Arguments Rise In Canada Over St Lawrence Waterway
The article surveys Quebec doubts about the Great Lakes St Lawrence waterway as Canada weighs costs and benefits. Montreal fears bigger ships bypassing the port. labor fears job losses. critics doubt monetary savings and power myths. Some Quebec approval exists, but opposition centers on costs and sovereignty.
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St. Lawrence
Canada
Roosevelt
Thousand National Bridge
King
Montreal
Quebec
North America
Chicago
Detroit
Buffalo
Toronto
Duluth
Chamber of Commerce
Great Lakes
Europe
Ontario
United States
Welland Canal
Uncle Sam
Watch and cash stolen from man on park bench
PF Lynn T. Cox of Hyattsville Maryland slept on a Washington park bench and woke to find his watch $81 in cash and his shoes missing. Police investigated the theft indicating a street crime in the capital area.
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Washington
Lynn T. Cox
Hyattsville
Diphtheria And Its Prevention
An official briefing on diphtheria prevention highlights toxoid vaccines as proven to cut illness and deaths. It cites Virginia figures from 1937 and urges immunization for infants at six to nine months, stressing parental responsibility to reduce this preventable tragedy.
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O Riggin
Virginia
Commonwealth
Thirty Nations Represented At Poultry Congress
More than 30 nations signified intent to send delegates to the seventh World Poultry Congress and Exposition to be held in Cleveland from July 28 to August on. The 1936 Leipzic session accepted the U S invitation and $100000 was allotted for financing. Professor James E Rice of Cornell University will serve as general chairman in Cleveland.
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Ohio
Leipzic
Germany
United States
Congress
British Isles
Europe
Cleveoe
Canada
Africa
Australia
New Zealand
James E. Rice
Cornell University
Cleveland
24 000 Called Back By Fords
Detroit August 16 Ford Motor Company resumed production on 1938 models after a two week halt and recalled about 24 000 workers. The plant normally employs 85 000 when operating full time.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Car Company
Robbery Reported by Super Service at Kansas City
Kansas City patrolmen Floyd Bailey and Walter Zimmer were stopped by Super Service official Maynard Hirst who reported a robbery and described the losses.
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Kansas City
Maynard Hirst
Floyd Bailey
Walter Zimmer
Looted goods found in shed tied to Hirst theft
Zimmer reached into the rear of the scout car and handed to a stunned Mr. Hirst a peanut vending machine and popcorn as part of the loot. He had just recovered the merchandise from a shed.
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Zimmer
Mr. Hirst
Farm Conditions Survey by National Grange Master Taber
National Grange leader Taber toured 7 states from the Pacific coast to Arkansas, meeting thousands at Institute of Cooperation events. He found farmers brave and unified in backing Grange opposition to court reform and agricultural regimentation, while urging a new U S agricultural program to avert industry decline.
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Taber
Pacific Coast
Grange
Arkansas
Institute of Cooperation
Supreme Court
United States
Master Taber
Welcome World Youth Congress Arrives in New York
Three hundred delegates to the second World Youth Congress receive an official welcome from Mayor La Guardia in New York. The gathering includes 55 nations and 200 U.S. delegates who will discuss international problems at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie this week.
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New York
Second World Youth Congress
F. H. LaGuardia
United States
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Cabbies Strike Paralyzes Philadelphia Taxis
In Philadelphia on August 16 a Yellow Cab strike left about 1000 drivers idle. Independent cabs, not part of the strike by the A F L taxi drivers union, faced a wage dispute as they negotiate a new contract. The old deal paid $18 weekly. the union seeks $30 and higher fare percentages.
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Philadelphia
A. F. of L. Taxi Drivers’ Union
Practical policy for agriculture at the National Grange session
The annual address at the seventy second session in Portland Oregon will deliver practical policy for the good of agriculture as thousands of farm people from nearly forty states gather.
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National Grange
Portland Oregon
Only Winners At Crap Game Were Uninvited
Four uninvited players seized a $1,000 pot in a crap game near Bartlesville Oklahoma. They intercepted invited players arriving at a wooded rendezvous and enjoined them to ante their resources before lying on the ground. The game ran from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and attracted passersby who added to the pot. Police Chief Ed Hazlitt said the four winners forced about 25 car occupants to join before the afternoon ended.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Rendezvoous
Ed Hazlitt
King George Grouse Shoots With J P Morgan at Gannochy Lodge
King George leaves Balmoral to grouse shoot as guest of financier J P Morgan at Gannochy Lodge near Angus. Queen Elizabeth also staying at Balmoral region during the visit.
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King
Lodge of Morgan
Aberdeed
George
Balmoral Castle
J. P. Morgan
New York Banker
Gannochy Lodge
Angus
Queen Elizabeth
Notice to creditors of Gertrude Rowe estate stated
Creditors of the estate of Mrs. Gertrude Rowe are asked to settle claims with W. H. Trimble, the executor, by the specified date. The notice indicates the executor’s authority and the need for timely filing of any claims against the estate.
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Gertrude Rowe
W. H. Trimble
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Lusic
Slim
Curly
Osa
SILCO
Barbara
Barbara Carroll
James G. Littlefield
South Paris
Welcome World Youth Congress
Ing
Strathim
Edeerl
Sly
Philco
Winchester
Ise
Front Royal
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