Romantic Mining History of Canada Through the Ages
Dr. Camsell notes Canada’s mining romance began with copper by Indigenous peoples and Fraser River gold, then Sudbury nickel, Klondike gold rush, and cobalt silver. He cites metallurgical progress at Flin Flon and Sullivan, with vast future potential from northern deposits and radium near Great Bear Lake.
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Canada
Charles Camael
Canadian Club
Lake Superior
Arctic Sea
Fraser River
Caribou
British Columbia
Sudbury
Canadian Pacific Railway
Klondike
Yukon
Cobalt
Temiskaming
Northern Ontario
Ontario
Quebec
Camsell
Great Sullivan
Sudbury District
Great Bear Lake
Coppermine River
Hudson Bay
All-Canadian circle tour urged for all-weather highway
National Parks Highway Association backed an all-weather route from Winnipeg to Jasper via Riding Mountain and Saskatoon. Delegates urged provincial and federal action during a Saskatoon meeting. H. Grant was elected president and Frank Barnhouse secretary, replacing longtime officials.
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Winnipeg
Riding Mountain National Park
Saskatoon
Jasper
National Parks Highway Association
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
H. Grant, KC
Edmonton
H. F Stark
Dauphin
Frank Barnhouse
C. D. Bates
Alberta university announces three staff resignations
Dr R C Wallace president of the University of Alberta announced three staff resignations in his annual convocation address in Edmonton. Associate Professor Joseph Fisher of English departs for Victoria College in Toronto. Dr A Leahy of soils departs to join the Dominion service, and Dr Emerson Smith leaves to begin practice in Ottawa.
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R. C. Wallace
University of Alberta
Edmonton
Joseph Fisher
Victoria College
Toronto
A. Leahy
Department of Soils
Dominion Service
Emerson Smith
Ottawa
Definition of the Li as a Chinese length unit
The li described as a Chinese length equal to one one hundredth of a day’s walk and just over one third of a mile on level ground.
Western world urged to feed China amid famine risk
The Toronto Daily Star argues there are millions starving in China while Western nations burn surplus coffee in Brazil plow excess pork in the United States and destroy beef to cut surpluses. It urges charitable food aid to China with repayment in years of plenty.
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Brazil
United States
Canada
China
Toronto Daily Star
Canada Butter and Cheese Consumption in 1935
Provisional estimates show Canada each person consumed 30.91 pounds of butter and 3.61 pounds of cheese in 1935. Total butter 338,396,970 pounds and cheese 39,572,341 pounds were disposed of. 1934 per capita butter was 31.12 pounds.
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Canada
English School A scheme for public school in Egypt
The Egyptian Prime Minister Aly Maher Pasha sponsors a plan to establish a public school in Egypt modeled on Eton and Harrow. English masters will run it, with up to 240 students of whom 60 are to be scholars and the rest sons of wealthy families. Deer antlers are composed of the same material as hair.
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Egypt
Eton
Harrow
Aly Maher Pasha
Germany Sells Many Commercial Airplanes in Far East Sale
Germany begins a large sale of commercial aircraft in the Far East, offering a substantial number of aircraft to buyers in Asia. The move signals a significant distribution of European aviation assets abroad and reflects shifting market opportunities in the region.
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Germany
Far East
Possible Cure for Epilepsy Through Frontal Lobe Surgery
An electrical detection method developed at Harvard Medical School traced brain wave patterns during seizures to the frontal lobe, suggesting this area may be removable to treat epilepsy without harming mind function. Researchers Lennox Gibbs and Gibbs from Boston presented the findings at the American Medical Association meeting in Kansas City Missouri.
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American Medical Association
Kansas City
Harvard Medical School
Harvard
William G Lennox
Frederic A. Gibbs
Erna L. Gibbs
Boston
Canada records record sugar use in recent year
Canada consumed 981,109,960 pounds of sugar last year, per a tabled return by Trade Minister Euler in the House of Commons. The figure marks the highest level since 1931 when consumption reached 1,003,906,912 pounds.
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Canada
Euler
House of Commons
Strips Farming Grows in Saskatchewan Demo
Strip farming gains popularity in Saskatchewan with 600 to 700 farmers applying to the experimental farm at Indian Head for forage cover crop and rehab schemes. Seed is free but districts must form agricultural improvement associations and pledge to use strip farming methods cover crops and recommended tillage.
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Saskatchewan
Indian Head
Abasand Oils Plans $1.5 Million Tar Sand Plant
Abasand Oils Ltd announced at Edmonton that it will spend 1.5 million dollars to develop Fort Mc Murray tar sands. An initial separation plant and refinery will be in operation next year with about 50 men employed during construction and the same number needed when operations start, said A. J. Smith of Kansas City, vice president and general manager.
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Fort McMurray Tar Sands
Abasand Oils, Ltd
Edmonton
Alto
A. J. Smith
Kansas City, Mo
Miners Ordered to Clean Boots After Mud Gold Discovery
In the Rand district South Africa officials required gold miners to clean their boots before leaving shifts. Mud from footwear was collected and assayed yielding $350 in gold for the company.
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Rand
South Africa
First Crochet Then Weave Away Pattern 5598
Easy article design combining filet crochet with weaving. Provides charts, directions, material needs, and stitch illustrations for chair backs scarfs luncheon and doilies. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern 5598.
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Household Arts
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Potato Disease Spurs Treatment Before Planting
Edmonton and University of Alberta studies confirm that treating scarf infected potatoes before planting reduces disease spread and boosts yield. Corrosive sublimate soaking at 25 gallons of water, with duration based on scarf amount, destroys the sclerotinia on tubers.
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Canada
Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology
Edmonton
University of Alberta
Edmonton Laboratory
Rest and Irritation From Sleepless Study At USC
In a USC study three students stayed awake fifty four and a half hours for tests. Findings show longer wakefulness increases irritability and aggression. The piece likens global leaders kept awake by mobilizations to exhausted minds, citing frequent speeches and reviews as signs of fatigue.
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University of Southern California
New York Times
Special horticulture advice for gardens near smelter site
John Walker from the agriculture extension service provided Buds and planters with guidance to raise flowers and vegetables to withstand fumes from the Hudson Bay Mining and Smelter Co. smelter. The Fin Filion Horticultural Society at Filton Flow will host short courses and stage exhibitions with open entry for Saskatchewan enthusiasts.
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Hudson Bay Mining and Smelter Co
Fin Filion Horticultural Society
John Walker
Department of Agriculture Extension Service
Filton Flow
Saskatchewan
Great War Letter Reaches Wife After 20 Years
A muddy Somme letter written by a soldier to his wife before the 1916 offensive was delivered in London after lying in an unknown post office for two decades.
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Somme
London
Prince Rupert Drops Stay Strong Till Tail Tip Breaks
When blown glass drops are cooled in water they resist hammer blows but a single tiny tail tip fracture causes the whole drop to shatter into powder, illustrating a fragile balance of internal stress.
Omaha doctors perform rare skull operation on child
Physicians in Omaha Nebraska operated for five and a half hours to remove a tumor from 3 year old Harriet Zalkin’s pituitary gland. They cut a hole in her skull and lifted the brain to access the tumor. Harriet fell ill six months ago and has now been sent home apparently in good health.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Harriet Zalkin
Harriet
Oil Search Restarts Near High River Alberta
Work resumes in the Pekisko hills near High River Alberta as a drill well previously halted at 3 480 feet is brought back online. A gas flow of 4 000 000 cubic feet per day was recorded, with the site near King Edward VIII’s ranch.
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Pekisko Hills
Edward VIII
High River
Alta
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