Five Major Problems Facing Canada in Depression Era
An article summarizes Financial Post interviews with Canadian leaders on the five major national problems for recovery. Key issues center on unemployment relief, new markets, and Agriculture’s central role in the economy with Professor J. E. Lattimer highlighting credits budgets transportation and agriculture as core interlinked challenges.
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Dominion
Canada
Financial Post
J. E. Lattimer
Macdonald College
P.Q
Lattither
Lattimer
Where Japan Excels Competition For British
The London Daily Herald notes Japan excels in public education with university fees about £12 a year making higher education accessible to all. It claims Japanese workers outperform English rivals and that Japanese merchants prep for the King’s coronation by selling flags medals and postcards in Far East markets.
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Japan
London Daily Herald
Far East
Uncertain Age Limits for Turtles and Tortoises
The record notes general uncertainty about age limits for turtles and tortoises with no precise figures. It mentions common estimates but highlights lack of authoritative ages and variability among species.
Food program shows tiny share of London children poorly fed
A London report states less than one percent of elementary school children are poorly fed. The data highlight the city’s efforts to ensure adequate nutrition in schools and indicate a strong nutrition program presence.
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London
Vimy Memorial rises in white stone of remembrance
The Vimy Memorial soars with twin 138 foot pylons designed by Walter Allward a Canadian sculptor who sketched the concept on the back of an envelope years ago Skilled artisans completed it using vast stone blocks from Spalato Slavonia where Roman Diocletian sourced material The monument features Canada mourning her dead and allegorical figures of Truth Justice Knowledge Peace and Sacrifice over buried soldiers from twenty years past
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Walter Allward
Spalato
Yugoslavia
Diocletian
Canada
Selected Recipes for Muffins Makes 11
A compact chocolate style recipe card outlines making eleven muffins using butter sugar molasses two eggs milk bran raisins and Quaker flour with baking powder and salt. Cream butter and sugar, beat eggs with molasses and milk, mix all, fold in bran and raisins then flour baking powder and salt, bake in greased pans at 425 F then reduce to 375 F after ten minutes.
Fixing His Age Visitor and Boy Exchange Jests
A Boston boy playfully addresses an adult, listing several age metrics. He cites a psychological age of 11, a moral age of 10, anatomic age 7, and mental age 9, before noting his chronological age is often overlooked.
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Sonny
Boston
United States Leads Silk Goods Production Worldwide
The United States produces about 90 percent of the world’s finished silk goods, highlighting its dominant role in the textile industry and global markets. This high share reflects established manufacturing capacity, skilled labor, and export orientation.
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United States
Saskatchewan debt adjustment plan for 1936 crop relief
The Debt Adjustment Board of Saskatchewan urges rapid action to aid farmers. Offices are in every Judicial Centre with free services on request to Regina or district representatives. Priority goes to harvesting costs then seed advances, then farmer support, then credit restoration. Farmers may receive additional relief by applying to nearest board representative. The program aims to ease hardship amid poor crop conditions and directs copies through municipal offices and department heads.
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Saskatchewan
T. C. Davis
Debt Adjustment Board
Province of
Regina
Department of Municipal Affairs
Department of Agriculture
Dead Volcano Found In Manitoba Cone Near Roblin
Harry N. Hawes, a Dauphin prospector, reports an extinct volcano cone in the Boggy Creek district north of Roblin within Duck Mountain forest reserve. He collected lava and lime carbonate samples to support the find. The cone, 210 miles northwest of Winnipeg, yields five streams forming a lava bed, with surrounding mineral hot springs. The inverted cone measures about a quarter mile across and 200 feet deep.
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Manitoba
Harry N. Hawes
Dauphin
Roblin
Duck Mountain Forest Reserve
Winnipeg
Amazing Young Linguist Tf It Is True
A Cres ton Iowa toddler, Carol Lynn Rowe, aged 2, reportedly uses about 2 000 words and studies languages. She already speaks English well with a 600 word vocab and is learning German. plans include French Italian and Spanish.
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Carol Lynn Rowe
Creston
Iowa
Industrial awakening in Meiji era Japan noted
The piece recalls 1868 as a time with no industrial firms in the Japanese empire and no electric wire nor banking or printing infrastructure, highlighting the rapid growth of industry and finance in later years. The remark underscores dramatic modernization milestones and the shift from a preindustrial economy.
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