Provinces Back Federal Role in Coordinated Health Policy
Canadian provinces voiced approval of federal involvement in a unified national health program. Dr Gordon Bates noted the British North America Act limits health to quarantine and marine hospitals, but provinces urged cooperation to promote health nationwide. Health ministers from Alberta Saskatchewan and British Columbia emphasized the need for intergovernmental discussions and a federal role in coordinating provincial efforts. Manitoba Premier John Bracken called intergovernmental talks essential though not publicly committing to a conference agenda.
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Gordon Bates
Canadian Social Hygiene Counci
Bates
British North America
Dominion
Canada
G. M. Weir
British Columbia
Alberta
George Hoadley
J. M Uhrich
Saskatchewan
Dominion Department of Health
John Bracken
Manitoba
Milk in the School Lunch Plan and Milk Use at Home
The guidance urges planned milk inclusion in every child’s lunch to prevent daily shortfalls. It suggests containers for milk, daily delivery options, and using leftovers for next day lunches. It also recommends hot noon meals in winter and simple milk-based dishes to boost nourishment.
Old Discipline Book Reveals 50 Year Old Dock Offences
An historic discipline book shows offences by London dock messenger boys including fines for haircuts and drinking milk for clerks. It also notes a boat incident during rounds. Hippocrates observed later lockjaw recovery odds. A man recalls dining with an 18 year old girl who aged to 40.
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London
Agricultural Situation to be detailed in January report
A special report on the Agricultural Situation will be issued in early January 1935 with more complete information on agricultural conditions and markets in Canada and other countries than the first report in March. Fourteen committees from the Dominion Departments of Agriculture and Trade and Commerce, working with provincial and college representatives, prepare the report. They aim to expand export market data and assess competition abroad. The committees will present their findings at a conference planned for late November with provincial representation. The work is directed by a National Advisory Committee on Agricultural Services.
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Canada
Domision Departments of Agriculture
Trade and Commerce
Col
National Advisory Committee On Agricultural Services
Welsh Klondike 2 Syndicate Aims To Reopen Mines
A London syndicate plans to reopen seven ancient Welsh gold mines in Merioneth using modern machinery and expert miners. The mines yielded gold weekly in the prewar era and Merioneth gold was used for royal wedding rings. Ore from the Prince Edward Mine near Dolgelly was assayed at eight pennyweights per ton.
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Merioneth Mountains
Prince Edward
Dolgelly
Sires In Sheep Change As Heavily Fleeced Breeds Diminish
A University of Wisconsin bulletin notes sheep styles shift from heavily fleeced wrinkled types to meatier models. James J. Lacey explains modern heating and travel reduce demand for heavy wool clothing, accelerating the replacement of heavy fleece stock.
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University of Wisconsin
James J. Lacey
College of Agriculture
Epidemics and travel linked to global grippe threat
Dr James Torrens of St George’s Hospital in London warned in the British Medical Journal that modern transportation enables rapid spread of a global grippe pandemic. He cited 15 major European pestilences in six centuries and warned there is little that can be done due to limited understanding of the disease.
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James Torrens
St. George's Hospital, London
British Medical Journal
Torrens
Grippe
Europe
Silhouettes in Snapshot Photography by John Van Guilder
As cooler weather arrives, silhouettes offer continuous shooting potential indoors. Use a sheet backdrop, bright even light from photo floods or photoflash, position two feet from the sheet, and expose about 10 seconds with lamps or a flash for crisp solid black figures on white. Good silhouettes suit greeting cards and place cards.
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Jess
Patterned Dress Pattern No. 63018 for Various Bust Sizes
Pattern No. 63018 offers a slender simple pattern in green canton crepe with a cascading Jabot collar detail and perforations for name. Designed for sizes 36 to 48 inches bust, it requires 3 7/8 yards of 39 inch material for size 96. Price is 20 cents in stamps or coin.
How To Order Patterns Anareas Winnipeg
Pattern ordering notice from Winnipeg newspaper lists pattern numbers and contact details for readers to request mail order patterns. The brief item names patterns and provides the Winnipeg address and short instructions for ordering.
Air bases eyed to shield far flung empire posts
The British air ministry weighs a major Malay archipelago base as part of a broader plan to fortify imperial air routes. Three empire routes link London with Melbourne Cape Town and Ottawa with ongoing expansion aimed at faster travel and stronger defense of distant outposts.
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Malay Archi- Pelago
Air Ministry
Empire
London
Singapore
Straits Settlements
Melbourne
England
Cape Town
Union of South Africa
Union
Ottawa
Lord Londonderry
House of Commons
Straw as fodder with high protein supplements
Straw is scarce but valuable when paired with protein feeds such as Linseed oil meal. Winter feeding guides advise half straw plus to three quarters pound of Linseed oil meal per day for cows, and a mix of straw with legume hay to sustain stock. Ensure mineral access with a supplement mix including bone meal limestone salt iron sulfate copper sulfate and potassium iodide.
Bible distribution booms in Orient and South America
The organization reports the Bible circulation in Japan last year was the highest since 1876 and China’s Scripture agencies circulated more complete Bibles than any year since evangelical efforts began. A regional boom was also noted in South America.
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Japan
China
Orient
South America
Homing Instinct Of Pigeons Recalled In British Loft Study
The article notes thousands of racing pigeons are released weekly up to 700 miles from their lofts and reliably return unless deterred by Channel storms or falcon attacks. It discusses theories of magnetic influence and inherited instinct, highlighting a recent case of a brood hatched in England that flew straight back to its home loft despite no prior sighting of Britain.
Europe’s First Woman Doctor Practiced In Strassbourg And Also Worked In Orient
Dr. Mathilda Thyssen of Bern Switzerland pioneer woman physician celebrated her 96th birthday this autumn. She began medical studies at 20 in Paris when German universities barred women and earned the first European woman doctor degree in Lisbon Portugal. Thyssen practiced mainly in Strasbourg but also worked in Japan and China and served at the front during the 1866 and 1870 wars.
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Strassbourg
Orient
Mathilda Thyssen
Bern
Switzerland
Thyssen
University of
Paris
France
Lisson
Portugal
Europe
Excavation near Ayr uncovers 18th century coins
Excavators discover coins dated in the 18th century near Ayr Scotland. The find adds to local history and hints at past commerce and daily life in the region. Authorities plan further investigation to assess significance and preservation.
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Ayr
Scotland
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