United States and European Radio Programs On Canadian Stations
Canadian listeners will hear U S and European programs via Canadian stations after a cooperative agreement between the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission and United States networks National Broadcasting Company and Columbia Broadcasting System. The exchange, starting around October, includes Met Opera and New York Philharmonic broadcasts, with both sides sharing American productions and British and continental events.
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United States
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Comission
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
New York
Maher
Metropolitan Opera House
New York Philharmonic
Abso
Commission
Atlantic
Great Britain
Canada
Worldwide Chinese Population in Exile Reported
The Chinese overseas affairs commission cites 12,706,172 Chinese living in the United States and abroad, ranking the U S fourteenth among 22 nations. Burma leads with 3.45 million, Sism 2.5 million, Malaysia 2 million, with Canada at 45,000. Other regions show varying counts including Mexico 120,000, Hong Kong 825,645, and Formosa 340,000.
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Canada
China
Chinese Overseas Affairs Commission
United States
Burma
Sism
Mialsysia
Dutch East Indies
Korea
Hong Kong
Indo-China
Formosa
Soviet Russia
Mexico
Ranke
Macao
Cuba
West Indies
Philippines
Australia
South Seas Islands
Peru
Latin America
Honolulu
Japan
South Africa
Panama
Central America
Europe
Speedy Results In Deportment Lesson Lapse
A young man who inherited a fortune joins a deportment school. A boastful French owner promises the best lessons. Two weeks later the eager pupil takes three lessons and is quickly deported, illustrating a humorous misstep in social training.
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M'Sieu
Miley
Questioning Breath: Bobby Ponders What Oxen and Humans Breathe
A playful exchange features Bobby asking if oxygen fuels oxen all day and if niltsogen is what everyone breathes at night, prompting his father to affirm that oxygen sustains all life and that respiration continues in darkness.
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Bobby
Factory Operations Spike Amid Labor Shifts
About 2,500 factory operations assets are undergoing changes as firms shift production lines. Analysts note adjustments in staffing, automation, and supply chains to meet evolving demand.
Women's Campaign for Male Masters for Boys in Britain
The Women's Council of Britain led by Countess of Oxford advocates male teachers for boys over eight to shape masculinity. Miss Marguerite Bennett explains the move, aiming to pressure the Education Ministry. The group plans provincial branches, lectures, and campaigns to place men in early instruction, noting over a million English boys aged 8 to 11 were taught by women.
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Meas Council OF
Britsin
Britain
Countess of Oxford
Medge Mendal
Marjorie Bowen
Marguerite Bennett
Crowch End
Ministry of Education
England
Brandon Sun
Cosedian Census Shows Few Aliens in Canada Population
Toronto Daily Star reports census figures for 1931 debunking fears of alien invasion. Among 10.38 million residents, 9.25 million born in the Empire and 8.01 million born in Canada. Only 1.65 million had two foreign parents, 70,523 foreign-born parents with foreign-born offspring, and 528,130 aliens in Canada, many naturalized since the census.
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Dominion
Canada
United States
Toronto Daily Star
Newspaper pull power touted in ad revenue study
The article notes that newspaper advertising claims strong reach with 8 percent of total ad spending from 432 national advertisers in 1982 and dominance in key sectors. It cites 82 percent auto, 74 percent gasoline, 82 percent rail, and 87 percent shoe and clothing ads. Also mentions 2000 unemployed men to harvest potatoes in Jersey, England, and a squeak detector installed at a Washington DC service station.
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Etter
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers' Association
United States
Unusual Vaseline-like Oil Well in Oklahoma
A 10 year old project near Lamar Oklahoma yields a strange oil, nearly pure vaseline in heavy, green oil that turns golden on air. Drilled to 3710 feet on January 26 1933 the well produces about 360 barrels daily and remains the only of its kind in the area.
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Lamar
Oklahoma
New Guide For Airship Piet Cam Leave Cockpit Without Endangering Craft
After two years of experiments the aicobot automatic pilot, a box under 30 pounds, can assume full control of an aircraft during flight. Gyroscopically guided and hydraulically operated, it maintains height and course while a human pilot may briefly leave the cockpit. One unit is already used in a major passenger airliner, enabling speeds around 180 miles per hour on cross continent trips. Pilots still handle takeoffs and landings and monitor weather conditions.
Watch Recovered After Twenty Two Years In Canada
Detective Sergt Roy Perry recovered a missing watch in a Vancouver second hand store. The timepiece had vanished from Edmonton Alta twenty two years earlier and had last resurfaced June 1 1917 when recovered from an ex convict. It then disappeared again until now.
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Edmonton
Alta
Sergt
Roy Perry
Vancouver
Bow
House Fly Wings Beat at 330 Vibrations a Second
A common house fly moves its wings at 330 cycles per second, describing high frequency wingbeats. The note highlights the rapid vibration rate typical of house flies during flight.
Canadian Publisher Finds Life Goes On In Russia
Canadian publisher Robert Cromie of The Vancouver Sun has returned from Russia with a view that life proceeds much as in Canada and England. The London Daily Express quoted him noting 50,000 at horse races in Moscow and crowded tramcars, while a Kyiv resident claimed starvation in Ukraine. Cromie praised the Russian spirit and suggested many reports mix truth and rumor.
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Russia
Canada
London Daily Express
Robert Cromb
The
Vancouver Sun
England
Camsda
China
Concepion
Mr. Cromie
Moscow
Canadian Invents Super Eye for Television
Ottawa announces Dr. Francose C. Henroteau of the Dominion Observatory has unveiled a “super-eye” device aimed at perfect television, rapid message and motion picture transmission, and vastly enhanced telescope power. Built on a photoelectric cell, the invention reportedly patentable in the United States after tests and marks Henroteau’s decade of astral observation work. He previously identified the planet “Y,” initially mistaken for Lowell’s planet “X.”
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Ottawa
Francose C. Henroteau
Astrophysical
Dominion Observatory
Henroteau
United States
Lowell Observatory
Arizona
Retire Civil Servants Order In 65-Year Rule
The government in council passed an order to retire civil servants who have reached or may reach the age of 65 in a bid to cut public service costs. About 1,560 employees nationwide are affected. Retirees receive suprannuation allowances and bonuses if not in a retirement fund, equal to one month’s salary for each two years served, up to six months.
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Canada
New Spanish Coins to Replace Alfonso Portraits
Spain will replace the head of ex king Alfonso on the peseta with a female figure symbolizing the republic. The reverse will bear Spain’s arms. The 25 centimes coin will feature a Republic of Workers symbol with a peasant and an industrial worker.
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Alfonso
Don Alfonso
Span
Republic of Workers
More ships enter Hong Kong harbor this year
Ships continue to arrive at the Hong Kong harbor this year with increasing activity. The port shows higher traffic as vessels from various regions dock for trade and refueling.
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Hong Kong
China
Tao Taat
Secret London panel probes uncontrollable impulse in crime
A committee in London of magistrates business leaders psychologists medical men and a criminal barrister is studying uncontrollable impulse as a factor in crime. They will report to the Home Office with findings on punishment and possible prevention in youth. The inquiry explores kleptomania and related impulses across offenses noting varied forms and potential cures.
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London
K.C
Home Office
Carrots Benefit Cattle in Chicago Experiments
Chicago experts conducted multi year trials on feeding carrots to cattle and rabbits. The carrot diet produced shinier coats and healthier appearance, though not as strong as some other feeds. The study notes no adverse effects and highlights potential value for livestock researchers.
Sixteenth century remedy and library borrowing oddities
A fragmented note claims a sixteenth century apothecary used earthworms in a remedy for rheumatism. It also mentions Lorgonera borrowing 19,000,000 novels from public libraries last year. The text ends with nonsensical phrases and unclear references to rouge and runabout.
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Lorgonera
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