Canada and World News Briefs From September Happenings
Week ended revenues for Canadian Pacific Railway rose to 2 942 000 from 2 454 000 year ago. Promotions within purchasing staff announced. Canada’s August farm exports to the U S totaled 1 366 000 up from 833 000. England’s cost of living up one percent in August. Civil servants seek political leave of absence in coming session. Montreal mayor fears French Canadian survival. Canada to merge Canada with Canadian Gazette in London. Finance minister Rhodes declines to commit on silver nationalization.
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Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Jeffrey Arnott
Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver
B. W. Roberts
Montreal
United States
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
England
Labor Ministry
Civil Servants of
Canada
Camiillen Houde
Jacques Cartier
Houde
E. N. Rhodes
Montreal Silver Exchange
Handwriting Analysis Promises Character Reading by Grapho-Analysts
Lawrence Hibbert offers grapho analysis through the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg Man. He argues handwriting reveals character, not age or sex, and may aid vocational guidance. Send samples with 10c per specimen and a 3c SASE for replies.
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Lawrence Hibbert
C-O
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Baked Corn and Tomatoes From Betty Barclay
A simple oven dish using cooked corn and tomatoes with salt pepper sugar and fresh bread crumbs. The mixture is baked in a greased dish for about thirty minutes and finished with buttered crumbs on top. A practical use for leftover corn or tomatoes.
Baked Prunes Method with Jazz Loss Report
Baked prunes are prepared by soaking in cold water for four hours then simmering prunes in the reserved liquor with sugar. The prunes bake in a covered dish at 325 degrees for 40 minutes. A saxophone once belonging to a famous jazz player was recently lost and then found after frantic search by the family and neighbors.
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Als
Lisbon Woman Plans Marriage to Avoid Tax Burden
Senora Moreira of Lisbon seeks marriage to 24 year old Boman after court permission. She says the state’s heavy taxes would claim her belongings upon death, noting she would die soon and that marriage offers a chance for her possessions to benefit her husband. She claims the tax system has dominated her life.
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Antonia Moreira
Lisbon
Portugal
Boman
Senora Moreira Ac Uly
Belisha beacons to guard London pedestrians at crossings
The Belisha beacons named after Transport Minister Leslie Hore-Belisha will be erected at London crossing points to protect pedestrians in the war on motor accidents. Seven foot posts with yellow glass blades will not be lit, but will reflect headlights from a distance at night.
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Belisha
London
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Britain’s Leader Sees Hope as Lindsay Returns
Sir Ronald Lindsay, back in Washington, told reporters Britain is “getting on after a fashion” with remarkable enthusiasm for the island’s conditions. Meanwhile, naval men note the deepest safe dive limit for a new submarine reaches 450 feet.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Ronald Lindsay
Washington
Britain
Rubber horse shoes by Jan Bailey in Prague potteries
Jan Bailey, proprietor of a Prague pottery works, begins making rubber horseshoes claiming twelve times the longevity of metal shoes and superior grip. The designer notes suitability for Central European cobbles, especially slippery summer streets, with a lighter weight one third of metal.
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Jan Bailey
Prague
Europe
Snapshot Guild School Ahead Pictures Too
A guidance piece on making school photography livelier and more meaningful. It urges planning, uses any clean camera, and suggests both staged and spontaneous shots, from home to school to events, to build a flowing pictorial story for yearbooks.
Sunday School Lesson Reflections September 30
A devotional and study note from a Sunday School page reviewing Psalm 145 13 and Hebrews 11 32 40. It lists noted allusions from Byron Meyer Bowne Holden and Fuller and Whittier and Fulner to guide readers in judging if they seek God pleasing deeds justice mercy humility and daily faith.
Flying at 40 000 feet Post eyes high altitude air service
Wiley Post, the round the world flyer, arrived in Vancouver after a record solo flight of seven days eight teen hours and 49 minutes. He advocates high altitude craft for commercial use at 40 000 feet achieving about 350 mph and notes 20 000 feet as a practical rise for 300 mile flights. Post predicts commercial viability for high altitude flying before long and cites an inter American highway cost estimate of 165 000 000 dollars.
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Wiley Post
Vancouver
Post
Gold From Sea Water Aims At Commercial Mining
Science explores extracting gold from sea water, despite low concentrations. Estimates place gold in sea water at about $25,000,000 per cubic mile while bromine extraction advances in the United States.
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Fritz Haber
United States
Skating Rink On Glacier Near Banff Attracts Attention
James Simpson guide, naturalist and artist scraped a glacier between two mountains near Banff Alberta to create a summer skating rink for his daughters Mary and Margaret He predicts skating on glaciers will become common in the future.
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James Simpson
Banff
Alberta
Mary
Margaret
Fisherman’s Market Seller Finds Odd Business Route
A man discusses his line of work in a playful exchange about selling to men who fish. He reveals he runs a fish market, confounding the idea that his living is tied to fisherman’s gear.
New Zealand Sheep Returns Show 1934 Rise
The total number of sheep in New Zealand on April 30 1934 reached 28 550 770 an increase of 800 000 from the same date in 1933. The text also oddly notes women want men to be a turkey cake and spruce.
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New Zealand
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Ette Holder
Chantler & Chanzler, Ltd
Canadian Distributors
Wellington
W. Turonto
Ont
Canadian Gazette
Walter Lefroy
D.N
F.B
Gordon Presses
Quiz Puard
Gordons
P.O
Regina
Betty Barclay
Dedges
Verma
Mae
Cite
Snapshot Guild
Paradise
Thial
God
Byron
F. B. Meyer
Broden P. Bowne
Jesus
J. Stuart Holden
Baal
Whittler
Thomas Fuller
Alaska
Argentine
Gordon H. Guest
Glacier
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