Canada Leads Rail Ownership and Arctic Park Designation
World happenings brief notes Canada ranks third in railway ownership with 24 22 miles across federal provincial and municipal lines. Waterton Lakes National Park is proclaimed part of the Waterton Glacier International Peace Park. Other items include Canada minting a trading stance on Indias road growth, salmons eggs swap with California, and a Churchill gravel find of a George III coin.
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Canada Gazette
Waterton Lakes National Park
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
Canada
India
Germany
Lost gold salvaged from Egypt wreck near Brest
Divers recover 1 million dollars in ingots from the Artiglio II amid a salvage effort that has already cost two ships and 15 seamen. The hunt spans years to retrieve the remaining 4 million from the Egypt liner, with Paris reports noting salvage rights and dramatic scenes aboard.
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Brest
France
Egypt
Paris
Artiglio I
Jean Davy
Paris-Midi
Colds Thrive in Cities, Yet Miners Stay Untroubled
Dr. Wilson G Smillie of Harvard presents evidence that colds spread via infection in crowded urban centers. In four isolated communities outsiders spark cold cases, while Spitzbergen miners in damp hot barracks still avoid illness. He concludes the primary cold is unconquerable and serum immunity seems unlikely, with only secondary infections possibly controllable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson G Smillie
Harvard
Spitzbergen
Perpetual Memorial Works Nod to John L Weller
The article honors John Laing Weller, head of the Welland Ship Canal project from 1912 to 1917, noting he shaped surveys and designs and later served as consulting engineer, with the canal to stand as a lasting memorial to his work. It then shifts to a bridge analysis essay on contract bidding and trick taking probabilities, detailing opening bids, raises, and responses in a spade contract and illustrating with a bidding example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Laing Weller
Welland Ship Canal
Dominion of Canada
Mr. Weller
North
South
Delightful Summer Model Pattern for 14 to 38 Inch Bust
This charming model features a caped frill over sleeveless arms and a slimming hip line skirt. It uses triple sheer prints like tub silks white pastels voile prints and sheer linen for cool dainty wear. Style No 519 covers sizes 14 16 18 20 36 and 38 with 3 1 2 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 16. Price 25 cents. Wrap coin carefully.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern orders are advertised by the Winnipeg Newspaper Union located at 4175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. Pattern numbers and names are provided upon request with pricing and ordering details available through the union’s office.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Preserving Jam From Fresh Fruits This Week
Crush about 2 pounds ripe fruit and measure into a large kettle. Add 14 cup water and simmer 15 minutes. Stir in 15 cups sugar and boil hard for 1 minute. Remove from heat, add 14 bottle fruit pectin, skim, and pour into hot glasses. Makes about eleven 8 ounce jars.
Party Macaroons and Mining News in Manitoba and Alberta
A recipe for almond coconut macaroons is given with precise steps and bake time. The Manitoba Island Lake district draws mining interest as over 680 reports reach the Manitoba Chamber of Mines. In western Canada oil exploration moves to Northern Alberta with three test wells planned in Athabasca by Eastern interests. A Paris quote by Pele Mele is noted about magistrates.
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Island Lake District
Manitoba
Canada
Manitoba Chamber of Mines
Alberta
Athabasca
Human body emits ultraviolet rays deadly to yeast in eye discovery
Cornell University researchers report that a woman's eye can kill yeast cells using ultraviolet rays emitted by the body. Experiments described by Dr. Otto Rahn show eye contact with a slide suspends yeast life within minutes, with quartz reducing exposure time. The finding ties UV emission to various body parts and notes variations in intensity over time.
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Cornell University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Otto Rahn
Cornell Bacteriology Department
Cornell
Good Citizenship Medal honor to Mrs. James Macaulay
Mrs. James Macaulay named Vancouver's good citizen for the year by the Native Sons of British Columbia. Since 1890 she has led civic efforts, helping found the Victorian Order of Nurses in Canada and contributing to the early Vancouver General Hospital. She served as honorary president of the Royal Needlework Guild and received a royal gift and letter of appreciation from Queen Mary via Lady Willington.
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James Macaulay
Vancouver
Native Sons of
British Columbia
D. Gavin
Macaulay
Order of Nurses of Canada
Vancouver General Hospital
Royal Needlework Guild
Lady Willington
Queen Mary
Barnjum Forms Forest Foundation to Preserve Big Trees
Montreal Montrealer Frank J. D. Barnjum announces the Barnjum Forest Foundation to perpetuate a forest conservation campaign. He gathers family support and reinvests funds from 1920 to advance the save the big trees movement across Annapolis Royal N S and Victoria.
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Frank J. D. Barnjum
Montreal
Annapolis Royal
N.S
Victoria
Rivalry Spurs Parchment Invention Between Ancient Kings
The feud between Ptolemy Philadelphus and Eumenes of Pergamum over papyrus exports led Eumenes to seek a writing surface. He ordered sheep skins to be prepared as a writable material, giving rise to parchment.
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Ptolemy Philadelphus
Egypt
Eumenes
Pergamus
Mrs Adams Ate Apple In Fort Worth Talk
Dr H A Ironsides in Chicago explained at Fort Worth Texas that Eve was not the eater in Eden. He said the eater was Mrs Adam, and the name Eve came later conferred by Adam himself.
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Eve
Garden of Eden
Adam
H. A. Ironsides
Chicago
Fort Worth
Texas
Ontario Farmer Trades Two Dozen Eggs for Haircut
An Ontario farmer paid a barber with two dozen eggs for a haircut. The exchange shows playful rural barter and good humor in a small community interaction.
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Ontario
What Price Accidents
An Argonaut San Francisco opinion warns that automobile crashes cost society through hospital bills signals, courts, traffic policing, and higher insurance. It cites 1931 US totals of 3,000,000 accidents and 1,000,000 killed or injured, urging public effort to reduce hazards.
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United States
Argonaut
San Francisco
Binder Twine Shipment Feeds Western Canada Harvest
About 80 million pounds of binder twine will move through Fort William and Port Arthur ports to supply western Canada’s 1932 grain harvest. Mills from International Harvester and Plymouth Cordage plus Dutch Rotterdams mills produce the twine. Much is unloaded at transfer houses and rail distributed across the prairie provinces, employing hundreds of stevedores in summer.
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Fort William
Port Arthur
Canada
Prairie Provinces
International Harvester Company
Plymouth Cordage Company
Rotterdam
C.P.R
C.N.R
Alberta towns seek provincial revenue share at union meeting
At the Alberta Municipalities convention closing session a resolution called for a share of provincial income levies gasoline tax and liquor profits. Premier Brownlee said such demands would fail under current conditions. Medicine Hat mayor I Bullivant was elected association president and Calgary will host the 1933 convention.
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Alberta
Union of Alberta Municipalities Convention
John Brownlee
I. Bullivant
Medicine Hat
Association
Calgary
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James W. Douglas
Edmonton
Ben
Northwest Territories
Lady Eaton
Toronto
New York
California
Dominion
Union Drilling Company
Vancouver Capital
W. D. Marler
Hudson Bay
Churchill
George McDonald
George the Third
Heaven
Gutierrez, Madrid
N. U. 1849
Cerneeld
John Weller
Hamlin B. Hatch
Cavendish Club
A. K
K. Q
Cbs
A. J
Sonny
Rix
Betty Barclay
Macaroons
Pele Mele
Violet Reys
Barnjum Forest Foundation
Mrs. Adam
Falk
Lake Head Docks
America
Vikingen
Oslo
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