Sunday visitors strain Ontario farms and politics
A provincial column notes city visitors draining rural Sundays as carloads serenely pose on verandahs while farmers worry about hospitality. It decries this burden and imagines a future farmer strike, then shifts to Senate reform, British naval bombings in Spain, Japan’s wartime pinch, Canada’s bumper wheat crop, Switzerland’s fears of German expansion, and possible German moves on Danzig.
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Ontario
Chamberlain
Spain
Mussolini
Franco
Japan
Itagaki
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Underground post office fuels Coober Pedy stamp fever
Australia reports Coober Pedy in South Australia hosting the world’s only underground post office. Prospector rooms and a local bank share the earth dug habitat as philatelists note unique covers bearing the Coober Pedy postmark and discuss international air mail commemoratives.
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Adelaide
Australia
Coober Pedy
Canadian farm hay and clover stocks fall in 1938
Supplies of hay and clover on Canadian farms as of March 31, 1938 totaled 2 740 000 tons, down 616 000 tons from the year before.
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Canada
A Good Voice Is An Asset For Women
Advice on voice improvement for women emphasizes a pleasant, well placed voice as essential to being heard. It urges slow enunciation, proper breathing, and daily reading aloud to train clear speech and avoid slurred, rapid delivery.
Ontario Crop Outlook Shows Promising Prospects
Ontario agriculture officials report favorable crop prospects across most regions aided by spring rains and warm weather. A new alfalfa dehydration plant in Oakville is producing about 20 tons daily while North Simcoe notes rapid growth from heavy rains but storm damage in the north. Prince Edward County sees all crops promising though grain yields slightly damaged by overcast rain. Middlesex County reports excellent pastures and ample livestock feed though spring grains and roots lag due to cool weather.
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Toronto
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Oakville
Simedos
Prince Edward County
Ontario
Department
Cochrane
Middlesex County
Mitchell Named President of Canada Life Insurance Co
A N Mitchell of Toronto chosen as new President of Canada Life Assurance Company. He has held many posts since starting as a teacher and moving through newspaper work to advertising manager at Manufacturers' Life in 1921. He later led Federal Life, then Canada Life, rising to General Manager and Vice President by 1935. His record is marked by conservatism and energy through tough times.
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Switzerland
Hitler
Berlin
Marshal Goring
National Zeitung
Greater
Germany
Reich
Goring
France
Czechoslovakia
Danzig
Baltic
Canada Life Assurance Company
A. N. Mitchell
Toronto
America
Life Insurance Officers of
Canada
Mitchell
Life
Federal Life
Hamilton
Federal
Sun ‘Life
Canada Life
Skin Stretch Signals Forecast of Illness Outcomes
Skin elasticity changes track disease progression, with higher tissue pressure in illness. Tulane University doctors quantify skin stretch and tissue pressure to predict recovery or decline across heart edema kidney disease pernicious anemia peritonitis pregnancy toxemias malnutrition and scleroderma. The "steel skin" scleroderma example shows loss of elasticity leading to finger immobilization and cracking.
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Tulane University School of Medicine
American Medical Association
William A. Soderman
George Burch
Sir William Osler
Practical summer wear appeals to men in New York shops
Men welcome practical fashion as buyers seek items with useful features. Shaped to carry essentials, a carpenter style cotton shirt with front pockets and a collarless crash linen jacket for men on club terraces highlight the season’s functional trend in men’s shops.
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New York
Weekend Jail Sentence for Embezzling Parents Pension
An American man is sentenced to 40 weekend jail terms for embezzling his parents pension cheques. He spent weekdays working to support his wife two children and his parents, leading to the conviction and weekend confinement.
Guph Takes Power In Oz King’s Private Cave
In a dramatic scene Guph claims leadership over the Emerald City ruler and threatens swift consequences for dissent. He warns of a slicing machine if failures occur and promises allies to back a planned advance into Oz. The King questions Guph’s nerve as the rival plots strategy.
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Guph
Cuph
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