Wheat consumption decline shocks Turgeon Inquiry findings
James McAnah reports at Turgeon Grain Inquiry that Canada’s annual per capita wheat use fell by more than half a bushel in six years, from about 4.4 to 3.9, amid import restrictions and shifting diets. Industry observers urge further study and consider expanding markets in low‑living standards countries while boosting appeal of bread in high‑living regions.
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Turgeon Grain Inquiry Commission
James McAnah
Canadian Wheat Board
Canada
McAnsh
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
West
East
Great Britain
Scotland
J. 8. Davis
University of Stanford Research Institute
Regina
United States
China
India
Westven Canada
Canadian
United Kingdom
United States Stamp Collectors Aim to Buy Faded British Guiana
Delegates at the American philatelic congress heard a proposal for United States collectors to unite and purchase a rare 1856 British Guiana stamp valued at $40,000. The stamp, once part of Arthur Hind's estate and now owned by his widow, is said to be unique. James Waldo Fawcett of Washington, the congress secretary, stated the group would present the plan to keep the stamp in America. Hind bought it in 1923 at a Paris auction.
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United
British Guiana
American Philatelic Congress
America
James Waldo Fawcett
Washington
Congress
United States
Arthur Hind
Utica
Hind
Paris
Forcett
The Family Buys A Car Questions From Family
A mother asks about upholstery color while evaluating a new car. A father questions fuel efficiency and miles per gallon. A son inquires about top speed, reflecting a family discussion during a car purchase.
Davie Fulton Named BC Rhodes Scholar for 1936
Davie Fulton of Kamloops son of former provincial cabinet minister was chosen by the selection committee as British Columbia Rhodes scholar for 1936. He graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1935 and is the son of the late F. J. Fulton K.C., former attorney-general in Sir Richard McBride’s 1908 government.
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Davie Fulton
Kamloops
British Columbia
Davie
University of British Columbia
F. J. Fulton
K.C
Richard McBride
Reading a Speech atered By Very Has Been Ma Few Orators
The piece notes few orators master public reading as Roosevelt and Landon glance at audiences rather than text. Lord Hewart at the Sunday Times Book Exhibition in Dorland Hall demonstrates ideal reading with multiple quotations and a turning page that highlights the manuscript.
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Roosevelt
Landon
Lord Hewart
Sunday Times
Dorland Hall
London Daily Mail
Restrain Infringement On Aspirin Trade Mark
The Bayer Co Ltd Windsor Ontario won a judgment from the Exchequer Court of Canada against Max Beyer of Winnipeg Manitoba. The Bayer Company alleged Beyer infringed its registered trade mark Aspirin by applying it to tablets not produced by Bayer. The court’s judgment permanently restrains Beyer from selling or distributing Bayer products labeled as Aspirin.
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Bayer Co. Ltd
Windsor
Ont
Exchequer Court of Canada
Max Beyer
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Bayer Company
Bayer Co
Exchequer Court
Fragmentary racial remark around golf round
A doctor finishing a round is teased by his small Negro caddie who asks for shoes in the locker. The exchange centers on footwear size and whether the doctor can fit into them, with the caddie noting he has never sought shoes that way. The dialogue reveals casual racial language.
Select Recipes and Factory News in One Batch
Instructions describe melting butter and brown sugar then mixing with nuts and water to bake on a greased sheet at 400 degrees for 7 to 10 minutes. It notes factories in Egypt equipped with modern machinery and a price detail about fine spices at 67 per con water.
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Egypt
War precursors linger as armies grow since World War I
League of Nations figures show 8,200,000 in permanent forces worldwide, three million more than at the war’s start. Many troubles stem from a conflict that settled nothing and risks repeating the pattern, while a Niagara Falls Review remark notes the body’s blood content as five quarts.
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League of Nations
Niagara Falls Review
Man's Will Over Economic Swings Spark City News
An editorial urges rejection of fatalism about cycles of booms and depressions. It argues economic fate can be shaped by human action, noting that both booms and depressions are man-made and therefore alterable. The piece cites Stratford Beacon-Herald and adds a note that India ordered 60,000 pairs of horseshoes from Great Britain.
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Stratford Beacon-Herald
India
Great Britain
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