A Plan for Inflation Era Relief: Collective Produce Bonds
A Canadian proposal by Colin H. Burnell, former Farmers of Manitoba president, outlines the Collective Produce Clearing Association scheme. Producers exchange cream cash tickets for $1 bonds bearing 4 cent stamps, circulating through merchants to double purchasing power, with 50 percent cash back and a potential 4 to 5 percent discount as bonds rotate, aiming to ease debt, unemployment, and price declines while avoiding debt repudiation. The plan is imperfect but merits study as a temporary relief method amid global economic distress.
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Canada
Colin H. Burnell
Th Farmers of Manitoba
Collective Produce Clearing Association
C.P.C.A
C P.C.A
London Reports New Black Hand Gang Threat
A London report notes the emergence of a feared gang called the Black Hand. The article emphasizes rising crime risk and public concern in the capital city amid unclear motives and ongoing police investigations.
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London
Abolition of Poverty Forecast by W F Ogburn
W F Ogburn, director of the Social Trends Research committee, predicts a future without poverty. He cites four factors shaping living standards population natural resources technology and economic organization. He argues population control and efficient use of resources will raise living standards while innovation and technology boost goods, though economic organization must improve to avoid instability unless war or revolution occurs.
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W. F. Ogburn
United States
Winnipeg Free Press
Polarograph A New Automatic Chemical Analysis Device
The polarograph described by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace analyzes substances in minutes by a switch, printing tell-tale curves that identify and measure chemical contents. It promises rapid liquor analysis, determining type and percentage of alcohol in samples.
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New York
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Mongolian Japanese Dictionary Finished by Army Scholar
After 16 years work, Arajor Kenji Shimonaga of the Japanese War Office completed a Mongolian Japanese dictionary, a 2000 page volume set for army publication. The work required novel type for Mongol characters and reflects the army’s broad language program with experts in many tongues.
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Arajor
Kenji Shimonaga
Japanese War Office
Shimonaga
Aluminum's rise to a new metal age predicted
Prof. Colin G. Fink tells the American Institute of Electrical Engineers that radical changes will hit basic industries in ten years as electricity transforms chemical processes with aluminum as a chief product. Aluminum trains may reach 100 mph, ships cross the Atlantic, airplanes gain speed, and skyscrapers use aluminum floors and glass walls, signaling a major era.
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Colin G. Fink
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Atlantic
Christian Science Monitor
Burns banquet lemonade illness shocks Galt
A Galt Ontario press despatch reports seventy guests at a Burns banquet fell ill after lemonade served at the event. The incident evokes memories of the poet and raises concerns about hospitality.
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Galt
Ontario
Cod liver oil called a fruit by imperial conference
A note from the St. Thomas Times-Journal mocks cod liver oil as fruit in a remark praised as a product of the Imperial Conference. The Toronto Star weighs in and condemns the notion as absurd, suggesting punishment for believers.
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St. Thomas Times-Journal
The
Toronto Star
Colloidal fuel from coal may aid Canadian industry
Ottawa engineer William Burnip announces a new colloidal coal and oil fuel that could replace oil in Canadian power plants and homes. The stable 60/40 to 80/20 coal oil mixes, aided by a stabilizer, float coal particles to prevent sinking, with potential use in turbines and home furnaces. The Cunard line recently tested the fuel successfully.
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William Burnip
Ottawa
Burnip
Canada
South Wales Institute of Engineers
Wyndham
Cunard Steamship Line
Lawyer Takes Whisky Theft Case On Bargain Basis
A friend's arrest for whisky theft prompts a lawyer to offer help if the fee is affordable. The quick exchange shows casual entry into legal aid and informal pact over a criminal case.
Berlin doctors get urgent traffic lamp on cars
Doctors in Berlin may display an extra lamp on their cars showing a red cross on green background for use only in urgent cases to speed passage through traffic with police assistance.
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Berlin
The Instinct Of Birds In Migration And Navigation
Migrating birds likely navigate by watching surroundings and learning from experience rather than a special sense. Professor Patten of SheMeld University notes birds use eye-brain vision, landmarks, and even waves and river courses to guide routes. Birds also travel in flocks, aiding youngsters, while poor weather or fog can disrupt accurate migration.
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Prof
Patten
SheMeld University
Fewer Sea Fish Caught and Market Effects
The Fisheries News Bulletin from Ottawa notes that Canada's sea landings in 1932, excluding minor fisheries, totaled about 7 120 000 hundredweights. The figure fell short of 1931 due to world market unsettlements, with fishermen reducing effort amid economic instability and weaker demand. The report cites potential larger catches were market conditions favorable, urging Canadians to eat more fish to aid fishermen.
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Department of Fisheries
Ottawa
Canada
Dominions Sea
Toronto Mail and Empire
Permit Lift Clears Churchill Freight Traffic
Indications of Churchill opening this year grow as a Hudson Bay railway ruling allows freight and passenger traffic to Churchill without a permit. Since March 1929 steel moved into the port under permit, traders criticized the change which ends the permit requirement from Gilam Mile 327 to the sea. Rail workers say the move avoids prompting a rush before town facilities are ready.
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Churchill
Hudson Bay
Gilam Mile
Akron’s Colorful Rubber Dishes Begin To Displace Porcelain
Akron Ohio hub markets show new odorless tasteless rubber plates and tumblers made from colored crepe rubber. The unbreakables are touted as brilliant artistic colors likely to replace blue porcelain decorated china glass and paper utensils for general use. The rubber accepts any pigment.
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Akron
Ohio
Replica Apple Stands in Cordelia Public Square
A monument in Cordelia Georgia features a steel and concrete replica of an apple in the city public square. The sculpture measures 22 feet in circumference and weighs 5,000 pounds, mounted on a base eight feet high.
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Cordelia
Georgia
Brevity In Speech Ontario Judge Thinks Half Hour Address Long Enough
Judge Hawley Mott said a man should express all he has to say in 30 minutes and if he cannot he should not rise to speak. He noted some speakers are long winded, risking that audiences forget the start of their remarks by the end.
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Ontario
Hawley Mott
Bowmanville
Mott
Saskatchewan Power Reports 1932 Balance Deficit
Saskatchewan Power Commission filed its 1932 annual report showing a profit of 122217 but a depreciation adjusted deficit of 50979. No new projects were undertaken as operations focused on existing systems. Yukon placer gold output in 1932 valued at 900000, with Klondike peak year 1900 at over 22000000 in value.
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Saskatchewan Power Commission
J. R. Merkley
Yukon Territory
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