Canadian Bird Men Reach 920000 Mile Arctic Survey Feat
Flight Lieut Mawdesley led two seaplanes across the far north covering 20000 miles mapping virgin territory and conducting mineralogical and topographical surveys. The team, including Flight-Sergt Winny and C S Macdonald, logged thousands of photos and tested gear while discovering a device to counter magnetic pole effects on compasses.
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Ottawa
Canada
F. J. Mawdesley
H. J. Winny
C. S. Macdonald
Department of the Interior
Sergt. S C. Dearaway
Aklavik
Mackenzie River
Repulse Bay
Hudson Bay
Chesterfield Inlet
Hurchil
New Zealand Tops Canada 1929 Auto Exports
Canada filed 1929 export data showing New Zealand led overseas auto sales with 5 622 060 dollars, Australia 3 593 273, United Kingdom 4 289 182, and Argentina 3 905 085. Total exports reached 29 824 433 with strong contributions from dominions and the UK. Canadian auto production rose to 177 315 593 for the year.
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New Zealand
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Australia
United Kingdom
British South Africa
Dominions
Argentine Republic
Mink Shipment Sets Record Through British Columbia
Five hundred minks raised near Carcross Yukon Territory aboard the steamship Princess Louise arrive in Vancouver en route to Gothenburg Sweden and a few to the United States. The shipment, the largest mink consignment to pass through British Columbia, will supply wardrobes and mink-farm nuclei in both regions.
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Vancouver
Princess Louise
Alaska
British Columbia
George Simmons
Carcross
Yukon Territory
Gothenburg
Sweden
United States
Milady
Dairy Cattle Sweep Honors at Spokane Exhibition
E Ward Jones reports 18 Strathmore dairy cattle captured 16 firsts 10 seconds and all championship ribbons at the Washington Inter-State Livestock Exhibition in Spokane. Awards include male and female grand championships senior and junior female championships and the junior male championship. A note on tea history follows.
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Erighteen
Canadian Pacific
Strathmore
Washington
Tingey pattern for Paris created dresses for school wear
All Tingey models are created and sketched in Paris and patterns cut in New York. The pattern suits school wear with various materials for collar and cuffs, including velveteen, metal tissue, pique, linen, and washing silks. Sizes 8 to 14. ready for delivery. hand cut. 25 cents to Fashion Bureau.
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Paris
New York
First Empire Marketing Board shipment reaches Vancouver
The B C Provincial Department of Agriculture reports a shipment of 23 Kerry Hill sheep and 1 Red Poll bull sent from London to Vancouver under the Empire Marketing Board scheme via the Panama Canal. The convoy includes the first Kerry Hill stock to arrive in Canada, bred from Lord Barlech's Brogyntyn flocks in England, with a quarantine station in Vancouver ready on arrival.
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B.C
Department of Agriculture
F. A. Pauline
London
England
British Columbia
Empire Marketing Board
Panama Canal
Old Country
Vancouver
Vancouver Island
Lower Mainland
H. E. Wabey
Enderby
Canadian
Red Poll Breeders’ Association
Dominion
Canada
Chas. Eccleston
Victoria
Lord Barlech
Oswestry
Shropshire
Bert Eccleston
Canadians Probe Costs of Beryllium From Manitoba Beryl
Canadian officials reviewing a report on beryl deposits near Winnipeg to assess the extraction of beryllium for light metal alloys. A German firm’s tests suggest high costs relative to output, with Germany shifting focus to lithium. Officials note lithium is more common in Manitoba than beryl.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Early Ploughing Fights Weeds This Year
The sow thistle twitch grass and other troublesome weeds show no vitality after full sun exposure. Farmers have ploughed sod early and cultivated after harvest more than usual, fighting weeds even without a weed inspector's word.
Canadian wheat outlook softens fears for market and price
B. P. Alley of Bank of Commerce Western Canada says the wheat marketing and future prospects do not justify pessimism. He notes a measured positive view on price and farming outlook amid Arctic water trivia that seawater remains salty while ice formed is non saline.
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Canada
B. P. Alley
Fla
Bank of Commerce
Western
Appendicitis Death Toll in the United States 1928
The report notes that appendicitis caused more than 18 000 deaths across the United States in 1928. It highlights the impact of acute abdominal illness on public health and urges attention to diagnosis and treatment improvements.
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United States
Sodium Sulphite Plant Progress At Horse Shoe Lake Sask
A Saskatchewan Provincial Bureau report touts the Horse Shoe Lake sodium sulphate plant near Ormiston on the CPR Amulet branch. The Horse Shoe Mining Company Limited, backed by Barnum Reduction Company and International Nickel, is expanding output from about 100 tons per day to meet booming demand. The operation employs about 7,000 dollars monthly payroll and ships 150 cars of 45 tons to International Nickel, with no outside orders accepted.
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Horse Shoe Lake
Ormiston
Sask
C.P.R
Saskatchewan Provincial Bureau of Publications
Horse Shoe Mining Company, Limited
Barnum Reduction Company
Charleston
West Virginia
International Nickel Company of Canada
International Nickel Company
Polar stations aim to forecast seasons years ahead
Sir Hubert Wilkins, Arctic explorer, outlined plans to establish meteorological stations near both poles to secure information for long term forecasts. He reviewed recent polar work and discussed involv ing Arctic exploration by submarine next summer in an address to the Canadian Geographical Society.
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Poles
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Canadian Geographical Society
Sir Hubert
Arctic
Dachshund Brought For Kids Stirs Lighthearted Debate
Mr Spinkes questions the purchase of a dachshund for the children and Mr Links replies that the dog allows everyone to pet him at once. The exchange captures a humorous family moment and practical reasoning.
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Mr. Spinkes
Mr. Links
Three Record Breakers From Alberta Dairy Farm
Three cows at Canadian Pacific Railway Strathmore experiments farm in Alberta produced 77 460 pounds of milk and 2 902 pounds of butter in the year. Averaging 25 820 pounds of milk per cow, they beat Canada’s 1929 best by 2 000 pounds. The three, Mona Pontiac Walker Rose Echo Warwick and Laura Fremona, were bred on Ontario farms, sired by the same bull, and purchased as heifers. Production reflects strong development and care, with winter feeding focused on roughage and limited grain before freshening.
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Alberta
Mona Pontiac Walker
Rose Echo Warwick
Laura Fremona
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Strathmore
Ontario
Canadian Pacific
E. W. Jones
Railway
Discrepancies in Russian Wheat Exports to Britain Explored
London and Liverpool reports diverge on how much Russian wheat reached British ports between January and September. Estimates range from 150000 to 450000 tons with ongoing efforts to tally shipments via Istanbul. Analysts note trade agencies and Soviet controls complicate totals while prewar patterns show Russia as a major exporter.
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London
England
Great Britain
Liverpool
United Kingdom
Russia
Istanbul
Black Sea
British
Europe
United States
United States Farm Board
Canada
Banana logic from a Sacramento Valley schoolboy
A Sacramento Valley student humorously contrasts bananas and sausages in a Japanese descriptions lesson. The boy claims bananas are a pristine vegetable product from nature and notes sausages are connected to other sausages and eaten with the skins, while bananas are held aloft during consumption.
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Los Angeles Times
Sacramento Valley
Skim Milk Boosts Egg, Weight Gain in Hens Study
G A Langelier of Cap Rouge Experimental Station reports five winter tests November to February showing Barred Rocks fed skimmed milk laid more eggs and gained weight versus beef scrap. He notes beef scrap is worth nine times skim milk weight for weight valuing, with skim milk priced at 20 cents per 1000 pounds. He estimates 1006 layers need 12 to 14 quarts daily, stresses consistency of sour or sweet milk and to prevent freezing.
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G. A. Langelier
Cap Rouge Experimental Station
Tired man misreads 4 am for 2 pm call at hotel
A worn man at a midtown hotel asked to be called at 2 p m after a 4 am request. He slept fourteen hours, then complained to the manager that the call hadn’t come. The telephone girl pointed out he still had twenty hours to wait.
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Midtown
Soviet Union buys 100 carloads of harvesters
Soviet Russia plans to acquire 100 carloads of combine harvesters as part of its agricultural development program. Production of window glass has been introduced in Mexico, signaling expanded manufacturing output.
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Soviet Russia
Mexico
Early Canadian shipbuilding and the rise of an industry
The narrative notes Pont-Grave's 1606 two vessel build at Port Royal Nova Scotia as the first Canadian shipbuilding. It credits Walon with industrializing the trade in 1665, when 350 men among a population under 7,000 were employed in building wooden vessels.
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Canada
Pont-Grave
Port Royal
Annapolis Royal
Nova Scotia
DeMonts
Walon
France
Crossing beat leads to autopsy in grim tale
The excerpt centers on a tense moment around a crossing where a character known as the gert attempts to outrun the Limited. A grim warning about influence frames the dialogue as a suggestion of consequences. A later quip concerns fearing the lake overflowing its banks if they fall in.
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Gert
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Yukon
C.P.R. Strathmore Farms
Spokane
China
Alla
Stockholm
Ww. N. U
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Eva A. Tingey
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg Pattern No
Antarctic
Saskatchewan
Britain
Hummel
Hamburg
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