De feading Congress of Labor mobilization drive told
A St Catharines Standard excerpt notes the De feading Congress of Labor claims 266 060 workers in a nationwide push for higher wages. It warns unions will be mobilized across the country to raise living costs as a result. The piece also cites radio songs and atomic armament debates amid defense moral and legal rights discussions.
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St. Catharines
Congress of Labor
fBigher and Hicher
Ietlag Science Monitor
Tefer American
New Wheat Price Changes and Bread Cost Signals
Western economy mixed as export grain moves face bottlenecks on the Great Lakes. New export price about 1.85 dollars a bushel. bread could rise by a penny a loaf in parts of Canada. Domestic and foreign sales timings shift August 1. lakehead elevators congested with 5,000 boxcars waiting. Saskatchewan boxcar shortage. Catknife district farmers unable to move threshed grain.
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Toronto
Rpresentative
Great Lakes
Lakehead
Saskatchewan
Catknife
Linlithgow Castle Trojan Horse Twist Recalls Edwardian Tactics
In the early 1100s Edward II makes Linlithgow a Scottish base, fortress built, then Bruce’s forces push back. A farmer named Binnock conceals friends in hay, ferries them into the castle under a wagon gate, freeing horses to secure the fortress in a clever Trojan horse maneuver.
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Edward II
England
Linlithgow
Edinburgh
Scotland
Bruce
Linlithgo
Binnock
Railway Orders Carload Reductions Amid Lakehead Congestion
A report notes railways reducing westbound carloadings due to lakehead congestion while farmers have piled some 250,000 bushels of Stein fields and along country triads, signaling strain on transport and agriculture.
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Stein Fields
Lakehead
Unusual lodging request from Pennsylvania visitor
A Pennsylvania visitor asked Midland's Chamber of Commerce for suitable accommodation where he could put up with his wife. The quip suggests if he cannot in Pennsylvania, he will have no luck in Midland.
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Midland Free Press Herald
Midland
Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania
Male Magicians Better Than Female Magicians
Montreal magician W Kalman notes men are better at tricks as women fail to reveal methods first though he allows exceptions. Kalman, a magician's supply shop worker, says magic is detraction of attention from the performer and total focus on the trick. He adds children usually solve tricks quicker than adults who seek complex explanations.
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Montreal
W. Kalman
Ician
Canadian tennis trio prep for Davis Cup abroad
Three top Canadian players Brendan Machen Henri Rochon and Lorne Main pose with Capt. Shergold aboard the CPR liner Empress of Scotland before sailing from Quebec for England. They tune up for summer Davis Cup ties and plan to compete in major European events including Wimbledon.
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Canada
Brendan Machen
Henri Rochon
Montreal
Lorne Main
Vancouver
BE. A. Shergold
CPR
Quebec
England
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Trygve Lie
Shamaidharee Lal
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Trade Howe
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Walter Dinsdale
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