Six Years Of Cooperative Effort For New Calendar
A letter to Interdependence by Moses EB Cotsworth argues for an International Fixed Calendar of thirteen 28 day months to replace the Gregorian system. He explains that calendar calculations for 1935 began in 1927 at Greenwich, with astronomers in five nations compiling positions of Sun, Moon, stars, and eclipses to produce a globally coordinated calendar and tide data.
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League of Nations Society
Canada
Ottawa
Moses EB. Cotsworth
Cotsworth
Mr. Cotsworth
Greenwich Observatory
Nautical Almanac Office
United States
Germany
France
Spain
Arctic Circle
Greenwich
V.10
Morinville Farmer Buys Large Land Holding Near Edmonton
Peter Hettinger, a Morinville district farmer near Edmonton Alberta, purchased 10 quarter sections totaling 1600 acres for 57000 dollars averaging 59 per acre. He moved from North Dakota to Morinville in 1891 at age 14 and built a substantial farming empire with 600 cultivated acres on the property.
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Peter Hettinger
Morinville
Edmonton
Alberta
Hettinger
North Dakota
Successful immigrant expands Saskatchewan farm to 4500 acres
Andrew Anderson of Alsask Saskatchewan, born in Sweden and arriving in 1910, started with 160 acres and now operates 4500 acres. In 1928 his Marquis wheat yield reached 54000 bushels. His farm features an arborium and an artificial lake, making it a local show place.
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Andrew Anderson
Alsask
Sask
Sweden
Experiments Show Materials Change Under Extreme Pressure
Harvard University experiments by Dr Bridgman reveal paraffin becomes harder than steel, rubber hardens into a usable die, steel flows, oil loses lubrication, and mercury begins to escape under pressures from 60 000 to 600 000 psi. The work aims to test materials for big gun manufacture and study molecular changes.
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Harvard University
Percy W. Bridgman
Bridgman
Alberta Grain Country Impresses at Chicago Show
W J Stephen Alberta Field Crop Commissioner reports Alberta exhibits at the Chicago International Livestock and Grain Show left a strong impression. Alberta won more premium money than any US state and more than all other Canadian provinces combined, with 32 of 58 entries winning prizes. Attendees consensus says Alberta is growing grain equal to any on the continent.
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W. J. Stephen
Alberta
Chicago
Flu Epidemic Hits Ontario Hard With High Rates
The provincial health department in Toronto reports that forty percent of Ontario’s population contracted influenza in the recent epidemic. Some districts reached 100 percent, Toronto at about 50 percent, while cases decline but the death rate among cases rises, says Dr. S J Bell, deputy minister of health.
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Ontario
Department of Health
Toronto
S. J. Bell
Odds In Her Favor Angry Mother
A tense exchange erupts as a mother confronts a boy over a ball that nearly hit her child. The boy retorts that their family has many children and they cannot spare the one ball. The dispute centers on responsibility and consequences of play.
Canadian Industries Export Snapshot
A survey shows 6 500 groups of articles fully or partially manufactured in Canada while about 1 600 Canadian firms or corporations actively export.
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Dominion
Two-Piece Moda Design No 982 for Teens and Adults
II simulates the two piece mode with hip yoke inserted between di agonal closing bodice and smartly plaited skirt. The youthful neck line with shawl, collar and sleeve bands add a tailored finish. Styles offered in multiple sizes and fabrics with simple assembly and a modest price in stamps or coin.
Radio Sets in Canada and Global Silk Use
The passage notes an estimated 350000 radio sets in use in Canada, mainly in rural areas with better reception. It intersperses humorous exchanges about beards and a kitchen utensil, and mentions about three-fourths of the world's silk being used in the United States.
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Canada
United States
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Pattern No
Pattern ordering guidance lists Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. The text appears incomplete with pattern number not provided.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Airplane Service In Canada Expands Across Sectors
Air service in Canada has become a recognized part of conservation, development, and engineering work. Canadian pilots operate from observing sealing fleets off the Atlantic coast to forest fire protection, fishery patrols on the Pacific, air mail to Pelee Island, ice condition observations in Hudson Strait, and Yukon transportation.
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Canada
Atlantic
Cape Breton Island
Pacific
Pelee Island
Hudson Strait
Yukon
Sodium Sulphate Deposits Found in Western Canada
Department of Mines reports over 100 million tons of hydrous sodium and magnesium sulphate in Western Canada with additional Prairie deposits. Producible only for rail-adjacent sites due to limited markets and low prices, as markets remain constrained.
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Canada
Department of Mines
Prairie Provinces
New Pictorial Stamp Issue Showcases Canadian Imagery
Seven new stamps issued by the post office department debut in olive green one dollar featuring Ottawa’s legislative building, blue 50 cent with a harvest scene, gray 12 cent showing the Quebec bridge, and three George VI portraits in dark blue purple and red. Collectors hail the issue for its artistry and scrollwork around the images.
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Post-Office Department
Canada
Ottawa
Quebec Bridge
George
Dominion Fuel Board Reports On Canada’s Present Fuel Situation
The Dominion Fuel Board releases a progress report noting Canada now has abundant fuels and markets, with coal transport costs to Ontario and Quebec under study. It highlights a 1928 Canadian fishing value around $54 million, a 2,000,000 case Pacific salmon pack, and strong New Brunswick and Nova Scotia catches, plus a new fuel research laboratory and ongoing independence efforts.
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Pacific Coast
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Gaspe Coast
Nova Scotia
Dominion Fuel Board
Canada
United States
Ontario
Quebec
Alberta
Maritime Provinces
Board of Railway Commissioners
Great Britain
France
Germany
Department of Mine i
Department
Fuel Board
Duchess Montrose Invents Egg Turning Tray For Homes
The Duchess of Montrose unveils a device named the Brodick egg turning tray designed to keep eggs fresh and fertile for long periods. The four by sixteen inch tray holds 102 eggs in 17 spaces and uses a canvas roller system to turn all eggs in an instant.
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Duchess of Montrose
Great Britain
Horrible Name Promises Pleasant Lemonade From Xylotrihydroxyglutaric Acid
Dr War ren E Emley of the Bureau of Standards told the American Chemical Society that xylotrihydroxyglutaric acid may yield good lemonade. Xylose from wood sugar in peanut shells and cottonseed bran tastes sweet but has no food value. Chemists see it as a potential industrial substitute for glucose and a food for diabetes patients.
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Warren E. Emley
Bureau of Standards
American Chemical Society
A Good Definition from a Black Foolish Tale
An old man explains circumstantial evidence with a proverb about a stolen chicken. He defines it as the feathers left lying around after you have finished with the chicken, reflecting a dated dialect and racial stereotype.
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Darky
Treatment Not So Good Joke About Married Life
A humorous exchange features a bachelor asking if his wife treats him the same after marriage. The married man replies mercy with a quip that before marriage, displeasing her meant she refused to speak, implying changes post nuptials.
King Mihai Celebrates Seventh Birthday
King Mihai of Romania marks his seventh birthday as ruler over 18 million subjects. The milestone highlights the young monarch’s status and the imperial realm’s demographics.
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Mihai
Romania
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Oslo
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