Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Eyes Churchill Route Freight Savings
W A Urton told a Prince Albert board of trade meeting that the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool could ship up to 390 million bushels annually via Churchill if rail and port costs drop enough to beat the Montreal route. He noted 2.4 million bushels stored at Churchill and millions more ready. the aim is to shift farmer earnings from transport savings into producers' pockets as Churchill becomes the preferred shipment path.
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Wheat Pool
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Churchill
Montreal
W. A. Urton
Duck Lake
Board of Trade
Prince Albert
Urton
Brandon
London
Fort Wiliam
Great Lakes
Orton
Fort Willam
B C Boy Wins Prize For Most Beautiful Autumn Leaf
A six year old Bobby Hume of Revelstoke British Columbia won five dollars in the maple leaf beauty contest with a 222 square inch leaf. British Columbia also produced the largest leaf in the same competition with judges C W Simpson R C A R W Pilot R C A and James Crockett. The event was overseen by J M R Fairbairn Canadian Pacific Railway chief engineer and staff. More than 12 maple leaf varieties were noted by the judges.
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New Brunswick
British Columbia
Bobby Hume
Revelstoke
B.C
C. W. Simpson
R.C.A
R. W. Pilot
James Crockett
J. M. R. Fairbairn
Canadian Pacific Railway
Quirky Barter Tale Highlights Surprising Business
In a short exchange two men discuss a chain of swaps beginning with a ten dollar donkey and ending with a ten dollar bedstead. The punchline shows the speaker claiming ongoing business despite no net profit.
Bread taxed in Roumania and payroll hints of rise
The report notes Roumania taxes bread and even staff supplies with a tax stamp aboard the S S Pennyworth delivering Roumanian rye from Bralia to Montreal. It cites Captain A W Gorton and mentions N R A rules and a Brandon Sun observation on married men earning thirty dollars weekly now allowed up to forty dollars.
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Roumania
Life
A. W. Gorton
S.S. Pennyworth
Montreal
Bralia
Peace effort in Europe gains pace says Carnegie official
Dr. Earle B. Babcock, back in New York from Europe, calls permanent peace nearer than last year. He notes improving German Polish relations under Hitler focused on domestic affairs and backs Balkan Danubian Baltic federation moves as key to regional and global security. He cites the Balkan Conference at Salonica as a test of peace prospects and predicts unions among Albania Bulgaria Greece Romania Turkey Yugoslavia, the Baltics, and Danubian nations as the strongest path to security.
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Ing
Europe
Earle B. Babcock
European Centre
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
New York
Germany
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Salonica
Greece
Albania
Bulgaria
Romania
Turkey
Jugosavia
Brutal Nazi Edict Threatens Deportation to Camps
The order by the Nazi Governor of Brunswick and Anhalt prescribes deportation to concentration camps for cruelty to animals. It envisions immediate removal of tormentors in severe cases to receive a treatment designed to suppress their urge to harm the innocent.
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Brunswick
Anhalt
Bath Time Fitness Quip Stirs Laughter
A humorous exchange features Fooey asking if one exercises after or before bathing. Gink replies he exercises after and jokes about stepping on the soap upon exiting the bath, delivering a lighthearted quip.
War horses from Canada and streamlined British rail car
Eight veteran war horses from Canada’s Great War cohort survive from a total of 300000 sent overseas. A memorial fund founded by Col Hunter and the Royal Winter Fair directors has surpassed 7500. Britain unveils a first streamlined rail car for experimental service, resembling a seaplane float with 69 seats and 130 HP engine, achieving 61 mph on a London Reading trial.
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Calgary
Toronto
Canada
Hunter
Great Britain
Southall
Didcot
Great Western Railway
British Rail
London
Reading
Does Not Need Dog Clarence Michael tale from Terrace
Clarence Michael a Terrace British Columbia school teacher told friends that when he flushed a grouse he barked and the bird flew into a tree. He demonstrated the method with onlookers who saw the bird evade him by climbing.
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Clarence Michael
Terrace
B.C
Clarence
One Boy's Guess Leads Season Introduces Grass Widow
A nine year old boy tops early season "howlers" with a classic definition of a grass widow. He writes that a grass widow is the wife of a dead vegetarian.
Young Chief Chosen by Caughnawaga Tribe
The Wolf Clan at the Government Reservation near Montreal selects a 10-year-old boy named Joe Two Axe as the new chief. He is the son of Grand Chief Diminick Teha-rif-ho-ken and will be known as Swatis-sarahoe-wanah. The braves made no comment on the decision.
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Caughnawaga
Montreal
Little Joe Two Axe
Diminick Teha-rif-ho-ken
New Electrically Lighted Fountain Shines in Caracas
Caracas unveils a new electrically lighted fountain with color effects in national colors blue red and yellow enhancing the city nightscape as a civic showcase.
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Caracas
Venezuela
The Guards Of London Glorious Traditions In Dress Uniforms
Emil J. Buckett writes that London guards in resplendent dress are ornamental yet ready in khaki with modern weapons. He notes two mounted regiments and five foot guards, including Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish and Welsh Guards, and praises the vivid pageantry amid changing public views on dress versus utility.
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Emil J. Buckett
New London
Connecticut
New York Herald Tribune
London
Mounted Guards
Life Guards
Royal Horse Guards
Foot Guards
Foot
Grenadier
Coldstream
Scots
Trish
Welsh Guards
England
Insurance Business Shows Rise in Canada October 1933
New life insurance sales in Canada rose 5 percent in October 1933 from October 1932. Quebec posted over 11 million dollars in sales, up 23 percent, Ontario reported 23.606 million, up 1 percent, British Columbia up over 10 percent, and Prince Edward Island surged over 50 percent.
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Canada
Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau
Dominion
Quebec
Ontaro
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
Dime Novel Prices Rise At Chicago Collectors Show
Charles Bragin of Brooklyn displays a dime novel collection at the Hobby Antique and Collectors Exposition in Chicago. He notes modern copies fetch as much as $25 and rarely reach $1,000 to curious collectors.
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Charles Bragin
Brooklyn
Chicago
War on Butterflies Targets New Zealand Crop Loss
Farmers report heavy butterfly damage across New Zealand this season harming crops and threatening the fat stock industry as sheep growers rely on forage. An insect parasite is being imported to reduce the butterfly population.
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New Zealand
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