CBC Criticism and Call for Canadian Talent Growth
The piece argues CBC faces a hard task pleasing all listeners across Canada and urges strict guiding principles and a vigorous hunt for Canadian talent. It notes a 1929 Aird Commission objective to develop Canadian broadcasting and laments a recent shift toward more foreign programs due to financing limits. The Labor Review advocates abolishing private stations to resist foreign advertising and strengthen national broadcasting.
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Aird Commission
Canada
United States
Canadian
Bradcasting Corporation
Labor Review
Canada Eyes Self Sufficiency in Armaments
The government aims for national self sufficiency in armaments without launching a large new industry. Current British contracts involve three Canadian firms National Steel Car in Hamilton, John T Hepburn in Toronto, and John Inglis in Toronto. Bren guns and light machine guns are produced under these arrangements with the Inglis plant later receiving a Canadian order.
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Canada
Ottawa
Defence Department
War Office
National Steel Car
Hamilton
John T. Hepburn Company
Toronto
John Inglis Company Limited
Inglis Company
John Inglis Company
Two doctors join staff of Paris hotel in early mischief
Two physicians are added to the Paris hotel’s staff. The chef, assured that the remark about his ability was not meant as a critique, agrees to stay on.
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Paris
Cat Black Boy Triggers Electric Eye Alarms in Kansas City
Police investigate a string of false burglar alarms at a hosiery warehouse in Kansas City. They discover the cat Black Boy causes the alarms to register when it walks with its tail erect, revealing a feline pattern in the security signals.
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Black Boy
Kansas City
Ten World’s Most Important Trees Listed by Authority
An authority ranks the top ten trees globally in order: date palm, coconut palm, almond, apple, fig, mulberry, olive, lemon, cinchona, and rubber. The list highlights crops and species with widespread economic and cultural impact.
Highway to Alaska plan backed by Ickes and Pattullo
Secretary Ickes said talks with British Columbia authorities support an international highway from Seattle to Fairbanks. Premier Pattullo proposed a US loan of 15 million dollars to finance BC and open Alaska and Yukon settlement, with over a thousand miles of Canadian road to build and possible enabling legislation.
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Harold Ickes
Washington
British Columbia
Seattle
Canada
Fairbanks
Alaska
Ickes
T. D. Pattullo
Yukon Territory
Pattullo
United States
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Recipe from Old Page
Selected notes present a pineapple upside down cake recipe using Swans Down cake flour Calumet powder salt sugar butter egg milk vanilla and pineapple with pecan toppings. The method includes sifting dry ingredients beating egg with milk and vanilla, browning butter with sugar, arranging pineapple and nuts, baking 350F for about 50 minutes, then flipping to serve.
Waldorf Astoria Rugs and France Gold Shipments Reported
The Waldorf Astoria in New York reveals a 48 by 46 foot rug costing about 12 750 dollars. The London News Chronicle reports two equal gold shipments totaling five million pounds from France to Canada, possibly for the Bank of Canada's reserves.
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New York
Waldorf-Astoria
France
Canada
Park Avenue
Mohawk Carpet Mills
W. & J. Sloans
The
Waldorf
Nebraska
Roxy Theatre
New Yorker
London News-Chronicle
Paris
British Exchange Equalization Fund
News-Chronicle
Bank of Canada
Chamberlain Stars in London Talkie for National Campaign
Prime Minister Chamberlain appears in a London studio talkie part of a summer open air campaign for the National Government. He filmed about 650 feet, mainly on foreign affairs, asking if liberty and obligations can be kept without war and noting that one power can make war even if two can make peace.
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Chamberlain
London
Three swing bands at Canadian National Exhibition
At the Canadian National Exhibition this year three swing bands will perform providing noise throughout the grounds. A notable addition is the Royal Artillery Band of England positioned at the far end of the grounds. A playful humorous line calls out a fascinating woman who can always convince others she knows less than they do.
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Royal Artillery Band
England
Native grasses claim among ten thousand species
The report notes that out of about 10 000 grasses including corn and other grains, more than 1 300 are native to the United States.
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United States
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C.B.C
Dominion
National Defence
Oretty AA Bunion Salve UJ Bahan Ala
Coleman Lamp and Stove CO. Cy
Ontario
Canadian Solar Factories
Raymond Alta
Parasany
Appleford Paper Products Ltd
Winnipeg - Regina
Saskatoon
Calgary
Edmonton
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