World Happenings Briefly Told Toward Alberta and Atlantic Topics
The Roosevelt campaign targets spending cuts from 24 000 to 18 000 and the US army strengthens. Alberta expands sugar beet acreage by 1 000, seeds seedlings for school and public building surroundings near 3 000 000 caragana plants. Amelia Earhart earns the Harmon Trophy for her 1932 solo Atlantic crossing. Butter holdings drop by over 1 000 000 pounds year on year. BC placer gold output rises from 118 711 in 1929 to 346 800 in 1932. Free miners certificates reach 10 000. Timber wolf bounties cut from 40 to 15 per pelt. Trans Atlantic lines face a rare war over first class rates. Government House Edmonton closing urged amid reduced education grants.
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Amelia Earheart
Harmon International
Alberta
Shipping Conference
British Columbia Plans Eugenics Board under Sterilization Act
The BC Eugenics Board to start July 1 will be voluntary and include a judge, a psychiatrist, and a social worker. It will decide on cases from mental homes and industrial schools where hereditary mental impairment may pass to future generations, requiring patient or guardian consent for action. costs borne by the institution and surgeon chosen.
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British Columbia
Board of Eugenics
German chemist Bergius to Make Sugar From Wood
After ten years in his lab the Nobel laureate Bergius has perfected a process to extract sugar from wood. Ground wood is treated with 40 percent muriatic acid in a large kettle, producing a syrup molasses which is boiled down and acid evaporated. The wood sugar is refined to grape sugar for confectionery, usable like cane or beet sugar.
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Bergius
Copper Walls For Bungalows
Bungalows in Germany are being built with copper walls as the metal resists rust and needs no protective paint. The decision highlights copper’s advantages over steel in housing, offering durable exterior without coating maintenance.
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Germany
Debt Adjustment Act of 1933 expands debtor relief provincewide
The Saskatchewan Debt Adjustment Act of 1933 broadens protections beyond the 1932 act. It covers all actual residents and farm owners, and includes companies (except banks). The act creates a Debt Adjustment Board to negotiate settlements or issue directives, allows postponement of debts, stays actions, and restricts court proceedings unless a board permit is issued. It permits certificates and directs residents to manage property, with rent provisions for occupied homes, and remains in force until March 1 1936.
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Saskatchewan
Debt Adjustment Board
Saskatchewan Radio Buyers Contribute 5.4 Percent Of Canadian Sales
In 1932 Saskatchewan radio buyers accounted for 5.4 percent of Canada’s radio sales, totaling 133,454 sets worth 6,755,959 dollars. Other provinces’ shares were Ontario 39.8, Quebec 22.9, British Columbia 9.6, Manitoba 8.6, Alberta 6.6, Nova Scotia 4.1, New Brunswick 2.1, and Prince Edward Island 0.4. Sales in 1931 stood at 286,122 sets valued at 18,141,847 dollars.
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Saskatchewan
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Manitoba
Alberta
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
How To Order Patterns Pattern No Bize Name
Pattern no Bize is described as a naming sequence with ordering steps. The text outlines how to request patterns and applies to pattern number Bize. Instructions focus on identification, submission, and processing within a pattern catalog.
Farmer Rejects Fiction For Time At The Farm
Book agent offers a work titled How I Worked My Farm For Profit while the farmer bluntly says he has no time to read fiction. The exchange highlights practicality over literature in rural life.
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Farmer
Prisoner Presents Sheriff Furniture Carved From Cigar Boxes
Pedro Guttierrez, freed from Las Cruces county jail after months as a murder suspect, gifted Sheriff Dick Triviz a bedroom set carved entirely from cigar boxes. The seized inmate crafting occurred during his idle time in the county lockup, ending a lengthy detention since April 1932.
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Pedro Guttierrez
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Dick Triviz
Gutierrez
Sunday School Lesson April 30 Focus and Ethics
Golden Text from Luke 6 31 urges reciprocity Do unto others as you would have them do to you The lesson centers on Mark 10 1-31 with a devotional reading from Philippians 2 1-11 The passage explores Jesus teaching on humility service and ethical conduct within a community setting
Jesus welcomes children and rebukes disciples
A reflection on Jesus blessing children and rebuking the Twelve for stopping parents from bringing them. The piece contrasts Christ's welcome with opposition from Pharisees and crowds, praising the Kingdom of God that belongs to the child. It cites William L. Stidger on the child’s royal place in faith.
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Jesus
T. R. Glover
Kingdom of God
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Habit Canada Should Cultivate Travel at Home
Official estimates show 58 million dollars spent by residents on foreign travel in 1932, down 18.5 million from the year before. The bulletin urges Canadians to vacation domestically to boost travel services and overall purchasing power, benefiting many sectors.
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Canada
Department of Interior Bulletin
Dangers Of War Heavy Hand On North America
Professor Reginald Coupland of Oxford told the Canadian Club in Ottawa that a European war would strike North America without shelter behind the Atlantic. He warned the continent’s credit and civilization would be rocked by such a disaster and urged a stance to prevent war.
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North American
Europe
Reginald Coupland
Oxford University
Ottawa
United States
Canada
North America
Atlantic Ocean
Cottage Cheese Use in Poultry Feed
An abundance of milk yields cottage cheese for poultry. Milk sours to thick curd, gentle heat separates whey, then drained curd remains. Feed cottage cheese alone or mixed in mash according to the Dominion Department of Agriculture guidance.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Heads or Tales Toss For Barber Author Bid
A playful exchange has one person weighing two paths: barbering or writing. The other suggests deciding by a coin toss, framing the choice as a joke about whether to choose haircuts or tales.
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United States Army
Government House
Edmonton
Leutenant
United Farmers of Alberta
B.C. Eugenics Board
W. ON
Pats
Sir Alexander Ramsay
Patricia
Duke of Connaught
Britain
Reginald Henderson
Alexander
Winniness Newspaper Union
Taje
Ruth Rogers
Paris
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
William L. Stidger
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