Population growth urged to ease Canada’s debts and burdens
The Toronto Mail and Empire argues for increased immigration to raise Canada’s population from ten to twenty five million, enabling stronger markets, rail and industrial capacity, and debt repayment. It stresses a measured policy, awaiting normal world conditions, and notes intra Empire migration as a key topic at Ottawa.
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Dominion
Canada
Ottawa
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
W. A. Gordon
Toronto Mail
Empire
Memorial in Lords honors 245 peers who died in World War
The Prince of Wales unveils a Royal Gallery memorial listing 245 peers lost in the war. The piece notes this equals about one third of the Lords and argues peers and their sons served bravely, countering Lloyd George’s earlier anti Lords sentiment.
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Prince of Wales
Royal Gallery
House of Lords
Lloyd George
Actor on oath defends boastful claim of greatness
A cinema actor suing for breach of contract described himself as the greatest actor in the world. A friend teased his loud self praise. the actor replied that his boast sounded conceited but he was on oath.
Right Up To Date Bobby Short of Money
Dialogue portrays a struggling youth asking for work, a surprised father, and a suggestion to beg. The piece frames business as a wheelbarrow needing a push and reflects on life’s value with a terse exchange about an attempted assault and the charge of attempted death by action.
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Bobby
Father
Bolero Dress Pattern for Debutante Siblings
The pattern offers a bolero with a caped collar and a straight skirt in verted front plaits for a girlish look. Materials include deep blue wool or linen in pink or French blue with white, sizes 6 to 12, requiring 1 1/2 yards plus 1 yard of 39 inch material, price 25 cents.
Saskatchewan Set To Farm 1.2 Families In North
Provinces and federal government plan to place 1.2 families on farms in northern Saskatchewan with potential expansion to 2000 province wide. Land is to be provided under the land settlement scheme with one third costs shared by provincial and municipal governments and stock and equipment valued at 300 dollars per family.
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Saskatchewan
Natural Resources Department
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Regina
Reichenzeiger
Canada
Thrce
Germany
Europe
France
Belgium
Holland
Spain
Czecho-Slovakia
Finland
Hungary
Esthenia
Roumania
Lithuania
Beekeeping Force Key To Honey Yield Says Expert
Field Force Counts Co B Gooderham of the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa explains honey production hinges on the number of bees in field work during honey flow and the vitality of the beekeeper s care over the prior eleven months, not just spring management.
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Co. B. Gooderham
Dominion Apiarist
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Color and Flowers Fail to Attract Butterflies in German Tests
Popular Mechanics reports that butterfly attraction depends on flower color not mere presence. Paper blooms in a garden drew insects to specific colors, with some species favoring yellow blue or blue purple while green attracted none. Also noted are fog safety blower tests and nitrogen iodine sensitivity in explosives.
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Popular Mechanic Magazine
Germany
Cutworm Warning Issued for Saskatchewan and Alberta Farms
Dominion entomologist Arthur Gibson warns farmers in Saskatchewan and Alberta that pale western cutworm losses could rise in 1932 if weather is average, even with a very wet spring. He advises soil disturbance tests with a diagonal wheat strip, reseeding caution, and references regional laboratories for detailed control guidance.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Arthur Gibson
Dominion
Dominion Entomological Laboratories
Treesbank
Manitoba
Indian Head
Assiniboia
Lethbridge
Morrin
Regina
Edmonton
Radial Rings Reveal Tree Age and Past Dry Years
The Regina Leader discusses dendrochronology from western Canada noting how radial rings indicate moisture and drought. It explains how ring width varies with drought years and cites researchers like L. B. Powell and A. E. Douglass, plus a Rockefeller Foundation prize.
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L. B. Powell
Weyburn
Regina
Saskatchewan
A. E. Douglass
Tucson
Arizona
New Mexico
Rockefeller Foundation
British Columbia
Canadian Humor as a Canadian literature lens
Lionel Stevenson contrasts Canadian humor with American and English styles noting less exaggeration than American work and less restraint than English. He links it to Scottish whimsy via Barrie but says Canadian humor is more action oriented, good natured, and rooted in sunny cheerfulness that avoids crudity and sentimentality.
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Lionel Stevenson
Barrie
Beans Make Good Crop at Lethbridge Station
The Dominion Experimental Station at Lethbridge Alberta notes rising interest in growing field beans in western Canada especially irrigated areas. Western cities have relied on imports from Japan the United States and Eastern Canada. Lethbridge uses about six carloads of 30 000 pounds annually. Beans need a long season and early planting to avoid fall frosts. Small white varieties suit market demand. Excessive richness of soil heavy irrigation thin seeding and wide row spacing slow growth.
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Dominion
Lethbridge
Alberta
Canada
Japan
United States
Montreal Boulevard Project Price Tag Revealed
Montreal Boulevard could run across the Island of Montreal in Quebec with a potential cost up to 12 554 000 dollars. The high estimate reflects extensive construction needs and long urban scope.
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Montreal
Island of Montreal
Quebec
New German Deep Sea Egg Shaped Diver Invented
A German invention introduces a diving apparatus shaped like an egg capable of operating at depths beyond 10 000 feet. Its metal shell withstands high water pressure by automatically adjusting interior air pressure through liquid air vaporization.
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Germany
Vancouver Harbor Board studies cool room for 100000 boxes of apples
Plans remain under advisement for a pier cool room with a 100000 box capacity to handle the export apple crop from the Okanagan. Glasgow police report shopping thefts as officers warn on shoplifters. A Madrid cartoon quote expresses humor about a restricted search.
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Vancouver Harbor Board
Okanagan
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Gemutliche Sachse
Leipzig
W. N. UL
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Tafion
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McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Zara Agha
London
Western
von Hindenburg
Guards Regiment
Berlin
Oberst
von Tiedemann
General von Hammerstein
Glasgow
Scotland
Buen Humor
Madrid
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