House of the Future at Rockefeller Centre sparks housing debate
A $5500 House of the Future prize design showcased at Rockefeller Centre draws crowds as 500 model homes built on the same plan circulate nationwide. The three room layout features wall built lamps, steel casement windows, cork floors, rubber in baths and a glass wall. Mr Rockefeller Jr. viewed the display, still living in an older home.
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Prine
Rockefeller Centre
America
Theels
Rockefeller, Jr
Mussolini Orders Six Month Diet To Fight Sanctions
Italy imposes a six month diet to curb imports amid League of Nations sanctions. From Nov 5 restaurants and shops face meat restrictions with two meatless days weekly. Beasts, poultry and pork sales limited while hotels and dining cars may offer one meat dish. Fish output to rise. bread and spaghetti deemed safe due to wheat crop reserves. Government slashes paper use and imports. butcher shops open Sundays after two day closing. Spaghetti and bread deemed sufficient to feed the nation.
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Mussolini
Italy
League of Nations
Tr Duce
Canaan’s sea nine shows August gains in catches and value
Inland and Pacific coast figures rise as August landings reach higher cwts and dollars. Atlantic coast value nudges up while catch volume declines. A stray line notes a book rack expansion and a lighthearted wedding remark appears among fragments.
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Canaan
Sea Nine
Egisterea
Pacific
Atlantic
Emancipated Chinese Women Embrace Jobs Abroad
Mire Florence Kirk, English teacher at Ginling College in Nanking, reports China’s educated women face new job opportunities and rapid progress since 1911. She notes two graduates per graduate and that English is used as a common tongue among students from diverse dialects. She cites fading anti foreign sentiment, especially toward the British, and recounts a Nanking field meeting where English was necessary for understanding.
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Mire
Florence Kirk
Ginling College
Nanking
China
Saskatoon
Chinese Republic
Miss Kirk
Kirk
Proposal to draft older men to secure peace
A university head suggests drafting only men over fifty for combat in war to protect youth and curb wars. He argues young blood fuels progress and a pact excluding under fifty could end wars, noting such pacts would be made by men over fifty who would then push for universal peace.
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Sarnia
New Vehicle Totals Show September Canada Market Shift
Canadian new motor vehicles registered 3,987 in September, down from 4,010 a year earlier and 3,441 in September 1933. Automobile production reached 5,323 in September, a 31 percent drop from July and nine percent from last September. Analysts say the figures do not signal a rush to used cars.
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Canada
Stranger Offers Room for Rent in Alarming Exchange
A man at a doorway pressed a room-for-rent inquiry on a woman and offered insect powder. She declined and he responded he would take the advertised room, indicating a threatening or unusual incident at the door.
New Process Makes Steel Look Like Marble or Tapestry
A new technique uses decalcomania and a resin baked under pressure to create a laminated sheet of steel terne alloy felt and paper. The result resembles marble or Gobelin tapestry while retaining steel strength and low cost, suited for office interiors and storefronts.
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Daily Commercial News
Toronto
Alberta Cheese Dominates Vancouver Exhibition Wins
Alberta dairy firm at Burford swept three cheese prizes at the Vancouver Exhibition, beating Fraser Valley rivals from established factories. Dairy men on the coast praised the Alberta victory as a sign of rising competition from newer producers near Edmonton.
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Alberta
Edmonton
Fraser Valley
British Columbia
Vancouver
Burford
The English Rose and British Rose Industry Rise
The article traces the English Rose origins to Roman Britain with seven native variants such as Dog Rose and White Ayrshire. It notes a milestone in 1876 when the National Rose Society formed and began awarding new varieties, fueling growth. The British cutflower sector employs about 100000 people with a turnover near 15 million pounds, while rose growing supports 3200 workers. In 1931 and 1934 production reached 6 and 18 million bushels respectively, and Covent Garden marketed over 250000 roses in a single day last July, all blooms sold.
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Great Britain
National Rose Society
Covent Garden
Western Canada Grows Rice Along Lake Superior Shores
Rice once a staple of China and Japan is being grown in Western Canada. On Cranberry Bay and near Lake Superior, small plots expanded to about 100 acres, with Indians using much for food and animal feed. The Whitefish Lake shoreline hosts the best natural crop drawing thousands of ducks during hunting season.
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Lake Superior
China
Japan
Canada
Cranberry Bay
Whiteish Lake
Made Of Good Stuff A. D. Wilson Buys New Cap
A. D. Wilson of Apraurie Arkansas buys a new cap his first in 30 years. He notes the old headgear served since 1898 and recalls the bear and raccoon sliding down a tree while a squirrel and others climb both directions.
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A. D. Wilson
Apraurie
Arkansas
Hearst Responds On Writing In Art Of Journalism
The quote discusses Hearst’s view of his writing process. He asserts he writes signed pieces and many unsigned ones, mostly at night due to daytime executive duties. He explains thoughts emerge in quiet hours, comparing himself to authors who capture fleeting ideas born in the night.
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Hearst
Debt Owed To Indians Lessons From Early Americans
Will Rogers remarks on the debt settlers owe to Indigenous peoples for knowledge of farming, cooking, hunting, crafting, and survival skills. The piece contrasts ancient subsistence knowhow with modern urban comforts and cites St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Will Rogers
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Courage to aid after hit and run on Cleveland street
A homeless wanderer was struck by a speeding car and knocked down. Police traced the driver and held him hours later as he described a state of nervous collapse. The voice urges motorists to pause, assist the injured, and report to police, stressing nerve and self-control.
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Cleveland
Vancouver
Provisions in rope voyage toward the North Pole 1907
An account notes the dirigible America carried provisions such as ham bacon butter and bread in a 124 foot hollow weather guide rope six inches in diameter. The rope was built to glide over ice floes and float on water. Also mentions true flying fishes and Nevada's Lost City Museum near Indian ruins.
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North Pole
America
Small Home Industry Runs Two Million Dollar Business in Northwest Georgia
The article notes a two million dollar home industry employing 7000 to 10000 workers in northwest Georgia, mainly threading bed spreads for department stores and distributors. It highlights regional impact, including relief-era employment, with most work by wives and daughters, and predicts over two million in 1985 sales with 30 manufacturers across Dalton, Calhoun, Chatsworth, Rome, Mill City, Sumter, Scottsboro, Tullahoma, and two Dalton plants operating in Canada.
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North Georgia
Tennessee Boundary Line
Georgia
Dixie Highway
Ringgolt
Acworth
Dalton
Calhoun
Chatsworth
Rome
Mill City
Sumter
Scottsboro
Ala
Tullahoma
Tenn
Canada
Alberta Fire Toll and Losses in 1934 Report
Alberta report by Fire Commissioner Henry Brace counts 35 deaths in 1934, up five from 1933, with 17 due to gasoline use in cleaning clothes or coal oil mishaps. 83 country schools burned, 8 total losses totaling $31,422, and 28 incendiary fires investigated. Provincial property loss fell to $1,177,370, down $258,242 from the prior year.
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Alberta
Henry Brace
Quite A Family Affair At Ellesmere Port Parish Church
The marriage register at Ellesmere Port parish church records a Jones family affair. Rev J Ivor Jones presided over the wedding of David Blinston Jones, son of David Maurice Jones, to Miss Phyllis May Jones, daughter of Thomas Henry Jones. The witnesses were Ronald Jones and Ruby Jones.
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Jones
England
Ellesmere Port
J. Ivor Jones
David Blinston Jones
David Maurice Jones
Phyllis May Jones
Thomas Henry Jones
Ronald Jones
Ruby Jones
Record vote shows 9.9 million Canadians eligible this year
The federal election saw 4.0 million Canadians exercise their franchise while over 9.9 million were eligible. The piece laments the turnout as record, yet still inadequate and mocks the large number who did not vote with strong phrasing.
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Alex Anderson
Melbourne
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Nevada
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