Scientists' Entomology Work Aids Farmers In Canada
The Ottawa conference of entomologists highlighted federal and provincial cooperation to cut farming risks. It cited $100 million saved last year in Canada from reduced crop damage, with grasshoppers on the prairies accounting for about half. Experts described pest control methods and weather-agriculture collaboration.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Agriculture
J. Patterson
Toronto
Dominion Meteorological Bureau
A. B. Baird
Belleville
Ontario
Great Waterfall Named After Duchess of Kent In Guiana
A 500 foot cascade in British Guiana’s hinterland has been named Marina Falls after Princess Marina, discovered by a Canadian American exploration party led by E. Horne of Montreal. The falls feed into the Potaric river near Kaieteur Falls, with the party noting a bridal veil resemblance.
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British Guiana
Duchess of Kent
Marina Falls
Potaric
Kaieteur Falls
Marina
Greece
Duke of Kent
London
E. Horne
Montreal
Leonard Schiemm
J. R. Lightfall
W. Bracewell
British Guiana Geological Survey
Trailer Steers With Car Inventor Niels Jensen
Sas katoon district farm laborer Niels Jensen designed and built an automobile trailer that steers with the car. The trailer uses two wheels linked by a propeller shaft connected to the car’s front steering gear. The steering rod passes through the car body on the left side.
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Niels Jensen
Saskatoon
Not Much Gratitude In Letters To Santa Claus
The Toronto Star notes that Santa receives thousands of requests before Christmas but few thanks after. It suggests the Almighty also gets more petitions than praise, as those in trouble express needs over gratitude to those who help.
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Santa Claus
The
Toronto Star
Canadians Supplying British Christmas Turkeys In Record Qual ity
British buyers praise Canadian turkeys as the Christmas market anticipates this season. Large shipments in 1932 and 1933 proved the birds arrive in good condition after long transport, with buyers noting improved quality and packing. Canada is expected to supply December needs, deemed among the best imported birds.
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Canada
British Isles
British Produce Trade Journal
Dominion entomologists urge five year pest control program
The government experts on insects concluded a nation wide conference with recommendations for a five year war on commercially dangerous pests. It was the first national gathering in seven years with chiefs of laboratories and crop inspection plants present. Emphasis was placed on pests affecting field crops forests grain stored products and household insects.
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Dominion
New York Bootblacks Don Formal Attire For Evening Shine
D W Klein marks a bold shift in heel care by outfitting four Park Row shine boys in full evening dress with silk toppers. The plan, begun as a trial, aims to expand to all thirty three Klein shops despite mixed reactions from the workers who prefer comfort over costume. Walter the boy notes the silk hat hinders his work while customers are startled by their reflections high above the shine stand.
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D. W. Klein
Shine
Park Row
New York
Mr. Klein
Shine Boys
George Frank
Walter
Costly Oyster Stew Ends With Lost Cooking Interest
Mrs. Ted Brooks of Modesto California cooked a six thousand dollar oyster stew and says she will not cook oysters again. A can contained a perfect pearl that was scorched and deemed worthless by a jeweler. if unstowed it would have been worth six thousand dollars.
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Ted Brooks
Modesto
Calif
Associated Press
Mystery ventriloquist hoax fuels Zaragoza store buzz
In Zaragoza Spain a ventriloquist is blamed for strange voices heard at a house on Gascon de Gotor street. Professor Ricardo Royo Villanova explains the performer sought refuge there fearing an angry crowd. He alleges a nearby store hired the act to boost business.
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Gascon de Gotor Street
Zaragoza
Spain
Strongest Man in the World to Visit London
Report says the world’s strongest man will appear in London and is able to open a railway carriage window with ease when he wishes to.
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London
Relief Drives From East Maritimers Reach Sas katchewan Drought Areas
W. W. Champ reports Saskatchewan relief committee received 96 cars of food and material from the Maritimes since October 15 and Ontario sent 169 cars. He notes a brief French exchange and mentions India has 20 million widows.
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Maritimes
Saskatchewan
W. W. Champ
Saskatchewan Volunteer Rural Relief Committee
Regina
Ontario
Champ
Christmas greeting cards from snapshots
Photos can become unique Christmas cards by using family moments around the fireplace or decorating the tree. Use interiors or night scenes with supersensitive film and photoflood lighting to tell a story in a clean vivid image, then select the best concept and shoot. JOHN VAN GUILDER
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John van Guilder
Canada Wins International Wheat Championship Twenty Times In Twenty-four Years
Alberta grower J B Allsop of Wembley wins the Chicago wheat championship marking Canada's twentieth victory in twenty four contests. The piece traces the Allsop family’s seed grain success and notes Alberta leads Canadian wins with eight titles while Saskatchewan holds eleven. US champions last won in 1928.
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Canada
Chicago Fair
J B. Allsop
Wembley
Alberta
S. B Allsop
Allsop
Chicago
Toronto Royal
Allsops
England
Calgary
Wembley District
Herman Trelie
Hugh Allen
Lands and Mines
Grande Prairie
Lake
Saskatoon
Herman Trelle
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
United States
Frank Isaackson
Elfros
Saskatche
J. C. Mitchell
Dahinda
Sask
Henry Holmes
Paul Gerlach
Samuel Larcombe
RO. Willer
H. G. L. Strange
Joseph H. B Smith
G. W. Craft
L. P. Yates
C. Edson Smith
Balloon scientists plan moon rocket flight from twelve miles
Two scientists pursue a rocket to reach the moon after reaching twelve miles altitude. They expect explosions will boost speed for a few hours flight. Scottish experiments test rockets carrying letters and medical supplies across sea to aid island mail and emergency deliveries to remote lighthouses.
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Piccard
Stone Age Dig Upends Irish Ice Age Beliefs
Harvard archaeologists reveal site finds in Ireland contradicting long held ice age habitation ideas yet show 6000 year old Stone Age inhabitants with hatchets. North Ireland excavations uncover 36 hearths and many tools including a Bronze Age ax around 1500 B C at Carrowlisdouan Mayo. At Porlewhack Clare a burial mound yielded four skeletons in limestone coffin boxes.
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Harvard University
Old
Ireland
Emerald Isle
Carrowlisdouan
County Mayo
Porlewhack
County Clare
Not New Substance Glutamic acid used in gravy flavoring
W H Campen city chemist of Omaha says glutamic acid from sugar beet waste is not new. It is being prepared in West Nebraska refineries and has long been produced from wheat and used by the Chinese with rice for centuries.
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W. H. Campen
Omaha
Nebraska
Campen
Great Sons Of Butchers: Names Carved In History
E. V. Lucas cites a correspondent listing figures from smithies and beyond. Names include John Jacob Astor John Harvard Kirke White and Cardinal Wolsey while David Cox the painter stands out as a lone notable craftsman from the smithy tradition.
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E. V. Lucas
Sunday Times
London
John Jacob Astor
John Harvard
American College
Kirke White
Cardinal Wolsey
David Cox
Libyan Desert Water Tunnel Plan Aims Power for Egypt
Proposal to construct 40 miles of tunnels and canals to move water from the Mediterranean into the Libyan Desert for hydroelectric generation benefiting Egypt. The plan envisions linking sea water with desert geology to produce electrical energy.
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Mediterranean Sea
Libyan Desert
Egypt
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John
Englewood
N.J
Anne Limsberg
Colonel Lindberg
India
Seager Wheeler
Rosthern
Trelle
Great Sons of Butchers
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