Unemployment reform debate sparks national study findings
The Purvis National Commission report on unemployment may trigger wide debate in Parliament and across Canada. It backs national unemployment insurance with province and municipal roles, but one member argues primary relief should rest with local units. The report urges coordination between relief and job services, while Western views question public works as an alternative to direct relief, favoring projects that generate revenue and rebuild morale. Westerners demand convincing proof before abandoning relief for public works.
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Purvis National Commission On Employment
House of Commons
Canada
Mary Sutherland
Vancouver
Impr
Commission
Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipal Ties
Western
Emergency Grain Reserve Proposal Urges Britain to Act Now
Philip Malpin of the Holt Line calls for an emergency grain reserve to cover Britain for at least six months as wartime fears rise. He argues current low freight rates and wheat prices tempt government action while warning excess tonnage could push shipping into state control.
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Britain
British Isles
Philip Malpin
Holt Line
Halpin
At Home 20 Weeks With Rheumatism Miracle Cure
A wife recounts 20 weeks of back rheumatism hurting her husband and says Kruschen Salts restored him to work. She claims the remedy’s change was like a miracle and credits it for dissolving uric acid crystals and easing pain.
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Kruschen Salta
Kruschen
Prospectors Complain of Hotel Shortage at Yellowknife Gold Strike
Report from Yellowknife on Great Slave Lake notes prospectors lacking hotel space must dress and undress almost in public. Windsor Star quotes oldtimers recalling the Trail of 96. Also mentions surprising possibility of fish remaining alive after being frozen in ice.
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Yellowknife
Great Slave Lake
The
Windsor Star
Oil products yields and nerve speeds in animals
The text estimates crude oil yields per 100 gallons as 4 gallons gasoline, 36 gallons fuel, 54 gallons miscellaneous, 6 gallons kerosene, 3 gallons lubricants, and 3 gallons paraffin. It also notes nerve signals in humans travel about 400 feet per second, while in octopuses they move about 80 inches per second.
To Climb Mount Everest by Bare Essentials
An expedition of seven young men will depart without oxygen or wireless gear and with minimal provisions to attempt Everest. They aim to prove whether a human can reach and survive near 29,000 feet without artificial breathing aid, challenging past heavily equipped expeditions.
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High Peak
Mount
Everest
Memorial window and recipe notes from historic paper
A fragmented clipping lists BELECTED RECIPES including meringue and frozen custard with Crown Brand sweeteners and Benson's Corn Starch, plus a Memorial For King George V. noting a window unveiling at Winchester Cathedral by US ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy on July 12, 251.
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Benson's
Edwardsburg
Benson's Com
Aix
King George V
George V
Winchester Cathedral
United States
Joseph P. Kennedy
Chewing Gum Gets Praise From College Leaders
The Stratford Beacon Herald notes Dean Mabel Mannix of Marquette University supports chewing gum as a stress reliever for students. Coeds at Marquette debated its merits, urging teaching proper chew technique and even suggesting expert guidance on disposal. The piece also jokes about safe disposal and even razor blade risk.
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Mabel Mannix
Marquette University
Marquette
Mannix
Stratford “Beacon-Herald
Claims to French King Title Traced Through Descent
A historical note claims France could be a republic to some, yet a night watchman in New Orleans still asserts Louis XIX by direct descent though Louis XVIII ended the royal line. A Chinese army enforces thrift with ten percent of pay saved. Moths outnumber butterflies in families, about nine to one. Hall blends sow and air space to reduce weight.
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France
New Orleans
Caims
Louis XIX
Louis XVIII
Baron Franckenstein Leaves Britain After Diplomatic Career
The Austrian minister to Great Britain since 1920 resigns after the Anschluss and will stay in England at St James Club Piccadilly. He plans to pursue golf hunting and tennis, and collects Oriental art. Viscountess Elibank offers him a cottage in Hampshire.
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Msthan
Britain
Baron Franckenstein
Belgrave Square
St. James Club
Piccadilly
Great Britain
Hapsburg Empire
Hapsburgs
Vienna
England
Elibank
Hampshire
New York Times
Egypt to rebury Pharaohs in new mausoleum plan
Egypt considers removing the ancient kings from display and sealing them again beneath the earth. Pharaohs were previously moved from Cairo museum to Zaghloul Pasha mausoleum and back, with discussions about a new burial site near the pyramids at Giza or in Heliopolis amid belief the tombs bring bad luck.
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Egypt
Cairo
Zaghloul Pasha
Zagloul
Giza
Pyramids
Heliopolis
Sweden Develops New Spring Wheat Diamanter Variety
Washington agriculture officials report Sweden has developed a new spring wheat named Diamanter. The variety arose from experiments starting in 1923 and is expected to cut Sweden’s imports of North American grain. Sweden has imported about 1.3 million bushels annually, mostly from the United States and Canada, for superior flour quality.
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Washington
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