Agricultural program aims at drought era end and long term planning
The text argues that the drought years in the prairie provinces may be ending, urging farmers and merchants to adopt an elastic, long term production policy. It likens agricultural planning to business strategy, stressing adaptable goals, detours only to return to the main path, and the need for clear future guidance. The State Agricultural Department adds a note on onion consumption, advising selection tips and noting onions provide minerals and vitamins.
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Praire
State Agricultural Department
Prairie farmers urged to grow self sufficient food supplies
The article argues prairie farmers should aim to produce most of their own food including meats dairy vegetables and even fruits when possible. With adequate moisture and water, farms can supply their families and possibly trade surplus, though it will require sustained labor and planning over years to stabilize western agriculture.
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Prairie Provinces
Prairies
British Columbia
California
Departments of Agriculture
New CBC Press Agreement Discussed on Canadian Radio
The MMmona radio program debated a new CBCCP agreement under which CBC would gain extended news service from the Canadian Press, with CP to supply additional bulletins at cost. Debate touched on news sourcing from British and European outlets and potential news exchanges with other agencies.
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Wit Esperanto
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Press
CBC
Mmmona
Cellawa
Nay Eaatiasbert Gladstone Murray
CEC
Murray
CRC
Prosa
Stevens
Havas
United Press
United States
London
Associated Press
Revers
Dougherty's Divorce Complaint Says Husband Abusive and Jealous
In Flint Michigan Mrs. Dougherty declares her husband Hen Dougherty is mean irritable morbid disagreeable nasty gruesome cool bitter jealous heckling picayunish loathsome insulting brazen miserly gluttonous temperamental contemptuous inattentive uncivil and inconsiderate, seeking a divorce.
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Dougherty
Flint
Mich
Howlera from Lanarkshire Teacher Arrives in Edinburgh
For Your Information The Edinburgh Dispatch lists a selection of howlera from a Lanarkshire teacher. It includes humorous notes such as the royal mint on roast lamb and the appendix as a book portion yet to be found useful. Gravity is credited to Isaac Newton and autumn apples fall. Jacks rope jumping are traced to ancient Rome children.
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Edinburgh
Aberdeen
France
Holand
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Bulgaria
Hungary
Czecho- Slovakia
Yugoslavia
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Lanarkshire
Royal Mint
Isaac Newton
Air sickness rates drop with higher flying altitudes
Five years ago air Moe publicity noted 3 to 4 percent of air passengers suffered air sickness. Now flying between 4000 and 10000 feet reduces this to 3 per 1000. Seasickness remains more common. Prince Paul of Greece, heir to the throne, is a licensed pilot who enjoys sailing when weather prevents flying. He owns several British boats and has won trophies. He leads the Greek youth movement and values physical fitness.
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Air Moe
Prince Paul
Greece
Hea
Worcester Builds First City Park Elm Park Purchase
Worcester Massachusetts became the first U.S. city to buy land for a park by purchasing 27 acres for Elm Park in 1854. Europe’s principal exports now are refugees.
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Worchester
Mass
America
Elm Park
Europe
British Weekly Prints Purporting Prime Minister Double
The News Review ran a photo claiming to show Canada’s Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s double living in London. A following letter revealed the image was of the writer. Sir John Ernest Hotson noted the misidentification while recalling a London garden party during King George VI’s coronation in 1937.
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Mackenzie Ming
London
News Review
Canada
John Ernest Hotson
Bombay
John
King George
Mer
Mackenzie King
Sir John
News-Review
City committee backs sweeping probe into Communist and fascist activity
Toronto civic legislation committee unanimously urges Ontario to invoke the Public Inquiries Act for a broad investigation into Communist and Fascist activities in the province. Alderman H.K.D. Willson, airport chair, says Vancouver could be a key Orient route base.
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Toronto
HK. D. Willson
Civic Airport
Vancouver
San Francisco
Sermon on the Mount Guiding British Foreign Policy Debate
In Parliament a member urged foreign relations be shaped by the Sermon on the Mount. A rival warned God help England if that were policy, and the reply, And He will, followed. The piece ends by noting the average human has nine square feet of skin.
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England
National Veterans Survey Aids Voluntary Registration Drive
A national survey plan approved at a Toronto conference on January 25 prompts provincial committees to register retired service members. The voluntary enrollment aims to map available personnel for possible national emergencies, detailing location and qualifications without enlistment or obligations.
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Veterans’ Organizations
Toronto
Canada
Dominion
Ney
True Facts About Hockey Roots Across Oceans
The Stratford Beacon Herald traces hockey origins from English ground hockey to ice hockey in Canada noting early river games. It ties bandy and hurling to ancient stick and ball play and cites Old Country terms like hoilinge and pandying as early hockey customs.
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England
Stratford Beacon-Herald
Canada
Scotland
Ireland
Toronto Star Weekly
Eastern farmers urged coordinated plan to revive industry
F W Walsh Nova Scotia marketing head warned at a Dominion agricultural conference that eastern Canada must solve farm sector problems before prosperity returns. delegates from five provinces discussed monetary returns and marketing coordination with a view to forming a permanent committee to implement recommendations.
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Canada
F. W. Walsh
Nova Scotia
Dominion
Walsh
Faith in Navy Highlighted by Smuts Speech
General Jan Smuts declared the Royal Navy the best and surest shield for a free nation in a Cape Town address stressing naval power as essential to independence and rights.
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Royal Navy
Jan Smuts
Cape Town
Lace industry hubs Antwerp Brussels and Saxony noted
Antwerp Brussels and Saxony are highlighted as three world important centers of the lace making industry. The article emphasizes their prominence and historical role in lace production and trade.
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Antwerp
Brussels
Saxony
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Montreal
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Appleford Paper Products Ltd
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