National Livestock Policy Aims to Stabilize Prices in Canada
A national livestock policy with a three-member oversight committee and a $1 060 000 federal appropriation was announced by W D Mackay of the Canadian Livestock Co Operative. It envisions two demonstration abattoirs to study price spreads, processing costs, and product grading to boost exports and production.
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Canada
Mackay
Ottawa
Departments of Agriculture
Dominion
Tingey pattern for baby dresses in Paris and New York
All Tingey models are created and sketched in Paris and patterns are made in New York. The pattern for a dainty baby frock comes in sizes 2 to 6, hand cut, ready for immediate delivery, and priced at 25 cents.
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Paris
New York
Elizabeth
Ann
Mary Jane
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Cniog
A light exchange on a shipboard kitchen scene shows a cook instructing a new helper to shell the peas. The helper, a Navy veteran, answers with his service, highlighting a contrast between instruction and experience.
Princess Helene Launch Named For Miss Nesta Gillies
Miss Nesta Gillies daughter of Captain James Gillies CBE launches the ship Princess Helene from Messrs. Wm. Denny Brothers Dumbarton on April 29. The vessel tonnage about 4000 and registry in Saint John New Brunswick. It will serve the Canadian Pacific Bay of Fundy route.
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Nesta Gillies
James Gillies
C.B.E
Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ltd
Messrs. Wm. Denny & Brothers, Ltd
Dumbarton
Saint John
N.B
Prince of Wales to Launch Empress of Brittain Liner
The Prince of Wales will launch the Empress of Brittain, believed first time a royal heir sponsors a giant passenger liner. The Glasgow Herald lauds the ceremony as linking the Clyde to the Dominion, noting it follows a royal precedent by a royal lady sponsoring a liner last, the Duchess of York sponsoring a 20,000 ton CP liner.
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H.rh
British Isles
Glasgow Herald
Scotland
H.R.H
Clyde
Dominion
H.R.H. the Duchess of York
Who Controls Canada's Wealth
The Dominion holds about 28 to 30 billion dollars in wealth with external capital at roughly 5.9 billion. British Isles own over 2 billion, the United States about 3.47 billion, while 55 to 65 percent of Canadian securities are Canadian held. Canadians have invested abroad about 1.746 billion, nearly 1 billion of which went to the United States. In total Canadians abroad amount to about 30 percent of outside investments in Canada.
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Dominion
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
British Isles
United States
Canada
Speedier Motor Cars May Outrun Aircraft Says Segrave
Sir Henry Segrave predicts future cars will exceed today’s aircraft speeds on improved highways. He notes his Golden Arrow reached 231 mph at Daytona Beach and says Americans may drive 100 to 150 mph cross country with safety comparable to 45 mph today. Segrave cites ten English models already hitting 100 mph on current tracks.
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Sir Henry Segrave
Daytona Beach
Henry Segrave
Scientific American
United States
England
Automobile breakwater saves road along Lake Ontario
More than 150 worn out motor relics were moved to Gressy and sunk along the Lake Ontario shore to form a breakwater. The high water previously washed over the road and damaged traffic, but the relics now stabilize the shoreline and the road remains in first class condition.
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Gressy
Lake Ontario
No Car, No Car for 78 Year Old New Jersey Man
A New Jersey man aged seventy eight has never seen an automobile while many others boast long drives. The piece notes the irony of not having seen a speeding car in a world full of fast vehicles.
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New Jersey
Plan for Hudson and James Bay fish industry expansion
The Dominion Government plans a two year expedition to map fish resources in Hudson Bay and James Bay. A northern railway push to Churchill and Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway access could enable rapid shipment to southern Ontario and the central plains. The study will involve practical fishermen and a scientist aboard a fishing vessel to document species, abundance, and suitable gear and regulations.
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Hudson Bay
James Bay
Department of Fisheries
Great Northern Inland Sea
Churchill
Temiskaming
Northern
Dairying as Side Line in Western Farming
H R McMillan told the Vancouver Board of Trade that Canada imports 20 percent of its butter. He urged Western farmers to diversify into all farm branches and to raise cows and poultry to survive lean years, recalling Ontario farms once self-sustaining through butter and eggs.
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H. R. McMillan
Vancouver Board of Trade
Canada
Ontario
Vancouver
The Great Northern Plains Reach Across Canada
Northern Canada vast area between timber line and Arctic Ocean and Hudson Bay spans about 500000 square miles, nearly one seventh of the Dominion. It may not produce trees but offers rich pasturage for musk ox and caribou. Exploratory expeditions have been made by Topographical Survey surveyors in recent years.
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Canada
Arctic Ocean
Hudson Bay
Dominion
Department of the Interior
Inventor Unveils Airplane Trolley in Paris Demonstration
French engineer Joseph Archer has perfected an electric trolley blending airplane and trolley traits. The monorail craft reaches 150 mph with fin-like wings, uses a propeller for braking within 300 feet, and will be demonstrated in Paris soon.
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Joseph Archer
Paris
Norwegian Swedish team Pioneers Leather From Whale Intestine
Norwegian whalers with a Swedish chemical engineer perfected a process to convert the whale’s intestinal membrane into a tough cheap leather for gloves. The method aims to turn every part of the whale into profitable use, maximizing by products.
Preparations Under Way for Canada Census 1931
Preparations for the 1931 Canadian decennial census are under way employing 15,000 people. Enumerators will cover the entire country collecting statistics on population births deaths migrations sex nationality age and more. The census classifies under 36 main headings and 56 sub headings across production including mines transport marketing and finance.
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Canada
Dry ice from desert CO beds eyed for future uses
Deserts of western Colorado and eastern Utah may supply carbon-dioxide wells to produce dry ice. The Interior Department emphasizes the commercial potential of dry ice made from CO two in arid regions, promising ice twice as cold as water ice.
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Colorado
Utah
United States Department of the Interior
I Wear Glasses Only When I Sleep
A brief humorous note from Pages Gaies in Yverdon questions whether the speaker is short sighted and answers that they wear glasses only while asleep, implying a playful paradox about vision and daily habits.
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Gaies
Yverdon
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Montreal
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