Agricultural Notes on Livestock and Horticulture Developments
Agricultural notes report no foreign wheat imports to France for domestic milling since April 16 1933. It covers cornflower growth, sleeping sickness in Africa, barley as livestock feed, tomato ripening via alcohol injections, crested wheat grass yields, beef carcass details, refrigeration fruit handling, Viking raspberry prospects, dried sugar beets for geese fattening, Australian wool production, reinforced cheese cloth shading effects, and pedigree registrations for swine horses cattle sheep dogs goats and poultry.
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France
Vineland
Ont
Michigan
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Institute For Feeding Technic
Breslau
Germany
Reforms Planned for Bulgaria Health Services
Dr Ivanoff the new director of public health plans drastic reforms of Bulgaria’s health system. Unfit hospitals and sanitariums will be closed or overhauled and rebuilt, new facilities will be constructed, medical fees cut by 40 to 60 percent, and hospital charges reduced accordingly.
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Ivanoff
Bulgaria
The Mosquito Bride and Her Tools
A vivid description from the St. Thomas Times Journal portrays the female mosquito as a meticulous professional carrying a toolkit for feeding. It notes the male lacks appetite and whiskers, while the female uses delicately sharp drills and an acid solvent to access blood, swelling vessels and delivering a meal.
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Madame Mosquito
St. Thomas
World’s Largest and Smallest Books in the British Museum
The British Museum houses the world’s biggest book, a 1536 gazetteer and atlas printed in Amsterdam, six feet high four feet wide and six inches thick, standing alone for study. It also holds some of the world’s smallest books, some tiny enough to be smaller than a postage stamp, once popular enough to fit in a waistcoat pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Museum
Amsterdam
Not On View in the Car Showroom
A playful exchange where a young woman asks to see depreciation in cars and the salesman boasts they removed it altogether, turning a potential complaint into a sales pitch. The dialog highlights breezy showroom banter and clever marketing.
Siesta Rules Halt Afternoon Music in Madrid Cafes
Madrid authorities issued a summer ordinance banning music in cafes and public venues from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. to protect the siesta. The rule aims to spare workers from noisy environments during a nap time many Spaniards still observe.
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Spain
Madrid
Water Jet Cuts Ice Demonstration by Soviet Engineers
A small model pump cut three yards of ice more than six inches thick in fifteen seconds under twenty five atmospheres. The Ermak ice breaker, sailing to the Arctic, carried more pumps to extend the experiments.
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Ermak
Arctic
Writers Question Indicts Proletarian Writers Union Policy
The Soviet writers union faces scrutiny as 1500 Moscow members and 1000 in Leningrad are found to be largely aspirants not yet producing. The ruling restricts membership to those who have published works of artistic or scientific importance, forcing a higher standard for all members. Saskatchewan Indians show educators and nurses among their number, with 14 residential schools housing about 1625 pupils. Indian inspectors note education levels rising from grade eight toward grade twelve, while many men farm and women manage households. Residential schools shift from trade focus to farming and domestic training. steam engineering gains interest.
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Russian Union of Proletarian Writers
Writers’ Union
Moscow
Leningrad
Ukraine
Kharkov
Union
Christian Science Monitor
Saskatchewan
Murison
Women lawyers enter bar at similar rate to past years
Among those recently called to the bar at the Middle Temple is Miss Mary Caroline Davies daughter of D J Davies chairman of the Newfoundland fishery board. The proportion of women lawyers to men being called to the bar remains about one in twenty.
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Middle Temple
Mary Caroline Davies
D. J. Davies
Newfoundland Fishery Board
Prince of Wales Rides King Edward VII Tricycle At Coventry Plant
The Prince of Wales rode a high wheeled tricycle once owned by King Edward VII in front of onlookers at a Coventry car plant. He pedalled about 69 yards, grinning, after spotting the curious vehicle during a plant inspection.
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Edward VII
Coventry
England
Prince of Wales
Airline planes offer convertible berths like railroad sleepers
Some passenger aircraft include convertible berths resembling railroad sleeping sections. The feature aims to provide enhanced rest during flights on selected planes and routes.
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Canada
Dominion
Academy of Sciences
Australia
Cornell University
Yorkshire
Berkshire
Tamworth
Chester
Hitler
Germas
Vatican i
Franz von Papen
Zor
von Newrath
Adolf Hitler
Vatican
Konstantin von Neurath
Soviet Union
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