Markets urged to aid agricultural rehabilitation drive
Hon. D. G. McKenzie of Winnipeg addressed the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Vancouver urging a three fold plan. He called for trade agreements mindful of Canadian food sales, a Dominion body to promote advertising abroad, and research to expand farm product use in industry. He warned against fixed price policies and urged market driven prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Vancouver
D. G. McKenzie
Winnipeg
Agriculture and Immigration
Manitoba
McKenzie
United Grain Growers
Canada
Record glass sheet spans from Detroit to Gettysburg
Ford Rouge plant produced a 500 mile long 51 inch wide safety glass ribbon in 139 days. Molten glass at 2200 degrees flowed through rollers nonstop, averaging over 86 tons daily. The sheet was shaped into windows and windshields as the run ended when rollers oxidized. Automobile plants in Czechoslovakia operate at capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Gettysburg
Ford Motor Co
Small Towns Survive Rural Decline Says 1930s Bureau
Blooming ton Pantagraph reports government figures show small towns and villages are not doomed. From 1936 to 1937 rural commerce rose 125 percent with June 1937 the strongest since 1929 for radios farm implements textiles refrigerators and paper. Families gain space and freedom in smaller communities as business turnover stays satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Bloomington
Ill
Pantagraph
Crime Laboratory Orders Placed by RCMP for Ottawa Lab
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police ordered a $10,000 set of comparison microscopes and modern cameras for the new Ottawa crime laboratory with a Regina branch. Assistant Commissioner S. T. Wood studied methods used by Scotland Yard and the French Surete in England. Dr Maurice Powers of Rockland joins the staff as experts are added. The Ottawa central fingerprint branch holds over 700,000 prints and the force plans to use National Research Laboratories specialists. Canada also registers about 60,000 revolvers and pistols, a peak estimate.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ottawa
Regina
Scotland Yard
S. T. Wood
England
London
Wood
Maurice Powers
Rockland
R.C.M.P
National Research Laboratories
Canada
Ottawa Journal
Health Insurance Center Hospitals and Medical Practice
Dr J H Holbrook of Mountain Sanatorium Hamilton Ont argues health insurance should center on existing voluntary hospitals and medical facilities. He urges hospitals and diagnostic facilities be accessible to private physicians and opposes dictatorial systems. The discussion contrasts European models for Canada. A note references England potato rules and a Bangor speed fine for Edward Jones from Hurry Street Liverpool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Hospital Council
Canada
J. H. Holbrook
Mountain Sanatorium
Hamilton
Ont
Record Honey Yield Reaches Peak In Canada In 1936
The 1936 Canadian honey season ranks among the best on record with total production near 28.24 million pounds. prairie provinces show exceptional yields with crops per hive doubling or more over 1935. Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta all report record totals and higher per-hive averages, while the prior highs were 29.549 million in 1930 and 29.666 million in 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
People Like To Sing Encourages Chorus in War Time
The piece notes a band leader’s belief that people enjoy group singing and that everyone carries a performer inside. It mentions wives, church hymn singers, and shy individuals who join in when in a crowd. It adds that morale benefits from community singing during war and cites China’s wartime songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Detroit Free Press
Afghan Scrap Quilt Pattern Offer from Winnipeg Union
A crochet pattern offers a flowered afghan square by square in 314 inch sections with vivid Spring colors and woodsy leaf background. Pattern 5830 includes pillow directions, illustrated stitches, material needs, color suggestions, and costs 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg. No Alice Brooks pattern book exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Canada presses toward rearmament with expanded forces
Canada speeds up defence buildup after imperial conference. The Royal Canadian Air Force plans 102 aircraft, four new mine sweepers, and more coast batteries. Navy and air force personnel rise as militia reorganization boosts 10 to 14 day training camps and permanent forces grow to 465 officers and 3,760 other ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
Royal Canadian Air Force
Atlantic
Pacific
Royal Canadian Navy
Ian Mackenze
National Defence
United States National Guard
N.P.A.M
Mackenzie
Thatcher rust resistant wheat shows favorable milling results
Dominion department of agriculture reports Thatcher wheat tests favorable for milling quality. Thatcher seed was widely grown in Manitoba and Saskatchewan with 6,000,000 bushels produced. Experts note Renown and Apex offer similar or better rust resistance and overall performance for next year's sowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
Apex
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Wood as Germanys single basic material, says Prof Brown
Prof Nelson C Brown of New York State College of Forestry Syracuse University reports returning from Germany convinced wood could become the most important basic material. He cites wood-gas powered engines wood textiles for uniforms and food substitutes from wood including sugar candy but notes high costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson C. Brown
New York State College of Forestry
Syracuse University
Germany
Brown
Australia
Fort Ross Arctic Post Established by Nascopie Crew
The Hudson Bay Company ship Nascopie cleared Fort Ross on Bellot Strait leaving three HBC officials in charge. An insulated house and a perishables warehouse were built as the post took shape within a week. Major D. H. McKeand, patrol commander, calls Fort Ross an outstanding Arctic administration achievement and foresees scientific exploration opportunities on Somerset Island near Beilot Strait.
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Hudson Bay Company
Fort Ross
Bellot Strait
Hudson's Bay Company
D. H. McKeand
Somerset Island
Boothia Peninsula
Beilot Strait
Corn-fed hog gains pounds from one bushel of corn
A lean hog fed one bushel of corn is expected to gain about 10 pounds in weight and produce 7 to 9 pounds of marketable pork.
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Mr. McKenzie
Ford
Tobacconist
Czechoslovakia
Potato Marketing Board
Edward Jones
Bangor
Wales
Hurry Street
Liverpool
Shanghai
President Jefferson
Whangpoo River
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Prairies
Thomas G. Weston
Calgary
Alice Brooks
Duncan Marshall
Ontario
C.N.E
Toronto
Great Britain
Department of Agriculture
Marshall
Thatcher
New Arctic Post
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