Rescue Wheat Honored Canadian Scientists In Havre Banquet
The gathering honored Canadian entomologists and plant breeders who developed Rescue wheat resistant to the western wheat stem sawfly. Attendees included H. L. Seamans and A. W. Pratt of Ottawa, Dr. C. W. Farstad, George Manson, and Montana officials led by R. D. Mercer. The program credited rescue wheat with saving Montana wheat and advancing continental agricultural science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Frank Steele
Canada
Havre
Montana
H. L. Seamans
Ottawa
Dominion
Lethbridge, Alta
A. W. Pratt
Swift Current
C. W. Farstad
Lethbridge
George Manson
Platt
Farstad
R. D. Mercer
Bozeman
Montana Agricultural Service
Montana Seed Growers’ Association
R. R. Renne
Montana State College
Albert Kruse
Seamans
Prairie Provinces
H. J. Kemp
Swift Current Experiment Station
New Zealand
J. G. Taggart
Saskatoon
A. W. Platt
University of Alberta
Central Experimental Farm
Apex
Federal Department of Agriculture
Latt
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
Poles settle Canadian flag issue with practical flair
Morris McDougall reports on Poland quickly resolving the Canadian flag display for a memorial ceremony. Poles crafted a red field with a Union Jack and a faux coat of arms while a whistle expert helped the band learn O Canada, ending in a polished rendition.
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Poland
Morris McDougall
Parliamentary Press Gallery
McDougall
Canada
Tiger of France taught in Connecticut girls school
Historical notes list Georges Clemenceau nicknamed the Tiger of France as a French teacher in a Connecticut girls school for three years. Theodore Roosevelt became the youngest U.S. president at 43. Other facts cover oolong tea, solar energy, the Tasmanian wolf, world child desertion, folding fans, Chinook salmon, and king salmon weights.
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Georges Clemenceau
Tiger
France
Connecticut
Theodore Roosevelt
The
United States
Enchanted Shop Looms Behind Green Door
A nostalgic poem recalls a hidden shop away from a hill town street. The green door contrasts brown neighbors while walnut shelves, a Noahs Ark display, Chinese mandarins, cuckoo clocks, and a porcelain music box evoke travel, memory, and a lost path.
Natural tooth color ranges from ivory to yellowish
The article notes that the natural color of teeth is not pure white but varies across individuals from pale ivory to a yellowish hue.
All Are Equal in Canadian Justice
The Ottawa Journal notes that recent prosecutions show no respect for status in courts. A Member of Parliament received six years in prison for spy trials, a KC lawyer got six months for assaulting his secretary, and a judge was convicted for drunk driving with 30 days in jail and a $250 fine. Appeals followed in each case.
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King’s Counsel
Ottawa Journal
Goering Jewelry Transferred to Bavarian Bank
Jewelry valued at 28 840 dollars worn by Hermann Goering at his arrest has been moved from the International Military Tribunal to the Bavarian Reichsbank for safekeeping.
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Munich
Herman Goering
International Military Tribunal
Reichsbank
France's Army Dimished Under Blum Economic Drive
Premier Leon Blum seeks to shrink France's armed forces from 650000 to about 300000. Estimates place Yugoslavia at 800000, making France second in Europe behind Yugoslavia and roughly comparable to Francoist Spain. The plan envisions reduced gendarmes marines and air force with weaker coast defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Leon Blum
Oslo
Bordeaux
Yugoslavia
Russia
Europe
Refugee Students in Pao-chi Receive Blankets
About six thousand student refugees in Pao-chi China lived in caves and slept on mud floors before receiving 1500 blankets. International Student Service funded the relief at a cost of 7 500 000 Chinese dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pao-chi
China
International Student Service
High Country Skiing Draws Crowds in Canadian Rockies
Winter sports flourish in Banff, Jasper, and Mount Revelstoke with low and high country skiing and ski mountaineering. Mount Assiniboine and Sun shine district host runs and cabins while the Alpine Club of Canada promotes expeditions in the Athabaska and Saskatchewan Glaciers. The Banff Winter Sports Carnival attracts top athletes and the Queen of the Canadian Rockies is crowned in a vivid ceremony. Jasper National Park expands as a major base for Tonquin Valley and Icefield exploration. The war era emphasis on ski mountaineering highlights training by Lovat Scouts in Banff and Jasper.
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Inter Sports
Canada
Banff
Jasper
Mount Revelstoke
Mount Assiniboine
Sunshine” District
Skoki Valley
Lake Louise
Canadian Rockies
Europe
Ice Palace
Winnipeg
Calgary
Edmonton
Jasper National Park
Alberta
Athabaska
Tonquin Valley
Columbia
Maligne Lake
Great Columbia
Lovat
The
Alpine Club of Canada
Alpine Club
Saskatchewan
Selkirk Mountains
Blumendal
Norway
Compulsory Education Orders Action in Russia
The Council of Ministers ordered the ministry to enforce universal compulsory education laws. Penza Province was cited where 3,000 children aged seven to eleven did not attend school this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Council of Ministers
Ministry of Education
Russia
Penza
Cold-blooded animals and their temperature ties
The text explains that cold-blooded animals feel cold to the touch when the surrounding air is cool. Their body temperature matches the ambient environment, rising or falling with the atmosphere.
Wife Triggers Embarrassing Car Theft Incident
In New Westminster British Columbia A J Klassen awoke to news his car was being stolen and, in a panic, grabbed a rifle and ran outside. He jumped on a running board to confront the would be thief but the driver pushed him off. He later found his car parked where he had left it. Police resolved the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
Jim Murphy
Jimmy
Murphy
Halifax
Michael Barkway
London
Eng
Labrador
B.B.C
Goose Bay
Grenfell Mission Hospital
R.C.A.F
Gander
Nild
New Westminster
B.C
A. J. Klassen
Klassen
Embroidered Chair Set Pattern 7235
Create a practical chair set with outwork and stitchery. Transfered chair back measures 13 by 16 inches and two arm rests 6 by 12 inches. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Department in Winnipeg to obtain Pattern 7235. Include name and address.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Czardines: playful misstep in royal lesson
A classroom gag leads a student to mispronounce the czars family term. The teacher quizzes on ruler and wife names, then asks for children, prompting a shy answer that morphs Czardines into a humorous childlike term.
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Czar
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L. P. Reese
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Robert Bean
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Chicago
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Goering
Flame
Royal Fish
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