Why there should be an influx of rural residents to cities
The article argues that life in the country can be as amenable as city living and questions the stigma of the so called Hick Town. It contrasts urban allure with rural virtues such as clean air, close neighborly ties, churches and schools, and safe streets. It quotes Lee W. McHenry on the term Hick Town and defends rural life as a viable, desirable lifestyle.
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Canada
United States
Lee W. McHenry
Hick
Hick Town
Pooling saves major railway costs in Great Britain
C. E. R. Sherrington of the British Railways Research Service told the Association of American Rail executives in Toronto that pooling all competitive traffic has produced large savings. He noted competition remains on major routes and said bus investments are most remunerative, with railways also owning large road freight fleets. Stockholm plans to replace all trolley cars with motor buses.
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Great Britain
C. E. R. Sherrington
Railway Research Service
The
British Railways
Toronto
Association of American Rail
Britain
Moone's Emersakt Of Off For Eczema Skin Troubles
Start now to improve your skin with Moone's Emersakt Off an original bottle from a drug store. The first application provides relief from itching and eczema or barber's itch and other skin troubles. It is promoted as a powerful antiseptic that dries nothing and leaves no greasy residue with complete satisfaction or money back.
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Moone
Barber's
Stalin
Momey
Earth Slowing Down and Clock at Greenwich
Astronomer Royal spoke at Oxford on The Earth as a Clock noting tidal friction in enclosed seas could account for the slowing rotation. The day may rise to 47 present days, with the Earth always facing the Moon, like the Moon to Earth. Banffshire Journal. Jack Osterman, actor, died recently, once due to entertain at a Schenectady firemen's ball. The fire chief asked for an audition, he quipped about starting a fire.
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Astronomer Royal
Oxford
Greenwich
Earth Banffshire Journal
Jack Osterman
Schenectady
Jackie
Osterman
Italy authorizes 173 new chemical plants in 1938
Italy approves construction of 173 new chemical plants for 1938 expansion, outlining industrial growth and regional deployment across the peninsula. Total figure noted is 2315 in related records.
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Italy
Population figures announced for Reich total and density
The German government announced a population of 79,600,000 for Germany not counting Memelland or Bohemia Moravia with 38,800,000 men and 40,500,000 women. Memelland census to raise to 79,800,000 and Bohemia Moravia add 6,800,000 bringing total to about 86,600,000. DNB notes higher density than Belgium Netherlands England and Italy and claims Reich is second only to Soviet Russia in Europe. Population density rose from 339.2 to 352.3 per square mile since 1933 and the old Reich excluding Saar Austria Sudetenland Bohemia Moravia Memelland gained over 3,200,000 people.
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Germany
Memelland
Protectorate of
Bohemia - Moravia
DNB
Bohemia and Moravia
Czecho- Slovakia
Belgium
Netherlands
England
Italy
Reich
Europe
Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Old Reich
Saar Austria
Sudetenland
Bohemia
Moravia
Dentists On Wheels Bring Teeth Advice To Children
British teeth are said to be the worst in the world due to prosperity and soft food. School dentists in Sussex, Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk, Nottingham, and Northumberland run 26 dental cars to treat children. In Norfolk 9,000 kids were helped last year using a £250 trailer drawn by a 14 hp car with space for guardian and patient.
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Sussex
Essex
Hampshire
Norfolk
Nottingham
Northumberland
London
Germany restricts farm labor mobility to halt agricultural exodus
The German government has barred agricultural workers from changing professions and restricted residence moves. A peasant family farm member may only work on other farms with official permission. Since 1935 about 650,000 farm workers have left agricultural work, hitting small and mid sized farms hardest with a 38 percent loss of workers over 18 among farms of five to twenty hectares.
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Germany
Greater South Africa Plans For Transfer Of Territories
The South African government considers transferring three protectorates Bechuanaland Basutoland and Swaziland to double the country’s area. Negotiations proceed between the British Dominions office and the Union’s external affairs department. The border territories have a population of about one million, 98 percent of whom are Black.
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Dominions Office
Union
Department of External Affairs
Bechuanaland
Basutoland
Swaziland
Old Man Claims Perpetual Motion Breakthrough
W. E. Hill of Hughesville Pennsylvania says after four years of study he solved perpetual motion and is building a working model to prove it. He cites divine aid and plans to seek a patent for the invention.
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W. E. Hill
Hughesville
Underground life of the citada described in old text
Nearly the entire life of the citada, or common focust, is spent under ground. The note highlights its subterranean habits and cultural context.
Recognition for Canadian air commodore Raymond Cohi shaw
Canadian air commodore Raymond Cohi shaw, formerly of British Columbia, named officer commanding a new Egypt group under Middle East command with headquarters at Helio polis Cairo. He reached air commodore rank April 1, 45 years old, joined Royal Naval Air Service in 1916, and became a leading Dunkirk era pilot. He is noted as Collishaw, second among British Empire pilots for enemy planes downed in the Great War with 60 victories and four despatches plus the DSC, DSC with bar, and several foreign decorations.
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Raymond Cohishaw
British Columbia
Middle East
Royal Air Force
Egypt
Heliopolis
Cairo
Army
Royal Naval Air Service
Dunkirk
Collishaw
Welcome to Our Mist A Rainy Camp Night Exchange
A company of soldiers arrived in rainy California and a night tour led to a humorous exchange with a sentry who, after two hours at his post in the downpour, challenged the CO who answered Friend. The Italian army reportedly used early aerial bombs during the Tripoli attack in 1912.
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California
Tripoli
Legend of Legare Told as Postmasters Share Prairie Era
W H Stephen, newly elected vice president, recounts the life of Jean Louis Legare postmaster at Willowbunch who aided Sitting Bull and helped forge a prairie fireguard and treaty. Legare died in 1917 and was praised by Willowbunch officials Frank Bellefluer and W J Motherwell. An Olympic Helsinki map in five languages and estimates of Near East Arabs are noted.
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Saskatchewan
Canadian Postmasters’ Association
Moose Jaw
W. H. Stephen
West
Jean Louis Legare
Willowbunch
Mr. Stephen
Blackfoot
Legare
Wood Mountain
Prairies
Little Big Horn
Prairie
Willow Bunch Lake
Sitting Bull
United States
Canada
Willow Bunch
Frank Bellefluer
W. J. Motherwell
Helsinki
Lantern plan shelved after beavers work night shift
The Brule subdivision roadmaster of Canadian National Railways faced beaver trouble at a culvert blocking drainage. An employee suggested hanging a lantern at night to scare the beavers away, but the beavers apparently worked a night shift and doubled their effort by morning, so the plan was abandoned.
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Brule
Canadian National Railways
Swedish telephone makers struggle to meet new subscribers
Manufacturers in Sweden operate at full capacity but cannot fill demand from new subscribers, signaling a bottleneck in expanding telecommunication services and a potential wait for customers seeking connections.
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Sweden
Cars Impounded After 48 Hours Left Unattended
Singapore police announce seizure of vehicles abandoned for more than 48 hours, citing traffic and safety concerns. The new rule targets unattended cars in public spaces and requires owners to claim them from an impound lot with proper documentation.
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Singapore
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