Weeds and Crops Engage in Underground Competition Study
A Saskatchewan University study summarized in Scientic Agriculture shows weed and crop roots compete long before top shading appears. Moisture drives the interaction on Western Canada plains, with Marquis wheat showing 40 percent yield loss in wild mustard infestations and barley rivaling oats and mustard due to deeper, broader root systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Kravlychenko
J. B. Harrington
Saskatchewan University of Saskatogm
Canada
Detroit May Seek Dual Anniversary for Discoverers
The Norse Civic Association asks Detroit leaders to recognize two discoveries of America in one week. If approved, Detroit would mark Leif Ericson Day on Oct 9 and Columbus Day on Oct 12, celebrating Ericson’s voyage circa 1000 A.D. and Columbus’s 1492 voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Columbus
Leif Ericson
America
Detroit
Frank Couzens
Norse Civic Association
Ericson
Eric the Red
Iceland
Newfoundland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Vatican
Thanks Are Due to Aboriginal Americans in Agriculture
The passage credits Aboriginal Americans as pioneering farmers who developed crops now widely used, noting that the Irish potato is not Irish, Sea Island and Egyptian cotton originated elsewhere, and the tomato was once shunned as poisonous before Native American innovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Island
Sea Islands
Egypt
Donkey Leads Farmer to Prove Ownership
In Cairo a farmer tracks his stolen donkey to prove ownership. After the animal is found exhausted on a road, the farmer escorts the thief to police and demands proof. The donkey is freed on a bridge and walks straight back to its stable, confirming the farmer’s claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Tunneling Train Talk Sparks A Pair of Passengers
Two travelers debate the wonders of a long tunnel as a train travels through it. One passenger praises the tunnels while the other remains skeptical, offering a brief exchange about perception and travel.
Crime in the United States Predicts Murder Risk
Howard Kahn editor of the St. Paul Daily News told a luncheon crowd that about 150000 murderers roam the country. He cited 1445581 major crimes in 1935 with 120 per person annual cost and faulted juries salaries civil service and parole handling for rising crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Kahn
St. Paul
Kahn
Mystery Mountain seals Everest rival on Waddington
William F. Dobson will lead a 12 man party from Vancouver in early June to tackle Mount Waddington, the Coast Range’s 13 260 foot peak famed for its sheer ascent. The expedition aims to combine Vancouver ice and snow skills with two Sierra Club climbers from San Francisco to master rock work and piton use.
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Everest
Waddington
Coast Range
William F. Dobson
British Columbia Mountaineering Club
Vancouver
Sierra Club
San Francisco
Money Seen on Willow Trees After Flood Near Danbridge Tenn
After high water along the French Broad river near Dan bridge Tennessee people hunting for money found cash on willow trees and cornstalks. The scene stalled business as townsfolk collected bills. A rumor linked the money to an $80,000 mail robbery in Charlotte North Carolina without proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Broad River
Danbridge
Tenn
Charlotte, N.C
Peak Of Endurance In The Lancet On Miner Rescue
The Lancet analyzes the Moose River N S mine incident in which three Toronto men were entombed by rock fall. It asserts the rescue demonstrates human endurance in extremity and that peak endurance occurs in early middle age.
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Lancet
Toronto
Moose River
N.S
Sound Argument for Blind Pension Justification
The Canadian Federation of the Blind argues pensions for the blind are more justified than for the aged as most blind individuals have never had the chance to provide for old age, unlike many sighted seniors who did.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Federation of the Blind
Grand Manan Leads Canada in Smoked Herring Output
Grand Manan Island off New Brunswick tops Canada in smoked herring production, producing more than any other region. The claim highlights the area’s strong fisheries industry and regional significance in seafood processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Manan
New Brunswick
Canada
Australia to Dispatch Trade Delegation to India
The Australian government will send a trade delegation to India to boost commerce and deepen bilateral ties. The mission aims to explore new market opportunities, discuss investment, and strengthen economic cooperation between the two countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Pauper provinces and BC price burden echoed in press
The Vancouver Sun notes Parliament Hill’s label of poorer provinces as a derisive tag. It argues British Columbia remains a tired arms length branch of the east, paying high prices for silk and cars from eastern factories, while trade with Japan could lower costs.
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Parliament Hill
British Columbia
Vancouver
Japan
Vancouver Sun
Easy Stitches Pattern for Colorful Elephant Towels
Ambitious Jumbo themed pattern offers seven motifs averaging 4% by 7 inches with outline and applique options. Includes transfer pattern pieces color suggestions and material needs. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg for pattern 5516.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Winnipeg hens to hatch Indian chukar eggs
Hon. J. S. McDiarmid Manitoba provincial minister of natural resources placed 100 chukar eggs under bantam hens in Winnipeg to test introducing the Indian chukar partridge into Manitoba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
J. S. McDiarmid
Census Of Agriculture Readied To Aid Canadian Farming
The Census of Agriculture to be taken on June 1 aims to boost farming by compiling full statistics on farm lands buildings livestock mortgaged debt and farm finances. It guarantees secrecy, urging complete accurate reporting to map agricultural conditions and guide policy in the Prairie Provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie Provinces
Keeping Brain Active and Healthy in Early Life
Bernard Sachs argues sensible living in early decades prevents later mental decline. He cites avoiding alcohol drug abuse and blood diseases and urges varied mental activity. Take holidays before needed and keep outside interests to ward off hypochondria in old age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OY Bernard Sachs
New York Academy of Medicine
Dr. Sachs
Microbes From Antarctica Studied At Allegheny College
Dr Chester A Darling reports at Allegheny College Meadville Pa that Antarctic microbes brought from Little America are under study in college labs. Snow crystals soil mosses and other minute debris are also preserved. Of 150 cultures isolated several are previously undescribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little America
Allegheny College
Meadville
Chester A. Darling
Feats Of Fasting At Moose River Chronicle
A Toronto man undertook an 18 day fast for health and died on day 16 after progressing well until then. The note appears in the Ottawa Journal’s 25 years ago column referencing entombed men at Moose River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose River
Ottawa Journal
Toronto
Car saves fuel with clean spark plugs at 60 mph
An automobile travels 43 percent farther at 60 mph on a gallon of gasoline when its spark plugs are clean than when they are soiled or worn.
Ford predicts farms to power future plastics in industry
Henry Ford envisions growing most of the materials for plastics used in industry on farms. He cites fibre gears and other farm based plastics as substitutes for steel in autos, urging a shift from metal mines to farm raw materials. He condemns crop restriction programs as unnatural and notes a telescoping wagon tongue easing farm labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Agriculture, Industry
Science
Ford
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Beth F Ericson
Columbus
Senger
United States
Mystery Mountain
London
St. Paul's
Ruth Primrose
Earl of Derby
Earl of Rosebery
Charles Wood
Lord Halifax
Royal Horse Guards
B.C
Munich
Germany
Theodore Dreiser
Alice Brooks
Dominion
Antarctica
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