Probable Cutworm Warning for Western Canada Crops
Dominion Entomologist warns of probable cutworm damage next year within a defined area from Coutts to Estevan and west of Estevan border. Worst outbreaks near Lethbridge Drumheller Kindersley Saskatoon Assiniboia and within 100 miles of Regina. Save fields by preventing soil crust break between Aug 1 and Sept 15.
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L. Seaman
Dominion
Lethbridge
Coutts
Alberta
MacLeod
Calgary
Carstairs
Elnora
Consort
Wilkie
Saskatchewan
Rosetown
Lanigan
Touchwood
Grenfell
International Border Line
Estevan
Drumheller
Kindersley
Saskatoon
Assiniboia
Seaman
Searle Grain Company
Canada
Empire Industries Exhibition Planned for Vancouver 1936
Announcement says arrangements are underway to hold the British Empire Industries Exhibition in Vancouver in 1936. The British, Canadian and many other governments have agreed to participate with business organizations in Canada and other countries pledging strong support.
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Vancouver
Canada
Soviet imitates leather from paper and chemicals
Soviet inventors develop a leatherlike material from paper and chemicals touted as strong elastic and highly waterproof. The new compound aims to boost boot and shoe output to meet demand from a population of 163 million.
Neighbor Seeks Wallet Left Behind at Local Eatery
Fragmentary quote points to two neighbors in a dining spot who misplaced a wallet. Source sample appears from Nagels Lustige Welt, Bertin, with unclear language and attribution.
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Bertin
Cat at Post Office Launches Ramsay MacDonald Rise
The St. Thomas Times-Journal recounts how a post office cat at Euston Station licked a stamp, inspiring a Times story about Ramsay MacDonald. The tale links MacDonald to a dramatic career turning point and likens his rise to Richard Whittington’s legendary path to lord mayor.
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Richard Whittington
London
James Hamesay MacDonald
Great Britain
Mr. MacDonald
Lossiemouth
Elgin County
Scotland
MacDonald
Times
British Empire
Robert Bruce
Ramsay MacDonald
St. Thomas
Hawks Sets 30th Speed Record With Havana Flight
Captain Frank M. Hawks and the Mystery S set another air speed record after a New York to Havana round trip in 17 hours 2 minutes 50 seconds. The return 1 400 miles in 7 hours 31 minutes lowered Hawks previous mark by 1 hour 13 minutes, averaging 197 mph for the voyage. Hawks reclaimed his record at Floyd Bennett Airport despite James G. Hall’s Havana photos protest flight, Gay.
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Frank M. Hawks
Hawks
New York
Havana
Floyd Bennett Airport
James G. Hall
Hall
Australian Premier Seizes Export Flour
Premier Lang orders seizure of 1000 tons of flour meant for shipment abroad to feed the unemployed. Government contract for dole bread announced but master bakers refuse to supply at the fixed price. Flour millers yeast makers and delivery groups back the bakers leaving jobless without bread.
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Lang
The Early Chauffeur During the French Revolution
A band of brigands known as chauffeurs terrorized provinces from the Rhine to northern and central France. They earned their name for burning the soles of victims' feet to coerce money or information.
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Rhine
France
Peru’s Central Railway Stands as World’s Highest Line
The Central Railway of Peru reaches 16 806 feet above sea level and spans 150 miles with 61 bridges and 67 tunnels. Built over 24 years from 1865 to 1892, it marked a remarkable engineering achievement. Alaska’s coastline exceeds 15 000 miles in length.
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Central Railway
Peru
Philadelphia dealer seeks rare books in Hudson Bay posts
Herman S. Johnstone of Philadelphia travels from The Pas toward Churchill to locate rare 17th and 18th century books said to be in isolated Hudson’s Bay Company libraries along the Bay coast. He plans visits to York Factory Churchill Port Nelson Moose Factory in search of first editions once shipped to company employees.
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Herman S. Johnstone
Philadelphia
Pas
Churchill
Hudson's Bay Company
Bay Coast
Ungava
Europe
Johnstone
York Factory
Port Nelson
Moose Factory
Company of Gentlemen Adventurers
Hudson Bay
Empire marksman cs 266 at Bisley King’s Hundred
Sergeant Cecil William Foam of Montreal returns from Bisley Canada Team with strong Bisley record. He scored 266 overall and placed 67th in the King’s Hundred inaugural shots. Foam, Black Watch, serves in the 42nd Battalion Royal Highlanders of Canada and works at Canadian Pacific Railway’s Angus Shops.
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Bisley
England
Cecil William Foam
Montreal
Dominion
Empire
Royal Highlanders of Canada
The
Black Watch
Canadian Pacific Railway
Angus
Clay deposits spark interest in Canadian china ware
Interest grows in manufacturing china tableware in Canada with imports valued at about 4 500 000 annually. Source notes that essential clays exist in the Dominion and that Southern Saskatchewan holds excellent deposits suitable for production near major markets, despite proximity gaps.
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Canada
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Remarkable twin-driver truck joins Detroit Windsor tunnel service
A versatile emergency vehicle entered service for the new Detroit Windsor tunnel. The truck features dual steering wheels facing opposite directions for rapid entry and exit, can tow a car without turning, and carries 12 hand extinguishers and a 600 gallon power driven extinguisher. It also houses gas masks and revival apparatus for asphyxiated cases.
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New International
Detroit
Windsor
European businessmen seek calm retreat in Jerusalem
tired and worried business men of Europe travel to Jerusalem for rest. the city earns a reputation as a quiet refuge where money buys much, food is affordable, climate tolerable, and many restrictions found in western countries are absent.
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Europe
Jerusalem
Long gasoline pipeline from Oklahoma fields to Chicago
Six smaller oil firms join to push a refined gasoline line under the earth from Oklahoma wells to Chicago via a six inch pipe 1400 miles long. Centrifugal pumps at the source and at 50 mile intervals sustain the flow, supplementing traditional tank car and crude oil piping methods used by larger companies.
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Oklahoma
Chicago
Spain to reenter market for Canadian wheat next year
A. B. Muddiman, Canadian Trade Commissioner for Spain, reports Spain will reenter the market for Canadian and foreign wheat next year due to an estimated drop of over 18 million bushels in Canada's current crop. Spain's harvest is seen at about 128 million bushels this year, down from nearly 147 million last year.
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Spain
A. B. Muddiman
Department of Trade and Commerce
Muddiman
Double Duty Pawnshops Aid Travel Luggage for Students
Chinese students use pawnshops to store luggage during summer breaks. Interior students pawn items for small sums to secure storage and pocket a bit of vacation money to request from parents. Census shows 1 942 people in the United States are both blind and deaf.
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United States
Saint Patrick May Have Been Manxman
Canon Quine, a Manx Celtic scholar, suggested St. Patrick may have been a Manxman who later went to Ireland. The piece notes no evidence he set foot on Manx soil, and records are lacking for the founding of St. Patrick's Isle cathedral near Peel.
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St. Patrick
Canon Quine
Isle of Man
Ireland
Quine
Manxland
Manx
St. Patrick's Isle
Peel
Find the person who doesn’t talk about the good old days
A Vancouver Sun opinion note recalls the appeal of the past with cozy images of coal oil fires, single fireplaces, hitching posts, covered wagons, and a footpath from Vancouver to English Bay. The piece notes many long for memory but not a return to those days.
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Vancouver
English Bay
Vancouver Sun
Autostradas built to speed traffic across Italy
Italian authorities have constructed new arterial roads named autostradas to match rising traffic speeds. Ninety miles per hour is permitted on these roads and all intersecting routes are crossed by bridges or tunnels, removing accident risks.
Canadian automobile output in June totals 6835 cars
Output reached 6835 vehicles in June, including 5583 passenger cars and 1252 trucks. At a 228 car daily rate, 5720 were for sale in Canada while 1115 were destined for export. Jugoslavia will add more air lines.
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Canada
Jugoslavia
Senate Probes Beauharnois Case Amid Bitter Debate
The article reports a Senate inquiry into the Beauharnois situation with urban and rural critics sparring over bias. A city man likens butter to yellow tones while a farmer counters that some city folks are greener than others, illustrating partisan tensions.
Crested Wheat Grass Could Transform Prairie Grazing
Prairies may gain a new forage grass, crested wheat grass, developed by Prof. E. L. Kirk now Dominion Agrostologist. Trials showed high feed value, earlier spring growth, and deep roots. seed shortages mean imports from the United States to boost pasture planting.
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Prairies
E. L. Kirk
University of Saskatchewan
Dominion
Canada
Robert Weir
United States
Exchange Wheat For Fish Aid to Maritime Fishermen
Dr E H Oliver is urged by the United Church general secretary in Halifax to back a two way trade. The plan calls for a government run Churchill to maritime ports boat service to move fish and coal east and wheat west. The proposal notes fishermen lack buyers and get only a cent a pound. It asks Premier Anderson and Saskatchewan to act as purchasing agents for the cargoes.
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Maritime Provinces
Western Canada
Hudson Bay
E. H. Oliver
United Church of Canada
Halifax
N.S
Dr. Hamer
Churchill
Maritime
United Farmers of Canada
J. T. M. Anderson
Saskatchewan
March Of Progress Wholesale Move Near Atwood Michigan
The State Highway Department will shift a row of homes and businesses fifty feet to clear a new twenty foot concrete highway in Atwood Michigan. A church, two stores, a garage and about a dozen residences will be relocated to widen the road and improve traffic flow.
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Atwood
Michigan
State Highway Department
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HG. L. Strange
Winnipeg
Bers
Empire Industries
Ww. N. U
Cat
Rameay MacDonald
Alaska
Hudson Bay Company
North
Fmpire
Sergeant Foam
Italy
Auto Roads
Automobile Production
Senate
Ottawa
House of Commons
Canadian Senate
George P. Graham
Raoul Dandurand
F. L. Beique
C. E. Tanner
C. P Beaubien
W. A. Groesbach
Die Muskete
Vienna
Maritimes
Michigan Village
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