World happenings briefly told amid winter events
The item highlights several events from around the world and Canada. It notes the Banff winter carnivals set for February 4 to 11, Sweden’s first woman judge Miss Mary Traugott in Svartiosa, the Eastern International Dog Sled Derby in Quebec City February 26 to 22, and the first postwar hockey match in Polkestone ending in a 2 2 draw. It mentions cautions on tuberculosis cures in Ottawa, Marconi and RCA planning a New York Montreal short wave link, a North Vancouver will probated, Northwest Territories seeking parliamentary representation, a London Empire Marketing Board dinner for Canadian farmers, and Vancouver postmaster Frances E. Harrison’s impending retirement with six months paid leave starting January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Quebec City
Polkestone
England
Ottawa
Canadian Tuberculosis Association
Marconi Company
Radio Corporation of America
New York
Montreal
Alexander L. McKay
North Vancouver
Supreme Court
North West Territories
Domainion
London
Empire Marketing Board
Frances E. Harrison
Vancouver
Harrison
Canada Retires Loan Indicates Strong Financial Health
Hon. James A. Robb, Canada’s Finance Minister, announced that of 100,505,650 dollars in loans maturing from November 1 to December 1, 55,595,650 will be paid from revenue and 15,000,000 will be refinanced with four percent three year treasury notes sold to chartered banks at par. This arrangement will save 3,607,800 dollars in interest annually and marks the first net-cost financing at four percent since 1912. The treasury notes are dated December 1, 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
James A. Robb
Treasury
Chartered Banks of Canada
Dominion
Canada Leads With High Hydraulics Per Capita Power
The article notes Canada’s hydraulic installation averaging 513 horsepower per 1000 people, highlighting its advantage in industrial power. It also advertises Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a safe medicine for children with worms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Value Of Dog Teams In Far North
The camel is to the desert and the motor car to macadam roads. The huskie is to travelers over the snows of Northern Canada. A trained dog team can cover 40 miles daily and keep this pace for several days in succession.
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Canada
Clockwork horse on a string spurs curiosity
Odd items from a Swiss town include a clockwork horse attached to a string, described amid peculiar exchanges. The fragment hints at playful curiosities traded or discussed in Yverdon, Switzerland.
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Pages Gales
Yverdon
Switziand
Britain’s war debt receipts and payments to the United States
A. M. Samuel outlines Britain’s last fiscal year figures showing Britain received about £60.6 million from debtors while paying £194.4 million to the United States, leaving a deficit of £123.8 million. He warns against claims that Britain collects as much in war debts as it pays to the U.S. and urges filing the figures for reference.
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Great Britain
United States
A. M. Samuel
British Treasury
Britain
Summer Fairs Lead Continent in Attendance
The Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto topped continental fairs last summer with 1,870,000 attendees, followed by Texas state fair at 1,029,660. E. L. Richardson reports rising fair popularity and finances, noting 2,368 fairs drew over 9.4 million people in the U S and Canada, with building investments around 225 million dollars and prizes exceeding 8.4 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Texas
E. L. Richardson
Calgary
International Association of Fairs and Expositions
United States
Canada
Wheat Pool officials discuss London office and Canadian grain pricing
D L Smith and R A McPherson toured Liverpool as representatives of the Canadian Wheat Pool. They explained the London office would link Winnipeg with Europe but not lower prices. Alberta Manitoba Saskatchewan crop totals were 41000000 bushels but frosts reduced quality.
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Liverpool
D. L. Smith
Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Pool
R. A. McPherson
Delia
Alta
England
London
Canada
MacPherson
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Smith
Britain
United States
Alberta farmer reports record wheat yields across province
R R Fraser of Munson Alberta harvested a total 12120 bushels of wheat with 102 acres yielding 7280 bushels, and 120 acres producing 4840 bushels. Alberta’s wheat crop totals 178,519,000 bushels, the largest ever, up 65,399,000 from last year.
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Alberta
R. R. Fraser
Munson
The Range Of Jack Pine in Canada
The jack pine extends from Nova Scotia to the Rocky Mountains and north to the Mackenzie River valley near Bear Lake. Its finest timber growth occurs in northern Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
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Canada
Nova Scotia
Rocky Mountains
Mackenzie River
Teat Bear Lake
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada lagging in aviation development and public interest
The piece argues Canada falls behind in aviation though having vast distances and potential use. It notes many officers were Canadians, cites Lindbergh’s U S efforts, and describes Major-General MacBrien’s push for a National Canadian Air League to promote civil aviation education aeronautical engineering and a capable national air force with airfields in major towns.
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Canada
Wah Air Service
Lindbergh
Union
MacBrien
Department of National Defence
National Canadian Air League
Empire Club
Toronto
Tesla predicts wireless power broadcast for world use
Nikola Tesla, famed inventor, claims electric power will be transmitted by radio waves without gasoline. He says power already crossed nearly half the globe with only 1 percent loss and envisions central stations broadcasting to cars planes homes and factories. He believes practical use will occur in his lifetime.
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Nicola Tesla
Tesla
Great Central
Poor Man's Pudding Recipe For This Week
A simple historical recipe for a pudding using six cups of whole milk one cup rice sugar salt nutmeg and raisins. The mixture is buttered and baked in a moderate oven for two hours until creamy, with frequent stirring early on and less later. Best served cold rather than hot.
Pineapple Punch Recipe Instructions
A historical recipe lists ingredients for Pineapple Punch using 1 quart water 2 cups sugar 2 cups chopped pineapple 1 cup orange juice and 144 cup lemon juice. Boil water sugar and pineapple briefly then add fruit juices cool strain and dilute with ice water if needed. Fresh or canned pineapple may be used.
Canadian Cheese Exports Reach 117 Million Pounds in 1927
Canada exported 117,818,500 pounds of cheese in the year ended October 21 1927 valued at 22,667,501 dollars. Most sales went to the British Isles. Butter exports for the same period totaled 3,527,400 pounds valued at 1,317,593 dollars.
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Canada
British Isles
Reciprocity On Seed Grain Pact Sought Between U S and Canada
A six member US and three member Canadian committee will oversee a proposed reciprocity for pedigreed seed grain. M. P. Tallis of Saskatchewan Registered Seed Gamners, Moose Jaw, says the plan follows the pedigreed stock agreement and aims to raise North American grain standards. The International Crop Improvement Association discussed this in Chicago, with names of committee members to be announced soon.
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United States
Canada
M. P. Tallis
Saskatchewan
International Crop Improvement Association
Chicago
Tullis
North American
Keeping Boys On the Farm We Ate While Listening to Baseball
The narrator describes a motor trip to visit relatives on a farm. A late lunch is shared as the boys finish plowing so they can hear a St. Louis baseball game on the radio. Three sons and two daughters in law attend before resuming work.
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St. Louis
Watch Your Step Warnings Highlight Falls Deaths
A Thrift Magazine note cites about 14 000 annual U S deaths from falls, more than all U S wars in eight years, urging broader use of watch your step signs to prevent accidents caused by small careless acts.
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United States
Thrift Magazine
Fossil camel on display at Canada’s National Museum
The Ottawa National Museum exhibits a fossil camel frame from millions of years ago that roamed the western North American plains when dry. The specimen, placed in the Hall of Palaeontology, illustrates camels in the New World long before they became linked to the Old World.
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Canada
National Museum
Ottawa
North America
Hall of Palaeontology
Conference on Education and Leisure Postponed to 1929
Ill health of executive secretary Major F. J. Ney leads to postponement of the National Council of Education conference on Education and Leisure planned for Vancouver and Victoria in April 1925.
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F. J. Ney
National Council of Education
Vancouver
Victoria
Prince of Wales on holidays and children’s rights
The Prince of Wales asserts that those who claim children can do without holidays are the kind of person not worth arguing with. He adds that those who insist children do need holidays are also not the type to be argued with by youths.
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Prince of Wales
Royal
Poor courtroom banter hints at light sentence
A terse exchange depicts a lawyer urging a guilty plea and a judge promising at most two years. The dialogue questions the fate inside, reflecting a crowded, informal style of a legal proceeding.
New Weatherproof Airship Aims for Transatlantic Travel
Four ex-naval officers design a halfrigid airship with a rigid keel and 40 passenger capacity. British government builds two large rigid airships for long distance flights 1000 miles plus. Torpedo shaped hull, sleeping and saloon spaces, and enhanced internal strength address fire leaks and in-flight refueling risks. Lieutenant C Lincolme Sutton notes envelope safety and a ground crew of two for weatherproof handling.
New War Device Uses Hair as Explosive
In Tokyo, Dr Hantaro Nakaoka reports a method to pass 49 000 volts and 10 000 amperes through a human hair or wire, causing instant explosion with intense heat and a gunfire like report. He aims to illuminate atomic activity mysteries of hot stars and notes hair’s cellulose similarity to explosive materials.
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Tokyo
Hantaro Nakaoka
Nakaoka
Smithsonian to Preserve Curtiss Pusher Plane As Antiquity
The old Curtiss Pusher plane used by Glenn Curtiss in early flights will be stored at the Smithsonian Institute. Recovered from Curtis Aeroplane Company’s junk heap the rusty frame is being prepared for display. It last flew in 1925 with Bert Acosta and is the only survivor of its type.
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Glenn Curtis
Smithsonian Institute
Curtis Aeroplane Company
Bert Acosta
Harpoon Order Urges Shipping to Norwegian Port
A recent order for three heavy whale harpoons is placed by distant whalers in the North Pacific and Atlantic. Despite dwindling whaling, Seattle still processes maritime supplies for isolated crews and foreign ports.
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Seattle
North Pacific
Atlantic
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Sweden
Mary Traugott
Svartiosa
Stockholm
U.S
Leeds
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Tsaion
NecDerwot Ave
T. P. Devlin
Canadian National Railways
Saskatoon
Wheat Pool
Jack
Bill
Deke
Mr. Bildrullen
Kasper
Stuckholm
Aviation In
Betty Barclay
Minard
Grippe
Parney
Curtis
Shea
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