Wheat price plans tied to Rome talks eyed by Canada
International experts at Rome discuss a price fixing system to raise and stabilize world wheat prices. Plans aim to base minimums on export supplies and monthly demand, with London quotas enforced. Western Canada hopes for tariff reductions and higher export quotas as global economies pursue state-led recovery models.
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Wheat Advisory Commission
Rome
London
Great Britain
Western Canada
Prairie Provinces
Europe
Canada
United States
Mussolini
Germany
Austria
Russia
Britain
Visionary airliners at 1200 miles an hour reshape travel
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith foresees stratospheric ships guided by ground wireless stations, reaching 1200 mph with 100 passengers within fifty years. He predicts listless risk, multiple engines per plane, crude oil fuel, and planes largely replacing ships and railways for freight and travel.
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Charles Kingsford-Smith
Australia
Sir Charles
Rich Marine Specimens Enrich British Columbia Museum
Dr O McLean Fraser and a research party returned to Vancouver after an eight thousand five hundred mile south Pacific cruise delivering hundreds of marine life specimens to the University of British Columbia. The finds include unknown hydroids and vividly colored sea creatures, along with shore life such as snakes and crustaceans, promising important zoological insights.
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BC. University
Fraser
University of British Columbia
South Pacific
O. McLean Fraser
Vancouver
South America
University Museum
Prices rise but tea still most economical
Three years of low prices for tea forced growers to act and form production committees. Prices have advanced and merchants will deplete stocks, causing housewives to pay slightly more for tea. Finest teas such as Salada Hill yield about 5 cups for a cent.
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Salada Hill
Double Nasturtium gains fame in Philadelphia shows
A new nasturtium variety developed in Philadelphia by David Burpee, continuing Luther Burbank’s plant breeding, ranges from lemon yellow to scarlet and is praised as the poor man's orchid at recent flower shows. A note mentions America’s first printed book, the Escala Espiritual de San Juan Climaco, with no known copies.
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Succe
Luther Burbank
Philadelphia
David Burpee
America
Escala Espiritual de
San Juan
Quick Relief From Neuralgia with Aspirin Tablet
An advertisement claims rapid neuralgia relief from aspirin, noting a scientific disintegration within two seconds of moisture and immediate onset after ingestion. It emphasizes Bayer branding and Aspirin tablet availability as the key to fast action.
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Bayer
Canadian Tourist Traffic Tops All Boundaries
A Canadian government report shows heavy tourist traffic between the United States and Canada in 1933. Automobiles entering Canada for touring reached 3,096,887 with 2,283,418 under 24 hours and 863,136 under 60 days, plus 383 under six months. Estimated average spend per car was 7.68 dollars for 24 hours, 59.80 dollars for 60 days, and 234.07 dollars for six months, totaling 77,250,000 Canadian dollars in expenditures.
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United States
Canada
Historic sabre linked to Louis XVI story in Quebec relic
The treasured sabre once flashing for King Louis XVI is held by Auguste de la Tremaindan at Montmartre, Sask. 1893. It belonged to Baron de la Villabeau, Tremaundan's grand-uncle, breveted lieutenant by Louis XVI in 1785 and active in campaigns including Napoleon's Moscow retreat, Waterloo, and Napoleon’s defeat. The baron died in 1836 and the sabre passed to Tremaundan, a 94 year old pioneer who left France in 1873 for Chrysostom, Quebec, later moving west.
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Lons XVI
France
Auguste de la Tremaindan
Montmartre
Sask
Baron de la Vil-labeau
Tremaundan
Louis XVI
Napoleon
Moscow
Waterloo
Bonaparte
Chrysostom
Chautaguay
Quebec
Good Old Days Return in Erskine Alberta Rural Life
In Erskine Alberta the community embraces self sufficiency with a wood chopping engine for summer needs and a grinder for breakfast wheat. Hides yield leather goods, sugar beets make syrup and vinegar, and residents revive home spinning and knitting traditions.
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Erskine
Alberta
Sopwiths Race for America’s Cup Off Newport
Mrs T D Sopwith to time keep on the Endeavor as it pursues the America’s Cup against the United States this summer off Newport Alabama. She will wield a stop watch at every leg, advising the skipper to the second the Endeavor’s progress and the rival’s standing. She vows she will not wear trousers, only skirt blouse and jacket ready for rain.
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T. D. Sopwith
United States
Newport
Associated Press
Park Lane
Eight Years Old For School Age Says Dr Folsom
Dr Laurence P Folsom president of the New England Council of Optometrists urges delaying school attendance until age eight he argues that the eyes mature by eight and early classroom strain harms children vision and future generations thus avoiding unnecessary eye strain in schools
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Laurence P. Folsom
New England Council of Optonetrists
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