Canada Expands Coastal Defences To Meet Global Threats
Minister Honlan Mackenzie warns Canada faces new national defence challenges as air power makes geography irrelevant. He outlines Pacific and Atlantic coast fortifications, air bases, and naval patrols with Victoria as a key Pacific fortress. He notes Canada’s defence cost per capita compares favorably to Australia the U S and Britain.
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Honlan Mackenzie
Makennial Defence
Canada
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Europe
Arctic
California
Egypt
Australia
Montreal
Mackenzie
Pacific
Victoria
Atlantic
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States
Great Britain
Lethbridge Entomologist Honored With Public Service Medal
H L Seamans of Lethbridge Alberta head of the Dominion Entomological Laboratory wins the 1938 medal of the Professional Institute of the Civil Service of Canada for meritorious public service. The award cites the Lethbridge lab’s method against the pale western cutworm benefiting western agriculture and Canadian farmers. Seamans, a Saskatchewan graduate and Wisconsin native, led the lab since 1921 after E H Strickland left for the University of Alberta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Seamans
Dominion Entomological Laboratory
Lethbridge
Alberta
Professional Institute of the Civil Service of Canada
J. C. Beauchamp
Seamans
Dominion Department of Agriculture Entomological Laboratory
Beauchamp H. L. Seamans
University of Saskatchewan
Montana State College
Wakatosa
Wisconsin
Lost Gothic Treasure Behind London’s Modern Facade
Southwark Cathedral, famed as a premier Gothic site after Westminster Abbey, remains overlooked amid urban walls near London Bridge. Known as the Cathedral of Vicissitudes, it housed a baker in its Lady chapel in Elizabethan times, stored horses in cloister sites, and even functioned as a police court before becoming a cathedral in 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwark
Westminster Abbey
London
London Bridge
Underground pipelines span 280000 miles in the United States
At a Los Angeles Metal Congress it was revealed the United States has a vast 280000 mile network of underground petroleum pipelines delivering products to industry centers. The other note states that a well charged automobile battery will resist freezing in cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
United States
Magnets For Tourists Boost Canada National Parks Attendance
The resources department reports rising visitor numbers across Canadian national parks after a trend of increased travel. Waterton Lakes near the Montana line hits 84 605 visitors, up 25 585 from last season, while Elk Island and Jasper show substantial gains. BC highway work caused a temporary dip, with Prince Albert and Riding Mountain setting new records as data remains incomplete.
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Canada
Resources Department
Alberta
Waterton Lakes National Park
Glacier National Park
Montana
Elk Island Park
Edmonton
Jasper Park
British Columbia
National Parks
Prince Albert National Park
Saskatchewan
Riding Mountain National Park
Manitoba
Adjudicator Appointed for Dominion Drama Festival
George Skillan, famed London actor, becomes regional adjudicator for the Dominion drama festival announced in Ottawa. He starts January 9 10 in Kentville Nova Scotia judging Nova Scotia productions and touring provinces. Reports to festival executive may invite finalists to London Ontario April 10 15.
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George Skillan
London
England
John A. Aylen
Ottawa
Kentville
N.S
Nova Scotia Drama Societies
Ont
Malcolm Morley
Great Importance of 38000 Farm Club Members in Canada
The Royal Winter Fair highlights a membership of 38 000 in farm boys and girls clubs across Canada. The youths are pursuing farming as a life work and will adopt up to date methods to advance agriculture nationwide. On the Galapagos Islands every bird inhabiting the islands is songless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Boys
Canada
British PM's vigor eclipses age and prior doubts
The description praises the 69 year old prime minister as energetic and hands-on, noting he travels to meet Hitler, the French Premier, or the Windsors despite rumors of ill health. It humorously imagines Chamberlain visiting Washington with his umbrella, likening him to Mrs. Bagnet from Bleak House.
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Neville Chamberlain
Hitler
Maria
Quebec
New York Times
I Think I Can Make It Riddle Turns Tragedy
A fabric dressmaker, carpenter, blacksmith and motorist declare I think I can make it as two men die in a sudden event. The note provides an address Ralph Gordon 628 Crawford St Toronto and a stray hermit crab fact. The piece blends fiction with a death notice and a trivia aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Gordon
Crawford St
Toronto
Fife Wheat Legacy Highlighted on Ontario Farm
Edwin Fife recalls the historic Fife wheat lineage on the Peterborough County farm once run by his grandfather David Fife. A 1925 Canadian grain milestone and a film about the strain are showcased in Toronto and headed to England, tracing how a Glasgow spill led to a staple in Canadian agriculture.
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David Fife
Otonabee
Peterborough
Edwin Fife
Toronto
Scotland
Ontario
Edwin
Canadian Wheat Board
England
Glasgow
Canada
Fife
Be Smart Crochet Your Own Gloves Pattern 6023
Instructions for crochet gloves in small, medium and large sizes. Materials and illustrations included. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern 6023. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Queen's Wee Jimmy Laid To Rest In Corgarff Glen
Pipe Major James MacHardy, once piper to Queen Victoria, was buried in his native Corgarff Glen with the Lonach Highlanders in attendance and the lament Home to the Glen played at the graveside. Born 1863, he first played for the Queen at 14 and served as piper-attendant to royal tours before living at Buckingham Palace and Balmoral.
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Jimmy
James MacHardy
Glen
Corgarff
Lonach Highlanders
MacHardy
Queen Victoria
James
Balmoral Castle
Ross
France
Italy
Buckingham Palace
Windsor Castle
Wee Jimmy
Burnside
Whitehouse
Royal Infirmary
Forresterhill
Aberdeen
Prairie Provinces to Spend 225000 on Horse Vaccine
Manitoba officials at the Union of Manitoba Municipalities convention said the prairie provinces will spend 225000 for encephalomyelitis vaccine to combat horse disease. They want municipalities to reimburse funds and foresee a 1939 epidemic risk. Delegates urged provincial funding and a lower bond rate, while former minister McKenzie called for a bold ad campaign to protect export markets.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
D. L. Campbell
Manitoba
Union of Manitoba
Winnipeg
Campbell
D. G. McKenzie
Montreal Artist Charts New Path in Mining Maps
Kathleen Denison, a young Montreal commercial artist, is pioneering mining map making for women. Encouraged by a miner, she began two years ago and has continued, studying geology in spare time. She’s in her second year at the Prospectors' School and jokes she has no prospecting plans beyond fun on holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Denison
Montreal
Miss Denison
Prospectors’ School
Canadian Hams Boost West Indies Trade and Tree Biggest Shade
Canadian ham and bacon exports to the British West Indies have risen for a decade, with nearly 2,000,000 pounds imported in 1937. The Hooker Oak of California is the largest leafing tree in America, capable of shading 8,000 people when full leaf.
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British West Indies
Canada
West Indies
California
America
Demand for Australian Wool Shrinks as Central Heating Expands
The Australian wool industry faces reduced demand as central heating grows in Britain and the United States, leading to fewer sales of woollen clothing. The article notes a shift from wool to other warming options, impacting Australian growers. An aside notes that many car accidents end at the coroner.
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Great Britain
United States
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Southwark Cathedral
Barrett H. Clark
New York
Galapagos Islands
Cap'n
Leipzig
China
Brooks
L. Isley
Navnal Revenue
Association of Life Insurance
Isley
Dominion
Ilsley
Coroner
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