Immigration debate looms for Western Canada settlers plan
The article surveys renewed imperial emigration talk amid prairie distress and unemployment. It describes schemes to bring 100 English families to Saskatchewan with loans to purchase land and equipment, to be repaid over five years, while warning of risks to established farmers, markets, and rural communities.
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Canada
Great Britain
Prairie Provinces
Western Canada
House of Commons
House
Apwrt Eeer
Saskatchewan
County of Derby
England
Prairies
Oldest varnish on Egyptian mummy cases noted
Varnish on ancient Egyptian mummy cases is described as among the oldest in the world, with some examples estimated at 2,500 years old. The note contrasts this with broader claims about aging in different regions and remarks that baseball has higher injury rates than other sports.
Tickets As Gifts Boost UK Railway Travel This Christmas
British railways pioneered advance sale of Christmas tickets with a greeting card insert to enclose the pass, enabling northern fans to send passes to friends in the south for the festive season. The plan aimed to lift spirits in industrial north and Clyde as business improved across the UK.
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London
United Kingdom
Clyde
British Railways
England
Soviet Hollywood to Rise in Southern Russia
Hal Rosson, Hollywood cameraman filming Shakespeare in Russia, discusses a planned gigantic Soviet Hollywood to start construction early 1937 in southern Russia. He notes Russia will explore film prospects worldwide, with over 9,000 workers to engage in production and aims to rival England and America.
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Russia
Rosen, Holywood
Elizabeth Berger
Orient
Hal
Hollywood
Europe In Arms Could Muster 35 Million Soldiers For Immediate Service
Veteran Austrian expert General Alexia estimates Europe’s leading nations could field 35 million troops instantly in an emergency. He lists Russia 13 million, Italy 6.5 million, Germany 6 million, France 5.8 million, Poland 3.5 million, and notes Austria could muster 500,000 men if war broke out, reflecting 1930s rearmament policy.
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Thes
Alex. Alexia
Europe
Alexin
Russia
Italy
Germany
France
Poland
Austria
Heroine Of Australia Dead In Wide Ocean Rescue Story
Mia Grace Vernon Drake Brockman of Adelaide dies aged 75 in Western Australia. As a young rider she saw a sailing vessel Georgette wrecked on the coast and rescued the ship’s company with a native boy by riding into the surf driving horses ashore. She earned the Royal Humane Medal and a gold watch and chain from Britain.
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Urace Vurung
Western Australia
Mia
Grace Vernon Drake- Brockman
Judge Drake- Brockman
Moulden
Adelaide
Georgette
Will directs cremation and ash burial with rings in sea
The will of Mrs. Muzavewa Millidge Goldie of Kings Road Richmond England directs cremation and places her ashes with those of her husband in the same weighted box. It also specifies her wedding ring gold keeper ring and silver wedding ring be placed in the box before being taken by boat and cast into the sea. The biological survey notes the nut is more important than quail as it destroys more farm pests notably field mice.
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Muzavewa Millidge Goldie
Kings’ Rd
Richmond
England
Biological Survey
Aged Doctor Learns Braille in Anticipation of Blindness
Dr. John H. Lacy, a veteran Arizona physician, Army officer, and longtime bailiff, has begun learning Braille four months ago as he faces potential blindness. He moved to Arizona from Virginia in 1885 and trained as a physician in the army before private practice.
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John H. Lacy
Arizona
Lacy
Superior Court
Virginia
College of Hampton
Sidney
Prince Edward County
Highway Safety Plea Presses Elimination Of Loss Of Life
Premier Dysart, Hon. Howe, and provincial highway ministers urge Canadians in 1936 to curb highway fatalities. The group notes decades of spending on level crossings totaling 36 million dollars while stressing that the problem lies mainly along the highways themselves and advocates film portrayals of wrecks to impress safety on offenders.
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A. A. Dysart
C.D. Howe
Dysart
New Brunswick
B. McQuesten
Ontario
Hort W. R. Clubb
Manitoba
W. A. Fallon
Alberta
Mr Howe
Howe
Vienna Businesses Balk at Open Woolworth Store
Vienna is fraught with friction as local merchants resist a Woolworth opening. The Chamber of Commerce blocked the plan, fearing harm to established firms. Archduke names drift in public eye amid Habsburg references and a prominent laundry ad proclaims “Let Hapsburg do your trashing.”
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Coortda
Chamber of Commerce
Woolworth
Hapsburge
Archduke Anton
Heana Jr
Alao
Hapsburg
le Eye
Ontario Purchases Large Radium Shipment
The Ontario government receives 35 wooden boxes containing about 3500 milligrams of radium worth roughly 155000 dollars. The shipment, the largest radium delivery in Canada, will be stored in the health laboratories and sent to Toronto General Hospital to replace radium rented from a New York firm.
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Ontario
Great Bear Lake
Ontario Department of Health Laboratories
Canada
Toronto General Hospital
New York
Largest US Navy gun was the 16 inch caliber
The largest caliber gun used by the United States Navy is the 16 inch weapon. It marked the peak of battleship artillery in the early to mid twentieth century, delivering heavy naval bombardment capability from battleships such as the Colorado and others.
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US. Navy
Outstanding 1935 Canadian Press selected stories
The Canadian Press profiles its five top front page stories chosen from world and Canadian news. World items include Will Rogers and Wiley Post death, Italy’s Ethiopia invasion, Lindbergh kidnapping trial, Huey Long assassination, Queen Astrid’s death, the king’s jubilee, sanctions on Italy, British election, Germany rearmament, and NRA scrapping. Canadian items cover Dominion election, Social Credit victory in Alberta, Regina riots, Canada-US trade pact, and Ontario-Quebec power dispute.
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We Sy West World
World News
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Italy
Ethiopia
Hauptman
Huey Long
Astrid
Germany
N.R.A
Dominion
Social Credit
Alberta
Regina
Ontario
Quebec Power Companie
Airplane drops bouquets in Cairo romance stunt
In Cairo a low flying plane dropped mysterious objects that locals feared were bombs. They rushed to safety as the items turned out to be bouquets from a suitor attempting a romantic gesture for his fiancée.
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Vauseu
Yaate
Cairo
Baikal Lake Largest in Asia by Area
Baikal holds the title of Asia's largest lake with an area of 13,500 square miles. Its vast expanse underpins regional geography and hydrology, marking Baikal as a key natural landmark in Russia.
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Baikal
Lake
Asia
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