Canada United States trade pact eyed by Bennett pledge
Premier Bennett declares Canada and the United States should pursue reciprocal trade, calling the U S a natural market and urging nonpartisan support to remove tariff politics. Roosevelt administration overtures are reported as possible beginnings of a formal accord. The piece argues economic unity benefits both nations and highlights shared interests across regions.
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Bennett
House of Commons
United States
Canada
United States of America
Washington
Roosevelt
North America
Nature
Western
Maritime Provinces
Ontario
Quebec
U.S. Atlantic Seaboard
Canadian shoe industry boosts production in 1932
Canada’s leather boot and shoe factories increased output in 1932 to 17,879,218 pairs while imports fell to 343,965 pairs. Great Britain imposes the highest taxation, with France and Germany following. A $4,250,000 paper mill is under construction at Ellesmere, England.
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Great Britain
France
Germany
Ellesmere
England
Dog Police Dog Navigates Elevator System in Denver Office
Bal the German police dog visits owner Robert Mullen daily in a Denver office building and uses his nose to push elevator buttons. He tours floors unassisted between tenants. The piece notes postwar ship design advances making a 41,000 ton liner cheaper to run to Montreal than a 20,000 ton older rival.
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Bal
Robert Mullen
Denver
Montreal
Photo-Electric Eye Studies Housewife Kitchen Trips
A February American Journal of Home Economics article reports that the average housewife makes 15 trips daily to the kitchen sink, spending about one minute per trip. In a family of five that totals 90 trips and 90 minutes, with a photo-electric eye recording times. Washington housewives ranged 32 to 217 trips and 38 to 152 minutes per day, prompting further study to assess kitchen efficiency and layout impacts.
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American Journal of Home Economics
U.S. Bureau of Home Economics
Washington, D.C
Stanley
Liver Pills Ad Claims Health Boost and Digestion Help
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a safe all natural remedy for low spirits and sluggish digestion. It warns of liver-based causes and promotes the pills as a guaranteed solution available for 25 cents at druggists.
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Carter
Consolidated Gold Fields Could Spark World Prosperity
F. W. Lee of the US Bureau of Mines reports a potential one eighth of the world’s gold production from the Consolidated Gold Fields in South Africa. He credits the magnetometer diving rod for locating the ore and notes a continuous reef trace from Middelvlei to Westward properties over 30 to 40 miles.
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Consolidated Goldfields
South Africa
F. W. Lee
Geophysical Section
United States Bureau of Mines
Washington
New York
Lee
Middelvle
Tired and Irritable Health Claim Ad
An advertisement promotes a remedy claiming to steady nerves and improve sleep appetite and appearance. It asserts 98 of 100 women find it helpful and offers liquid or tablet forms for consumer use.
Diseases diagnosed by eye retina says Dr. Ellis
Dr Clarence R Ellis of Ohio State University applies ophthalmic optics to diagnose most human diseases by examining the retina. He notes abnormal conditions reflect on the retina and cites brain tumors heart trouble cancer and liver inflammation as examples. He also cites reading lamps as a major cause of eye trouble. He adds 90 percent of the world’s clothing is cotton and Danes oppose silver coins.
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Clarence R Ellis
Ohio State University
Applied Optics Department
Kiwi robe of Admiral Halsey famed as WWI mascot
Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey described a flax kilt like kiwi robe given by a Maori chief to the New Zealand battle cruiser. He wore it in Heligoland and Blucher actions with no damage to the ship, later passing it to Captain John Green at Jutland, then reclaiming it after the war.
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Lionel Halsey
Prince of Wales
Authors’ Club
London
England
New Zealand
Dominion
Heligoland
Lionel
Sir John Green
Jutland
Green
Fever machine uses radio waves to induce body fever
Dr Walter M Simpon of Dayton Ohio reports a new use for radio therapy before the American College of Physicians in Montreal describing a short wave transmitter that broadcasts 30 meter radio waves from large metal plates to raise body temperature. The device treats diseases sometimes cured or improved by artificial fevers including general paresis arthritis and limb afflictions.
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American College of Physicians
Montreal
Walter M. Simpon
Dayton
Ohio
Orient Wheat Demand Grows as Canada Ships to China and Japan
Canada has shipped 14,814,011 bushels of wheat to China and Japan this season. This is 677,413 bushels more than the same period last year, with final figures likely over last year by more than a million. Bookings through March total 366,666 bushels. Only lower grades are sought and Australia is receiving the bulk of sales. A Washington coast geodetic survey machine can predict world titles for any place at any hour for centuries.
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Orient
Canada
China
Japan
The
Australia
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Washington
Canada field crop acreage jumps from 1890 to 1891
Canada's acreage in field crops rose from 15.6 million acres in 1890 to about 58 million in 1891, a gain of roughly 272 percent.
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Canada
Manitoba and Quebec students win Royal Architectural Institute awards
Leonce Desgagne of Ecole Des Beaux Arts Quebec won first prize in class A among 53 designs. Eric Thrift of University of Manitoba won first prize in class B among 49 entries. Maurice Germain and G R Whale also placed in class A with second and third, plus honorable mentions and other Manitoba entrants. Jury included L Featherstonaugh I Vautrin W Lecroix J Lyle and H Burden.
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Leonce Desgagne
Ecole Des Beaux- Arts
Quebec
Eric Thrift
University of Manitoba
Maurice Germain
Montreal
G. R. Whale
University of Toronto
William Sheets
Lowell Wallace
M. Saunders
University of Alberta
L. Featherstonaugh
Irenee Vautrin
Wilfrid Lecroix
John M. Lyle
Toronto
H. J. Burden
Aviator Delivers Fresh Vegetables to Great Bear Miners
Leigh Brintnell of Mackenzie Airway Services earned praise as the most popular man in the Great Bear Lake mineral fields on New Year’s Day. He flew 500 pounds of vegetables from Edmonton through extreme cold and blizzard conditions, claiming no lettuce or tomato froze thanks to a special cabin heater he designed for his aircraft.
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Leigh Brintnell
Mackenzie Airway Services, Limited
Great Bear Lake
Brintnell
Edmonton
Eldorado
Brintwell
Stratosphere Plane Dreams Help From Piccard
Professor August Piccard, explorer of high altitudes, believes a stratosphere plane could fly at 500 miles per hour. He says he could build it within 18 months if funded with 500000 dollars. He recently ascended to 10.45 miles in a balloon for cosmic ray experiments.
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Piccard Beloves
August Piccard
John Carruthers
Los Angeles
Piccard
Canadian Egg Inspection In 1931
In 1931 the Egg Grading Service of the Department of Agriculture inspected 769,919 cases of eggs. The staff made about 40,600 annual calls on wholesalers and retailers to check shipments, purchase current receipts from producers, and instruct on candling and grading per Canadian Standards.
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Department of Agriculture
Rarity of US Patents for Medical Compound Highlighted
A report notes that patents for a medical compound are granted in the United States only in rare cases, underscoring stringent examination, novelty, and utility requirements. The observation reflects broader patenting challenges in the pharmaceutical field and international comparison.
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United States
Alberta findings may influence coast gas pipeline plan
William C. Fisher of Calgary says the Alberta conservation commission findings will determine Turner Valley gas pressure and the potential 20 year supply. If proven, a pipeline to Vancouver and U S Pacific coast cities could supply cheap natural gas.
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Alberta Conservation Commission
Vancouver
British Columbia
Spokane
Seattle
Tacoma
Washington
William C. Fisher
Calgary
Mr. Fisher
Conservation Commission
Turner Valley
Australian inventor unveils railroad mood detecting appliance
An Australian inventor develops a device that instantly marks any sudden low mood on a railroad track as a train passes, replacing daily line inspections. A three day census reports 4,000 homeless people in Cleveland, including men women and children.
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Cleveland
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