Churchill Townsite Opening Delayed Toward August
Churchill Manitoba loses a hoped May opening for its Bay seaport townsite as officials wrestle with harbor work, water supply plans, fire rules, and water drainage near the 2,500,000 bushel grain elevator. Officials weigh August as a possible opening, or postponement to next spring, to ensure proper preparations for winter.
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Churchill
Manitoba
New Bay
Hudson's Bay Railway
Paradise
Mike O'Shea
Bay Gates
West
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Churchill River
Centenarian Paris stitcher works eight hours daily
Helene Bonnet a 101 year old Paris bookbinding stitcher keeps an eight hour day despite fears of unemployment. Neighbors assume she hopes for marriage but she guards her true age and insists on not revealing it. The story highlights aging workers facing job insecurity.
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Helene Bonnet
Paris
Helene
Aluminum Turns To Use In Cards And Wires
Aluminum is increasingly used for a wide range of applications including power cables replacing copper and now in manufacturing playing cards. The cards resemble ordinary ones but are heavier and weather resistant, able to be washed if soils occur. Aluminum, common in clay and discovered in 1897 by Frederick Woehler, is a recently utilized metal.
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Frederick Woehler
Potato Harvest Of 1930 In Canada Yields Large Crop
Preliminary 1930 potato output in Canada is 49 160 000 cwt from 574 500 acres, averaging 85.6 cwt per acre. 1929 saw 39 930 000 cwt from 543 727 acres, 73.4 cwt per acre, while the 1924-28 five year average is 48 090 980 cwt from 555 707 acres, 86.5 cwt per acre. Provincial yields list New Brunswick 115.7 Nova Scotia 113.0 Prince Edward Island 105.0 British Columbia 92.0 Alberta 86.7 Manitoba 85.7 Ontario 78.4 Quebec 78.0 Saskatchewan 63.4.
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Canada
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
British Columbia
Alberta
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Rubber Goods Dominate World Supply
The United States supplies the world with practically all its rubber erasers and rubber bands. The gorilla is a more sedate and sober animal than the playful chimpanzee.
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United States
Cooks Travel With Him The Maharajah Jaganath
Rasid Sinha of Deo took his cooks and cooking utensils to Berlin. They were allotted a special kitchen area at the Central Hotel. The cooks reportedly brought 100 varieties of spices, roots and herbs unknown in Europe. Ice cream with dry ice traveled 12 days from Seattle to Berlin.
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Maharajah Jaganath
Rasid Sinha of
Deo
Berlin
Europe
Seeress predicts world war turmoil and unrest
Mme Deux Thebes foresees renewed global war this year with Communists losing power in Russia a Spanish republican uprising and France escaping military conflict. Europe as a whole will be unsettled. Meanwhile rising Scottish lake waters drive wild animals from their habitats into the open.
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Russia
Spain
France
Mme. Deux Thebes
Mme. de Thebes
Europe
Fashion Patterns No 926 Styles and Materials Listed
Fashion patterns No 926 offers several styles with size ranges from children to adults. Each pattern notes required yardage for 39 inch fabric and contrasting fabrics, with specific bust measurements and dress components. Send 25 cents to Fashion Bureau and include name, address, pattern number, and size desired.
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Fashion Bureau
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern wheele to size and ordering details published by Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave. Readers learn how to select patterns and send for tailoring services in the Winnipeg area.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Balanced Livestock Production Urged for Canada at Dairy Congress
At the World Dairy Congress in Copenhagen Canada represented by Dr. J A Ruddick urged balanced production of livestock and warned against overreliance on grain exports. The text argues for steady, diversified farming to avoid price crashes and glut cycles.
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Christianborg Castle
Copenhagen
Canada
J. A. Ruddick
Dominion Dairy
Denmark
Christian
Opportunities In Sheep Raising For Canada Trade
G. E. O'Brien of the Co-Operative Wool Growers Associa tion spoke at the Ontario Sheep Breeders' Association annual meeting in Toronto. He noted lambs increased from 2 000 000 to 3 500 000 in 15 years and that Canada consumed 57 000 000 pounds more mutton than it produced. Dr. J H Grisdale, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, warned of lower quality imported lambs and possible regulatory changes on imports of sheep and wool products.
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Canada
G. E. O’brien
Co-Operative Wool Growers’ Association
Ontario Sheep Breeders’ Association
Toronto
O’brien
J. H. Grisdale
Association
Russia targets huge wheat surplus to crush European markets
The Fish Report notes Russia plans to raise its 1931 wheat surplus from about 100 million bushels to 200 million, with aims to reach 500 million by fall 1932, while famine persists. It argues U S farmers cannot compete with grain from confiscated land paid in fourteen cents per day, risking European demand.
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Russia
Fish Report
United States
Duluth Herald
Canadian dairy industry seen with rising domestic demand
Dr J A Ruddick Dominion Dairy Commissioner reports Canadian consumption since 1921 rose to 154,529,347 pounds of butter fat equivalent. Increases include 72,707,604 pounds of butter, 12,657,919 pounds of cheese, 2,541,361,024 pounds of milk, and 1,875,322 gallons of ice cream.
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Canada
J. A. Ruddick
Dominion Dairy Commissioner
Easily Fixed Spelling Remedy Sparks Simple Rule
A man with trouble spelling words containing el or le asks a friend for help. The friend offers a joke fix: write the I and e alike and place a dot exactly between them, claiming it will never fail. The tale parodies overconfident home remedies.
Canada Russia Trade Flows Show Coal Dominates Imports
Canada’s imports from Russia last year were 1,964,000 dollars with about 64,000 dollars as coal. Imports from Russia in 1930 stood at 1,690,000 dollars while exports to Russia from Canada reached 1,690,000 in 1930 and 3,305,000 in the prior year.
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Canada
Russia
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