Immense Value To Canada Of Wild Life Stressed By Minister
Hon. Thormmas G. Murphy, Canada’s Interior Minister, opened the Provincial Dominion Game Conference in Ottawa stressing wild life wealth at an estimated annual income of 53 million dollars. He urged protection via bird sanctuaries and regulated hunting, noting critical drought impacts on ducks and the need for united public cooperation to enforce conservation laws.
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Canada
Interior
Thormmas G. Murphy
Dominion
Ottawa
Murphy
United States
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Northwest Territories
Quebec
Mr. Murphy
Linder Wins North American All Round Cowboy Championship
Herman Linder of Cardston Alberta wins the North American all round cowboy title at the Calgary stampede, also taking the Canadian and provincial honors. Pete Knight wins the North American bucking horse riding title while his namesake Harry Knight takes Salle. Bob Vrossie sets a world calf roping record of 13 45 seconds. Smoky Snider wins the Canadian bareback bucking contest. Stampede attendance exceeds 174676 for the week.
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Herman Linder
Cardston
Alberta
Calgary
Harry Knight
Banff
Salle
Bob Vrossie
Enna
New Mexico
Advice of a Champion Warns Against Lone Offshore Swimming
The Regina Leader Post cites champion swimmer Johnny Weissmuller urging extreme caution in water. He says he would never swim far from shore alone without a boat nearby, comparing it to hazardous risk and urging swimmers to avoid showing off and to heed cramps in the back of the mind.
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Johnny Weissmuller
Weissmuller
Regina
Alberta sheep farmer faces negative mood impact of market
Primary Producer L Selgerson of Standard shipped 10 sheep to Calgary for 25 cents each and paid a $4.80 bill covering freight and commissions. He then incurred 48 cents selling costs, 23 cents more than received. A Port Alberni farmer calls farming a luxury, having sent two bales of wool to brokers and receiving a $3.80 bill instead of a cheque.
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L. Selgerson
Standard
Alberta
Calgary
Port Alberni
B.C
Divorces by Province in 1931 Across Canada
British Columbia led with 208 divorces in 1931, down 47 from 1930. Alberta recorded 154, Manitoba 94, Ontario 82, Saskatchewan 51, New Brunswick 20, and Prince Edward Island 1, PEI’s second divorce ever. Most decrees were granted on the wife petitions.
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British Columbia
Alberta
Manitoba
Ontario
Saskatchewan
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Won and Lost After Repairman Visit in Cleveland
A repairman called on Walter Armstrong of Cleveland Ohio days after he won a radio in a furniture company drawing and asked to check the set. Armstrong reported a slight hum, the man took the radio for repair, and police sought the man and the set. Armstrong learned the company had no repairman.
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Walter Armstrong
Cleveland
Ohio
Armstrong
Saving Ink Enables Pulp Remanufacture at 550 Percent Gain
James Filett of Chicago spoke at the 13th annual convention of the Southern Newspaper Pub Ushers Association in Asheville North Carolina. The report notes that old newspapers can be stripped of effects ink and remanufactured pulp yielding substantial savings. Moles spend winter underground below the frost line.
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James Filett
Chicago
Southern Newspaper Pub Ushers Association
Asheville
North Carolina
How Times Have Changed Smoking Then and Now
A historical overview contrasts modern smoking with past prohibitions and punishments. It notes seventeenth century bans by rulers and popes, extreme penalties in Russia and the Ottoman Empire, and medical arguments for smoking during plague times, including stories from England and Eton College.
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England
Count Corty
Eton College
Amusing War Tale From Cedric Hardwicke Reminiscences
In his volume Let's Pretend, Cedric Hardwicke recalls a division attached to an Australian corps. The Aussies' discipline shocks the British general, until the Aussie commander asks how the general would know if he saw his car, ending with a sharp quip about recognition and “how the blazes.”
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Cedric Hardwicke
Hardwicke
G.H.Q
Idea failed due to economy cuts in Subotica lighting
Subotica once a wealthy Hungarian town under Jugoslavian rule ordered street lights shut to save funds. The dark streets spurred a burglary surge, prompting district officials to keep gas lighting active for safety. Ponce de Leon, the Florida discoverer, died from Indian arrow poisoning.
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Subotica
Jugoslavia
Ponce de Leon
Florida
Childs dress pattern in blue and pink schemes
The description outlines a double-breasted bodice with a full gathered skirt and plaits, in blue and white dimity or pale tones. It lists fabrics such as batiste voile pique linen and ginghams, with sizes 4 to 10 years, fabric yardages for size 6 and a 25 cent pattern price, stamped or coin.
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Batiste
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern order details appear to list the Winnipeg Newspaper Union address at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg and include a garbled ING field with a string cicceiccs and a name size reference.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Sunspots Tied to Grasshopper Numbers in Prairie Provinces
Studies from Dominion Observatory Ottawa show grasshopper populations peak at sunspot minimum. Manitoba records 1895 to 1929 align with solar cycles, predicting many grasshoppers in the Prairie provinces this year and 1933. South Africa faces a locust plague at present.
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Dominion Observatory
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Manitoba
Department of Agriculture
Prairie
South Africa
Rubber Factory in Turkey Linked to Swedish Group
Sweden builds first rubber factory in Istanbul, funded by the Swedish Co-Operative Association. Gosta Gislow of Gislaved leads the project with engineer Gosta Korner directing operations while local Turkish workers staff the plant.
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Sweden
Turkey
Istanbul
Gosta Gislow
Gislaved
Gosta Korner
Huge St Lawrence waterway plan to start next year
Canada plans a seven year program beginning next year to develop the St Lawrence waterway. The project includes dams at Crysler and Barnhart islands and a 27 foot channel to reach the Great Lakes head. A joint Canada United States commission will oversee the international rapids works with major power generation funded by Ontario.
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Canada
St. Lawrence
Washington
Dominion
Beauharnois Canal
Ontario
United States
Welland Ship Canal
Crysler
Barnhart Islands
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence International Rapids
International Rapids
Crysler Island
Barnhart Island
Upper Lakes
Mystery Station Puzzle Broadcast Baffles New Zealand Officials
Radio fans in New Zealand chase a nightly mystery signal marked by the announcer’s “Arloo arloo” and occasional “Hilu hilU” sounds. Some say the voice might mix Ammonese English and French, with unclear English due to foreign accent, and authorities suspect a powerful station possibly in Sai Gon French Indochina.
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New Zealand
Arloo
Hilu
Saigon
Message From the Sea Purports Seaman’s 1898 Note
A bottle message picked up near Digby Neck, Nova Scotia, claims to tell of Oscar Lawrence A.B. adrift off Africa for 33 days and 40 nights. He pleads in the note for bread and water as his strength wanes, and reports sighting land on January 17, 1898.
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Africa
Austin Carty
White's Cove
Digby Neck
Oscar Lawrence, A.B
Railway fares push Albanians to bus travel
High railway rates in Albania push more travelers to buses with faster routes and lower costs. Transport officials report increased passenger loads on intercity bus services as rail demand declines.
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Albania
Ancient Stone Age statues found at Gagarino camp
Five mammoth bone statuettes about 25 000 years old were uncovered at a paleolithic camp in Gagarino Tam bov Province Central Russia. Archaeologists say the carvings prove a Stone Age artist created them when Cro Magnon peoples inhabited southwestern Europe. Fragments of mammoth bone and other post glacial animal bones were found at the same site.
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Gagarino
Tambov
Russia
Europe
Wood-Pulp Production in Canada in 1930
Dominion Bureau of Statistics figures show that just over 93 percent of Canada’s wood-pulp came from spruce and balsam fir. The remainder consisted of hemlock jack pine and poplar with a few other minor species.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Forest Service
Department of the Interior
Chinese wedding gown on display in Oshkosh gala
Clara Lem fifteen displayed a 125 year old gown worn by her great great grandmother. the Lem family notes the gown has passed through five generations after emigrating from China in 1910. Parrots nest in hollow trees in small colonies and milkweed juice shows rubbery stickiness. Allt for Alla in Stockholm closes with a question about a half crown found on a table.
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Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Clara Lem
John C. Lem
United States
China
Clara
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Gaies
Yverdon
Cowboy
Calgary Stampede
Smoky” Snider
Kimberley
N. U
Vogue
James I
Murad the Cruel
Persia
Pater
Ing
Cicceiccs
Los Angeles
Elsie MacCleave
Elsie Craig
Penticton
British Benevolent Association
Daughters of the
British Empire
California
MacCleeve
Klon
the Sea
Kaye Don
Loch Lomond
Great Britain
Alla
Stockholm
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