Vast Inland Sea Covered Western Canada Millions of Years Ago
Scientists describe a vast inland sea that flooded western Canada between three and four hundred million years ago. Dr. Madeleine Fritz notes coral reefs and sea lilies once thrived near Ontario while glaciers and climate shifts shaped prairie water supplies and river futures across decades and centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Canada
Madeleine Fritz
Fritz
Royal Ontario Museum of Palaeontology
Ontario
Hamilton
Peterborough
Prairie Provinces
Rocky Mountains
Dan McCowan
Saskatchewan
Bow
Alberta
Edmonton
P. 8. Warren
University of Alberta Geology Department
Insanity Tendency Seen Among Normal Americans
Two University of Cincinnati psychologists report that many people who appear sane show insanity tendencies. In tests with 43 mental hospital patients and a comparable student group, they found disassociation and misalignment with the environment in both groups. The result suggests many supposedly normal individuals may share traits with the insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Cincinnati
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Will Rogers
James Vaughan
Othilda Krug
Ohto
Cincinnati
World news notes drastic changes across realms
The record highlights a topsy turvy world with sermons to be washed by coal derived soap via a new chemical process to be mass produced by Nazi engineers. Hotel Regina Cimiez near Nice is converted to apartments. Danish ships built for Americans last year valued near $1,500,000. Australia ships butter thousands of miles to alleviate South African shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Cimiez
Nice
France
Queen Victoria
Australia
South Africa
Conrad the kitten saved by two Hamburg youths at sea
Captain Alan J. Villiers of the Joseph Conrad recounted Conrad the cat leaping from the rigging off Tahiti during a two year voyage. Two Hamburg youths Hilgard Pannes and Karl Sperling risked their lives by rowing through rough seas to rescue the kitten. The cat recovered after rum and galley care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad
Alan J. Villiers
Joseph Conrad
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Hilgard Pannes
Karl Sperling
Hamburg
Germany
Tahiti
Villiers
Pannes
Sperling
British Ambassador Lindsay Evades Questions At State Dept
The day after a Japanese bombing, Sir Ronald Lindsay visits the state department for a conference with Secretary Hull. Newsmen pepper him with questions but he remains evasive, joking that he cannot think of a more evasive reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ronald Lindsay
State Department
Hull
Lindsay
Ambassador
Governess declines after learning of thirteen children
Prospective governess tells her employer she is not interested in the position upon discovering there are 13 children. Mistress retorts that superstition is unwelcome.
Canadian Research Council outlines new plant hormones tests
Major General A G McNaughton reports on pliant hormones development with chemical firms for large scale Canada tests next year. A dust fertilizer possibility is discussed along with cost cuts from dollars to cents. He notes a drought resistant perennial wheat grass hybrid and an instrument aiding three beacon navigation for trans Canada flights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
A. G. McNaughton
National Research Council
Canadian Club
Ottawa
Gen. McNaughton
National Research Council Laboratories
McNaughton
trans-Canada Air
Dream Comes True Farm Home Built From Profits
The Lohrs, Alberta pioneers, spent Christmas in a $10 000 modern farm house funded entirely by farming profits. The 49 year old Lohr and his 39 year old wife, married since the Great War, claim the drought year 1924 was the only harvestless season. They own 1,440 acres and the bachelor of science farmer says farming has always been a paying proposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester
Lohr
Erskine
Alta
Lohrs
Alberta
Lohras
Drouth
University of Manitoba
Santa beard length debated by store Santas at New York conv ention
Bearded Santa Clauses discuss regulating beard length at the first annual convention in New York. Proponents argue for a uniform length to avoid tangling in electric trains while preserving convincing whiskers for skeptical youth. Sweden’s business leaders credit rearmament boosted growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Santa Clauses
New York
Crochet Square Pattern 6 Inch for Household Accessories
Pattern 6018 offers complete instructions for a six by six inch crochet square usable in dinner cloths bedspreads scarves pillows and more. Send 20 cents in stamps or coin to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ney Ae
Household Arta Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Illustration Stations Aid Canadian Farming Communities
Canadian farmers gain planning and market insight from The Agricultural Situation and Outlook, a 1938 annual bulletin from the Department of Agriculture. It details domestic and international demand, beef cattle cycles, and the role of 192 illustration stations plus 43 Prairie sub stations in linking farms to research, with shelter belts, field days, and regional plantings across provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Departments of Agriculture and of Trade and Commerce
Dominion Department of Agriculture
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
John C. Mognan
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Prairie
English Humor and Jokes Across the Years
A London humorist notes English reserve toward jokes and cheeky impressions. A New York nightclub thief is stopped by waits. a lecturer counsels women to cook before marriage. A famed artist endures multiple dentist visits, and a Canadian collector dreams of owning Disraeli garments and Gladstone bags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disrael
Gladstone
London
Farmers of Alberta weigh summer meeting idea in Edmonton
At their annual convention in Edmonton the United Farmers of Alberta consider experiments to hold meetings in summer to combine business and pleasure. Didsbury delegates propose summer at the lakes with care facilities. otherwise the traditional winter meeting would return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Farmers of Alberta
Edmonton
Calgary
Didsbury
Progress of British civil aviation in a blue book
The air ministry’s blue book reports Imperial Airways total flying miles 853000 in 1924 25 and 4560718 in 1936 37. Air freight 891000 tons vs 4803427 tons. air mail to Europe rises 64 to 179 tons. Exports by air valued at £2923138 up £201697 over prior year. End year 96 UK airports 33 municipal airfields. First class pilots licenses 4857, up 1079 from last year.
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Air Ministry
Imperial Airways
Europe
United Kingdom
Canada’s park system covers 12500 square miles total
The twenty distinct park units within Canada’s national park system total an area of 12,500 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
National Park System
Hikers Pack German Youth Hostels After Busy Year
More than 9 million hikers spent the night in Germany last year, using about 1 800 youth hostels. The report notes Europe supplied wheat rye oats and rice with corn being the notable exception among crops.
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Germany
Americas
Europe
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Warren
Margaret Dana
Atlantic Monthly
Denmark
U.S
Boulogne Harbour
Santa Claus Union
Sweden
Alice Brooks
Illustration
U.F.A
British Civil Aviation
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