Democracy threatened by moral and physical collapse
C O Knowles of the Toronto Evening Telegram opened the Good Fellowship Club meeting urging re‑establishment of old morality to save democracy. He warned freedom of the press is essential, noting a free press underpins all civil liberty and that democracy faces peril from moral decline and material excess.
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C. O. Knowles
Toronto Evening Telegram
Good Fellowship Club
Knowles
Moving Picture
Wead in Our Shoes Wood Enters Into Production Of Footwear
A report from the Forestry Branch of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes that wooden shoe findings such as pegs shanks and heels support a large craft with 600 workers in Canada. Last year the output value reached 1.25 million dollars while materials used totaled about 400000, with plants mainly located in Montreal.
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Montreal
Forestry Branch
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Brevity Quip From Tweedsmuir At Ottawa Club
Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir praised a Canadian Club luncheon remark as concise and vivid. An anecdote followed about Elisha the prophet defending against rude children by unleashing a bear.
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Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Ottawa
Elisha
Inventors Claim Gasifier Boosts Car Engine Efficiency
The Winnipeg Free Press reports two local inventors have built a gasifier for automobiles and claim it could double internal combustion efficiency. If tests confirm the claim, it would be among the decade’s most significant inventions.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Trapper Outsmarts Wolves With Steady Stare Chase
Clayton Mack camping 100 miles east of Bella Coola Canada stalks timber wolves in Anahi Lake country. He shoots two wolves with limited ammunition and lures the pack away by turning to stare at them, then returns with two fine wolf skins and bounty.
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Clayton Mack
Anahi Lake
Bella Coola
B.C
Mack
London street rename project planned by council
Officials of the London County Council will rename many of the metropolis 19000 streets over five years. The task follows history as streets carry names like Victoria Queen Union and Chapel with duplicates across Westminster. The Times Journal notes the effort could spawn streets echoing current era figures and names.
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London
London County Council
Victoria Streets
Queen
Queen's Street
Union Street
Chapel Streets
Borough of
Westminster
No. 1
Chapel Street
Baldwin Street
Eden Street
Sanctions Street
St. Thomas
London Declared Friendliest City for Youth by Official
G Noel Eade, secretary of the International Friendship League, calls London a gold mine of friendship and predicts it will become the most hospitable city in the world for young people.
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London
G. Noel Eade
International Friendship League
Metropolis
Tinplate mills shift eyed from South Wales to England
A report suggests South Wales tinplate mills could relocate to England, a move affecting industry and regional employment. The item notes potential national economic realignment and regional impact.
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South Wales
England
John Buchan Named in Governor General Autograph Tale
Vancouver Province notes His Excellency signed as John Buchan during a Montreal visit. It muses that autograph collectors will prize the writer’s signature over Tweedsmuir, and suggests public life gains a valued servant under a new name.
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Tas
John Buchan
Montreal
Tweedsmuir
Lord Tweedsmuir
Lord
Lady Tweedsmuir
Lord Tweedsmui
Mame
Vancouver
Fur cap search in Vancouver and northern travel note
Pilot L F Barr of Atlin B C halted in Vancouver while en route north and spent four hours seeking a fur cap for his air express operations. A firm offered to make one for 30 dollars but no suitable option was found. The item would help outfit for harsh northern conditions. Also noted are German use of coal as a plant fertilizer and India's growing US trade compared with last year.
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L. F. Barr
Air Express
Atlin
B.C
Vancouver
North Country
Entomologist Fights Billion-Dollar Insect War
Dr. Arthur Gibson of Ottawa, Dominion entomologist, leads an army of about 65 officers in a 35 year battle against insects. He warns pests could destroy mankind in under a year if unchecked and notes insects cause over 10 percent of global food losses despite millions spent yearly.
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Arthur Gibson
Ll.d
Ottawa
Gibson
Dominion
Toronto Star Weekly
Queen Wilhelmina of Netherlands Aged 55 Wealthy Widow
The Netherlands Queen Wilhelmina, 55, widow and mother of heiress Princess Juliana, is described as devout Calvinist, thrifty in palace life, and intensely focused on state papers and scientific works. She ascended the throne in 1898 at 18 and married in 1901. last year Prince Henry died.
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Wilhelmina
Lands
Princess Juliana
Duke Henry
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Prince Henry
Knit and Purl Your Way to Style Pattern 5502
Charming sweater blouse and optional knit skirt pattern 5502 offers a two piece set. Instructions fit sizes 16 18 and 38 40 with an illustration and stitch guide. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave for the pattern.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnines
Mysterious Radio Signal Heard Across Oceans
Officials sped up efforts to locate a mysterious relentless radio signal audible on short wave receivers worldwide. Reported as a loud power hum, it disrupted some commercial traffic and was heard from India to Canada, including Louisburg Nova Scotia Herschel Island England Labrador and the North American Atlantic seaboard. The marine department traced the source to a westerly path from Ottawa in a high northern latitude.
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Marine Department
India
Louisburg
N.S
Herschel Island
Arctic
England
Labrador
North American Atlantic Seaboard
Ottawa
Equator
New Thrill For Sourdoughs In Seattle Return
Two Alaskan sourdoughs who endured the northlands journey to Seattle after 24 years away show excitement at city sights. Frank Speiljack worries about adapting to new gadgets and telephones while Pete Mesick doubts whether his partner can return to the Yukon with their old plans.
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Northlands
Seattle
Frank Speiljack
Pete Mesick
Yukon
Electrical devices for modern poultry farms listed
The inventory includes electric candlera sprayers water system burglar alarms and brooders for poultry farming.
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Trapper
America
The
United States
Ss A Witoba
Netherland
Weal
Winnipeg
Churchill
Hudson Bay
Western Canada
Europe
H. L. Layer
Manitoba
Manitobas Seaport
Hudson Bay Railway
Layer
Lake Winnipeg
Gillarm
Gillam
Pittsburg
Belcher Islands
Alice Brooks
Brooks
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