Home Markets For Local Produce Discussion on Wool Trade
An editorial argues Canada should not import wool given Western provinces' capacity to produce high quality fiber. It notes improvements in preparation and urges inquiries into why tops are imported from Britain while Eastern mills idle. The piece calls for regional market development and potential lab work to commercialize by products from wheat and other crops.
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Canada
L . McGregor
Toronto
Australia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairie
Western Canada
Prairies
Great Britain
England
Boards of Trade
Stamp Collectors Funded Hindenburg Flight, Eckener Says
Dr Hugo Eckener told New York stamp collectors that heavy purchases of Hindenburg commemorative stamps made the recent dirigible flight to the United States possible. He said seven flights were paid for by collectors and collectors underwrote the trip around the world. Explorers and transportation pioneers have support from stamp collectors, who value commemorative covers likely to grow in value.
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Hugo Eckener
New York
Scven
Columbus
Port Arthur
Water drop cannot rise above water level without sun
Fragmentary sentence notes a water drop failing to rise above the body of water unless the sun’s energy influences the level. The garbled OCR leaves the core idea unclear and lacking names or concrete facts to anchor a fuller summary.
American Joan of Arc of X rays
Elizabeth Fleischman Asheim, not a physician, promoted X ray use in military and dental work. A brother in law doctor steered her into the field she funded and learned electronics to operate fluoroscope. Her diagnostic X ray images aided Army surgeons in the Spanish American War and foreshadowed dental X ray practice.
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Elizabeth Fleischman Asheim
Joan of Arc
Quebec
Magician Promises Precise Age Guess in Crowd
A music hall performer pledges to reveal each lady’s exact age during his act. The show continues to draw crowds and quips about Church being the only venue where early reservations secure a back seat. The saying about the darkest hour finishing just before the pawn is noted.
Great Change Taking Place In Women Job Quest
A University of Pittsburg study by Quax suggests women are moving beyond traditional kitchen roles. Interviews with 1000 personnel directors show many job openings in business education and science for trained women, though kitchen duties remain central at home.
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Quax
University of Pittsburg
Extension Of Trade Canada Urged To Britain Ties
Hon. G. H. Ferguson addressed the Galt Kiwanis Club urging Canada to extend trade with Great Britain. He said Canada cannot follow isolation and should cooperate globally for growth. Britain remains the world’s largest market and Dominion ties with Britain would help Canada become a dominant trade nation again. He praised Confederation founders as practical builders.
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Canada
Great Britain
G. H. Ferguson
Galt Kiwanis Club
London
Britain
Dominion
Drouth Relief Expanded in Western Canada Projects
The Dominion government will broaden drouth rehabilitation in the west with financial aid for farmers digging water dugouts and building small dams. Agricultural Minister J G Gardiner said assistance covers dugouts at three cents per cubic yard moved up to $50, plus government engineering advice and required professional approval.
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Canada
Dominion
J. G. Gardiner
Unusual Air Freight Shows Tiny Tooth and Heavy Crank Part
A two ounce false tooth sent urgently by wire from a hotel room contrasts with a 500 pound mining machine crank shaft. A Mexican surgeon dispatched a small living tissue sample to New York for rapid analysis, with lab results telegraphed back.
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United States
Mexico
New York
Coronation Plans Led by Duke of York Committee
The Duke of York will head the coronation arrangements committee for the May 12 event. The London Gazette lists members including Prime Minister Baldwin Archbishop of Canterbury and York Neville Chamberlain the Earl of Athlone Sir Samuel Hoare David Lloyd George Winston Churchill and Sir Austen Chamberlain.
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Duke of York
London Gazette
Baldwin
Canterbury
York
Neville Chamberlain
Earl of Athlone
Samuel Hoare
David Lloyd George
Winston Churchill
Austen Chamberlain
Survivor of Arctic voyage recalls grim White Sea boat disaster
Twenty year old Ian Krukhoff tells of a scientific expedition that left the Toroa on June 27 to study Arctic depths between Archangel and Hirandalashka bay. A storm capsized their boat, killing eight crew plus Nikholai Fedoseyeff. Krukhoff, the lone survivor, clung to the oarlock with a wrist tied as he endured exposure and freezing water for days with 10 bodies aboard. The missing body count includes the commander G Bardinoff and the fate of the ship’s sith remains unrecovered.
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Ian Krukhoff
White Sea
Krukhoff
G. Bardinoff
Toroa
Archangel
Hirandalashka Bay
Arctic Circle
Nikholai Fedoseyeff
Ex-King Prajadhipok Sets Up Home in Surrey
Ex king Prajadhipok of Siam has moved into a red brick Surrey house on 15 acres of gardens. He spent about 100000 on improvements, with four reception rooms 12 bedrooms and six baths. Dining room reflects early Queen Anne design while drawing room is late Queen Anne. A motion picture theatre is included for family entertainment and he favors American gangster pictures and the latest talking Alma.
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Prajadhipok
Siam
Surrey
England
Vialora Prajadhipok
Selected Recipes and Miscellany From Emigrant Note
A mixed item set includes a banana bread style recipe with butter sugar eggs sour milk soda flour baking powder salt vanilla mashed bananas and method plus anecdotal notes about train journeys and assorted trivia. It also references longevity by body type and a note on the origin of rosarys from rosarium.
House Flies Threat To Health Warns Public Officials
A public health note urges action against house flies citing their role in spreading diseases. It stresses inspecting for unsanitary breeding sites, keeping homes screened, and covering food, while endorsing Wilsons Fly Pads placed around the house to quickly kill flies.
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Wilson
Crowning Court Sifts Claims On Coronation Day
The Court of Claims in London meets after the Coronation proclamation to judge hereditary rights and ceremonial duties. Claims include carrying royal regalia, drinking the King's wine, and sleeping in the royal bed. likely approvals involve the Earl of Shrewsbury with a white wand, the Baron of the Cinque Porta with a canopy, and the Lord of Work sop with gloves.
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London
Court of Claims
Earl of Shrewsbury
Ireland
Worksop
Plan to found crime hospital eyed by British officials
Plan to move criminals to a dedicated crime hospital for psychological treatment instead of imprisonment has been launched by Lord Dawson of Penn and other leading British physicians. Home Office officials reportedly sympathize, anticipating revolutionary shifts in crime policy, with a $50,000 appeal for a London clinic.
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Lord Dawson of
Penn
Home Office
London
Plans for King George V liner to top Queen Mary
Preparations for a larger and faster Clydebank liner began with intent to name it King George V. Admiralty orders are awaited while John Brown & Co eyes a tender. The project envisions about 85 000 tonnage, longer hull, greater passenger capacity, and a 1938 commissioning target.
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Clydebank
John Brown Company
Cunard-White Star Line
Admiralty
England
Cunard-White Star
Brown
Left Turn Safety Advice From a Noted Writer
A renowned writer estimates many auto accidents stem from neglecting ordinary care when turning left at intersections. Key guidance includes staying near the center to avoid hazards, signaling early, and using the right or left imaginary strips to stay in your lane. Keep to your strip to prevent head on collisions.
Tramcar bodies sold cheap as scrap depots offer $10
Old tramcar bodies discarded in favor of trolley buses in London can be bought at the depot for ten dollars each. Carting them away proves the main cost, leaving the sale price as the smaller part of the expense.
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London
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West
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King Prajadhipok
the Court of Claims
Plan Crime Hospital
Ree
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Edmonton
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