Bought and Paid For idea in Canadian federal clash
A Western Canada debate in Ottawa exposes a lingering belief in eastern proprietary rights over the prairie provinces. The argument traces the Hudson's Bay Company charter and its £300,000 purchase to justify current tensions over relief funds and western needs.
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Canada
Confederation
Prairie Provinces
House of Commons
Ottawa
Dominion
Prairie
Prairies
Charles II
England
Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson Bay
Rupert's Land
Ocean
London
Company
Atlantic Littoral
Pacific Seaboard
Invention Televotes Affects Radio Broadcasting
New York University’s Dr. Nevil M Hopkins introduces a device called the televotes. The instrument lets a listener transmit immediate reactions to a radio broadcaster by pressing a button.
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Nevil M. Hopkins
New York University
Prowler Targets Kenneth Johnson’s California Dorm Room Pets
Kenneth Johnson, a University of California student aiming to be a zookeeper, keeps eight snakes a black widow spider and a Gila monster in his bedroom. The reptiles roam the room as he studies ways to keep them happy and increase their intelligence by guiding them through mazes.
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Kenneth Johnson
University of California
Johnson
Milburns H. N. Pills for Women Health
The advertisement argues women suffer from household drudgery causing nervousness irritability and physical symptoms. It presents Milburns H N Pills as a remedy to strengthen the system restore health and relieve fatigue and weakness.
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Milburn’s
Peter Scott Fulfills Father's Hopes in Bird Life Exhibition
Captain Scott's son Peter Scott, now 24, opens his second Bond Street exhibition of bird life paintings. The piece recalls the explorer's dying letter urging interest in natural history and portrays Scott in his element amid marshes, tides, and distant wildfowl.
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Captain Scott
Antarctic
Peter
Peter Scott
Bond Street
London
Grasshopper Control Efforts Rise Across Prairie Provinces
The 1933 Dominion Entomological Branch report notes widespread Grasshopper control campaigns using poisoned baits that reduced crop losses. July and August brought extensive dispersal flights across infested regions, expanding open prairie areas under siege while Eastern Manitoba saw some relief. Officials plan a broader, stronger campaign for 1934 to curb expected intensification.
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Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Dredging For Gold On Pek River Border
Modern miners plan to dredge the Pek River on the Jugo Slav Romanian border where gold has gathered for over two millennia. Local peasants wash sheep hides to harvest gold fleeces. Alexander reportedly found gold there in 328 B C. International firms have bid to supply dredging equipment for what is expected to be extensive operations.
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Pek
Jason
Black Sea
Alexander
B.C
Dwarfs Form World Dwarf Congress In Hungary
Dwarfs in Hungary form a National Union and invite dwarfs worldwide to a Dwarf Congress likely in Budapest next year. Their creed aims to preserve dwarf race purity, ban marriages with normal-sized people, and seek cheaper travel and smaller homes. Leader said to be 30 inches tall.
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Dwarfs
Hungary
Budapest
Hitler
Tuberculosis Vaccine Trials in cattle progress in Ulster
The Spahlinger vaccine for bovine tuberculosis shows promise in Northern Ireland trials. Vaccinated calves resist heavy tubercle infections while controls die, supporting UK efforts to clean up dairy herds and curb the disease's public health costs. Islands drift downstream with current reshaping them over time.
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Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
Ulster
Germany Faces Silent Flight Tests With Radio Controlled Planes
Germany tightly guards experiments with radio controlled aircraft. Reports say successful crewless flights occurred, directed entirely by radio. Officials refuse to disclose details, citing top secrecy.
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Germany
Good Friend To Horses Police Magistrate Elwood Cracks Down
Policeman M. Elwood prosecuted John Hill a grocer for cruelty to a pony in a long local case. Elwood, with twenty years on the London force, is a horse lover who spots cruelty and brings offenders before the law.
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M. Elwood
John Hill
Elwood
London
Aspirin Quick Relief Highlighted by Bayer Brand
An old advertisement touts aspirin as fast relief for headaches rheumatism neuritis and neuralgia. It claims tablets dissolve in two seconds after moisture and begin healing within minutes, urging buyers to ensure Bayer branding for authenticity.
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Bayer
Cross
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