Islands On Atlantic Coast Slowly Washed Away Claim
Prince Edward Island and the Magdalen Islands are eroding along the Gulf of St. Lawrence coast, says H. L. Leadman of the Cartier survey ship. Old Harry Head is retreating 20 to 30 feet yearly as soft red sandstone sinks, while PEI rivers threaten to cut the island in two. natural defenses slow the loss in places. The Cartier, surveying since 1910, maps 12 600 square miles and uses echo sounding and aerial photography to chart coastlines and shoals for safer sea lanes.
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Prince Edward Island
Magdalen Islands
Cartier
Harry Head
Coffin Island
Hillsboro
Nature
Maritime
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Charlottetown
Cape Breton Island
Newfoundland
Anticosti
Leadman
St. Paul's Island
Cape Breton
Admiralty
Cape Whittle
Labrador
Gulf
Problem For Hostess Mrs Hancock Milk Crisis
A Boston Transcript note recalls Mrs John Hancock wife of Massachusetts governor facing a dinner with Admiral and 300 officers. Unable to obtain milk quickly she ordered servants to milk cows on the Common and summon any complainers, a plan that amused local cow owners and drew no protests.
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Massachusetts
Boston Transcript
John Hancock
Bay State
Boston
Made Good Impression By A New Ten Dollars Bill
A young man passes a counterfeit ten at a store. The cashier scrutinizes the bill by light and texture, then completes the sale. She confides that the boss is watching, though she cannot tell if the note is fake.
Record Jewish Immigration Reaches New Palestine High
Palestine records a new immigration peak with 52000 Jews arriving in the first ten months of 1935. This surpasses the total for 1934 by about 10000, signaling rapid population growth and ongoing displacement concerns.
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Palestine
Mushroom sensitivity to temperature and moisture changes
The mushroom reacts strongly to shifts in temperature and moisture levels, indicating high sensitivity to environmental conditions.
Dairying Seen as Nation’s Lifeblood by Canadian Official
Allan C. Fraser, secretary manager of the National Dairy Council of Canada, urged close intelligent consideration for Canadian agriculture at a Montreal Canadian Club luncheon. He traced dairying from ancient Asia to 315,000 farmers today, with 3,500,000 milking cows and $200,000,000 yearly milk incomes, noting production imbalance between Quebec Ontario and the prairie provinces. He predicted eventual export dominance to solve these issues.
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Allan C. Fraser
National Dairy Council of Canada
Montreal
Fraser
Asia
Canada
Quebec
Ontario
Prairies
Mr. Fraser
Feeder Cattle Shipments Move East Under Dominion Policy
Cattle shipments under the Dominion Feeder Policy totaled over 2,000 head for September, moving feeder cattle from Western to Eastern Canada for fattening.
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Canada
Dominion
Excessive Road Speed Warns Against Unsafe Driving
Traffic experts agree speed is the main cause of highway accidents. Modern cars reach higher speeds on fine roads, but stopping distances grow with speed. Blame rests not on recklessness alone but on motorists who forget they may need a quicker stop at any moment.
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Baltimore Sun
Ducks Face Extinction Threat in North America
Harry C. Oberholser, senior biologist, says six duck types the shoveller redhead canvas back gadwell ruddy and buffer head are near extinction. Pollution from ship and plant oil waste, disease, and egg destruction by crows hasten their decline, discussed at the American Ornithologists Union session in Toronto.
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North America
Harry C. Oberholser
Washington
Toronto
Oberholser
Shoveller
Gadwell
Ruddy
Make This Dead Elephant Pattern for a Tiny Plush
Instructions and pattern 5461 describe sewing a ten inch tall elephant mascot using velveteen or a gay print. The project offers directions and lists material needs and a 20 cent postage for the pattern from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Fishermen Escape Whale Attack in Bay of Chaleur
James Daley and two Stonehaven fishermen recount a terrifying encounter as five 40 to 50 foot whales charged their 25 foot boat for about an hour in the Bay of Chaleur. They cut the anchor line to avoid capsizing, while scientists debate the ethics of research and the responsibility of scientists to society.
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Bay of
Chaleur
James Daley
Stonehaven
N.B
Daley
A. G. Church
British Science Guild
Association of Scientific Workers
British Association
Frederick Soody
Centennial of Chalk Invented by Dr. Francis F Field
One hundred years ago the classroom gained chalk thanks to Dr. Francis F. Field of Waltham Massachusetts who refined crude chalk into smooth sticks The blackboard and chalk have long supported education from kindergarten to university as a trusted pairing The Chinese saying one picture is worth ten thousand words honors the chalk and blackboard duo
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Francis F. Field
Waltham
Mass
England
Field
Dr. Field
ABC
Moon May Split Into Pieces Says Scientist
Sir James Jeans, head of the Royal Astronomical Society, predicts the moon will enter a danger zone near Earth and break apart in stages from two to eight segments. The fragments would form rings causing perpetual moonlight on the planet.
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James Jeans
Sir James
Royal Astronomical Society
Earth
Carnegie’s British reform plan failed in Britain
The text recalls Andrew Carnegie’s late idea that Britain must abandon the monarchy and church, adopt American-style institutions with a President, Senate, and Supreme Court, and he funded English publications to promote this reform. The effort, however, did not succeed.
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Andrew Carnegie
Great Britain
Germany
Senate
Supreme Court
Plants Tell Time By Opening Hours
Some plants open and close at definite hours each day, allowing fairly accurate time-telling by observing their behavior.
The Only Drawback in a Backwoods Dinner Table
Two old settlers discuss cooking after a drift from politics. One recalls owning a cookery book but failing to use it as they lament recipes always begin with Take a clean dish and end with little progress.
Locomotive for South African mountain line has six engines
An English built locomotive designed for a South African mountain railway features six independent engines. Any single engine can be disconnected in an emergency without reducing the remaining engines’ effectiveness.
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England
South Africa
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London
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Dairy Industry of Canada
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Alice Brooks
Sir Richard Gregory
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Norfolk
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