Canada’s Forests Supply Materials For One-Third Of Manufacturing
A government survey notes Canada’s forests provide raw material to about one third of the Dominion’s manufacturing plants. Soft woods make up roughly 80 percent of the stand and the annual cut, supporting roughly 179,500 full-time forest jobs with higher seasonal variation. Recreation and parks are also highlighted as growing economic and tourist assets. Expert Dr. G. B. Hume discusses Turner Valley oil structure extending around 25 miles northward with uncertainty on northern productive limits.
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Canada
Dominion
Department of Mines and Resources
Ottawa
United States
G. 8. Hume
Federal Geological Survey
Turner Valley
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Hume
Home-Millarville No. 2
Whiskey Creek
Okalta 6
Scottish Petroleums
Death of Mrs Mary Ann Fooks remembered by Dickens lore
Ninety five year old Mrs Mary Ann Fooks of Robin Hoodlane Walderslade Chatham died in County Hospital Chatham England. She recalled Charles Dickens visiting Great Oakley Higham house of Mr George Lake and Mickens. She helped bake bread and brew beer for the author and noted his beaver hat coat tails hair.
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Mary Ann Fooks
Walderslade
Chatham
Charles Dickens
County Hospital
England
Fooks
Great Oakley
Higham
George Lake
Mickens
Beck pressed on Polish air defences by Chamberlain
National Review quotes Colonel Beck in London as Chamberlain cross examines his view of Polish anti aircraft guns. Beck hesitates then says they ought to be good since Britain has sold many of their guns recently. Separately polar explorers find fresh water by melting sea salt ice aiding survival on floes.
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Beck
London
National Review
Canada
Famous Bad Lands Made Provincial Park
The Red Deer River valley fossil field, called the richest dinosaur graveyard in the Dominion, is set as a provincial park under an order in council. Excavation or removal of any prehistory relief in the six by two mile protected area requires a permit. Fossil hunting by American and Canadian museums has yielded numerous specimens.
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Red Deer River
Dominion
Alberta
American Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institute
Canadian National
Toronto
Lumber Mills Boom With Peak Demand in New Westminster
New Westminster lumber mills employ about 3,000 men and run day and night to meet orders. Kimbermen notes business at a ten year peak with export and rail orders pouring in daily. An estimated 50 million feet of lumber are at hand for mining and other uses.
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New Westminster
Kimbermen
Peace and War Through History Prompt Data
The Nashville Tennessean notes that over 3 521 years only 268 years were peaceful. It cites 8 000 treaties observed on average two years each and acknowledges many small wars may be missing from the record.
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Hostilies
Nashville
The Perfect Shopper Indignant Woman 2324
Indignant shopper voices dissatisfaction with shopping norms, asserting she negotiates only when bargains meet several conditions including availability and price, and she buys promptly if pleased and she can afford it. The passage reflects consumer mindset and decision criteria.
Speed Limits For Planes Foresee Practical Ceiling For Flight
Dr Harry E. Wimperis told the British Association that aero plane speed is nearing practical limits with commercial craft settling around 290 to 300 miles per hour. He cited a 36 000 horsepower engine as capable of lifting 250 tons and forecast a 3 120 ton flying boat competing with sea transport on Atlantic routes.
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Harry E. Wimperis
Wimperts
United States
Nature As Conjurer in Trinidad Reveals Eerie Tricks
Two uncanny events occurred in Trinidad with nature acting as magician. A three acre island rose from the sea in 1911 off the south coast and vanished after planting the Union Jack. it reappeared in 1928 and then sank again. The Mystery Tree in the pitch lake appeared in 1928 as a dead trunk ten feet high, later drawn below by lake currents and never seen since. Scientists estimate the tree was buried 4 000 to 5 000 years.
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Ccoast
Trinidad
Lucky Escape After Mattress Saves Driver in Bolivian Crash
Lewis W Crumi of Glenwood Cahif woke under a mattress when his car with a load of household goods tipped into a ditch near Tiahuanaco Bolivia. The mattress landed on him first and is credited with saving his life. He had dozed off after driving all night.
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Lewis W. Crumi
Glenwood. Cahif
Something New For Your Kitchen Scotty Towels Pattern
Everybody will welcome these scotties in their kitchen with black color in flowers and cross bars. Pattern 6454 features a transfer of six motifs averaging 7 percent by 9 percent inches. Materials include frustration of stuches and color schemes. Send 20 cents in stamps to Household Arts Ave Winnipeg to obtain pattern.
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Cains Istam
Household Arts
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot
Air tourists and pilots reshape Canadian leisure travel
Canada foresees a surge in private aviation as air tourists flock to unspoiled play areas. The piece cites rising aircraft production in the United States, growing pilot numbers, and a push to attract air travelers to Canada with improved air services and destinations. It notes medical exam reforms for recruits and the steadying influence of Great War veterans on new enlistments.
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Ght
United States
Grove Webster
Private Flying Administration
Washington
Canada
Miami
Florida
Air Tourist
Canadian Aviation
Ottawa
C. G. Power
Major Power
Power
Department of National Defence
Getting Around The Motor Car And Neighborliness
A Stratford Beacon-Herald editorial laments car dependence cutting neighborly contact. It argues cars bring distant places closer yet erode local ties as people rush between numerous trips leaving little time for conversation or courtesy.
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Stratford Beacon-Herald
Parson’s Elements of Etiquette Prompt an Eight Year Old
A London parish visit turns awkward when an eight year old girl blurts out to a guest that she is plain. The mother blushes and attempts damage control, insisting the comment was a joke and suggesting a kinder retort.
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London Tatler
Early milk delivery ran afoul of bylaw in Niagara Falls
H G Jennings of Niagara Falls Ontario rose early to deliver milk but faced prosecution for delivering before the civic bylaw hour. The passage notes the beehive worker count and hints at the glove industry’s origins in Niort France in 1277.
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H. G. Jennings
Niagara Falls
Ont
Nirot
France
St Lawrence Seaway Talks Stall Prompt Move to Minnesota
The Great Lakes- St Lawrence Tidewater Association will shift its executive offices to Lucerne Minnesota to conserve funds as negotiations for a new St Lawrence seaway treaty stagnate. Executive director A O Moreaux cites Canadian inaction and opposition in Ontario and Quebec as the stalemate source while the U S State Department awaits Canada’s action on a revised draft.
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St. Lawrence Seaway
Great Lakes- St. Lawrence
A. O. Moreaux
Association
Canada
Dominion
Market Expands for Canadian Canned Apples in UK Trade
Canadian farm products push into new markets as canned apples in gallon tins gain favor in UK bakeries and restaurants, steadily displacing U S apples. Polish Zakopane peasants wear their traditional attire daily while Mexico see increased Boy Scout activity. The United States remains the top global consumer of asbestos.
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United Kingdom
United States
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Turner Valley Oil
Germany
Atlantic
Spain
Europe
Lerance
Poland
Ussr
Russia
Austria
Hungary
Slovakia
Czecho
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Nature
British West Indies
Tiahuanaco
Bolivia
St. Lawrence Waterway
U.S
Ada
Zakopane
Boy Scout Movement
Mexico
Ariz
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