Turgeon Commission Report and Western Wheat Policy Debates
The Turgeon Royal Grain Commission findings draw little public reaction as the full document awaits wide circulation. While some farmers crave a national compulsory marketing board, Justice Turgeon hints it would be impractical though the Canada Wheat Board should stay in place due to world factors. Delegates at the Empire Producers conference push for worldwide cooperation to prevent price-destroying dumping. The report offers valuable suggestions: expand voluntary marketing schemes, establish a Canadian outreach to buyers in London, send Canada Wheat Institute researchers abroad, and explore wheat by products to expand markets domestically and diversify the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turgeon Royal Grain Commission
Wester Canada
Justice Turgeon
Canada Wheat Board
Austalia
Empire Producers’ Conference
J. H. Weston
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
The
Pools Central Selling Agency
Regina
London
England
Board of Grain Commissioners
Great Britain
Canadian Wheat Institute
Proving by the stars a skeptic physicist questions astrology
Psychologist Paul Randolph Farnsworth of Stanford University challenges astrology with a statistical check of horoscopes. He reviewed five of six standard astrology books and found Libra should predict musical ability, yet 1,498 musicians showed Libra births were rare. Libra and Scorpio tied for last in musician production.
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Paul Randolph Farnsworth
Stanford University
Farnsworth
Libra
Leo
Call Notes of the Cassaway Echo Two Miles Away
The fragment records a distant reference to the cassaway call heard from two miles away. No further context or participants are provided.
Thousand Islands Bridge Ceremony Invitations Sent
Prime Minister Mackenzie King has accepted an invitation to the dedication of the Thousand Islands Bridge opening August 28. Invitations were extended to President Roosevelt, Lord Tweedsmuir, and Governor Lehman. The bridge links Ivy Lea Ontario with Collins Landing New York across five spans and 5.5 miles of approaches.
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Mackenzie King
Canada
Thousand Islande Bridge Authority
Thousand Islands
King
Roosevelt
Bridge Authority
Simlar
Lord ‘Tweedsmuir
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
New ‘Thousand Islands
Ivy Lea
Ont
Brockville
Collins Landing
Unclear historical note on knobs and travel tale
A fragment describes keyhotes placed below corknobs then above doorknobs for visibility, mentions Colonel Charles A Lindbergh with over five hundred thousand miles flown, and notes elephants with skin thickness up to four inches in places.
Old Barn Dance Echoes of Pioneer Social Life
Windsor Star recalls pioneer barn dances when community gatherings powered by fiddles and a caller kept time with grand chain and waltz. The piece notes late hours, youth warnings, and midlife organizers who urged musicians to keep playing until daybreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Bata’s 16 story shoe empire office tower rises in Europe
Czechoslovakian shoe magnate Mr Bata plans a 16 story factory in Europe with a novel self moving elevator system. His office will be on a floor where executives can convene instantly via button operated conference shaft. The project aims to set European records and stays in Czechoslovakia if possible.
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Bata
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Belected Recipes for Orange Jell-O Prune Sherbet
A dated recipe blends orange Jell-O with prune pulp to make a spongy sherbet. Ingredients include orange rind salt sugar and whipped Jell-O. The mixture chills in ice and is served in sherbet glasses with custard cream. The note mentions marriage vows blindness in the United States and baseball cap rules.
Canada as Nation Pushed at Nova Scotia Legislature
In Nova Scotia the legislature debated a statue to Sir Charles Tupper, lauded by Sir Wilfrid Laurier as pivotal to Confederation. Critics argued Tupper favored Upper Canada, while R. B. Bennett urged all provinces to see beyond borders. He proclaimed Ontario, Quebec, the Maritimes, and the West must share nationhood and sacrifice to realize Canada.
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Nova Scotis
Charles Tupper
Tupper
Wilfrid Laurier
Confederation
Upper Canada
Canada
R. B. Bennett
Toronto Board of Trade
Ontario
Queen
Maritime Provinces
Far West
Brockville Recorder and Times
An All Canadian Foot Remedy Company Woe
An interview with Hy. J. Held eman, manager, notes that the firm has an all Canadian foot remedy line. The article mentions growing user recommendations and past sales under Cre Gown Salve by Mr Gaus Manost, and hints at a full line of tented products from Cress Laboratory at Etchener Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cress Laboratorief Etchener
Ontario
Hy. J. Heldeman
Gaus Manost
Judge’s idea to fine speeders in Buffalo streets
A Buffalo court fined a young man $75 for driving 15 mph in South Buffalo and a judge suggests a dollar per mile to deter speed. The idea would boost the treasury and curb reckless driving, with warnings that speeding endangers life. The column ends by noting appearances do not prove virtue.
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Buffalo
South
Buffalo Courier-Express
Where The Fault Lies Telephone Operator Speak Clearly
Misa Katherine Schmitt recalls 60 years in New York telephone service and argues that clear speech comes from speakers slowing syllables and enunciating. She notes most miscommunication stems from mumbled words and suggests listeners stop assuming the line is faulty. The article emphasizes training for clearer voice and better public courtesy.
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Misa Katherine Schmitt
Manhattan
Nassau Street Exchange
Miss Schmitt
Etme
Buffalo
Courier-Express
California Heiress Plans Sixth Arctic Expedition
Louise A Boyd, an California heiress and explorer, leaves Norway aboard a seal ship for her sixth Arctic voyage from Spitzbergen toward Greenland. Four scientists accompany her aboard a 14 crew vessel. She has driven farther north than any white woman and is a Laureate of Saint Olaf and a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. India expanded trade with the outside world last year.
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California
Louise A. Boyd
Arctic
San Franscsco
San Rafael
Norway
Spitzbergen
Greenland
Miss Boyd
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Turgeon Grain Commission Report
Charles A. Lindbergh
Qgden
Ogden's
United States
Polen
India
Ofar
Goa
Pana San
Appleford Paper Products Ltd
Winnipeg - Regina
Saskatoon
Calgary
Edmonton
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