War cannot pay when nations overcommit resources says Vernon Bartlett
Vernon Bartlett argues in World Review that wars in Abyssinia Spain and China show war cannot pay. He notes Italy Japan and Germany exhaust national credit and public support, risking ruin and loss of goodwill, urging that future wars become unlikely.
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Vernon Bartlett
World Review London
Abyssinia
Spain
China
Italy
London
Berlin
Rome
Japan
Western Canada Irrigation Costs Should Be Nationally Supported
The piece argues irrigation projects in Western Canada should be evaluated for national benefit and self sufficiency. It cites secondary and indirect beneficiaries, urges national funding or unemployment program support, and favors a formal survey by a federal commission or engineers to assess feasibility and financing.
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Canada
Arisin
National Treasury
Harold E. Crowle
Toronto Saturday Night
United States
Crowle
No Hope for Germany as Aggression Echoes 1914
The New York Herald Tribune reflects on August 1914 parallels with Germany’s invasion of Austria and Belgium. It condemns Hitler’s current actions as a continuation of past savageries and mass acquiescence, warning of a renewed barbarity that threatens peace and the German name.
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Belgium
Austria
Vienna
Fuehrer
Germany
Versailles
Europe
Hitler
New York Herald Tribune
Ontario to Spend 14 Million on Roads in 1938-39 Budget
Premier Hepburn outlined the 1938-39 highway plan in the budget with a total 14 million to build and finish road projects. The proposal compares with 35 million spent last year as engineers push for safer, foolproof paving and reduced traffic incidents. Northern Ontario saw 70 miles of new pavement last year and preparations for 175 miles of grading this year, while Southern Ontario completed 264 miles of pavement and 75 miles of grading.
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Ontario
Hepburn
Toronto-Hamilton
Toronto
Ragweed Plot Could Irritate Massive Population
A 20 foot square plot of ragweed polgen grains is claimed to produce hay fever for 15,200,000,000 people.
Young Francis Bacon Offered Embassy Staff Role at Sixteen
The account notes Francis Bacon, at age sixteen, was offered a staff appointment with a British ambassador in France. It also defines wheelbase as the distance between the centers of the vehicle’s front and rear axles.
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Francis Bacon
France
Tested Recipes A Rule For Colorful Salads
Colorful salads improve digestion and appeal may boost daily intake. Two quick jelly based dishes showcase salmon mould with vegetables and a grapefruit grape salad, each layered with fruity jelly, folded fillings, and serving on lettuce with garnish. Serves eight and six respectively.
Cromwell hires quick transplant of cocoanut grove
Doris Duke Cromwell wanted a coconut grove for her new $500000 Honolulu beach home. Landscape architect Robert C. Thompson bought a grove near the city and moved it tree by tree to the estate forty miles away at an estimated $150 per tree.
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Doris Duke Cromwell
Honolulu
Mrs. Cromwell
Robert C. Thompson
Cromwell
Old Geosan Method of Grain Grinding Detailed
The article explains an ancient Korea method where grain is ground by a miller using a stone basin, a wooden club, and a long plank as a fulcrum. The grain is pulverized as the miller leaps by pulling a rope, a description reflecting traditional techniques.
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Korea
Benefits of foreign contacts and world citizenship
A Bradford businessman's £25 000 trust will fund visits for 500 schoolboys to Canada annually over ten years. The piece argues travel broadens the mind but warns it can reinforce prejudices, praising travel as essential for forming a good citizen in a global world.
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Bradford
England
Canada
Mr. Masefield
Willy-Nilly
Christian Science Monitor
Canadian Dressed Poultry Praised by Fish Trades Writer
A London based Poultry writer alias Other Bird praises Canada dressed poultry as the best frozen chickens. He notes shipments so far this year are small and some birds crossed the border into the United States rather than the ocean. He mentions pending shipments and jokes about debt related stone breaking.
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Fish Trades Gazette
London
England
Canada
USA
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