Highway Crossing Accidents In Canada Fall Short Of 1934 Peak
The Board of Transport Commissioners reports 242 highway crossing accidents in 1938 with 96 dead and 300 injured. Of 40 protected crossings 14 killed and 42 injured. 202 unprotected crossings saw 82 dead and 258 injured. Nighttime crashes exceed daytime, and motorist recklessness is urged for stricter penalties.
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Canada
Board of Transport Commissionrs For Canada
House of Commons
Senate
Board of Transport Commissioners
Rock Salt Ceiling Graces Romanian Pavilion at World Fair
Six and a half tons of rock salt form the ceiling of the Romanian Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair. Thirty five slabs measure three feet by one and a half feet by one foot and are illuminated from above, with light diffusing into the room below. The salt comes from Slanic mines in Romania.
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Rumania
Auto purchases: only about a quarter paid in cash
The report notes that roughly 25 percent of automobile purchases are made with cash, with the remainder financed or paid by credit, indicating widespread use of credit and loans in vehicle buyers.
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Appleford Paper Products Limited
Friendship mood noted between Britain and United States
Lord Kems ley reports a strong friendship tone in the United States with enthusiasm for a royal welcome. He says the display will demonstrate unity to the world and that recent events have united Britain and America more than since the War of Independence. A mammoth carcass was preserved on Wrangell Island using snow packed on a wire network as a giant refrigerator. A married woman’s work question prompts the quip about hunger without a husband. Linen usage totals nine million pieces yearly by travelers on 2298-man cars.
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United States
Lord Kemsley
Man
Great Britain
Brantford Expositor
Wrangell Island
Arctic Ocean
Indian cowboys to perform in Sydney Easter show
Eight Alberta Indian cowboys led by Chief Joe Crowfoot journey from Vancouver aboard the SS Niagara to Sydney for the Royal Agricultural Society Easter exhibition and rodeo. They will live in a tepee village, wear regalia, and sell crafts while Con stable S. J. Leach of the RCMP oversees duties as guide and representative.
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Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales
Sydney
Australia
Alberta
Crowfoot
Exhibition Village
S. J. Leach
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Department of Indian Affairs
Fiery Itching Skin Gets Speedy Relief
An antiseptic called Moone's Emerald Oil promises speedy relief for eczema itching toes and feet rashes and skin troubles. It claims rapid healing of sores boils and ulcers and drying of eruptions within days available at modern drug stores.
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Moone
Seaweed in Canada’s cattle diet gains New Zealand buyers
Canadian seaweed proves highly beneficial for cattle feed and meat production. New Zealand farmers are entering the market as buyers, recognizing the value for their dairy industry.
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New Zealand
Nova Scotia
Grenfell of Labrador Celebrates 74th Birthday
The article honors Sir Wilfred Grenfell on turning 74 and recalls his 47 year journey from England to Labrador. It notes his early work with the Royal National Mission, lack of resident doctors, the 900 patients treated in the first summer, and the creation of a hospital and nursing network that offers care based on ability to pay. It highlights his ongoing leadership, fundraising pleas, and commitment to coastwide medical aid for fishermen and their families.
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Wilfred Grenfell
England
Labrador
Albert
Royal National Mission
London Hospital
Sir Wilfred
Parrot credited with scaring off three armed bandits
A talkative parrot frightened away three armed bandits at a roadside lunch stand in West Hill Tor onto. The trio fled in a stolen car with $36 and tobacco. A hidden sum in a bedroom went unrecovered as the bandits searched drawers.
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West Hill
How Women in Their 40s Can Attract Men
Practical tips target women from their 30s to 50s worried about aging and mood changes. The piece advocates fresh air sleep and a tonic, Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, claiming it boosts vitality and steadies nerves for better life enjoyment.
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Ydin E. Pinkham
Pinkham
The Rothschilds Help Sustain European Rulers in Conquests
The House of Rothschild, a renowned financial house, supplied resources to various European rulers to support their military campaigns and conquests across the continent.
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House of Rothschild
Glacier priest riffs on Eskimo ice cream recipe
Father Bernard Hubbard says Eskimos of Alaska prefer their own ice cream mix. He outlines a recipe using seal oil walrus blubber dried grass and snow, blended in a gasoline can at 30 below to serve ten. In other notes he mentions the moon’s constant face and England road deaths where one in five victims is a child under 15.
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Bernard Hubbard
Detroit
Alaska
Father Hubbard
Sugar beet boom drives Southern Alberta record crop in 1938
Alberta’s 1938 sugar beet season set district records with 252 749 tons produced from 19 593 harvested acres at 12 90 tons per acre amid beet webworm and hail. Fifteen Ton Beet Club results show many growers above 20 tons per acre, boosting local economy and tax revenue while supporting cattle and lamb markets.
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Alberta
Sugar Company
Lethbridge
Raymond
Picture Butte
Martin Brecka
Barnwell
I B. Roberts
Raymond Ic
Joe Machacek
Eee
Ee Ee
John Pavka
B. R. McMullin
J J. Tiffin
Geo. Barron
Joe Trojek
Diamond City
An Ftevry
Steve Kuryvail
Barnwell Taber Jeu Kp Hte
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Lethbridge Herald
Board of Trade
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NC Sthoo
Para Heavy Waxed
Appleford Paper Products Ltd
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