Canada to help Britain in rearmament drive
Britain will consider using Canadian firms for munitions contracts and plywood production from Canadian logs at Manchester. German experts will supervise a new plywood factory to meet aircraft needs while labor remains reluctant to move from Glasgow London and the northeast. Labor party unity is hoped for at the next conference to back the program.
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Britain
Canada
Manchester
England
Wales
Hereford
Pembroke
Cornwall
Ulster
Glasgow
London
Labor Party
Ths
Gardener notes on overwintering plants and bulbs
The guide advises removing and burning frozen plant tops to prevent disease and pests. Mulch with old manure or evergreen branches. cover crowns with coal ashes for slug protection around foxgloves and hollyhocks. Plant spring bulbs in September and October, including Beattles Daffodils Tulips and Siberian Squill, Crocus, and Muscari. October is also suitable for planting Lilies such as L amarille, L tenuifolium, L regale, L Willmottiae and L Henry.
Fine racing horse shoes shaped to measure
Canton Ohio blacksmith W A Haddox insists on hand forged shoes built to exact hoof measurements. He warns an ounce variance or a fraction of an inch can cost a horse speed and victory. He argues horses’ hoof ailments are curable and proper shoeing builds a winner.
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W. A. Haddox
Canton
Ohio
Haddox
Milk becomes clothes says dairy chemists
The article describes how skim milk is processed into cream and used for paper making and even billiard balls. Italian chemists claim they can turn casein into fabrics like cotton wool or silk at lower cost, enabling milk to clothe as well as feed.
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B. L. Herrington
Corhell University
Mussolini
Dino Grandi
Great Britain
London
Biddy Callaghan
Becoming Motorised In Flin Flon And Beaver Lake
Beaming with prospect of a new road grid the mining town of Flin Flon in northern Manitoba nears an all weather link to Saskatchewan. The Flin Flon Beaver Lake road across the border may soon open and connect 15 miles of travel enabling summer resort access for residents to drive.
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Flin Flon
Manitoba
Manitoba-Saskatchewan
Beaver Lake
Saskatchewan
British woolen import petition sent to Japan
The president of the Japan Federation of Woolen Weavers' Guilds has petitioned the Japanese Department of Commerce to restrict British woolen goods. Growing imports concern the federation as signs point to a surge in British woolen shipments. Two large printing plants in Hong Kong will publish books in English and Chinese.
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Japanese Department of Commerce
Japan
Japan Federation of Woolen Weavers’ Guilds
Mong Kong, Chine
Portable Radio For Miners Inventors Made Tests
L. W. and C. E. Hermes father and son developed a small fifteen pound portable radio set that requires no technical knowledge to operate. It can be placed at multiple points in a mine to allow trapped workers to contact rescuers above. They completed successful tests from 2,200 feet underground in an English mine.
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L. W. and
C. E. Hermes
England
New Tennis by Frying Pan Bats Wanthagi Town Sport
In Wanthagi Australia a new sport arose when residents invented tennis played with frying pans. A cyclist is designing a two wheel bicycle type for the game. The activity is fast and taxing on the wheel and voice.
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Wanthagi
Australiaz
Welsh sermon boast puzzles readers in Canada brief
A Brandon Sun note mocks a Welshman who claims he has heard 3,000 sermons in 37 years saying at two sermons weekly he should have heard about 38,850. The Toronto Star questions where he was for 850 Sundays while the man adds he is learning to drive.
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Wales
Brandon Sun
The
Toronto Star
Babson bullish on business revival amid political critique
Roger W. Babson told the Boston Advertising Club that normal business times have returned after six years of low mood and that the next two to three years will be bullish in most sectors except democracy. He praised democracy for the long pull but warned of collapse driven by unprincipled politicians, forecasting improvements in autos, steel, retail, power, cement, and appliances along with rising prices, wages, and rail traffic.
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Roger W. Babeon
Advertising Club of
Boston
America
Babson
Three Great Castles of Ludwig II of Bavaria
Ludwig II of Bavaria built three great castles that exhausted the country’s resources and now provide a tidy income. Neuschwanstein, his first, is modeled after a medieval fortress and decorated with Wagner opera scenes. It cost 30 million dollars and took thirteen years to complete. Visitors pay a small admission to view the king’s eccentric properties.
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Ludwig TL
Bavaria
Ludwig
Neuschwanstein
A Wrong Headline Vinegar Bible of 1716 17 Oxford Printer Errors
The Vinegar Bible from Oxford printed by J Baskett 1716 7 gained its name from Luke’s “The Parable of the Vinegar” misprint, with many others like Galatians 4 29 “to remain” causing famed lapses. The 1805 Oxford edition became known for the misreadings such as “Rebecca arose and her camels” and “Who hath ears to ear.”
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Oxford
J. Baskett
Rebecca
Art Treasures Destroyed At Tibet Border By Red Raiders
Ancient Tibetan art relics valued in millions of pounds sterling were destroyed by a horde of Communists and bandits along China and Tibet borders ravaging Kokonor and Sikang. About three quarters of the Lama temple were pillaged and ruined by Red raiders, costing the world priceless works. American archaeologists from West China Union University Museum are buying treasures fled by Tibetans to preserve them for posterity. First aid gear at an English ambulance station includes asbestos clothing for rescuers, long tongs, and a crane to lift injured from manholes.
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Tibet
China
Kokonor
Sikang
West China Union University Museum
Pattern for Toys For Tots Weighs In On Crafters
A fragmented notice describes a toy making pattern labeled 5683 for kittens and mittens, promising joy for children and a duck keepsake. It asks readers to mail 20 cents to the Household Arts Dept at Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern materials and a published pattern book by Alice Brooks.
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Household Arta Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Winnipeg
McDermot Ave
Seed Selection For Next Year's Grain Crop Is A Matter Of Prime Importance
The article discusses seed selection as crucial for the next year's grain crop, noting that 1936 conditions make seed quality and careful planning essential. It emphasizes reserving top quality wheat, oats, barley, and other grain for seed, and warns that many harvested crops may be unsuitable for seed due to weight or germination issues.
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Canada
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Dominion
New Ration For Birds Boosts Egg Output At Philadelphia Zoo
Scientists at the Philadelphia zoo report a new basic ration No. 1 feeding birds to double egg production over the past year. The diet includes grain vegetable meals dried milk minerals cod liver oil and a bit of meat. A griffin vulture finally laid an egg after 12 years on the regimen and efforts to hatch increase. Spain leads as the world's largest orange exporter while the United States produces the most oranges.
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Philadelphia Zoo
Zoo
Weather Saint St Bartholomew Advised by Sailors
The item notes St Bartholomew as a weather saint praised by seamen on a Bavarian lake. Mariners invoke him before leaving, asking if they will return and hearing echoes respond yes in fair weather but fall silent before storms.
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St. Bartholomew
St. Swithun
Bavaria
Bartholomew
Mussolini backs 8 million strong army for loans
Italy seeks credit in London as British banks withdraw. Premier Mussolini boasts an 8,000,000 man mobilization to back requests for funding while critics mock the rhetoric. A writer laments modern girls and a psychologist notes memory limits.
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Italy
London
Mussolini
Britain
King Edward VII Diet Seeks Slim Waistline
Henry the Seventh era ruler reportedly follows a self devised diet to trim the waist and improve health. Breakfast includes fruit toast and tea while lunch is fruit and tea. Dinner features fish or meat with greens. He avoids alcohol until evening and favors whisky with soda later. He carries a personal tea blend claiming overeating stems from excess eating.
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Edward
Edward VII
Women In Austria Claim They Are Most Independent In World
Austrian women assert they can run a city in detail during emergencies without male help. Statistics show half of Austria’s 3 million workers are women, with many entering fields once dominated by men such as farming medicine carpentry engineering and driving.
Quinine Tree Cultivation Aims For Yearly Plant
Russian scientists at the All-Union Institute of Plant Cultivation in Leningrad have begun experimental cultivation of the quinine tree to create an annual plant that can grow anywhere and retain the tree’s products.
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All-Union Institute of Plant Cultivation
Leningrad
First Ics Caves Len Rossiter Discovery On Vancouver Island
Len Rossiter a guide is credited with finding the first ice caves on Vancouver Island after exploring Forbidden Plateau for over six years without a map. He says he was just looking around when he uncovered the caves on his final visit. Two who are living as cheaply as one, show it.
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Len Rossiter
Vancouver Island
Len
Forbidden Plateau
Remula
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