Federal Budget Woes Highlight Unavoidable Deficit
A government circular urges economical action while outlining the impossibility of balancing the budget through controllable cuts alone. Even with sweeping reductions in salaries and personnel, uncontrollable items such as interest, pensions, and veterans care leave a $26,000,000 deficit.
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Fort
Bec
Bsa
Fon
Numiter of Finance
Coremercs
Spd Boards of Trade
Rhodes
Puthermore
Canadian National Railways
Canada
Dominion Treasury
Decline in Merth Greater Fish Sales and Prices
The Pay district shipped frean fish worth 33561 this season down from 58099 last year. Lower meat and fish prices hurt northern fish markets despite higher catch per man. Total pounds sent reached 883700, vs 920400 last year with 139 licenses issued this season.
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E. H. Stevenson
New Deep Pacific Ocean Sounding Reported
U S S Ramapo reports a new depth measurement of 33 006 feet in the central Pacific using a sonic depth finder. The depth location is at latitude 30 4 42 N longitude 142 20 E, near Japan, approaching the Mindanao trench depth of 34 210 feet.
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Pacific Ocean
Pacifc
U.S.S. Ramapo
Co. B. Mayo
Avai
San Diego
Japan
Mindanao Trench
Philippine
El Paso Man Seeks to Reach Century on Frijole Diet
Thomas Jaime, a one time Pony Express rider from El Paso Texas, intends to live to 100 and celebrate by riding in an airplane to see how pilots carry mail. He previously rode the express trail from Fort Davis to Roswell, New Mexico.
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Thomas Jaime
Pony Express
el Paso
Texas
Jaime
Fart Davis
Roswell
New Mexico
Education and Economy Threaten Public School System
The Vancouver Province cites a Post-Intelligencer opinion warning that across the United States public schools face near breakdown due to funding cuts and staff reductions. It argues for true economy not at the cost of rising generations and urges maintaining educational facilities to avoid long term social and moral harm.
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Seattle Post Intelligence
Post-Intelligencer
Vancouver
Hook
Crook
Vancouver Province
Salvage of German Fleet at Scapa Flow Costs Firm Dearly
E F Cox head of the salvage firm told Manchester Institute of Mechanical Engineers about raising part of the German fleet sunk at Scapa Flow. The operation cost about 500000 pounds and yielded losses. Divers found wrecks inverted and three destroyers stacked. Patching required 800 patches at 2000 pounds each. The Hindenburg was finally raised after three days of effort.
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Scapa Flow
Manchester
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
E. F. Cox
Mr. Cox
London Fog Sets Record From 1879 to 1880
London endured a near continuous fog from November 1879 through February 1880, the worst period of fog ever recorded there. The note added that white horse leather shoes will be vague in Italy this spring.
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London
Italy
Uses Of Wood In Canada Firewood Still Main Use
Forest Service figures show 30.7 percent of wood cut in Canada is burned as firewood. Sawmill use remains high at 38.2 percent, pulp at 24.2 percent, with railway ties about 5.75 percent total. Fences and poles make smaller shares, and other products comprise the rest.
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Forest Service
Department of the Interior
Dominion
Reclaiming Zuyder Zee to Take 25 Years
V J P de Bloq van Kuffeler, director of the project, said in London reclaiming the Zuyder Zee will take about 25 years. The land will be used for pasture then crop farming. about 900 people live there now and a third is cultivated. Three thousand jobs will exist upon completion. The enclosing dam is about 20 miles long with four polders and pumping from the sea. the first polder may be finished next year.
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Holland
Zuyder Zee
V. J. P. de Bloeq van Kuffeler
London
Kuffeler
Flour milling in Canada traces to Port Royal settlement
The article notes flour milling as Canada's key manufacturing linked to field crops, dating from the Port Royal settlement in 1605. It also observes sport and amusement mood remains largely low, with little noticeable impact on leisure.
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Canada
Port Royal
Annapolis, N.S
Spring Birds Return as Warmer Weather Arrives
The article discusses spring migration from the south and notes Canada geese and many song and water birds returning to Canada. It explains why puzzling fascinates people and highlights the Migratory Birds Convention between Canada and the United States protecting spring migrations. It also covers timing as vegetation and insect life develop, guiding birds like swallows orioles and bobolinks to arrive with the thaw.
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Dominion
Nova Scoia
British Columbia
United States
Carolinas
Gulf of Mexico
California
Canada
Department of the Interior
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Varius
Brazil
Masterpieces of Nature tourist booklet from Alberta
Alberta issues a new photographic booklet titled Masterpieces of Nature produced by Publicity Commissioner Colin G. Groff. It contains 15 plates highlighting Waterton Lakes Banff National Park and Jasper with notes on the province, all bound in black and gold and printed by W. D. McLean.
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Alberta
Colin G. Groff
Waterton Lakes
Banff National Park
Jasper
Province
W. D. McLean
U.S. Leads World in Homicide Rate in 1932
Dr. Frederick B. Hoffman reports a survey of 180 American cities showing the United States with the highest homicide rate among civilized nations in 1932. Memphis led with 54.24 per 100 000, though admissions from outside may inflate the figure. several cities had no murders that year.
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United States
Frederick B. Hoffman
New York
Memphis
Tenn
Hoffman
England
Wales
No Way Out: Citizens Face Budget Cuts and Wages Strain
The message argues that plain citizens must accept reduced wages and incomes as the economy requires tightening private and public spending. It asserts there is no alternative to cutting expenditures to fit the people's capacity to pay.
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Brandun Sun
Leeds Publicity Club picks up funding for chair of advertising
Thomas Coombs announced a definite promise of 12 500 toward establishing a chair of advertising at a modern university during a Publicity club luncheon in Leeds. He aims to create the course at the University of Leeds. Bananas grow on a tall plant described as an overgrown herb.
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Thomas Coombs
Leeds
England
Coombs
University of Leeds
April Building Merc Activity Tops First Quarter Totals
Building activity for April nearly matches combined January February and March totals. Mac Lean Building Reports Limited notes April contracts across Canada totalled 8 608 700 dollars, versus 3 191 600 dollars in March and similar figures for January and February.
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MacLean Building Reports, Limited
Canada
Agricultural Exports Drive Canada as Grain Cheese and Livestock Lead
Agriculture supplies about half of Canada's export trade with key items including grain and grain products cheese live stock and livestock products mainly meat and hides potatoes and apples.
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Canada
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