Admirals Demand Global Navy Supremacy Amid Zeppelin Threat
Admiral Sir Roger Keyer called for British naval supremacy as Zeppelin threats loom over Germany with new dugout L229, while global currency and trade notes surface. Canadian and American talks include reciprocal treaty effective Jan. 1, and local notices record elections, dire poverty claims, and obituaries in a sprawling world update.
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Roger Keyer
Metoes
Pariament
Abiats
Boedrenanafen
Germany
Elen J. Ackerman
New York
Social Credit
Canada
Calgary
Bamonton
Roosevelt
United States
Brea
Thorold board honors trade pact endorsement by Sir Edward Beatty
Sir Edward Beatty addressed Thorold Ontario's annual Board of Trade dinner praising a reciprocal trade treaty between Canada and the United States as a step in the right direction. He urged completing recovery with increased trade and selective public works, warning against destroying systems over minor defects like cockroaches in the cellar.
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Thorold, Ont
Sir Edward Beatty
K.C
Thorold Board of Trade
Canada
Mail Delays Prompt New Fort Worth Post Office Boxes
The Fort Worth postal service finished a delivery 32 years late as letters wedged in old rent boxes crumbled when workmen replaced the boxes. The mail gradually passed through and was delivered. New boxes prevent a repeat of the incident.
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Postal Service
Fort Worth
Texas
Cleveland Officer Notes Witty Parking Incident
Cleveland police reported a motorist parked in a forbidden spot and left a note on the windshield asking not to leave a ticket for 10 minutes. The motorist returned to find the note and a ticket, with the reply “Sorry couldn’t wait.”
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Cleveland
Medical Science In Russia Angn Proves Standards
Sir Frederick Banting, discoverer of insulin, told Hamilton Health Association that Russia fights tuberculosis early via factory doctors and trade union clinics, reducing bedridden cases. He stressed prevention alongside treatment and noted medical science keeping pace with civilization. He had just returned from Russia. More Americans buy automobiles in South America than elsewhere.
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Russia
Sir Frederick Banting
Hamilton
Onto Health Association
Sir Frederick
of Coure
Donaldson Atlantic Captain Baillie Handles Letitia First Passenger
Captain George K Baillie of Monti centry fame carried the Letitia as his first passenger command aboard the Donaldson liner. A Highlander from Glasgow, he later served 14 years as master of the Cortona trading Glasgow River Plate Vancouver. He began as an apprentice sailor and was last seen in Montreal during the War serving as an officer on the Cas.
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Donaldson Atlantic
George K. Baillie
Eal Harbour
Letitia
Monticentry
Baillie
Glasgow
River Plate
Vancouver
Montreal
Cas
German Rail Official Opens Information Bureau in Toronto
Werner Haag official representative of the German State Railways has opened an Information Bureau in Toronto Canada. Haag has long worked with German State Railways offices in Berlin London and Paris and also serves as official representative for the organizing committee of the 11th Olympic Games in 1936 in Berlin.
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Werner Haag
Canada
Toronto
Haag
Berlin
London
Paris
Winnipeg Newspaper Union Pattern Notice
Fragmentary OCR text requests 20 cents for a pattern packet on pattern making and flood illustration. Mentions Una and 176 McDermot Ave Winnipeg, printing union address. No clear main event or individuals beyond postal request.
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Floud
Spat Science Neecea
Sutehee
Una
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
E. Wwinsipes
Brooks
Ezra and Nehemiah Read the Law at Jerusalems Water Gate
The Sunday school lesson notes Ezra 7 10 and Nehemiah chapters 8 and 9 12 describing Ezra the priest reading the Law from morning to noon on the Feast of Trumpets day in 445 BC. Nehemiah joins to comfort the people and urge joy eat drink and share with the needy as the holy day is observed.
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Ezra
Jerusalem
Persia
Nehemiah S
Gihon
Nehemiah
Moffatt
Death Defying Dive by Red Brady in Halifax
Red Brady, a Halifax visitor, dives from a 110 foot tower into five feet of water with precise geometry. He studies degrees and wind drift like a professor, bracing before a forward dive that barely submerges, even performing spectacular nighttime dives tied to gasoline soaked gear.
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Red Brady
Halifax
N.S
Brady
Hired Man Disobeys Orders Then Pigs Die in Creek
A hired man, ordered to chop a hole near shore, ignored the command and moved to the creek center. Six hundred sixty three pigs owned by J H Parsons, valued at $600, plunged through a hole in Seven Persons Creek Alberta and drowned under the ice.
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J. H. Parsons
Seven Persons Creek
Alta
Saluting New Recruit Mocked by Officer
A new recruit is challenged by an officer who calls him over and points to the uniform and the item he wears, prompting a brief exchange about respect and attire. The incident highlights tensions over dress and protocol in the unit.
Unscientific storm veers ashore in Bahamas then Florida
Nassau residents watched a rare storm pass inland on November 3 as a hurricane far north in Bermuda crossed sea and veered toward Florida. In Miami the AP noted sun and a light breeze while Nassau felt the blow next afternoon leveling houses and snapping telegraph wires. Seven people died and many were injured as wreckage piled high and officials stressed the storm's freak nature. Weather Bureau figures and reporters compared the event to a freak hurricane that defied normal paths.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Bermuda
Grady Norton
United States Weather Bureau
Miami
Florida
Associated Press
Nasvats
Florida Spa
Americuto
United Press
I. R. Tannahill
Weather Bureau
Springfield Republican
Canada’s bacon exports rise to Britain and beyond
Canada exported bacon worth 15,756,171 dollars by September 1935, up from 14,872,231 dollars in 1934, with 99 percent of the volume destined for Britain. The British market absorbed 98,843,900 pounds, lifting Canada from ninth to second among GB bacon suppliers since 1931, while exports reached fifteen other countries including the United States and Japan.
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Canada
Dominion
Great Britain
United States
Newfoundland
Bermuda
British West Indies
French West Indies
St. Pierre and Miqueon
Japan
China
Fiji
Colombia
Peru
Alaska
Domestic Court For Navy to Settle Sailors' Matrimony
Fleet Orders announce a new Welfare and Marriage Allowance section to aid naval ratings and their families. Domestic courts will operate in naval barracks at Portsmouth Devonsport and Chatham with three women already appointed to assist.
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Portsmouth
Devonsport
Chatham
UC scientist grows soil plants in water tanks with minerals
A University of California researcher cultivates traditional soil plants in nutrient water with added minerals and artificial light. The report notes this method as a controlled, tank based growing system.
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University of California
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Thames
William Brown
Deloraine
Man
Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
John Richards, Jr
Red Deer
Alberta
British Columbia
Si Edward Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railways
South America
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Hes
OF God
Angie
Ans
Navy
South Africa
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