Talkies and censorship stir Hollywood moral debate
The piece argues for stricter film censorship to curb crime and sex on screen and questions the industry’s focus on box office above moral influence. It notes Dillinger’s death near a crime film and cites writer James R. Gregson on writing for talkies, warning that ambition may override conscience.
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Hollywood
Dillinger
U.S
James R. Gregson
Leeds
Eng
Mercury
Galsworthy
Hardy
Madox Ford
Construction Boom Hits British Columbia With Major Mill Plan
British Columbia builders report strong activity in road surfacing theatre and home projects. A major enterprise is the Great Central Sawmills mill at Port Alberni costing about 600000 dollars with an estimated 500 workers. Some animals of the same species have more ribs than others.
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British Columbia
Great Central
Great Central Lake
Port Alberni
Pink lemons On A California Tree Baffle Scientists
Scientists study a single California lemon tree whose fruit skin is vivid pink and whose trunk and branches display stripes of white and green. The white branches are barren and the tree has drawn global astonishment from researchers and observers. A separate odd detail notes a German baron owning 20 900 fleas.
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California
Queen opens nine year Mersey tunnel feat
The King formally opens the largest underwater roadway linking Liverpool and Birkenhead. The Queensway tunnel provides four vehicle lanes and pedestrian walks, with a three mile cast iron roadway. Project cost around 35 million dollars and over one million people witnessed the ceremony.
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Mersey
Liverpool
Birkinhead
Thames
Forth
Sydney Harbor
Queensway
Canadian girls invited to learn lace from Australian maker
William Blacker of Home Creek Queensland sent to Canada a lace sample and two carved serviette rings for Col. Wilfrid Bovey at McGill University. He learned knitting during illness and crafted lace and wood carving inspired by Aboriginal art. He hopes Canadian girls take up artistic lace making during long winters.
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William Blacker
Home Creek
Queensland
Canada
Wilfrid Bovey
Canadian Handicrafts Guild
McGill University
Blacker
Australia
Big Salaries Shake Movie Stars Above Presidential Pay
A six months NRA study shows 110 film industry figures earning more than President Roosevelt in 1933 while the industry posted a loss of 19.6 million. The top pay reached 315 thousand dollars to an unnamed actor and the second line totaled 296 thousand for an artist earning ten thousand weekly during work periods.
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U.S
United States
Roosevelt
N.R.A
Grain production in Canada May 1934 by grain type
May 1934 grain outputs in Canada fell short of May 1933 for wheat oats corn barley and mixed grain. Buckwheat rose from 2 744 to 3 808 bushels while values for wheat oats corn barley and mixed grain decreased year over year.
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Canada
George Washington's Youthful Barbados Visit
A note recalls George Washington traveling to Barbados in his youth, describing the West Indies voyage and its place in his early life.
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George Washington
Barbados
West Indies
Mountie Stallworthy Chosen for Shackleton Arctic Expedition
Corporal F. H. Stallworthy of the R.C.M.P. was named to join Edward Shackleton’s Oxford University expedition to the Canadian Arctic. He will accompany the team to Ellesmere Island as base is established. Stallworthy, famed for Arctic service, previously marooned on Bache Peninsula. His wife Miss Hilda Austin will remain in England during his absence.
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Stallworthy
Shackleton
Edward Shackleton
Oxford University
Canadian Arctic
F. H. Stallworthy
R.C.M.P
Alberta
Ottawa
Ellesmere Island
Corp
Arctic
Bache Peninsula
Corp. Stallworthy
Hilda Austin
St. Catherine's Church
Edson
England
Ellesmere Land
North Pole
Soviet Union Surges to Second in World Gold Output
The Soviet Union rises to the world’s second largest gold producer after a surge in the last two years. Official 1933 output is 2,489,000 fine ounces, up 142 percent from 1932, with plans to produce about 4,000,000 fine ounces this year, surpassing Canada and the United States and rivaling South Africa. The regime says it has spent over 500 million rubles on mining in four years and that foreign orders for mining machinery have grown.
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Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Canada
United States
South Africa
Russia
U.S.S.R
Transvaal
Wallace Announces Large Forest Shelter Belt Plan
Secretary Wallace announces a $75 million forest shelter belt project to run 100 miles from the Canadian border to Texas with work to begin immediately. President Roosevelt signs July executive order allocating $15 million in emergency funds to start construction. Canada is referenced in a German order on importing fruit, requiring direct shipment to specified ports and inspection for San Jose scale and railroad work.
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United States
Henry Wallace
Texas
Roosevelt
Canada
Germany
Dominion
San Jose
Coyotes Targeted by Plane Sport Gains Popularity in Montana
In Montana a new pastime sees hunters using aeroplanes to pursue coyotes. Local enthusiasts promote aerial chasing as an emerging sport, drawing interest from rural communities and wildlife observers alike.
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Montana
Flies From Brazil Aims To Save Sugar Crop In Guiana
Three men journeyed 1500 miles to bring Amazon flies to Georgetown British Guiana to combat the moth borer pest. After crossing river and air routes from Para, the insects, discovered by Dr. J G Myers, may protect the sugar crop. The rescue voyage narrowly escaped disaster with a swamped launch and lost instruments.
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Brazil
British Guiana
Georgetown
Amazon
Para
J. G. Myers
Imperial Institute of Entomology
University Gets Radium From Marie Curie For Paris
The gram of radium bought for Marie Curie in 1921, funded by American women, is given to the University of Paris with Irene Curie allowed to use it at will. Mrs. William Brown Meloney, chair of the fund, announced the transfer. Madame Curie’s daughter is a noted physicist who grew up in her mother’s lab and assisted her for years.
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Mme. Marie Curie
University of Paris
Irene Curie
William Brown Meloney
Marie Curie Radium Fund
Mme. Curie
Meloney
Paris
Canada May Flour Production Falls From Last Year
May flour production in Canada reached 1,175,433 barrels, up from April but down from May last year when 1,334,101 barrels were produced. The month showed a rebound from the previous period yet remains below year ago levels.
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Canada
Dorothy Dix quips about wives guiding husbands to success
The columnist notes with wit that many young women lift their husbands professionally, only to later rethink the partnership and shift priorities. The quip underscores shifting ambitions and domestic roles in evolving marriages.
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Dorothy Dix
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