Labor Saving Inventions Raise Questions About Work And War
Sir James Jeans warned that science both frees labor from dull toil and creates wage-saving devices that may cause unemployment if new industries do not follow. He spoke at the British Association in Aberdeen, noting plans cannot perfectly balance invention with employment and progress depends on unforeseen scientific directions.
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James Jeans
British Association
Aberdeen
James
Crop Testing Plan Aims to Improve Prairie Wheat Quality
The Dominion Experimental Farms' Cereal Division expanded a Crop Testing Plan to raise wheat quality in the Prairie Provinces. By sampling wheat at country elevators from over 5,000 farmers in 1933, more than 40 percent grew grain unsuitable for seed. The program extends this year across western districts and parts of the east.
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Dominion Experimental Farms
Prairie Provinces
Always Very Near True Happiness in Honest Living
Quote attributed to Dame Nellie Melba reflecting on happiness found in truth and simple moments. It contrasts honesty with wealth from lying and notes peace comes from virtue, friendship, beauty, and song.
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Dame Neliie Melba
Canada Eyes Trans Atlantic Air Mail Route
Canada plans an air minded expansion to build an adequate airway system and link Montreal to London with a three day service by air and steamship. This first step aims to develop a trans Atlantic mail line along one of three proposed routes touching Canada, as reported by the Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Canada
Montreal
London
Philadelphia Bulletin
Slimming dress pattern advice for large figures
The piece advises using flat neat designs with smooth fabrics to avoid bulk. Crepe marocain with diagonal white lines and metal threads creates the original look, while black crepe satin with white bengaline on the collar and yoke is another option. Pattern No 534 targets busts 36 to 46 inches with yardage 3% for size 36 and costs 20 cents.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern No. Winnipeg Pattern order details appear to be listed with the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave in Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Henderson Lake District Vies As Wettest Spot In America
Reports from Henderson Lake in British Columbia claim the district is among the wettest places on earth as heat and drought press eastern Canada. F Napier Denison of Gonzales meteorological observatory notes the area averages about two thirds of an inch of rain daily over the past year, totaling 266.26 inches with 253.72 inches rain and 125.2 inches snow contributing 12.5 inches water.
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B.C
America
Canada
Henderson Lake
British Columbia
Vancouver Island
Pipestein Inlet
Barkley Sound
F. Napier Denison
Gonzales Meteorological Observatory
All The Same To Her
Mrs. Sylvia Ward of Luxemburg, St. Louis suburb, sought a $10 bounty for a wolf cub brought to the county clerk. The clerk noted the bounty applied to dead wolves, and Ward left the courthouse to kill the cub with a hammer.
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Sylvia Ward
Luxemburg
St. Louis
Ward
Emigration Policy Debated At Canadian Good Roads Meet
The Canadian Good Roads Association elected Hon. G. Shelton Sharp as president at its 21st annual meeting in Murray Bay Quebec. Officers from provinces and territories were named, while a revival plan for empire emigration and rail rate extensions sparked debate on markets, settlement limits, deportation rules, and the boarding-out system for children.
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G. Shelton Sharp
Prince Edward Island
Canadian Good Roads Association
Murray Bay
Quebec
J. E Perrault
K.C
A. 38
MacMillan
Nova Scotia
Frank M. MacPherson
British Columbia
T. D. McQuesten
Ontario
Canada
Montreal
Winnipeg
United Kingdom
Pictures at School Time Provide Snapshooting Tips
A guide to planning and taking better school photos. It recommends using any clean camera with available film, highlights planning a scenario, capturing both staged and spontaneous moments, and avoiding stiff poses. It notes the value of school pictures in yearbooks and family albums.
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Paradise
Workers End War Voices by London Speaker in Toronto
John Marchbank of London told the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada in Toronto that workers must refuse calls to war. He declared all wars are capitalist wars and that workers suffer regardless of which side wins.
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John Marchbank
London
England
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Toronto
Lettuce Requires 1000 Pounds Water Per Pound Dry
A report notes lettuce production demands about 1000 pounds of water to yield one pound of dry edible product. It highlights water usage concerns in agriculture.
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Trans-Atlantic Air Service
By Roth Rogers
Good Roads Association
Geo. A. McNamee
Dominion
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