Home Improvement Plan for Western Canada Faces Feasibility Test
The Home Improvement Plan promoted by the National Employment Commission aims to rehabilitate homes and move unemployed people into industry. Western prairie farmers, due to debt and irregular income, are unlikely to qualify, limiting the program largely to urban centers. Committees in Saskatchewan Alberta and Manitoba report the scheme infeasible for rural residents and farmers under current loan terms, while demand for western farm building rehab remains critical.
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National Employment Commission
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Commission
Western Provinces
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Home hazards loom as fatal accidents rise in n c
A stark observation notes 39 000 deaths in American homes and 36 500 on highways last year. The author warns of a future dominated by trailers where dangers persist and lives are risked.
Austria Government Lottery Receipts Jump in Latest Figures
Austria reports significant gains in government lottery receipts with higher totals across multiple games. Officials credit improved ticket sales and ongoing promotion efforts.
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Austria
Queen Mary Delights Child After Pageant Remark
Four year old Jean Oxford at a pageant in Albert Hall told a royal spectator that a great ship could not fit there. Queen Mary laughed with the child and sent for her, giving a carnation from the royal bouquet. A separate note mentions a mechanic claiming a brake free car will stop and a tire that goes flat without puncturing.
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Jean Oxford
Albert Hall
Queen Mary
Jean
Punch
Chasm in Concerns: From Hunger to Wealth and Back
A reflectively phrased line contrasts the anxious poor man fearing his next meal with the millionaire preoccupied by his final meal, highlighting the differing worries tied to wealth and scarcity.
Jungle Trailblazers Claim First North South Car Route
Leon Borges de Oliveira Francisco Lopez de La Cruz and Mario Fava chart a 1928 auto trek from Rio de Janeiro to Mexico City via Paraguay Argentina Andes and Central America. They built 116 bridges crossed the Andes three times and endured harsh conditions transporting fuel by mule train. De Oliveira estimates six years and half a billion dollars to complete the highway and plans to hand over data to the Pan American Union.
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Leonidas Borges de Oliveira
Francisco Lopez de la Cruz
Mario Fava
South America
Rio de Janeiro
Paraguay
Pampas
Buenoo Aires
Bolivia
de Oliveira
Pan-American Union
Zeppelins Plan Global Air Line Network Expansion
Captain Lehmann of the Zeppelin Navigation Company announces in Friedrichshafen that four Zeppelins will serve regular North and South America routes by 1940 with sister ships due this autumn. Construction on two more ships starts late 1937 or early 1938 as expansion continues with India and Far East lines to follow. The North Atlantic is deemed no obstacle and a New York line may soon operate as regularly as the South America route, with no financial difficulties anticipated.
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Hindenburg
Friedrichshafen
Germany
North
South
America
Zeppelin Navigation Company
Lehmann
India
Far East
North Atlantic
Zeppelin
New York
South America
Rapid growth of structural glass in buildings
An architectural engineer described rapid advances in structural glass with growing demand for kitchen and bathroom uses, fireplace and exterior facings, and modernization work. He predicts practical skyscrapers with exteriors made entirely of glass, noting a particular glass type manufactured similarly.
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Uce
Tortobee shell from Swiss gold reserves valued high
A fragment reports a tortoise shell allegedly from Switzerland's gold reserves and linked to a hawksbill turtle, with a claimed value of 625 million dollars. The text is fragmented and involves exotic claims without verifiable context.
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Switzerland
Empire Coronation Souvenirs Restricted in Australia
The Australian government will ban importation of coronation souvenirs not made in the United Kingdom or British possessions. Customs Minister says decisions reflect empire oriented celebrations and responses from various sources. Canada noted as not sharing the same British spirit in this matter.
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Australia
Canada
United Kingdom
Brandon Sun
Miss Mary Strickland Honored After 54 Years Teaching
A Port Hope reception praised Miss Mary Strickland who retired after 54 years at Central School, Port Hope, having missed only one day in her long career. The gathering, noted by the Lindsay Post, drew leading local citizens for public recognition.
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Port Five
Mary, Strickland
Central School
Port Hope
Miss Strickland
Canada
Lindsay Post
British government probes sabotage at Midlands aircraft plant
The British government opened a secret service inquiry into conditions at several aircraft factories after what appeared to be sabotage at one Midlands plant. A plane was damaged but details were withheld and access controls around aircraft were tightened.
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Secret Service
Midlands
University of Toronto students prove co op residence works
A report on the first 18 weeks of a University of Toronto cooperative residence shows receipts of 1419 dollars and expenditures of 1141 dollars with a surplus of 277 dollars. The 18 men in the group manage house duties and finances. In London a coal delivery man wears white overalls and delivers from a white cart.
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Mace
University of Toronto
London
A Strange Condition Europe Cares For War Graves
The Halifax Herald notes Europe tends war graves with care while nations arm again, as former enemies lie peacefully side by side. The piece contrasts acts of grief and respect with living hatred and weapon buildup across Europe, pondering if past vows to prevent war hold.
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Europe
Halifax Herald
Woman trains cats to kill snakes in South African garden
A woman near Johannesburg has trained a band of cats to kill every snake appearing in her garden, creating a living deterrent and unusual pest control method in the neighborhood.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
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