mountain, where a cenotaph marks miners who died in the war. He laid a wreath and prayed, warning Canada must continue to assert itself internationally. He told Banff students to view the king as neighbor as well as sovereign.
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Rocky Mountain
Bankhead
Cascade Mountain
Canada
Baron Tweedsmuir
Lady Tweedsmuir
Banff
Fine Embroiderer 87-Year-Old Visitor At Exhibition
Thomas W. Willoughby of Newmarket formerly of Burlington visited the Women’s Building at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. He announced his age as 87 and, despite a disabled right hand, displayed fine linen embroidered in silk with shaded colors. He said he began embroidery to cure loneliness and had never held a needle until recent years. His exhibit received a special display but he did not enter it in competition.
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Toronto
Thomas W. Willoughby
Burlington
Newmarket
Mr. Willoughby
Little Things Count and Hold Great Power
The passage emphasizes that small items and actions like springs, helm, bridge-bit, nails, pegs, a word, a look, or a frown can steer outcomes. It urges attention to the supposed insignificance of minor details, noting their potential for both good and evil.
Titian Draws Inspiration From Grapes In Studio
The artist Titian drew inspiration from a cluster of grapes hung in his studio as a model of beauty in form and line. This observation highlights how mundane objects influenced Renaissance composition and vision.
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Titian
South Africa Opens Work Colony for Nonperformers
A new South Africa program creates a work colony intended for workers deemed unable or unwilling to perform traditional labor. Officials describe the initiative as a reform measure, aiming to integrate those labeled as nonproductive into supervised, structured activities.
Curse Drives Campbell Fortress to New Life as Hotel
On the mountainside where Campbells once massacred MacGregors, Taymouth Castle built by a Breadalbane kinsman becomes a luxury hotel and playground for the wealthy as the Laird of Breadalbane can no longer sustain the fortress.
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MacGregors
Earl of Breadalbane
Taymouth
MacGregor
MacDonald
Campbell
Breadalbane
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