Canadian National Plans Major Saskatchewan Rail Constructions
The program proposes multiple CN Railway extensions in Saskatchewan aimed at shortening haul distances and opening up agricultural districts. Key routes include Weyburn to Hadville 272.7 miles, Moor Jaw and Regina connections, Willowbrook to North Westerly, Sturgis to PeeSane, and Spruce Lake to Westerly with links to Hudson Bay lines and new through traffic expected within three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian National Railways
Saskatchewan
Weyburn
Hadville
Radville
Bengough
Willowbunch
Moor Jaw
Regina
Willowbrook
Tixare
Turtleford Hafford Life
Turtleford
Sec
Hafford
Richard
Fom B
Prince Albert Northaes
Canadian Nationall
North Battleford
Sturgis
Peesane
Trac
Melfort
Prince Albert
Winnipeg
Lakes
Hudson Way
Canadian National
Carrot River
Range
Ceutry Dunblane
Riverhurst
Moose Jaw
Point East
Kindersley
Glidden
Alsask
Spruce Lake
Elk Point
Alberta
Paradise Hill
Tangieflags
Fort Pitt
Hudson Bay Junction
Sturgis-Peesane
Hudson Bay
Department of Railways
Judson Bay
Hudson Bay Railway
Ocean Terminal
Trafic
Canora
Engineer heads summer study of Churchill as port option
Ottawa government engineer Yuill travels to Tadien Bar to supervise a summer program evaluating Churchill as a potential port. About a dozen workers and gear moved by air to Charebili and will stay until fall. Yuill avoids comparisons with Nelson, cites materials and railroad costs as key factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kassel Waitl
Ottawa
iTadien Bar
Churchill
Sies
Charebili
The
Bay
Yuill
Nelson
Studson Bay
New American Soda Fountain Opens in Berlin
Berlin gains its first full soda fountain with signs reading Soda Fountain Ice Cream placed opposite the railway terminal. American travelers arriving from Bavaria adapt to this new beverage even in cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Winnipeg Lawyer Calls Evolution Out of Canada Schools
Winnipeg criminal lawyer nr. A. Bonnar, K.C. urges abolition of evolution from public school curricula arguing it undermines belief in God. He claims evolution fosters atheism and warns that universal atheism would make Canada a nation of criminals, joking about ancestors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Winnipeg
Nr. A. Bonnar
K.C
Lennar
Invitations Issued for Geneva Naval Conference
The United States has sent formal invitations to Britain and Japan for the three power naval conference at Geneva. The date is set for as soon after June as practical. The invitation text reportedly lacks a fixed formula for guiding negotiations. The note notes the need for a Japanese scholar fluent in 4000 characters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
United States
Apple Industry Sparked by One Hundred Year Old Tale
A fanciful tale links a 1826 London banquet with Captain Emiltius Simpson and the first Western apple. Mary Leigh shared apple pips that were planted by Indians and traders at Fort Vancouver, leading to the Northwest apple industry later growing to vast box shipments annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Northwest
Caslmnere
Wash
Northwest
Emiltius Simpson
Hudson's Bay Company
London
Mary Leigh
Simpson
Fort Vancouver
America
Continent Drift Theory News Sparks Canadian Debate
Canadian scientists test a theory that the continent may be drifting westward. The piece also discusses Soviet Russia deflecting blame for propaganda to the Third Internationale and argues Russia maintains a single political faction under that banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Soviet Russia
America
England
Dress patterns and earth drift theories in Winnipeg items
The page outlines pattern No. 1529 for a two material dress with View A and View B options in sizes 8 to 11 years, listing fabric yardages and prices for the pattern and fashion book. It also reports on a scientific study of continental drift involving Canada and 29 other countries, detailing methods, stations, and observations supporting Wegener's theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canata
Wegener
Americas
Canada
Ottawa
Vancouver
Dominion Observatory
Earth
Europe
Africa
Is the Canadian a better farmer than his American counterpart
The Washington Post questions whether Canadian wheat farmers are superior to American farmers across the border as Congress debates the Farm Relief Bill vetoed by the President. It notes Canada faces a 30 cent per bushel duty and cites wheat import data while asserting climate and conditions are similar, and Canada has not sought government financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Congress
Post
Darwinian Revision Expected From Sir Arthur Keith Lecture
Sir Arthur Keith prepares a Royal Anthropological Institute lecture that could alter the Darwinian view of human origins. He is believed to propose emphasizing human kinship with apes and cousins, reshaping the concept of linear descent in evolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Keith
Royal Anthropological Institute
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern order guidance from Winnipeg union at 175 MacDermot Ave outlines how to request sewing patterns by mail. The note emphasizes address accuracy and clear instructions for returns and payment to obtain pattern catalogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
MacDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Ducks from Manitoba Arrive for Thorpe Hall Estate
Lord Bongofamy receives five wild ducks gifted by Manitoba's government for Thorpe Hall in Essex England. Shipment traveled via Mon treal and St John aboard Canadian Pacific Express, landing before a crate photo showing calm ducks reacting to human presence. The birds were caught young in Manitoba sloughs and housed in Winnipeg city park prior to export.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bongofamy
Thorpe Hall
Essex
England
Manitoba
Canadian Pacific
Montreral
Ducks
Express Yards
Winnipeg
Improved Table Corn Three Varieties for Western Cultivation
The Horticultural Division of the Experimental Farms reports three sweet corn varieties Pickaninny Banting and Early Malcolm with strong promise for cooler regions. Pickaninny is dwarf with white kernels turning purplish black and very sweet. Banting resembles Pickaninny, with golden yellow kernels when cooked. Early Malcolm grows about five and a half feet tall with twelve row ears and very sweet kernels, proving desirable as table corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm
Banting
Ross
Howe
Alberta
Dominion Horticulturist
Soviet Purchases in Canada Reported by Trade Delegate
Louis Kon of the USSR confirmed an order worth 1 million dollars for binder twine placed by Russian interests with a Stanford firm. He added that large purchases of other goods were being made in the Dominion. The piece notes umbrellas as a status symbol among natives of French West Africa and oddly characterizes the cow as a 24/7 factory producing goods for man or beast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Kon
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Stantford
Kon
Dominion
French West Africa
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Canadian National Railway
Kindersley -Glidden
Goose Lake
Dunblane
Verriton
COPD
Grand Trunk Pacific Eventualy
Leaver Iblis
Ment
Ues
Shellbrook
Parkside
Jim
Morris Canal
New Jersey
Prince Albert Ridgegale
Sasigatoon
Bear
Quickfield
Tenteal Butte
Neidpatie
CNR
Peebles
Pyrty
Dsciding
Om Best
Apple
Russia
Third Internationale
India
Empire Airship Service
Cee
Canadian Pacific Express Company
Montreal
St. John
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