Prairie provinces move toward group health insurance plans
Public demand for state medicine and hospital care has grown in the three prairie provinces. Saskatchewan forms the Saskatchewan State Hospital and Medical League to collect cost data from 19 000 Wheat Pool members over five years, aiming to establish a foundation for a community health insurance scheme and guide neighboring regions.
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Prairie Provinces
Dominion
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan State Hospital and Medical League
League
Wheat Pool
Education for Life and London’s Royal Directory Roots
Ontario Minister of Education Dr Simpson moves to overhaul primary schooling to emphasize life education over university prep. The piece argues this could reduce misfits and later failures. It recalls Charles I starting London’s first directory to recruit money lenders.
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Dr. Simpson
Ontario
London
Charles I
Puzzle To Naturalists Two goslings hatched in Moose Jaw park
Naturalists are puzzled by two goslings born at the Wild Animal Park Moose Jaw from a blue goose and a Canada gander. Canada geese normally mate within species and a lost mate leaves the survivor alone.
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Moose Jaw
Method May Be Changed Canadian Banks May In Future
Canadian banks may alter operations due to two depression trends. Withdrawal of note issue privilege and higher provincial taxes on branches press banks toward mechanization and larger offices. Workers in the mechanized roles are mainly from the female staff, whose turnover is higher, speeding staff adjustment.
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Canada
J. W. Walters
Extra Christmas Pay For General Foods Workers
General Foods Limited announces extra wage compensation for Canadian and U S employees. Those with service before 1936 receive two weeks pay and workers hired between 1936 and November 17 1936 receive one week pay. Distribution occurred December 17 1936. The benefit covers 63 plants and offices linked to products like Jell O Maxwell House Coffee Grape Nuts Post Toasties Sanka and Post Bran Flakes. The extra pay supplements already extended vacations.
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General Foods
R. K. McIntosh
General Foods Limited
Toronto
General Food
Canada
United States
Jell-O
Maxwell House
Post
Baker's
Baker's Chocolate
Sanka
Post's
Bakers
Postum
Pineapple Frost Cake with Simpler Pineapple Frosting
Cream butter and sugar until light then beat in eggs one by one. Fold in flour baking powder and salt with milk in thirds until batter is smooth. Bake at 350 degrees F in pans until done. Fill with pineapple frosting using pineapple juice lemon juice butter and confectioners sugar until spreadable.
Oldest Ocean Debate Conflicts Over Pacific and Atlantic
Some researchers contend the Pacific is the oldest ocean while the Atlantic is the youngest. Others counter that the Atlantic is the oldest overall except for the West Indian region, with the Pacific still forming.
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Atlantic
Pacific
West Indian
Jack Miner and the Birds book tour and charity note
A short feature extols Jack Miner and his 207 page book Jack Miner and the Birds. It highlights his unprofitable stance, the Sundays rule, and the crowd drawn to his sanctuary. Readers are urged to order the Copp Clark Co. edition from Toronto agents for distribution.
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Canada
Jack
Jack Miner
Jack Miner and
the Birds
Copp Clark Co., Ltd
Wellington Street
Toronto
Medical Service In North Students In Year Long Test
Four University of Buffalo medical students participate in a year long experiment to compare energy use in cold versus warm weather. They live on equal calorie diets and have daily breath analyses to measure oxygen and carbon dioxide output. Meanwhile Canada operates an extensive northern medical program serving Eskimo and Indigenous communities across the Arctic coast and inland regions with patrols and multiple transport modes.
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Canada
Arctic
Dominion
Medical School
University of Buffalo
Fred R. Griffin Jr
Julia E. Lockwood
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Vicks
Education For
THE
BIRDS
North
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