Opportunity Knocks In 1933 From a Canadian Perspective
The piece urges turning the new year of 1933 into a chance for self reliance and collective effort. It calls Canadians to face hardships with courage, apply individual abilities, reform weaknesses in institutions, and work cooperatively to solve economic and social problems, avoiding despair. It emphasizes personal responsibility and a pioneering spirit.
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Commonwealth of Nations
Alberta Bars Use Of Live Decoys For Ducks
Alberta prohibits the use of live decoys in duck mating practices. Icebergs can persist for up to two centuries before melting.
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Alberta
Cosmic ray balloon plans near Hudson Bay area
Prof Auguste Piccard announced balloon ascensions in Bel lum next summer and northern Canada in 1934 to study cosmic rays origin. He may join Canada flight to probe near the north magnetic pole on the Canadian Arctic coast and Hudson Bay region.
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Piccard
Hudson Bay
Bellum
Canada
Auguste Piceant
North Magnetic Pole
Bouthia Peninsula
Canadian Arctic
New York
Time to the Minute M Herriot in French Politics Spotlight
M Herriot, a prominent French figure, is praised by News of the World as the most picturesque in France’s politics. Short and stout, he is a pipe smoker and long served as Lyons mayor for 25 years, noted for meticulous time management and prolific scholarly work.
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M. Herriot
News of the World
Lyons
Cannot Be Duplicated Valuable Mah Jong Set Belonged To Chinese Governor
Violinist Strom Zimbalist returned to New York from the Orient with what he calls the most superb mah jong set. The set, about 300 years old, belonged to the governor of Shantung and was acquired with funds from the governor’s funeral. Each piece features agatized inlay and precious stones. The set forms part of the Zimbalist residence museum accessions.
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Mah Jong
Strom Zimbalist
New York
Orient
Zimbalist
Shantung
Opening of inter provincial highway boosts Kenora traffic
The new Ontario Manitoba highway drew a surge of visitors to Kenora. From June 1 to October 31 official counts show fifteen thousand eight hundred ten cars from the west. November 1 to 20 added six hundred twenty four more, totaling sixteen thousand four hundred thirty four cars and about fifty seven thousand five hundred nineteen tourists.
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Kenora
Ont
Ontario
Manitoba
Java's New Currency: Cigarette Coupons Replace Money
Report from Batavia quotes Assistant Trade Commissioner Carl H. Boehringer describing Java’s monetary crisis. Natives use cigarette coupons issued by domestic producers as substitute money, exchanged for meals clothing phonograph records and even cars. Real cash scarce due to rice harvest wages falling and reduced urgent estates work, yet taxes debts and fertilizer costs persist, fueling a thriving coupon brokerage in place of cash.
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Java
Carl H. Boehringer
Boehringer
Batavia
Department of Commerce
Washington
Recipes For This Week By Bert Barclay
A home style recipe card lists ingredients including snoreening sugar molasses coffee flour eggs soda cinnamon ginger cloves and salt. Cream shortening with sugar then beat eggs add coffee mixture then sift in spices and flour to form a soft dough. Drop spoonfuls onto a cookie pan and bake.
Connecticut Stew From Lean Pork Recipe Card
A simple stovetop Connecticut stew uses 1 percent lean pork cut into small pieces browned in a pan then simmered with 3 pints hot water diced parsnip onion parsley and seasonings. Thicken with a flour slurry add a quick cook time of fifteen to twenty minutes and finish with parsley before serving.
Wheat Committee invites Saskatchewan and Manitoba professors
Premier J T M Anderson asks Professor Allan of the University of Saskatchewan to join the wheat problems committee formed at the inter provincial conference in Winnipeg. Professor H C Grant of the University of Manitoba also joins and will attend the Cincinnati conference where a U S plan to limit production will be discussed.
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Allan
University of Saskatchewan
J. T. M. Anderson
Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
H.C. Grant
University of Manitoba
Cincinnati
United States
Kruschen Salts Praised For Digestive Relief
A 72 year old woman and her 70 year old brother report Kruschen Salts curing long standing indigestion and allowing them to eat eggs and potatoes again. The letter claims improved digestion, energy, mood, and overall health, urging friends to try the salts.
Soviet State Farms Fall Short On Grain Deliveries
The newly created grain and cattle state farms commissariat condemned Soviet state farms in Siberia and the Urals for failing to deliver grain, with only 77.8 percent collected by December 15 and East Siberian trust at 56 percent. Directors face arrest if targets aren’t met.
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Sovet
Commissariat For
Siberia
Urals
East Siberian Trust
American Farmers In Bad Way With High Mortgage Burden
Approximately 40 percent of U S farm lands are under mortgage according to Sir England assistant chief of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. He told the House appropriations subcommittee that about five percent of these farms have mortgage debt exceeding value while 10 percent owe 75 to 100 percent of value and 21 percent owe 50 to 75 percent. He noted much debt is being wiped out through foreclosures.
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United States
Sir England
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
House Appropriations
Agricultural Department
England
American mining engineer touts vast God's Lake gold country
W. K. Hartung of Minneapolis, after a month near The Pas, declares God’s Lake gold country larger and richer than any seen in the United States. He notes vast formation size and high gold values in an area previously deemed uninteresting, signaling great possibilities.
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God's Lake
United States
W. K. Hartung
Minneapolis
Pas
Harding
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