Man's Dominion and the Limits of State Power in Nature
The excerpt argues that humans, by overstepping natural laws and imposing man made borders and policies, have created global turmoil. It warns that attempts to control nature and enforce political dictates neglect fundamental limits, and only return to recognizing nature's laws can restore individual liberty and progress. It condemns fascist and socialist models as deprivations of personal initiative.
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Italy
Russia
Favor Sterilization Stand Praised By Ontario Official
The Toronto Local Council of Women and clergymen commend Lieutenant-Governor Herbert A. Bruce for endorsing permissive and selective sterilization of the mentally unfit. Mrs R G Smythe led the letter, praising his stance and urging action for public welfare. Rev Canon Lawrence Skey noted thousands of feeble-minded children in Toronto and backed Bruce’s courage.
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Toronto
Canadian Sugar Elevators Planned at Raymond Alberta
Sugar from sugar beet growing country to be stored in grain style elevators. Raymond Alberta becomes first Canadian site. Canadian Sugar Factories Ltd will build four elevators costing $50,000 to store Raymond area sugar. Each elevator will be 30 feet in diameter and 125 feet tall.
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Raymond
Alberta
Canada
Canadian Sugar Factories, Ltd
Man in Brisbane Captures Three Sharks From Pool
Unarmed Roy Wilson battled intruding sharks in a Brisbane bathing pool. He dived in, rode a nine foot shark on its back until it tired, then repeated the feat with two other sharks. All three were subdued by his exertions during high tide.
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Roy Wilson
Brisbane
Australia
Wilson
Britain Rich In Minerals From Iron Ore to Hidden Gold Fields
The article notes Britain's mineral wealth remains vast with coal dominating value, plus extensive tin in Cornwall and Devon, plus copper antimony arsenic and even radium. It mentions a gold reef under the Forest of Dean that could pay the national debt, though not economically workable today.
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Northamptonshire
Britain
Great Britain
Cornwall
Devon
Malaya
Bolivia
Forest of Dean
Scottish farmed oats enter Regina grain show
Mrs Maggie Eccles of High Pinmore Maybole Ayrshire submits a high quality oats sample to the World Grain Exhibition at Regina. The 230 acre Burns birthplace area farm has belonged to her family over 60 years and is noted for oat production with a long record of exhibition successes including a 1931 gold medal at Edinburgh.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
Maggie Eccles
High Pinmore
Maybole
Ayrshire
These hard times demand durable Diamond Dyes for renewal
An advice piece extols Diamond Dyes as economical for renewing faded clothes. It claims they never spot or run and apply smoothly even to a child’s hands. The copy asserts fabrics keep their life and look better than new after dyeing.
Worthy Of Consideration Banning Jazz From Radio
The Montreal Star notes Chancellor Hitler banned jazz from Berlin radio as not a cultural factor and suggests the idea deserves wider consideration. It condemns jazz as a noisy, dissonant product of the lower orders and argues its decline signals a return to cultural ideals.
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Hitler
Berlin
Jazz
Europe
Montreal Star
Arethusa Condemned After 84 Years of Sail Service
The Arethusa, last British warship to fight under sail, is condemned by Admiralty Surveyors after 84 years of active service. Since 1874 she served as a training ship at Greenhithe run by Shaftesbury Homes, sending over 12,000 boys into naval and mercantile careers. She will be replaced by the Pekin, a four masted steel barque built in 1911, with a £40,000 appeal for purchase and outfitting sponsored by the Prince of Wales.
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Admiralty Surveyors
Greenhithe
Shaftesbury Homes
Naval
Mercantile Marine Service
Peking
Prince of Wales
North Dakota exchanges pheasants with Saskatchewan
The State Government of North Dakota shipped 1,800 ring necked pheasants to Saskatchewan for distribution across the province. About 500 birds stay in Moose Jaw breeding pens and 100 at Battleford for breeding, with around 200 released in groups of five to farmers who aided in trapping Hungarian partridge for shipment.
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North Dakota
Government of
Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw
Battleford
Dakota
There Must Always Be Marthas And Marys In Society
The passage argues that society requires balanced roles with industrious marthas and carefree marys to sustain daily life and culture. It notes that a thriving economy needs thrifty bourgeois confidence to support a free bohemian spirit, except in rare places like certain South Sea Islands where breadfruit trees provide year round abundance.
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South Sea
Graded beef gains in Canada as sales rise in 1932
Graded beef popularity grows among Canadian housewives with 1932 sales totaling 21,749,000 pounds, up 4.5 million pounds from the prior year.
Herbs Grow Small in British Columbia
Thyme savory marjoram sage mint and other herbs are now being grown in a small way in British Columbia.
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British Columbia
London theaters donate 10 percent of Sunday receipts to charity
A London report notes that motion picture theatres contribute ten percent of their Sunday receipts to charity. This follows a local drive urging cinemas to aid social causes and reflects ongoing philanthropy within the entertainment industry.
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London
Motion Picture Theatres
Good Ads Always Pay in Macy Anniversary Sale
Louis Tan nenbaum of R. H. Macy & Co. asserts that well planned advertising draws crowds and that good ads always sell. The Macy executives confirm this in their anniversary sale, demonstrating that successful stores rely on persistent advertising to reach customers.
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Louis Tannenbaum
R. H. Macy & Co
New York
Macy
Color Changing Fresh Water Fish Revealed by Scientists
European researchers report that common freshwater species such as trout and minnows can alter their color to match their surroundings. The finding highlights adaptive camouflage in aquatic wildlife and may inform studies of perception and survivorship in freshwater ecosystems.
Ontario Dominates Canada Vehicle Registrations
Canada registered 1,102,166 motor vehicles last year with Ontario accounting for 524,270 registrations, more than half of the national total. The figures highlight Ontario as the leading market, followed by other provinces with smaller shares.
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Canada
Ontario
Must Be Best Grade In British Columbia Salmon Industry
The salmon industry in British Columbia is a major export sector worth over 18 million dollars annually. About 85 percent of production is sent abroad where fierce competition includes the United States, Russia, and Japan. The Department of Trade and Commerce has warned canners to curb offgrade salmon entering the export trade while Ottawa treaty preferences alone will not secure a durable position in the Empire market without maintaining quality.
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British Columbia
Department of Trade and Commerce
Empire
Vancouver Province
Fame rests on comma in Raleigh tobacco claim
A 1523 will found in Spain was misread as doubting Sir Walter Raleigh’s role in introducing tobacco to Europe. The document’s comma placement suggests the beneficiary is Antonio Tobass, merchant of Lisbon, shifting the dispute about Raleigh’s supposed tobacco legacy.
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Deige
Christopher Columbus
Spain
Walter Raleigh
Europe
Raleigh
Antonio
Lisbon
Antonio Tobass
Honor Rolls For Herds In Saskatchewan Receives Production Certificates
Seventy six Saskatchewan herds earned 1932 production certificates in the past week. Hon W C Buckle, Minister of Agriculture, announced the honor rolls. Criteria require at least 300 pounds butterfat per cow yearly with five cows per herd minimum. First eight herds on the list averaged over 400 pounds and 24 herds exceeded 350 pounds.
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Saskatchewan
W. C. Buckle
Hst
Horticulturist MP Claims 80,000 Apples in 40 Years
Sir Arthur Samuel, M.P., told horticulturists at Knap Hill, Surrey, that the belief “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” held him to five apples daily for 40 years, totaling 80,000 consumed before he suffered bronchitis after a night in bed.
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Arthur Samuel
M.P
Knaphill
Surrey
England
Modern Steamship Loses Roil Like Ordinary Vessel
A stabilized steamship, built for steady service, shows signs of returning to a steadier rhythm after disruptions. Experts note the vessel’s motions have softened, aligning with calmer seas and routine operations.
Patents Filed in Czecho-Slovakia Surpass Eight Thousand
More than 8,200 patent applications were filed in Czecho-Slovakia during the previous year, signaling increased innovation activity and rising patent activity across the region.
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Czecho-Slovakia
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