Major Developments In Canada's Air Mail Service
Canada expands air mail across vast terrain linking Montreal Toronto and the U S routes. The 1929 Mackenzie River contract route gains global attention as northern communities gain reliable mail. Fifty years of vision converge in a coast to coast system with high efficiency and zero mail losses.
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Canada
Dominion
Post Office Department of Canada
United States
Mexico
West Indies
Central
South America
Post Office Department
Dominions
Montreal
Toronto
P.Q
Albany
N.Y
Buffalo
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Moncton
Saint John
Winnipeg
Regina
Moose Jaw
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Saskatoon
North Battleford
Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
St. Lawrence River
Anticosti
Magdalen Islands
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Mackenzie River
McMurray
Athabaska River
Great Slave Lake
Aklavik
Mackenzie
Ontario
Red Lake
Kississing
Bissett
Air Mail
Holsing
Air Mai Lines
Silage from Mature Corn Outperforms Immature in Tests
Dominion Experimental Farm at Brandon Manitoba reports feeding six cows alternating mature and immature corn silage. Milk volume and body weight gains were higher with mature silage. Lab tests show mature corn moisture 69.1 percent protein 2.77 fat 61 carbohydrates 16.63 fibre 9.27 ash 1.62 percent. Immature corn moisture 82.6 percent protein 1.71 fat 91 carbohydrates 7.74 fibre 5.45 ash 1.59 percent.
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Dominion Experimental Farm
Brandon
Manitoba
Domestic flour quotas in European mill work cited
Hon. G. M. Gillett states legislation requires a domestic flour percentage in Germany France Spain Switzerland and Portugal. France sets a 97 percent minimum, Spain 5 percent, Switzerland and Portugal lack fixed percentages but mandate delivery of native wheat quantities. The note relates to a proposed British loaf specifying British-grown wheat flour.
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Germany
France
Spain
Switzerland
Portugal
G. M. Gillett
Overseas Trade Department
Brother in Siberia reports grain seizure under Soviet rule
Zachary Braunbeck received a pathetic letter from his brother in Okiuc Siberia. The letter says the government appropriated his wheat crop bedding and furniture leaving only 20 bushels for the family.
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Soviet Russia
Zachary Braunbeck
Okiuc
Siberia
Still In Experimental Stage In Poultry Battery System
A Dominion Experimental Farm report questions the battery brooding method for chickens. It notes high mortality from cannibalism and stress as chicks age, with temperature control and wire-floor issues. The system remains experimental, best limited to short hatchery holds.
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Dominion Experimental Farm
Canada
English Channel swimmer offers aid to Atlantic speedboat rider
Norman Derham, famed for crossing the English Channel in 1926, writes to Knute Johansson, the young Scandinavian who hopes to cross the Atlantic in a speed boat, offering his services as a companion after Johansson advertised for one.
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Norman Derham
English
Knute Johansson
Johansson
Road sanding costs rise per mile amid scarcity
Vila notes high roadwork costs as sanding a stretch runs from 1600 to 2000 dollars per mile and Milli questions the impact. The exchange frames budget pressures and maintenance challenges facing local infrastructure.
Peetz Farmers Aim for World Grain Exhibition
The Peetz Gazette reports Colorado farmers plan to enter Peetz grown wheat rye barley sweet clover hog millet seed and beans in the World Grain Exhibition and Conference at Regina Saskatchewan Canada from July 25 to August 6 1932. Local officials and the Community Fair Association organize sample gathering to compete for international prizes.
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Peetz
Regina
Saskatchewan
Canada
Reindeer population surge in Alaska to four hundred thousand
From 1900 to 1925 Alaska's reindeer herd grew from 3000 to 400000. In the previous year England shipped nearly 4000 Christmas puddings to the United States.
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Alaska
England
United States
First Aid Car Trains Reach Western Region for Employees
Canadian National Railway launches three new First Aid cars to extend instruction to remote workers. Fully equipped and staffed by an instructor, the cars travel to engine men train crews agents and maintenance staff offering courses and serving as mobile emergency stations. They are the first of their kind in Canada.
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Canadian National Railways
Canada
Canadian National Parks As a Great National Asset
The season will bring heavy tourist activity to Canada’s national parks as inquiries and bookings surge. Visitors seek scenic beauty and wilderness from Lake Louise to Mount Robson, with camping, rest, and escape from modern life driving demand.
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National Parks of Canada
Department of the Interior
The
Railways
Department
Canada
United States
Mexico
National Parks
Rockies
Lake Louise
Yoho Valley
Maligne Lake
Mount Robson
Spring pattern preview for Tingey designs in Paris
All Tingey models are sketched in Paris and patterns made in New York. The new slimming pattern features V necks and a bow at the neckline, with belting options. Fabrics suggested include Marocain, crepe de chine, satin, maire, wool, georgette. Sizes 16 to 20 and 34 to 40. Pattern price 25 cents. Address Pattern Department.
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Paris
New York
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper
Pattern order details list Winnipeg Pattern Now at 375 McDermot Ave. The notice references the Union and mentions Bilsze in a concise clerical style.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
New Method Aims to Boost Shoe Factory Output
A leading Erfurt Germany shoe factory adopts mass production methods used in automobile factories. Shoes are prepared on trays as they move through the plant. The inventor says the system cuts costs and raises output.
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Erfurt
Germany
Submarine Cables Reach 300000 Miles Worldwide
The world now has about 300000 miles of submarine cables. A witty caption from Karikaturen in Oslo asks about work with a joke about making worm holes in antique furniture.
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Hamburg
Vila
Milli
Her Grace
Duchess
of Bedford
London
Capetown
South Africa
Colorado
Farmers of
First Aid School ON Wheels
Charles Stewart
Riding Mountain Park
Canadian West
Menne
Winnipeg Newspaper
Union
ISAO
Eva A. Tingey
Bilsze
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