British Delegate at Geneva Defends Minorities Policy
At Geneva, Britain’s W G A Ormsby-Gore rejects Germany’s claim that minorities treaties do not apply to Jews. He argues Jews are a loyal racial minority and protected under international law, defending parliamentary rights and freedom of press as essential to minority protections. Germany counters with a Reich-centric view of nationhood and opposes framing the Jewish issue politically.
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Geneva
W. G. A. Ormsby-Gore
The
League
Frederich von Keller
Germany
von Keller
Hitler
United States
Economic Commission of the Assembly
Count’ de Wiart
Belgium
Airmen Master Everest Photo Work in Extreme Cold
Airmen photographing Mount Everest faced frigid conditions that required heated cameras oxygen tank valves and clothing electrical systems. Even goggles stayed warm via fine wires embedded in the glass to prevent fogging and freezing during the ascent.
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Mount
Everest
Sodium Sulphate Plant to Rise at Ingiebright Lake
Metallics and Non- Metallics Limited of Toronto will erect a sodium sulphate refining plant 40 miles north of Maple Creek at Ingiebright Lake. The $150,000 first unit with air expansion drying will start within two months and employ about 30 men, rising to 69. The company aims to expand facilities to exceed $1,000,000 as deposits are described as the world’s largest with 98.6 percent purity.
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Ingiebright Lake
Maple Creek
Metallics
A. T Bartram
Toronto
Ingebright Lake
Flour Milling Ranks Third in Canada's Industries
The flour milling industry in Canada ranks third behind pulp and paper and slaughtering and meat packing. Mills exceed domestic demand with home use at 41.75 million bushels while mills demand about 67.5 million, aided by water power. Milling, dating to 1605 at Port Royal, fueled export growth during the Napoleonic era.
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Dominion
Canada
Four
Port Royal
Annapolis
Nova Scotia
Europe
Dairying Advances with Pedigree Stock in Palestine
The Dominion dairy notes Palestine shifts from native cattle to pedigree stock boosting milk yields. Ten years ago 600 cows averaged 2,724 lb each. now 6,000 improved cows average 6,810 lb. Total production from all cows reaches 27,240,000 lb, with Kirlat Anavim yielding about 13,166 lb per cow.
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Palestine
Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage News
Kirlat Anavim
Patriotism Drives Military Fund Raising in Japan
Since the Manchurian trouble began, patriotic contributions in Japan have swollen national defense funds. Schools and factories fund gun, tank, and aircraft purchases for the army and navy. Ceremonial aircraft gifts from firms and schools occur weekly, with officers and sailors each giving a month’s pay for defense.
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Japan
Navy
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern order guide notes Winnipeg Pattern No. Town and the address at 175 McDermot Ave. The item lists how to request patterns and where to send inquiries to the Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Smile that way again sparks playful chipmunk tease
She blushes and dimpled, teasing him to smile that way again as he jokes he looks like a chipmunk.
Prosperity of Dominion Tied to Western Canada Farmers
Sir Leonard Hill argues health beliefs mislead about air quality and heat. He cites heat stroke as cause of deaths in hot rooms and in animal transport, urging public education on heat danger. E. W. Beatty notes western Canada's wealth depends on fair wheat prices and farmer prosperity, with possible need for relief and adjusted export plans.
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Dominion
Western
Canada
Sir Leonard Hill
Sanitary Inspectors’ Associations
Clacton-on-Sea
England
Sir Leonard
Calcutta
R.S.P.C.A
Leonard
West
E. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Western Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Founder of Silk Industry Commemoration in Canton
In Canton, China, preparations were made to honor Lu Chu, famed imperial concubine of the Huang Ti era and traditionally credited as the founder of silk production. The event, under the Bureau for the Improvement of Sericulture, took place on the Seventh Moon's seventh day, this year August 27.
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Canton
China
Lu Chu
Huang Ti
Bureau For the
High structures and self destruction a tragic pattern
In New York and beyond, tall buildings provoke fatal leaps. A 1929 Statue of Liberty death marked the first recorded suicide from the statue, raising comparisons with the Eiffel Tower and Westminster Cathedral towers where height inspired similar tragedies.
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New York
New York Harbor
France
United States
Eiffel Tower
Westminster Cathedral
Creamery Butter Production by Province 1931 and 1932
The report ranks Canadian provinces by creamery butter output. In 1931 Ontario leads with 35 percent, Quebec 30, Alberta 10, Saskatchewan 9, Manitoba 9, Nova Scotia 3, British Columbia 2, while New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island each hold 1 percent. The 1932 figures are shown in parentheses.
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Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
British Columbia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward I
Pilot aims flight to England if eight passengers sign on
Air Commodore Sir Charles Kis ford Smith announced in Wellington that he will pilot the Southern Cross from New Zealand to England next fall if he secures eight paying passengers. Two New Zealanders have already booked seats at 2400 dollars each.
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Si Charles Kisford Smith
Welnston
N.Z
Southern Cross
New Zealand
England
New
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