Costs of War Expenditures Rise Across Nations Since 1933
A wartime spending annex shows global martial outlays soaring from 3.902 billion in 1933 to an estimated 12 billion this year, with annual increases of about two billion. The piece argues democratic nations, led by Britain and the United States, must pursue unity and collective security to avert financial ruin and global conflict.
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League of Nations
Democratic Group of Nations
Great Britain
United States
Sir Henry Page Croft
Wales
Henry Page Croft
Vitamin A Crystals Shown As Pure Form At ACS
Pale yellow needle shaped crystals of pure vitamin A were displayed at Chapel Hill showing 3 000 000 units per gram worth 1 000 000 units stronger than earlier concentrates. The 23 year quest yielded the third pure form with vitamin B and C previously isolated. A protects against disease aids growth and eyesight. A brassware quotation appears in the client lawyer exchange about a stolen brandy case.
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American Chemical Society
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Real Magician Kettering Demonstrates Ice Frying Trick
General Motors vice president in charge of research Charles F. Kettering staged a show in Detroit for about 1,000 people inside the GM Auditorium. He fried an egg atop ice using a shiny pan placed over a folded newspaper and a cold coil energized at 1600 cycles per second. The demo opened GM's road show Previews of Progress to tour the United States this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Kettering
General Motors
Detroit
Kettering
United States
Overcome Itching Piles With Simple Hemrotat Remedy
Announcing Hemrotat as an easy at home treatment for itching and soreness of piles. The product claims quick relief from irritation and healing of sores with a simple dosage, discouraging surgery. Physicians allegedly endorse the remedy and recommend prompt use to avoid painful operation.
Victoria limits barber trade schools to protect shops
Regulations in British Columbia cap barbering school incomes to shield regular shops. A would be barber must complete 1000 hours at stated rates, aiming to stop schools from competing with established barber businesses.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Amherst man finds letter on old hardwood from England
Cecil Ripley of Amherst Nova Scotia had his name carved on a piece of hardwood a year ago and forgot it. A letter arrived from Charles Wilson a chairmaker in Hoxton England who found the address and wrote to him 2200.
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Cecil Ripley
Amherst
Nova Scotia
Charles Wilson
Hoxton
England
Secret radio spy device tested by U S Navy in Pacific maneuvers
Navy officials disclosed a secret radio spy to locate or track enemy ships at sea. Rear Admiral Harold G Bowen reported the device to congressional committees under a confidential supplement. Possible first test during Alaska Hawaii Pacific naval maneuvers. Bowen sought funds for fleet cryptography to encrypt signals.
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United States Navy Department
Harold G. Bowen
Navy
Department
Congressional Appropriations Committees
Bowen
Alaska- Hawaii
Pacific
Kipling Letter Describes Anger Over Edward VII Postponement
A Kipling letter dated June 26, 1902, to Mrs H Wolcott Balestier, Vermont, sold in New York, laments the postponed Coronation of Edward VII and compares the national mood to brakes suddenly applied on a motor car. He notes flags lowered, sports halted, and a stunned nation after news of the illness.
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England
Edward VII
Rudyard Kipling
New York
H. Wolcott Balestier
Vermont
Kipling
Edward
Australian Gunner Sullivan Honored at Guards Chapel Funeral
Australian Gunner Arthur Percy Sullivan, an e c awarded for valor in 1919, died in a cyclist collision near Wellington Barracks. His funeral at the Guards Chapel drew soldiers and civilians including Stanley Bruce and representatives of many governments. Sullivan, a Manly bank branch manager, is survived by a widow and four children.
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Arthur Percy Sullivan
E.c
London
Guards Chapel
Wellington Barracks
Sullivan
Stanley Bruce
Manley
New South Wales
Selected Recipes for Almond Corn Syrup Bars
A 350 degree bake recipe yields almond flavored bars. Includes butter sugar corn syrup eggs flour cornstarch salt vanilla almond flavoring and almonds. Steps describe creaming, beating, folding, shaping in a greased pan and topping with a almond meringue before a 2 hour bake.
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Crown
Benson's
Benson
World famous women invited for Sydney tapestry exhibition
An international modern tapestry exhibition is planned in Sydney as part of Australia 150th celebrations. Queen Mary and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt are asked to lend works. Lady Gowrie proposed the display and invitations to Australian weavers may form interdistrict competition with winning pieces included if sunlight permits. Jupiter's moons mentioned elsewhere.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Australia
Queen Mary
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Lady Gowrie
Immigrant Service Leader Dies Aboard World Cruise
Lieut. Col. J Obed Smith longtime chief officer of Canada’s immigration department in England died in Yokohama Japan while on a world cruise aboard the Empress of Britain. The Birmingham native and Manitoba bar member served as western immigration commissioner until 1901 and later managed Hudsons Bay Overseas Settlement. He resided in Richmond Surrey and leaves a widow and two daughters.
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J. Obed Smith
Imigration Department
Canadian Government Immigration Department
England
Yokohama
Japan
Canadian Pacific Steamships
Montreal
Birmingham
Eng
Col. Smith
Canada
Liverpool College
Manitoba
Pommon
Western Canada
Hudson's Bay Company
Overseas Settlement Limited
Richmond
Surrey
Harry Barton Rose
Winnipeg
Look And Listen Drivers Should Exercise More Precaution
The article argues that Canada cannot eliminate all railway grade crossings due to vast mileage and high costs. It urges plain signal warnings and emphasizes protecting the public, noting some crossings are being abolished or protected. It also mentions the nine of diamonds being called the Curse of Scotland and compares poultry production in the United States and China.
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Canada
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