Canada’s forest quilt a key third primary industry
Canada’s forests cover about 1.22 million square miles from sea to sea and north to the Arctic. They rank as the third primary industry after agriculture and mining with 1936 forest product value around 300 million dollars and exports near 209.3 million. Fire and pests threaten vast areas, but silviculture and biological controls help. The forests support wildlife, water conservation, recreation, and tourism in national parks, while attracting millions of visitors each year.
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Nature
Canada
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
International Boundary
Arctic Circle
Hudson and
James Bay
Arctic
Rockies
Selkirks
Dominion
National Parks of Canada
Canadian Woods
Landmark Norfolk house sold for razing in St James's Square
Christies staged a three day sale of the furnishings from the ducal mansion once home to the Norfolks since 1654. The old house dated to the early eighteenth century featured a long drawing room with six grand windows and gilded woodwork by Matthew Brettingham. The music room was dismantled to be rebuilt as an exhibit for the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Norfolk House
St. James’ Square
London
Christies
Tse
Square
Dukes of Norfolk
George III
Duke of Norfolk
Old Square
William Ill
Doctor Johnson
Savage
Matthew Brettingham
Brettingham
Victoria and Albert Museum
Present Left Postals Seek Bragg in London Ontario
London Ontario officials seek Robert Bragg to deliver a Christmas present from cousins in Islay Alberta. The undelivered parcel labeled Robert Bragg London Ont Hospital Special remains missing after postmen checked hospitals. Officials press on with searches as other deliveries are completed.
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London
Ont
Robert Bragg
Islay
Alta
France's Civil Rights Bill Grants Women Legal Equality
The transcript of a sweeping reform grants women equal civil rights and removes the Napoleonic requirement for obedience. It allows women to hold bank accounts and sign documents while needing husband approval to engage in business. The measure awaits President Lebrun’s signature and final publication. A vote on women's suffrage is anticipated next, with repeated Senate rejections previously blocking progress.
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Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Lebrun
A Natural Conclusion Cartoon Jokes and Quotations
A six year old draws a garden scene with a car and three people in the front. The teacher asks for meaning and the boy explains God drives Adam and Eve from Eden. Arch ie quips about Pilgrim and progress. A medical claim links child growth to sleep. Two thin garments trap air as insulation. Youth changes opinions too often while age does so too slowly.
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God
Eve
Garden of Eden
Miniature pianos revive U.S. sales and modern design
A 1930s commentator notes a shift in piano manufacturing as miniature upright pianos gain popularity. Once costly and bulky instruments decline as space efficient, affordable models fit modern living rooms and purses, boosting 1937 and 1938 sales expectations despite past declines. The piece contrasts old uprights with new designs and explains industry-wide changes.
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United States
New York Stock Exchange
England
America
New York
Etiquette Lesson From Two Brothers
A playful exchange defines etiquette as saying no thank you when you want to shout for more. Little Brother asks about etiquette while Big Brother explains it through a humorous contrast between politeness and desire. The brief vignette centers on family humor rather than a broader event.
Inn keeper's daughter to wed former prime minister's widower
Speen Buckinghamshire Mrs Bri tish ex prime minister J Ram sey MacDonald's daughter Miss MacDonald confirms her forthcoming marriage to Norman Ridgley longtime Old Plow Inn manager and village drummer. The couple plans a private ceremony soon after her father's death, preserving the inn's busy life.
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Norman Ridgley
Ishbel MacDonald
Ridgley
Canadians Read More American Style News Stands
A Vancouver Province survey shows 21 to 35 percent of weekly and monthly papers sold are Canadian and British, with the remainder American. The note also mentions copper money shortages in Tsintsin China causing barley sugar change and a quip about hurried people being late.
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Vancouver
Tsintsin
China
New and Smart Two Tone Rug Crochet Pattern 6035
Pattern 6035 offers instructions and charts to crochet a two tone rug a matching towel band and scarf using rug yarn rags or candlewicking with color suggestions. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Winnipeg for this pattern.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Love Srn
World Planetariums Across Europe and America Noted
Describes Moscow joining cities with modern planetariums projecting sun moon and stars on domed ceilings. Mentions Carl Zeiss projector from Jena and 15 years of design, with 5,000,000 visitors in eight years and access for diverse audiences. Also notes wheat stock outlook from July 31 with modest increases and effects of the 1938 Agricultural Adjustment Act.
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Moscow
North Pole
Carl Zeiss
Jena
Germany
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
The
Food Research Institute
United States
Aged Cree Chief Sunchild Dies at 83 in Alberta Settlement
Word from Red Deer reports Sunchild, an 83 year old non treaty Cree chief who lived near Battleford and later moved his band to a Rocky Mountain House area settlement with Chipewyams. The group, noted for avoiding treaty registration until recently, eked out a living by trapping and handiwork.
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Rocky Mountain House
Sunchild
Red
Battleford
Alta
West
Very Tactful Replies At a Washington Reception
A widow asks a young man to guess her age and he jokes about weighing looks vs brains. Congressman John Allen of Mississippi encounters a woman who claims he should remember her, but he replies he has spent his life trying to forget her.
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Washington
John Allen
Mississippi
Reader’s Digest
Our National Flag and the Union Jack Debate
The Kingston Whig Standard argues for a national flag as emblem of the country and a continued Union Jack as empire symbol. It claims no valid argument against a national flag, with only design questions remaining for reasonable difference.
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Kingston Whig-Standard
Post Office Handles 7.7 Billion Letters in Fiscal Year
The British post office processed 7.7 billion letters and postcards in the last fiscal year, up 350 million from the prior year. The figure reflects total mail items managed and indicates steady growth in postal traffic across the year.
Quartz origin and Greek belief in crystal as ice
The word crystal derives from krystallos meaning ice. Ancient Greeks held that quartz or rock crystal was ice and attributed icy properties to the mineral.
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Krystallos
Baby’s Smile Proves Child’s Sense of Humor, Apparently
The remark notes that a baby’s facial smile is interpreted as proof of a humorous sense, illustrating a lighthearted take on infant behavior and perception.
Dominion moves to stop unlicensed Don de Dieu oats
The Dominion department of agriculture seeks to halt sales of the unlicensed oats named Don de Dieu amid claims of very high yields. Tests by three experimental farms show yielded figures around 44 to 83 bushels per acre, far below promoters’ claims, and sales are being pushed in eastern and western Canada at high prices under the seeds act.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dominion
Canada
Dominion Department
Quebec
Provincial Department of Agriculture
Farmers Beware
Don de Dieu
Lennoxville
Banner Oats
St. Anne de la Pocatiere
Banner
British strength shown in air speed claim by RAF flyer
An American aeronautical expert estimates top practical air speeds at 400 to 480 mph. A soldier pilot in a Hurricane monoplane trip from Edinburgh to London nears the upper speed limit, reflecting England’s formidable air power and technical prowess.
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Edinburgh
London
England
Baltimore Sun
Soviet War Official Warns of Gas Use in Imminent Conflict
Russia asserts urgent readiness for chemical warfare as Fascist states violate the 1925 gas convention. Commissar Kiementi E Vor oshiloff claims the Red Army will deploy poison gas if enemies breach borders, warning that war threats loom globally.
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Red Army
Kiementi E. Voroshiloff
Soviet
Russia
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