Survey On Causes Of Fluctuating Wild Animal Populations
The Department of Mines and Resources with Charles Eiton of Oxford University announces a study on factors behind wild life cycles. Questionnaires target traders trappers RCMP and officials in the Northwest Territories about caribou fox rabbit snowy owl and sledge dogs. Muskrats are unusually plentiful this year while fox mink and beaver are scarce and a special order allows early muskrat capture to ease fur shortages.
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Department of Mines and Resources
Charles Eiton
Bureau of Animal Population
Oxford University
England
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Northwest Territories
Ottawa Journal
Cable Ships Repair Undersea Wires In North Sea Gales
British Post Office maintains two ready repair vessels Monarch and Alert to service 240 submarine cables totaling 25 000 miles. During winter gales they locate breaks by marking buoys grappling cables and isolating the faulty half for repair before rejoining and lowering the line.
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British Post Office
North Sea
English Channel
Post Office
Britain
France
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Monarch
Alert
New York Times
Police plan to deploy G dogs on duty in Britain
The British Home Office aims to curb burglaries by issuing trained Labrador retrievers to police. The dogs will accompany officers in London outskirts and rural beats, carrying messages, tracking burglars, and holding suspects while pursuing them.
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British Home Office
Home Office
London
Newbury
Lenders Lose Big After Auto Accident Lesson
Montreal man ordered to pay ten thousand dollars after an accident caused by a borrower who had taken his car. The Brantford Expositor notes this marks a rare heavy loss in lending practices across items from books to tools to autos.
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Montreal
Brantford Expositor
Phoenicians Famous For Blinds Question
Examination text presents a joke question answer pair about Phoenicians famous for blinds. It contrasts with an agricultural fact stating forty bushels of corn hauled to a grain elevator remove about 56 pounds of nitrogen 21 pounds of phosphoric acid and 23 pounds of potash from the soil.
Imported Honeybees Packaged for Canada From US South
Beekeepers in the northern states and Canada import combs and packages of honeybees from the southern United States to coincide with early spring flows. Packages vary from one to five pounds, two-pound packets being popular and capable of yielding substantial honey under favorable conditions. Order early, specify size and queen, and arrange delivery through customs or mail. No duty on package bees and no excise tax on orders under $25. For details, request the bulletin from Dominion Department of Agriculture Ottawa.
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United States
States
Canada
C. B. Gooderham
Dominion Apiarist
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Penny newspaper pioneer sparks Chicago odd pricing
In 1876 Melville E. Stone, founder of the Associated Press, pushed Chicago merchants to adopt penny pricing to spark circulation. At 28, he argued that 99 cents felt smaller than a dollar and persuaded minting pennies to launch his Daily News, starting a penny-press era.
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Melville E. Stone
The
Associated Press
Chicago
Stone
Philadelphia Mint
Daily News
Albino Tiger Presented to Indian Museum in Calcutta
A white albino tiger, rare for its lack of pigment, was presented to the Indian Museum in Calcutta by a native prince. The animal was shot years ago in the Lechuar jungles by the prince’s father.
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Calcutta
Lechuar
Farm work horse weight range stated
A work horse used on farms weighs roughly between 1200 and 1500 pounds. This range reflects typical draft horse sizes and capacity for farm labor.
Prince Nicholas of Greece a life of exile and art
The Greek prince endured wars and removals from power from Salonika to Athens. He governed during the Balkan Wars, survived exile after the Great War, and returned in 1935. He earned merit as a painter and writer, directed plays, and raised children who held high royal roles in Europe.
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Prince Nicholas
Greece
Salonika
George
Athens
Constantine
Turkey
Nicholas
George II
Europe
Great Britain
Yugoslavia
Montreal Star
Isolation Life of Mrs Butler at Dauphin River
Mrs George E Butler lives 230 miles north of Winnipeg at Dauphin River on an Indian reserve where her husband runs a whitefish hatchery. She travels last 56 miles by fish caboose to the settlement and, though born in Grandview, Manitoba, teaches Sunday school stories to local children, writes poems for kids, feeds hatchery fish, and cares for birds in a private sanctuary. Coal deposits of Alaska are estimated at 19 billion tons.
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Winnipeg
George E. Butler
Dauphin River
Lake Manitoba
Gypsumville
Butler
Grandview
Man
Saskatoon
Groundhog Myth Debated By Museum Exhibit
The American Museum of Natural History hosts a groundhog exhibit with grown and young woodchucks as critics question the legend. Assistant Curator George C. Goodwin notes partial probability behind the tale, saying weather outcomes depend on clear or cloudy skies, but the groundhog’s shadow is not decisive.
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American Museum of Natural History
George C. Goodwin
Britain faces three fronts in global conflict warns Lippmann
Walter Lippmann argues Britain cannot defend all interests across the North Atlantic Europe the Mediterranean and the Orient while facing three formidable adversaries. He urges sympathetic understanding over harsh judgment since the United States is not prepared to aid. Lighthouses are noted as typically spared by enemies in wartime.
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Britain
North Atlantic
Europe
Mediterranean
Orient
Walter Lippmann
Detroit Free Press
Get out your yarn scraps for a colorful crochet afghan
Colorful flower afghan crocheted one square at a time with pillow option. Pattern 5830 provides square illustrations, stitches, materials, color schemes, and a photo. Send 20 cents in coins to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot to obtain the pattern.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot
British Economist Foresees Russia Gold Output Shaping Laws
Sir Josiah Stamp told a McMaster convocation that Soviet Russia’s growing gold potential could influence economic rules. He cited rapid technical progress and sevenfold output rise, noting Russia’s mineral wealth may distance prices from typical cost baselines and affect debts and contracts under national law.
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Russia
Josiah Stamp
McMaster University
Soviet
Josiah
Australia
McMaster
Albert Matthews
France
New Zealand
Bank of England
Wall Street
Miss Sheila MacDonald Chooses New Career In Probation Service
Miss Sheila MacDonald, daughter of Ramsay MacDonald, chooses to become a police court probation officer after training. The Home Office develops the probation service with new officers, salaries start at £200 a year, rising to £320 and to £400 or £500 for higher posts. Probation expands to keep offenders out of prison, applied to juveniles and adults.
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Sheila MacDonald
Ramsay MacDonald
South America
London Evening Standard
Home Office
Miss MacDonald
MacDonald
Where Your Shoes Go The National Produced in Canada view
The release asks where a Canadian housewife’s shoe purchase ends up. It traces the money from hides to factory workers to box printers and lumbermen, showing how price cycles through related industries and noting relief figures in Canada.
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National Produced In Canada Association
Canada
Amateur Magician Tone Sparks A Gentle Exchange
A playful scene unfolds as an amateur magician asks a gentleman in the second row for a hat while the gentleman demands the return of a lawn mower borrowed last summer. The exchange highlights lighthearted theater humor and courteous tension in the audience.
Fish Prices Force British Fishermen to Stop Fishing
In Britain current fish prices are so low that many fishermen refuse to fish at all. This has reduced catch volumes and unsettled coastal communities dependent on the fishing industry.
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Britain
Raisins : High concentration of nutrients from grapes
Raisins pack the food value of three to four pounds of fresh grapes into one pound of dried fruit. Juice accounts for 98 percent of ripe seedless grapes and 90 to 95 percent of ripe Muscat. Drying turns light amber grapes to deep purple, concentrating nutrients for mountain meals.
Rights Of Others And Policy For Peace
The text argues that respecting others and enforcing this as law guides social policy and national aims toward peace. Moscow reports 1938 plans for new worker housing totaling nearly 250 acres of floor space in the city for workers and their families.
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Moscow
England’s Dust Clouds Lift 15 Billion Tons Annually
English air sees more than 15 billion tons of soil blown into clouds each year and then washed back to earth by rainfall. Scientists note the cycle affects air quality and soil erosion across the country.
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England
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