Curtailing Wheat Production Plan Backed by Western Pools
Three Western Wheat Pools urge an international quota system to curb unmarketable surplus without forcing acreage cuts. Saskatchewan Wheat Pool secretary George W. Robertson says quotas would set per crop limits while reserves stay on farms, avoiding elevator storage threats. He favors bushelage over acreage reduction as the path to better supply demand balance.
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George W. Robertson
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Wheat Pool Organization
Robertson
Natives Seek Himalaya Feats After Houston Everest News
Indian explorers emboldened by the Houston Mount Everest success plan mountain climbs and Himalayan recon. An Ahmedabad airman aims to fly the range while a foot expedition heads toward PinDwari Glacier near Nanga Devi in the United Provinces. Most climbers hold university degrees and aim to document flora fauna and film the journey.
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Houston
Ahmedabad
Himalayas
Pindwri
United Provinces
Nanga Devi
Shipping magnate Sir John Ellerman dies at Dieppe
Sir John Ellerman shipping magnate and reputed richest man in England dies at Dieppe aged 71. He chaired the Ellerman City Hall and Bucknall lines and formerly owned Leyland line. His fortune was said to exceed £30,000,000 with a yearly income around £1,000,000, yet he lived frugally in Mayfair and sold his Scottish castle. The piece notes prudent budgeting vs penny wise, pound foolish in school board hiring.
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Sir John Ellerman
England
Dieppe
France
Sir John
Elerman, City, Hall and Bucknall Lines
Leyland Line
Mayfair
English stamps to gain slight changes next year
Postmaster General Sir Kingsley Wood told a London philatelic banquet that Great Britain will issue new stamps early next year as the current issue expires. He said changes in design and possibly color are possible while retaining the king's effigy and avoiding any alteration to country name or stamp machines.
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Kingsley Wood
Philatelic Congress
London
Great Britain
Porcupines Of the Sea
Describes porcupine fishes or globe puffers that swell with water or air to become balloon like. They grow round, wear spines forming a palisade, and deter predators. When deflating, they emit a loud hissing sound and drift slowly through the water.
Frontier currency smuggling thwarted by accidental search
A woman attempting to cross the Jugo Slavian frontier at Sushak into Italy was initially searched for foreign money but none was found. An official bumped her chin and she cursed loudly as a packet containing nearly $500 in large denomination notes wrapped in waterproof paper was found. The money was confiscated and the woman jailed.
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Italy
Sushak
Maritime Provinces Wealth From Apple Orchards And Loyalist Settlement
The article traces how Normandy apples in Acadia laid the groundwork for the Ansapolis Valley orchards. It notes Loyalists arriving 150 years later to New Brunswick Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and claims the three Maritime provinces now host populations over a hundred thousand with rich natural resources able to support many times that number.
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Normandy
Acadia
Ansapolis
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Maritime
Financial Post
Madrid inventor unveils compressed air flying machine
Spanish engineer Don Fernando Garrido introduces a new compressed air powered aircraft in Madrid. He aims for near vertical takeoffs and even stratospheric flight and is also noted for proposing a tunnel under the Straits of Gibraltar.
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Madrid
Don Fernando Garrido
Don Fernando
Spain
Straits of Gibraltar
Light And Power Reform At Whitehall Described
An official reform in Whitehall changes lamp power to match earnings. Previously all staff received the same candle power. now junior clerks get 30, mid-level 50, quite important 100, and the permanent under secretary 200. A treasury official praises the plan while noting previous inequities.
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Treasury
Alabama Health Dept Unveils New Diphtheria Serum
The Alabama Health Department announced a new precipitate toxoid diphtheria serum promising lifelong immunity for infants from a single injection. Dr. J N Baker cited approval by the national institute of health and the state public health committee, noting 12 years of work by the late Dr. Leon C. Havens and a potency 20 to 50 times greater than crude toxoid.
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Alabama Health Department
J. N. Baker
National Institute of Health
Washington
Alabama Committee of Public Health
Leon C. Havens
Bank Of England Fortress Aims To Foil Bombs
London’s Bank of England fortification, begun in 1925, will take about three more years to finish. The project, originally planned to require twelve years, was estimated to cost about 25 million dollars to create the strongest fortress in the British Isles.
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London
Bank of England
British Isles
Kidnapping Blight Persists Amid Tough Laws
An editorial notes eight states impose or provide death penalties for kidnapping with extortion and thirteen impose life terms. While Congress made interstate kidnapping a federal offense, criminals continue in major cities as searches fail and ransoms go unpaid. The piece calls for stronger action against kidnappers and laments police inability to curb the menace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lindbergh
Congress
Illinois
New York
Lindbergh
Elderly English pensioner cherishes air travel
George E. Smith, 83, of Kingston Road Merton Surrey, spends his old age pension on aerial trips. He laments a weekly 16 shilling limit caps his flights at two. He says young people fear flying and each flight makes him feel ten years younger, even preferring flying to tobacco.
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George E. Smith
Kingston Road
Merton
Surrey
England
Mr. Smith
Handwriting Not Indicator Of Ability Says Headmaster
Dr Terry Thom headmaster of Leeds Grammar School argues at a London conference that handwriting and arithmetic speed are false standards of ability. He notes many able people have poor handwriting and that arithmetic skill reflects mechanical practice rather than true intellect.
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Terry Thomas
Leeds Grammar School
Incorporated Association of Headmasters’ Council
London
Novel plan to boost Japan by issuing temporary $50 notes
Mr. Momosuke Fukuzawa proposes giving each of Japan's 80 million people a $50 note valid for a limited period. The idea aims to raise purchasing power and spur spending before the time limit. Bankers express skepticism about feasibility.
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Tokio
Pulic
Momosuke Fukuzawa
Japan
World's Highest Postal Lane Carried On Foot
The Tung men task of carrying mails from Tachienlu to Litang and Batang traverses a high road never below 9,000 feet, rising to 15,500 feet, with no beacon or landing. Chinese mail carriers trek the entire route on foot, not by airplane.
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Tachienlu
China
Litang
Batang
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Indian Head
Saskatchewan
Dominion Government Experimental Farm
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Ramsay MacDonald
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Strube
The
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U.S
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