Bought and Paid For Idea in Prairie West Debate
The piece traces the Western pushback against the idea of Eastern dominance in federal spending. It notes the prairies’ vast Wheat-Belt wealth and critiques the historic "right of purchase" claim, citing Hudson’s Bay Company and the 1867 charter settlement as the origin of the phrase. It argues the West has long funded Canada’s growth and that the notion of exclusive Eastern rights is outdated.
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Canada
Confederation
Prairie Provinces
House of Commons
Ottawa
West
Dominion
East
Prairie
Prairies
Charles I
England
Hudson’s Bay Company
Hudson Bay
Rupert's Land
Ocean
London
Hudson's Bay Company
Atlantic Littoral
Pacific Seaboard
Invention Aims to Revolutionize Radio BroadCasting
Dr. Nevil M. Hopkins of New York University unveils the televotes device. By pressing a button a listener can instantly transmit to the station his or her vote during a broadcast.
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Nevil M. Hopkins
New York University
Prowler Targeted Room of UC Student Kenneth Johnson
Kenneth Johnson, UC student, keeps eight snakes a black widow spider and a Gila monster in his bedroom. He aspires to be a zookeeper and studies how to raise their intelligence by running them through mazes. The pets reportedly roam freely in the room.
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Kenneth Johnson
Uni of California
Johnson
Household Drudgery The Bane of a Woman's Life
An advertisement proclaims women suffer from household drudgery causing nervousness irritability insomnia and faint spells. It promotes Milburns H and N Pills as a remedy to strengthen women and restore health and vitality.
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Milburn
Peter Scott Fulfills Father’s Antarctic Dream Through Art
Peter Scott, 24, carries on Captal Scott’s legacy by painting Arctic and marshland scenes in his Bond Street exhibition. The former explorer urged his wife to spark the boy’s interest in natural history, and Peter now captures dawn light, mudflats, curlews, redshanks, and distant geese in vivid wildlife paintings. He spends long hours in hides and holes along the Wash and salt marshes to observe fleeting visions for his art.
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Peter Scott
Les
Grasshopper Campaigns in Prairie Insect Survey 1933
The Dominion Entomological Branch reports that poisoned bait campaigns reduced grasshopper populations and saved crops across most areas. July and August saw extensive dispersal flights, expanding infested prairie lands in three provinces though Eastern Manitoba showed improvement. Authorities plan a broader 1934 campaign to curb a expected harsher outbreak.
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Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Dredging for Gold on Pek River Border
Modern miners plan extensive dredging on the Pek River along the border where gold has gathered for 2000 years. Peasants wash sheep fleeces to extract gold carried by water from mountains, a source linked to ancient legends and historic campaigns.
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Pek
Jason
Black Sea
Alexander
B.C
Hungarian Dwarfs Form National Union and Plan Congress
A Hungarian dwarfs group, invoking Nazi racial purity doctrine, forms the National Union of Hungarian Dwarfs and invites dwarfs worldwide to a Dwarf Congress likely in Budapest next year. Their creed seeks endogamy with normal-sized people and lower fares with smaller housing for tiny folk. The leader is described as 30 inches tall. The piece closes noting the small number of such people worldwide.
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Dwarfs
Hungary
Budapest
Hitler
Tuberculosis Vaccine Trials Progress in Northern Ireland
Trials of the Spahlinger vaccine in Northern Ireland show vaccinated calves surviving heavy tubercle doses while unvaccinated ones die, bolstering the UK drive to clean dairy herds and eradicate bovine tuberculosis. Island movements noted as rivers carry upstream islands downstream.
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Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
Ulster
Germany tests radio controlled aircraft in secrecy
Germany guards its experiments with remotely piloted airplanes. Successful crewless flights were reported with direction entirely by radio. Officials refused to divulge details, citing the utmost secrecy of the tests.
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Germany
Aachine
Policeman Br Elwood Praises Horse Friend in Court
London officer Br Elwood, on the force twenty years, prosecuted grocer John Hill for cruelty to a pony. The case marked the 1013th equine he has befriended in court, reflecting his lifelong love of horses and vigilance against abuse.
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Br. Elwood
John Hill
Elwood
London
Aspirin Quick Relief Promoted as Bayer Brand
An advertisement touts aspirin tablets as fast pain relief for headaches rheumatism neuritis and neuralgia. It claims tablets disintegrate within two seconds after contact with moisture and urges buyers to look for Bayer on each tablet to ensure genuine quick relief.
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Bayer
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Dwarfs Holding Congress
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Ireland
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