Movement to boost industrial use of Canadian farm products
D G McKenzie chairs a survey of Canadian farm chemurgic facilities as a first step to expand industrial use of farm produce. He outlines a plan to connect academic research with industry, aiming to raise farmers’ cash income and fund more science, with examples like flax and hops potential uses and road binding with cotton in the south.
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Canada
D. G. McKenzie
The
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
McKenzie
Toronto
Victoria and Victorians in American Arts and Fashion
The piece notes rising interest in Queen Victoria as the new king arrives next May. It predicts stable theatrical trends, renewed attention to Victoria in press and culture, hoopskirts at the Met, and a shift in American acting from 1920 to 1938. It contrasts Strachey’s early mockery with now warmer views of Victorian era and attire.
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George VII
Queen Victoria
Windsor
Victoria
Metropolitan Opera
George VL
George Srr
Lytton Strachey
Paris stenography contest yields 250 wpm record
In Paris two shorthand writers reached 250 words per minute during a stenography contest. The contenders were Mille Germaine Gabriel of Paris and Mile Juliette Cas, a League of Nations employee in Geneva.
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Paris
France
Mille Germaine Gabriel
Mile
Juliette Cas
League of Nations
Geneva
Eskimo Igloos Hollywood Import Not Alaska Says Glacier Priest
Bernard Hubbard the Glacier Priest criticizes portrayals of Eskimos as wife traders and claims the only real igloo in Alaska was a Hollywood set. He notes Eskimos in Labrador exist but Alaska reads about igloos in American geographies. He contrasts Alaska with the King Island territory of the Bering Sea for a peaceful history.
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Bernard Hubbard
Alaska
Hollywood
Mala
Canadian
Labrador
Moon’s visible side hosts ten mountain ranges
Fact notes ten named lunar ranges mark the near side relief. It also states around six thousand tin can sizes and shapes are in global use.
Useful Household Hints From an Old Almanac
A collection of practical tips: lift cords with a notch stick, kerosene on window screens to deter pests, glue in hot water to revive a broom, alum cement for repairs, softening Paint brushes with lye, paraffin prevents paint hardening, and steel chips remove rust from linoleum.
All But One The Sorrowful War Story From China
A London Scout Letter reports on 16 Chinese scouts and guides who left Singapore to serve in First Aid Squads and hospitals in Chinese war zones. Only Scout Ng Chee Keng survives, recovering in Hankow hospital from two bullet wounds and a fractured skull. the rest were killed.
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China
Singapore
Ng Chee Keng
Hankow
London
Japan town renamed USA to stamp Made in USA
A London Children’s Newspaper note reports Japan has a town named USA to label goods Made in USA. It recalls Sweden island for matches and a village renamed Macclesfield for silk, so items bear respective Made in Sweden and Macclesfield Silk marks.
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America
Japan
USA
Sweden
Macclesfield
London
Record Turkey Flights to Yellowknife Set Northland Pace
Five thousand turkeys cleaned plucked and ready with trimmings were flown from Edmonton to northern communities including Yellowknife for Christmas dinners. The rise is about a thousand from last year driven by Yellowknife’s growth and aviation routes. Prices show Edmonton delivering a 15 pound bird for 8.55, with 12 pound air express to Aklavik costing 17. Princess Indira, Maharajah’s granddaughter, visits London and pursues acting, exiting palace life to live in Chelsea.
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Edmonton
Canada
Northland
Yellowknife
Arctic Circle
Toronto
Air Express
Walter Hale
Aklavik
Arctic Rim
Highly Intelligent New Fish Arrive at New York Aquarium
Three Nile origin wormyrids arrive in the United States as the first of their kind in captivity. Researchers led by Dr. Charles Breder note brains heavy for their size ranking second only to humans and apes, with keen hearing and nervous, restless motion.
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New York Aquarium
United States
Nile
Charles Breder
Aquarium
Sweden cellulose mill opens on Scartvik coast
A Swedish cellulose producer aims to become the biggest synthetic silk rayon maker and opens a new mill at Scartvik in the north with 40 000 tons yearly capacity. Plans call for a road from Natal to the Cape with bridges over 42 rivers.
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Sweden
Scartvik
Natal
Cape
Noted Figures in Stories and Myths Across Cultures
The passage lists real people and fictional characters who used or shared names such as Little Lord Fauntleroy Mother Goose Annie Laurie Falstaff Dick Turpin Danny Deever Alice from Alice in Wonderland and d Artag nan and The Three Musketeers It also mentions an ancient Hindu belief that the world rests on elephants supported by a turtle.
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Mother Goose
Annie Laurie
Falstaff
Dick Turpin
Danny Deever
Alice
Alice In Wonderland
d'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
Water buffalo key milk source in Philippine islands
The water buffalo stands as the chief source of milk for the Philippine islands, underpinning local dairy supply and farming practices.
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Philippine Islands
Angora Sport Set Pattern 6239 From Winnipeg Union
A bright Angora knit sports set using scrap yarn for variegated dots. Pattern 6239 offers instructions, stitch illustrations, color schemes, and materials. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern. No Alice Brooks pattern book exists.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Leaders in Indian history and adult education noted
Regina Leader-Post reports Dan Kennedy a key Assiniboine figure in Regina, recounting his role, birthplace in Cypress Hills, schooling at Lebret and St. Boniface, tenure with the Indian department, and current work on Saskatoon reserve history. Dr. E A Corbett cites factors driving Canada’s decade of adult education progress, contrasting Alberta and Nova Scotia programs and highlighting university extension efforts and cooperative unions.
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Dan Kennedy
Saskatchewan Prairies
Regina
Indian Department
Canada
Cypress Hills
Assiniboines
Sintaluta
Kennedy
Lebret
Hugonard
St. Boniface College
E A. Corbett
Canadian Association For Adult Education
Edmonton
University of Alberta Extension Department
Corbett
Carnegie Foundation
Alberta
Nova Scotia
Dominion
University of Alberta
St. Francis Navier University
St. Francis Xavier University
University of Saskatchewan Extension Department
Canadian Poultry Exports Report For 1938 Harvest
Officials of the Department of Agriculture report Canada’s 1938 poultry harvest includes turkeys chickens ducks and geese inspected weighed and tagged for housewives guidance. Exports to the United Kingdom rose while turkey exports fell with a sharp decline in live bird shipments to the United States. Western Canada leads exports with turkeys noted for quality and the United Kingdom remaining the main market, along with Newfoundland the British West Indies and a rare shipment to Honolulu.
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Department of Agriculture
Canada
United Kingdom
United States
Prairie Provinces
Western
Newfoundland
British West Indies
Honolulu
Grievances Rise Over Zululand Game Reserves
In Zululand settlers complain about game reserves housing the nearly extinct white rhinoceros and the troublesome black rhinoceros breaking fences and stampeding cattle on adjacent farms. Lions from Portuguese East Africa have invaded northern Zululand, causing periodic cattle killings, and hyenas earlier this year damaged stock.
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Zululand
Farmer counts holiday and sun angle cause seasons
A farmer and workers discuss a holiday at the New Year while a remark about holidays contrasts with the idea that the sun’s distance from Earth does not drive seasons. The text notes seasons result from the angle of sunlight hitting Earth rather than distance.
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Earth
Human body praised as perfect machine in Readers Digest
Floyd Parsons extols the human heart and nervous system as unmatched in efficiency. He notes the heart can run over 600000 hours, with 4320 strokes and 15 gallons per hour, claiming no telegraphic, radio, camera, vent, or switchboard equals the body's complex functions.
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Floyd Parsons
Readers Digest
Museums in Great Britain survey counts near 800 sites
The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust survey of non national museums and galleries in the British Isles reports about 800 museums in Great Britain, with around 250 in towns under 10,000 residents. It notes about 20 new museums open yearly, but some lack future provision and may close.
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British Isles
Carnegie United Kingdom Trust
Great Britain
Ancient Chinese Vehicle Used Pebble Drop Meter
Six centuries ago Chinese transport used a passenger cart that dropped a pebble into a vessel to mark each mile traveled, serving as an early odometer and navigation aid.
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Chelsea
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