Europe on the Brink as Dictators Exploit Czech Crisis
Essays warn Hitler aims to destabilize Czechoslovakia via Sudeten German leader Konrad Henlein and plebiscite pressures. France and Russia pledge support, Britain withholds aid. a regional crisis endangers democracy in Europe amid broader militaristic maneuvers.
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Austria
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Europe
Konrad Henlein
Czech
Greater
Germany
Henlein
Quebec
Canada
France
Russia
Britain
Ota Oie
Here Are My Lectures And Stores by Stephen Leacock
The Book Shelf reviews Leacock's collected lectures and humor pieces. It highlights his retirement from college lecturing and public platform speaking, noting the blend of humor and occasional serious moments in the lectures.
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Stephen Leacock
Mr. Leacock
Leacock
Canada
Italy Loses 2600 Italians in Spanish War Drive
Figures published in April show more than 2,600 Italians killed and over 8,000 wounded in the expeditionary force aiding General Franco. Since March 9 the insurgents’ eastern Spain push has cost 67 officers and 463 men their lives, with 218 officers and 2,264 men wounded and 15 missing.
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Spain
Italy
Francisco Franco
Mediterranean
Fruit Juice Is Big Business
Tomato juice leads U.S. production at about ten million cases annually. Pineapple juice follows with around 2.5 million cases, then grapefruit over two million. Orange, apple, and grape juices rank next, while exotic juices such as passion fruit and papaya vie for spots.
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America
Our German Minority and Public Safety Notes
Canada may soon face a demand from Hitler to stop oppressing the German minority or face consequences. The world consumed more sugar last year, but relations did not sweeten. The Rowell Commission spurred public studies of government spending, aiding understanding of public questions. The season warms Halifax readers as spring returns with life and travel. The Safety League urges inspection of used cars and removal of dangerous vehicles to keep highways safe.
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Canada
Hitler
Stratford Beacon
Hreald
Brockville Recorder and Times
Safety League
St. Thomas
Leacock Lectures and Ontario Traffic Fatalities
A review of Stephen Leacock’s Here Are My Lectures and Stories notes a witty collection. Toronto publisher McLelland and Stewart. Separate report shows Ontario motor vehicle data for 1987 with 766 deaths and 12,092 injuries, up from 1986, 686 fatal accidents, 304 hit and run drivers, and speed as primary cause.
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Motor Vehicles
Ontario
Nuff
Are Tk Ok Ak
Toronto
Highways Department
Butterflies Linked to Cattle Deaths in Asia
A Russian agriculturalist reports butterfly eggs laid on grass or corn are poisonous and killing cattle in north China and Siberia. The eggs, found on pastures, are blamed for livestock losses.
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Peiping
China
Siberia
Vanishing American myth debunked by Indian population rise
The Brantford Expositor notes that the idea of a vanishing Indian in Canada is unfounded as counts rise from 110000 in 1907 to about 114000 in recent returns. It contrasts 1924 census declines with current figures, suggesting growth rather than extinction.
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Italy
South Africa
Canada
Dominion
Department of Mines and Resources
Brantford
All in the Next Front Line
A wartime prophecy from the London Observer warns that every home could face death and danger as the front line approaches and civilians must endure unprecedented peril and self-preservation instincts. It cites a comparison to historic figures and stresses universal threat across classes and nations.
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Empire
Barcelona
Battersea
Birmingham
Hector
Lysander
London Observer
Gnome King Defeated as Ozma Seeks Vaulted Belt
The Gnome King grows furious at General Blugs and hurls a sapphire ball ending him. Guards remove the motionless foe as Ozma and Dorothy face renewed danger. Dorothy returns to Kansas while Uncle Henry struggles with a mortgage and the bank threatens foreclosure.
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Blug
Land of Oz
Emerald City
Ozma
Dorothy
Oz People
Dorothy Gale
Kansas
Henry
Australia
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