Reciprocity with the United States Opens a New Chapter
A Canadian public column urges nonpartisan support for broad reciprocal trade with the United States. It notes past bans caused by the Civil War and cites Hoover and Roosevelt administrations backing, calling for unified Canadian public sentiment to re open trade and expand access to U S goods and markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Encyclopaedia Britannica
England
American Union
Ottawa
Liberal
C.C.F
Roosevelt
Congress
Henry Chalmers
Washington
Foreign Tariff Division
United States Department of Commerce
Hoover
Cha
Imers
Fifth World's Poultry Congress to meet in Rome in September
The series began in 1921 in the Netherlands and has since visited Spain Canada England with the fifth congress set for Rome in September. Canada will send a strong contingent of birds through the Dominion Department of Agriculture. The king instructed his son to grow into a capable ruler.
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Netherlands
Spain
Canada
England
Rome
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Firefighters use asbestos shields to battle Berlin blaze
In Germany firefighters shield themselves with asbestos screens to approach a massive fire more effectively. Berlin features an umbrella shaped shield that opens and closes for maneuverability. Italy plans 35 million dollars for aviation next year. Civilization is the history of overcome difficulties.
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Germany
Berlin
Italy
Sweden Turns to Garden Cities for Rapid Cottage Living
Sweden and Stockholm increasingly fringe with factory built garden cities. Workmen can order a cottage on Monday and help install curtains days later. Government funds 90 percent of the cost with loans financed by interest on infrastructure, offering three room cottages at about 950 kroner a year.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Crown Lands of England Hold Vast Royal Estates
Property of the King includes London holdings and English agricultural estates under the Crown Lands Commission. In London the crown owns much of the West End shopping area, Regent Street, the Mall, and other tracts. Agricultural estates exceed 100,000 acres with annual revenue near $9.2 million, and the Privy Purse extracts about $2.35 million.
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Choice Properties
London
Crown Lands Commission
Kings of England
Crown
West End
Regent Street
Buckingham Palace
Strand
Oxford Street
England
Buy British Campaign Should Be Modified
Sir Edward Crowe, Controller of the Department of Overseas Trade, told American and British business men that the Buy British campaign has gone far enough and that both sides should buy the other’s goods. He admitted he helped originate the movement set up by the Empire Marketing Board and now advocates modification to encourage American and British trade.
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Sir Edward Crowe
Department of Overseas Trade
America
Edward
Empire Marketing Board
Royal few favor Buckingham Palace amid garden drift
The royal family like Buckingham Palace for its quiet gardens where they read, walk, and work though some younger members dislike it. Queen Alexandra resisted leaving after King Edward’s death, while Prince George left to join the Prince of Wales. In Leighton Buzzard a lace knitting contest crowned an 83 year old man, David Rush, master printer, as the winner.
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Buckingham Palace
Alexandra
Palace
Marlborough House
Edward
Prince George
Prince of Wales
Leighton Buzzard
David Rush
Belief May Be True In A Sleep Walker Ghost Tale Near St Thomas
Marjorie Ellwood recounts a pioneer uncle story from over eighty years ago near St Thomas Western Ontario. Old burial plots on homesteads remain guarded by fallen marble slabs while legends say a white figure haunts the roads. The daughter wife was a sleep walker who woke terrified after being pursued and later died from exhaustion and fever.
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Marjorie Ellwood
St. Thomas
Ontario
Vanishing family crest tradition in London noted
The Edinburgh Scotsman reports a decline in armorial bearing licenses in London from 1923 to 1930. About 7,500 licenses were issued in 1923, dropping by a third to roughly 2,600 by 1930, with further declines expected. Heavy taxation and extinction of old families drive the trend as emigration increases.
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London
L.C.C
Edinburgh Scotsman
Poor taxpayers taxed for others headaches and gifts
In 1932 United States Senate members received several thousand dollars worth of free aspirin tablets, highlighting the burden on taxpayers. The Queen of England presented miniature porcupine quill and bead furniture for a doll’s house to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, crafted by a Singalese cripple.
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United States Senate
Fruits Canning Up While Vegetables Drop in 1932 Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes a rise in canned fruits output to 1,272,334 cases in 1932 and a fall in canned vegetables to 5,411,562 cases. Exports rose despite imports dipping. Ontario aided supply while Quebec concentrated on vegetables. Tomatoes led vegetables by cases, beans by weight, pears and peaches notable among fruits.
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Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Dominion
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Japan's New Tanks Ready for Jehol Advance
The Tank Corps relies on medium and whippet tanks from Tokyo and Osaka arsenals, with Krupp pattern field artillery and mechanised mountain gun batteries. Infantry use the Murata rifle and a new Hotchkiss quick-firer, reflecting recent experiments on terrain in Japan and Southern Manchuria.
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Jehol
Japan
Manchuria
Tokio
Osaka
Single Men For Air Force Australia Seeks Unmarried Aviators
The Federal Government of Australia aims to recruit young unmarried men for the air force, arguing single personnel face hazards with less family burden, show more nerve, and may achieve better records in risky missions, while dependents of married men claim compensation in injuries or death cases and current finances limit extra outlay.
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Federal Government of
Australia
Mining Industry Bright Spot Despite World Conditions
Dr Charles Camsell Deputy Minister of Mines told the Canadian Ceramic Society in Ottawa that Canada’s mineral production value in 1932 exceeded 180.9 million dollars, employing over 65 thousand workers with payrolls surpassing 90.6 million dollars, a high point amid global strain.
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Canada
Charles Camsell
Canadian Ceramic Society
Ottawa
Canada expected to boost wheat exports in 1932 33
A review from the Department of Trade and Commerce predicts Canada will greatly improve its wheat export position in 1932 33 versus the prior year. It cites scarce Russian and Danubian supplies, with Russian and Danubian shipments totaling 19 million bushels so far and limited extra shipments through July 1933.
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Canada
Department of Trade and Commerce
Russia
War Buildings Converted to Aerodrome at Southampton
Atlantic park near Southampton, a sprawling corrugated iron and brick complex built during the war to assemble United States planes, is to be sold to the municipal authorities for use as an aerodrome. After peace, Canadian Pacific and partners used it for migrant transit to Canada and the United States. migration has since ceased and the site is largely derelict.
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Atlantic Park
England
Southampton
United States
Canadian Pacific
North Atlantic
Canada
New Canadian Steamship Firm Plans Monthly All-Water Freight
A new Canadian steamship company formed to operate a regular monthly all-water freight service will link Toronto Hamilton St Catharines Montreal and Vancouver and other British Columbia points via the Panama Canal starting next month.
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Toronto
Hamilton
St. Catharines
Montreal
Vancouver
British Columbia
Panama Canal
Canadian Steamship Company
Shorten Voyage Plan Presented to Governments
Sir Alan Cobham's plan to shorten North Atlantic passages by combining air and steam ship services has been laid before the United Kingdom and Canadian governments and presented to the Irish Free State high commissioner's London office.
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Alan Cobham
North Atlantic
United Kingdom
English Rocket engine model gifted to Goethe in 1829
Historians report a toy model of Stevenson's first engine, the Rocket, was manufactured in England in 1829 and presented to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the renowned German poet.
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Stevenson
Rocket
England
Goethe
Flower Seller and Absent-minded Gent Exchange
A flower seller offers snowdrops to a distracted gentleman who concedes the bouquet’s name, in a brief, humorous exchange reflecting a witty domestic moment.
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Milburn
Andle
George Scribner, Nauwigewauk
TF. Mitbers Co
Hings
Bridget
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
Osaki
Air Force
Canadas
U.S
Sty
Wasa
GMA
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