RCMP report details Eskimo deaths amid perilous life in Arctic
Royal Canadian Mounted Police annual report outlines grim cases among Arctic aborigines. Kabala, 70, urged his sons to kill him but was stopped. Mounga claimed his father died by strangling, a native belief. Mukhagaluk, 50, hanged himself in igloo after illness. Kataryuk watched. Cape Dorset tragedy: Avaineaktuk and family vanished, children found frozen and dead, parents never heard from.
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Kabala
Mounga
Gidson
Gibson
Mukhagaluk
Coronation Gulf
Kataryuk
Hudson's Bay Company
Cape Dorset
Avaineaktuk
Tunidlee
Inoocheak
Has Met Million Trains Joe Banks Porter at St Louis
Joe Banks a Union Station porter in St Louis Missouri has met 1 113 000 trains over sixteen years yet has never ridden one He explains the appeal lies in carrying grips and meeting diverse people He has aided five presidents and recalls a ten dollar tip from a Derby visitor who won money on Black Gold
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St. Louis
Joe Banks
Union Station
Missouri
Joe
Louisville
Canada Water Areas Map Reveals Vast Lakes and Islands
The Lac la Ronge sheet of the National Topographic Survey depicts 5,400 square miles in Saskatchewan with more than 5,000 lakes and 5,500 islands. A French quotation follows: This novel has an awful ending. How is that It ends with a wedding. Mous- Ggque, Charleroi.
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Canadian Shield
Lac la Ronge
Saskatchewan
National Topographic Survey
Department of the Interior
Charleroi
Animals Change Ranges As Civilization Advances Across Lands
Expert note from Mr. Gerrit Miller explains how habitat changes driven by civilization reshape mammal ranges. Some species retreat when forests disappear while others expand northward and into new regions, showing life moves with earth’s shifting surfaces and climates.
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Gerrit Miller
Sahara
United States
Canada
Alaska
Texas
Unemployed None for Women in Home Duties Finds New Figures
A government study shows urban wives and mothers work forty nine and a quarter hours weekly at home. The breakdown includes meal prep ten and a quarter hours, cleanup five and a quarter, cleaning seven and a half, washing and ironing four and a quarter, mending and sewing totals, family care six and three quarters, budgeting and management four and a half, and various other tasks four and a quarter hours. Western Canadian women are said to exceed these estimates.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Louise Stanley
Bureau of Home Economics
Stanley
United States
Leipzig Inventor Patents Sleep Monitoring Bed Device
A Leipzig inventor patents a clockwork electric bed apparatus for hospital use that records when the occupant enters or leaves and whether they sleep quietly. The device could also serve to monitor those who keep late hours or daughters suspected of leaving after dark.
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Leipzig
Manitoba to patrol forests with local guards this year
Manitoba plans forest protection with either private or provincial aircraft patrolling forest areas to curb fires. Local guards will be arranged after failing to reach an agreement with the Dominion Government on forestry patrol. Maurice Chevalier quips about pronunciation and divorce in a brief anecdote about fame.
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Manitoba
Legislative
Dusty Ike Refuses Job After Wife’s Illness
Dusty Ike pleads for help claiming his wife is sick, but a business man declines current aid and offers a job next week. Ike replies that will be too late to aid his wife.
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Dusty Ike
Lesson on Delinquency and Modern Life by Judge Mott
Judge Mott of the Toronto Juvenile Court spoke to the Samaritan Club on how modern life overwhelms a child. He warned that quick consumption of media and stimuli hinders learning and urges that education must be self expressive to prevent delinquency. He cited the need to address a child’s natural urges and emotional development alongside intellect.
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Mott
Toronto Juvenile Court
Samaritan Club
Exports of Canadian Dairy Fall in Latest Period
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports a drop in Canadian dairy exports for the year ending February 28. Cheese, cream, milk, condensed milk, milk powder and evaporated milk values all show declines versus the prior year, with figures provided in brackets.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canadian Grain Shipment to Chile Tests New Varieties
The University of Saskatchewan sent a shipment of seed grains and grasses to a buyer in Chile for testing improved Canadian varieties. Included were early oats spring rye flax sweet clover and western rye grass. A seaside villa once owned by Emperor Nero has been excavated at Anzio south of Rome.
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University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Chili
South America
Canada
Nero
Anzio
Rome
There Was a Time Live Hogs Sold For Seven to Eight
A nostalgic meditation recalls winter hog prices at seven to eight dollars per hundred pounds and contrasts past farming life with present despair. It recalls barns, crafts, large families, and rural labor, noting changes in technology, social life, and mortality, ending with a warning about modern gloom.
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Temperance
A Good Substitute
A scene unfolds with P. C. Roberts towering in presence as a constable, while a young girl asks for a favor. She requests him to walk the garden path to even it, noting she lacks a garden roller. The officer obliges with a friendly shrug and a cheerful reply.
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P.C. Roberts
Estate of Sir George Verdon Proctor Wills Leaves Heirloom Fortunes
A family of millionaires from the Proctor Wills line bequeathed estates over 10 million pounds with nearly 5 million paid as death duties. The late Sir George Verdon Proctor Wills belonged to a renowned British tobacco dynasty noted for wealth across generations. The professor administering an intelligence test then paced a student with the question how many make a million, and the student replied not many.
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Treasury
Sir George Verdon Proctor Wills
British Tobacco
England
Mistress and maid dispute over missing Master Colin
In a domestic exchange a maid tells the mistress she has not seen Master Colin since they rolled up the carpet. The dialogue suggests a mystery or unusual domestic scene within a household.
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Colin
Could You Be a Newspaper Editor
This piece argues that producing a quality newspaper requires long study and years of practical experience. It lists demanding tasks such as spelling many names correctly, recalling officials, weaving multiple perspectives, and meeting tight press deadlines. It concludes most claimants lack the extended training editors possess.
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Linotype News
War debts hinder trade and recovery, Beatty warns
E W Beatty, KC of the Canadian Pacific Railway, told Toronto's Board of Trade and Empire Clubs that massive war obligations and interest curb purchasing power and delay normal trade. He urged federal action and more market exploration in the Orient and India, noting Canada’s relative economic resilience since 1925.
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Gebtor
E. W. Beatty, KC
Canadian Pacific Railway
Board of Trade and Empire Clubs
Toronto
Canada
Western Insect Pests Sweep Saskatchewan and Alberta
The Entomological Branch of the Federal Department of Agriculture launches an intensive 1931 campaign against Pale Western Cutworm outbreaks in Saskatchewan and Alberta after heavy losses last year. Red-backed Cutworm in gardens and grasshoppers are noted. poison bran baits prove most effective. Contact nearest Dominion Entomological Laboratory for practical control assistance.
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Federal Department of Agriculture
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion Entomological Laboratory
The Personal Factor in Hog Feeding
R M Hopper of Brandon Experimental Farm explains feeding pigs requires skill and close observation. The successful hog feeder treats feeding as more than a mechanical task to maximize development and returns from the feed.
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R. M. Hopper
Brandon
Read to Fame Publicity Agent Fueled Star’s Perils
A film star’s friend praises a publicity agent while the star recounts a string of threats and misfortunes including two robberies, a house fire, a car wreck, and life threats since hiring him.
Water Power Dominates Canadian Manufacturing Energy Mix
The Water Power and Hydro metric Bureau of the Department of the Interior reports that about 78 percent of total power used in Canadian manufacturing, excluding central electric stations, comes from water power, 20 percent from steam, and under 2 percent from internal combustion engines.
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Canada
Water Power and Hydrometric Bureau
Department of the Interior
BC Egg Pool Endorses Export Board for Canadian Surpluses
At the annual meeting British Columbia Egg Pool members endorsed a proposed agricultural export board for Canada to manage surpluses aside from grain. W A Landreth, general manager of the Canadian Egg Pool, outlined the board’s function. It will include producers and trade representatives and handle export surpluses of livestock dairy and poultry products.
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Agricultural Products Export Board
Canada
British Columbia Egg Pool
W. A. Landreth
Canadian Egg Pool
The Warning Whistle
The Smiths overhear a conversation in the garden as a young couple talks. Mrs Smith suggests whistling to warn the man about a possible proposal while Mr Smith resists saying no one whistled to warn him.
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Smiths
Mrs. Smith
Mr. Smith
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Annals of the North
Lorseradle
Maurice Chevalier
Chicago
Small Gardener
Lyman P. Duff
Ottawa
Justice Duff
John Powis
Beatth
OPK
Beatty
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Soviet
Russia
Orient
India
West
Wahre Jakob
Berlin
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