Commentary on the Week’s Notable Events and Debates
A digest covering the 1938 budget debate with Dun ning and reactions to the eight per cent sales tax. Mussolini seeks swift Anglo-Italian accord amid Spain’s war and drought. Ontario rural hydro expansion reports progress. France’s Daladier rules by decree while mobilizing and preparing for war. Ireland’s de Valera wins a strong election mandate to push reconstruction and defense.
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Dunning
Mussolini
Spain
Italy
England
Russia
Abyssinia
Ontario's War On Ragweed Targets Hay Fever Weed
Ontario government ministers urge municipal clerks to wage war on ragweed a noxious weed spreading across Southern Ontario ragweed pollen blamed for hay fever affecting about three percent of the population. Officials call easy identification destruction before flowering in late June or July and a second cut in late August or September.
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Toronto
Ontario
Department of Health, Education and Agriculture
Harold J. Kirby
L. J. Simpson
P. M. Dewan
Temperance Rally Sparks Ontario Campaign Against Beverages
Rev George A Little, speaking in Trinity United Church Toronto, launched a province wide drive against beverage rooms. He accused Liberal and Conservative leaders of bowing to the Moderation League and claimed liquor profits and brewer funds influence government. He urged tighter beer restrictions, citing Liquor Commission Odette’s alleged proximity to churches. The remarks drew editorials and renewed debate on national solidarity amid Catholic Protestant tensions.
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George A. Little
Trinity United Church
Toronto
United Church of Canada
Ontario
Little
Moderation League
Dr. Little
Liquor Commission
Canada
Editorial snippets on railroads and war afoot in Canada
A Sherbrooke Record note questions railroad fixes beyond appearances. The Stratford Beacon-Herald mocks a Japanese admiral’s confession, while the Winnipeg Free Press argues a cross-country project serves national interests with Ontario and Prairie provinces backing the plan.
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Asia
Stratford Beacon-Herald
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Winnipeg Free Press
The Real Patriot: A Citizen’s Duty to Inform Themselves
A quotation from the Guelph Mercury proclaims the real patriot as the person who, without fear or favor, supports what is right and also diligently informs himself on all matters of public moment.
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Guelph Mercury
More Women for Senate Cited by Women's Convention
Excerpts from editorials praise female political effort while urging earned seats in the Senate of Canada. Tiv kronen notes say Agnes Macphail and Mrs Black would not seek easy appointments but strive in elections. A separate piece urges more singing and whistling to lift spirits and unite communities.
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Senate of Canada
Agnes Macphail
Senate
William Times-Journal
Deep Waterway Project Faces Cross Border Hurdles
The proposed Deep Waterway faces stiff political resistance in both nations. In the United States, opponents include states seeking a Lake Michigan to Gulf of Mexico route and groups protecting Buffalo to New York Erie Canal traffic and power interests. Canada also expresses opposition across Maritimes, Quebec, and British Columbia. Premier Hepburn of Ontario has voiced concern.
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Nature
United States
Lake Michigan
Gulf of Mexico
Buffalo
New York
Canada
Maritimes
Rise of Fascist Powers Warns of Global Conflict
The Hong Kong Press argues that Germany has annexed Austria and Mussolini leads a renewed Roman fascist vision. It predicts Spain becoming fascist and warns that a Japanese victory in China would spur action by dictators. China, resisting with growing resolve, seeks allied aid to continue the struggle toward victory.
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Germany
Austria
Baltic
Adriatic
Hitler
IL Duce
Rome
Spain
China
Hong Kong
Dentists tout new anesthesia for painless dental work
At the Northeastern Dental Society convention in Swampscott Massachusetts Dr Joseph Tibert described a vapor analgesia that would deaden nerves during fillings without affecting consciousness. Other notes mention quick safe anesthesia and no lasting ill effects on organs. The British agriculture department studies standardizing produce while Germany reports police registrations of over nine thousand men and eleven thousand women.
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Northeastern Dental Society
Swampscott
Mass
Joseph Tibert
Fitchburg
King Crinkle's Quest to Conquer Oz Ends With Rebellion
In a tale titled The Wonderland of 97 a power-hungry king orders the army to bore an underground tunnel to Oz and conquer its people for treasure. A condemned general faces torture as the king pressures leadership, but a lone gnome volunteers to lead, revealing a reversal of loyalties.
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Colonel Crinkle
Emerald City of
General Crinkle
Grinkle
Emerald City
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Hine
Eire
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Sherbrooke Record
Old Methodist Church
Denmark
Exeter Times- Advocate
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