French Explorer Plans Tractor Trek Across Rockies
C E Bedeaux, a French explorer engineer and businessman, aims to blaze a new trail over the Rockies with five tractors and a caravan of drivers, engineers, guides, and pack animals. The expedition runs from Edmonton to Telegraph Creek, B C, then toward Fort St John, with air support to map routes and supply gas.
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Rockies
C. E. Bedeaux
M. Bedeaux
Edmonton
Telegraph Creek
B.C
An Airways Company
Madame Bedeaux
British Columbia
Fort St. John
Redfern
Mme. Bedeaux
South Seas
Sahara
Africa
Asia
Bristol man fined for using water for goldfish during shortage
A Bristol resident was fined 10 shillings by a magistrate for using water intended for public supply to keep his goldfish during a drought. He admitted the act but said he reduced his own baths to two a day to provide fresh water for the fish. The magistrate ordered the fine despite empathy for the defendant.
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Bristol
Eng
Comi Carts in England Fitted with Rubber Tires
Comi carts in England are being fitted with rubber tires, according to reports. The change aims to reduce noise and improve ride smoothness for street use and light urban transport.
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England
Milk Production in Canada Reaches New High in 1933
Government figures show Canada produced about 7,959,400 tons of milk in 1933 with 3,753,400 cows. Creamery butter output reached 215,917,334 pounds, cheese 110,000,000 pounds, and exports of dairy products included 74,168,600 pounds of cheese and 27,700,600 pounds of concentrated milk products. Domestic butter consumption ran about 321,000,000 pounds with per capita use just over thirty pounds.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Farm Horse Prospects Amid Breeding Shortage
The Agricultural Situation bulletin notes a marked scarcity of large sound work horses due to breeding slack, natural mortality, and a predicted acute shortage through 1934. Stallion declines totaled 8000 from 1930 to 1932, but 1933 saw a healthier breeding season and 1934 is expected to improve.
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Agricultural Situation Bulletin
Poultry Hatcheries Amendments Proposed by Agriculture Minister
The amendments to the livestock act, introduced by Hon. Robert Weir, would let the federal department impose strict hatchery regulations in provinces that seek federal action. With provincial approval, these rules would be compulsory to control pullorum disease, which many Canadian hatcheries reportedly carry, and some owners oppose federal inspection. Western provinces are believed to favor the changes.
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Robert Weir
Canada
Department
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Prairie
New Farming Aims To Grow Hydro Carbons For Power
Three Iowa scientists urge a new farming method growing hydro carbons from coal and oil on farms to provide power. A congressional hearing on the farm relief plan to mix 10 percent corn alcohol with gasoline is announced. The trio predicts power alcohol will trigger a lasting agricultural revolution and expand farming beyond food to chemical production.
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Iowa
The
Chemical Foundation
United States Farm Relief Plan
Canada’s flour exports reach 5.57 million barrels in 1933
Records show Canada shipped 5,570,424 barrels of flour worth 19,015,768 dollars to 78 countries in 1933. Great Britain bought 2,439,447 barrels, nearly half of all exports, with notable buyers including Ireland Free State, Newfoundland, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Japan, Hong Kong, Norway, China and the Philippines.
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France
Portugal
Salvador
Alaska
Canada
Great Britain
Britain
Irish Free State
Newfoundland
Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago
Japan
Hong Kong
Norway
China
Phillippines
Maple product yields in Canada 1927 to 1933
The Agricultural Situation bulletin reports maple yields in Canada rose to 31 386 129 pounds of sugar during 1927 1930, then fell to 20 567 156 pounds in 1931 1933 due to drought and poor weather. 1933 output was 18 408 280 pounds with syrup at 1 24 per gallon and sugar at 8 5 cents per pound. long term wholesale sugar price averaged 15 8 cents and syrup 1 54 per gallon from 1927 1931.
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Canada
the Agricultural Situation Bulletin
Soviets Buy Nickel in Record British Deal
The London Sunday Express reports the Soviet trading organization in London bought about 1.6 million pounds worth of pure nickel, over 4000 tons, at 200 to 225 pounds per ton, the largest metal deal with British firms. An extra contract covers 500 tons of nickel sulphate. A separate line notes a solicitor quip about a hospital cot and billing.
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London Sunday Express
London
Plaided taffeta shirtwaist blouse pattern option
Paris offers a smart shirtwaist blouse that can be worn tucked in or as an overblouse. The pattern, Style No. 604, fits sizes 14 to 40 inch bust with a size 16 needing 1 1/2 yards of 35 inch fabric. Price is 20 cents in stamps or coin.
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Paris
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern order guide listing pattern number and name with town, issued by Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave. The item presents a postal address for pattern requests and a basic naming format.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Oldest Active Ruler Masaryk’s 84th Birthday Noted
The article notes Masaryk of Czecho Slovakia as the second oldest ruler at age 84, following von Hindenburg who will be 87 on October 2. It states Hitler has displaced Hindenburg in age ranking, while Masaryk remains an active head of state.
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Masaryk
Czecho- Slovakia
von Hindenburg
Germany
Hitler
E. J. King
Sir Norman J. Watson
Mander E. B. Beauman
R.af
Clifford White
Banff
Vancouver
British Columbia
Coast Range
Beauman
Mount Kamet
Himalayas
Combined Air And Ship Route Across The Atlantic To Be Put In Operation This Summer
A new trans Atlantic mail service blending ship to shore operations will cut eight hours from the Britain to Canada crossing. First stage by ship England to Red Bay then flying boat to Montreal with Imperial Airways loaning aircraft. Journey expected in about three days twenty two hours, as planes for direct Atlantic crossing are still under development.
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Atlantic
Britain
Canada
Canadian Air Transportation Company
British Imperial Airways
England
Red Bay
Straits of Belle Isle
Montreal
Imperial Airways
Bagdad
Australia
Vegetable Gardener's Luck and Planting Tips
Advice from the Dominion Department of Agriculture on how to grow vegetables. It explains common mistakes such as burying very small seeds too deep or crowding larger seeds, and lists recommended planting depths for beans peas beets cucumbers melons parsnips radish spinach squash turnip Brussels sprouts cabbage carrots cauliflower lettuce onion pepper tomato corn and celery.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
New Use For Honey In Manitoba This Spring
Honey gains prominence as a Manitoba product with farmers and city housewives adopting it for canning preserving and baking. Beekeepers’ convention in Winnipeg highlighted honey as a home produced alternative to sugar with growing uses and value.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Blind soldiers train as telephone operators in England
Nearly 100 blind soldiers in England have become telephone operators, training to handle communications duties. The program supports veterans transitioning to civilian life by leveraging adaptive skills and specialized instruction.
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England
Bear grease market urged in Prince George notice
A Prince George board of trade notice signals a Los Angeles man seeks a steady bear grease supply for hair tonic. It notes the grease can come from any bear and urges locals to hold stocks as demand and prices may rise.
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Prince George
B.C
Canadian National Railways
British Columbia
Chorus Returns as Spring Promises Freedom from Winter Duty
The text envisions a morning chorus growing louder daily and outdoing the sun, promising freedom from winter chores, green fields, trees, flowers, and the return of birds. It imagines the joyful thought, How fine to have the birds back, and ponders what would happen if they did not return.
Fortune In Paper Bag In San Francisco
A bedraggled old woman found on a sidewalk in San Francisco clutched a paper bag. Police HQ found the bag contained 4076 dollars in bills claimed as her life savings as a servant and her fear of banks.
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San Francisco
Cal
Definition of Nagging in a Montreal Domestic Case
Quebec's chief justice during a Montreal hearing defined nagging as constant reiteration of an unpleasant truth. Chief Justice Green Shield stated nagging is a repeated reminder of unwelcome facts in the context of a domestic dispute.
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Quebec
Montreal
Greenshield
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