Flowers or funds replace lavish funerals in Sweden
The article argues funerals are increasingly expensive and elaborate, urging simpler tributes. It cites Marian Castle and Alma Hedin on decency in burial, then details Sweden’s Flower Fund aiding elderly housing. Donors send gifts to fund, not wreaths, supporting homes, meals, care, and living memorials rather than costly floral displays.
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Marian J. Castle
Alma Hedin
Sven Hedin
Sweden
Flower Fund
Stockholm
Kiss of death feared in mother child kisses
Dr H E Kleinschmidt of the National Tuberculosis Association warns at a Toronto health conference that kissing children could spread tuberculosis. He notes mothers often kiss children on the mouth and urges examination to ensure they are not transmitting disease.
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H. E. Kleinschmidt
National ‘Tuberculosis Association
New York
Kleinschmidt
Toronto
Ottawa Seeks Western Farmers Data For National Plans
The Bureau of Statistics in Ottawa aims to gather farm data to aid national planning. Each June the bureau, with provincial agriculture departments, mails cardboard schedules to farmers to record acreage, livestock, and poultry. In 1931 an extension added breeding and marketing intentions for livestock. Generally, schedules are distributed via rural school teachers except in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Alberta and British Columbia.
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Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa
Departments of Agriculture
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Alberta
British Columbia
Perished in the Desert Founders of Sahara Search
A search party found the bodies of Mrs Knight and an Englishman on the Sahara sands after a trek from Agadez in French West Africa. Two French men, Kneebret and Chavexus, were rescued near death beside a truck along a dried river bed.
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Sahara
Chavexus
Agadez
Tamamarset
Tawarek
Why His Headaches Ceased
A 62 year old man recalls lifelong headaches, notes his wife revealed long term use of Kruschen Salts in coffee. He attributes relief to Kruschen Salts aiding a cleansing of stagnating waste, reducing toxins and preventing return of headaches.
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Kruschen
Weir Named Special Adviser on Expanding Royal Air Force
Lord Weir, noted aviation expert and author, was appointed by the British government as special adviser in expanding the Royal Air Force. Stanley Baldwin announced in the House of Commons plans to triple the air force over the next two years, with Weir serving as the government’s official counsellor of aviation.
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Lord Weir
Royal Air Force
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Coats Elected President of Canadian Political Science Association
R. H. Coats, Dominion statistician in Ottawa, was elected president of the Canadian Political Science Association at Kingston. He succeeds D. A. MacGibbon, Winnipeg, as head of the organization. Other officers include H. Laureys Montreal J. C. Hemmeon McGill W. C. Keirstead New Brunswick W. I. Mackintosh Queen’s. Speaker R. McQueen of Saskatchewan spoke on Economic Aspects of Federalism.
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R. McQueen
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan men elected officers of League of Nations Society
Brouillette Regina and Brigadier General Alex Ross of Yorkton were Saskatchewan men chosen as officers of the League of Nations Society in Canada at Ottawa. Sir Robert Falconer was elected to the presidency, succeeding Hon. Ernest H. Poite, ex minister of justice. Hon. Mrs Irene Parlby of Edmonton was also elected. A Portland man repurposes a ship’s smokestack into a home with kitchen and bedroom.
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LC. Brouillette
Regina
Alex Ross
Yorkton
Saskatchewan
League of Nations Society
Canada
Ottawa
Robert Falconer
Toronto University
Ernest “Pointe
Irene Parlby
Edmonton
Estate dispute over $100000 after late owner
A probate notice states there should be no dispute over the estate valued at $100000 left by the deceased. Proceeding under court supervision to settle debts and distribute assets to rightful heirs.
Press threats and ad withholding touch Irish papers in Dublin
In Dublin authorities consider tightening control of the press and have ordered inquiries into correspondents. Spokesmen for Eamon de Valera's government say the press has not received fair treatment, while official notices withhold advertisements from opposition papers. The Cork Examiner faced ad restrictions after declining to publish a government Wheat plan release in full.
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Department of Justice
Eamon de Valera
Dublin
William T. Cosgrace
de Valera
Cork Examiner
Munster
Farm on Wheels Delights New York City School Children
A barn on a trailer named the farm on wheels drew Manhattan school kids to Central Park and other city parks. James V. Mulholland of the Parks department organized the traveling exhibit with a Jersey cow, calves, lambs, goats, pigs, fowl, and youngsters witnessing a real barn scene.
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New York
Chilren
Manhattan
Broadway
James V. Mulholland
Parks Department
Central Park
Stock Company
Testing Station In West Hog Feeding Tests Now Being Made
The Advanced Registry hog feeding station at the University of Saskatchewan is in full use at Saskatoon and will be taxed to capacity this year. It will accommodate 26 litter tests, with rapid ALR progress raising concerns it may be insufficient to handle all applications. The first three litter representatives arrived for testing in Saskatchewan early in May. Winnipeg fights mosquitos. $55,000 spent in nine years and 75,000 gallons of oil used to destroy eggs, with about 8,000 gallons slated this year.
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Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan
Gtant McEwen
ALR
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
Remedy Elusive Virus Linked to Common Cold, Says Expert
Dr E C Sewall told the American Laryngological Association in Toronto that while germs of the common cold are well known, a yet unknown virus may be the cause. He argued frequent cold sufferers may have the same ongoing infection and that colds confer only about six months of immunity, with chronic sinus trouble acting as a reservoir for spreading the illness.
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E. C. Sewall
San Francisco
American Laryngological Association
Toronto
Long Service Medal Awarded to Mounted Police Veteran McKay
Special Constable Gentleman Joe McKay received a long service medal in Prince Albert for his years with the Northwest Mounted Police. The ceremony, led by Inspector FW Schute, recalled his early work in the west and the Duck Lake fight during the Riel rebellion fifty years ago.
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Mounted Police
Relves
Northwest Mounted Price
West
McKay
Prince Albert
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ottawa
FW Schute
Joe
Riel
Ruling Clarifies German Exemption for Emigrants in Canada
German naturalized citizens and those who have made permanent homes abroad are not required to return to Germany for military service, Berlin declares in interpreting Hitler's Reichstag speech. The directive says exemptions apply to those living in foreign countries.
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Dominion
Berlin
Hitler
Reichstag
Germany
Belgium reports new invention for color synchronized projection
Radio amateur Leon Damas of Belgium claims a breakthrough that enables pictures to be projected in original colors at the same time as sound. Le Peuple reports the device works with a special screened lamp, with total production costs not exceeding $10, apparently achieved almost by chance during darkness viewing experiments.
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Leon Damas
Belgium
le Peuple
Damas
Railway Pigeon Section to Start Pigeon Network in Japan
Nagoya runway project in Japan plans a pigeon section with an initial cost near 1000 dollars. Ninety five birds will be bought first and bred over years to supply Railways Bureaus nationwide. The system aims to serve as an auxiliary communication network if other means fail. A Soviet Kamchatka expedition reports a previously unknown volcano over 5900 feet high with 40...
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Nagoya
Pucad
Japan
Kamchatka
Officers To Retire From Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Three assistant commissioners A J Cawdron of Ottawa C Junger of Halifax and J W Phillips of Vancouver to receive leave from July 1 and retire January 1. Junger served since 1899 rising to assistant commissioner in 1932 and now heads H division in Halifax. Phillips joined in 1898 becoming assistant commissioner in 1934 and heads E division in Vancouver.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Polic
J. Cawdron
Ottawa
C. Junger
Halifax
J. W. Phillips
Vancouver
Lea
Junger
North West Mounted Police
Phillips
London Straw Vote Shows Broad Support For Disarmament
A League of Nations union straw vote in Greater London favored abolishing military aviation and limiting armaments by large margins. Voters approved economic sanctions against aggressors 1 375 061 to 88 521 and military sanctions if needed 872 275 to 386 664.
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League of Nations Union
Greater London
Union
League
Young Lambs Trail To Summer Pasture From Saskatoon
The University of Saskatchewan moved its ewe flock with lambs at foot to Beaver Creek summer pasture and the group covered 10 miles on day one and finished the next day easily. Some lambs were under a week old. Dean A M Shaw noted the lambs remained fresh after the long trip, despite cool weather, a point of interest for ranchers and British Columbia sheepmen moving stock to summer range.
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University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
Beaver Creek
Dean A. M. Shaw
B.C
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