Making Your Own Job the Path to Opportunity
A speaker urges youth that global job markets have discouraged many, but futures will brighten with enterprise. Historic figures like Ford, Firestone, Heinz, Coca Cola and Woolworths show humble beginnings can lead to mighty enterprises. Youth with a workbench or stove and an idea can create their own success rather than wait for jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Firestone
H. J. Heinz
Coca- Cola
Borden's Milk
Welch
Maxwell House Coffee
Detroit
Heinz 57
Atlanta
New Jersey
Charles E. Hires
Hires
John Wanamaker
United States
Adam Gimbel
Timothy Maton
Woolworth
Great
Crane Company
David
Goliath
Forbes
Deaf and mute athletes join silent service at St Paul’s
A Sunday service at St Paul’s Cathedral brought 700 deaf and mute visitors from 14 nations to pray and sing in silence during the fourth international games for the deaf and mute in London. Chaplains led with sign language as they delivered prayers and hymns through expressive gesture. The congregation then joined in the silent worship with animated gestures and presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doma
St Paul's Cathedral
London
Birthday Gift for Lord Londonderry Sets Hangar Record
Lord Londonderry, the British Secretary of Air, marked his birthday with a gift on his Mount Stewart estate in Newtonarda, Northern Ireland. The present, a two plane hangar, is said to surpass the size of the existing 50 acre airport at the site, highlighting a notable display of wealth and ambition.
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Witish
Air
Lord Londonderry
Mount Stewart
Newtonarda
Northern Ireland
English eggs experiment sails to Australia and Brazil
A few dozen English eyes partake in a global poultry experiment. Thirty reach Sydney after London to Brisbane to Sydney travels, while others go to Rio Grande do Sul after London to Graf Zeppelin. Lord Greenway awaits reports on hatch success to solve distant stock renewal. Silent note on colder October sickness and investment caution.
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England
Sydney
Australia
London
Brisbane
Rio Grande Do Sul
Brazil
Lord Greenway
Luxuries in Canada by Dominion Bureau figures
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics sought to classify items as luxuries above basic needs in 1933. Factory values reached 263.6 million dollars, 12.6 percent of manufacturing, with consumption at 268.3 million dollars after adjusting for imports and exports. Items include candy, ice cream, pies, beverages, silk hosiery, and tobacco showing notable shifts in luxury perception.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Bureau
Bulletin
Tobacco payments vs vehicle purchases in Dominion reports
Dominion citizens paid manufacturers far more for tobacco than for passenger cars, bicycles, and boats in 1932 and 1933. Factory values show $74,991,347 and $71,274,213, while vehicle sectors totaled $28,254,984 in 1932 and $24,518,970 in 1933, per the Toronto Daily Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Toronto Daily Star
Mittenwald marks 250th violin making tradition
The Bavarian village Mittenwald celebrates 250 years of its violin industry begun by Mathias Klotz in the 17th century. A summer play The Song of the Stars recounts Klotz’s Italian apprenticeship, wanderings, and return to found a famed workshop attracting apprentices who spread Mittenwald’s instrument craft. The tale and performances amplify the town’s enduring craft reputation.
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Mittenwald
Germany
Bavaria
Mathias Klotz
Klotz
Italy
Mathas Klotz
Ontario Offers Free Correspondence Courses For Ailing And Remote Students
Nine years into the program the Ontario department of education reports an enrollment of 1,800 students with 50 unable to attend classes. The free courses cover full or partial years, the department bears all costs, and average yearly per pupil expense ranges from 12 to 15 dollars.
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Ontario Department of Education
German Justice Minister Calls for Severe Prisoner Sentences
Franz Guertner told 400 delegates at the 11th quinquennial penal penitentiary congress in Berlin that severity in prisoner treatment is justified to defend the national community. He also announced Nazi Germany rejects Nulla Poena Sine Lege and substitutes Nulla Crimen Sine Poena, punishing without a clear law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz Guertner
Berlin
Guertner
Nazi
Reich
American Boy Divers Build Makeshift Deep Sea Gear
Three Maine youths from Richmond named Paul R. Dyer, Stanley Griffin, and Robert Cate devised diving equipment from a five gallon gasoline can, two automobile tire pumps, a small corrugated can, and cement to explore the Kennebec River bottom. In their first trials they proved successful and intend to dive deeper.
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Maine
Kennebec River
Richmond
Paul R. Dyer
Stanley Griffin
Robert Cate
Attractive Home Ensemble for Kitchen Chores 80 Easy
Ellen Worth promotes a blue and white dimity dress with white dimity apron. The one piece apron with suspender straps stays on shoulders. Pattern No 910 includes dress and apron in sizes 16 to 46 inches bust. Winnipeg pattern department handles mail orders. 15 cent pattern price.
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Ellen Worth
Pattern
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Anxious To Know Granny’s Two Word Ban Tale
An old lady warns her granddaughter to avoid two words, swell and lousy, asking for a promise. The granddaughter agrees but asks what the two words are.
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Granny
Leprosy Reaches US From Europe and Africa
The report notes leprosy arrived in the United States via routes from Europe and Africa, highlighting historic disease movements and cross continental transmission patterns. The olive is identified as the oldest known fruit in human history, reflecting early horticultural milestones.
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United States
Europe
Africa
Marking the Ballot in Dominion General Election
Voter markings, including crosses with black pencils, determine ballots. In 1930 many ballots were spoiled by mismarkings and signing. Parliament provides ballots and pencils. voters must mark themselves. Bribery fears prompted safeguards. party scrutineers once identified ballots.
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Canada
Gift Was Acceptable Hing Pleased With Jubilee Offering
The Jubilee gift from Loyalists in the Irish Free State to King George VI is deemed nationally appropriate and most acceptable. The item is a beautiful antique silver potato ring about a foot in diameter, historically used to keep potatoes from rolling on dining tables. A similar sixteenth century ring has sold at auction for well over $5,000.
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Hing
Free State
Eggs Scattered After Truck Crash On Mountain Road
Marion Snyder of Harlan Indiana reports 109,800 eggs were dumped on a highway near Mount Carmel Pennsylvania when a truck swerved to avoid a train. Most of the eggs were broken in the spill, creating a soggy, yolky mess across the roadway.
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Marion Snyder
Harlan
Ind
Pocono Mountain
Mt. Carmel
Snyder
Carefully Trained Pigeons Reach Peak Racing Age
Pigeons used in racing are trained from two months old and reach peak speed between ages two and four. If a bird is lost during a race it is often due to poor initial condition.
Rainbows and Air: Circle Phenomena and Coal Combustion
A note explains rainbows form full circles when viewed from high altitudes and that about 12 pounds of air are needed to burn one pound of coal, illustrating atmospheric and combustion ideas in concise terms.
Wiley Post Aerial Feats Of The Famous Flyer
The article chronicles Wiley Post air exploits with Will Rogers and Harold Gatty, including the world circumnavigation in eight days and the solo return in seven days and 18 hours. It notes Post’s shift to practical aviation, high altitude flights from Bartlesville, and four failed stratosphere attempts from Burbank toward New York, all aboard the Winnie Mac.
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Wiley Post
Willi Rogers
Alaska
Harold Gatty
Post
Bartlesville
Oklo
Burbank
Cal
New York
Handkerchief of Fisherman Survives Three Years Afloat
Nelson Lash, once aboard the scalloper Virginia when it was rammed and sunk off Georges Banks, recovers a sea worn handkerchief with his initials. Now in the Louis A Thebaud crew, another handkerchief bearing Lash's initials surfaces from a 33 fathom bath during scallop dragging, almost perfectly preserved.
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Nelson Lash
Scalloper
Virginia
Abe
Georges Banks
Lash
Louis A. Thebaud
Will Rogers plane quip and cave floodlight upgrade
A reminiscence recalls Will Rogers in a Los Angeles to Kansas City flight when the plane dropped 200 feet after hitting an air-pocket and he quipped the ground is the limit. Mammoth Cave in Kentucky now features 12 floodlights and 16 smaller projectors to illuminate its interior.
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Will Rogers
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Rogers
Mammoth Cave
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