Plan to Stimulate Home Repairs Loans and Housing Policy
The Dominion government will guarantee lenders against losses up to 15 percent for up to 50 million dollars in home repair and improvement loans. A national plan also contemplates low rent urban housing and slum clearance with province and local cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Mackenzie King
A. B. Purvis
National Commission On Employment and Relief
Purvis
Norman Rogers
United States
Commission On Home Rehabilitation
The Barley King of Boxford Farm Empire
George Baylis of Boxford Berkshire built a £245 596 fortune farming without livestock. Starting in 1866 with traditional stock, he switched to ammonia and phosphates, creating a six course grain rotation. He managed 12 000 acres with 300 horses, employing traveling gangs that altered villages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Baylis
Boxford
Berkshire
United Kingdom
King’s Lynn
Norfolk Baylis
C. S. Orwin
Institute For Search In Agricultural Economics
Oxford University
Baylis
The
News-Chronicle
England
Van Zandt County Adopts Goose Helpers For Weeding Cotton
A Van Zandt County farmer first used geese to weed cotton and found them effective against Johnson grass and crab grass. Now about 25,000 geese are used countywide, with five geese replacing a farm hand and working 15 to 18 hours daily though they nap during hot mid‑day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Zandt
Texas
C. C. Simmons
van Zandt County
Johnson
Blind Lisbon beggar computes faster than adding machine
Manuel Moreira, a lifelong beggar selling lottery tickets in Lisbon, astonishes a mathematics professor with rapid mental arithmetic. He claims to perform additions, multiplications, and divisions of ten or more figures in his head without writing, delivering correct results within seconds under test by Portuguese mathematicians. He can also work faster than a bank adding machine without errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Manuel Moreira
Moreira
Portugal
Alcohol and Driving Speed Up Motor Response Risks
Dr. Horace Middleton Vernon reported extensive tests by the National Institute of Industrial Psychology showing whiskey speeds motorists and reduces accuracy while beer is less harmful. More than one large whiskey shot boosted driving errors by 12 percent, with drivers unaware of flaws. Sir Edward Poulton elected next year’s BAAS president. In New York, the American Congress of Physical Therapy heard of oxygen injections to cushion joints for arthritis and a stronger electric current to treat facial neuralgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Middleton Vernon
Industrial Health Research Board
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Vernon
National Institute of Industrial Psychology
Association
Edward Poulton
Oxford University
Josiah Stamp
Optimistic Western Canada Note at Medicine Hat
Governor General Tweedsmuir spoke in Medicine Hat Alberta praising Western Canada as balanced between prosperity and hardship. He said the region “has neither been spoiled by prosperity nor discouraged by adversity” and urged abundance with the remark “You have baskets for all your eggs.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
Medicine Hat
Alta
Tweedsmuir
Rubber roads trial in Australia aims for softer crashes
Australia trials rubber road surfaces to reduce injuries when drivers are ejected from vehicles. The move aims to position the nation ahead of others by promising a gentler landing for motorists in collisions and testing new road technology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Modernized Moscow and Scandinavia Impress Miss Macphail
Miss Agnes Macphail returned to Canada praising a modernized Moscow and rapid Scandinavian progress. She noted cobblestones giving way to asphalt, new hotels and student centers, and universities rising. She highlighted cooperative systems in Sweden and Denmark as beneficial, especially in Sweden where they reduced the low mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Macphail
Canada
Europe
Moscow
U.F.O. Labor
Grey-Bruce
Sweden
Denmark
Name changes and arena materials in British notes
The term scribblers is replaced by work book in London schools to boost pupil ambition. Wood shavings replace sawdust in circus arena coverings as authorities seek practical improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Garden of the Future Enclosed by Cloth House, Expert Says
Dr George S Christie of Ontario Agricultural College touts a cloth house for gardens at the Canadian National Exhibition. He demonstrates higher humidity, insect protection, and richer plant growth versus open air, with tomatoes cauliflower and asters thriving inside the enclosure. He outlines plans for a new plant house using glass wool insulation and electric lighting, plus CO2 retention. He notes weed control costs nationwide and methods to curb perennial and annual weeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Christie
Ontario Agricultural College
Christie
Hydro Commission
College
Poultry
Transplanting Peonies Best Practices for Division and Planting
September is the best time to transplant peonies. Dig up large plants, shake off soil, expose tubers to sun for an hour, wash soil away, cut foliage, and divide with five eyes or more. Prepare soil in advance, replace old soil if replanting, add bone meal, plant with two inches of soil above the crown, and mulch in first winter to prevent freeze thaw damage.
Soviet Union seeks rust resistant Canadian seed wheat
A. S. Essipov of the Soviet grain program announced in Edmonton that new Canadian wheat varieties with rust resistance and strong milling quality will be purchased in experimental quantities as seed for potential widespread planting in the USSR. He met with Dr. K. W. Neatby of the University of Alberta to select seed growers and assess Edmonton district activity. Essipov stressed the USSR is not competing with Canada in grain exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
Edmonton
A. S. Essipov
U.S.S.R
Essipov
Moscow
K. W. Neatby
University of Alberta
Soviet People's Commissariat of Agriculture
Canada
Pattern 5310 Sampler for Hall or Guest Room
This 124 by 14 inch sampler uses croas stitch except for the lettering and can be done in color. It makes a charming gift for a bride to be and includes transfer pattern, color key, material needs, and stitch illustrations. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union. No Alice Brooks pattern book exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Art Treasures Prepared for Shipment From Peiping
Five hundred cases of art treasures are reported prepared for shipment from Peiping to Shanghai and Nanking to assure their safety in case of war. The move aims to protect the collections by transferring them to safer regional depots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
China
Shanghai
Nanking
Tomatoes Said To Boost Population On St. Croix Island
The Virgin Islands division notes a population rise on St. Croix tied to a dietary shift from cornmeal and fish to tomatoes. Officials say introducing tomato plants increased tomato consumption and correlated with a higher birth rate on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Territories and Insular Affairs
St. Croix
Virgin Islands
Pigs Fed Cod Liver Oil At CNE Display
Dr. G I Christie of Ontario Agricultural College says winter sun shortage is offset by cod liver oil feed for pigs. He notes tests show scientific foods greatly improve pig health and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. I. Christie
Ontario Agriculture College
Guelph
Toronto
Old Violin Xeno: Bartholomew Kramer 1750 in Mittenwald
A violin made in 1750 by Bartholomew Kramer in Mittenwald Germany remains in use in Edmonton Alberta. It is owned and played by Robert Buchanan and valued at over 1000 dollars. The instrument has carried a glorious mellow tone through the decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alta
Robert Buchanan
Mittenwald
Germany
Bartholomew Kramer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mohammed
Japan
Stalin
Josef Stalin
Klement Voroshiloff
Soviet
Russia
Voroshiloff
British Medico
American Congress of Physical Therapy
New York
Harold R. Hopkins
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Benjamin Ulanski
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Agnes McPhail
Alice Brooks
Dominion of Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Virtue In Tomatoes
Sunshine
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!