Flexible mortgage terms urged for Western Canada
Western Canada mortgage loans should include elasticity to account for droughts and crop failures. Authorities note past rigid terms harmed farmers and debt adjusters, urging automatic payment adjustments tied to actual income and drought relief similar to Australia. S. P. Grosch cites need for relief in fluctuating revenue and calls for tribunals and lenders to adopt flexible agreements.
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Canada
Australia
S. P. Grosch
Saskatchewan Municipal Debt Adjustment Organization
Special Prize Offered At Saskatoon and Regina Spring Fairs
A 1937 feature offers a $25 prize for the best finished Hereford steer at the Saskatoon and Regina spring fairs. The piece notes tolls once paid in cash were replaced by blood in a graphic contrast. Easter date rules: set by the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. specify Easter on the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon, near March 21, 2166.
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Saskatoon
Regina
Council of Christian Churches
Liquid Air As Fuel Revolutionizes Motors In Japan
A Japanese laboratory tests a motor powered by liquid air cooled to 250 to 350 degrees below zero. The liquid air absorbs heat, turns to vapor, and drives pistons, with energy largely recovered by an elaborate system. The inventor predicts use in cars, trains, ships, and notably airplanes due to its compact fuel.
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Japan
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Jingle
An old time ad touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a remedy to stimulate two pounds of bile daily for better digestion. It promises harmless, mercury free relief and urges readers to insist on the product.
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Carter
Zic
Centipede Blamed for India Power Station Blackout
In Peshawar, India on the North West Frontier three nights of total darkness followed electric station breakdowns. After four days a linesman found a singed centipede on the wires supplying the city, with its legs burned, deemed the cause of the outages.
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India
Peshawar
No Wonder It Hurts
The tail of the cat is part of the spine and when pulled it hurts the animal and can momentarily drive it half mad. The brain is affected by tail damage, causing growling and scratching when a baby drags at it.
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Puss
Lost city of Yong Peng found by British official in Johore jungle
A British government official flying over Johore Malay state spotted a large unfamiliar settlement in the Malayan jungle. The next day he visited and confirmed the existence of Yong Peng, a thriving Chinese inhabited town supplying rubber and acting as a native civlization hub for about ten years.
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Yong Peng
Johore
Canadian scientist sails to Arctic hunt for ancient Eskimo site
Douglas Leechman of the National Museum sails aboard the Nascopie to the Burto Islands at Ungava to examine bone and ivory tools. He hopes to uncover clues about the extinct eastern Arctic inhabitants and the time of their origin.
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Arctic
Hudson Bay
Douglas Leechman
National Museum
Burto Islands
Ungava Peninsula
Buenos Aires Weighs Uniform Horn Sound Regulation
Buenos Aires plans to license cars only if horns emit a single mellow tone approved by the executive department. Klaxon and sharp double or treble horns would be banned. The measure urges drivers to pause when drowsiness reduces alertness.
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Buenos Aires
Selected Recipes Date Oat Sandwich Bake
Two mixtures create a date oat loaf. Mixture 1 blends dates with boiling water brown sugar and vinegar or lemon juice. Mixture 2 combines shortening oats flour salt and soda. Assemble by layering dates with oat mixture and bake slowly at 300 degrees for forty minutes.
Alaska Man Don Skuse Returns to Juneau
Don Skuse returns to Juneau Alaska and says he was stopped by traffic cops on Broadway and Fifth Avenue New York not for infractions. Officers noted his Alaska plates and asked about the territory. Japanese scientists object to Russia allowing only two of them to view a recent eclipse.
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Don Skuse
Juneau
Alaska
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
New York
Russia
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