Britain Moves Toward State Farm System in Parliament
The plan, led by Dr Christopher Ad Gillon, aims to reorganize English agriculture with large demonstration farms, land reclamation, and settlement of unemployed workers. It would purchase and manage land, train workers, provide cottages, seed, fertilizer, and machinery, and loan funds for stock and supplies. About $33,000,000 is requested to finance the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesu Bull
Christopher Ad Gillon
England
Addison
America
Ministry of Agriculture
Jellicoe's Narrow Escapes Highlight a Storied Career
Commander-in-Chief Jellicoe, aged 71, survived three near fatal incidents. A middy’s boat capsized off Gibraltar and he swam miles to shore to aid a wreck. He was aboard the Victoria when rammed by Camperdown, saved by a fellow officer. In China during the Boxer Rebellion he was shot through the lungs yet led a five day running fight to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jellicoe
Grand Fleet
Jutland
Gibraltar
Camperdown
China
Space For Commercial Exhibits At Regina Grain Show
At the 1932 World's Grain Exhibition and Conference in Regina a limited space will be set aside for commercial displays tied to agriculture and the field chop industry. The note highlights exhibit relevance to agricultural production and related sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
What Is a Cow Described by a Minnesota Student
A humorous descriptive essay titled What Is a Cow published in St Johns Record Collegeville Minnattrib to Wilfrid Ludonese portrays a cow as a female quadruped with a calm face and a playful mouth. It humorously notes milk production with humans and animals, mentions a calf, a tail tassel used to deter flies, and two stomachs with kitchen humor about digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johns
Collegeville, Minn
Wilfrid Ludonese
Thetchoeol
A& Warehouse
Seed Extractions At New Westminster Plant Reach Millions
The New Westminster seed extraction plant in British Columbia produced three and a half tons of yellow pine seed and about one and a half tons of Sitka spruce seed for forest regeneration. This yields roughly 56 million yellow pine seeds and over 800 million Sitka spruce seeds. Douglas fir seed totals near 300 pounds with smaller amounts of lodgepole pine and other species. The British Forestry Commission and New Zealand government will use most of the seed for afforestation programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Westminster
B.C
Forest Service
Department of the Interior
British Forestry Commission
Great Britain
Government of
New Zealand
Sun Rays For Hens A New Use For Artificial Light
In Germany a new method uses artificial sunlight and ultraviolet rays to accelerate chick growth. A nest of eggs exposed to light for short daily periods produced early hatching and rapid development. Chicks strutted about the yard with apparent disdain for smaller fellows, and even cockerels gained weight, reaching about five pounds in four months for a notable profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Vicar's Wife Probes Parishioner About Hollywood Son
A vicar's wife questions Mrs. Haggis about her son's film career in Hollywood. Mrs. Haggis says he visits each summer with his wife and five pretty daughters, while an Aberdeen couple debate owning a car versus a fine carriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Fur Coat Misconceptions Spark Fashion Debate
A public discussion challenges the belief that fur always brings warmth or happiness. Experts weigh ethical concerns against fashion tradition as the debate grows in media and communities.
Law Should Be Changed on Canadian Citizenship
An Ottawa despatch notes upcoming Domin ion Parliament session will likely probe and legislate the status of British born residents in Canada. Deportation cases revealed anomalies where long residence does not affect citizenship status for English Irish or Scottish born individuals, while a Galicia native naturalized after five years enjoys citizenship. The piece urges government action with broad cross party support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Dominion
British Isles
Galicia
Canada
Regina
Ugliness and Beauty Lecture Sparks Riot Joke
Dr Josiah Oldfield told the Women’s Institute at Newbury that ugliness should be drowned and beauty is self controlled. He mocked male beauty standards and joked about appointing a Lord High Marine Executioner to deal with male lords.
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Josiah Oldfield
Women’s Institute
Newbury
Berkshire
England
Dr. Oldfield
Creation
Lord High Marine
Scotsman Falls Into Well Says He Will Swim Till Noon
A Scotsman accidentally falls into his own well. His wife asks if she should call the servants. He answers that it is eleven thirty and he will swim around until noon.
One Gold Mine Continues Operation in Nicaragua
A single gold mine remains in operation in Nicaragua, continuing to extract ore under current management while other sites are inactive. Local authorities monitor production levels and environmental safeguards as the operation proceeds.
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Nicaragua
Fortune Teller Prophecy Sparks Sadness in Madrid
In Buen Humor Madrid a man laments a fortune teller's prophecy that his wife would die soon. He notes the prediction has made him unusually somber, yet insists he rejects its truth. The exchange highlights grief and resignation in a brief, ironic exchange.
Clean Teeth Declared Vital to Health in British Columbia
An editorial stresses that Canadians neglect tooth care compared with dishwashing and links mouth cleanliness to overall health. It cites Sir William Hunter on mouth bacteria, outlines causes of decay, and notes early diet and pregnancy influence. It also reports 1930 progress in British Columbia towns and new settlements.
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Sir William Hunter
Charing Cross Hospital
London
England
Parks
Yale
British Columbia
Prince Rupert
Massett
Pouce Coupe
Vanderhoof
Powell River
Okanagan Valley
Vernon
Kelowna
Canada
Penticton
Oliver
Kootenays
Prince George
Cariboo
Revelstoke
Cranbrook
Kamloops
Ashcroft
Giant Japanese Temple Bell Returns From Foreign Exhibition
A large temple bell cast about 300 years ago in Kyoto and funded by Buddhists has been returned to Tokyo after being privately sold by a temple official and exhibited abroad for fifty years. It was found in a Swedish museum by Educational Ministry commissioner T Ishimaru and shipped back to Japan.
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Japan
Tokyo
Sanjo
Kyoto
Canada's Pulp and Paper Industry in 1929
The pulp and paper sector led Canada’s manufacturing in 1929, with top gross and net values of manufactured products, and highest distribution of wages and salaries across the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pulp and Paper Industry
Canada
Birds Feathers Evolved From Reptilian Scales Accepted
Competent authorities accept the view that birds' feathers originated from reptilian scales. The assertion aligns with evolutionary theory and supports long standing debates on avian ancestry.
Canadian farming shifts from self sufficiency to market based business
Dr. J. F. Booth notes fifty years of change in Canadian agriculture. Farmers no longer merely produce food and manufacture goods. they are now business people needing knowledge of production, trade, and the logistics of assembling, grading, transport, storage, financing, and marketing of products.
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Canada
J. F. Booth
Ottawa
New Wheat Variety Tested by Expert Jury in Kansas City
Dr John Parker of the USDA bred a new hard wheat after fourteen years of research. A 30 member milling and baking panel in Kansas City evaluated flour and bread from the sample with results to be announced. No seed is yet ready for distribution. observers included Dr C O Swanson and H M Bainer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Parker
United States Department of Agriculture
Kansas City
Larger Cows Show Higher Income Despite Feed Costs
A study of about 220000 yearly dairy records finds heavier cows outperform lighter ones in production and net income. Larger cows use more feed but generate enough extra output to exceed feed costs, though size alone should not drive purchase decisions.
Invention of the Automatic Slot Machine
A curious note traces the idea to 200 B C with Egyptian temple worshipers who dropped coins into a box and received purifying water in return, illustrating early automatic reward concepts.
Fox Pelt Sells for 1000 at Hudson's Bay Company
In historic Hudson's Bay Company records a single silver fox pelt fetched the round sum of 1000 dollars marking a high price for fur in its era and underscoring luxury demand.
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Hudson's Bay Company
Breakfast as a hopeful start in urban and rural life
Stanley Baldwin cites breakfast as the finest meal and a symbol of hope. The Vancouver Sun contrasts city rush with the farmer’s prepared appetite, noting that many urban breakfasts are rushed and joyless while farmers savor a full breakfast after hard work, facing the day with cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Baldwin
England
Mr. Baldwin
Mr Baldwin
Morpheus
Vancouver Sun
Canada to Export Butter to Britain Within Two Years
E. N. Robinson, president of the National Dairy Council, told the Dairymen's Association of Nova Scotia banquet in Halifax that Canada should be exporting butter to Britain within two years. He urged a uniform creamery grading system and a national trademark for Canadian butter, noting tariffs on New Zealand butter boosted Canada's dairy industry, valued at about 300 million dollars.
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Canada
E. N. Robinson
National Dairy Council
Dairymen’s Association of Nova Scotia
Halifax
Robinson
New Zealand
Sweet Thing and Old Bachelor Talk of Love and Discretion
A witty banter exchanges romantic insight and humor as Sweet Thing questions love and the Old Bachelor responds with a remark about intelligence and timing. The line turns on age of discretion and suitability in marriage.
Sugar beet expansion eyed in Southern Alberta
Brig. Gen. J. S. Stewart, M.P., reports 35 000 acres prepared for next season's sugar beet crop, praising Southern Alberta soil and climate as ideal. He believes the industry holds a great future and is quoted saying, I have an idea which is worth millions, five marks. Die Muskete, Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Stewart
M.P
Alberta
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Earl Delicoe
Mexico
Norway
W. On
Minnesota
Lord Sankey
Indian Round Table Conference
India
Acme Newspictures
Scotsman
Iso
Buen Humor
Madrid
John Burke Ingram
Temple Bell
Vienna
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