World Wheat Situation and Europe’s Growing Output
Premier Bennett’s remarks at the Montreal Board of Trade banquet highlight how Europe’s postwar policies and rising production in France Italy Germany and Spain threaten Canada’s lead in wheat exports. The London conference urged export limits and reduced sowing, while European output surges compare with Canada, Argentina and the United States. The piece notes a shift driven by fear of starvation and price highs, urging Western Canada to plan for a changed global market.
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Bennett
Montreal Board of Trade
Canada
United States
Australia
Great Britain
Europe
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
Holland
Belgium
London
Premier Bennett
Argentine
F. E. Murphy
Hungary
Roumania
Jugo-Slavia
Bulgaria
Russia
World Wheat Conference
Paris Plans To Build Many Schools
A Paris project outlines a plan to construct numerous schools. The note contrasts with historical hints about education and growth and signals a broad civic effort.
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Paris
Progress In Labrador Gold Fields Reported By Newfoundland Minister
Newfoundland Minister of Agriculture and Mines W J Walsh reports rapid progress in Labrador gold fields after a Lake Wabash expedition with geologist O K Snelgrove and mining engineer J W Foote. Of 22 concessions since Labrador open to prospectors last fall, about half are under active field investigation. The party traveled 200 miles by air from Seven Islands to the Lake Wabash camp, found a population of 39, spent a week interior, noted scarce flies, and said unsettled weather briefly hindered work but overall progress was remarkable.
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O. K. Snelgrove
J. W. Foote
Labrador
Newfoundland
Lake Wabash
Seven Islands
Quebec
Walsh
A Woman Loses 32 Pounds with Kruschen Salts
Mrs J. B. Kruschen credits her husband for urging the Kruschen regimen. She weighed 161 pounds before starting and reached 129 pounds after a period of treatment. She reports less rheumatism, stronger nerves, lighter steps, and a healthier feel.
Bavarian Town Marks 1700th Founding Anniversary
Weis senburg celebrates the 1700th anniversary of its founding dating to 233 AD when local tribesmen reportedly breached a Roman road, destroyed Biricianis citadel, and built the Wizinbure castle using its stones. Fragments of the medieval city wall with 31 towers and multiple gates remain, notably the Ellinger gate regarded as a fine example.
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Weissenburg
Biricianis
Wizinbure
Ellinger
Germany
Miniature Paintings Claim World’s Smallest Water-Colors
Stanley A. Burchett of London and ex Grenadier Guards advertises miniatures so tiny that 20 fit on a postage stamp. Queens reportedly bought two eighth stamp size works a dawn seascape and a blue vase still life. Microscopes reveal the tiny water colors as real paintings.
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Stanley A. Burchett
London
Grenadier Guards
Ancient dentistry and 1932 tea trade figures shared
Dr J K Lowry of McGill spoke on early Egyptian dentistry dating to 3400 B C and dental practices among Greeks Etruscans and Romans. The note adds 1932 Japanese tea exports rose by 4 072 000 pounds and that over 250 000 people work for the British post office department.
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J. K. Lowry
McGill University
The
British Post Office Department
British Prototype Kilogram Compared With International Standard
A secret mission by a high London Board of Trade official carried the British prototype kilogram to Paris and Sevres for comparison with the international standard. The irido platinum alloy artifact, one of about 30 in existence, is priceless beyond its metal value and its weight is monitored by parliament.
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London Board of Trade
Paris
Sevres
Britain
International Committee of Weights and Measures
International
Military Command Changes In Canadian Districts
Major General E C Ashton C M G V D district officer commanding No 2 Toronto is leaving for Victoria to take over No 11 which includes British Columbia and Yukon. Brig General T W Anderson D S O No 10 at Winnipeg replaces Ashton in Toronto and Brigadier W B Beeman D S O who became No 11 commander will move to Winnipeg to succeed Anderson.
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E. C. Ashton
C.M.G
V.D
Toronto
Victoria
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
T. W. Anderson
D.S.O
Winnipeg
Ashton
W. B. Beeman
Military District No. 11
Anderson
Phantom box car earns sergeant acquittal in Paris tribunal
An ex sergeant in Paris convinced a military tribunal that a phantom freight car carrying 5000 gas masks vanished and reappeared, leading to the quashing of a 1918 15 day imprisonment for twice abandoning post. He argued sleep restrictions and movement rendered the post non abandoned. The car finally arrived at its destination with no masks lost.
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Paris
Nigon
Gas masks foreseen as city life grows more car polluted
Sir William Wheeler warned at a British Medical Association meeting in Dublin that air in big cities may require gas masks as auto exhausts permeate the atmosphere. He cited policemen with carbon monoxide in their blood and noted urban drivers face similar pollution risks to their health and life.
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W. S. Dec. Wheeler
American College of Surgeons
Sir William
British Medical Association
Dublin
Longest African air trek planned for three British biplanes
Three large British troop carrying biplanes are slated for a 12000 mile formation flight from Cairo to Bathurst and Dakar this year. The route will pass Khartum then west over French Equatorial Africa Nigeria Gold Coast Sierra Leone Gambia and Senegal. France limits foreign language films to 15 theatres. A German high speed passenger mail aircraft reaches 226 miles per hour.
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African
Cairo
Bathurst
Dakar
Khartum
French Equatorial Africa
Nigeria
Gold
Ivory Coasts
Sierra Leone
Gambia
Senegal
Swap of Rare Birds Between Museums Sparks Tale
The Carnegie Museum traded a nearly complete cahow skeleton to the National Museum for a mounted great auk skeleton. Both birds are extinct. The great auk lived in Bermuda and was nocturnal, while the cahow inhabited northern regions and hid in sand by day.
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Carnegie Museum
National Museum
Washington
Bermuda
Tornadoes described as fastest winds in history
The article notes tornadoes move at speeds up to 400 or 500 miles per hour, highlighting their remarkable and dangerous velocity.
Chance Meeting Recalls Rescue During War
In Montreal harbor Captain R. H. Monks, deputy port warden, recalls saving a crew member during the Great War when his ship was torpedoed off the Irish coast. A crewman identifies him aboard the Clan Alp in a reunion, recounting how Monks carried him to a lifeboat just before a fatal explosion. They survived two days at sea and were picked up by an American destroyer.
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Montreal
R. H. Monks
Port Wareden
Clan Alpin
Monks
Radio Wave Pains Dairyman Bodker Grounds Self
Dairyman Martin Bodker from the Tacoma district suffers intense pains from radio waves unless he grounds himself. Tacoma Seattle specialists report bafflement as doctors find no physical cause. Bodker first experienced pain years ago, which eased when touching a water faucet and returned when released. He grounded with copper wire and a hole bored through his floor. The case drew Los Angeles physicians into consultation.
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Martin Bodker
Tacoma
Seattle
Bodker
Los Angeles
City
Marlborough Town Crier Wins National Contest at Lyme Regis
W B Anglis, Marlborough town crier aged 63, defeats twelve rivals to win the National Town Criers contest in Lyme Regis. Three judges watched from a tent 100 yards away as the lively competition concluded. Belgian commodity prices rise.
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United Kingdom
W. B. Anglis
Marlborough
Wiltshire
England
Town Criers
Lyme Regis
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Larece Amellet
W. J. Walsh
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Husband
Kruschen
Aneda, Limited
Africa
Avery
Oppleford
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