A Call To Service In Time Of Crop Failure
An editorial urges government action and voluntary aid as Western Canada faces widespread crop failure. It highlights drought, pests, and low wheat yields, urging relief from governments and mobilization by communities, urging mutual aid and morale boosting through local organizations and citizens. It cites Kerrobert Saskatchewan efforts as a model of supplementary relief and calls for broad civic involvement to sustain hope and provide practical help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie
Canada
United States
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Bureau
Saskatchewan Relief Commission
Manitoba
Kerrobert
Saskatchewan
Railroads Abandon Track Rapidly Amid Highway Boom
Officials cite highway expansion as the main factor behind a record pace of track abandonments. Interstate Commerce Commission data show 1,800 miles of railroad were abandoned in the nine months ending August 1, nearly doubling the 945 miles abandoned in the entire year ending November 1, 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Railways
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Seville gardens turned to cabbage patches amid vandalism
Anarchists reportedly invaded buildings built for an art exhibition in Seville’s lower gardens and began living rent free. They uprooted roses and other flowers, transforming the grounds into cabbage patches. India increases imports of commercial motor vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seville
Spain
Italian pilot Falconi Hacks Upside Down Flight Record
Lieut Tito Falconi of the Italian Royal Air Force regained his inverted flight record within 24 hours after losing it to Miles Burcham. Falconi, 30, from Long Beach California, flew two hours eight minutes and 54 seconds in an inverted position on a round trip to Santa Barbara covering about 200 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tito Falconi
Miles
Burcham
Long Beach
Cal
Falcon
Santa Barbara
Barley and Wheat Staple Crops in Japan
Japan relies on upland farms for barley and naked barley along with wheat as staples. Canadian hard wheat, rich in protein and milling quality, is blended with softer wheats from other supplying countries. In Australia cigarettes smoked per person last year averaged 875.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Australia
Age of Aluminum: New York World Telegram on Fair Cars
The New York World Telegram notes two all aluminum railroad cars at the Century of Progress Hall of Transportation. One combines coach parlor and observation. the other sleeper parlor and observation. Both showcase aluminum bodies with only springs axles and wheels left metal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Dietz
New York World-Telegram
Wayn
Hall of Transportation
Chicago
Drives Himself To Work At 82 in Scotland Letter
A 82 year old engineer from Scotland writes he drives a Ford 40 miles daily to a factory and still plays golf. He credits Kruschen Salts taken each morning for health, energy, and ongoing work capacity. The ad urges readers to start the daily dose of the tasteless salts to improve internal cleanliness and blood quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
L.A
Central Bank Function Debate Sparks Regina Talk
Professor T E Gregory told the Canadian Club in Regina that central banks should not tie credit to any single industry. W G Yule presided as he warned Canada against adopting a narrow banking function. If a MacMillan commission central bank is created it would not abolish the current system, the speaker added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
T. E. Gregory
Canadian Club
Regina
Gregory
W. G. Yule
MacMillan Commission
Submerged village near Tellicherry reemerges after 1933 monsoon
A fishing village near Tellicherry North Malabar once submerged by the sea in 1895 has begun to reappear as the 1933 monsoon recedes. An extensive sand spit now links the village to the mainland drawing visitors seeking relics and remnants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tellicherry
North
Malabar
Priwall Wins Grain Race to European Waters
The German four masted bark Priwall won the great annual grain race arriving in Barry England after 106 days to unload 4620 tons of bagged wheat. She left Port Victoria Australia January 18 completing 100 days to home waters among eight competing vessels. At the London economic conference German operators staffed their own telephone switchboard while Peru’s experts rose 50 percent over last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Port Victoria
Australia
Barry
England
Poor Canadian Crops Show Record Lows Across Main Grains
Agricultural experts compare crop conditions with past years and find Canada facing the worst wheat barley flax and oat crops in 25 years except for 1931. Drought and heat across southern prairie regions especially Saskatchewan plus grasshopper plagues caused millions in losses and dry weather extended from Quebec to the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Pacific Coast
Canada Okays Radio Nonbroadcast Frequencies Agreement
Judge E O Sykes of Mississippi chairs the US radio delegation after a Mexico City conference. Canada and eight North and Central American nations agreed on nonbroadcast radio frequencies including television aircraft state police point to point telegraph and telephone coastal telegraph ship telegraph and amateur. They also reached technical broadcasting regulations though channel assignments for broadcasting were not settled.
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Canada
Radio Oustide
E. O. Sykes
Missinnippi
United States
Mexico City
Ocean Space Limited for Exporting Cattle
A large number of cattle are finished and ready for export but ocean space is inadequate to meet producers needs. With cattle steadily leaving Canada, the situation should improve over time. Prospective shippers should secure broker space well in advance of shipping. Some metals lose electrical resistance at extremely low temperatures. Gold produced in the Transvaal in September weighed 961,501 fir ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Transvaal
Fragmented OCR health notice with garbled phrases
Garbled OCR text discusses cleansing and bile elimination with unclear claims. Mentions Carter and Pitts in disjointed form. Lacks coherent facts, names, dates, or places to support a clear news item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Moscow to grant horses a rest day and care plan
Russia's Moscow Soviet acts to improve horse welfare by giving each horse a free day every sixth day, suspending 5,000 horses daily to rest. A rest home will provide free pastures for the lame, special diet for the malnourished, and medical care for the sick, with stricter penalties for abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobbin
Moscow
U.S
Transport Department
Western Canada To Get Regional Directors Under CBC
Western Canada will have its own organization within the Canadian Radio Broadcasting commission. Three regional directors will be appointed for western Canada with locations in Vancouver Winnipeg and an Alberta Saskatchewan appointee. A regional board will govern the western chain under the commission program. Representatives will also be appointed in Winnipeg Regina Moose Jaw Saskatoon Calgary Edmonton and Vancouver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission
Bis Machinery
T. Maher
Commission
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Western Regions Chain
Maher
Regina
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Calgary
Edmonton
Aviation a Great Rejuvenator Says Doctor Millard
Dr C K Millard, a 63 year old Leicester medical officer, claims aviation keeps a person young by giving a lively interest in life. The piece notes any strong engagement, whether flying, fishing, work, or play, helps fend off aging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. K. Millard
Leicester
London Sunday Pictorial
Man Refuses Front Row Seats With Witty Rebuff
A bold theatergoer asks for three front-row seats at a big theatre. The box-office girl agrees, but he coyly declines, joking that the show cannot be any good if he already has the ideal seats. The exchange ends with a polite smile.
Rat Population Vastly Outnumbers Humans Worldwide
A historical article notes the human population around 1.85 billion and the rat population near 10 billion, illustrating an extreme ratio between the two species and highlighting ecological concerns of urban areas and pest management.
Alberta Sugar Beet Industry Brings Stability to Southern Farmers
D W Buchanan notes the Alberta sugar beet industry stabilizes irrigation-area farming with Raymond factory as a steady revenue source. Over 100 000 tons of sugar in two years, capacity up to 1 250 tons daily, 150 000 tons processed in 1982 across 120 working days. Basic price around five to five dollars and fifty cents with sale bonuses for growers.
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Alberta
Raymond
D. W. Buchanan
Western Affairs
Institute of Pacific Relations
Buchanan
Canadian Appoints Former Edmonton Man U.S. Food Commissioner
Gordon Robertson reports that W. Lund, longtime Edmonton Swift Canadian plant manager and later assistant general manager in Chicago, has been named food commissioner of the United States by President Roosevelt under the stabilization bill. Lund, with nine years in Edmonton and experience in the provision industry, succeeds in the vital post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lund
Edmonton
Swift Canadian
Toronto
Chicago
Dor Dormitory Endowment Reflects A Grads Gratitude
A graduate, recalling the professor's remark that he slept through classes, explains he has earned money and wishes to endow a dormitory at his old college. The professor reportedly notes the student excelled at sleeping in his classes.
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India
Tony Height
Dr. Fowler
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Terente
Ost
Alenia
Peru
Virginia Tobacco
Ocean Space
Russia
Canadian Radio Broadcasting
Avoit
Appleford
MN. U
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