To Burn Or Not To Burn In Western Canada
The Canada Grain Board set a minimum price of 874 cents for No 1 Northern wheat fo b Fort William drawing praise for relief amid drought and rust losses. Farmers face rust damage, low grades, and possible grain burning unless price spreads allow threshing and storage. a national approach may salvage farmer losses and morale.
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Canada
Canada Grain Board
Fort William
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Flies Show Color Preference In University Color Test
At the University of California dairy barn an 11 inch checkerboard of colors hosted thousands of flies for three months. Lester J. Berry led the study noting orange squares attracted 10,572 flies while green drew 2,067, primrose yellow 6,541, carmine 4,425, light blue 3,480, white 2,360 and coral red and pink trailed.
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Mies
University of California
College of Agriculture
Fon
Lester J. Berry
Berry
Buried Eloquence at City Hospital Foundation Stone
The mayor stood before the foundation stone for a hospital wing while spectators waited for his remarks. He joked with his wife asking what more he could do, then quipped that he had already laid the tone on top of it.
Five Small Meals Boost Work Efficiency Say Researchers
Scientific investigators argue that eating five light meals daily improves worker efficiency. Studies, often assuming a third of daily intake per meal, find a light mid-morning or mid-afternoon meal can raise efficiency about ten percent, challenging the old farm-based three-meal norm and aligning with office habits and some candy and soft drink ads.
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Donant W. Haggard
Leon A. Greenberg
Young party guest mimics birds in humorous request
A party entertainer, already over time, offered to imitate any bird. When asked for a bird, a guest suggested a homing pigeon, prompting further playful imitation.
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Tee Young
Paris Prefecture Unveils Bomb Shelter De Luxe Model
A Paris Avenue Fock mansion hosts a six foot thick concrete roof shelter buried thirty feet deep with ten feet of earth atop, plus a one foot concrete layer and another earth layer. It includes gas detection, first aid rooms, machine rooms, storerooms, dual steel doors, stairways, and independent generators and batteries for lighting.
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Aurara
Avenue Fock
Paris
China Declares Literacy Tax for Nanking Inhabitants
After May 1, 1936, residents of Nanking aged six to fifty who cannot read will be fined. Authorities issue a 1000 character primer and require students to teach it or risk graduation loss. Police will act as examiners and levy a fine of half a cent on the spot for failure to read. The measure is termed the Ignorant People's Tax.
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China
Nanking
Parliament in Jerusalem faces reform talks in Palestine
The Miraat-Ash-Shargan reports Arab leaders await a British Order to reestablish a Palestinian parliament while the Jews reject any legislative council for now. The paper notes the value of citizens who create jobs.
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Palestine
Comc
Miraat-Ash-Shargan
Jellyfish Sting Fatal for Italian Farmer at Brisbane Beach
Salvatore Cantarella, an Italian cane farmer near Brisbane, died after being stung while bathing at Coo garra Beach. Companions aided him, but after artificial respiration failed he died en route to hospital. Tentacle marks revealed a giant Portuguese Man o War caused paralysis rather than an octopus attack.
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Salvatore Cantarella
Brisbane
Coogarra Beach
Queensand
Honest claim or not a virtue in a honey making wasp tale
A fragment notes a species of honey making wasp found in Mexico and southern Texas. It then echoes a proverb about honesty: an honest man does not need to proclaim it. The text combines natural history with a moral maxim in terse form.
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Mexico
Texas
Lost Books Found Volumes Returned To Prince Albert Man
Alderman U H Carr of Prince Albert believed two volumes of Stanley's In Darkest Africa were lost during Peary's 1893 4 North Pole expedition. A parcel arrived at the customs office and, upon opening, Carr found the long-missing books. They were discovered among Peary's effects and sent by Admiral Peary's daughter Mrs Edwin Stafford of Washington DC.
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U. H. ‘Carr
Prince Albert
Greenland
Admiral Peary
North Pole
Peary
Edwin Stafford
Washington, D.C
Eggs for All Markets Promise Stronger Sales
The text argues that boosting egg sales nationwide depends on making top quality eggs available through every market with milk like assurance. It notes uncertainty in estimating the total benefit to egg producers.
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