Alberta Rural Schools plan aims at provincial division structure
Premier Aberhart planes sweeping rural school reforms to group 3225 districts into 43 or 45 divisions with divisional boards of five directors and advisory ratepayer committees. The plan, printed by the king's printer, saves on salaries audits libraries and supplies while maintaining minority protections and French instruction.
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Alberta
Aberhart
Social Credit
Tura
Manmnicipal Council
Minister of Education
Insomnia Champion of Europe Ends Sleepless Years
Rudolph Endlicher of Mauerkirchen Bavaria earned the sobriquet insomnia champion after losing sleep for over two years beginning in May 1933. He sought many doctors, remained reportedly healthy, and continued his work as a building contractor, finding pleasure in staying awake to play solitaire.
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Rudolph Endlicher
Mauerkirchen
Bavaria
Europe
Endlicher
Endilicher
Russian living costs and bread scarce in USSR says Alberta merchant
Conditions in Russia described by General Merchant Winterobe of Glendon Alberta after a summer in the USSR. He notes high living costs relative to income and bread scarcity on farms. He claims most elderly Russians get under ten dollars a month, insufficient for a decent living, making Bovigs workers no better off than unemployment benefits in America.
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S. Winterobe
Glendon
Alberta
Ussr
America
Montreal Gazette
Hidden titles used by royals to travel incognito
The Prince of Wales travels on the continent incognito under the title Earl of Chester for privacy. King Edward uses the title Duke of Lancaster while former King Alfonso I of Spain is Duke of Toledo and Archduke Otto of Habsburg is Duc de Bar.
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Prince of Wales
Earl of Chester
Edward
Duke of Lancaster
Alfonso I
Spain
Toledo
Otto of Hapsburg
Duc de
Bar
Nutritionists Find Vitamin A Source in Mexican Chili Powder
Nutritionists identify liberal chili powder use as the key source of vitamin A in Mexican diets, concluding that peppers provide the needed nutrient.
Spirit Is Lacking in a Nation Built on Work
Ernest Elmo Calkins argues in Current History that the United States rose from frontier toil to a prosperous system through will and effort. He warns that large-scale relief has eroded the will to work, urging a return to industrious ethic and homely wisdom to revive national spirit and productive effort.
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Ernest Elmo Calkins
Richard
Horse and Mule Versus Tractor Decline in Draft Power
The Horse and Mule Association of America reports ongoing contest between traditional draft animals and mechanized farm power. A shortage of good farm horses and mates raises prices while motor vehicles increase and push down prices. Officials attribute declines to 15 years of reduced breeding, with 1920 totals showing 25,199,000 farm and 2,083,000 city horses and mules, versus today’s lower country counts.
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Horse and Mule Association of America
Association Cay
More People Who Would Try To Do Their Best
A St Marys Journal Argus reflection urges individuals to maximize their talents and resources. It notes many abstain from giving even small amounts, comparing personal potential with neighbors' abilities and highlighting missed opportunities for meaningful lives.
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St. Mary's
Origin Of Popular Dish plum Pudding History
Origin of plum pudding traced from a rich meat broth in Norman times to a plum and raisin honey sweetened soup. In the seventeenth century it hardened into a solid form boiled in a pudding bag, with the original Christmas pudding a soup served to jesters and fiddlers in castle halls.
Shaw quotes spotlight on burning life torch and changing commoners
George Bernard Shaw compares life to a splendid torch meant to burn brightly for future generations. He laments a shift from clear class distinctions as people now share leisure like bridge or golf.
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George Bernard Shaw
Modern kitchen boosts budget living at expo show
A scientifically planned kitchen exhibit at the first annual international housewares exposition in the Merchandise Mart ran January 6 to 18. Under 500 manufacturers the event targeted 50,000 merchants and buyers for the world’s largest house furnishings showing costing about 1 billion dollars, showcasing efficiency gains like saving 58 steps in baking a single pie.
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Merchandise Mart
Mart
Prairie youth pilots Pan American flying boat mission
A Alberta youth born near Stubno now co pilots the China Clipper on its Pacific hop to the Philippines and back. Fred Kryvonishka left cow herding at five dollars a month and later worked as a CNR Vermilion foreman before entering a technical program in Edmonton.
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Alberta
The way to sleep is to know it is time to get up
A scientist claims thinking of nothing helps sleep but the idea is challenged. The article notes the U S Department of Agriculture lists over 200 cheese varieties. It also urges keeping first aid supplies in every home medicine closet.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Pride de St. Methode Ayrshire Sets 365-Day Milk Record
Pride de St. Methode an Ayrshire aged three at Quebec Provincial School Farm records 17,441 pounds of milk and 802 pounds of fat with a 4.60 test for 365 days starting October 14, 1934. The feat tops local Ayrshire records by 1,950 pounds of milk and 37 pounds fat, with Holsteins and Jerseys noted for comparison and aging dynamics in dairy herds.
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Ayrshire
Quebec
Peterborough
Board of Health
Jersey
Iron deficiency anemia in piglets at Kapuskasing station
Experimental Farm Note reports severe mortality from iron deficiency in little pigs before weaning at the Dominion Experimental Station Kapuskasing Ontario. Pigs become anaemic, pale, and listless. treatment uses powdered reduced iron given every other day from age four or five days until three weeks old.
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Dominion Experimental Station
Kapuskasing
Ontario
R. Belzile
Italian War Effort Backed by Wedding Ring Drive
The Queen of Italy and five princesses led a vast procession of millions to melt wedding rings for Italy’s Ethiopian war chest. The stunt sparked sorrow for Ethiopian mothers as gold funded weapons. A Times-Journal view notes the gendered cruelty and calls for less brutal patriotic sacrifice. Tulipa blossoms can be fooled by artificial light at night and radios in cars boost preachers.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Hus
Banda
Gona
Trajan
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Parliamentary Office Space Crunch Causes Friction in Commons
The House of Commons faces a room shortage as 230 members seek 125 available offices. With 15 cabinet members and two women MPs plus mayors, officials wrestle to assign separate rooms for most, amid temperamental and collegial clashes in a 245-member body.
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Wome
Commena Ofiindls
Benedict
Privy Council
Tte
House of Commone
Agnes Macphail
George Black
House of Commons
Canada Makes Steady Gains in Bovine Tuberculosis Control
The Veterinary Director General reports steady progress in Canada’s bovine tuberculosis control for the year ended March 31, 1985. About 26.5 percent of roughly 8.485 million cattle are under control programs. Accredited herds require two clean tests, or three with reactors, and supervised plans help non-accredited herds reach freedom while limited compensation applies in certain areas. Permanent stay cattle must carry official test certificates.
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Canada
Dominion
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Destinatica
Bea and Girl Share Playful Last Dance Quip
Bea asks for the last dance while a girl retorts that he already had it. The light exchange captures a playful social moment between two youths.
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Bea
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