Five Day Week and Six Hour Day Favored
Ontario command of the Canadian Legion supports a five day week and six hour day. The American Journal of Cancer says cancer is not rising among younger Canadians. Britain bans marching bands with racing dogs in processions. Col James S Harvey, 60, who left Canada for the Princess Pats in 1915, is dead. BC to spend 4.5 million dollars for relief, split among federal and municipal levels. Alberta Bar branches back voluntary debt relief to avoid moratorium. Earthquake toll in Greece totals 232 dead and 360 injured with 2.2 million dollars in damages. Iraq joins the League of Nations and becomes sovereign. Geologist H F Cowden argues California was once the North Pole site 50 million years ago.
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Col
James S. Harvey
Canada
Vancouver
Princess Pats
Iraq
League of Nations
California
North Pole
H. F. Cowden
Petrified Forest
Tropics
Mixed sensations in parachute jump at Regina airport
R. J. Groome Regina airport pilot instructor describes his first parachute jump. He recalls confused sensations as earth and sky whirl, then an eerie, windless quiet. After landing he feels confident in and holds affection for the parachute aiding the descent.
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R. J. Groome
Regina
Groome
Historic racket still in use in London tournaments
A half century old tennis racket remains in active use in London events. Owned by J. L. Strachan, it has never been restrung and continues to serve in competition.
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London
England
J. L. Strachan
Honorable Artillery Company Dates Back to 1537
The Honorable Artillery Company traces official origins to Henry VIII’s 1537 charter, claiming an older lineage than the Royal Scots. As a Territorial corps d elite, HAC sits fourth in parade order, with its members paying a guinea annually to march with the HAC.
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Honorable Artillery Company
Guards
Vipers
H.A.C
London
Royal Scots
Pontius Pilate
Silk scarf revival with Diamond Tints delight
A Quebec woman recalls a silk scarf dyed with Diamond Tints from a Parisian origin. She praises the product for restoring color without boiling and claims repeated washings won’t fade it, noting friends’ curiosity about the dye.
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Paris
Quebec
Drugg'st
State Department Publishes Guide to Foreign Place Names
A State Department pamphlet from the Geographic Board lists about 2500 foreign names with correct spellings and brief data. It notes Tokyo is Tokyo, Yugoslavia is correct, and Capetown should be Cape Town as a single word.
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State Department
United States Geographic Board
Tokyo
Tokio
Yugoslavia
Jugoslavia
Capetown
Cape Town
McGill Opens Medicine and Dentistry Faculities Amid Overcrowding
McGill University opened both medicine and dentistry faculties with overcrowded classes. Medicine faced more than 700 applications but can admit only about 100 new students annually. Dental student numbers rose 20 to 25 percent. Separately, the Royal Horticultural Society reports 6000 daffodil varieties with 900 officially registered.
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McGill University
Faculty of Medicine
Royal Horticultural Society of London
Saskatchewan Leads Canada In Low Maternal Mortality 1931
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Saskatchewan tops Canada with the lowest maternal mortality rate in 1931 at 4.4 per 1000 live births, down from historical highs, while infant mortality remains high at 69.0 per 1000. The report notes declines in tuberculosis deaths and heart disease deaths, and records automobile accident deaths at 5.0 per 100000, with Saskatchewan ranking strong in five sections and second in natural increase and cancer mortality.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Saskatchewan
F. D. Munroe
Canada
Dominion
Alberta
Ontario
British Columbia
Quebec
Dominions
Maritime Provinces
Sunday School Lesson Golden Text and Scriptural References
Sunday School lesson highlights Proverbs 22 6 Train up a child in the way he should go and verse from Genesis Deuteronomy Samuel Mark and Timothy listed as core readings Devotional Psalm 128 provides reflection for the day
The Training Of Children In the Home and Shema Teachings
A reflection on Genesis 18 and Deuteronomy 6 stressing home life as the cradle of justice. Abraham’s instruction to train his household models divine righteousness for all mankind. The message warns that neglect of home life signals danger and that obedience to God begins at home.
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Abraham
Dead Sea
Sodom
Gomorrah
God
Jehovah
Duty to Remember and Teach Moral Words Emphasized
The article stresses laws and the duty of remembering these words and teaching them to children. The words should be kept on one's heart and impress life, to be taught to children and spoken about constantly, forced into memory by repetition and emphasis.
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Ontario Command
Canadian Legion
American Journal of Cancer
Italy
Calgary
Edmonton
The
Alberta Bar Association
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pickham
N. U
Ogden
Eth Gewd
Burns
Liverpool
Ase Ogden
U.S. State Department
Carters Iee
Minard's Liniment
Vicks
Llion
Appleford Paper Products, Ltd
Hamilton
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