Canadians Map Vast Regions Using Air Photos Since 1922
Major General A G L McNaughton praised Royal Canadian Air Force pilots for securing aerial photographs that mapped 481000 square miles of Canada, mostly in unsettled areas. He noted a 31 mile savings on a Manitoba mining road and said most photography cost little, already aiding mapping and transport planning.
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Canada
A. G. L. McNaughton
National Research Council
Canadian Institute of Surveying
McNaughton
Royal Canadian Air Force
Department of National Defence
Air Force
E. L. M. Burns
Institute
Dominion
F. T. Jenkins
Winnipeg
R. H. Field
Council
Popular Books with Millions in Sales Across 60 Years
A list catalogs titles selling at least a million copies in six decades. Leading is In His Steps by Charles M. Sheldon with about 8 million copies sold since 1899. Other top sellers include Freckles and Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton Porter, Laddie, The Winning of Barbara Worth, Tom Sawyer, and classics like Black Beauty and The Call of the Wild. Additional titles push past the million mark, with Modern works Anthony Adverse and Gone With the Wind noted among those exceeding one million copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Sheldon
Gene Stratton Porter
Barbara Worth
Harold Bell Wright
David Harum
Modern Books
Anthony Adverse
Canadian Airways pilots receive highest transport license qualification
G A Thompson general manager of Canadian Airways Ltd announced that 22 pilots earned the highest transport pilot license. He said Canadian pilots are trained and ready to operate high speed transport planes despite concerns over blind flying and instrument use. Paris did not adopt standard hour until 1816.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
G. A. Thompson
Canadian Airways, Ltd
Thompson
Canadian Airways
Barley Malting Research Aims to Aid Canadian Farmers
In cooperation with industry the Division of Biology and Agriculture at Canada’s National Research Laboratories conducts malting barley research. Results could guide barley type selection, boosting malt quality. Canada’s five year barley average is 73.245 million bushels with 5–7 million used locally for malt. In 1935 malt production reached 6.411 million bushels and brewery consumption 3.5 million. Exports totaled 2.5 million, mainly to the United States, with 1–2 million bushels malted abroad in the United Kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Research Laboratories of Canada
Canada
United States
United Kingdom
Not Yet Achieved A Christian City and Country Vision
A Philadelphia Messenger writer argues no city or country can be Christian as defined by a list of absent ills. He imagines a city free from slums jails poverty unemployment injustice drunkenness vice jealousy hatred and bitterness and a country free from guns luxury graft oppression and hunger.
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Philadelphia Messenger
Brockville Recorder and Times
Silk-Hatted Avenger Guards Pedestrian From Impatient Drivers
A New York Times tale relayed by the Guelph Mercury tells of a frail old woman who cannot cross while a car presses forward. A silk-hatted former diplomat with a sword stick intervenes to pull her to safety as the car’s tire is punctured. The pattern repeats each morning, presenting a moral about cautious pedestrians and bold guardians.
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New York Times
Guelph Mercury
Ohio professor suggests humane hen housing in New Jersey
An Ohio State University professor at Trenton, New Jersey, argues chickens require meals in bed with air conditioning and diffused lighting to promote laying. The St. Thomas Times Journal notes these conditions could yield eggs fried boiled scrambled or poached as desired.
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Ohio State University
Trenton
N.J
St. Thomas Times- Journal
France Tops Global Bauxite Source for Aluminum
France remains the leading world supplier of bauxite the ore used to produce aluminum. A separate note compares a cat’s whiskers to the width of its body, illustrating natural proportional measurements.
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France
Match Industry In Japan Through The Years
The Japanese match industry began in a small way learned in France. Industry flourished after World War I, peaking in 1919 with 518,738,000 dozen matches valued at 39,652,000 yen. By 1933 output fell to 20,711,000 dozen safety matches valued at 8,063,000 yen due to European competition and higher export duties. The trade relies on skilled craft with piece-work wages and a male to female ratio of 1 to 3.
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France
Japan
Sweden
India
Horses Of All Ages Report 1936 Canadian totals
Canada- wide agricultural statistics bulletin from Ottawa confirms horses of all ages are rebounding. Total on farms in 1936 was 2 918 540, down 12 797 from 1935, while colts and fillies rose 35 190. New Brunswick Alberta Saskatchewan contrasts noted. Alberta gains in foals despite overall dip. Saskatchewan's 1936 total 905 600, down 28 200, more than double national decline.
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Bulletin of Agricultural Statistics
Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
New Brunswick
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Quebec
A Beginner Could Crochet These There is no Alice Brooks pattern book published
A short note reports a crochet guide for beginners with no indication of an Alice Brooks pattern book being published. It highlights basic stitches and simple projects suitable for newcomers, signaling no release details or author attribution.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Dental costs for Indians in British Columbia noted by Commons
Government figures from the mines and resources department show $3,148 spent on Indian dental work in the past three years. Breakdown by year: 1934 $1,203, 1935 $961, and 1936 $984, in response to H. J. Barber's question. Germany exports books at 93 tons per month.
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British Columbia
House of Commons
Mines and Resources Department
H. J. Barber
Fraser Valley
Rust Resistant Wheat To Be Seeded This Year
Federal agriculture officials announce distribution of Renown rust resistant wheat in western Canada. More than 6 000 bushels will be allocated at two dollars per bushel to farmers in rust affected prairie provinces from points in Manitoba and Saskatchewan including Indian Head Brandon Portage la Prairie Dugald Gilbert Plains Katrime Petersfield Plumas Roblin Swan River Pipestone. The Dom inion authority limits each applicant to two bushels and seeks farmer feedback next autumn.
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J. G. Gardiner
Prairie
Indian Head
Sask
Brandon
Portage la Prairie
Arbory
Dugald
Gilbert Plains
Gunton
Katrime
Petersfield
Plumas
Roblin
Silverton
Swan River
Pipestone
Manitoba
L. H. Newman
Dominion Cerealist
Needham
C. H. Goulden
Dominion
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Marquis
Kanred
Sumillo
Minnesota Agricultural Experimental Station
St. Paul
Minn
Saskatchewan
Apex
Be Yourself Not Camouflage Says The Author
The piece warns that camouflage in warfare and in people is unreliable and betrays truth. It cites battleships painted to blend with waves and buildings hidden by branches, yet detectable by sensors and observation. It urges honesty and rejects pretense as the correct path.
Know Your Business With Farm Inventory Practices
University extension farm management departments urge farmers to inventory and maintain simple books. An inventory serves five aims including showing net worth, tracking yearly progress, aiding credit statements, listing property for estates or insurance, and revealing repairs, shortages, or surpluses. Extensions provide forms and year end audits in many states.
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University of Tennessee Extension Farm Management Department
University Extension Departments
Weathered eggs and luxury imports in Berlin salons
Germany's four year plan restricts luxury imports including eggs for shampoos. Berlin beauty parlors see patrons arrive with eggs in hand. Separate note mentions 20 million meteors entering the atmosphere daily with no verified fatal meteorite incidents. Also recalls Kansas prairie dog town stretching five miles by one hundred miles.
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Germany
Berlin
Kansas
Too Young For Promotion A Child Brings Test To Columbia
Three year old Joey Ford, after earning first grade honors in Los Angeles, faced a second grade setback in New York as teachers delayed promotion due to age. He is tested at Columbia University while reporters observe him reading a joke about a bunny in a jam.
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Joey Ford
Columbia University
Joey
Los Angeles
New York
Columbia
Riddles Of Long Ago Challenge Historians
Dr Archer Taylor of the University of Chicago notes the oldest riddle in Euripides writings from 400 BC and cites a numerically based riddle traced back about 1500 years, highlighting that riddling predates modern times.
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Archer Taylor
Taylor
Department of
University of Chicago
Euripides
Digging a well job serves a hidden purpose
Out Of Sight Mike boasts a secret dig for Casey's Contractors. He smiles at Pat as he explains he digs unseen by the boss, a wink signaling the ruse. The tale adds a note on testing genuine mahogany by pore-like pinholes.
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Ontario Association of Architects
Lord Tweedsmur
John M. Lyle
Lyle
Paris
Oxford University
H. P. B. Massey
London
Isis
Oxford
Tario
West
Juan de la Cierva
England
The
Daily Sketch
Cierva
Spain
Lord Weir
H. K. M. Kindersley
Earth
B.C
Mike
Pat
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