British Empire urged to lead trans Atlantic airship link to Canada
Sir Dennistoun Burney urged Canada to back a Great Britain to Canada airship service with a fleet capable of 6000 miles and 100 passengers. He proposed a 48 hour winter mail and passenger route via emergency bases, aiming for launch before the German-American service. He called for a Canadian business committee to form a proposal for government and finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
British Empire
Great Britain
Germany
Huo Eckener
Dennistoun Burney
Denistoun
Ottawa
London
England
Dennistoun
India
Australia
Bennett
King
Hugo Eckener
United States
Montreal
Sir Dennistoun
Toronto
Woman Plans Revolver Attack Amid Matrimonial Strife
A woman declares intent to shoot her husband using a revolver. She notes the husband does not know of the planned act and presses the claim that his lack of knowledge matters. The dialogue implies a domestic crisis behind the threat. Hurricanes in the West Indies are mentioned as a separate weather note about unusual bird sightings on small islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
Frozen-egg plants in Shanghai operate at capacity
Shanghai egg plants run at full capacity as workers reflect on lost opportunities from early jobs. Pages Gaies of Yverdon recalls a line about preferring holidays before starting work, illustrating a lingering trade culture clash across continents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Airship Travelers Shower Beds Among Comforts Planned
Sir Dennistoun Pur ney told Montreal's Advertising Club that shower baths will be one of the comforts of future airships. The R-100 saved 12 820.50 dollars in hydrogen by gathering 4.4 tons of water from rain and clouds on its Canada flight. Helium is favored for lifting gas, and Canadian geologists see strong helium prospects near Hudson Bay and Labrador for Europe Canada airship service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennistoun Purney
Advertising Club of
Montreal
Canada
Hudson's Bay
Labrador
Europe
Shaw to Publish Early Novel in Collected Works
George Bernard Shaw returns as a fictionist with his first novel written 41 years ago to be issued in September. Publisher William H. Wise announced the work will be included in a five volume Shaw collection to be released in London and New York. Shaw was 23 when he wrote Imaturity which was rejected by about 60 publishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bernard Shaw
William H. Wise
New York
Shaw
London
Wise
United States
Very French Capelet Frock For Wee Maids Style No 2549
A delicate French influenced capelet frock suitable for playtime or dress up in buttercup yellow organdie with scalloped trim and cocoa brown bias organza. Two shoulder bows replaced by pearl buttons. offered in orchid gingham and plain orchid. Sizes 2, 4, 6 years. pattern price 25 cents. Pattern Department.
Reindeer Restocking Aims To Feed Eskimos In North
The North West Territories and Yukon branch study reindeer restocking as a natural food source for Eskimos. A E Porsild and brother R T Porsild led a government funded survey of western Arctic fodder, leading to a 3000 head purchase from Alaska and a trek toward Kittigazuit at the Mackenzie delta. The effort mirrors buffalo distribution to the North, hoping to stock areas west of Hudson Bay dependent on Arctic range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Arctic
North West Territories
Yukon
Department of the Interior
A. E. Porsild
Western Arctic
Hudson's Bay
Mr. Porsild
R. T. Porsild
Arctic
Loman Brothers
Alaska
Kittigazuit
MacKenzie River
North America
North West
Hudson Bay
Eskimos Play Golf at Eskimo Point North of Churchill
Rev Donald Marsh, a Saskatoon Emmanuel Theological College graduate and missionary to the Eskimos, returns north after a holiday. He introduced golf at Eskimo Point last year and this trip brings a stock of golf clubs balls and tees for the northern community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Donald Marsh
Emmanuel Theological College
Saskatoon
Mr. Marsh
Eskimo Point
Churchill
Montreal and Toronto Miss Beatrice Shand Chosen Principal
Miss Beatrice Shand of Montreal and Toronto is named principal of the international school for children of foreign residents in Tokio Japan. She will assume duties at the fall term opening September 15. She is an Acadia College graduate and has post graduate work at McGill University and training at Miss Hunters School New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Shand
Montreal
Toronto
International School For
Tokio
Japan
Shand
Miss Shand
Acadia College
Wolfville
N.S
McGill University
Miss Hunter's School For
New York
Manitoba Minister McKenzie Tours Fisheries Network
Hon. D. G. McKenzie Minister of Natural Resources for Manitoba travels north to inspect provincial fisheries. His itinerary includes stations properties and fish ladders along the shores of Lake Winnipeg Lake Manitoba and Lake Winnipegosis and adjacent waterways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. G. McKenzie
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Winnipegosis
No longer young to crave reading after an instruction
The remark suggests aging minds resist claims that a book is instructive. It frames the urge to read as a test of curiosity versus prescribed usefulness, hinting at aging readers’ preference for self guided discovery and critical engagement.
Judges Named to Oversee Community Progress Competitions
Canadian National Railways selects outstanding men and women to judge rural prairie community progress contests in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta for five years. Prizes of 1000 500 and 250 will be awarded yearly in each province to communities showing best schools attendance health welfare music arts and agricultural advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Provinces
Canadian National Railways
Manitoba
John Meckay
Manitoba College
Joseph Fink
Provencher School
St. Boniface
David Watt
Birtle
Saskatchewan
W. C. Murray
University of Saskatchewan
W. J. Rose
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N.H
Violet McNaughton
Women’s Grain Growers’ Organization
Western Producer
Saskatoon
Alberta
R. C. Wallace
Alberta University
W. H. Fairchild
Experimntal Farm
Lethbridge
R. B. Gunn
Lloydminster
Saskatchewan Fur Farms See Rapid Growth in Number
The provincial game branch reports 222 registered fur farms in Saskatchewan, including 101 fox farms. Under the Game Act they require government permits. Species counts show fox 101, badger 64, mink 59, muskrat 41, raccoon 13, coyote 13, rabbit 8, and several others with low figures. Four leases are active and 20 leases are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Provincial Game Branch
Dhrames and Disappointment in a Curio Conversation
A brief dialogue features Riley asked about beliefs in dreams. He counters with a quip that a married man dreaming he is a bachelor signals future disappointment upon waking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley
Carlsbad Caverns Reclassified From Monument to National Park
The Carlsbad Caverns changes status from national monument to national park reflecting a shift in preservation aims. Officials cite expanded protections, visitor access, and a broader management framework guiding the site in New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlsbad Caverns
Philippines Residents Earn About 35 Dollars Per Year
An historical note states the average income of people in the Philippines as thirty five dollars annually. The text mentions a low income level reflecting widespread poverty during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Phillipines
Canada Claims Arctic Zone Guarded By Canada
Canada asserts its claim to the region between the mainland and the North Pole and vows to guard it jealously. The Royal Winter Fair in Toronto announced a new seed class for inspected wheat, oats, and barley with prize samples from a 50 bushel bulk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Arctic
Mainland
Pole
Toronto
Marquis Group
Garnet
Reward
Huron
North Pole
P. E. Corbett
Law School
McGill University
Institute of Politics
Dean Corbett
Antarctic
Great Britain
United States
Europe
Polar
Raspberry production ranks high among Canada’s small fruits
Dominion horticultural experts call the raspberry the most important bush fruit in Canada and second only to the strawberry among small fruits. Annual production is about 2.5 million quarts valued around 500 000 dollars, with substantial growth from home gardens. British Columbia leads production with Ontario close behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
British Columbia
Ontario
Nova Scotia
Prairie Provinces
Dominion
Mackenzie River
How We Spend Our Time by a French Observer
A Frenchman who studies how men allocate life cycles estimates that a 70 year old spends about nineteen years working, twenty three in bed, nine in amusement, one in church, and two shaving. He deems shaving a waste, yet shaving time saved may not improve use.
Courtroom Quip Over Lost Overcoat Sparks Noise
A young man caused a disturbance in the hearing room by clattering and pushing chairs. The judge, famed for irony, quipped that many lose suits here without such uproar as the man laments his missing overcoat.
Czecho Slovak Air Express Service Developments
Czecho-Slovakia is developing its air express service. Roanoke Virginia reports the largest ray on plant in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czecho-Slovakia
Roanoke
Value Of the American Hen Heavily Boosts Farm Income
United States figures show the cow sow and hen as major income sources, with poultry supplying about 10 percent of farm earnings in 1928. Egg sales reached 717 million dollars and chicks 458 million, totaling 1.175 billion for poultry versus national farm income of 11.827 billion. Personal consumption at farms would add further large figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Health of Animals Branch work draws global interest
International attention focuses on the Health of Animals Branch of Canada's Department of Agriculture for tuberculosis and Bangs disease control. Visiting British Medical Association members will tour the new Animal Diseases Research Institute laboratories in Hull Quebec. Belgium weighs tax cuts. Oxford hosts wrestling trend.
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Health of
Dominion Department of Agriculture
British Medical Association
Canada
Animal Diseases Research Institute
Hull
P.Q
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Pages Gaies
Yverdon
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Tso
Annebelie Worthington
Eskimos
Tokio School
McDermot Ave
Saskatchewan Fur Farms
Dhrames
Banff Springs Hotel
Yeh-Wah Monee
Lone Walker
Umbiska
Belgium
Oxford University
Dad
Lottie Motte
Wahre
Jakob
Berlin
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