World Wheat Situation and Canadian Role in Export Trade
Premier Bennett spoke to the Montreal Board of Trade after attending the World Economic and Wheat Conferences. The piece outlines Canada, Argentina, Australia and the United States as top exporters, Europe as a major importer, and how postwar policies, tariffs, and quotas shape production and prices. It notes Europe’s rising output, fear of starvation, and a new shared export-reduction agreement aimed at stabilizing markets.
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Bennett
Montreal Board of Trade
Canada
United States
Australia
Great Britain
Europe
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
Holland
Belgium
London
Premier Bennett
Argentine
Bennet
F. E. Murphy
Hungary
Roumania
Jugo-Slavia
Bulgaria
Russia
British Prototype Kilogram Traveled From London to Paris
A London Board of Trade official escorted the British prototype kilogram via Paris to Sevres for comparison with the international standard. The iridio platinum alloy weight remains highly guarded, worth hundreds of pounds as metal, with only about 30 in existence.
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London Board of Trade
Paris
Sevres
Britain
Serres
International Committee of Weights and Measures
International
Prcpal
Progress In Labrador Gold Fields Enthusiasm From Officials
Newfoundland minister Hon. W. J. Walsh reports rapid progress in Labrador gold fields after last fall’s opening. Accompanied by geologist Dr. O. K. Snelgrove and mining engineer J. W. Foote, the party noted many granted sessions under active field investigation. They reached Lake Wabash after a 200 mile aeroplane trip from Seven Islands, Quebec, found a small population and scarce fuel, and despite unsettled weather a remarkable amount of work was accomplished.
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Labrador
W. J. Walsh
Newfoundland
St. Johns
Lake Wabash
O. K. Snelgrove
J. W. Foote
Newland
Seven Islands
Quebec
Walsh
Fles
Radio Wave Pain Sinks Bodker Dairyman Case
Dairyman Martin Bodker of the Tacoma district endures sharp pains from radio waves unless grounded. Tacoma and Seattle specialists report the case. physicians in Los Angeles were consulted after pains persisted. He found relief by grounding via a copper wire grounded to a water faucet.
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Martin Bodker
Tacoma
Seattle
Bodker
Los Angeles
Tiny English Miniature Paintings Stun with Microscopes
Stanley A Burchett of London claims the painter of micro miniatures created images so small that twenty fit on a postage stamp. The Queen bought two one eighth stamp sized works, a dawn seascape and a marigold still life, viewable only with a microscope.
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Stanley A. Burchett
London
Grenadier Guards
Military Command Changes Toronto Officer Takes New District
Major-General E. C. Ashton leaves Toronto to assume Military District No. 11 based in Victoria, governing British Columbia and the Yukon. Brigadier-General T. W. Anderson from Winnipeg will replace him in Toronto, with Brigadier W. B. Beeman set to move to Winnipeg to take over District No. 11.
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Toronto
Victoria
E.C. Ashton
CMG VD
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
T. W. Anderson
Dso
Winnipeg
Ashton
W. B. Beeman
D.S.C
Military District No. 11
Wll
Anderson
Dentistry Through the Ages Echoes of Ancient Dental Practice
Dr. 3 K Lowry of McGill University spoke to a local service club about ancient dentistry. He cited Egyptian work as early as 3400 BC and noted traces of dental practices among Greeks Etruscans and Romans.
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3. K. Lowry
McGill University
Tea exports rise in 1932 amid record output
Japanese tea exports for 1932 show an increase of 4 072 000 pounds over 1931 while employment in the British Post Office Department exceeds 250 000 workers.
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British Post Office Department
Bean String Soup With Onions And Beans
Melt butter and fry onion until just yellow. Stir in flour then gradually add evaporated milk and water. Cook until thickened. Add soaked string beans cut in one inch lengths and season with salt pepper and paprika. Serves six.
France limits foreign language films to fifteen theatres
France rules that motion picture films in foreign languages may be shown only in 15 theatres nationwide. Belgium sees common prices rising in response to market changes.
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France
A Woman Loses 32 Pounds with Kruschen Salts
A housewife relates a dramatic weight loss from 161 pounds to 129 pounds after using Kruschen Salts for a period. She claims relief from rheumatism and nervousness, with improved energy and a lighter step, crediting the mineral-salt blend for reducing fat and boosting health.
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Kruschen
Chance Meeting Recalls Rescue During War
Captain RH Monks of the Montreal harbor boarded the steamer Clan Alpin during an inspection and was identified by a crewman he once saved when torpedoed off the Irish coast. He carried a wounded sailor to a lifeboat moments before a deadly explosion sank the ship, and they were later picked up by an American destroyer.
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Montreal
RH. Monks
Monks
Bavarian City Marks 1700th Founding Anniversary
Weis senburg celebrates 1700 years since its founding with remnants of a Roman era wall, 31 towers and ix gates. The Ellinger gate remains a premier medieval structure and a highlight of the commemoration in Bavaria.
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Weissenburg
Biricianis
Wizinbure
Ellinger Gate
Germany
Marlborough Town Crier Wins National Contest Title
W. B. Anglis aged 63 of Marlborough Wiltshire won the National Town Criers contest at Lyme Regis defeating twelve rivals. Judges sat in a tent 100 yards from the contestants as the title was claimed.
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Posfessor
United Kingdom
W. B. Anglis
Marlborough
Wiltshire
England
National Town Criers
Lyme Regis
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