Weather science eyed as vital future study
John Patterson urged universities to offer meteorology courses as Canada expands its weather service for trans Atlantic and trans Canada airways. He noted 24 hour forecasting needs, new centres, and an expanding technical staff to meet growing demand from aviation and industry. Ira Howe of Lindsay described a house furnished entirely with cow horns, including a 150 piece settee, a horn rocking chair, and horned piano stool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Society of Canada
John Patterson
Meteorological Service of Canada
Toronto
Canada
University of Toronto
Patterson
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Prairies
Trans- Atlantic
trans-Canada Airways
Fort Smith
N. T
United States Weather Bureau
Royal Canadian Air Force
Thomas
Sorenson
Thompson
Ira Howe
Lindsay
Ontario
Howe
Fourth International Grassland Congress to Meet in Wales
Delegates from Canada the United States and other nations will attend the Fourth International Grassland Congress at Aberystwyth Wales in July 1937. Topics include ecology pasture and range management seed mixtures plant breeding genetics seed production manures fertilizers nutritious value of pastures fodder conservation and grassland economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Aberystwyth
Wales
Those Who Lose at Life’s Betting Edges
The passage contrasts people who profit from stocks and mining shares and those who win prizes at the racetracks and Irish Sweepstakes with the less fortunate who lose money, even to the point of being stripped of carfare. It highlights the disparate fortunes of gambling and investment.
Arabian Outfit Collector Shows Rare 300-Plus Gun Set
Robert Drake of North Easton Massachusetts displays a vast firearm and antique armory. His collection includes a complete Arabian hunting outfit over 300 years old with swords powder flasks and horns. The items remain usable and part of a broader catalog of arms and related relics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Drake
North Easton
Mass
Sea life and housekeeping on a 60 ton motor vessel
Mrs. Darrell Cheney of Saint John New Brunswick wife of the Twilah and Roz elle skipper discusses sailing life with her husband She extols seamanship and prefers tall masts and canvas noting they roll less than modern ships Yet she laments how housekeeping suffers in rough weather with pots pans and kitchen strings and vows to keep table setting steady despite seas confounding chores and the lure of berthside calm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Cheney
Saint John
N.B
Twilah
Rozelle
Cheney
Gentle Tornado Whisks Car Across Field in South Dakota
A farmer in Grenville South Dakota reports a tornado lifted his car during a $100000 wind storm and dropped it on a nearby farm a quarter mile away. The radiator cap was gone and a hood scratch noted. In another note the piece mentions finger printing for children and references the Yakutsk census showing cattle outnumber people nearly two to one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenville
South Dakota
Have Common Ancestors
An essay in reverence for English heritage notes how Americans view May 12 in London and Westminster as a shared symbolic lineage. It links Bill of Rights gains to Anglo courage and loyalty and recalls ships carrying civilization from England to America, stressing enduring respect for the common ancestors and symbols of government.
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London
Abbey Church of Westminster
England
Atlantic
New York Herald Tribune
Coronation Gown Train Records Catherine the Great
The longest train ever worn by a woman stretched 225 feet for Catherine the Great at her 1762 coronation. Fifty train bearers supported its splendor during the ceremony.
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Catherine the Great of
Russia
Betrothed couple to wed at Brent Tor church high above Devon
Miss Betty Duff Graham of Ford Park Road Plymouth and her fiancé Charles Downley Alleyne of London plan a wedding at Brent Tor church in South Devon. The inaccessible church sits on the 1100 foot peak reached by a winding track. Local tale credits a sea captain with building the church after a near drowning. Only three weddings have occurred there in the last three years. The couple reportedly found the church during a holiday.
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Betty Duff Graham
Ford Park Rd
Plymouth
Charles Downley Alleyne
Brentor
South Devon
England
Brent Tor
Graham
Causes Heavy Loss in Canadian Timber From Fire and Pests
The article estimates fire destroys 230 million cubic feet of merchantable timber and 550000 acres of young growth yearly in Canada while insects fungi and windfall remove at least 700 million cubic feet. Preventive and control measures by Dominion and provincial entomologists and botanists mitigate greater losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Minded Press Calls for Peace as Zoo Teasing Declared Crime
New York's Zoological Park bans teasing animals after a wave of injuries and deaths from careless visitors. Director W Reid Blair announces summonses for offenders, recounting incidents from spitting at apes to feeding hazards that killed a sea lion and injured a stork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Zoological Park
W. Reid Blair
Zoo
Blair
Monkey House
Pete
Blaire
Canadian Honey Leads British Market As Empire Press Talks
Canada ships 2.295 million pounds of honey to the United Kingdom in 1936, surpassing Jamaica and lifting Canada to the top supplier status among 45 nations. Delegates at the Empire Press Union conference in London discuss freighter rates, censorship, and the role of the press in fostering Empire unity and peace.
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Canada
Jamaica
British Isles
United Kingdom
London
New Zealand
Empire
Empire Press Union
Woodward
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
Union
J. F. B. Livesay
Canadian Press
The
E.P.U
Stanley Reed
Times of India
Cable and Wireless, Limited
Thomas Inskip
Defence
Thomas
Poitiers University Founded in 1431
The University of Poitiers in western France traces its origins to its founding year 1431, marking a historic medieval education center. The institution later evolved into a major regional university with a long scholarly tradition.
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University of
Poitiers
France
Apple Blossom Time Stitchery Pattern Preview
Stitchery offers pattern 5829 for a 15 by 20 inch wall hanging. Transfer design shows running and satin stitches, with color chart and material list. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave. E Winnipeg for pattern.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Winter Puns Spark Trade Talk on Imports
A playful exchange shifts from personal hobbies to business, with a quip about sleighing. The dialogue then pivots to a statistic noting that essential goods make up under two percent of United States imports.
Perfectly Protected Stornoway Plans Safe War Haven
The parish of Stornoway in the Hebrides considers offering building sites to residents seeking retreat from probable war zones. Trustees note the isles lie far from the continent and the Grampian mountains and western skies would hinder enemy aircraft.
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Stornoway
Hebrides
Britain
The
Isles
Grampian
Late T. E. Lawrence book The Mint to be published in 1950
A costly London printed work titled The Mint, tied to T. E. Lawrence, is restricted by Lawrence of Arabia will until 1950 though ten copies were issued to protect copyright. The memoir recounts life as an aircraftsman at the Uxbridge training school. A second note mentions sleep methods such as brushing hair with a stiff brush and banging the wall to silence neighbors.
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T. E. Lawrence
London
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