Initiative and initiative in business history
The text argues initiative drives progress across industries. It cites Pom Reviews on how proactive firms gain, contrasts small agile outfits with standardized big ones, and gives examples from glass, naval propulsion, cookies, towels, and tomato juice. It notes leaders like Charles Kettering urging product-focused action and ends with a WWII era salute to Foch’s bold stance on problem focus.
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Review of Reviews Magazine
David Watson Taylor
United States Navy
Charles Kettering
General Motors Corporation
Marshal Foch
Inverness to Run Local Coal Mine Cooperative
Inverness Nova Scotia moves to local ownership as the Inverness Cooperative Company Limited takes over the coal mine’s operation and control after government approval. The plan aims to secure ongoing jobs for 3,000 residents and prevent mine closure by local management and taxation arrangements.
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Scotia
Inverness
N.S
Nova Scotia
Inverness Coal Co-Operative Company, Limited
Inver
New Paint Reveals Kettle Color Changes With Heat
A newly invented paint made from mercury copper alloys changes color with temperature. The kettle coated with it appears bright red when cold, shifts to maroon above 140 degrees, becomes dull chocolate at 160 degrees, and turns black at boiling. Cooling reverses the colors.
Feeder Purchase Policy renewal aids winter stock purchases
The Hon. Robert Weir announces a five month policy period from August 1, 1932, under which the Federal Department pays travel costs for farmers to stockyards or feeder sales to buy cattle or lambs. A car of stock must be purchased with approval by Dominion Live Stock Branch officials. Eastern Canada, the Prairies, and British Columbia are covered, with details available from stockyard agents or RS Hamer in Ottawa. Also mentions Dr Kelg’s asthma remedy claimed to eradicate causes of asthma.
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Robert Weir
Federal Department
Dominion Live Stock
Canada
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Dominion Live Stock Branch
RS. Hamer
Ottawa
Scot returns after 49 years to buy Caithness village
William McGregor, once a cowherd from Latheronwheel Caithness, has bought his native village after an absence of more than 49 years. He rose to become a director of several Australian companies and returned to visit his sister Miss Jessie McGregor who still lives in their birth cottage. The village, with about 120 inhabitants, was placed on the market recently.
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William McGregor
Latheronwheel
Caithness
Scotland
Australia
Jessie McGregor
Lves
Stock Exchange Seats Jump on NYSE Sale Value
A seat on the New York Stock Exchange recently sold for $120,000, lifting the market. The 1,375 seats now carry an estimated value of $165,000,000, up $41,250,000 from the prior week.
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Increx
New York Stock Exchange
Seedless Grapefruit Trade and Stock Market Outlook
Stock traders in Wall Street prepare to resume activity three years after the 1928 crash as confidence returns and spending stirs. South African planters have mastered seedless grapefruit production and begin exporting bulk supplies after discovering the root cause and conditions. A medical ad promotes Thomas Eclectric Oil for relief of throat irritation and cough, while Miller's Worm Powders claim to exterminate intestinal parasites in children and repair intestinal injury.
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Ine
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Border Cities
Star
Western Civ thought on speed and motive noted
A Winnipeg Tribune item critiques Western civilization described as motion without motive as Ontario authorities pursue safer highways. It mocks fast driving for passing to nowhere and cites a Chinese observer’s remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Am Fenclosed
Winnipeg Tribune
Canadian radio program broadcast from plane makes contact
Arthur Dupont and Sydney M. Nesbitt piloted an aeroplane at 3000 feet over the city to reach a Montreal radio station. They delivered brief addresses that were clearly heard by wireless fans, marking a notable aviation aided broadcast in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Dupont
Sydney M. Nesbitt
Aeroplane Club
Montreal
Ottawa
Underground airports to shelter British air force planes
Britain plans underground airfields for its air forces with a minimum depth of thirty feet. Camouflage proved ineffective against military cameras, prompting the decision. The underground airdromes will include ramps for taxiing in and out.
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Initiative
Foch
J.D. Kelg
Gillett’s
Gillett
Totam Tea Brande Limited
Fraser Ave. & Lierty’Stret
Toronto
Gaearia
Gillett’s Lye
Reret
Thomas
His Voice
Newedd
Tom
Britain
Christie's
Delicion
Christie
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