Inflation War and the Global Currency Clash
The article discusses postwar economic warfare centered on inflation and currency moves. It traces how abandoning the gold standard fueled inflation, prompting national policies to outdo each other. It warns of repeated cycles of inflation and deflation, US policy pressures, and intertwined Canada-US trade effects, linking speculative credit expansion and the 1929 crash to lasting instability.
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Unis
Francis
Electric cycle drives world weather says scientists
Evidence presented to the National Academy of Sciences in Cambridge argues that solar induced electricity modulates global weather on a 23 year cycle causing rains droughts and heat with local variations. The study links 1956 patterns to 1933 and 1911 for long range forecasting. A light humorous aside notes love of ribbons may trace to a rib.
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National Academy of Sciencea
Cambridge
Mass
Seizure Of Einstein's Property Is Ordered
Secret police order the seizure of all property of Dr Albert Einstein and Mrs Einstein under the law for confiscation of Communist Property. Legal notice appeared in the Reichsanzeiger listing mobile and immobile goods banks accounts and other deposits to be confiscated for the Prussian state.
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Albert Einstein
Einstein
Reichsanzeiger
New Glass Demonstrates Flexibility Under Stress
A German produced glass that neither splinters nor breaks underwent a festa demonstration. Three adults used a long narrow sheet as a seesaw to show elasticity akin to highly flexible steel. A 10 foot steel ball drop left no impression, illustrating a special heating process. Railway and automobile officials show interest in the product.
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Germany
Festa
Kruschen Mineral Salts Claim Health Boosts
A reader testimonial praises Kruschen for easing headaches constipation and rheumatism. The ad explains six mineral salts on the bottle analyze the formula and claim benefits to stomach liver kidneys and digestion, helping the user feel younger at 67.
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Kruschen
Seel
M. G
Belgium to Close Four Prisons as Crime Falls
Four of Belgiums thirty one prisons are to be closed as crime declines after the armistice. Prison officials attribute the drop to lenient courts and the first offenders act. They also note minors who once faced prison now go to reformatories not counted among prisons.
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Belgium
Prince George Hosts Commission on St Lawrence Low Water Causes
J W Nicoll urges Dominion government to form a commission to investigate the Saint Lawrence river and Montreal port low water levels and to propose remedies. A Prince of Wales and Prince meeting of the Shipping Federation of Canada in London celebrated the Factory Act passage with Prince George hosting as Home Office Inspector. The 40 hour week may be adopted in Italy.
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St. Lawrence Ship Channel
Montreal
Dominion
J. W. Nicoll
Prince of Wales
Prince
Shipping Federation
George
Canada
London
Prince George
Home Office
Bees Studied In Glass Hive At St Louis Museum
Pupils at the educational museum of the Board of Education in St Louis observe honey bees at work inside a glass hive. The bees exit the hive through a pipe that leads outside the museum building.
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St. Louis
Educational Museum of the Board of Education
Conroe man gathers 11000 songs in weighty hobby scrapbook
L H Peevey of Conroe Texas collects old songs and ballads as a hobby. He already has over 11000 pieces in a scrapbook weighing about 100 pounds and the collection continues to grow. A consignment of cattle serum weighing nearly 215 cwL arrived by air from Berlin to England to fight foot and mouth disease in Cheshire.
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L. H. Peevey
Conroe
Texas
Berlin
England
Cheshire
Western Problems and Wheat Policy Urged at Ottawa
J M Lurie of Edmonton outlined western Canada issues before the Canadian Club in Ottawa. Mr Imrie urged full Canadian cooperation in the London wheat agreement and welcomed that reductions were not larger. Diversified farming and premium hogs for the UK market were proposed, with up to 2,500,000 hundredweight guaranteed. He criticized scattered settlement creating unproductive lands and called for redistribution and thicker settlement.
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Western Canada
Ottawa
J. M. Lurie
Edmonton
Canada
London
Imrie
United Kingdom
West
Irish Dail Member Refuses Salary Payment
Frank MacDermot, a descendant of King Roderic O Conner, declines remuneration for Dail Éireann service. He argues the $150 monthly payment is an expense allowance and says he will buy Irish sweep tickets with the funds at Roscommon County Council. If he wins, proceeds will aid Roscommon farmers via tax relief or welfare projects.
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Dail Eireann
Frank MacDermot
Roderic O'Conner
Dail Éireann
Flying Hamburger claims world speed crown on rails
Germany asserts fastest rail service with the Flying Hamburger averaging 78 mph on the Berlin to Hamburg run, beating Britain’s 72 mph London to Swindon and France’s 66 mph Paris to St. Quentin. Tests by the federal railroad show speeds up to 84 mph with another motor-driven train.
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Germany
Berlin
Hamburg
London
Swindon
Paris-St., Quentin
German Federal Railroad Company
Currency Of Albania Is Very Cosmopolitan
The small Balkan kingdom of Albania pays officials in gold and accepts gold in exchange for paper. At an international conference in Sofia, Albanian Bishop Vissarion paid hotel expenses in gold coin. Albania has no national currency and uses gold francs for pay, with other gold coins like English sovereigns and Turkish piasters also used. Prior to the gold standard, the United States paper dollar was trusted in the region, but after it dropped the Albanian system returned to gold amid limited local currencies.
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Albania
Balkans
Sofia
Vissarion
Union of International Friendship Through the Churches
United States
Balkan Countries
Magnesia remedy for indigestion after meals
A brief health notice recommends Bisurated Magnesia in water after meals to correct acid stomach and stop indigestion within minutes. It asserts the ordinary Bisurated Magnesia available at drugstores cures belching sour water brush and post meal pain. Try it and see.
Favor Returned by West China Church to Toronto Parish
The Cheng Tu parish of the Church of England in West China sent a gift of 35 Chinese dollars to the Church of the Resurrection in Toronto for the poor and needy of the parish. Presented by Rev. H. W. K. Mowll, former Bishop of West China and Archbishop-elect of Sydney, Australia, the congregation offered thanks as the Archbishop announced the gift from Chinese Christians.
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Toronto
Cheng Tu
Church of England
West China
Hed Church of the Resurrection
Rew. H. W. K. Mowll
Sydney
Australia
Ruselz Builds Giant Plane at Kharkov K-7
A giant aircraft named K-7 built at Kharkov in Soviet Russia can carry 128 passengers besides pilots and crew. It features 16 compartments with four sleeping berths each, convertible berths to seats, a cabin with seating, sofas, and a central wing promenade.
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Kharkov
Soviet Russia
Saskatchewan drought relief medical plan announced
C B Daniel, general manager of the Saskatchewan relief commission, announced an immediate hospital relief policy for the 1983 drought areas. The plan allows applications from medical practitioners for medical cars for relief patients and higher grants for indigent hospital care, effective November 1 with details to follow. It aligns with an earlier public health ministry statement by Hon. D Munroe.
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Poliey
Saskatchewan
C. B. Daniel
Saskatchewan Relief Commission
D. Munroe
Public Health
Strangely Marked River Creature Baffles Zoologists Near Montreal
Zoologists seek a classification for a 14 inch water animal caught on a worm balited hook in the St Lawrence River by Jack Thervin of Montreal. The creature has lizard-like legs a neck ruff outer lungs and vivid red orange patches on dark skin. It defies easy categorization and remains a mystery to amateur researchers.
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St Lawrence River
Jack Thervin
Montreal
Zoologiata
British Empire Groups Push Closer Cooperation
A meeting led by J H Thomas and attended by 14 organizations including the Royal Empire Society Over seas League British Empire League and the League of Empire calls for closer cooperation among societies advancing Commonwealth interests. The note cites growth in electrified farms from new figures in Old Country farms and Yorkshire counts. Scotland marked 700th anniversary of the sorning of Bishop Clement.
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J. H. Thomas
Dorlions
Royal Empire Society
The
Overseas League
British Empire League
League of Empire
Yorkshire
Dunblane
Scotland
Clement
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