Wheat quota not to be raised at Imperial Conference
The London News Chronicle reports the British government dropped the plan to set a wheat quota for Dominions at the Ottawa Imperial Conference next July. It says British millers support the home quota with no Dominion quota and notes possible 10 percent Dominion meat quota in exchange for reciprocal access for British goods.
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London News Chronicle
Dominions
Ottawa
House of Commons
Chronicle
World Happenings Briefly Told
A French inventor said to have built a crash proof plane was barred from a demonstration crash. Hoover signed a bill authorizing 40 million bushels of farm board wheat distribution for the unemployed. Delays at the Canadian end slow progress on a Canada New Zealand trade treaty. The Canadian trade exhibition ship New Northland returns to Halifax after a Caribbean cruise. The High Commissioner for Canada and Mrs Howard Ferguson reside in London. Lady Bessborough arrives in London from Canada for a brief visit. The Duchess of York becomes Royal Family golf club captain at Sunningdale. Lady Hall Caine dies in London from pneumonia. her husband had died last August on the Isle of Man.
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Am. A. Sauvant
Hoover
United States Farm Board
Canada
New Zealand
Caribbean Sea
New Northland
Halifax
Lady Bessborough
London
Lord Duncannon
Sunningdale
Duchess of York
Lady Hall Caine
Sir Hall Caine
England
Isle of Man
March Winds Hart the Complexion
A vintage ad promotes Bay's Own Soap for skin health during March winds. It touts tep id water and gentle drying to prevent damage, claims powder and cosmetics become unnecessary, and highlights the soap’s soothing lather and fragrance with cartons sold widely.
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Bay
Baby
Worthy Of Citizenship Vancouver 98-Year-Old Life Spent In Canada
Alvarez Rhody Haabsburg of Vancouver, praised by Judge J N Eis as the liveliest man he has seen, seeks Canadian citizenship in naturalization court. Born 1834, son of a Danish sailor and a Brasilian mother, he left Halifax 77 years ago and has resided in British Columbia since 1888 witnessing the first CPR train at Port Moody, never leaving Canada more than 24 hours.
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Sian
Canada
J. N. Eis
Alvarez Rhody Haabsburg
Tal Jor
Vancouver
Urg
Brasil
Halifax
Nova Scotia
British Columbia
Port Moody
Could Earn Something What profession is your boy going to select
A farmer asks what career his son should choose and suggests he become a lawyer. The boy is described as naturally argumentative and inclined to meddle. The dialogue notes divorce as practically unknown in Feweden and comments on safety matches.
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Feweden
New Smart Bias Seam Lip Line Dress for Sheer Woollens
An updated day dress features a prominent bias seamed lip line front and back meeting at depth with inverted plats on each side to add width and flare. Sheer woollens and tough crepe silk highlight the model. Pattern No 850 fits sizes 16 to 44 with bust 16 inches, requiring 2 fards of 4 inch material and a 35 inch contrast fons. price 25 cents in stamps or coin.
German General Invited to Organize Chinese Army
May train reports from London claim General Eric Von Lu Jendorff, a top German commander in World War I, has been invited to China to organize the national army on a scientific basis. It is believed German officers are already in China.
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London
England
Eric von Lu Jendorff
Germany
China
Stew and Dessert: Steak En Casserole And Coffee Cake
Hetty Tarciayy presents a two dish guide. The steak casserole uses 2 pounds beef with onions green pepper carrots canned tomatoes and sugar simmered two hours until tender. The dessert mixes butter sugar eggs coffee and flour then bakes as a thin cake in a buttered pan.
Open Shelf Library Denial In Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan officials deny plans to end open shelf library service despite rumors. Commissioner T A Melnnis says no step has been decided and a Carnegie Foundation partnership may provide financial help. Also noted are the Prince of Wales golf handicap drop, Elgin housing for workers families, and Japan toy shipments to the US.
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Sikatchewan
T. A. Melnnis
Carnegie Foundation
McInnis
From $500 To Fortune President Tells of Christie Brown Success
Mr. C. E. Edmonds, president of Christie, Brown and Company, recalls the biscuit firm’s rise from a Toronto store in 1849 with two founders and $500 capital to a multinational operation with Winnipeg and Toronto plants, 500 product lines, and coast to coast advertising. The key to success cited is consistent high quality and persistent advertising.
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Biscuit Company
Ess
C. E. Edmonds
Christie, Brown and Company, Limited
Edmonds
Christie, Brown
Sant Biscuit Company
Yonge Street
Toronto
Canada
Winnipeg
Halifax
Vancouver
Christie, Brown and Company
James Mathers
Alexander Brown
William Christie
Brown and Mathers
Wilam Christie
Brown
Christie
Dead meat served with battle light at butcher shop
A humorous exchange shows an old lady accusing the shop of diseased meat. The butcher retorts that the meat is dead, highlighting the grim joke in a gritty neighborhood scene.
Sunday School Lesson on Jesus Death on the Cross
The weekly devotional outlines the crucifixion scenes from John and related gospels. It details Calvary events with soldiers, Simon of Cyrene, Mary and John at the cross, and Jesus’ final words and the cry It is finished.
Planes Lead Miners North in Great Bear Lake Rush
A formation of six planes flies from a southern airport toward Great Bear Lake 1500 miles north as prospectors begin spring rush for pitchblende and other metals. Five planes come from Canadian Airways Limited and one from Spence McDonough Aviation Company.
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Great Bear Lake
Ares
Canadian Airways, Limited
Spence McDonough Aviation Company
National Gallery of Canada hosts British Art Exhibit
The National Gallery of Canada opens a comprehensive British art show sponsored by a Canadian gallery and led by Governor General Earl of Bessborough. It displays 125 paintings from major English artists including Orpen and Augustus John and will tour Canadian cities.
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Gallery of
Canada
Earl of Bessborough
National
National Gallery of Bush Art
London
England
Naional Gallery
William Orpen
Henry Tonks
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