Economic Empire Trade Plan Urged by Quebec Publisher
Hon. Frank Carrel urged a permanent economic organization within the British Empire to boost inter empire trade. The plan mirrors the League of Nations and includes an empire educational drive, imperial university, press and radio campaigns, empire warehouses, free ports, coordinated trade agencies, and uniform cable codes.
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British Empire
Frank Carrel
Quebec
League of Nations
Carrel
Calgary Board of Trade
Ottawa
Carrer
Empire Commercial University
Great Bear Lake Mineral Claims Attract Surge Of Prospecting
Reports from Ottawa note a large number of mineral claims staked near Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories with more expected this summer. Some prospectors have already traveled by airplane and others plan water routes after ice clearance, prompting the Topographical Survey of the Department of the Interior to reprint the mineral claims survey manual for Dominion land surveyors.
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Ottawa
Great Bear Lake
North West Territories
Department of the Interior
Dominion Lands
Dominion Land
U.S. Wheat Exports Rise in March Amid Overall Decline
U.S. wheat exports jumped in March with an index of 79 up from 73 in February and 74 in January. Other export groups fell, while European buyers except Italy bought more than a year earlier. Season total shipments reach 106,998,000 bushels versus 102,509,000 a year ago.
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United States
Italy
Aerial photography progress in Canada mapped
Canada advances in aerial photography for mapping with the Topographical Survey Branch as central archive. Over 660000 photographs are on file illustrating development in oblique and vertical imagery across the Dominion. A political quip closes the report with a hall remark about reporters and a Hamburg reference.
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Canada
Dominion
Department of the Interior
Criticism of Food Facts Ads From Montreal Lecture
Dr. I M Rabinowitch of McGill and General Hospital criticized Food Facts Magazine advertisements claiming certain foods are indispensable. He warned diet is shaped by available food, access, and taste and noted orange growers promote juice amid worldwide acidosis concerns.
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I. M. Rabinowitch
McGill University
The
General Hospital
Montreal Canadian Club
Bees Prepare For Season With Food And Cold Protection
Beekeeping guidance notes winter behavior of colonies and the need for food, queen egg-laying resumption in spring, and three key factors for a robust honey harvest: a strong queen, abundant food supply, and protection from cold and weather.
New Cancer Diagnosis Method Shines at AMA Meeting
A New Orleans presentation to the American Medical Association showed a rapid microscopic method to predict radium effectiveness. About one third of cancers respond to radium while two thirds do not, with highly malignant tumors most likely to benefit and thus time saved in diagnosis proving life saving.
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American Medical Association
New Orleans
Telegraph Wires Mounted High To Spare Giraffe Breakages
Telegraph lines in East Africa are raised on unusually tall poles because giraffes frequently break the cables, a precautionary measure reported to protect the network and ensure steady communication.
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East Africa
Plants as gas leak detectors for submarines
Plants may aid underwater vessels by signaling ethylene leaks long before canaries. Tomato leaf stems bend downward at traces of ethylene, while inversion prevents reaction due to ethylene's anesthetic effect. Researchers Crocker and Doubt cite potential military use and plant physiology findings.
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William Crocker
Boyce Thompson Institute For Plant Research
American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia
Sarah L. Doubt
Dr. Crocker
Plany
Oldenburg Hosts Europe’s Oldest Oak Forest
In Oldenburg North Germany an ancient oak forest stands as Europe’s oldest, with trees dating back to the Middle Ages, illustrating a living historical landscape.
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Europe
Oldenburg
North
Germany
Report favors nationally owned radio system for Canada
The committee recommends a federal chain of high power national stations across Canada and a three member commission to oversee broadcasting. Private ownership allowed where needed for coverage, license fees and advertising revenues to fund radio, and a nationwide public broadcasting remit to improve quality and reach. The Morand committee endorses the plan.
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Canada
trans-Canada Chain Broadcasting
Seed Oats From Alberta For Saskatchewan Drought Areas
Alberta will supply further seed oats to drought hit Saskatchewan as surplus from the Peace River area is exhausted. G M Stewart of the Dominion seed branch in Calgary notes past shipments totaled one million bushels and Saskatchewan authorities have requested more seed oats.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
G. M. Stewart
Dominion Seed Branch
Calgary
Peace River
Stewart
Prediction Fire Will Be Needed No More Says Curator
Dr Walter Hough chief curator of anthropology at the U S National Museum predicts future civilization will be independent of fire as natural trees and other resources are used instead He notes the germ of this phase already develops in modern invention and urges practical exploration of fire free progress.
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Walter Hough
U.S. National Museum
Hough
Inventions Boom Driven by Unemployed Labor Force
The Wall Street Journal notes that de pression and necessity drive invention with a surge in patents. Over the past six months filings and patent papers outpace any comparable period in U.S. history as unemployed men use idle time to develop mechanical devices.
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The
Wall Street Journal
Spread in Prices Shows Wide Farm Cost Variations
The Department of Agriculture reports eggs at seven cents a dozen in Texas and 22.8 cents in Massachusetts. Prices for apples, chickens, lambs, sheep, calves, beef, and wheat vary across states by large margins, with some states showing farm prices akin to an 1832 price list.
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Texas
Department of Agriculture
Massachusetts
Oklahoma
Georgia
Saving Canada's Antelope in Nemisham Park Alberta
A 1915 enclosure of forty two antelope in southwestern Alberta led to a thriving herd, now totaling 425, reflecting early Canadian wild life conservation efforts. The account compares Canada’s area to Siberia for scale.
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Nemisham National Park
Alberta
Canada
National Parks of Canada
Department of the Interior
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Department of Communications
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Essex East
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