Apprenticeships Seen as Key to Unemployed Youth Challenge
The discussion argues that absorbing unemployed youth by industry is essential and argues for a widespread apprenticeship system with industrial cooperation. It critiques public technical schools for producing underused graduates and urges remodelling training to match future demand for skilled labor, noting industry’s past shortfall in self funding apprenticeships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Unemployment Commission
Alan Chambers
Unemployment Commission
Ottawa
The Greatest Inventor
A group debates the greatest inventor with names like Edison Marconi and Morse. A small Jewish man concludes the true creator is the man who invented interest, delivering a sharp punchline on value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison
Marconi
Morse
Horse Killed by Elephant Startles Panguitch Crowd
Rancher Nelse Ipson came to town with a circus parade and his horse bolted at the sight of an elephant, rearing and collapsing dead. Ipson was severely injured in the scramble as the frightened animal died on the street in Panguitch Utah.
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Panguitch
Utah
Nelse Ipson
Ipson
Preserve Fruit with Dry Sand Stored Separately
To keep fruit fresh lemons and oranges and even green tomatoes can be kept for a couple of months if placed in a box of perfectly dry sand. They must not touch each other and tomatoes will ripen, requiring weekly checks.
Tower of Light fails to shine despite 14 million candlepower beam
A Johannesburg exhibition reports a 14,000,000 candlepower beacon that cannot be seen at night. Pure, dust-free air and clear skies reflect no light. observers see only stars while the beam blazes skyward from a 150 foot hollow tower, baffling engineers.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Durban Bluff
Cape St. Francis
Exhibition
New Livelihood: Japanese Cat Catchers Sell Cats for Cat Gut Strings
Poor Japanese turn to cat catching at daybreak to earn a living. They trap cats and sell them to instrument makers for cat gut strings, using a sparrow as a lure and a club as a weapon. If caught with someone else’s animal, they risk destruction of private property charges.
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Pusay
Kitty
Learning To Walk Again After Moose River Mine Collapse
Alfred Scadding, a survivor of the Moose River Mine disaster in Nova Scotia, suffers greatly as he works to walk again seven months after the collapse. He began by creeping and clinging to furniture then attempted a short trip to his daughter's room, enduring pain caused by his ankles and heels despite surgery. He attended two football games, each visit worsening his condition due to cold. Dr. D. E. Robertson of Toronto helped rescue him from the cave-in last April that killed Herman Magill of Toronto.
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Alfred Scadding
Moose River
Nova Scotia
Scadding
D. E. Robertson
Toronto
Herman Magill
Red Painted Streets Planned For Istanbul Districts
Istanbul's Municipal Council plans color coded streets with bright red houses in park avenue areas for higher social status and dull gray for poorer quarters. Red streets will be pedestrian only, marking a distinct city branding effort across ancient districts.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Park Avenue
Captain Jones Passes 19 Years Flying With Imperial Airways
Known as the Captain Kettle of the Air, P. Jones has spent just over a year and a half in the air. He has accumulated 13,000 hours of flight, carried about 90,000 passengers without mishap, and flown 1,300,000 miles. He is 38 years old.
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Kettle
Beard
P. Jones
Imperial Airways
Mr. Jones
Synthetic chocolate becomes Nazi Germany's nouveau product
German store windows showcase synthetic chocolate touted as nourishing and tasty. The ersatz bar resembles caramel in appearance and flavor, with raisins as the only brown touch, marking a quick public hit in Nazi Germany.
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Nazi Germany
Empire Wood Panels Lift Moorgate Station Idea
In a Times letter, the Chief Royal Engineer compares an escalator ascent to a tour of the Empire forests. He notes the balustrade panels use timber from Canada, Newfoundland, Africa, India, and Britain, questioning why the concept should be limited to Moorgate Station.
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the Times
Moorgate Station
Empire
Canada
Newfoundland
Africa
India
Britain
London
Crops Better in 1936, Canada Reports
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports that 1936 field crops show higher production of potatoes, turnips, marigolds, alfalfa and sugar beets than 1935, while hay and fodder corn fell. The report notes increased fall wheat sowing but reduced fall rye seeding, with potato and root crop figures representing the second seasonal estimate.
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Bureau of Statistics
Issaes
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Bureau
Woodpeckers: master carpenters of the bird world
Woodpeckers do not carry grass and feathers to line their nests yet they are not lazy. They work as diligently as any birds in building their homes. They are the master carpenters of the bird world.
Taking Full Advantage
A tourist saw a hotel sign offering a free garage and parked his car for the night. When the attendant asked about accommodations he replied he would sleep in the car, exposing a humorous misunderstanding of the offer.
Few Dogs In Russia Inhabit Cities Or Work Regions
The article notes dogs are scarce in Russian cities due to fear and dislike, crowded housing, and high feeding costs for the working class. It mentions rural areas train dogs for work and adds an odd line about alligators emitting a musky scent when they roar.
Thorp Warns of Hidden Risks in Prosperity Surge
Willard L. Thorp of Dun and Bradstreet told the American Finance Conference that a low mood could reappear soon and that a boom psychology is already evident in isolated spots. He warned sustained high profits pose dangers, urged economic leadership, and said the future holds both threat and promise amid low interest rates and expanding purchasing power.
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Willard L. Thorp
Dun and Bradstreet, Inc
American Finance Conference
Thorp
Outstanding Athlete Dr Phil Edwards Wins Memorial Prize
Dr Phil Edwards of Montreal, a noted Canadian middle distance runner, was awarded the Norton H Crow Memorial prize as Canada's outstanding athlete and sportsman of the year at the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada meeting in Regina. The award recognizes his Olympic record and his years with McGill University. Robert Rankine of Preston was the other nominee.
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Phil Edwards
Montreal
Norton H. Crow
Canada
British Guiana
Amateur Athletic Union of Canada
Regina
McGill University
Edwarda
Robert
Scotty" Rankine
Preston
Ont
Percy Williams
Vancouver
Alec Wilson
Jimmy Ball
Winnipeg
Harold Webster
Hamilton
Aileen Meagher
Halifax
Selected Recipes From A Historic Cookie Era
A vintage cookie recipe listing ingredients and steps. Includes butter, lard, brown sugar, egg, oats, dates, flour, vanilla, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, and soda. Instructions cover creaming, mixing, dropping onto a sheet, and baking at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.
Submarine X1 Sails to Sale as Rusting Relic in Portsmouth
The British Admiralty seeks offers for submarine X1 once costing over £1,000,000 to build and housing 110 men. Once dubbed a diving cruiser and dreadnaught of the undersea, she now sits idle in Portsmouth dockyard awaiting a buyer as newer, smaller submarines take precedence. Biscuit is a French term meaning twice cooked.
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Portsmouth
Royal Navy
Oakland Baker Builds Five Foot Masterpiece Cake
George Wong of Oakland California is a baker who creates oversized off hour cakes. His largest work rises over five feet with a four by three foot base weighing 450 pounds and valued at 5000 dollars. It features 94 columns 168 windows nine offices with desks phones radios and coat hangers 42 flower pots 39 figures of occupants and ten fire escapes.
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George Wong
Oakland
California
George
Taj Mahal
E Cefornia
Wong
Underground Parking For London Proposed By Transport Minister
London could gain underground parking areas under a suggestion from Mr Hore Belisha the minister of transport. He urged local authorities to act quickly under the Restriction of Ribbon Development Act which gave powers to provide and maintain off street parking. He said parking on public streets is an improper use of the highway and should be confined. Off street spaces would ease traffic flow and improve safety.
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Hore-Belisha
Miniater of Transport
London
Hore-Belishi
Saskatchewan distributes new seed varieties to members
The Saskatchewan Field Husbandry Association will distribute two pound seed packets of grain, grass, and alfalfa to members for next year. Varieties include Colseas barley, Bison flax, Fairway crested wheat grass, and Thatcher wheat. Prices cover Alberta and Manitoba as well as Saskatchewan. Elite status may be granted by the Canadian Seed Growers Association to much of this seed.
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Saskatchewan Field Husbandry Association
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
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