State Medicine Bill Killed In Canadian House Vote
In the Canadian House of Commons a 70 to 41 defeat killed Dr. J. P. Howden's Liberal backed resolution for federal state medicine. Government members opposed. two Liberal dissenters backed the motion. Debates touched on health funding, provincial services, and socialist risks. Premier Bennett and others argued against nationwide nationalization citing existing provincial systems.
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House of Commons
J. P. Howden
Boniface
FW Gershaw
Medicine Hat
Alberta
J. A. Denis
St. Denis
Canada
England
Dr. Howden
Dominion
Howden
Tobacco fed to chicks claimed to grow bigger broilers
AP Science Editor Howard W Blakeslee reports that nicotine in tobacco fed to baby chicks may enlarge broilers and could reduce parasite infections like roundworm. He notes uncertain results, potential illness in some hens, and argues nicotine acts as a disinfectant rather than affecting meat flavor.
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Howard W Blakeslee
AP Science
Pennsylvania State College
Haley
German Banks Aid Merchants In Export Trade
The article explains how German banks have supported merchants by offering long credits and strong backing for foreign trade. It notes the government’s recognition of finance as vital to production and orders, contributing to Germany’s prewar and postwar export growth.
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Germany
Willing to Go Halves Samaritan Taxi Gesture in Rain
A young woman in New York stops during a rain delay to give a frail old lady a ride. She drives her home and offers half the taxi fare, agreeing with the driver to split costs fifty fifty for the old lady's kindness.
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New York
Absent minded wife buys dress instead of shirts
A neighbor jokes with a young man about his wife’s forgetful spending. He grumbles that he gave twenty dollars to buy shirts and socks, but she returned home with a new dress. The exchange highlights marital humor and domestic miscommunication.
German Pupils Must Learn French First
The Prussian Ministry of Education decrees that German schools begin with French despite popular preference for English. Educators argue English is easy to learn and requires less training, while French needs years of drill. Previously pupils chose first language, but many regions now offer English in early years. In Lower Silesia 66 of 67 districts start with English. Schleswig-Holstein with all 35 districts. Hong Kong adds six talkie theatres.
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Germany
Ministry of Education
New York Times
Lower Silesia
Schleswig-Holstein
Britain faces costly atmospheric damage claims in 25 years
Sir Frank Baines stated that air impurities have cost Britain about £60 million in building repairs over the last quarter century. He testified before the Electricity Commissioners against a £5.3 million extension to Fulham power station due to pollution. He cited sulphuric acid deposits eroding Portland stone and obliterating a war memorial lettering in six weeks.
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Britain
Frank Baines
Office of Works
London County Council
Electricity Commissioners
Fulham
Frank
Whitehall
Man Erects Own Tombstone in Aberdeen Graveyard
In Aberdeen Scotland a well known resident has set up his own tombstone in the graveyard he chose for his final resting place. He passes the stone each Sunday on the way to church and reads the carved name and biography of the future occupant, noting the date is left blank.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Growth Of Radio In Canada Reaches New Highs
The March 1931 licensed radio receiving sets total 514 701, up 90 555 since 1930, about one set for every 19 people. Ontario leads with 257 275 sets, Toronto hosts 80 342, Montreal 44 059, Vancouver 20 442, Winnipeg 20 365. Licenses cost 1 and fund interference checks, car patrols, and a Director of Radio within Marine.
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Canada
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Northwest Territories
Toronto
Dominion
Montreal
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Department of Marine
Insect Dangers and the War on Bugs
The United States Department of Agriculture warns that insects are enemies to be fought at every opportunity. It lists house flies mosquitoes bedbugs and crop destroyers as threats while urging discrimination to preserve friendly bugs, noting humanity has beaten the omnipresent fly and that diligent effort can conquer all pests.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Minneapolis Journal
Increase in Dairying in Alberta 1931 Report
An Alberta annual report by H. A. Craig deputy minister of agriculture shows creamery butter production up 77 percent in January 1931 compared with January 1930. The data was tabled in the provincial legislature by Hon. George Hoadley.
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Alberta
H. A. Craig
George Hoadley
British cars tour Central Africa with ads
Advertisements for British automobiles tour Central Africa. A quoted exchange mocks a dressmaker, with remarks about her height and intelligence, and a claim a dressmaker will not make four dresses until bills are paid. The fragment appears from Buen Humor in Madrid.
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Buen Humor
Madrid
Central Africa
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Lillian Kenton
Greenwich Settlement
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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