Debate marks first by world’s oldest aviation society
Four days after the Poyal Aeronautica Society’s 67th anniversary a London lecture hall hosted its first ever debate on civil versus military aviation. Handley Page urged subsidies end and real commercial footing. Seely argued air warfare can be humane.
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Poya! Aeronautica! Society
London
Co. R. Fairey
House of Commons
H. H. Balfour
Handley Page
Europe
Holland
Great Britain
Continental Airlines
England
Canadian Airways Flies Record Year in 1932
Canadian Airways carried 8,963 passengers on other lines and 807 mail lines, totaling nearly 9,000. The carrier moved 299,066 pounds of mail and 1,870,136 pounds of freight and express, with over a million miles flown. Mail and other lines accounted for 287,372 and 1,606,823 miles respectively.
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Canadian Airways
Coach praises new player's line and tackle skills
The coach commends the new man for his line, dodge, and tackling, calling his play marvellous. The player credits early training, joking that his mother took him shopping on bargain days.
Debt settlement urged by Sir Norman Angell at Oxford Luncheon Club
Sir Norman Angell urged a layman’s attitude in economics to prevent social chaos as the United States faces bitterness over debt settlement. He warned American policy and public misunderstanding hinder a general financial agreement, noting a divide between economists and politicians and the broader electorate.
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Norman Angell
Oxford
Norman
United States
Manchester Guardian
Prairie farmers push for wheat curtailment plan
Agrarian leaders in the three prairie provinces back no blanket acreage cut this spring. They call for an international conference of wheat exporting nations to agree on reduced production. Canada cannot act alone unless all exporters agree, fearing loss of export markets if output falls.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
Dominion
Ancient Egyptian Brewers Face Regulation in 254 B C
Columbia researchers study worm eaten Papyri showing government control of beer in ancient Egypt. The state supplied barley daily and required fixed beer output. A May 21 254 B C letter to Apollonios criticizes a brewer for delivering 11 bushels instead of 12.
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United States
Canada
B.C
Columbia University
Egypt
Apollonios
Ptolemy
Radio Licenses Surge as Marine Radio Board Reports Increase
The radio branch of the marine department notes rising demand for licenses with over 100,000 more issued in the first ten months of the fiscal year, totaling 716,553 versus 598,358 a year earlier. Also included is a humorous exchange about lending $5 between two individuals.
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Marine Department
Abolition Of Poverty Through Planned Growth
W. F. Ogburn, director of the Social Trends Research committee for the U.S. Government, foresees a future where poverty is abolished as population, resources, technology, and economic organization shape living standards. He argues small population aids progress, prudent resource use delays costs, invention and machines boost living standards, and reforming economic organization is the main hurdle.
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W. F. Ogburn
United States
Winnipeg Free Press
Conversation Confusion: Student Quips About a Talkative Teacher
A classroom riddle has students puzzled as the teacher asks for a term for a man who keeps talking when others lose interest. A chorus of responses suggests the irony of a talkative teacher answering his own question.
Pied Piper In Air Clears Rat Plague In Russia
Swarms of rats and mice appeared in the North Caucasus region of Russia prompting pleas for aid. A five aircraft squadron dropped poison from the air and the pest was exterminated.
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Hamlin
North Caucasus
Russia
Guatemala Coffee Output Reaches 567000 Sacks
Guatemala last season produced 567000 sacks of coffee. Cleopatra is noted as the last queen of Egypt.
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Guatemala
Cleopatra
Egypt
Garden notes on extending a yearly vegetable calendar
The article traces a year round garden plan from Britain to the United States, noting how a longer day length and warmer summers extend growing times. It details succession planting, winter storage, and greenhouse crops, plus landscaping ideas and practical layouts for both owners and tenants. It ends with a brief note that Kwangsi Province in China is constructing a model cement plant.
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Atlantic
Surine
Britain
Kwangsi Province
China
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Cambridge
Stanley Baldwin
Ludwig Mond
Kapitaz
Smith
Migosh
Gorden Lindsay Smith
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