Burning Wheat in West Affects Farmers Morale and Losses
The piece argues for a national minimum price for No 3 Northern wheat to curb rust losses and prevent widespread burning of grain in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. It warns that keeping prices too low burdens farmers and may harm national welfare, urging action to salvage invested costs and support farmer morale.
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Canada
Canada Grain Boards
Northern Wheat
f.C.b
Fort William
Publi
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Flies Prefer Orange Color in University Experiment
A University of California dairy barn study by Lester J. Berry tracked fruit fly color choices on an eleven inch checkerboard. Results show 10,572 flies landed on orange, far more than green, primrose yellow, carmine, light blue, white, coral red, or pink, with esthetic flies favoring warmer hues.
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University of California
University
College of Agriculture
Lester J. Berry
Berry
New Hamilton Scam Preys On Death Notice Letters
Hamilton chamber of commerce warns residents about a Montreal based scam that asks for 30 to cover a certified copy of a will. Recipients are advised to ignore and not respond to the fraudulent death notice letters.
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Chamber of Commerce of
Hamilton
Ont
Montreal
Buried Eloque at Ceremony for New Wing Foundation
A brief report notes the mayor laid the foundation stone for a new wing amid ceremony as spectators watched. Details are sparse due to damaged text.
Diet and Efficiency Suggests Five Light Meals Day
Business Week reports that researchers Howard W. Haggard and Leon A. Greenberg conclude five light meals daily boost work efficiency by about ten percent after mid‑morning or mid‑afternoon snacks. This challenges the old one‑third daily diet norm and aligns with office routines and candy drink advertising claims.
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Howard W. Haggard
Leon A. Greenberg
Civil Service Betterment Promised by Ottawa Official
Charles H. Bland, chairman of the civil service commission at Ottawa, said with full cooperation from civil service organizations that betterment of conditions for government employees would come in the future.
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Civil Service
Charles H. Bland
Civil Service Commission
Ottawa
A Good Suggestion At A Party Impressions Go On
A young guest at a party, already over time, offers to continue with imitations. He asks others to name a bird and a guest suggests a homing pigeon, noting a distance of 30 miles in search of food.
Safety campaign still needed despite lower road deaths
The London Daily Herald argues that road safety work remains essential as crashes continue. It notes fatalities and injuries are down from last year, but highlights age analyses showing the young and old are most at risk, urging targeted education and warnings.
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The
London Daily Herald
Ministry of Transport
Infant prodigy speaks 1100 words at twenty months
The Minneapolis child Jackie Grub, aged twenty months, demonstrated a vocabulary of 1,100 words to Dr Bryng Bryngelton of the University of Minnesota speech clinic. The doctor praised the boy as distinctly a genius at twenty months.
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Jackie Grub
Bryng Bryngelton
Minnneapolis
Bryngelton
University of Minnesota
Little three piece suit for first fall school days
Practical stylish outfit for a growing girl. Model in brown and aqua angora wool features a jacket with detachable collar and cuffs paired with a brown wool jersey blouse. Alternative fabrics include aqua broadcloth and tweed cotton in dark blue with bright red blouse. Pattern No. 930 fits ages 6 to 14. yardage and ribbon requirements listed. Pattern 15c. Mail orders to Winnipeg Newspaper Union Pattern Dept. 175 McDermot Ave. Winnipeg. Fashion Magazine offer advertised at 15c.
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Pattern
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Paris Unveils Model Deep Air Raid Shelter on Avenue Foch
A reinforced concrete shelter thirty feet underground on Avenue Foch demonstrates Paris city plans for air raid readiness. The shelter includes gas detection, first aid rooms, machine rooms, storerooms, two heavy steel doors, its own power system, and a triple-layered roof with earth coverings. It will serve as a model for future city shelters.
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Foch
Paris
Paria
China imposes literacy law in Nanking after May first
Authorities in Nanking announce a new Ignorant People's Tax requiring residents aged six to fifty who cannot read after May 1, 1936 to pay on the spot. A 1000 character primer will be taught by students under police supervision, with officials acting as examiners to enforce the measure aimed at ending widespread illiteracy.
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China
Nanking
Discovery of concealed faces in Michelangelo works
Rome priest and art critic Father Giuseppe Parroni claims hundreds of hidden faces appear in Michelangelo's Sistine and Pauline Chapel paintings. He says the faces reveal enemies and friends of the artist, citing Cardinals and papal court figures among the subjects. Parroni used a tall scaffold to take minute photographs for his discovery.
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Michelangelo
Sistine
Pauline
Vatican
Rome
Father Giuseppe Parroni
Father Parroni
Papal Court
Prince Launches Waterfront Fashion With Anchor Belt
The Prince of Wales, seen at Cannes in a white sport suit, wore a pleated cord belt fastened by a five inch anchor. The display sparked a rush of orders to Paris wholesalers for thousands of similar belts, as dealers flooded the market.
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Prince of Wales
Cannes
France
Paris
Jews Reject Palestine Legislative Council Debate
Arab newspaper Miraat Ash Shargan reports that Arab leaders await a British Order in Council to reveal positions on a Palestinian legislative council. It notes Jews in Palestine refuse to accept a council under any conditions at present.
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Palestine
Miraat-Ash-Shargan
Jellyfish Sting Kills Italian Farmer Near Brisbane
Salvatore Cantarella, an Italian cane farmer near Brisbane, died after a giant Portuguese Man of War jellyfish stung him while bathing at Coo ghara Beach. Companions hauled him ashore, attempted artificial respiration, but he died en route to hospital. Tentacle marks prompted initial misidentification as an octopus attack. The creature's long tentacles can cause temporary paralysis.
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Salvatore Cantarella
Brisbane
Coogarra Beach
Queensland
Honest Man, Eggs and Honey Wasp Found in Mexico
A fragmented clipping notes a belief that broader egg sales could boost markets with insured quality eggs. It also mentions a honey-making wasp found in Mexico and southern Texas. The piece asserts usefulness comes from job creation and cautions that an honest man does not need to boast.
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Mexico
Texas
Lost Books Found Volumes Returned To Prince Albert
Alderman G H Carr of Prince Albert recovered two volumes of Stanley's In Darkest Africa believed lost 41 years ago. The books, part of Admiral Peary's 1893 94 North Pole expedition era, were found in a parcel at customs and forwarded by Mrs Edwin Stafford of Washington DC.
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G. H. Carr
Prince Albert
Greenland
Admiral Peary
North Pole
Carr
Stanley
Africa
Peary
Edwin Stafford
Washington, D.C
Pusey Horn relic sold in London for 8500 dollars
The Pusey Horn, a relic tied to King Canute and the tenure of the horn symbolizing land holding, fetched 8500 dollars in a London sale. A Pusey family heirloom, it had earlier court disputes in 1865 over possession and was identified as the horn Canute used to convey the manor of Pusey Berkshire. It will join a private antique collection. Some softwoods are harder than hardwood.
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Canute
London
Pusey
Berkshire
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