Lone White Man Rules 9 Islands
The article describes Donald G. Kennedy as the sole white administrator ruling the nine Ellice Islands with about 4,300 residents. He governs Nanumea Nanumaga Niutao Nui Vaitupu Nukufetau Punafu ti Nukulaelae Nurukia, with infrequent mail and annual naval visits marking major events of his rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Ocean
Ellice Islands
Coral Atolls
Nanumea
Nanumaga
Niutao
Nui
Vaitupu
Nukufetau
Punafuti
Nukulaelae
Nurukia
Donald G. Kennedy
Kennedy
New Zealand
Canadian poultry trade shifts with Christmas shipments
Canadian poultry sent to the United Kingdom for the Christmas trade totals about 500000 pounds, with turkeys down year over year. Chickens rise to 80028 shipped, while ducks fall to 4200 and geese stay near 4400. Prairie provinces see smaller turkey and chicken crops due to drought and feed shortages.
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United Kingdom
Department of Agriculture
West
Prairie Provinces
Preparing For Arctic Circle Fur Trade School Students
Fourteen young men attend Hudson's Bay Company's fur trade training at Winnipeg to qualify as assistants at posts up to the Arctic Circle. In nine weeks they learn fur grading merchandising post accounting first aid telegraphy radio mechanics carpentry and self booking. Bonnycastle notes many men must rely on themselves with scarce nearby services and doctors. Sixty percent of post managers are married and the company sells silk stockings lingerie polo shirts and flannels to natives and traders.
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Hudson’s Bay Company
Winnipeg
Arctic Circle
R. H. G. Bonnycastle
New Year Outlook for Canada Sees Challenges Yet Hope
The piece notes 1985 faces high unemployment with a million on relief and 400000 jobless youths amid government frictions. Yet it praises Canada for potential, freedom, and the chance to learn from mistakes and start anew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Butter Surplus Prompts Canadian Upland Efforts
The National Dairy Council urges Canadians to use more butter as stocks exceed needs in Canada United States and Britain. Secretary A C Fraser cites 15 million pounds available and 2 million households could help clear it, if consumers cook more this winter.
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National Dairy Council
Canada
United States
A. C. Fraser
Council
Britain
Ukraine's Strategic Role in Hitler's Drive to the East
The Ukraine spans south Russia, eastern Poland, and eastern Czechoslovakia and is key to Hitler's expansion. It holds major coal, iron, manganese, wheat, and minerals, with industrial centers in Kiev and Kharkov and ports on the Black Sea. Excessive heat is blamed for fish deaths in some German rivers.
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Ukraine
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
East
Rumania
Black Earth
Donetz
Krivoi Rog
Kiev
Kharkov
Dneiprostroi
Black Sea
Germany
Brain export curbs via domestic research and pay
The Winnipeg Free Press argues that stopping brain export requires higher pay for public service researchers and better remuneration for higher education staff, with gains exceeding additional costs. The Montreal Star comments on public perception of movies and people, noting distant visibility versus in-person presence.
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United States
Winnipee Free Press
Canada Unity Debate Frictions Move From Ontario to Ottawa
Letter writers in Toronto and London note mixed views on national unity. They say Canadians agree action is needed while party leaders exchange cordial greetings amid shifting liberal tensions between federal and provincial factions.
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Canada
Toronto
Ontario
London Free Press
Wild caribou herd halts Hudson Bay train in Northland
A Brockville Recorder and Times report describes a Hudson Bay Railway train blocked for hours by a herd of about 10 000 caribou crossing the line in front of the locomotive. The incident highlights the abundance of wildlife in the Northland and the challenges of travel there.
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Northland
Hudson Bay Railway
Brockville Recorder and Times
No One to Blame Coroner Juries Serve the State
A newspaper excerpt discusses coroner's juries and their role in investigating fatalities, focusing on motor accidents and railway level crossings and noting that such inquests are argued to be useful to the state. The passage implies critique or reflection without detailing a specific case.
No one to blame verdict blamed driver in fatal car ending
The article notes a frequent formal verdict of no blame in fatal car cases, but argues the driver is usually to blame. It reflects on the common outcome and questions the fairness of such conclusions.
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Guelph Mercury
Kings and Their Nicknames Through History
Kings often earned nicknames, with Charles kings especially prone to labels. The nickname parade includes examples both kind and harsh across eras and realms.
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Charles
Trance
Charles the Bald and His Royal Bibliophilia
The passage lists several medieval Charless with epithets and domains. It notes Charles the Wise loved books, inheriting a library of twenty volumes from his father and leaving about nine hundred at his death in 1880. It also mentions Charles the Pat of Swa bia and Italy, Charles the Bad of Navarre, Charles the Bold of Burgundy, and Charles the Warrior of Savoy.
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Charles the Bald
Louis the Kind
Charles the Simple
Louis the Stammerer
Charles the Handsome
Philip the Handsome
Charles the Wise
Charles the Pat
Swabia
Italy
Charles the Bad
Navarre
Charles the Bold
Burgundy
Charles the Warrior
Savoy
Import Totals for Bombay Cotton Goods and Chips Drama Hailed
In a recent month Bombay imported 9 810 548 yards of cotton piece goods. In London the dramatization of Good Bye Mr Chips, based on James Hiltons famous story, received acclaim.
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Bombay
India
London
Good Bye
Mr. Chips
James Hilton
Brantford Indians Set for Eastern Hockey League Tour Opener
Brantford Indians launch the Eastern Hockey League season with a Baltimore opener on Wednesday January 4. They also visit Hershey and Atlantic City before meeting the New York Rovers at Madison Square Garden, Coach Leo Reise leads about 16 players for the test. Goodyears suffer injuries while Oshawa players are hurt in scrambles.
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W. A. Hewitt
O.nla
N.O.H.A
Schumacher
Ont
Bill Grant
Goodyear
Goodyears
Teddy Manoryk
Toronto Varsity
Jeema Tisdall
Oshawa
Mamet van
Gordon
Beef
McKay
Hamilton
Niagara
Ampy Armstrong
Toronto
St. Catharines
Brantford Indians
Baltimore
Hershey
Atlantic City
New York Rovers
Madison Square Gardens
Leo Reise
Sherbrooke
C.A.H.A
Brantford
Caves In Arctic Yield Evidence Of Ancient Life
Dr Wesley L Bliss reports large Northwest Canada caves may hold proof of primitive habitation migrating from Asia via the Bering Strait. Finds include chipped stone tools and basket fragments with relics to the University of New Mexico. He also notes an aged elephant tooth near the Arctic rim indicating historic mammoth presence.
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Canada
Northwest Hintelland
Asia
Hementon
Wesley L. Bliss
Northwest Territory
Bliss
America
Bering Straits
University of New Mexico
Wizard questions girl about rain on village
Aunt Jim jokes about age while Miss Cuttenclip reveals she never grows older. The Wizard asks what happens to her paper village when it rains, prompting a moment of wonder.
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Dorothy
Aunt Jim
Miss Cuttenclip
Caume
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Lone White Man
Dominion
Elizabeth Eedy
England
Paris
von Rath
Grynszpan
the Observer
Baltic
Memel
Omigsberg
East Prussia
Kaunas
Lithuania
Voice OF the Press
Montreal
By Fred Neher
Fred Neher
News OF
O.H.A. Doings
Arctic
Reilly & Lee Co
Miss Cuttenelip
Glinda
L. Frank Baum
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