Farm Experts Tackle Western Growth Area Soil Problems
Dr. Archibald spoke at Regina on federal and provincial efforts to reclaim western soil through research and farmer cooperation. Projects include Mortlach soil studies and a Swift Current lab, with strip farming and crested wheat grass showing promise for drought areas. Thousands seek water schemes and assistance. many dugouts need redesign.
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Dr. Archibald
Canada
Mortlach
Archibald
Nova
Pup
J. G. Taggart
Saskatchewan
Truro
Universites
Drouth
New Trade Deal Lifts BC Lumber Quota to 250 Million
British Columbia lumbermen cheer the Canada United States pact raising western hemlock and Douglas fir quotas to 250 million feet per year. Preliminary estimates show this could add about two thousand forest jobs in the province and boost related factory demand benefiting workers and consumers after January 1, 1936.
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British Columbia
Victoria
Times
Woman recalls war losses to oppose petition
In Position To Know a Windsor woman declined a war petition saying it seemed like an election dodge. A counter with cries of knowledge about war drew the reply that two brothers were killed one wounded and a husband never recovered from his wounds.
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Windsor
Windsor Daily Star
Dry Area Water Plan Draws Prairie Interest
Regina reports show widespread resident interest in drought area irrigation as the water development committee under the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act shares progress. Since work began this year the committee has received 5 000 applications for private irrigation schemes including dug outs stock watering dams and small projects.
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Prairies
Water Development Committee
Regina
Royal Winter Fair Ends Its Largest Year Yet
The Royal Winter Fair closed after a record year with larger entries and crowds. Exhibitors hailed confidence in farming equipment and livestock markets, noting brisk sales including a cow at 1800 dollars and a bull at 1600 dollars, while the Percheron champions drew 3000 and 1250 dollars.
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Dominion
Chicago
Horse Palace
Famous Pigeon Dies in Honolulu at 17
The world renowned messenger pigeon named John died in Honolulu aged 17 years 11 months after a storied career carrying critical messages for the United States Army. Hatched January 1918 on a French battlefield he braved shellfire to reach headquarters despite severe injuries including a lost leg and bleeding feathers. He will be stuffed and sent to Wright Field Dayton Ohio aeronautical museum.
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France
United States Army
Honolulu
John
Aeronautical Museum
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Confiscation of Lunar Calendars in Shanghai Raids
Chinese authorities seized about ten tons of old style lunar calendars in raids across Shanghai and burned them to erase the antiquated dating method. The report notes a government push to abolish the calendar system. Separately, it describes the Skilluk tribe in Africa grooming hair into hat-like shapes as a source of pride.
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Shanghai
Africa
October Canadian auto output hits 1929 peak total
Canada produced 8 313 motor vehicles in October, the highest October total since 1929, up 120 percent from October last year. The gain reflects strong demand and industrial momentum across the sector with likely impacts on employment and exports.
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Canada
Night indoor snapshots with amateur gear
A reader explains how to use a no. 20 Photoflash bulb, floor lamps, reflectors, and time exposure to take vivid indoor night photos. John Van Guilder urges Snapshot Guild members to capture intimate family scenes and travel pictures, highlighting technique and film choices.
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Snapshot Guild
John van Guilder
Canada United States Students Exchange Idea Endorsed
Norman Armour United States minister to Canada recommended a good suggestion exchange between Canadian and American students to learn firsthand about neighbors in progress education art music and poetry.
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United States
Norman Armour
Canada
Almsgivers Fined in Barcelona Police Crackdown
Barcelona authorities fine on the spot almsgivers to clear beggar streets. Fines range from two to 50 pesetas based on offense gravity. The report notes a broader trend toward enforced public order and mentions unrelated predictions about future warfare and radio equipped lifeboats.
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Barcelona
Spain
Russia exports more autos than it made in 1929 claim
A reported claim states Russia exported more automobiles than it produced in 1929. The assertion contrasts trade outputs with domestic manufacturing levels, suggesting a notable export surplus or misreporting context.
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Russia
Lighting Nature's Plan Through Eye Saving Insights
The piece compares natural light of about 10 000 footcandles to typical indoor illumination and explains how low light causes eyestrain. It notes reading under 40 watt or 3 to 5 footcandles strains vision, and contrasts window light at 50 footcandles with distant work at single digit levels.
Famine Fears Grip Bessarabia Amid Drought and Hunger
Citizens in Bessarabia on the Russian frontier face a severe famine as granaries run dry and crops fail. The Romanian interior ministry, after silence, confirms grave hardship and appeals for aid to avert malnutrition and starvation in the drought hit prairie region. Thousands of livestock perished, bread becomes scarce, and peasants improvise bread from barley and weeds. The censor had briefly banned such reports in Romania.
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Bessarabia
Priarie
Romanian Ministry of Interior
Bessarabans
Rumania
March Of Progress Social Credit in Quebec Inevit able
Premier William Aberhart of Alberta arrives in Montreal to discuss Alberta finances with R. J. Magor and Alberta officials Hon. C. Cockroft and Hon. W. A. Fallon. Aberhart predicts Social Credit will arrive as progress as change from candles to electricity and ox carts to automobiles. A remark on social wit follows, plus a note on Bathurst South Africa opening a nine hole golf course billed as the cheapest in the world with a six cent green fee.
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Social Credit
Quebec
William Aberhart
Alberta
Montreal
R. J. Magor
Aberhart
C. Cockroft
W. A. Fallon
Bathurst
South Africa
Tempered Words and Politics Stir South African Teachers
A remark from Patsy frames a clash over language learning while adults discuss temper and temperaments. The note then comments that teachers in South Africa who mix in politics may be curbed by authorities.
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South Africa
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