Word: canada
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This summer the Club plans a three-week expedition to the Selkirk Mountains in Western Canada. Eight men have already signified their intention of going on the trip, and if new talent is uncovered on the final weekend jaunt, more will be invited...
...that time the agunah question was also before the Orthodox rabbis who rule the largest segment of U. S. Jewry (the inconsiderable remainder, Reform Jews, divorce as they please). Last week at its 32nd annual convention in Atlantic City the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the U. S. and Canada said its final say on the matter. The Union voted overwhelmingly "not to recede one iota" from the Orthodox position on the status of the lorn agunah...
Teams from the United States, Chile, Argentina and possibly Canada will compete...
...still undeveloped. Some freights have telephone service between engine and caboose at all times, and certain crack limiteds like the Twentieth Century have telephone service to anywhere when the train is at rest in stations, but nowhere can train travelers telephone beyond the train when it is moving. In Canada some five years ago the Canadian National conducted a stunt whereby a conversation was held between London, England, and a train running between Montreal and Chicago. Regular service proved too costly, was discontinued...
Last week the Association of American Railroads reported that claims resulting from freight car thefts in the U. S. and Canada totaled $688,792 in 1936, lowest for any year on record. Biggest losses were in coal and coke, stolen not only by organized gangs but by individuals who needed fuel. Professional train robbers concentrated on tobacco products, jettisoned $125,000 worth during the year. Railroad police kept their record clear on liquor shipments, in which no highjacking cases have been reported since Repeal...