State medicine debate grows in Western provinces
A discussion of state medicine or public health insurance gains momentum across British Columbia Alberta and Saskatchewan as rising medical costs tax strains and demand for higher hospital services push toward a partial or full provincial plan. Proposals compare BC Alberta and Saskatchewan schemes with costs per person and local funding, suggesting experimental pilots or federal support to test viability and timing.
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British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Noise raises brain pressure to four times normal
A symposium at the New York Academy of Medicine described experiments at Bellevue hospital showing brain pressure rising up to four times normal when an inflated paper bag is exploded. Dr Foster Kennedy warned that New York City's loud noises threaten eardrums while others note efforts to fight Dutch elm disease with 000 workers at a cost of $2,500,000.
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New York Academy of Medicine
Bellevue Hospital
Foster Kennedy
Correll University Medical College
EP. Fowler
New York City
Television In Germany Public Telephones At Leipzig Berlin
The German postal ministry opened the Leipzig Spring Fair offering public TV booths in Berlin and Leipzig. Each booth used a normal telephone receiver a microphone and a window like panel showing the caller’s face on an eight inch square surface with a bluish light illuminating the features for the distant party.
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Leipzig
Berlin
Advertising in papers prompts readers to share notices
A South Dakota editor questions readers about publishing personal notices in the newspaper. The front-page box asks if couples would share wedding news, store owners would publicize enlargements, and hotel guests would see ads in print. It also notes Japanese building height limits and historic fuel use in forges.
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South Dakota
Scrap Auto Horns T as Traffic Reform Plea
A Detroit Free Press letter argues to remove car horns from all vehicles except emergency services. The writer cites 30 years of auto work, travels across the U S and Canada without incidents, and claims braking should replace horns, urging brakes to be pressed first in any argument.
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United States
Canada
Tom
Preas
Detroit Free Press
Stamp Must Be Requested Properly Tagged Return Poultry Crates Not Dutiable
In export of live poultry from Canada to the United States there is no duty on properly marked return crates, but Canadian shippers incur a 30 cent per crate duty. Canadian crates returning to Canada must be tagged by a Canadian Customs official before shipping to the United States. A Customs stamp is placed on wooden crates and a metal seal attached to metal crates.
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Canada
United States
Seize Opportunity With Phosferine Boosted Nerve Power
A bold sales pitch urges readers to seize the tide of fortune with a Phosferine nerve boost. The message claims lack of nerve force causes failures and inferiority, promising quick stamina to compete and make opportunities.
Old House May Be Sold Near Halifax Visited by King George
The Ware House at Cole Harbor near Halifax, once visited by King George IV as a midshipman about 40 years ago, will be advertised for sale and removal unless restoration is undertaken. The property, bought by Halifax County and used as caretaker residence for the Poor Home, was abandoned after a fire left it burned down.
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Nate King George
Halifax
Ware
Cole Harbor
King George
Pasadena councilman trades houses after wrong delivery
Milton Brenner, Pasadena councilman, found a house delivered to the wrong lot by a rover. He and the actual owner swapped properties after discovering the error. The item notes farm product sales seasonality, citing over 42 percent of sales occurring in September through November 2142.
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Milton Brenner
Pasadena
Calif
Brenner
Mr. Brenner
King's royal visit boosts Empire goods at fair
Royal visit to the British Industries Fair spurred orders and new business for Malta and other Empire producers. A New York tobacconist bought all apple briar pipes the King admired, Malta reports massive pipe orders and factory expansion, and ostrich feathers and homespuns gain strong interest from milliners and buyers. Hungarian ties also boosted British trade with £6000 in orders credited to the King’s patronage.
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Edward VIII
New York
Malta
Mediterranean
Louis Mountbatten
Newfoundland
W. E. Henriette
South African Trade Commisoner
Selected Recipes and a Humorous Champagne Tale
A recipe notes Crown Brand corn syrup with butter sugar and nuts to form drop cookies baked slowly on a greased sheet. A Scottish minister loses track of champagne bottles as his housekeeper confuses a gift with breakfast parritch, causing lighthearted confusion.
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Cy Crows
Piano
Crown
Memorial Prize for Canadian Women Non fiction Writing
The Canadian Women's Press Club announces a memorial prize of 25 dollars and a silver medal for the finest non-fiction piece by a Canadian woman. Open to residents who published within the last year, entries due June 30 1936 and judged by September 15 1936. Submit to Mable Crews Ringland Brookside Islington Ont. The award honors club members who have last written assignments.
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Canadian Women's Press Club
Canada
Memorial Award Board
Mable Crews
Ringland
Brookside
Islington
Ont
Canadian Womens Press Club
Clocks Installed Aboard Queen Mary To Reach 596
Upon the ship entry into service next June the Queen Mary will carry 596 clocks. The system will be chart-house controlled and include 39 public room clocks 31 deck entrance clocks 54 special room clocks 370 first class and crew quarter clocks.
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Chart-House
Bread boost could lift Canadian flour use by 742341 barrels
If bread consumption rises by one slice per day the drop slows. Jesse Smith of the Millers' National Association says Canada would see about 742,341 barrels more flour or 70,000,000 extra loaves. A proverb warns given rope a man could start his car.
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Jesse Smith
The
Millers’ National Association
Canada
Haggis Row Brings Canada France Spice to Parliament
Scots in Canada lament inability to obtain haggis from Scotland and face potential imports from France. William Fraser asks Agriculture Minister James Gardiner for policy steps, citing a Dumfriesshire born critic who loves the dish and notes a permit hurdle. Shipment stopped at Montreal after delays.
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Canada
Ottawa
Scotland
France
William Fraser
Northumberland
James Gardiner
Dumfrieshire
Department of Agriculture
Edinburgh
Montreal
Move Toward Calendar Reform Urged Before Lords
In Britain a calendar reform movement seeks an international fixed calendar under League auspices. Lord Merthyr urged adoption of a three month calendar used by some departments and unions. Lord Desborough advocated a 12 month calendar with equal quarters and half years.
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House of Lords
League of Nations
Great Britain
Lord Merthyr
Lord Desborough
Riel Rebellion Veteran Dies in Halifax at 82
Frederick Lesieur Bay of Quebec City born, moved west during the boom era to become a rancher. A Riel rebellion veteran, his entire property was destroyed in a clash. After the rebellion, he returned to Halifax in 1873 and lived there until his death in the veterans’ home. Glass wool advances allow 100 glass fibres to form a thread no thicker than ordinary No 50 cotton.
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West
Halifax
Frederick Lesieur Bay
Quebec City
Canada
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