Canada May Aid Britain In Rearmament Drive
Canada may be called to assist Britain in accelerating her rearmament program. Factoring and mining resources could be enlisted as labor shortages slow progress, with plywood aircrafts to be produced in Manchester using Canadian logs under German supervision.
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Canada
Great Britain
Manchester
Germany
Britain
England
Wales
Hereford
Pembroke
Cornwall
Ulster
Glasgow
London
Labor Party
Govern
Autumn garden care and bulb planting guidance
The piece advises removing and burning dead plant tops before winter to prevent disease and pests, applying mulch after ground freezes, and protecting crowns with coal ashes for slugs. It notes sowing spring bulbs in September and October, including daffodils and tulips, with lilies planted in October and listing several Lily varieties.
Clothed In Milk Piece Talks Milk to Fabric Breakthroughs
Dr B L Herrington of Cornell University explains how ten quarts of milk yield one quart of cream and how skim milk can power paper making and casein based fabrics. Italian chemists claim casein can replace cotton wool silk, enabling clothing from milk products.
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B. L. Herrington
Cornell University
Mussolini
Dino Grandi
Great Britain
London
Biddy Callaghan
Built To Measurement and The Art Of Horse Shoeing
Canton Ohio blacksmith W A Haddox extols hand forged shoeing over factory products. He warns off weight discrepancies and thickness errors, saying a horse’s shoe must be built to exact hoof measurements to unlock maximum speed and performance. The veteran smith stresses tailoring for each horse to prevent foot ailments and preserve speed.
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W. A. Haddox
Canton
Ohio
Portable Radio For Miners Centers Have Made Successt
The article notes a 15 pound portable radio transmitter invented by L W and C F Hermes enabling trapped miners to speak with rescuers. Tests were conducted deep underground at a Saskatchewan border mine near Flin Flon Manitoba. The piece also mentions new roads to Beaver Lake and a novelty bicycle tennis game in Australia with a specialized wheel design.
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L. W
C.F. Hermes
Flin Flon
Manitoba
Min
Wan
England
Man Quips Over Sermons Heard in 37 Years
In a remark echoed by the Brandon Sun and Toronto Star, a man boasts of hearing 3,000 sermons across 37 years, equating to about 2 sermons each Sunday. Critics ask where he was for 880 Sunday evenings, while noting she is learning to drive amid the exchange.
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Wales
Brandon Sun
The
Toronto Star
Petition seeks limits on British woolen imports to Japan
The president of the Japan Federation of Woolen Weavers' Guilds urges the Japanese Department of Commerce to restrict British woolen goods. An ad highlights a big rise in British woolen imports causing unease. Two new printing plants in Hong Kong will publish books in English and Chinese.
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Japanese Department of Commerce
Japan
Japan Federation of ‘Woolen Weavers’ Guilds
Mong Kong
China
Babson sees recovery as normal times return in 1936
Roger W. Babson told the Boston Advertising Club that business has returned to the long normal after six years of low mood and that the next two to three years look bullish for most sectors except democracy. He predicted 1936 would be the best since 1929 for autos and steel, with gains in retail, power, cement, appliances, real estate, commodities, stocks, wages, interest rates, farm crops and rail traffic.
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Roger Babson
Roger W. Babson
Advertising Club
Boston
America
Babson
Three Great Castles Tourists Attracted By Bavarian Buildings
The three Bavarian castles built by Ludwig II fund state revenue as hundreds of visitors tour Neuschwanstein and other sites. Neuschwanstein, Ludwig’s first stronghold, is decorated with Wagner opera scenes and features a lodge with a large tree in the main hall representing Die Walküre. The project reportedly cost 30 million dollars and required thirteen years to complete.
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Bavaria
Ludwig IZ
Ludwig
Neuschwanstein
Vinegar Bible printing misprints in early Oxford edition
An early Oxford edition printed by J Baskett in 1716 or 1717 earned the nickname Vinegar Bible for a misprint in Luke where “vineyard” became “vinegar.” The 1906 Oxford edition replicates errors like “To remain” and “But as in ps tear vee” with other garbled phrases. A proofreader flagged the slips, noting misreadings and incorrect inserts in the text.
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Oxford
J Baskett
Tom T Badlle
Lata Agen
Eprops
Tibetan Art Treasures Destroyed on Chinese Tibetan Border
Ancient Tibetan relics valued in millions of pounds sterling were wrecked by Red raiders along the China Tibet frontier. Three quarters of the Lama temple was pillaged as bands infested Kokonor and Sikang provinces. American archaeologists at West China Union University Museum work to salvage treasures brought by Tibetans fleeing the interior.
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Wsts
Banaws
China
Tibet
Kokonor
Sikang
Hiller
West China Union University
Toys For Tots Pattern 5683 Kitten and Duck Crafts
Pattern 5683 offers a two piece kitten with clothes and a two piece duck, both simple to assemble. The leaflet promises cheerful toys for children and lists materials and pattern directions for 1x04 and the 8x10 inch duck along with separate clothes. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
E. Winnipe
Seed Selection For Next Year Grain Crop Is Primed
The Dominion Seed Commissioner stresses seed supply as the prime consideration for next year. With 1996's abnormally light grain harvest, farmers should early identify and reserve the best quality wheat, oats, barley or other grain for seed. Proper cleaning and grading will yield seed fit for planting and benefit both farmers and the public.
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Quebec
Dominion
New Ration For Birds Described In Test Review
A fragmented report notes that a new feed ration aims to boost poultry output by enabling better hatching results. It mentions improved grain and vegetation intake and records a notable egg production gain over a long period. Also cites United States as top orange producer with Spain as leading exporter.
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Eich
St Bartholomew Weather Saint Prophesies with Hope
A weather folk tale notes St Bartholomew revered as a saintly omen for sailors on a Bavarian lake. Boaters chant a hopeful "Yes" to return, but heed warnings as storms brew, echoed by fair weather signs and rustic lore shared in the News of the World.
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St. Barthowmew
News of
Italy seeks London credit as banks turn cold shoulder
Mussolini boasts of a vast army backing a request for aid while British lenders reportedly withhold support. Len Rossiter, a guide, claims discovery of the first ice caves on Vancouver Island near Forbidden Plateau. He notes the cave find as a potential source of funds from Britain, while a psychologist derides memory as a costly flaw.
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Italy
London
Mussolini
Joan
Len Rossiter
Britain
Vancouver Island
Len
Forbidden Plateau
Dieting King Edward VIII Puts Himself On Diet
King Edward VIII reportedly began a self designed regimen to slim his royal waist and boost health. He followed a plan with breakfast fruit toast and tea, lunch fruit, and dinner fish or meat with greens. He avoids alcohol before evening, favors whisky and soda, and uses a personal tea blend.
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Edward
Edward VIII
Edward VII
Thenne
Women of Austria claim global independence in crisis
Austrian statistics show one million women among three million workers and growing numbers in farming, medicine, crafts, engineering, driving, carpentry, cinema, and civil service. Separately, Soviet scientists aim to cultivate quinine trees as an annual crop at the Union Institute in Leningrad to preserve quinine products.
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An-Union Institute of
Leningrad
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