Revenues Of Canadian Railways Reduce by Truck Competition
Coven freight revenues of Canadian railways fell about 36 million dollars yearly due to trucking competition on highways. W. Fairweather argues railways must serve public interests, justify rates, and absorb winter costs, while trucks pay less and avoid unremunerative service. He cites maritime highway costs and snow removal losses on branch lines, urging provincial governments to recover state expenses from road transport. The rest of the piece discusses Eskimo reindeer herding as a future food and clothing source, with Nesbitt envisioning a large, spread herd and training of herdsmen, plus a nod to Olympic scouts evaluating ski skills in the Arctic community.
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Canadian Railways
Highrersys
Board of Trade
Chariotietown
5. W. Fairweather
Threau of Economica
Casedianations Raiways
Canadian National
Maritimes
Fairweather
Harvey W. Nesbitt
Air
Arctic
Nesbitt
Newbitt
Nesbitt Saya
Neabitt
Canada
Canada to Import Indian Corn Duty Free Through Year End
Canada will suspend duties on Indian corn through year end due to drought and depleted supplies. Up to year’s end Indian corn may be imported from treaty countries duty free, freeing imports from the 10 cent intermediate tariff. Under French treaty it faced 25 cents and under US pact 20 cents. General tariff remains 25 cents per bushel.
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Canada
J. L. Tigey
United States
Word Banished In Italy For New Term Pampieni
A Rome report announces the word banished from Italian language due to origins with a famous earl in a sanctionist state. It will be replaced by pampieni meaning filled bread. Brazil’s 1936 37 coffee crop totals over 21 million bags.
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Italy
Rome
Brazil
Saskatchewan lupus group formed under Saskatoon notice
The Saskatchewan branch of the Canadian Society for the Study and Control of Rheumatic Disease was organized in Saskatoon by Saskatchewan Medical Association resolution. Dr. Duncan Croll chairs a data collection committee with Drs Baltzan Harvie Kirkby and McCulloch. The provincial group was created after Canada's national body affiliated with the International League Against Rheumatism headquartered in Amsterdam.
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Saskatchewan
Canadian Society For the Study and Control
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Medical Association
Duncan Croll
B. M. Baltxan
W. A. Harvie
Regina
R. W. Kirkby
Prince Albert
F. D. McCulloch
Moose Jaw
International League Against Rheumatiem
Amsterdam
Glass Office Building on Fifth Avenue to Be Built
The Corning Glass Works announced plans for a five storey glass office building on Fifth Avenue at 56th Street. The structure will be windowless above ground floor, with five show windows on the ground floor and 78 percent outdoor light for occupants. The building will sit at a prime New York shopping district corner.
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Fifth Avenue
Corning Glass Works
56Th Street
New York
Clever Love Bird Impresses Sydney Barber
B Perkins a Sydney barber claims the cleverest love bird in the world. The three inch bird can pull a match from a box present it to a customer saying Ok Chief. It sleeps in a shaving mug and on cold days perches on the rim of a tea cup to stay warm in the steam.
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B. Perkins
Sydney
Australia
O.K
Skywriter Al Stinis First Night Of All Skywriting
Montrealers watch as skywriter Al Stinis slips during opening night of all skywriting. A spectator on a downtown street criticizes the display saying the dots are misformed and the act attracts mixed reactions from the crowd.
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al Stinis
Lemse
King Edward’s Royal Pilot Fielden profiles as King’s Flight leader
The 33 year old Fielden, first to pilot a British monarch, known as Mouse, serves as Edward’s sole pilot. He flies the King’s Swift with a 600 mile range at 135 mph, wearing Brigade of Guards colors and maintaining a disciplined, modest persona. He has over 2,000 hours, earned the Air Force Cross in 1929, and placed second in the 1932 King’s Cup, set a cross England record Liverpool to Skegness in 49 minutes.
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Fielden
Edward
Hendon
cross-England
Liverpool
Skegness
Too Young To Qualify For Coronation Peers Under Twenty One
A poem notes that at least twenty two peers will be under 21 on May 13 1937 and ineligible for the coronation. Lord Townshend aged 20 years 564 days misses by a few weeks, while Lord Oxford reaches majority April 22. Lord Herschell at 13 serves as a Page of Honor. The piece also mentions beef from bulls in Mexican bull fights being unsafe for consumption due to blood heat.
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Lord Townshend
Norfolk
Oxford
Lord Herschell
Manchuria
Japan
United States
Division of Chemistry
Central Moperimental Farm
Linsee
Tungofa
Dead Sea Potash Boom Revives Ancient Lands and Industry
The Dead Sea, 1500 feet below sea level, draws 6 million tons of Jordan River water as British capital funds a potash and bromine rush. A 430 worker operation pumps brine through pans to produce crude potash, with the sea’s 25 percent salinity aiding crystallization. The shoreline blooms with building, resorts, and visitors, while Britain eyes a vital empire resource for potential war needs.
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Mediterranean
Jordan
Sodom
Go- Morrah
David
Herod
Marianne Lod
Jerusalem
Dead Sea
Great Britain
Empire
Europe
Reel In Films Tour At M G M Studios Netted Wonders
A traveller in Hollywood recounts a guided tour of M G M studios showing giant nets, a submarine, eighteenth century Paria blocks for A Tale of Two Cities, a battleship in an artificial pond, a night club, a convincing Romeo and Juliet mountain, and props from The Good Earth including rice fields. Brazil has become Germany to supply raw cotton.
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Hollywood
M-G-M
China
New Yorker
Dish Towel Dogs Up To Tricks Pattern Sale
Frisky dish-towel dogs lively in a cross stitch silhouette pattern 5652 offers seven motifs one for each day of the week. Pattern includes transfer design, illustration notes, material needs, and a request for 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Yale Solves Enzyme Mystery With Visible Catalase Work
Yale University researchers led by Dr. Kurt G Stern demonstrated enzyme catalase in action using a spectroscope and a photo electric tube to record the rapid transformation of hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen. The study confirms enzymes as nonliving catalysts and explores soy beans as a versatile industrial and nutritional resource.
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Yale University
Kurt G. Stern
Changes in Russia Raise Bolshevik Family Values
An Associated Press report notes progress toward a new constitution in Russia with a return to family life as the basic unit. Parents bear more responsibility for children, divorces are restricted, and both parties must appear for divorce. Child support, restored titles, and a revived housewife role signal blend of old and bourgeois influences.
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Russia
Associated Press
Soviet Union
New Life Movement Decrees Simple Dress for Chinese Women
General Chiang Kai-shek orders women to return to traditional garments covering arms and ankles under the New Life Movement. The Ten Commandments demand modest dress with punishment for violations. Southern China women recently rebelled against similar rules and seek freedom of dress.
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New Life Movement
China
Chiang Kaishek
May Ling
Wellesley College
Canadians Shine in First Picture-Making Experience
The British motion picture group touring Revelstoke in British Columbia sailed home aboard the Empress of Britain. Milton Roamer, the director, praised Canadian extras as excellent, calling them the best possible professionals for the production.
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Revelstoke
B.C
Milton Roamer
London Fulham power station opens after four years
London's largest power station on the riverside at Fulham officially opens on September 29. The project took over four years to complete and cost 50 million pounds. It will supply electricity across south-east England.
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London
Fulham
England
Bees Attack Horse In Finnish Village
In Naponkoskis village central Finland a horse kicked over a hive and was killed by furious bees. A peasant aiding the animal was also stung severely and taken to hospital in a precarious condition. In England last year travel by rail bus and street car averaged 435 journeys per person.
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Naponkosk
Finland
England
France’s Role in Bauxite and Romania Currency Controls
France remains the world’s top source of bauxite used for aluminum. Romania bans foreign exchange dealings except via the national bank, enforcing a strict currency control regime.
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France
Romania
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