International Peace Garden Dedicated Border Landmark
The International Peace Garden straddling the U S A Man itoba boundary advances with drives paths and rustic structures. The Peace Tower and other features are planned, with completed lodge cabins amphitheatre and gardens on the U S and Manitoba sides. Planting begins 1939 as permanent display starts.
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United States
Canada
Turtle Mountains
Manitoba
North Dakota
Peace Territory
Riding Mountain National Park
International Peace Garden
Department of Public Works of
Dominion Experimental Station
Morden
Short Careers for Air Pilots in Early Forties
A Cleveland Plain Dealer column notes pilots face short careers with retirement in their early forties as industry grows and shifts. It contrasts aging pilots with a young flyer who traveled 7,000 miles and fears about long training while highlighting faith in a pilot’s instinct and navigation.
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Richard T. F. Harding
Cleveland Plain Dealer
United States
Chicago
South America
Illinois
England
Ontario Farmers Debate Wheat Policy at 60th Meeting
H H Han nam, secretary of United Farmers of Ontario, addressed delegates at the 60th annual Ontario Agricultural and Experimental Union in Guelph. He defended the federal plan to fix western wheat at 80 cents a bushel as an emergency measure with no long term value.
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Farmers of Canada
H. H. Hannam
United Farmers of Ontario
Ontario Agricultural and Experimental Union
Guelph
Faser Visit To London and Roosevelt London Plan
English readers show broad support for a proposal that President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt visit London in late spring. An empire affairs editor predicts a reciprocal London trip for the Roosevelts. A scientist has recorded cricket trills to study their music. California has flown the flags of 12 nations since 1542.
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Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
Washington
London
John Magor
Empire Affairs
Victoria cafe payroll case prompts birth certificate rule
A Victoria cafe paid a girl in boys clothes less than the female minimum wage for a girl dishwasher but later the Labor Department found arrears of eighty dollars. The employee, used a boy's name, wore male attire, then returned as a girl and claimed underpayment. The owner now requires birth certificates for applicants.
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Victoria
Labor Department
Twilight and Sunshine in California Skies at Sunset
The Californians enjoy ample daylight but twilight is brief as the sun sets behind the far western coastline and the Golden Gate sits far to the west with a mountain range hugging the coast.
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Golden Gate
Time For Hard Thinking On Canadian Agriculture
Farmers across Canada should devote one hour daily to study the farming industry and its big program. Quiet study and discussion could unite numerous organizations into a single body, giving farmers a stronger, clearer voice for reform and better production and marketing decisions.
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Canada
Cheaper Hats From New Australian Knit Process
A new Australian invention promises cheaper hats for men and women by using knitted wool shapes and only three steps. The process eliminates tipping and brimming and wet-blocking, as hats are formed in the correct shape in one day, with a better finish and longer wear.
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Australia
London One of the Healthiest Cities Despite Fogs
The St Thomas Times Journal reports London among the healthiest cities in the UK and world. Since the war the city cut infant mortality by 50 percent and saw a 25 percent rise in deaths of those over 65, with nearly 100000 residents aged 75 and above.
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London
St. Thomas Times-Journal
United Kingdom
Hampstead Heath
Crystal Palace
Spectacular leap frees fish from New York aquarium
A 20 inch weakfish leapt from its tank at the New York aquarium, shattered two glass panes, and landed on the floor. Attendants rushed to aid it but the fish recovered, returning to swimming in its tank ten minutes later. Nearby Holy Cross National Forest in Colorado features a famous cross formed by two snow crevices on a mountain side.
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New York Aquarium
Holy Cross National Forest
Colorado
Angora knit blouse pattern 6261 seeks Winnipeg request
Be up to date with a soft angora knit blouse pattern 6261. It features straight edged pieces in stockinette stitch with lacy bands for a yoke and offers sizes 16 15 and 38 40. Pattern details include illustrations and materials. request by sending 20 cents to the Household Arts Department in Winnipeg.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Rainmaker Prompts Fund Drive For Prairie Crops In 1921
A Regina poster appeals for funds to hire Hatfield the Rainmaker for spring 1921 to secure needed rain for a big crop. Hatfield, a Kansas native, set up a rain plant near Medicine Hat and earned 5500 dollars in 1921 despite mixed rainfall outcomes.
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Prairies
Regina
George Spence
Hatfield
United Agricultural Association
Charles M. Hatfield
Fort Scott
Kansas
Medicine Hat
Hollywood
Jesse Lasky
Koala Park Taster Guards Leaves For Bears
Koalas in New South Wales have a leaf taster who identifies the one hundredth eucalyptus gum leaf type that is safe to eat. The expert notes that leaves change chemistry seasonally and may carry prussic acid, but the bears’ diet avoids poison, aided by this skilled taster.
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Koala Park
New South Wales
The Farmer's Dollar and Canadian Prosperity
The Lethbridge Herald argues for parity between the farm dollar and the city dollar to secure lasting prosperity. It contends that high wages in secondary industries help tax revenue and purchase power, but farmers must earn enough to buy goods. otherwise the city wage level should fall to match farm earnings.
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Canada
Dominion Departments of Agriculture and Trade and Commerce
Lethbridge Herald
Safest and most dangerous jobs listed in England report
A study ranks storekeeper's assistant as safest and tin or copper miners working underground as most dangerous. Clergymen score highly while judges and lawyers rank 83rd and authors editors physicians near 12th. Hotelkeepers rank 190th. the piece notes ignorance sustains endless arguments.
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England
Canadian Ayrshire Champion Fintry Honeysuckle Crowned Again
Fintry Honeysuckle of Prince of Wales Fairbridge farm schools at Okanagan Landing B C has won the Canadian Ayrshire championship for the second year in a row. Her latest two milkings total 19442 pounds of milk with 945 pounds of butterfat at 4.86 per cent in 265 days, surpassing her prior 18922 pounds and 919 pounds of butterfat that earned the silver cup in 1937.
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Ayrshire
Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm
Okanagan Landing
B.C
Westminster Abbey Real Name Revealed
The Westminster Abbey in London is more properly called the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, reflecting its historical designation beyond the common name.
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Great Britain
Westminster Abbey
London
St. Peter
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California
Japan
Eddystone
Cope Que Houterolsofts
N.S.W. Zoo
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