Freight Revenues Of Canadian Railways Reduced By Truck Competition
The article explains how railways faced public regulation to subsidize broader markets and seasonal services, while highway trucking costs and low wages shift freight to roads. It cites winter losses on maritime branches, highway subsidies, and provincial transport roles, with figures showing multimillion dollar supports and imbalanced revenue.
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Canadian Railways
Dreath
Canadian Nationa
Maritimes
Fairweather
Duty Free Indian Corn Imports Into Canada Extended
Canada will import Indian corn duty free from treaty countries until year end due to drought and depleted supplies. Revenue Minister J. L. Istey announced the change, removing the intermediate tariff of 10 cents per bushel. Previous imposts under the French treaty were 25 cents and under the US pact 20 cents. The general tariff remains 25 cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
J. L. Istey
Word Banished from Italian Language and Coffee Boom
A Rome announcement says the word is banished from Italian due to its origin with a famous earl in a sanctionist country. Elsewhere Brazil reports a 936 37 coffee crop with feverish demand, shipping 21,000,000 bags.
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Italy
Rome
Brazil
Reindeer Herd Promises Arctic Living Revolution
Lavik in Ottawa on furlough advocates a large Arctic reindeer herd to transform living conditions for Eskimo, traders, and trappers. Claims meat, clothing, and security will come as the herd expands to sections within a year or two. Nesbitt says natives are eager, could train herdsmen, and the herd could inspire scouts for Canada’s next ski team. Eskimo and Lapps trek 25 to 30 miles daily across tundra on akis to demonstrate cross country skills.
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Lavik
Ottawa
Arctic
Nesbitt
Canada
Tunara
Saskatchewan Branch Formed for Rheumatic Disease Study
The League Against Rheumatism established a Saskatoon based Saskatchewan branch of the Canadian Society for the Study and Control of Rheumatic Disease by Saskatchewan Medical Association action. A data gathering committee led by Dr. Duncan Croll includes Drs. Baltzan Harvie Airkby and McCulloch from Saskatoon Regina Prince Albert Moose Jaw to compile statistics for national planning. The provincial group follows the Canadian body formed last February to affiliate with the International League Against Rheumatism in Amsterdam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Canadian Society For the Study and Control
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Medical Association
Duncan Croll
B. M. Baltxan
W. A. Harvie
Regina
R. W. Airkby
Prince Albert
F. D. McCulloch
Moose Jaw
International League Against Rheumatism
Amsterdam
Glass Office Building on Fifth Avenue to Rise Windowless
The Coming Glass Works plans a four storey glass office building on Fifth Avenue at Sixth Street. The structure will be largely indoor with no outdoor access above ground level and five ground floor show windows. It will face one of New York's premier shopping districts and claim 78 percent outdoor light.
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Bulding
Fifth Avenue
Coming Glass Works
6Th Street
New York
Clever Love Bird Impresses Sydney Barber Crowd
A Sydney barber named B. Per king claims his three inch love bird is the cleverest in the world. The bird can pull a match from a box and present it to a customer saying OK Chief if it does so. It sleeps in a shaving mug and on cold days perches on the tea cup rim to stay warm in the steam.
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B. Perking
Sydney
Australia
Skywriter Al Stinis Slips During Night Skywriting
A Montreal crowd watched Skywriter Al Stinis stumble as he attempted skywriting. A spectator from a downtown street joked that he had dotted an upper case T, highlighting the error observed during the first night of the display. The incident drew humorous remarks and curiosity from onlookers.
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al Stinis
King's Pilot Fielden Serves Royal Flights Inking a Royal Era
The article profiles Fielden known as Mouse, King Edward's trusted pilot and commander of the royal aircraft. It notes his 2000+ flying hours, modesty, and 1920 Air Force Cross for peacetime service. In 1932 he placed second in the King's Cup air race piloting the Prince of Wales Swift and set a Liverpool to Skegness cross England record.
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Thia
Fielden
Edward
Mouse
Hendon
Brigade of Guards
Royal Air Force
cross-England
Liverpool
Skegness
Too Young To Qualify For Coronation Peers Ineligible
The article notes many peers under 21 will miss the May 12 1937 Coronation ceremony including Lord Townshend who will be 20 years 364 days old on that date and Lord Oxford who turns 21 in April. It mentions Lord Herachell as a Page of Honor in scarlet and white satin. It also references a claim about bull meat from Mexican bullfights being considered unfit for sale due to alleged dangers from poisoned flesh.
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Lord Townshend
Norfolk
Oxford
Lord Herachell
Potash From Dead Sea Draws British Watchful Eye
The Dead Sea near 1300 feet below the Mediterranean supports a new 30,000 ton annually potash plant amid a building boom. Britain tracks the process as the empire relies on this sole source of potash and bromine. Brine is pumped from the sea bottom, concentrated through pans, yielding carnallite as a crude potash product for refinement. The sea, high in salts and devoid of animal life, creates blue white clouds from evaporation, attracting thousands each winter.
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Britain
Dead Sea
Mediterranean
Jordan
Jerusalem
Great Britain
Empire
Europe
Realism in Films Tour of MGM Studios Weaves Grand Sets
A Hollywood traveler recounts touring MGM where massive sets include a submarine, eighteenth century Paris blocks, a full battleship in a pond, a nightclub, and a convincing Juliet mountain. He notes two dirt covered tables used for The Good Earth rice fields and cites Brazil surpassing the U S as Germany's raw cotton supplier.
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Hollywood
M-G-M
Paris
China
The
New Yorker
Dish Towel Dogs Are Up To Tricks Pattern 5652
Frisky dish towel dogs depicted in one color silhouette via cross stitch and outline. Pattern 5652 offers seven motifs for each day, with material estimates and a 20 cent request to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
E. Winnipes
Soybeans Become World Focus From Enzymes To Oil
Yale researchers reveal enzyme catalase action using a spectroscope and photo electric tube. Canadian and global soybean production rises as varieties suited to domestic farming replace imports. Soybean oil finds wide industrial use from paints to linoleum, while meal supports livestock and human foods.
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Yale University
Kurt @. Stem
Stem
Manchuria
Japan
United States
Divison of Chemistry
Central Experimental Farm
Changes Noted in Russia Under New Constitution
Associated Press reports that family life is central to Soviet policy with parents now held responsible for child support and education. Fireside influence is emphasized, divorce is taxed and requires court decree, and divorced parents must support children or face imprisonment. Simplicity in dress fades as white collars and ties gain favor, titles return in the army, and the housewife role is esteemed as life aligns with bourgeois norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Soviet Union
Chiang Kai-shek orders feminine dress for Chinese women
General Chiang Kai-shek through the New Life Movement mandates full body covering for women and girls, including arms and ankles, introducing Ten Commandments to regulate attire. Southern China had recently rebelled against similar controls and women now enjoy broader dress freedom.
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New Life Movement
China
Chiang Kaishek
May Ling
Wellesley College
British group hails Canadian film work on location
The British motion picture unit returning from Revelstoke British Columbia praised Canadian extras as outstanding. London’s new large power station at Fulham opened after four years of construction costing 50 million pounds, to supply southeast England with electricity.
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Revelstoke
B.C
Milton Romer
London
Fulham
England
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