Land ownership faces tax burdens and looming confiscation
The piece argues that high municipal taxes and rising public service costs press landowners, risking widespread transfer of land to public ownership. It calls for major tax base realignments at federal provincial and municipal levels and highlights the Rowell Commission as a potential path to relief for landholders.
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Western
Canada
Rowell Commission On
Dominion- Provincial Relations
J. J. Smith
Saskatchewan
United States
Spies Pouring into Britain Reported by The Star
The London Star reports rising espionage in Britain since rearmament began with spies swarming from many nations. Counter espionage extends due to sabotage at aircraft factories and the spy population in Great Britain is said to have doubled. The Venus de Milo statue stands just over six feet three inches.
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Britain
London Star
The
Star
Great Britain
Venus de Milo
Queen Mary Rejects Jazz Prefers Light Opera and Waltzes
Queen Mary declined modern jazz preferring light opera and Viennese waltzes. Shortly before laying the foundation stone for the St Helier hospital in Surrey she reviewed the ceremony music and approved a program featuring waltzes and a gavotte.
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Queen Mary
St. Helier Hospital
Surrey
Doctor Hammond Runs Four Miles for Birthday
New York physician Dr. George H. Hammond marked his birthday by running four miles. He noted he could have gone further but chose not to tire himself. For 63 years Dr. Harmord has maintained a routine of three miles three times weekly, claiming it keeps him in good condition.
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George H. Hammond
New York
Hulls fishing port livelihoods tied to sea trade
In Hull England the city relies on fishing for 50 000 to 60 000 people depends on fishing for their living while a man questions a dog pedigree and a tobacco name linked to Indian pipe.
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Hull
Britain Faces Three Fronts In Global Struggle
Walter Lippmann argues Britain cannot guard all interests across North Atlantic Europe Mediterranean and the Orient. He says Britain faces three formidable adversaries and must choose among compromising with one or two powers or sacrificing priorities, urging sympathetic understanding over harsh judgment.
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Britain
North Atlantic
Europe
Mediterranean
Orient
Walter Lippmann
Detroit Free Press
11 Foot Robot To Demonstrate Human Body At Glasgow Expo
An 11 foot robot torso, halves joined, will illustrate bodily processes at the Glasgow Empire Exhibition in May. It uses pumps for the heart, a camera for the eye, and colored balls to represent food. Nerve signals light diagrams, and gears show muscles. Creator Richard Huws, a Welsh naval architect, works nightly on the electric powered machine.
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Glasgow
Richard Huws
Coffee Cake Recipe From Historic Batter Mix
A vintage recipe outlines baking a coffee cake in a nine inch pan. It uses bread flour, Crown Brand corn syrup, milk, sugar, baking powder, salt, shortening, and butter. A crumb topping with butter, corn syrup, Benson's Corn Starch, crumbs, and cinnamon is prepared and baked in a hot oven.
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Crown
Mazda
Mystery of Marie Dionne Sheds Light on Nursery Quints
Marie Dionne Dafoe quintuplets puzzle teachers and nurses at the nursery by watering five hobby horses with a beach pail. Dr. Dafoe explains the memory stems from a teamster watering the horses nearby a year ago. Marie shared the drink with each horse and kissed them, drawing attention to the scene.
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Marie Dionne
Dafoe
Oliva
Marie
Quints
Nora Rouselle
Sigrid Ulrichson
Molly O'Shaughnessy
Dr. Dafoe
Lord Lister birthplace tale with London hospital link
A reminiscence from John Weir of St. Mary's Hospital in Plaistow recounts Lord Lister's birthplace in Upton Lane West Ham now St. Peter's Vicarage. Visitors visit the room where he was born and a Canadian doctor paid tribute there. A vicar's son dreamed of becoming a doctor after hearing the old man’s blessing.
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Lord Lister
Lord Moynihan
Hampstead Cemetery
Fortune Green Road
London
John Weir
St. Mary's Hospital
Plaistow
Upton Lane
West Ham
St. Peter's Vicarage
Must Move Quickly Freight to Move Down North by Waterways
Col James K. Cornwall, veteran contractor, said in an Edmonton interview that a record total of at least 35 000 tons of freight must be moved down north by boat from Waterways Alta during the short river season which will open soon.
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Bost
Alta
James K. Cornwall
Edmonton
Strople Explains Ancient Hen Egg Signal Theory
The speaker argues that eggs were laid to signal hens’ location to a wandering flock, a practice traced to jungle fowls. The reasoning links ancestral behavior to a signaling purpose during nesting.
Rest Resistant Wheat Varieties Apex Coronation Clarified
Professor J B Harrington of the University of Saskatchewan says Apex and Coronation are very different. Apex derived from H 44 X Marquis, while Coronation comes from Hope and Reward. Apex is graded with Marquis like quality. Coronation’s baking qualities limit its top grades. He notes Apex widely recommended, and the cereal variety committee report is obtainable from the university extension department.
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J. B. Harrington
University of Saskatchewan
Marquis
Coronation
Hope
Harrington
Apex
Battleford
Saskatchewan
World Harvest Record Set In Wimmera Victoria
Three men in Victoria's Wimmera wheat belt used an auto header to harvest 700 acres, bagging 3,300 bushels in a single day from 5 45 am to 8 45 pm. The crew paused only for bag removal and oiling. yield reached 43 bushels per acre.
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Wimmera
Victoria
Australia
Pact With Ulster Viscount Craigavon Sets New Financial Arrangements
Viscount Craigavon, prime minister of Northern Ireland, announced British funded measures to offset treaty losses. Northern Ireland would receive armament orders, subsidies, and unemployment insurance plus general financial terms between London and Belfast exchequers.
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Viscount Craigavon
Northern Ireland
Great Britain
Britain
Ireland
Lord Craigavon
London
Belfast
Austrian baron loses estates in court ruling
In Lower Austria a court in Fanning declared three pig estates owned by Baron Alfons rotsenia had become property of the Reich to repair damages by the former Austrian state. The baron reportedly fled the country amid the decision. A stray dialogue fragment about a car purchase appears beside the main report and a note on Italy’s rail system reports nearly 100 million passengers last year.
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Alfons Rotsenia
Fanning
Lower Austria
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