An American View Of Problems Confronting War Stricken Europe
Richard Spillane argues that Europe, exhausted by war, faces complex postwar problems. Britain must rebuild trade and coal exports, France suffers from wine losses and taxation pressures, and all nations seek American aid. Europe requires careful, limited aid as it heals.
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Richard Spillane
Philadelphia
America
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Lancashire
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Great Britain
Wales
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The Craze for Amusements and Higher Taste
Professor J L Morrison of Queen s University addresses teachers on how organized amusements and moving pictures divert youth from books. He notes garages replace libraries and urges harnessing amusement to foster reading, science and culture through home church school and library leadership.
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J. L. Morrison
Queen's University
Toronto Globe
Morrison
Potato Tercentenary to Mark North American Planting
History documents the 300th anniversary next December of potatoes in North America. Dr. Lauter told the AAAS that the potato came from Bermuda via England rather than from a Spanish venture, noting its Chilean and Peruvian origins and later English settlement in the United States.
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North America
Dr. Lauter
American Association For the Advancement of Science
de Candolle
Bermuda
England
Tottuce
Chile
Peru
United States
Earth’s ancient climate swings toward a perpetual warm era
The article outlines Earth's history alternating between ice ages and tropical warmth. It notes a current long pendulum swing heading toward a warm period of perpetual summer, with scientists estimating arrival in about 250,000 years.
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British Isles
Greenland
London
Wheat rust resistance remains scarce in bread varieties
Saskatchewan University professor W P Thompsons reports at a Saskatoon conference that true rust resistance in wheat is rare and rarely commercially viable. He notes rust strains vary by region and year, making durable resistance unlikely, with only a few noncommercial varieties showing true resistance.
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W. P. Thompsons
Saskatchewan Unversity
Saskatoon
Thompson
Canada
Housekeeping in Hayti Shows Simplicity and Resourcefulness
The article describes Hayti households using calabash gourds as dishes, sleeping on dirt floors with straw mats, and minimal furniture. It notes that beds are rare, blankets uncommon, and that slaves once tilled the fields under white guidance, leaving rural life to natural routines and limited agricultural tools.
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Hayti
Prospects Bright for British Columbia Fruit Crop
Dominion fruit inspector R G L Clark says weather in the Okanagan Valley is ideal and frost has caused little damage. Indications point to a heavy crop of berries and other fruits across British Columbia.
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B.C
British Columbia
R. G. L. Clark
Dominion Fruit Inspector
Okanagan Valley
Crop rotations improve soils and yields in prairie farming
An Experimental Farm Note reviews traditional prairie cropping systems and argues for including grass in rotations to combat soil drift and weed pressure. Trials at Scou Experimental Station show rye grass sod yields averaging 21 10 pounds per acre with favorable rotations boosting subsequent grain crops and reducing labor, while summerfallow costs remain higher.
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Prairie Provinces
West
Scou
Ton of ensilage values listed with various hay and crop equalities
A list shows silage to hay and crop conversions. Half ton silage equals one ton beet sugar. three tons silage equals one ton clover hay. three and a half tons equals one ton alfalfa hay. two and a quarter tons equals one ton marsh hay, prairie hay, and pumpkins.
Eskimo Delicacy Described In Curious Tradition
A vivid brief describes a traditional Eskimo delicacy, a dish mixing eggs at varying stages with angelics and creckberries, then heated in a seal-skin bag filled with whale oil for serving.
German Propaganda To Sow Dirissension Among The Allies
A dated analysis of German covert operations aimed at creating discord among Allied nations. It notes schemes like the League of German Patriots and pamphlets directed at churchmen, seeking to blame the Entente while portraying Germany as the victim. The piece critiques German propaganda strategy and its poor understanding of Allied sentiment.
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Germany
Foreign Propaganda Department
League of German Patriots
England
India
Ireland
United States
France
Japan
Jersey Nor Between Horns A Cross Bull Tale
A quip about an Irishman escaping a cross bull becomes a humorous exchange in a London weekly. A contributor recalls fearing to let go from the bull’s tail and a bystander compares the situation to being between horns. The piece ends with a stat about London births deaths and marriages: about 4,900 births, 2,400 deaths, and 2,600 marriages weekly.
Five Tragedies And the Last Was Not the Least of the Mournful Happenings
A series of grim, cautionary incidents described as five tragedies. A man lights a match to check gasoline, another pets a dog to test affection, a man races a train crossing and fails, a man touches a trolley wire and it shocks him, a man cuts advertising to save money and loses.
No Speed Limit in Cuba
Havana claims to have solved cheap transportation with no speed limits. Within a mile radius, about 1,000 cars shuttle one or two riders between points for 20 cents. Drivers roam freely, but reflexes and agility sharpen as they dodge each other through the streets.
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Havana
Cuba
Teaching the Boy Ends in a Truthful Promise
A father scolds his son for falsehoods and urges honesty. The boy promises to tell the truth, then the father sends him to see who is at the door and to tell the landord he is out. Houston Post ele
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Alwsys
Atrist
Landord
Houston Post * Ele
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