Debtor Nations urged to cut war budgets and debts
Eaward N. turey, a member of the Great War debts commission, urged Chicago merchants that the 16 debtor nations should trim their war budgets while the United States reduces its own war debts. He proposed a 50 year plan to cut total debt by fifty percent with only a small U.S. tax rise, predicting renewed trade and industry if debts fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaward N. Turey
Great War Foreign Debts Commission
Chicago Association of Commerce
United States
Should Canadian citizenship be earned or merely granted
A Canadian essay argues that granting citizenship too easily cheapens the right and calls for reform to make naturalization a solemn, voluntary act. It questions land-for-citizenship incentives and insists citizenship should reflect worthy character and duties, not price or pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Paul
Women to Serve in Turkish Army Says Kemal Ataturk
Mustapha Kemal tells a girls normal school that Turkish women should bear arms. He cites civic duty and modern society as reasons for women serving, noting ancient times had women fighters while current prejudice hinders military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mustapha Kemal
St. Emyrna
Genoese youth builds infant plane claims sixty mph
A Genoese inventor unveils a 68 pound two winged aircraft with a five horsepower motor. The pilot wears a backpack harness and skits along to gain momentum for takeoff. The craft features a parachute for a safe landing and a small propeller.
New Crossbred Fruit Appears at NSW Victoria Farm
A government farm in New South Wales Victoria reports an unnamed fruit resembling an orange with tangerine taste and grape fruit tang. It arose from cross pollination of a tangerine and grape fruit, with a single tree and a seven year wait to reach marketable crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
Victoria
Magnesia Best for Your Indigestion
A vintage health note touts magnesia as treatment for gas, sourness, and indigestion. It claims a teaspoonful or four tablets after meals calms the stomach and aids digestion, replacing harsh tonics and artificial digestants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnesia
Jap Aviator Back To Work After World Tour Of Flight
Zensaku Azuma a 35 year old Japanese aviator and Pasadena cafe proprietor is back at work dispensing chop suey after a three continent air tour. He recounts flying across North America Europe and Asia with a celebrated landing in Tokyo on August 31 1930. Azuma plans a possible trans Pacific flight and says the chop suey cafe profits funded the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zensaku Azuma
Pasadena
Cal
New York
England
Tokyo
Army Aviation Corps
Azuma
Lord Byng Relinquishes Salary During Absence
Lord Byng Chief Commissioner of Metropolitan Police waives his 15000 dollar annual salary during a lengthy absence. While convalescing in the south of France he keeps in touch with Scotland Yard on police reforms and the mobile road force, though not treating the matter as urgent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Byng
Nless
Scotland Yard
Lordyng
Metropolitan Police
France
Canadian Railways and Domestic Exports in 1929
Railways in Canada consumed 5 100 000 tons of Canadian coal in 1929. The chief export of the United States is cotton and of Canada wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Gallant Arctic Rescue Saves Chief From Ice
A government post chief Andre Lajole trapped on a drifting ice floe at Resolution Island was rescued after over three hours. Eskimo Tommy, a native attendant, repeatedly plunged into icy water to lash a rope and pull Lajole free to safety. Radio contact with Ottawa coordinated medical aid and the chief is now recovering with remote care from a northern post and doctors hundreds of miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Adie
Arctic
Ottawa
Cecue
Resolution Island
Hudson Straits
Andre Lajole
Cornwall
Lajole
Tommy
Th North
Far-Northern Post
Lajoie
Health methods urged to save Canadians says Senator Foster
Senator Sir George E. Foster told the Ottawa Social Hygiene Council annual meeting that spending millions to bring immigrants is wasted if thousands die yearly from preventable diseases. He urged governments to grow their own healthy population by raising clean-born and well-educated youth and called for stronger disease prevention and health preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
Canada
Sir George E. Foster
Ottawa Social Hygiene Council
Sir George
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for Burns and Scalds
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil claims to instantly ease burns and scalds with no preparation. Apply to the affected area and pain subsides, with healing following in a short time. Keep TE handy in every kitchen for quick relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
University of Alberta Could Host Criminology School
Commissioner W C Bryan proposes a criminology school at the University of Alberta offering certified courses to police, funded by tuition from other provinces and aimed at scientific crime detection across the Dominion. Canadian trade commissioner G B Stevens cites Buenos Aires Exposition as boosting South American trade interest. An asthma remedy claim promotes Kellogg's remedy as quick relief for suffocating attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Alberta
W. C. Bryan
Alberta Provincial Police
Frst
Dominion
Alberta
Bryan
Srrvain
Canada
G. B. Stevens
Toronto
Stevens
Buenos Aires
South America
Saskatchewan Coal Record Hits New Yearly Output
Saskatchewan mines produced 580,189 tons in 1929, a 23 percent rise from 1928, setting a provincial mine output record. The piece also notes a stray remark about frugality and a curious fact about eagles living up to 200 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Craze for Defacing Beauty Spots Spoils Scottish Resort
Herald notes vandalism by visitors worldwide as common pranksters deface rocks and landmarks. It cites an English tourist who rubber-boat’d to a cliff to paint initials and an American who extinguished a centuries old shrine lamp, calling it “out now.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Herald
Norway
Italy
Empire Shop opens in Birmingham first in England
The Empire Shop in Birmingham, the first in England, follows Glasgow’s opening last year. William Lunn MP noted Glasgow sold 140 200 samples, and traders report rising demand for Empire products. Sir Charles Howell Thomas accepted tenancy and praised the public’s recognition of Empire goods. Argentina reportedly leads Latin America in railway mileage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
England
British Isles
Glasgow
William Lunn
Dominion Affairs
Charles Howell Thomas
Ministry of Agriculture
Also Mentioned on This Page
Corns Yi Putnams Eye
Cetetae
Three Continents
California Cafe
Liniment
School OF Crimnology
University of Arerta
J. D. Kellogg
Empire
Argentina
Teles
Lae
Wm. Diotte
Glensandfeld
Ont
Billburn
H. de N
Appleford
Hunter-Martin & CO
Regina
SASK
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!