Canadian Indians Census Figures and Holy Day Debate
Canada reports 108012 Indians in 1929 with about half Roman Catholic. London Ontario backs Winnipeg’s holiday proposal after Christmas. UK spends over 35 million pounds on unemployment relief. Canadian farmers seek stronger protection from foreclosure. Notable Britain air pilot couple pass tests after 18 months. Montreal revenue for February 1931 hits a war-era low. Ontario reformatory reforms include restoration of the rock pile and compulsory goggles for prisoners.
Radio Adoption Surges in Canada as Licences Grow
At end of January Canada recorded 493,176 licensed radio receiving sets in use, about one per 20 people, with Toronto leading at 77,194 sets. National totals rose 69,030 from the previous fiscal year end. licences cost 1 per year, with 659 issued free to the blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Toronto
Montreal
Hamilton
Ont
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Artistic films fail to draw at the box office say producers
Producers declare that artistic motion pictures seldom attract audiences and that theatres cannot stock films to suit every taste. A successful cinema depends on pleasing a majority of patrons, not on experimentation. Birdseed production in Argentina last year reached 33 000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Times
Argentina
Milburn Heart and Nerve Pills Praise From Miss Griffin
Miss Rose Griffin of Ashern Manitoba says she suffered from heart palpitations and exhausted nerves after a shock. After taking Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills for three boxes she recovered and praises the remedy, noting availability at drugstores or by mail from The T Milburn Co. Toronto Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Rose Griffin
Ashern, Man
Milburn
T. Milburn Co., Ltd
Toronto
Australian driver preps to chase Campbell land speed record
Norman Wizzard Smith known as Covets Campbells record aims to beat Captain Malcolm Campbell's 245 mph world land speed mark. He prepares a car built in Sydney with speed testing in New Zealand ahead of an anticipated assault on the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman “Wizzard” Smith
Malcolm Campbell
Sydney
New Zealand
Divorces in Canada Reach Record 875 in 1930
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 875 divorces granted in 1930, with 255 in British Columbia and 247 by the Dominion Parliament for Ontario and Quebec. Prince Edward Island recorded none, while Ontario 207, Alberta 151, Manitoba 114, Saskatchewan 62, Quebec 40, New Brunswick 27, and Nova Scotia 19. The total exceeds 1939 by 59 and marks the era’s peak. Since 1913, 7,756 divorces have been granted in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ontario
Quebec
Prince Edward Island
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Dominion
Manitoba Mining Industry Sees 20 Percent Production Rise
Hon. D. G. McKenzie reports Manitoba mineral production in 1929 rose by twenty percent from the prior year, totaling 5 423 825 in value. Capital invested surpasses 62 million. 1930 marks strongest mining year with expenditures up 15 percent to 12 500 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. G. McKenzie
Department of Natural Resources
Province of
Manitoba
Canadian Pacific Eyes Joint Rail Air Services
E W Beatty president of the Canadian Pacific Railway says railways will provide joint rail and air services if air development warrants it. He notes air progress is satisfactory and will be matched by CP Rail when opportune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific Railway
E. W. Beatty
Canadian Railways
Mr. Beatty
Swiss Watch Crisis Deepens With Poor July Output
The Swiss watch industry suffers a crisis with July 1930 producing only 114000 cases. Pocket watches and automobile clocks share the steep decline as clocks, once largely exported to the United States, nearly vanish from markets. An archaeologist notes that most Babylonian and Nineveh artifacts were housed in a British Museum glass case until eighty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
United States
Ancient
Babylon
Nineveh
British Museum
Cornstalks Hopeful in New Industrial Uses
Analysts predict cornstalks could enter manufacturing as components for noiseless gears, insulating material, and related products. The idea envisions value from agricultural waste aiding new industry growth and regional economies.
Poland Population Estimate Near Thirty Million
Poland's population is estimated at almost 30 million, reflecting a large national total and potential implications for demographics and policy planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Palladium Medal Used for Wollaston Award at Burlington House
The 101st Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society of London was awarded to Dr. Arthur William Rogers at Burlington House. The palladium trophy, sourced from Mond Nickel Company mining in Ontario, marks a first using palladium instead of gold or silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geological Society of London
Burlington House
London
England
Arthur William Rogers
Geological Survey of
South Africa
International Nickel Company, of Canada, Ltd
Canada
William Hyde Wollaston
F.R.S
F.G.S
Mond Nickel Company, Ltd
D. O. Evans
Mond Nickel Company
Wollaston
Ontario
Mond
Vienna Physician Advances Lung Treatment With Radio Waves
Professor Stieboeck of the Vienna polyclinic reports using three meter waves from a half kilowatt radio transmitter to treat lung inflammation tied to influenza cancer and internal suppuration. He says results have been encouraging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stieboeck
Vienna
Smallest Working Locomotive Exhibited in Wimbledon Show
The smallest working locomotive in the world, built by J. J. Langridge of River sidewalk Isleworth Middlesex, is shown at the Wimbledon and District seventh annual exhibition in Wimbledon England. The electric model can be almost entirely covered by a postage stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Langridge
Riversidewalk
Isleworth
Middlesex
Wimbledon and District
Wimbledon
England
Parliament urged to fund tuberculosis battle among Indians
The 1930 Department of Indian Affairs report warns tuberculosis remains the leading Indian health threat. Funds are insufficient to support sanatorium treatment, with many reserves unable to accept new patients. The department asks Parliament for extra funds, personnel, and facilities to target small reserves with high disease resistance and potential to stamp out infections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Indian Affairs
League of Nations seen as vaccine against war
The monthly League summary notes Frank Kellogg’s succession to Charles Hughes on the Permanent Court of International Justice and points to Sweden Persia treaty and Hamburg dispute resolution as signs of progress. It compares war to past plagues, praising sanitation and vaccination as moral resistance. Sydney Bulletin commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
League
Frank B. Kellogg
Charles Evans Hughes
Permanent Court of International Justice
Sweden
Persia
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Hamburg
League of Nations
Sydney
N.S.W
Bulletin
Reindeer Population Tops One Million In Alaska
Alaska wildlife officials report the reindeer herd has surpassed one million head marking a historic high. The milestone reflects ongoing population growth amid favorable range conditions and steady management initiatives across Alaska.
Freakish Vision Makes Objects At Close Range Magnified
Alva Mason a 25 year old electrician from Minot Maine sees at eight inches with over 100 magnification. Ordinary work requires glasses that de magnify and make him seem to look through the wrong end of a telescope. At close range he can identify phonograph records by groove impressions and even hear the Anvil Chorus from II Trovatore without a record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Mason
Minot
Mason
Siason
II Trovatore
Size Of Bee Colony
An experiment over five years measures field force of a normal bee colony. Thirteen calculations by Agriculture officers show numbers from 22,187 to 39,687 with only two below 31,000. About 5,000 bees weigh a pound.
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Department of Agriculture
Fruit acids counteract certain foods in diet
Acidic compounds in fruit paradoxically reduce the acid effects of some foods when included in meals. Researchers note vitamin content and fiber may influence digestion and overall acidity balance in the diet.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Council of London
Board of the
United Farmers of Canada
Saskatoon
John Hydeke
Nottingham
Appleford Paper
Western Representatives
Hunter-Martin & CO
Regina, Sask
Campbells
Stow
Scootha
Palladium Medal
Alaska
Dy Jm
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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