Cattle Export Trade and Tax Histories in Judaea
The article contrasts Canada and Britain in cattle exports to Britain with emphasis on unreliable returns to shipowners like George Ross of St Kilda and calls for access to U S markets. It then shifts to ancient taxation under Julius Caesar Herod and Roman rule, noting tax farming, Sabbath year relief, and the publican system in Judaea.
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Departments of Agriculture
Canada
Britain
George Ross
St. Kilda
Great Britain
United States
Julius Caesar
Herod
Traclonitis
Judaea
Taxation in Ancient Times
A concise historical survey of taxation across civilizations and eras. It traces Jewish taxation from Judges tithes to monarchy levies, then Persian, Egyptian, and Roman systems. Exorbitant duties, forced labor, and farm auctions show the evolution from religious gifts to heavy state tribute.
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Arabia
Egypt
Phoenicia
Judaea
Samaria
Jerusalem
Pompey
The British plan on disarmament and federal controls
The British plan allows Germany to double its regular army size, curbs France and others, bans offensive weapons and air bombing, gas, and bacteria, and proposes naval and land disarmament conferences with international commissions. Roosevelt supports it, seeking universal disarmament pledges and potential consultative ties if others agree. Hitler’s stance will shape whether he is a statesman or mischief maker.
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Germany
France
Roosevelt
Hoover
United States
Britain
Mr. Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Poor business as signs on CN property clash with landscape protection movement
The piece questions CNs plan to place advertising signs on its property and weighs it against North American efforts to prevent landscape disfigurement. It notes CNs past reliance on public goodwill and suggests the policy could affect public opinion and goodwill.
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C.N.R
Canada
United States
Control of Industries in US Economy Debate
Washington correspondent Tom King notes in an emergency the idea of regulating all industries under federal control to prevent over production and unfair labor conditions. He suggests 90 percent of manufacturers might join trade associations to regulate output and curb competition if anti trust laws did not deter them.
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Roosevelt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
R.F.C
Supreme Court
Federal Board
United States
Tom King
Washington
Parliament Ends With Heated Gerrymander Controversy
The session closed amid debate over the Redistribution Bill viewed as a gerrymander to favor Conservatives. Liberals argue the government pushed a partisan measure while vowing no more sessions this Parliament. Past histories show four sessions often signal trouble for a government, with election material already in hand.
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Laurier and Borden
John Macdonald
Alexander Mackenzie
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid
Arthur Meighen
King
Governor appoints state board to supervise 3.2 beer drive
Governor Lehman of New York establishes a five member State board to oversee the new 3.2 beer business under the U S LIQUOR ACT. The move signals strict oversight and marks the start of state control.
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Lehman
New York State
Christian Science Moni
Prominent NYC Leaders Named to Board Amid Prohibition Reform Ties
The chairman, Edward P. Mulrooney, earns 12000 a year as longtime NYC police chief. John S. Shap pard heads a national prohibition reform group. John Sullivan, NYS Federation of Labor president, led Brewery Workers. Edward Schoeneck of Syracuse, ex Lieutenant Governor, now counsels brewers. James B. Duffy of Rochester, lawyer and merchant, links to pre Volstead malt liquor. Four later nominated at 7500 each. The report notes curious public remarks and local weather context about May rains and river levels.
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Tor
Edward P. Mulrooney
Tammany Democrat
New York City
John S. Shappard
Women’s Organization For National Prohibition Reform
John Sullivan
New York State Federation of Labor
Brewery Workers’ Union
Edward Schoeneck
Syracuse
James B. Duffy
Rochester
Duffy
Canadian Garden Service Offers Practical Planting Tips
The article lists vender flowers such as gladiolus dahlia and cannas with planting depths and spacing. It urges using started plants for long season crops like tomatoes cabbage eggplant and recommends continuous successional plantings to extend harvests through six months in Canada. It notes pest control for cut worms and recalls the old practice of one day gardening, now updated by year round green aims and varied varieties for extended yields.
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Martin Haskill
Fenelon Falls
Ont
Canada
Alta farmer shot after attack at Cappon district farm
Siefel Olson a Cappon district farmer sustaining three head wounds was found by Parker and taken to hospital in Cereal today. Police investigated the Tuesday incident on the L D Pi Rhee farm and studied Olson's mental condition. The firm is south of Oyen near Cappon.
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Oven
Alta
Siefel Olson
Cappon
R.C.M
Olson
Parker
Olsen
Oyen
Additional Sentences Yet Imposed In McLean Case
Gaston Means and Normen T. Whitaker were sentenced to two years each for conspiracy to defraud Mrs Eve lyn Walsh McLean of 35000 in the Lindbergh baby hoax. Means, a former Justice agent, already serves 15 years for defrauding Mrs McLean of 104000 on false claims he could locate the kidnapped Lindbergh child.
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Washington
Gaston Means
Normen T. Whitaker
Evelyn Walsh McLean
Means
Department of Justice
McLean
Park Superintendent At Lethbridge Jailed Forgeries
Robert Laing former city parks superintendent faced 48 counts of forgery. He pleaded guilty to a summary trial as his lawyer sought a suspended sentence with restitution offers. Magistrate Hamilton denied the request and imposed nine months hard labor on each count, to run concurrently.
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Lethbridge
Robert Laing
Hamilton
Max Moscovitch
Laing
Tax Return Amendment Clears House Committee
The House Ways and Means Committee approved an amendment to the public works industrial control measure to omit deductions from capital losses for one year in income tax returns. The change follows testimony about J P Morgan paying no income tax in the United States for the last two years. The amendment moves to the House when the Industrial Bill is presented.
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Washington
Public Works
House
Ways and Means
Senate
J. P. Morgan
Alberta Debt Adjustment Board Opens First Meeting
Edmonton on May 25 reports the newly formed Debt Adjustment Board began its initial meeting. Chairman William Loree and members L Clarry K C Calgary Ben Plumer Bassano discussed proclamation date and procedural details under the Act. Attorney General J F Lymburn joined for recommendations. The six month term may lead to future continuation.
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Edmonton
Debt Adjustment Board
William Loree
L. Clarry
K.C
Calgary
Ben
J. F. Lymburn
Loree
Queen Mary celebrates 66th birthday with royal luncheon
London reports Queen Mary marking her 66th birthday today at Buckingham Palace. Messages from around the world arrive as a family luncheon for thirty guests is held with the Prince of Wales the Duke and Duchess of York and the King bringing presents.
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London
Candian
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
Prince of Wales
Duke
Local Wheat Prices and Coding by Ogilvie
Ogilvie notes local wheat price lines with May 65, July 55.3-8, Oct 1:2, No 1 Nov 65, and references to a coded term trdok 65. The fragment shows price markers and month abbreviations without full context.
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Ogilvie
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Medicine Hat
W Ulty P.O
South
Saskatchewan
Canadian Garden Service
Farmer
U.S
Alberta
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