CBC plans receive mixed prairie reaction in Regina meeting
A nationwide canvass would show mixed views on CBC plans announced after the Regina session led by L W Brockington. The three year program includes four high powered stations, two in the east, one in the prairies, one in the maritimes, with improvements and exchanges but delays for a western 50 000 watt station.
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Prairie Provinces
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
L. W. Brockington
K.C
Ottawa
Regina
Toto
Prairies
Maritimes
Ontario
Quebec
C.B.C
U.S
Freight Car Thefts Drop To Record Low In 1936
Time reports that freight car robberies declined to a record low in 1936 with total theft losses in the United States and Canada totaling 688792 dollars. Raiders target moving trains in sparsely settled areas as lines of defense include rope ladders and door seals, while coal and coke losses remain the biggest category.
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Jesse James
Association of American Railroads
U.S
Canada
Dominion And Provinces Call For Practical Unity In Canada
The Winnipeg Free Press urges Canadians to adopt a practical minded approach to rebalancing responsibilities between Dominion and provinces. It argues for clearer division of social service duties to replace a befuddled system and promote national progress through better coordination.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Woman regains near full function after half brain removal
A 38-year-old Pittsburgh woman, who had half a brain after removal of the right hemisphere, learned to perform nearly all prior tasks in six months. Her Stanford-Binet IQ reached 115, indicating a superior adult mind, though she struggles with recent events while retaining long familiar telephone numbers and addresses.
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Pittsburgh
American Psychiatric Association
Stuart N. Rowe
Champion Letter Writer Algernon Ashton Dies at 77
Algernon Bennet Ashton known as the champion letter writer to the British Press died recently at age 77. He published about 2,000 letters since 1900 and enjoyed viewing ancient buildings and criticizing modern ones, plus debates in the House of Commons and games like billiards, draughts, chess and cards.
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Algernon Bennet Ashton
House of Commons
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Promise Relief
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills to wake the liver and move bile into the bowels. It claims free bile flow cleanses digestion, credits gentle calomel alternatives, and urges readers to ask for the product by name at 25 cents.
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Carter
Famine Predicted If Soil Mismanagement Continues
The WPA soil inventory project led by Dr. Jacob C. Lipman warned that U S agriculture may die of neglect within 200 years unless soil fertility measures are adopted. Using samples from 48 states the study found nitrogen exhausted in 224 years and sulfur by 2062, signaling a China like famine in the United States. Losses blamed on erosion leaching harvesting livestock burning and rapid oxidation of organic matter.
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Works Progress Administration
United States
WPA
William H. J. Ely
Jacob C. Lipman
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
New Brunswick
Duchess Breaks Precedent at Coronation Wearing Rabbit Fur
The Duchess of Hamilton, a friend of Queen Mother Mary, did not wear ermine at the coronation. She chose rabbit fur as a protest against fur trapping, making a notable stance during the ceremony.
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Duchess of Hamilton
Queen Mother
Mary
Selected Cherry Dessert Sauce From Historic Recipe
A historic recipe combines juice from canned red cherries with Benson's Corn Starch sugar and lemon. Heat cherry juice to boil then thicken with a paste of starch and cold juice. Simmer five minutes then add lemon and chill before serving with whipped cream.
Unlucky Eight of Spades Linked to Napoleon Losses
Legend pins Napoleon Bonaparte to defeats by the eight of spades, the so called unluckiest card in a pack, a superstition cited in historical anecdotes.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Synthetic rubber nears large scale production in the United States
Interest grows in commercial and scientific circles as Imperial Chemical Industries plans to manufacture neoprene on a considerable scale. The new material combines coal limestone and rock salt and marks the first major U.S. production of synthetic rubber.
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Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd
London Observer
Syrup Pot Invented by Clyde Mustion and Partners
An educated syrup pot designed by Clyde Mustion of Oshkon and Mo. features a self cleaning device on the lid that wipes the pitcher as the lid descends after pouring.
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Clyde Mustion
Oshkonong
Mustion
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