Empire Marketing Board reports rising UK Empire purchases
The 1928 30 Empire Marketing Board annual report notes higher UK imports of 22 Empire commodities from four Dominions and multiple Colonies, led by apples bananas butter cheese and tea. It credits grading marketing stronger UK trader ties and growing consumer awareness plus widespread publicity efforts and exhibits to promote Empire buying.
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United Kingdom
Empire Marketing Board
Empire Foodstuffs
Empire
Canada
New Zealand
British West Indies
Australia
South Africa
Palestine
Dominions
India
Birmingham
Scientist Blom Advocates Hot Weather Therapy In Canada
Dr. Immanuel A Blom traveling through Canada ridicules Canadian methods for heat relief and promotes hot tea hot baths and thick underwear. He cites tropical experience in German East Africa and says cold drinks shock the stomach and raise body heat. He argues heat and perspiration best regulate fever and oppose cold baths in summer. Regina Daily Star.
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Immanuel A. Blom
Canada
Samoa
Dr. Blom
German East Africa
Africa
Tropics
Regina Daily Star
Weed control by fertilizers boosts grain yields and weeds
Dominion Experimental Station tests in Scott Sask show phosphatic fertilizers increase grain yields and suppress weeds as rapid plant growth smothers them. Worm damage from wireworms is reduced, and the article notes a popular binding book selling well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Experimental Station
Scott, Sask
Standard Canadian History for All Schools Proposed
Delegates at a Calgary convention urged a nationwide standard Canadian history in Dominion schools. They argued current texts are not romantically engaging or fully accurate, and a government sponsored competition could produce an authoritative and attractive history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominier
Calgary
Canadian Nagional Federation of Home and School Associations
Dominion
Winnipeg Tribune
Soviets Announce New Basis For Farmers Decree links payment to work quality and quantity
The People's Commissariat for Agriculture orders cash wages be based on both quantity and quality of work, replacing the idea of merit-less distribution. Farms must fulfill contracts to supply the government first, in a move to boost harvest incentives. The piece also mentions Maiden Lane history and a quip about statisticians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Commissariat For Agriculture
Soviet Russia Lures Canadian Engineers With Attractive Offers
The Financial Post reports Russia entices Canadian scientists and industrial experts with attractive remuneration to join its industrial program. A veteran Canadian engineer left for Russia to help build a competitive base, raising concerns over brain drain as Canada seeks to retain talent and develop domestic opportunities.
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Soviet
Russia
Canada
Technical Service Council
Canadians
Financial Post
Some Astounding Figures About London Population
The census shows Greater London has a population over a million larger than Greater New York. London’s City area is 675 acres with about 1.5 million daytime residents and 20,900 janitors at night. The London postal area spans 28 boroughs with around 5 million people on 14 816 acres.
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Great Britain
London England
Greater London
Metropolitan Police
New York
London
City of
Strand
Fleet Street
Aldgate
Whitechapel Road
Wales
Britain
Manchester
Sheffield
St. Thomas
Flight Of Birds And Their High Altitude Flights
A report cites T H Harrison of Pembroke College Cambridge stating geese were photographed at about five miles altitude. He notes Everest explorers report birds and choughs higher than 20 000 feet, with flights from aeroplanes around 15 000 feet, but most migration occurs below 3 000 feet.
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T. H. Harrison
Pembroke College
Cambridge
England
Nature
British Journal of Science
Everest
Harrison
Regina
Memory Courses Sell Pointed Parable on Public Office
A pithy anecdote frames a salesman recalling a rainy Maine meeting with a stranger. The man laments prejudice that pushes voters to elect officials they would not hire to run a small shop. The tale ends with a quip about memory courses and political judgment.
Family Doctors Across Specialties Mentioned
An old photograph depicts a family with each member under different medical care. The mother visits an eye specialist, the father a stomach specialist, the sister a throat expert, the brother a lung doctor, and the narrator receives osteopathic treatment.
Pianist Francesco Berger Enters Ninety Years of Service
Italian born pianist Francesco Berger has practiced his craft for about 90 years and remains active. He debuted publicly at age eight and now teaches three days weekly at the Guildhall School of Music in London for seven dollars. He and Mendelssohn studied under the same master. A brief dialogue follows about a brother recovering from an operation and an engagement to his nurse.
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Francesco Berger
Guildhall School of Music
London
England
Mendelssohn
Also Mentioned on This Page
British Broadcasting Corporation
Research Grants Committee
Lustige Kolner Zeitung
Cologne
Ww. N. U
Maiden Lane
New York City
Soviet Russia
Newcastle
wEr
John Corcoran
Maine
Moose River Junction
Order OF ST. John
Order of St. John of Jerusalem
J. H. King
L. M. Wood
Fred Cook
Murray MacLaren
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