Saskatchewan Seeds Growers Hear Growth In Pure Seed Use
At the Canadian Seed Growers Association meeting in Saskatoon the focus on pure seed across corn vegetables grasses and forage crops was highlighted. James Rugg and S E Griffin received the Robertson associate honor for crest wheat grass and potato seed.
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Saskatoon
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
University of Saskatchewan
Robertson
James Rugg
Elstow, Sask
S. E. Griffin
Acton
Ont
Canada
United States
Grain Club
Sparrow
Kinburn
Ottawa Valley Seed Growers’ Association
A. M. Stewart
Ailsa Craig
Ontario Seed Growers’ Association
Ontario
F. L. Dickinson
Winnipeg
C.S.G.A
Robert Summerby
Macdonald College
St. Anne de Belleville
Que
Nova Scotia
F. W. Townley Smith
Lashburn
Walter C. Murray
Mr. Smith
Association
Boxed Sloothpicks Draw Crowds of One in Bilbao
In Bilbao a lone shop stayed open when others closed due to no goods to sell. The single stocked item was thousands of boxes of Sloothpicks and the store attracted no customers.
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Bilbao
Spain
Essex county town bylaw bans street shouting and fast driving
In Kingsville Ontario 1901 unrepealed bylaw imposes a fifty dollar fine for shouting or singing in the streets and prohibits speed exceeding eight miles per hour.
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Kingsville
Ont
Essex County
Two Arab Workmen Shot in Jerusalem Jewish Quarter
Two Arab workers were shot and gravely wounded as they passed through the Jewish quarter, amid rising tension. Police launched an investigation into the incident and possible motives.
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Jerusalem
Health Rules For Trailers Uniform Regulations Throughout Canada
Canada adopts uniform health rules for mobile trailers across provinces. Regulations focus on sanitation with removable fly proof closets, ventilated construction, disinfected containers, and proper waste disposal into sewers. Camping areas must bury or burn waste and living in trailers within city limits is restricted unless local bylaws allow.
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Canada
Ottawa
National Health Department
Manitoba
First Ontario trial of smut free wheat seed
In Kent county four farms test commercial smut free seed using hot water treatment. The seed, processed last fall with varied hot water times, has been sowed and grown to five feet high. Ontario Agricultural Department and Ontario Agricultural College officials at Guelph collaborate on the project with expected results on vitality and germination.
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Chatham
Ont
Ontario
Kent County
Ontario Agricultural Department
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Coroner's Jury Blasts Mine Officials After Extension Flood
A coroner's jury concluded two days of inquiry into the June 11 Beban mine flood at Extension B C criticizing mine officials and inspectors for lax practical judgment. Three miners died Joe Shepherd Nelson Shepherd and Joe Carr. Water breached from adjacent Extension workings drowning three. Jury found no precaution in boring No 4 level and noted a drill hole on the left rib of No 3 level near the face.
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Nanaimo
B.C
Beban
Extension
Joe
Nelson Shepherd
Joe Carr
Bennett to Remain Conservative Leader on Return
The Ottawa Journal reports Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett, opposition leader, will announce on his return to Ottawa next month that eminent European physicians deem him fit and he will continue as Conservative leader. Plans had planked for a July meeting in the House of Commons to discuss his future.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Journal
R. B. Bennett
Bennett
House of Commons
Anonymous donors fund Yale cancer origins study
New Haven Connecticut donors provided a large fund to Yale University for investigation into the causes and origins of cancer.
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New Haven, Conn
Yale University
Rome reports Italian planes downed 218 Spanish aircraft
An official communique from Rome claims Italian planes operating in Spain shot down 218 Spanish government aircraft. The report adds no further details on locations or dates.
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Rome
Spain
Ontario Premier Hepburn Drives Farm Work Plan
Premier Hepburn urged using Ontario farms to avert a potential European war related food shortage. Employed married men on relief may take farm work while preserving benefits for their families. full campaign seeks 4,055 placements already made with 105 openings in Toronto offices.
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Toronto
Ontario
Hepburn
North American
Rapid insurgent advance toward Santander in Bilbao area
Insurgents drive west from Bilbao toward Santander with five infantry columns. Portugalete falls after battles in the Nervion estuary as government troops blow a bridge and evacuate residents. Bilbao begins to normalize with radios, streetcars and shops reopening.
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Bilbao
Portugalete
Spain
Santander
Nervion
Valmaseda
Las Arenas
Ottawa halts airworthiness of same type planes after St Marys crash
Transport Minister C D Howe announces suspension of certificates for all planes of the same type as the St Marys Ontario crash aircraft to permit a thorough investigation. Eleven planes of the type operate in Canada with eight in commercial service, and private owners will be notified the department disclaims responsibility for their safety. The St Marys crash killed Arthur Leavens Alfred Ogden and Charles Lockett of Toronto.
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Ottawa
St. Marys
Ont
C. D. Howe
Canada
Arthur Leavens
Alfred Ogden
Charles Lockett
Toronto
Bubonic Plague Spreading in Western United States
Dr. C. R. Eskey of the U S Public Health Service warns at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting that sylvatic plague, a new form of bubonic plague among animals, may spread toward the Ohio River and into Canada and could be highly dangerous to humans.
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Denver
United States
Ohio River
Canada
American Association For the Advancement of Science
C. R. Eskey
United States Public Health Service
San Francisco
Delegates Divided at Geneva Labor Conference
Canadian delegates split on the issue as the conference adopted a resolution urging a 40 hour week in the textile industry. The vote reflected divisions among delegates over employment standards and industrial reform.
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Geneva
International Labor Conference
Ottawa-A campaign to curb tuberculosis among Indians
A federal Indian affairs and Canadian Tuberculosis Association committee outlined actions to fight tuberculosis among Indigenous peoples, urging government approval. Proposals include school screening in Indian residential and day schools, removal of active cases to santoria for treatment, special schools for early TB, health education in Indian schools, and milk herd TB eradication. The panel was chaired by Dr E L Stone with Drs A L McQuarrie Vancouver A B Simes Fort Saskatchewan and T F Murray Sarcee Alberta.
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Ottawa
Federal Indian Affairs Branch
Canadian Tuberculosis Association
Canada
Santoria
E. L. Stone
A. L. McQuarrie
Vancouver
A. B. Simes
Fort Saskatchewan
Sask
T. F. Murray
Sarcee
Alta
Fly To Moscow Nonstop Oakland Flight Plan Announced
Aviator James Mattern outlined a nonstop Oakland to Moscow refueling flight following the route of three Soviet airmen from Moscow to Vancouver. He said backer M L Benedum of Pittsburgh financed a $90000 plane for a test from Burbank to Oakland, recalling his 1933 New York to Norway world flight crash and rescue by Soviet airmen.
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Oakland
Calif
Moscow
James Mattern
Vancouver
Wengton
Mattern
M. L. Benedum
Pittsburg
Oil Man
Burbank
New York
Norway
Siberia
Tribute to medical science hailed by Governor General
Ottawa notes quote Lord Tweedsmuir praising doctors as true life-savers at a luncheon with Canadian and Ontario Medical Associations. He warned that peace alone cannot ensure security and warned of disease risks from yellow fever and plagues. He lauded both renowned physicians and ordinary doctors serving under difficult conditions.
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Ottawa
Lord Tweedsmuir
Ontario
Doctors
Paci
Athens
Europe
West Africa
East Africa
India
Far East
Canada
Naval forces in Spanish waters cause of worry
Britain watched anxiously as Germany expanded its naval presence in Spanish waters amid non intervention tensions. Reports linked Italo German moves to potential reprisals against Spain for a claimed torpedoing of the Leipzig, with German Graf Spee reinforcement and coordinated actions near Tangier and Algeciras.
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London
Britain
Germany
Valencia
Spain
Leipzig
Spanish
Clement Attlee
Eden
House
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Philip Noel Baker
Labor
Malaga
Gibraltar
Persans
Rome
Graf Spee
Admiral von Scheer
Lagoa
Portugal
Admiral Scheer
Nuremberg
Karlsruhe
Tangier
Algeciras
East
Members' salaries rise in Commons vote
The House of Commons approved increasing members' salaries from £400 to £600 annually. The tally was 325 to 17 in favor after an amendment delaying the raise until after the next general election was rejected 326 to 21.
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London
House of Commons
Feed Situation Serious in Edmonton Warns Farmers
Alberta farmers must do everything possible to provide feed for stock this coming winter. Hon. D. B. Mullen, minister of agriculture, said the situation was beginning to look very serious as authorities urged proactive measures.
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Edmonton
Alberta
D. B. Mullen
Record Fly Casting Mark Set At Owl's Head Club
Kenneth Knapp a 17 year old from Norwalk Connecticut established what officials claim is a fly casting record for Canada with a 134 foot cast using a 5 ounce rod at the Owl's Head Rod and Gun Club competition in Chester Nova Scotia.
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Chester
N.S
Kenneth Knapp
Norwalk
Conn
Canada
Plans Progress on Two New Trans-Pacific Ships
Sir Edward Beatty, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, says negotiations for building two additional vessels for the trans-Pacific trade are advancing swiftly as he arrives back from England.
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Quebec
Sir Edward Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
England
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