Plan for Stimulating Home Repairs and Improvements
The Dominion government plans to guarantee lending institutions against losses up to 15 percent for loans to homeowners, with a maximum of 50 million dollars for repairs and improvements. Aimed at housing rehabilitation, urban rental housing, and slum clearance, the program requires federal and provincial cooperation and supports loans up to 2 000 dollars at five percent interest for one to five years, with no endorsements and strict arrears penalties.
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Dominion
Mackenzie King
A. B Purvis
United States
Commission On Home Rehabilitation
The Barley King George Baylis Built Vast Farm Chain
George Baylis of Boxford Berkshire built a 12000 acre farming empire by grain only with ammonia and phosphates, abolishing livestock. His six crop rotation and traveling gangs turned losses into £245596.8 while neighbors failed. villages declined as he managed through work crews.
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George Baylis
Boxford
Berkshire
United Kingdom
King’s Lynn
Norfolk
Baylis
Orwin
Institute For Search In Agricultural Economics
Oxford University
The
News-Chronicle
England
Goose Helpers Replace Farm Hands in Van Zandt Cotton Fields
In Van Zandt County Texas farmers increasingly use geese to weed cotton fields. C C Simmons once fenced his land and added geese to combat Johnson and crab grass. Now about 25 000 geese are used countywide, with five geese matching one man in productivity and hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
van Zandt County
C. C. Simmons
Johnson
Pigs Fed Cod Liver Oil To Compensate For Little Sunshine
Dr G Lt Christie president of Ontario agriculture college Guelph says winter feeding with cod liver oil supplements sunlight deficiency. Tests show scientific foods greatly improve pig health and performance at the college display at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Lt. Christie
Ontario Agriculture College
Guelph
Toronto
Denmark adopts 80 digit egg tracing to reveal farmer origin
Denmark begins labeling eggs with an 80 character code to trace each egg to its farm. The system aims to improve transparency and food safety for consumers and regulators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Alcohol and Driving Speed Up Motorists Says Dr Vernon
Dr Horace Middleton Vernon told the British Association for the Advancement of Science that tests by the National Institute of Industrial Psychology show whiskey speeds motorists and impairs accuracy. Beer in moderation was less harmful. more than a large whiskey shot raised driving errors by 12 percent and reduced reaction time by six percent. The association elected Sir Edward Poulton as next year’s president, succeeding Sir Josiah Stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Middleton Vernon
Industrial Health Research Board
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Vernon
National Institute of Industrial Psychology
Association
Edward Poulton
Oxford University
Josiah Stamp
Pain Relief Advances Reported At Medical Congress
The American Congress of Physical Therapy closed its New York meeting with two suggested pain remedies. Dr Harold R Hopkins described injecting air containing oxygen into joints to cushion them and ease acute or subacute arthritis. Dr Benjamin Ulanski explained a stepped up electric current used to treat facial neuralgia, a painful facial nerve condition.
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American Congress of Physical Therapy
New York
Harold R. Hopkins
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Benjamin Ulanski
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
London renames notebooks to boost pupil ambition
The term scribbler is deemed to have a negative psychological effect on primary school pupils in London. Educational authorities replace it with work book in a bid to raise ambition and improve outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Art treasures prepared for shipment from Peiping
Five hundred cases of art treasures are reported ready for shipment from Peiping to Shanghai and Nanking to protect them from harm in case of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
China
Shanghai
Nanking
Garden Of The Future Enclosed In Cloth House Expert Says
Dr George S Christie of Ontario Agricultural College cites cloth house research at the Canadian National Exhibition. Cheesecloth enclosures increased plant humidity, reduced wind drying, and boosted yields for tomatoes and cauliflower. Plans for a glass-wool insulated plant house with electric lighting aim to improve heat and CO2 retention. Domestically, methods to eradicate weeds include sodium chlorate for small patches and seasonal plowing with cultivation.
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D of Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Toronto
Nion
George S. Christie
Ontario Agricultural College
Christie
Hydro Commission
College
Guelph
Poultry
Miss Agnes McPhail Reports Modern Moscow Visit
Miss Agnes Macphail returns from Europe with impressions of a modernizing Moscow and Scandinavia. She notes asphalt streets, new buildings, hotels, student centres, and universities, plus cooperative systems in Sweden and Denmark aiding progress, especially in Sweden.
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Agnes McPhail
Russia
Agnes Macphail
Canada
Europe
Moscow
U.F.O. Labor
Grey-Bruce
Sweden
Denmark
Pattern 5310 Sampler for entrances and guest rooms
This 8 to the inch cross stitch sampler features color lettering and suits hall decor or a guest room. It serves as a gift idea for a bride to be and includes a 124% by 14 inch pattern in pattern 310 with color key material list and stitch illustrations. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Tomatoes Said to Boost Population on St Croix
The Virgin Islands division of territories and insular affairs reports a population rise on St. Croix attributed to tomatoes. Previously cornmeal and fish dominated diets. after introducing tomato plants, locals began eating tomatoes and the birth rate rose, the division said.
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Territories and Insular Affairs
St. Croix
Virgin Islands
Old Violin From Mittenwald Still in Use in Edmonton
The violin, 186 years old, remains in use in Edmonton Ailta. Owned and played by Robert Buchanan it was crafted in 1750 by Bartholomew Kramer in Mittenwald Germany. Valued at over 1000 dollars the instrument carries a glorious mellow tone through the decades.
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Edmonton
Ailta
Robert Buchanan
Mittenwald
Germany
Bartholomew Kramer
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Norman Rogers
Sunshine
British Medico
Medical Science
Mohammed
Penel
Brooks
Alice Brooks
Virtue In Tomatoes
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