Canada Declared Sovereign Not Dominion By Court
Justice Archer Martin told the Canadian Problems Club in Vancouver that Canada has sovereign status under the Westminster Statute. He argued Canada is no longer a dominion or partner of the Commonwealth but an independent electoral and constitutional state with Britain obliged to enact Canadian measures.
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Canada
Archer Martin
Appeal Court of
British Columbia
Canadian Problems Club
Vancouver
Commonwealth
Britain
World Happenings Briefly Told
Maurice Dupre elected vice president of the naval commission at the disarmament conference. Canada's poultry exports more than doubled in the year to January per Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Saskatchewan Indian population up to 11 939 in ten years, a gain of 1 905. February fire losses in Canada pegged at 3 981 050 by the Monetary Times. Chamberlain hopes to attend Imperial Economic Conference in Ottawa as part of British delegation. About 40 000 needed to finance Canada’s team to the Los Angeles Olympiad. January commercial failures in Canada totaled 238 with liabilities 4 060 600. January last year had 240 failures and 3 970 600 liabilities. Sir Alexander Gibb’s port survey report on Canada’s ports, part one in government hands. final part en route from London to Ottawa. Sir Philip Sassoon said Schnei der trophy air races are over. contest outlived its usefulness.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Saskatchewan
Monetary Times
Neville Chamberlain
Ottawa
Los Angeles
Alexander Gibb
London
England
Philip Sassoon
Air
House of Commons
Ottawa Woman Loses Fortune Before Old Age Pension
An Ottawa woman, who held $50 000 in securities and cash four years ago, has received an old age pension of $20 monthly after losing her fortune in the 1929 stock market crash. She kept securities hoping for a rebound, but they were wiped out, leaving only memories of her nest egg and hypothetical income.
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Ottawa
Diabetes Mortality Reaches Record Rate in Toronto
Dr Gordon P Jackson told the Board of Health in Toronto that diabetes poses a growing menace as life expectancy rises. In 1931 Toronto recorded 17.9 diabetes deaths per 100000, the highest rate ever for the disease.
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Gordon P. Jackson
Board of Health
Toronto
Road deputation bowls over council on a local road
A ratepayers deputation urged protest against a road condition. The chairman concluded the road was fairly good overall. The complainant’s spokesman argued for using the road as a read, not as a whole. Ital ian scientists develop a fresh butter test. London sees 18 makers of talking pictures apparatus.
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London
Butterflies the Life of James Joicey Ends in London
James John Joicey a 61 year old son of a millionaire who once said he spent his life and fortune chasing butterflies died in London England during bankruptcy proceedings he claimed an annual income of about 100000 dollars and said he spent half on butterflies He held the second largest private collection in the world including 500000 specimens He said his butterflies would be of great value to the nation.
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James John Joicey
London
England
Joicey
Paris separates blouse and skirt trend for daytime wear
The article promotes separate blouse and skirt outfits in crepe silk and angora and recommends fabrics like knitted woollens crepe satin and corduroy. It details Style No 948 for sizes 14 through 40 with fabric yardage for size 16 and notes a resort version in navy blue corduroy with brass buttons priced at 25 cents in stamps or coin.
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Paris
How To Order Patterns Pattern No Size
Winnipeg Newspaper Union offers pattern orders from 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. Pattern numbers and sizes are requested in a simple form for mail submission and delivery.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Prairie Nurseries Gift Lets Saskatchewan Plant 200000 Caragana Trees
Saskatchewan's Drought Commission welcomes a free gift of 100000 heavy three year old caragana shrubs from Prairie Nurseries Limited. The trees support a demonstration hedgerow project near Regina, linking with 50000 already held and 50000 from Forestry Station stock to form a 40 mile hedge plan across soil types and along No. 1 Highway.
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J. F. Bryant
K.C
Drought Commission
Saskatchewan House
Prairie Nurseries, Limited
Bryant
Estevan
Saskatchewan Commission On Forestation
Province of
Saskatchewan
Regina
Alberta
Manitoba
T. A. Torgeson
Mr. Bryant
Winnipeg Street
No. 1
Canadian Pacific Railway
Ross
Federal Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Norman Ross
Forestry
Recipes For This Week
Sift 2 cups special cake flour with 2 teaspoons baking powder and 1 teaspoon salt. Beat 1 egg with 1 cup milk and add to flour then heat until smooth. Stir in 2 tablespoons melted shortening. Bake in greased muffin pans at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes yields 10 muffins.
Flavorful Peel Use in Cooking and Texture News
The article explains that grate the yellow rind of citrus fruits to capture essential oils for cakes pies breads and desserts. Grated peels can be used fresh or with sugar in a sealed jar. Whole peels ground and sugared used similarly. It notes seaweed silk stocking experiments in Ireland and a 27 percent population rise in Brazil over ten years.
White Sailor Ruled Big African Tribe Narrative of a German sailor in Africa
A Duisburg couple learns their son Wilhelm Knoog, lost at sea twenty-nine years ago near the Gold Coast, died in Africa after shipwreck rescue led him to rule the Mutasari. He wed the chief's daughter and became known as The White Prince before dying, with runners delivering the news to a British official for its German relatives.
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Sir Rider Haggard
Duisburg
Gold Coast
Wilhelm Knoog
Africa
Herr Knoog
Wilhelm
Knoog
Germany
Atlas of the Agriculture Climate and Population of the Prairie Provinces
A new Dominion Bureau of Statistics atlas surveys Canada’s prairie provinces with about 100 pages of maps graphs and text. It covers physical conditions farming changes since the century’s start livestock farm incomes expenditures and rural housing with sections on population origin and farm size under directors Hurd and Grindley and co operation of government departments.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie Provinces of
Canada
Dominion
Meteorological Service of Canada
W. Burton Hurd
Brandon College
T. W. Grindley
Agricultural Statistics
Bureau
Canadian Pioneer Problems Committee
Canning Industry in 1931 Canada Totals By Produce
In 1931 Canada had 151 canning establishments that canned or packed 5,960,388 cases of vegetables including 2,045,858 tomatoes, 1,356,879 corn, 1,118,790 peas and remainder beans and others. Fruit packs reached 734,531 cases led by pears peaches and raspberries.
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Canada
New Caribbean Depth Hints Earthquake Clues
Scientists report a new depth of 24 000 feet in the Caribbean Sea as a potential source of clues to the origin of earthquakes. They note that reaching four thousand fathoms would require instruments and may haunt researchers, per the Montreal Gazette.
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Caribbean
Montreal Gazette
New Central Africa Flower Named Nifflidolli phantissianthemum
A newly discovered flower from Central Africa is titled Nifflidolli phantissianthemum. Scientists announce the name with humor and hope it won't need repetition in future references.
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Central Africa
Castoria Gentle Relief for Teething Babies
Castoria is a pure vegetable preparation for babies and children that relieves colic and aids waste elimination. It contains no harsh drugs or narcotics and is safe for infants and older children when used as directed. Ensure you buy genuine Castoria labeled with the product name.
Floating Atlantic island for airliners proposed by inventor
M. Leon Foenquinos outlines a plan for a ring shaped sea island to serve aeroplanes. The proposed station would sit in 200 ft water, built from 96 caissons with inner and outer avenues and 80 to 90 cross streets. A twelve mile girdle would protect it, housing about 200000 people at an estimated cost of 5 billion dollars.
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M. Leon Foenquinos
Mid- Atlantic
Protector of the Suez Canal Dies in France
Petros Ellour, a Turk credited with saving the Suez Canal for the Allies in the Great War, died at Toulouse France from a cerebral hemorrhage. He retired wealthy to a castle after feeding Syrian bands that defeated Turko German maneuvers to threaten the canal. He spent the war guarding the desert and protecting Allied reinforcements.
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Age Petros Ellour
Suez Canal
Toulouse
France
England
Countess Tolstoy condemns Soviet rule from exile
Countess Alexandria Tolstoy, daughter of the famed novelist, spent twelve years in Russia under Soviet rule and now lives in voluntary exile. She tells reporters that her people have passed from tyranny to slavery and that the Soviets have not helped them, leaving them worse off than two years ago.
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Russia
Alexandria Tolstoy
Washington Bars Skyscrapers
Washington has little prospect of rivalling New York's skyline as skyscrapers are forbidden in the capital. If tall buildings were erected they would dwarf the Capitol and other government structures, according to Colonel U. S. Grant, director of the Office Buildings and Public Parks. The Capitol stands 285 feet high.
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Washington
New York
Capital
Capitol
U .S. Grant
Carter’s Little Liver Pills Promote Relief for Liver Ailments
An advertisement featuring Mr Arthur P claims immediate relief from sluggish liver and rheumatism using Carter's Little Liver Pills. It touts the product as a purely vegetable gentle tonic benefiting liver and bowels, easing constipation acidity bilious headaches and poor complexion. Packets priced 75 cents and sold widely.
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Carter
Arthur P
S&s
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Maurice Dupre
Naval Commission of the
Ramsay Co
GAN
Ww. N. U
By Annette
Estevan Nurseries
Betty Barclay
Ireland
Brazil
Sailor
Atlas of the
Prairie Provinces
Castoria
Mid-Atlantic
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