Obstacles to International Agreement Highlight Conference Struggles
A long analysis outlines how complex motions and national interests hinder world cooperation. It notes the League of Nations' mixed record, disarmament debates, and the challenge of coordinating Britain Italy France and Germany. It also recalls the London Wheat Agreement's fragility amid quotas and price talks in Rome and London.
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Witstien
League of Nations
League
Britain
Italy
France
Germany
Iain
United States
Sega
Rome
Canada
London Grain Exchange
Deaf association concert uses sign language in toon play
Members of the Western Canada Association of the Deaf used sign language as the medium of presentation at a unique concert in noon. A short play performed by pupils depicted early education.
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Memof
Western Canada Associates of the Deaf
Dining guests converse across hall via table telephones at Grosvenor House
At a dining event in Grosvenor House guests could talk to friends across the hall without leaving their seats as telephones were installed on the tables for this purpose. Ordinary printers ink is used in making fingerprints.
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Grosvenor House
Britain’s East Promise Shaped By Japan’s Rise
Brantford Expositor lauds Japan as the Britain of the East, noting rapid reforms since government reorganization, strong educational and scientific progress, and advanced army and navy. Describes Japan as exceptionally equipped technically and scientifically, posing friendly yet wary competition to other nations.
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Japan
Britain
Se Hng
Brantford Expositor
Remedies for acidity bring lasting relief says reader
A woman reports long lasting cure from acidity after using Kruschen Salts. The remedy allegedly neutralizes acid, eases pain, and lifts mood, with daily use for about five years maintaining relief and regular elimination to prevent recurrence.
Canada Dominates World Metal Output Speaks at Banquet
G Blaylock president of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy told Grand Forks banquet that Canada would soon produce nearly all the Empire’s copper nickel lead and zinc. He added nickel lead copper and zinc miners would welcome higher taxes if metal prices remained high and noted gold prices unlikely to fall.
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Canada
Dominion
Empire
G. Blaylock
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Grand Forks Board of Trade
Associated Boards of Trade of
Eastern
British Columbia
Blaylock
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of
Trail
Japan Buys Scrap Iron From Australia and World
Japan has been gathering scrap from around the world with a diverse cargo from Australia arriving recently. The heap includes rusted steel rails, sewing machines, automobile fenders, a battered trombone, drums, junk machinery, car tires, stoves, old horseshoes, obsolete cannons, and many other salvaged items.
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Japan
Australia
Definition of Crooning From Boston University Dean
Dean John Patten Marshall of Boston University College of Music defines crooning as an exaggerated distorted expression of emotion. He says it is a semi musical noise produced from the throat and appealing to some for its novelty, while calling it a trait of low intelligence.
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John Patten Marshall
Boston University College of Music
Mussolini outlines expansion and League reform aims
In Rome Mussolini tells Hector Bywater that geography and history justify Italian expansion in Asia and Africa, stressing a non territorial approach but natural expansion. He criticizes disarmament prospects and says reforms to the League of Nations should wait until after the disarmament conference, predicting major powers will not disarm.
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Mussolini
Hector Bywater
Defy Telegraph
Rome
Africa
Asia
Toupee
Far East
League of Nations
Paris Hotels on Verge of Close as Taxes Sink Revenue
Paris hotels face ruin as the Plaza-Allianee closes and many others teeter. Managers blame heavy taxation with six percent luxury tax, four percent city tax, social insurance, apprentices, mutilated soldiers, operation and property taxes totaling 25 to 50 percent of receipts, plus vanishing American tourism.
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Paris
Plaza-Allianee
Etoile District
New Reading Series Adopted for Western Schools 1935
Representatives from four western provinces finalize a new school readers series titled High roads to Reading. Seven books will be adopted for public schools for the 1935 fall term, with uniform style, durable binding, colored illustrations, and printing in Toronto.
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Toronto
Desert Candlestick Fox-tail Lily Impresses Garden Border
The fox-tail lily, a striking plant for a large border, is nicknamed the desert candlestick for its long strap-shaped leaves and tall flower spikes that resemble a candle or column.
Ingenious Radio Signal Indicator Aids Aviators
W. E. Jackson and L. M. Harding of the U.S. Commerce Department Aeronautics Branch developed a device to visually interpret aeronautical radio range signals. Headphones feed signals to pilots, with a two-needle instrument in the panel. The vertical needle marks course deviation while the horizontal shows signal volume to adjust.
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W. E. Jackson
L. M. Harding
U.S. Commerce Department
Aeronautics Branch
Rex Martin
Aeronautics
Martin
Egg grading rules place responsibility on seller for 36 hours
The Canadian egg regulations state a case is properly marked only if an inspector finds more than an average of 61 percent below grade excluding breakage. In wholesale transactions complaints about below grade eggs must be made to the seller within 36 hours of receipt. After 36 hours, responsibility shifts to the possessor of the eggs.
Civil Servants Push to Bring Temp Workers Under Civil Service Act
W. C. Phelan, head of the Civil Service Federation of Canada, urged the commons civil service committee to bring 316 long term temporary employees in multiple government departments under the Civil Service Act. These workers, eligible for permanent appointment before 1927, were overlooked due to negligence or other causes.
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Civil Service Act
W. C. Phelan
Civil Service Federation of Canada
Commons Civil Service Committee
Phelan
Cityil Service Act
Public School Education Costs in Canada
Canadian government reports show per pupil education costs at 63.63 dollars annually with total expenditure near 65 million dollars each year. In 1932 Canada counted 86,216 teachers and 2,593,116 pupils in the public school system.
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Canada
Jrm
Payrolle Movement In British Columbia Improves Wages
Hon George Pearson, minister of labor, reports increases in payrolls of about 200 000 dollars monthly across British Columbia as the Board of Industrial Relations and related agencies push for higher minimum wage scales. In the sawmill sector the rise is roughly 85 000 dollars per month. The program aims to raise wages to a feasible level without halting operations, with potential adjustments as conditions improve.
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British Columbia
Department of Labor
Board of Industrial [Relations
George 8. Pearson
Pearson
Secret to ancient stainless columns studied by European steelmakers
European steel manufacturers tour India to learn how four Asoka era pillars have survived 2000 years without decay. Erected in four districts, the rock inscriptions of Asoka’s laws resist earthquakes and storms. Makers’ descendants are thought to hold the metallurgical secret the visitors seek.
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India
Asoka
Soybeans Prove Profitable for Livestock Farmers
The Farmers Advocate notes many livestock men and dairymen find soybeans a profitable crop. The beans boost protein in meat mixtures and, for hay, are productive and palatable.
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Bern
Zemmne
Metal Industry
Minlog Institute
New School Readers
Lydia E. Pinknam
Egg Trade Responsibility
Brrth
Columbia
ET. Athena
Baty
Dr.Withame
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