Canadian Industry Chiefs Urge War Board To Ease Embargo Effects
A Canadian deputation urges Washington to form a War Industries Board to streamline imports of essential raw materials. They seek coordinated industry committees to cut official delays, while stressing transport bottlenecks and fuel shortages that closed factories. Shipping policy aims to revive shipbuilding with subsidies and freer material entry to secure long term industry viability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
War Industries Board
Washington
Adustry
Canadian Railway Board
Dominion
Hand Writ ten Bible by Hugh Russell of Notre Dame
A Presbyterian Scotsman named Hugh Russell finished a Bible in his own hand, bound to the size of a family Bible. He started in 1899 and completed it on St Andrew's Day, with 1 987 pages including 471 pages of the New Testament. He claims near perfect legibility and offers $100 for any error.
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Hugh Russell
Notre Dame
Reseell
Beesid
Godly Fite
Montreal
Russell
St. Andrew's Day
World's Strangest City on Ice Gorges Herring By Torchlight
A curious Arctic style town on Sacinaw Bay, Lake Huron, builds wooden bottom wheels and uses harpoons and live herring on line to lure fish through a central water hole. Fishermen work by torchlight attracting gobies and pike as boats chase the dainty bait. Night scenes glow with torches and strange fishing methods. In a separate note, Mary Gules of Sharpton, Pa, suffers a dull cut from a weapon attack.
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Sacinaw Bay
Lake Huron
Tis City
Gabermen
Open national games feature unusual quirks noted
An observant overview highlights odd features of the open national games, mentioning quirks that stand out in the event’s structure and execution. The piece emphasizes the distinctive aspects that set the games apart from standard competitions.
Pigeons Classified as Food Poultry
For food purposes pigeons are treated as poultry. They form a separate class producing meat quickly and without crowing any other creature used for food.
United States and Britain in Shared Postwar Role
Major Charles W. Gordon argues in favor of closer Anglo American ties after World War I. He asserts common language culture and democracy, notes Britain's higher public accountability, and contends that both nations must lead peace efforts and extend the Monroe Doctrine in shaping a safer world.
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British Empire
Britain
United States
England
America
Wilson
Council of Nations
Lfe
Charles W. Gordon
Ralph Connor
Soldier Novelist Produces Forest Fugitives
Capt. Theodore Goodrich Roberts of the overseas forces writes Forest Fugitives a pirate adventure set in early New York colonial days before Canada existed. The work marks a departure from his recent irn affairs and reflects a literary escape during service.
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Theodore Goodrich Roberts
Canada
Capt. Roberts
New Tokim
Dominion of Canada
Trinity College School Memorial Building Fund
A memorial project honors Trinity College School Port Hope alumni who served in World War I. A new building is planned to be named for the school, recognizing 536 former students in overseas service and 84 killed in action to date.
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Trinity College School
Port Hope
France
Flanders
Trinity
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Dutton-Wall Lumber Company Limited
Melfort
James Fraser
Star City
Red Triangle
Y.M.C.A
Salvation Army
Y.W.C.A
G. B. Jameson
A. E. Cairns
Reginald Beatty
Treas
Beaver Lumber. Company Ltd
Pleasant Valley
Tisdale
Safhctanding Industries
Bill
Mre
Mary Gules
Snrpeton
Massey-Harris
M. G. Brown
SASK
the “Heider
Heider
Waterloo
Waukesha
J.H. Stewart
Life Insurance
G.schwartz
Main Street
Melfort, Sask
The
Happy Farmer Tractor
Robert Hadden
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