Factories Spread Across Western Canada Prairie Provinces
Industrial growth rises in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with 2210 factories and an invested capital of 233 million. Manitoba leads with 132.7 million in output, Alberta 83.4 million, Saskatchewan 47.1 million. Key products include flour, meat, dairy, rolling stock, electric power, textiles, and petroleum.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Western
World Happenings Briefly Told
The NBC survey puts U S radio audience at 41 453 496. Major Tudhope visits prompt plan for Halifax government equipped airport. Luther Burbank’s former office building heads to Detroit for Ford museum exhibit. Turkey moves to abolish the title Pasha. Over 7 000 pieces of mail bound for Graf Zeppelin return flight at New York post office. Leong Ying, condemned inmate at San Quentin, found dead in his cell. Ontario liquor control act to see no changes next session. White Horse to Dawson air mail begins with Captain Stephens piloting 650 pounds of first class mail.
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United States
National Broadcasting Company
Halifax
Tudhope
Department of Civil Aviation
Luther Burbank
Detroit
Ford Historical Museum
Turkey
Fairchild
Greenfield and
Pickering
Royal Mail
Dawson
Ladies' Aid Rummage Sale Announced
The minister invites all ladies of the congregation to a rummage sale on Wednesday evening and asks them to bring their husbands. A separate court exchange notes a lawyer thanking his counsel with a quip about five years.
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Aid
Canadian Club Holds Ottawa Meeting Elects Cowan Chairman
The executive committee of the Association of Canadian Clubs gathered in Ottawa for its autumn session to plan extended speaker itineraries, enlarge the Canadian Club Magazine, and expand radio programmes. G. Cowan of Ottawa was re elected chairman. Katherine Evans joins the permanent staff, daughter of MLA W Sanford Evans. The group aims to stage 1000 meetings across 120 clubs and to use radio for club addresses and concerts. A National Canadian Club Radio committee will be formed at the next meeting.
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Canadian Club
Ottawa
Association of Canadian Clubs
C. G. Cowan
Katherine Evans
Winnipeg
W. Sanford Evans
M.L.A
Canadian Club Movement
Dominion
London Garage Pit Lets Car Rise On Demand
London engineers unveil a ground level garage in a concrete pit with a platform and canopy. Press button control raises and lowers the car from inside the house making a weatherproof, burglar proof and convenient storage solution.
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London
Charmingly youthful floral frock pattern No 1629
Charmingly youthful frock features a scalloped bodice with short kimono sleeves or long gathered sleeves, convertible collar, and front tie. Misses sizes 16 18 20 years. Fabric yardages and View A B details given. Pattern price 25 cents. Fashion Book priced 10 cents.
Prove It For Yourself Puzzle Reveals Family Math
A playful dialogue outlines a math trick that encodes numbers of living brothers and sisters, dead siblings, and total deaths through a sequence of arithmetic steps. The exchange ends with a joke about bachelorhood lasting 28 years and choosing to keep the single life.
Death tolls of British Empire in World War I revealed
The 1928 Imperial War Graves Commission annual report records 1,019,882 British casualties. Breakdown shows United Kingdom 765,437 Indian Empire 62,327 Canada 56,813 Australia 59,540 New Zealand 16,729 South Africa 7,130 Newfoundland 1,333 and other possessions 50,573. France and Belgium 739,447. East Africa 56,585. Mesopotamia 50,489. Dardanelles 41,904. Egypt and Palestine 24,301. Macedonia 10,700. Russia and other theatres 10,069. Italy 2,167. lost at sea 40,932. unspecified 43,288.
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Imperial War Graves Commission
United Kingdom
Indian Empire
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Newfoundland
France
Belgium
East Africa
Mesopotamia
Dardanelles
Egypt
Palestine
Macedonia
Russia
Italy
British Trade Forecast Tied to Hudson Bay Route
A. M. Wiseman deputy trade commissioner in Winnipeg predicts the Hudson Bay trans Atlantic route will boost British sales to the Canadian prairies, likening its impact to the Panama Canal on trade with British Columbia. His office promotes British goods in Canada under the Overseas Trade department in London.
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Hudson Bay
The
Prairies
Panama Canal
British Columbia
A. M. Wiseman
Winnipeg
Mr. Wiseman
Canada
Department of Overseas Trade
London
Sirloin and Bacon Surprise
Betty Barclay offers a meat bake using sirloin, bread crumbs, evaporated milk, egg, lemon juice, salt, cheese, pimiento, green peppers, olives and bacon. Soak bread, mix with wet and dry ingredients, form balls, wrap in bacon, and bake at a moderate oven for about 30 minutes yielding five servings.
Orange Peel Butter Sugar Cookies
Cream butter and sugar with orange rind until light. Dissolve soda in cold water and add to orange juice. Alternate adding flour to the first mixture until combined. Spread on a well buttered sheet in a thin layer and bake in a moderate oven. When baked, cut into squares and roll each hot square over a wooden spoon handle before placing on a doily covered plate.
Boxing Lesson Turns Student to Stand Up
A young man seeking boxing instruction is knocked down by a half hook in his first bout. The veteran instructor smiles and says there are a dozen other ways to stand up, teaching resilience and technique.
One Dish Dinner Idea for a SixPerson Meal
A simple bake combines macaroni carrots and ham with a seasoned white sauce. Layer cooked pasta and ham with carrots and seasonings in a greased dish, cover with bread crumbs, and bake for about 40 minutes.
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Borden's
German Shepherd Breaks Human 153 Mile Albany to New York Swim
A German shepherd swam 153 miles from Albany to New York in 44 hours 52 minutes, beating the human record by about five hours. The dog swam in two-hour stretches and wore grease like other swimmers. A University of Chicago professor, invited to address a club, spoke on “The Need of Education,” with the next day’s headline noting the speech’s focus.
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Albany
New York
University of Chicago
Butter and cheese stocks fall in Canada due to high export demand
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Oct 1 butter stocks at 29,129,000 pounds, down from 38,009,000 a year before and 32,175,000 on the five year average. Cheese stocks total 27,793,000 pounds, down 7,977,000 from last year. Lower stocks blamed on higher export cheese prices prompting more cheese production and rapid exports.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Decline in Canadian Imports of American Potatoes
Washington statistics show Canada reduced imports of American potatoes from 919 783 bushels in 1924 to 479 596 bushels in 1927 due mainly to rising potato production in the Dominion.
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Washington
Canada
Dominion
Conveys Mail Underground Links London Subsurface Route
The railway beneath London runs six and a half miles from Whitechapel to Paddington, handling about 850 journeys daily at an average speed of 20 miles an hour. A student is arrested and the officer replies that ignorance is no excuse.
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London
Whitechapel
Paddington
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