Oxford club to explore Akpatok Island in Ungava Bay
The Oxford University Exploration Club sails from Liverpool with an auxiliary schooner to St John’s Newfoundland and then up the Labrador coast to Akpatok Island. Leader H M Clutterbuck aims to survey ecology biology botany geology and topography of the uninhabited island, building on Spitzbergen work.
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Oxford University Exploration Club
Liverpool
St. John's
Newfoundland
Labrador
Akpatok Island
Ungava E Bay
The
London Times
Hudson
Desire Pre- Voketh
Robert Bell
Canadian Geological Survey
Northwest Passage
Seaboard
H. M. Clutterbuck
Akpatok
Spitzbergen
Three or Four Paths to European Recovery
Senator Borah argues in New York Nation that Europe’s recovery hinges on revising Versailles, readjusting reparations, recognizing Russia, and achieving drastic disarmament. He warns Germany cannot pay and disarmament awaits a settled Russian issue, condemning the era as a fool’s paradise drifting toward rapids.
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Europe
Russia
United States
Germany
Senator Borah
New York Nation
Increased Trade With Orient
A Dominion Bureau of Statistics report surveys Canadian trade with Japan and China, noting China's unsettled situation and Japan’s banking collapse four years prior. It highlights potential for expansion in the Orient and shows Canada’s exports increasing since trade records began, despite fluctuations.
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Japan
China
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Egg Shipment to Britain and Butter Export From British Columbia
A BC report notes 5661 cases of eggs shipped from New Westminster to Britain and an export of 5516 boxes of butter also bound for the same market. The piece then shifts to unrelated workplace dialogue and wartime gadgetry about a gas designed to stop aircraft engines.
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New Westminster
Great Britain
Coffee as a slow poison joke quoted in Lustige Blaetter
A quip from Lustige Blaetter attributed to Berio features the line Coffee is slow poison. The retort Very slow doctor I have taken it for eighty years adds irony about longevity and habit.
English Common In Japan and Chima in a Globe editorial
Rev Jesse Arnup argues Colonel Lindbergh did not leave English behind in Asia He notes English signage in Japan China and Korea and says travelers found English understood across distant regions He recalls traveling 1600 miles up the Yangtse and along Peiping to Moukden with English serving as a common medium among Russians Japanese and Chinese
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Toronto Globe
Colonel Lindbergh
Asia
Jesse Arnup
Canada
China
Japan
Lindbergh
Tokio
Yangtse
Peiping
Pekin
Moukden
Manchuria
Korea
Straits
Monkden
Poultry Field Days Draw Thousands Across Saskatchewan
A total of 5019 people attended the 86 poultry field days held across Saskatchewan in June and July. Delegates from the poultry division of the Department of Agriculture led demonstrations on farms with established poultry success, using models and charts to address production challenges.
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Saskatchewan
Poultry Division
Department of Agriculture
Reforestation Plans Consider Commission for Alberta Forests
Alberta government eyes a temporary commission to survey conservation and reforestation needs. The plan, announced by acting premier George Hoadley, would cover forest preservation soil drift prevention and dam construction in southern creeks. Early rising note ends the item with a moral.
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Alberta
George Hoadley
The Oldest Prepared Food
A historical note on cheese as a staple across cultures. French cuisine relies on cheese, Dutch markets auction vast quantities in Alkmaar, and traditions surround cheese consumption vary. Nutrition studies by the USDA show cheese digestibility ranges from 90 to 99 percent, debunking myths about its effects on dreams or meals.
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Paris
Alkmaar
Holland
Lohengrin
United States Department of Agriculture
Farmers must cut costs to return to normal profit
G I Christie principal of Ontario Agricultural College told Calgary board of trade that taxes on farm land raise production costs and that farmers should cut expenditures. He urged selling at cost plus a small profit and criticized idle high priced machinery left to rust in fields.
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G. I. Christie
Ontario Agricultural College
Calgary
Board of Trade
Christie
Ontario
Dinner for Three Digestion for One Fable of Three Snakes
Frederick William Fitzsimons, longtime Port Elizabeth snake park chief, photographed a dramatic feeding as a green frog is swallowed first by a schaapstecker and a night adder, then by a Cape cobra that engulfs all three prey in a single gulp. The Three Snakes chase ends with the cobra triumphing as its venom wins the day.
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Frederick William Fitzsimons
Snake Park
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
London Graphic
Great Future Seen for Hudson Bay Fishing Industry
John Ingebrechtson and his crew of eight sailed a 30 foot fishing smack over Hudson Bay this summer. Four net samples from the bay were sent to The Pas with a letter describing experiences. He notes pink salmon as the most prolific and high quality species encountered.
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Hudson Bay
John Ingebrechtson
Canada
Pas
Edna Farber on the Younger Generation in America
Pulitzer prize winner Edna Farber calls the youth of America a twelve year old permanently and dismisses world problems with a curt oh yeah. She suggests starting from scratch to fix the current state of society.
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America
Edna Farber
Safe Week End Trip From Front Of House
Instructions describe a weekend trip starting at the front of a house, driving north then two rights, continuing to a cross street, passing a traffic light, and returning to the house. The plan ends with parking in the garage and staying inside until Monday morning.
Church revamp aims to lure youth with bright decor
Orange carpets, green pews and painted walls adorn St John’s Church England. The vicar hopes the vivid interior will attract younger people to attend services and become more involved in church life.
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St. John’s Church
England
Not Six Or Eight Out on the Farm
A fragment describes gender roles and a rough farming scene with men and women in rural life. It mentions cutting big pies into four pieces to manage a male recipient. The text reads like a blunt, dialect heavy excerpt from a historical regional piece.
Were Not Always Writers
Regina Daily Star notes that many famous authors did varied, modest work before writing success. It cites Sherwood Anderson, Stella Benson, Masefield, Walter de la Mare, Algernon Blackwood, Sinclair Lewis, James Joyce, Knut Hamsun, W S Gilbert, and Eric Maria Remarque as examples. The piece argues talent and persistence can reach literary achievement despite humble beginnings.
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Masefield
Britain
Greenwich Village
Walter de la Mare
Algernon Blackwood
Sinclair Lewis
James Joyce
Knut Hansum
W. S. Gilbert
Eric Maria Remarque
Regina
Money and Marriage Age Tied to Family Status
A study by Frank W. Notestein of the Millbank Memorial Fund analyzes 17,876 white women to show that a bride’s age rises with family status. City professionals marry around 24, business families around 23, workers about 21, and rural brides around 20 to 22 depending on farm ownership.
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Frank W. Notestein
Millbank Memorial Fund
England Is Still England
England remains a symbol of national character and trusted credit. The Ottawa Journal argues Britain’s financial reliability rests on centuries of fair trade, honest business, and stable institutions, regardless of governing party, as debt payment norms endure.
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England
Britain
London
New York
Ottawa Journal
Trade Treaty Talks Between South Africa and Canada
Dr. Botha, South Africa's trade representative in New York, met in Ottawa to discuss a trade treaty between the dominions. Negotiations show good prospects the agreement will be consummated. Canada exports mainly automobiles trucks rubber goods and agricultural implements while importing fruit hides and manganese ore from South Africa.
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Botha
New York
Ottawa
Dominions
Canada
South Africa
Getting Out Of It
A fragmented exchange shows a character challenging a local paper over alleged insults. The editor defends the paper as not printing stale news while a hint of a past failure and mismatched details emerges.
Courtesy On The Highways Courtesy On The Highways
J Mercer Denholm, Blenheim News-Tribune editor, spoke at Chatham Ontario on English highway courtesy learned during a motor trip in England. He noted drivers there yield and signal, avoid cutting in, and consider others safety, contrasting with faster American driving. The piece extols courtesy as a lesson from the Motherland.
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J. Mercer Denholm
Blenheim News-Tribune
Chatham
Ont
Denholm
England
Blenheim
New Idea About Death Explores Life as Explosive Decay
Dr W W Lepeschkin reports in the Quarterly Review of Biology that living matter rests on unstable compounds akin to explosives that decompose under slight stimuli. He notes yeast death emits heat and that only near absolute zero could decomposition be halted. He says a vital principle would depart due to the explosions, not cause death.
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W. W. Lepeschkin
Quarterly Review of Biology
German Scientist Claims Coal Includes Synthetic White Egg
Professor Wilhelm Glung has spent fifteen years studying coal and its derivatives. He argues that buying a ton of coal also means obtaining a considerable quantity of syn thetic white of egg.
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Wilhelm Glung
Thunder storm awe and sun energy in daily life
A reflection on how belief and reverence in a Supreme Being during daily life would shape society and the idea that sun energy delivers about 265 000 000 horsepower per day to Earth.
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Earth
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