Canada May Be Called Upon To Aid Britain In Rearmament
Canada may be asked to support Britain’s rearmament as skilled labor shortages slow progress. Plans include Canadian firms receiving contracts for essential industries and plywood aircraft components produced at Manchester using Canadian logs. Labor resistance to relocation and political tensions within the Labour party are noted.
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Canada
Great Britain
Britain
Manchester
Germany
England
Wales
Hereford
Pembroke
Cornwall
Ulster
Glasgow
London
Labor Party
Autumn Garden Tasks And Early Spring Bulbs
As plants die back in autumn remove tops to prevent disease and burn them. Freeze the ground and mulch with old manure straw or evergreen branches to protect soil and snow cover. Slug prone plants may get crown protection with coal ashes and around foxgloves and hollyhocks to avoid water freezing. Plant spring bulbs in September and October including Daffodils Tulips and others like Chionodoxa Siberian Squill Crocus Muscari and autumn lily bulbs such as L amabile tenuifolium regale Willmottiae and Henryi planted in October.
Milk to Fabric and Paper Says New Outlook Note
The New Outlook reports milk casein used in paper making and textiles. Milk skimmed from ten quarts yields one quart of cream, leaving nine quarts of skim milk explored by chemists for uses including coated paper and billiard balls. Mussolini’s chemists reportedly produce fabrics like cotton wool or silk from casein at lower cost, enabling clothing from milk.
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B. L. Herrington
Cornell University
Mussolini
Ding Grandi
Great Britain
London
Biddy Callaghan
Flin Flon Nears New Cross-Border Road Completion
Flin Flon Manitoba, a mining town near the Manitoba Saskatchewan border, moves toward motorization as the 15 mile Flin Flon Beaver Lake road nears completion. Beaver Lake, a summer resort, spurs residents to adopt cars.
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Flin Flon
Manitoba
Manitoba-Saskatchewan
Beaver Lake
Saskatchewan
Britain woolen imports face Japan restriction petition
The president of the Japan Federation of Woolen Weavers' Guilds asks for limits on British woolens entering Japan amid rising imports. Two large printing plants in Hong Kong will publish books in English and Chinese.
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Japanese Department of Commerce
Japan
Japan Federation of Woolen Weavers’ Guilds
Hong Kong
China
Built To Measurement A Thoroughbred Blacksmith’s Shoe Match
Canton Ohio veteran blacksmith W A Haddox insists race horses need hand forged shoes built to exact hoof measurements. He argues factory shoes cannot match the precision required, and a slight over or under weight can cost a horse speed and winning. He compares horse shoeing to human footwear and emphasizes customization over mass production.
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W. A. Haddox
Canton
Ohio
Haddox
Portable Radio Aids Miners In Underground Tests
Inventors L. W. and C. E. Hermes, a father and son team, report a successful test of a small portable radio set designed for miners. Weighing fifteen pounds, the device requires no technical knowledge to operate and can be placed at multiple points in the mine so trapped workers can communicate with rescuers above. Tests were conducted 2,200 feet underground in an English mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. and
C. E. Hermes
England
Wanthagi Trials New Bicycle Sport with Frying Pan Tennis
The Victorian coal town of Wanthagi bids for fame with a frying pan tennis game and now unveils a one pole bicycle sport. Spokes endure rapid play and a local enthusiast designs a special bicycle to cope with the action.
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Wanthagi
Australia
Babson Sees Business Return to Normal After Six Years
Roger W. Babson told the Boston Advertising Club that business has returned to its normal level after six years of downturn. He forecast 1936 to surpass 1929 highs in autos steel and several industries, with rising real estate prices wages and railroad traffic. Democracy is seen as fragile due to politics.
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Roger W. Babson
Advertising Club of
Boston
America
Babson
Three Great Castles of Ludwig II of Bavaria
Ludwig II built three castles exhausting state funds. Neuschwanstein, a medieval style stronghold, was decorated with Wagner opera scenes. A nearby lodge features a large tree in the main room symbolic of Die Walkure. The project cost 30 million dollars and required thirteen years.
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Ludwig II
Bavaria
Ludwig
Neuschwanstein
The Vinegar Bible and Its Notorious Printing Errors
A historical overview of the Vinegar Bible printed at Oxford by J. Baskett in 1716 17, nicknamed for Luke 20 headline The Parable of the Vinegar. It gained fame for numerous misprints including the so called Basket-full of printers errors and the later To remain edition with comma mix ups and verse mistranscriptions.
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Oxford
J. Baskett
Rebecca
Tibetan Art Treasures Destroyed by Red Raiders
Ancient Tibetan relics valued in the millions of pounds have been looted by Communist and bandit forces at the China Tibet border regions and provinces Kokonor and Sikang. American archaeologists at West China Union University Museum are buying fleeing Tibetan treasures to preserve posterity while English ambulance crews prepare asbestos suits and tools for rescuing crash victims.
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China
Tibet
Kokonor
Sikang
West China Union University Museum
Toys For Tots Pattern Kit For Plush Cat And Duck
Instructions for making two piece plush toys, a kitten and a duck, with separate clothing, including pattern 5683 and material requirements. Pattern cost 20 cents, sent to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave. E. Winnipeg. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Wales man’s sermon tally questioned by papers
The Brandon Sun notes a man claims 3,000 sermons in 37 years, while at two sermons weekly that would total about 3,850. The Toronto Star asks where he was for 850 Sunday evenings.
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Wales
Brandon Sun
The
Toronto Star
Man rains praise on place as she learns to drive
A man praised the beauty of the place while noting that she is learning to drive. The remark blends admiration with a casual update on her new skill.
Seed Selection For Next Year's Grain Crop Is A Matter Of Prime Importance
The Dominion Seed Commissioner stresses seed supply as the prime consideration for all crops, noting that even in a light 1936 grain year most Canadian farms can reserve seed. Proper cleaning and grading keep grain fit for seed, benefiting farmers and public welfare.
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Canada
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Dominion Seed Commissioner
New Feeding Basis Boosts Egg Output at Philadelphia Zoo
Scientists at the Philadelphia zoo doubled egg production over the past year by a basic ration No 1 feeding plan. The diet of grain and vegetable meals dried milk minerals and cod liver oil revived a griffin vulture that had not laid in 12 years. The article notes the US leads orange production while Spain exports the most oranges.
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Philadelphia Zoo
Zoo
Weather Saint St Bartholomew Echoes for Sailors
The piece notes St Bartholomew as a weather saint with a famed festival fallen and a proverb about St Swithun. Bavarian boatmen invoke him before lake journeys asking if they will return, hearing replies of Ya in calm weather and silence in storms.
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St. Bartholomew
St. Swithun
Bavaria
Bartholomew
Mussolini seeks London loan as Italy backs credit drive
Italy presses Britain for credit while banks reportedly snub the request. Mussolini boasts of an eight million strong mobilizable army to back a loan offer. A writer comments on modern concerns about appearance and a psychologist notes the link between memory and mind.
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Italy
London
Mussolini
Britain
King Edward VIII Hints At Self Set Diet
Royal fashion leader King Edward VIII reportedly started a self devised diet to slim his waist. He claims to have lost pounds and boosted health and efficiency by eating fruit toast and tea for breakfast, fruit for lunch, and fish or meat with greens for dinner while avoiding alcohol until evening.
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Edward VIII
Edward VII
Women In Austria Claim They Can Run a City Alone
Austrian women declare they are the most independent in the world and could manage a city in detail without male help in an emergency. Official stats show one million of Austria's three million workers are women, with thousands already in professions once male dominated such as farming, medicine, carpentry, and engineering.
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Hugh D. Wise
Army
War Department
Navy Department
Quinine Tree Bred as Annual Plant in Soviet Trial
Russian scientists at the All-Union Institute of Plant Cultivation in Leningrad begin experimental cultivation of the tropical quinine tree as an annual plant. They hope the new cultivar will produce all products of the original tree.
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All-Union Institute of Plant Cultivation
Leningrad
Len Rossiter Finds Vancouver Island Ice Caves
Len Rossiter, a guide, credited with discovering the first ice caves on Vancouver Island after years of exploration in Forbidden Plateau. He said he was just looking around during his final visit when the caves were found.
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Len Rossiter
Vancouver Island
Len
Forbidden Plateau
Two who are living as cheaply as one show it
A concise observation notes that two people share resources and expenses to live frugally, effectively managing budget and household costs as a joint unit. The item highlights cooperation, shared chores, and mutual support in reducing individual living expenses.
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Frau Starkle
Roger Babson
Alice Brooks
United States
Spain
Edward
Austria
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