Watchful Policy Needed on Hudson Bay Route Support
The On to the Bay association asks the federal government to absorb marine insurance differentials for the Hudson Bay route and to set competitive rates to Britain for five years. Proposals include a modern coal handling plant at Churchill, storage facilities at Hudson Bay Junction and The Pas, and interior sheds to boost cargo volumes, promote timber and junk exports, and popularize the route among prairie wholesalers.
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Association
Bay
Montreal
Winnipeg
Great Britain
Churchill
Hudson Bay Junction
Pas
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Hudson Bay
Prairie Provinces
Queen replies to Caledonia man with Mohawk oak paper knife
Robert Cranston of Caledonia Ontario received a letter from Queen Elizabeth acknowledging his gift a wooden paper knife carved from oak taken from the battleship Mohawk which sank at the mouth of the Grand River during the war of 1812.
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Robert Cranston
Caledonia
Ont
Queen Elizabeth
Mr. Cranston
Grand River
Christmas Sausages and Talking Babies in Norse Tale
A playful scene shows a child asking why a baby cries for her mother at Christmas. The Norwegians are described making decorative sausages using different meats to form stars and symbols. The text notes ants as dominant in tropical forests.
Praise For The People From Edna Jacques Tour
Canadian poet Edna Jacques returned from drought areas praising “the grandest people in the world.” She cited a Briercrest man who finally harvested a good crop in seven years, sold it for 400 dollars, and offered 40 on the church collection plate.
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Edna Jacques
Briercrest
Sask
Lumber as a Farm Crop Edge Over Immediate Sale
Lumber offers a storage advantage for farmers since it does not spoil quickly. When demand for fuel posts or pulp wood is weak, trees can grow longer to increase future value rather than selling immediately.
China Sea's shallow depth and cork's buoyant claim
The article notes the China Sea as the fourth largest with an average depth of 402 feet and states cork is half air and five times lighter than water.
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China Sea
Envoy from France arrives as Canada's new minister
Count Robert de Dampierre arrives in Ottawa to assume duties as France's minister to Canada. He says relations between Britain and France are strong after the war and that Canada will find many friends of France. He notes France's unity on major issues and recalls prior postings in Yugoslavia and Japan.
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Great Britain
France
Count Robert de Dampierre
Ottawa
Canada
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Europe
Count Dampierre
Frrance
New York
Paris
Governor General
Dominion
Countess de Dampierre
Japan
Whch
Bayer Wins Supreme Court Ruling Protecting Aspirin Mark
The Exchequer Court of Canada permanently restrains five defendants from using the trade mark Aspirin on preparations they market under names such as Pioneer Sales Co Western Sales Co Western Distributing Co Advance Specialty Co and Acme Specialty Company Bayer costs and damages awarded The Bayer Company Limited Windsor Ontario confirms Aspirin ownership and enforcement intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayer Company Limited
Exchequer Court of Canada
Exchequer Court
Ivan Lambert
Joseph Nozick
Standard Bottlers and Packers Ltd
B. Neuman
Joe Beckman
Bayer Company
Pioneer Sales Co
Western Sales Co
Western Distributing Co
Advance Specialty Co
Acme Specialty Company
Bayer
Bayer Company, Limited
Windsor
Ontario
Motorist Fined For Splashing Pedestrians In Derbyshire
A driver at Ripley Derbyshire sped through a water pool and drenched two people including a plain clothes police officer. In court he was fined 15 shillings and his license endorsed for driving without reasonable consideration to others on the road.
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Ripley
Derbyshire
Dogs Trained for Battlefield Aid in World War Effort
In World War training, dogs are taught to seek wounded on battlefields and to carry water bandages and other first aid gear. The program aims to boost battlefield medical support by using canines to locate casualties and deliver supplies.
Macaws Die Clinging To Branch After Wounding
A macaw dies after being mortally wounded and hooks its beak over a small limb, hanging mid air as death occurs. The scene highlights how some birds may latch on to perches during fatal injuries.
Noted War-Time Aviator Captain Morley Carter Dies in Ontario
Captain Morley Carter a 49 year old war time flyer was killed in an automobile accident near Barrie Ontario and buried in Orillia with military and Masonic honors. He enlisted in 1915 in the Royal Air Force served in France and Italy winning decorations for distinguished service. After the war he patrolled the north with the Ontario air force and was linked with Dominion and Saskatchewan air forces before joining the Ontario air force in the east a year ago.
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Morley Carter
Carter
Ontaro
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Wheat advertising urged to boost Canada in world market
Dr. E Cora Hind of Winnipeg urged sending experts to major wheat nations, especially Russia, to monitor markets. She warned Russia could menace Canada’s wheat position unless prices stay right, and called for Canada to raise yields on fewer acres and cut costs while expanding overseas advertising.
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Canada
Russia
E. Cora Hind
Winnipeg
Women’s Canadian Club
Toronto
MacMichael Named Palestine High Commissioner in Place of Wauchope
Sir Harold Alfred MacMichael, veteran administrator, is appointed high commissioner and commander-in-chief for Palestine and high commissioner for Trans-Jordan effective end of February. He will succeed Sir Arthur Wauchope, whose resignation due to ill health was announced October 28. Arab leaders welcome his Arab knowledge, and Jewish leaders pledge cooperation for peace in the Holy Land.
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Harold Alfred MacMichael
Palestine
Trans-Jordan
Arthur Cranfell Wauchope
Colonial Office
Harold
Tanganyika
East Africa
Holy Land
Africa
Darfur
Sudan
Harold Mac Michael
Arthur Wauchope
London
Jerusalem
Doughnuts and deep fat frying guidance from Alice Stevens
The article explains doughnut digestion issues and offers practical cooking tips. It covers fat temperature testing with bread, using a deep iron kettle, maintaining uniform fat heat, clarifying reused fat, and odor removal with raw potatoes. It also notes lard and vegetable oil blends and suggests fritters as variations with dried fruit added.
Traced Scottish French Connections In Language History
The article notes how Scotland’s speech preserves numerous French loanwords from Stuart era links with France. Words like fash from fach er and armoire aeshet from assiette and tassie from tasse illustrate this influence. The piece links the national dish haggis to the French hachis and mentions a farm girl’s cry Proochey as approchez.
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Scotland
France
le Devoir
Montreal
Canada Auto Sales Rise in October 1937
Dominion bureau of statistics reports Canada's October 1937 new motor vehicle sales totalled 5 847 units valued at 6 552 261 dollars, up from 4 021 units and 4 590 475 dollars in October 1936, an increase of 45.4 percent in quantity and 42.7 percent in value.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Swiss watchmaker unveils balance wheel shock absorber
A Swiss watchmaker claims to have invented a shock absorber for watches to protect the balance wheel from injury, potentially improving durability and accuracy of timepieces.
Tree-climbing mammals descend head first
Most animals descend tail first, but squirrels and chipmunks descend head first when returning to the ground from trees. This behavior contrasts with typical arboreal descent patterns observed in many species.
Apple Donut Style Fried Treats From Simple Batter
A simple batter mixes 1 cup flour 11 teaspoons baking powder 3 tablespoons sugar teaspoon salt 1 cup milk 1 egg. Wet and dry ingredients combined with chopped apple pieces, then dropped by spoonfuls into hot fat to fry like doughnuts. Readers may write to Alice Stevens Home Service for free home cooling and household advice at Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Manitoba.
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Alice Stevens
Home Service
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Priceless Manuscripts Arrive In Canada From England
A shipment organized by the CPR brought rare manuscripts from England aboard the Empress of Britain. The bundle included Sir James Barrie’s late work The Boy David, John Drinkwater’s Robinson of England, and C. S. Forester’s The Happy Return. The items were shown at book fairs in Toronto and Montreal.
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C.P.R
England
Britain
Sir James Barrie
David
John Drinkwater
Robinson
C. S. Forester
Toronto
Montreal
Appert Invented Hermetic Cans for French Army
French innovator Nicholas Appert is credited as the father of the tin can after he devised the hermetically sealed container in 1809 to supply food to the French army.
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Nicholas Appert
Masai Show Case Compulsory Training Custom
East Africa’s Masai people maintain a custom of compulsory military training for men. Hudson Maxim, inventor of MaxiMite explosive, was born on February 3, 1853.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Africa
Hudson Maxim
Canadian high commissioner counters Western Canada scare reports
London office refutes British press scare stories about the prairies. An official Ottawa sourced report notes drought-hit southern Saskatchewan but asserts farmers overall enjoy one of the best years in a decade and credits measures to improve farming, water use, and land management. It calls accusations of laissez faire groundless and praises settlers for enduring adversity with courage. Only about 1,000 of 70,000 families have left growth areas in southern Saskatchewan.
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Canada
London
Praires
Hgh
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Dreath
Grouth
Calgary to form non permanent air squadron
Officials in military district No 13 said Calgary will recruit a non permanent Royal Canadian Air Force squadron as a first step toward a permanent militia flying force in the city. The unit could comprise 16 officers and 140 other ranks and will focus largely on ground and theoretical training until aircraft are assigned. Squadron Leader F C Higgins from Ottawa will open an office in Calgary to direct militia activities in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Calgary
No. 13
R.C.A.F
Uni
F. C. Higgins
Ottawa
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Ancient lamp burns 1200 years in Travancore palace
An oil lamp in an old Travancore palace has reportedly burned for 1,200 years to honor a state ruler said to have ascended to heaven while lying on a stone couch. The couch is kept as a venerated relic.
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Travancore
India
What animal best adapts to circumstances
A witty exchange about a hen that supposedly fits eggs into egg cups, illustrating a pun on adaptability and clever egg handling. The joke hinges on the image of a hen laying eggs perfectly sized for egg cups.
Apple Pie Depletes Vitamin C and More Facts
Scientists note apple pie reduces Vitamin C by about 80 percent. Copper etymology traces to Cyprus known for copper mines. In 1925 the United States recorded 794 tornado fatalities. Hummingbirds lack leg use for walking.
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United States
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