Training Farm For Boys In Ontario Opens For 400 Summer Aid
Forty two unemployed and homeless boys left Montreal for Caledonia Springs Ontario to join the Unemployed Boys Training Farm. An advance guard of twenty five arrived May 10th to prepare the former summer resort site. Promoted by the Montreal Boys Association the program aims to provide farm training and work for about four hundred youths this summer.
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Montreal
Windsor
Caledonia Springs
Ont
Montreal Boys Association
C. Holland
Valuable 13th Century Relic Acquired by V A Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington has acquired a staff length relic linked to Northern France and dating from the 13th century. Carvings depict Old Testament scenes from Creation to the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah with meticulous detail.
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Victoria and Albert Museum
South Kensington
London
England
France
Sodom and
Gomorrah
Saskatchewan council plans Churchill Port steamship link
The Saskatchewan Traffic Council aims to establish steamship service between Churchill Port and eastern Atlantic ports including Montreal St. John Halifax and Newfoundland. The plan would offset Saskatchewan freight rate disadvantages under the Fort William structure as noted at a Saskatoon meeting.
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Port Churchill
Montreal
St. John
Halifax
Newfoundland
Saskatchewan Traffic Council
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Fort William
Emerald signet ring of Peter the Great sells for 1250 in London auction
An emerald signet ring bearing a youthful portrait of Czar Peter the Great sold for 1250 at a London auction in four minutes. The piece once belonged to the Royal Academy of Science and later to the Hermitage museum. Edward Good, a London collector, bought it.
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Peter the Great
London
Royal Academy of Science
Hermitage
Russia
Edward Good
Women in England Seek Equal Jockey Rights
English women riders demand the right to compete against men rather than only in women’s races. They point to Ireland where two years ago at Tipperary women won four of five events, proving they can match male riders.
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England
Ireland
Tipperary
Motorcycles Reach Global Total and European Share
The global motorcycle count reaches 2,750,000 with about five percent located in Europe. Details suggest a growing market across regions and ongoing distribution by manufacturers.
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Europe
Oceanography Advances Highlight Pacific Research Report
Dr. T Wayland Vaughan of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla presented findings at the Pacific Science Congress in Victoria. He noted that prior to 1928 little was known of Pacific subsurface conditions. the first 100 feet show little temp change, then a sharp drop for 1 300 feet, with near constant temps below 4 000 feet. Atlantic water carries more oxygen due to greater contact with the atmosphere.
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T. Wayland Vaughan
Scrips Institution of Oceanography
la Jolla
Calif
Pacific
Pacific Science Congress
Victoria
B.C
Vaughan
Atlantic Ocean
Wedding ring reveals early Edmonton history along Saskatchewan Bank
A gold panner on the Saskatchewan River near Edmonton found a wedding ring linked to Richard Hardisty, Hudson's Bay factor 75 years ago. The inner engraving reads Richard Hardisty Oct 13 1865. A hair strand lies beneath a glass piece above the site of the old Hudson Bay Fort near today’s legislative grounds.
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Edmonton
Saskatchewan
Richard Hadisty
Hudson's Bay
Richard Hardisty
Fuel donations fund winter aid for St John’s families
In Newfoundland's annual board of liquor control report the stamp tax on liquor raised 9 535.95 for fuel donations to needy St John’s families during November to January. The stamps attached to each bottle tied the proceeds to fuel purchases. The text also quotes a courtroom exchange where a judge admonishes a persistent prisoner and a defiant reply is heard.
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St. John’s
Newfoundland Board of Liquor Control
Merchants in Monroe Tweak War Slogan to “Spend Till It Helps”
Several Monroe Louisiana merchants alter the wartime refrain to Spend till it helps. Reports note the shift in public messaging as economic and morale efforts press forward amid ongoing shortages and patriotic drives.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Voyage of Discovery II Circumnavigates Antarctic
The Royal Research Ship Discovery II completed a twenty month voyage covering 58 000 miles in icy Antarctic waters. The expedition, led by Commander W M Carey, reached the first circum-navigation of the Antarctic, with a near approach to Enderby Land where pack ice lay seventy miles offshore. Carey disappeared overboard during the return.
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Royal
Pacific
Arctic
London
Antarctic
Enderby Land
W. M. Carey
Understanding Egg Yolk Color Variations From Grass Diets
The Pennsylvania State Bureau of Markets explains that darker yolks come from hens storing coloring material in winter and eating spring grasses and weeds. The color change does not affect egg quality or nutrition, though some producers manage grass exposure to influence yolk shade.
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Pennsylvania State Bureau of Markets
Tax on Extra Wives in Belgian Colonies Sparks Revenue Debate
A 1933 estimate tallies 80,830 extra wives in Belgian African colonies taxed to curb polygamy. Husbands pay per region from nine cents to $1.50, yielding an estimated $13,000 this year despite varying wife quality.
Spectacles Shipped 2 538 Miles by Air to Australian Town
A man in a remote Northern Territory town broke his only spectacles and sent the frame to Brisbane. An airplane carried the parts back in four days, covering 2 538 miles. Separately, about 15 000 Philippine high school students graduated this year.
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Northern Territory
Australia
Brisbane
The
Phillippines
French Veteran Seeks Tax Immunity Over Death Record Mix
Jean Baptiste Orneaux a 57 year old road mender of Maubegnue France says authorities told him records show he died as an infant though he served in the war. He will claim exemption from taxation arguing a dead man cannot pay taxes and seeks corrected service records.
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Jean Baptiste Orneaux
Maubegnue
France
Scientist Claims Longevity Through Nervous System Nourishment
Professor Lazarev of the Lenin grad Academy of Science asserts that nourishing and stimulating the nervous system could enable humans to live as long as 180 years.
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Lazarev
Leningrad Academy of Science
Silk Men of Japan Seek to Cut Cocoon Production
Japanese silk workers act to reduce cocoon output amid wartime input shortages. Industry leaders cite weather and market pressures as factors shaping plan to scale back cultivation and export.
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Japan
Bar the Way to Prosperity in Small Debts
William E. Hope of London collection agency argues unpaid small debts clog commerce and delay recovery. He cites habits of well known women, clerks, teachers, journalists, and titled persons as poor payers, urging prompt settlement to reduce depression and restore prosperity.
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William E. Hope
London
England
Mr. Hope
Hope
Army
Navy
Canada
Chatham Daily News
Negro population and racial tensions in Washington report
Chester A. Bloom of the Regina Leader Post reports in Washington that about one third of the city’s six million population is Black. He notes terms and colored persons, segregated areas, and the absence of Jim Crow streetcar seating while highlighting the persistent “insoluble” national problem.
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Chester A. Bloom
The
Regina Leader Post
Washington
United States
Definitions from Utah examination papers
A subset of terms from a University of Utah class submitted to Dr. Joseph F. Smith. The glossary defines sinister as a bright glowing individual who has sinned while a chanticleer is a famous ancient character who oversees others. Prodigious is described as prodigal and wizened as wise. Complacency is defined as constant complaining.
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University of Utah
Joseph F. Smith
Chanticleer
British Navy plans diesel powered warship
A report states Britain intends to build a warship fully equipped with diesel engines. In India rising produce prices boost optimism among farmers and traders.
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India
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