The Object Of An Election In Canada Alberta Campaign Context
An analysis of the Alberta provincial campaign and the broader Canadian federal election. It explains how multiple parties, including Social Credit, complicate choices between individual MPs and the formation of a governing government. It highlights the voter’s role as shareholder in Canada and the need to evaluate party leadership and policies for national efficiency.
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Alberta
Canada
House of Commons
Idea from India explains punch origin in England
A historical note links the word punch to India with five ingredients and describes a trend in England. The piece also cites a European survey showing children grow faster in April, May, and June than other months.
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India
England
Europe
Paris commemorative medal given as tragic souvenir
A gold medal struck by the City of Paris for King Alexander’s upcoming visit is to be presented posthumously to Queen Marie of Yugoslavia as a tragic souvenir. The remark on speaking and women is noted as a humorous aside.
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Paris
Alexander
Marie
Yugoslavia
Shark meat the dish from heaven confesses sea captain
Captain Ellerich tours from the Philippines to New York praising shark meat as a heavenly delicacy. He notes a fast growing shark catching trade, 250 species, and uses for fins skins meat glands teeth and even stock feed and fertilizer. He cites shark teeth as valued in parts of Asia, where a well polished tooth can win a bride for $10,000.
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Philippines
New York
Jean M. Ellerich
Globe
Iteas
Capt
Ellerich
Asia
Willing To Take Risk In Human Freeze Revival Plan
Stephen Simkhovitch, 34, writer and scenarist, signed a Hollywood contract to be frozen solid with possible revival for medical science. Dr. Ralph Willard, a Russian born chemist, claims six years of freezing and reviving animals and that tuberculosia can be overcome this way. Simkhovitch seeks life after death and to do something for humanity. He is the son of Columbia University professor V. C. Simkhovitch and Mary K. Simkhovitch of Greenwich House New York.
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Stephen Simkhovitch
Hollywood
Cal
Ralph 8. Willard
Simkhovitch
V. C. Simkhovitch
Columbia University
Mary K. Simkhovitch
Greenwich House
New York
Toronto Artist Creates Tiny Bloodstone Portrait
A Toronto artist, Joseph Hilpert, exhibits a minuscule oil portrait of Premier Mitchell F Hepburn at the Canadian National Exhibition. The bloodstone canvas measures a quarter inch across, the head about one eighth inch, painted with single hairs as a brush over three and a half months, viewed only with the naked eye.
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Mitchell F. Hepburn
Joseph Hilpert
Toronto
Ethopia or Abyssinia Controversy Sparks Naming Debate
The American National Geographic Society backs Ethio pia as the official name, citing Ethiopian government sanction and Ethiopian objections to Abyssinia, derived from an Arab term for a mixed race. Friends of Italy prefer Abyssinia, while Ethiopian allies favor Ethio pia.
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Abyssinia
Ethiopia
American National Geographical Society
Friends
Italy
Hamilton Spectator
Unusual French Siege of Turin 1640 Ends in Relief Bombardment
Turins siege by French forces in 1640 prompted Spanish troops to dramatize aid by blasting cannon halls with flour and fire. The extraordinary bombardment halted the starvation and altered the relief effort during a pivotal phase of the conflict.
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Turin
Italy
Smallest Adult In World Twenty-One Inches Tall
Margaret Ann Robinson, born in Denver and now in New York, is declared the smallest adult in the world at twenty-one inches tall and eighteen pounds. Her mother makes her clothes, she quit growing at five months, has appeared in movies and show business, signs contracts for exhibition, and weighs less than Tom Thumb’s height difference noted by her father.
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Oi Ninetese Ie
Tal Margaret Ann Robinson
George Hamid
Broadway
New York
Denver
Shrine Circuses
Tom Thumb
Barnum
Queen Victoria
University of New Hampshire
Must Learn Over Again Operation On Throat
Amelita Galli-Curci, famed soprano, underwent successful throat surgery at Henrotin Hospital to remove a goitre like obstruction. The procedure cleared the windpipe doubling air capacity, requiring re learning with single notes and scales to regain control and tone after the long career with a blocked throat.
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Amelita Galli-Curci
Goitre
Henrotin Hospital
Camouflage Police Trap Speeding Drivers In London
British police use camouflage methods to trap speeding motorists in London. Officers disguise as common vehicles like groceries trucks or sports cars, sometimes pace unwary drivers while a gong signals a sanctioned stop. motorists protest this tactic as unfair.
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London
Scotland Yard
Britain
Canada To Represent At World Poultry Congress 1936
The World's Poultry Science Association will hold its triennial congress in Berlin in 1936 where Canada will be represented. Canada plays a key role in spreading poultry science and practical knowledge through the association's meetings.
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Poultry Science Association
Canada
Berlin
Germany
Free Thinking Dr Inge Urges Self Reliant Thought
In a St Marys Oxford sermon Dr Inge late Dean of St Pauls extols free thinking as thinking for oneself not just differently. He warns originality requires emphasis on thinking independently rather than simply diverging from others. A New York city directory project is slated to require about 100000 working days to aid the unemployed.
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Inge
St. Paul's
St. Mary's Oxford
New York
Two Piece Dress for Town or Country by Ellen Worth
A black chiffon two piece dress with white chiffon collar and bows, ideal for busy business women and weekend parties. Also mentions alternative fabrics Shantung Huan, tub pastels, dotted batiste and pattern details, sizes 14 through 40, pattern No. 332. Pattern 15c. mail orders to Winnipeg Newspaper Union Pattern Dept. Summer Fashion Book available for 15c.
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Pattern Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Dairy Industry Seen as Key U.S. Agriculture Sector
The dairy industry has become the most important branch of agriculture in the United States, though production is mainly for domestic use and dairy exports remain comparatively insignificant. Dairying was the last major agricultural sector to suffer during the Depression.
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United States
Boys sleep less well than girls says Atlanta doctor
An Atlanta physician, after 150000 hours of monitoring children with electrical instruments, concludes that boys are not as good sleepers as girls. The study details are not provided, but the finding highlights gender differences in sleep quality based on large observational data.
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Atlanta
Vatican Rail Line Idle After Expensive Build
The Vatican City rail line, finished a year ago at a cost of 2.385 million dollars funded by Italy under the 1928 Lateran treaty, remains unused with a grand station tunnel and bridge but no trains. Plans for a papal train exist yet no orders or execution have begun, while the Italian government and the king could lend rolling stock if desired.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Vatican Hill
New York
San Francisco
Pops
Girl with Unusual Powers Opens Doors at Prague Villa
At a Prague villa a door opened for Marie as she approached, and other doors followed as she neared them. The cook admitted sending Marie to the cellar for potatoes since they rolled toward her. The girl feels no special power, while a psychical research society investigates the phenomena.
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Marie
Nuasle
Prague
Psychical Research Society
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