European nations ease trade barriers, Grindley says
Dr. T. W. Grindley, at Bad Eilsen, notes Germany Italy and France show some relaxation of nationalistic trade policies in agriculture. Yet no broad tariff shifts appeared at the conference. He cites Germany’s short crop and imports, Italy’s easing wheat stance, and Britain’s use of quotas and prices benefiting farmers.
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Germany
Italy
France
T. W. Grindley
Dominion Bureau of Statistics’ Agricultural Division
Bad Eilsen
Agricultural Economists
Grindley
Bad Filsen
J. E. Atomer
Macdonald College
W. Ren
University of Saskatchewan
London
John S. McFarland
Wheat Pools
Canada
Poland
Mussolini
Europe
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Aeroplane Sowing to Plant Soviet Wheat for 1935 Harvest
Soviet agricultural officials announce air sowing of grain capable of planting over a million acres in 1935. Aeroplanes, first trialed in 1931, match hand or tractor methods in quality and outperform them in speed. 1933 figures show 1,000 to 1,250 acres per plane daily, with air sown fields yielding about 10 percent more.
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Soviet Union
What Does Your Handwriting Reveal Readers Explore Character
An editor promotes a series on handwriting analysis by Grapho-Analyst Lawrence Hibbert. A widower seeks a new wife, samples of his and three ladies’ writing are judged, with No. 2 deemed best match to his children’s needs. Readers urged to mail specimens for analysis and a stamped self addressed envelope for replies.
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Out West
Lawrence Hibbert
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Alberta Resources Rise In Coal Oil And Timber
Alberta's coal output for eight months ending August 31 reached 2,574,436 tons, up from 2,497,166 tons. Petroleum production stood at 852,228 barrels versus 632,454 barrels the prior year. Timber shipments for 1933-34 rose to 55,208,052 board feet from 52,736,467 the year before, with other timber products similarly increasing.
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Alberta
Dead Sea waters praised for health boost and rejuvenation
Major T G Tulloch speaks before the Royal Society of Arts about the Dead Sea waters. He notes the waters are highly radioactive and charged with salts increasing medicinal effects. Bathing reportedly yields remarkable rejuvenation and mental and physical fortitude.
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Dead Sea
T. G. Tulloch
Royal Society of Arts
Major Tulloch
Honest Oscar Martin aids motorists in long night gas calls
Mason City Illinois farmer Honest Oscar Martin trusts the motoring public after ten years of assisting late night travelers. He stores a gasoline can for stranded motorists and returns to sleep as they refill and pay. Over a decade he reports no failures to repay fuel. Total losses from forgeries run into hundreds of millions yearly.
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Oscar Martin
Mason City
Illinois
Martin
Coordinated Health Program Urged by Welfare Leaders in Canada
Health advocates from Toronto and across Canada urged a national coordinated health program to align existing health machinery with a broad education drive. Over 50 speakers including Mayor Stewart and leading physicians pushed for a national health council, better prevention, and public access to disease prevention knowledge. The sessions, tied to Damaged Lives screenings, drew more than 16,000 attendees, with calls for federal support ahead of an inter-provincial premiers conference.
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Canada
Canadian Social Hygiene Council
Toronto
National Health Council
Department of Health
Canadian Red Cross Society
National Council of Women
The
Social Hygiene Council
Young Women's Christian Association
Bennett
Ottawa
W. J. Stewart
Dominion
J. W S. McCullough
Ontario
J. T. Phair
Ontario Department of Health
L. A. Pequegnat
Health
R. S. Pentecost
Toronto Academy of Medicine
A. L. McKay
Gordon P. Jackson
George Porter
University of Toronto
Alan Brown
F. F. Tisdall
Mildred Newell
Edmonton
Helen MacMurchy
O.B.E
Percival Foster
National Council of the
Y.W.C.A
Minerva Reid
W. R. Jackson
Silver Cross Women
Edna Moore
J. P Hynes
Council of Women
H. S. Mott
Toronto Juvenile Court
Justice Riddell
Jas. Simpson
Trades and Labour Congress of Canada
R. B. Cochrane
National Home Mission
United Church of Canada
Maurice Eisendrath
Cochrane
Western
SNAPSHOT GUIDES ANIMAL PICTURES FOR NATURAL SHOTS
John Van Guilder explains that patient timing matters for animal photography. Pets pose naturally but wild subjects require background choice, distance, and fast shutter speeds to capture lifelike expressions. He recommends open shade, modern color film, and shooting at ten feet or more from agile animals like squirrels.
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Martin Johnson
Frank Buck
John van Guilder
When Does Railway Fog Become Official Fog
An LNER official explains that fog becomes official when a signalman cannot see a fixed signal 200 yards away. The signalman informs the station-master who calls fog-men to lay detonators as long as the fog lasts. Special fog services use Timetables to cut trains by a quarter and slow speeds.
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London and North Eastern Railway
Railway
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Tlinois Farmer
Animal
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