War costs and risks warn against new conflicts
In World Review London, Veron Bartlett argues that wars in Abyssinia Spain and China show war cannot pay even with victory on one side. He notes foreign credits are essential for Italy and Japan risks ruin as nations exhaust resources. The piece questions who would start a new war.
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Tom
Veron Bartlett
World Review London
Abyssinia
Spain
China
Italy
London
Berlin
Rome
Japan
Western Canada irrigation costs seen as national issue
The piece argues irrigation projects should be studied for engineering feasibility and national funding. It contends beneficiaries beyond benefitted lands gain from irrigation through towns, jobs, and secondary businesses, justifying national cost sharing. It cites Harold Crowle urging a federal survey and notes Eastern writers support broader inquiry.
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Canada
National Treasury
Harold F. Crowle
Toronto Saturday Night
United States
Crowle
Rise and Fall of German Might Reflected in August 1914 Echo
In August 1914 Germany invaded Belgium and Austria, a parallel drawn to 1814 guilt. The piece traces wartime parallels, blaming Hitler’s mass support and prewar German savageries. It argues the German people share responsibility through acquiescence, lamenting a barbaric turn echoed by the Kaiser era.
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Belgium
Vienna
Germany
Ausria
Versailles
Europe
Hitler
New York Herald Triune
Ontario to spend fourteen million on highway construction
Ontario will allocate 14,000,000 dollars for highway construction in the 1938 39 fiscal year announced by Premier Hepburn in the budget. The plan aims to finish gaps in the system and move toward a super highway network with emphasis on safety and reduced congestion. Northern Ontario sees new pavement and substantial paving progress, including 175 miles of grading readied and 264 miles of pavement in the south along with 75 miles of graded road completed.
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Ontario
Hepburn
Toronto-Hamilton
Toronto
Contac
Ragweed plot could feed hay fever to millions
A 20 feet square plot of ragweed pollen could produce enough pollen to afflict 15,200,000,000 people. Francis Bacon, at age sixteen, was offered a post on the staff of a British ambassador in France. In cars the wheelbase measures the distance between the front and rear axle centers, here noted as 2248.
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Francis Bacon
France
Tested Recipes A Good Salad In The Home Menu
Colorful easy salads prove practical for meals with two main dishes or a dessert. The article shows quick setting jelly methods to bound fruit and vegetable combos, featuring Salmon Horseradish Salad and Grapefruit Grape Salad with detailed steps and servings for eight and six.
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Satme
Cocoanut Grove Transplanted To Honolulu Estate
Doris Duke Cromwell desired a cocoanut grove quickly for her $500,000 Honolulu beach home. Landscape architect Robert C. Thompson bought a grove near the city and moved it to the estate six miles away. Transplanting cost about 150 dollars per tree.
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Doris Duke Cromwell
Honolulu
Old Method Mill Grinding in Korea Described in Detail
The article explains the seesaw grain grinding method used by some Korean millers. A stone basin sits beneath a wood club on a long plank fulcrumed to a point, and the miller on the opposite end leaps using a rope to pulverize the grain. It also notes China’s large population and a figure of $9,000 for automobiles.
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Korea
Travel expands minds through foreign schoolboy visits
A Bradford businessman's plan to bring 50 Bradford schoolboys to Canada each year for a decade illustrates travel's rising role in education. The piece argues travel broadens youth, though warns it may reinforce prejudices. cites Mr. Masefield on true wonder and the aim of forming good world citizens in education.
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Bradford
England
Canada
Mr. Masefield
Willy-Nilly
Christian Science Monitor
Uy Trust
Canadian Dressed Poultry Praised by Fish Trades Gazette
A London Fish Trades Gazette writer praising Canada dressed poultry says frozen Canadian chickens are the best, noting shipments are small this year and some may drift to the U.S. rather than cross the ocean. The interview ends with a brief exchange about a son giving up musical studies due to trouble.
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Britain
Canada
Fish Trades Gazette
London
England
Bowder
U.S.A
Ocean
Stone-broke origin tied to breaking a craftsman’s stone
The phrase stone-broke comes from an old practice of breaking a craftsman’s stone when he failed to pay debts. This harsh custom symbolized the end of a debtor’s credit and served as a public marker of financial failure in historical trade contexts.
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