Unemployment Relief Burden Deepens in Canada Five Years On
The piece argues that government debt rose sharply from 1930 to 1935 due to unemployment and relief costs, exceeding wartime borrowing. It urges targeted relief reform, including investigations to weed out abuse while sparing the truly jobless, and supports a federal unemployment commission to achieve broad absorption of workers into industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
Ottawa
The
Regina Star
C.N.R
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Croll
Ontario
Toronto Mail and Empire
Federal
Unemployment Commission
Portable German sewing machine fits in a hand bag
An electric powered sewing machine from Germany is described as flat enough to carry in a handbag with the user’s clothes. Hot cross buns were made in Diana’s honor by ancient Roman priests, symbolizing the moon with a cross dividing it into four parts.
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Germany
Diana
Newspapers Kept Going in Hard Times
The Kingston Whig-Standard notes that newspapers faced low mood and falling revenues while maintaining services and dipping into reserves. Wages stayed largely intact and investments outside the paper helped endurance. Yet optimism returns as Canada nears an upgrade with expected 12 month improvement and more jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Kingston
Whig-Standard
German Police Issue Last Warning to Merchants Over Food Prices
German police president Helldorf warns shopkeepers against price rises during a temporary shortage. The notice cites a shop at Petersburgerstrasse 43, owned by Philip Greiff, previously fined for overcharging, now in protective custody. The Baden governor echoes the warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herr Helldorf
Petersburgerstrasse
Philip Greiff
Baden
Selected Banana Orange Butter Cake Mix
Cream butter with sugar and eggs until light. Sift flour with baking powder and salt. Alternate adding dry ingredients and milk to butter mixture with fruit and vanilla. Bake in greased pans at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.
How Romans Used Cinnamon in Fire and Fare
The Romans used cinnamon in ointments balms and cooking and burned it as incense in ceremonial fires to honor gods and departed spirits. Nero built the largest cinnamon fire for Poppaea funeral rites burning more than a year’s importation.
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Nero
Poppaea
The China Clipper Airship Specifications
The China Clipper weighs 51 000 pounds and has 3200 horsepower. It can carry 46 passengers and seven crew on daylight flights with sleeping accommodations for 18. Its overall length is 89 feet six inches and height 24 feet. High speed 179 mph cruising 157 mph. Mail range 4000 miles and passenger mail range 3000 miles.
Ultraviolet Rays Go From Lab Fact To Industry Use
Ultraviolet light kills bacteria and algae and is being applied commercially. The Journal articles praise Sterilamp from Westinghouse for disinfecting meat display cases and extending shelf life. Bakers and meat packers report safer processes and longer expiry when using violet light. An English monocle tale caps the column with the famed fixed-eyewear habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Journal
Journal of the
Franklin Institute
Westinghouse
Begging Trade Allegations From China Captured In Toronto
Captain R G Cavell, once resident in China and now GM of Canadian Telephones and Supplies, told Toronto board of trade club that children aged four to six work 18 hours daily in filthy candlelit rooms. He described witness accounts of vision loss by age 12 and being sold to wealthy merchants for begging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Board of Trade Club
Toronto
R. G. Cavell
Canadian Telephones and Supplies, Limited
Bearded Champion Maojiro Kato Wins Japan National Title
The 72-year-old hardware dealer Maojiro Kato claims the national championship for the longest beard in Japan. Standing five feet one inch tall, his beard measures five feet six inches and tethers into a handbag to stop dragging.
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Maojiro Kato
Japan
Kato
Health Means Charm and Happiness
A period ad extols health as charm and happiness. It claims sparkling eyes, clear skin, and vigor boost a girl’s popularity and energy and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a tonic with 98 of 100 women reporting benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
British Citizenship and the British Empire Value
The Hon. Wesley Gordon explains that bearing a British passport commands respect abroad, even if Britons undervalue their own alliance. He suggests countries like Balkan states perceive citizenship through the Empire’s global influence. Also notes Japan’s world spy service costs and a proverb about arguing fools.
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Wesley Gordon
Balkan States
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Cniaigane
Edwardsburg
Canada Starch Company Limited
Montreal
Halifax
Vancouver
Crisbrown
Christie’s
Christie's
Herbert Musker
Windsor Daily Star
Lloyd's
London
Woril
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