Experiments Now In Progress May Result In Production Of Plants Of Greater Food Value
Research in cytology and genetics shows crosses that double chromosome numbers to create new plant types. Scientists like E Tschermak and G D Karpechenko report bread wheat and brassicas producing 56 and 28 chromosomes respectively, suggesting potential for higher yields and new food plants.
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Nature
W. P. Thompson
Department of Biology
University of Saskatchewan
University of Minnesota
E. Tschermak
Vienna
Mediterranean
Denmark
O. Winge
Moscow
G. D. Karpechenko
Arne Muntsing
Landskrome
Sweden
BBC Accepts Ottawa Imperial Conference invitation
The British Broadcasting Corporation will send Major Gladstone Murray as its representative to the Imperial Economic Conference in Ottawa. Murray, chairman of the BBC public relations committee, is Canadian and accepts the invitation extended by Raymond Morand, head of the Canadian Parliament's broadcasting committee.
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The
British Broadcasting Corporation
Raymond Morand
Ottawa
Major Gladstone Murray
B.B.C
Missing Engine Prompting Theft Insurance Joke
A mechanic notes a missing engine while a motorist complains and jokes about theft insurance. A shipboard dialogue shifts to a kitchen scene where the captain and cook discuss a pudding and a bag containing Portland cement, ending with a music credit for Sondagsnisse Strix in Stockholm.
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Sondagsnisse- Strix
Stockholm
Quebec Farmer Opens Private School for Fourteen Children
Theophile Soucy, a French-Canadian farmer north of Quebec City near Stoneham, built and furnished his own private school and appointed himself school commissioner to hire a teacher. The government granted a small subsidy. The school started with six seats and has added roughly one desk per year.
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Theophile Soucy
Quebec
Stoneham Village
Quebec City
Laurentides National Park
Soucy
Specimens Hard To Find London Museum Frocks 1890 1920
The London Museum seeks genuine garments from 1890 to 1920 for its dress collection. The piece notes reluctance to preserve era fashions due to unwearable silhouettes, fragile vegetable dyes, and living spaces with small cupboards.
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London Museum
Chic Lyonnaise childs dress pattern details
A fashion note describes a brown canton crepe dress with lace trim and pleated chiffon frill, ideal for party wear in Lyonnaise-pink. Style No. 879 offers sizes 8 to 14 with fabric needs and lace, priced 25 cents in stamps or coin.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
The notice lists an address at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg for pattern orders. Pattern No appears incomplete in the text.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Ontario Back to Land Plan Aims Expanded Settlement
A sub committee’s recommendations to the Ontario Legislature urge backing the back to the land drive. They call for bonusing settlers for cleared land, surveying vacant farms, publishing results in Canada and Britain, creating a distinct department of colonization, establishing shacks for settlers, and doubling cultivated acreage.
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Ontario
Agricultural and Colonization Committee
Canada
Great Britain
Department of Colonization
Letitia Sails to Showcase Scottish Goods for Canada
Arrangements completed for the Scottish tradeship Letitia to sail for Canada on May 5 carrying leading Scottish manufacturers and their goods. The exhibition will open officially 12 hours after the ship reaches port as Scotland seeks to display its offerings to Canadians.
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Letitia
Canada
Scotland
Public Roads of Britain and Manitoba Weed Infestation
Britain has 177256 miles of public roads per the Ministry of Transport and would require driving 162 miles daily for three years to cover all under government supervision. The last day you could rest would still require 28 miles. In Manitoba the southeastern region is reported to have the worst weed infestation among the prairie provinces per the national research council.
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Great Britain
Ministry of Transport
Manitoba
Prairie Provinces
National Research Council
Placer Gold Dreams Propel Canada’s Economic Hopes
Calgary Albertan publisher George M. Bell urged sending thousands to British Columbia’s Cariboo and Fraser placer fields to monetize an estimated 2 billion dollars in alluvial gold. He met Premier Bennett, noting mineral rights issues but predicting strong jobs and national wealth gains for Canada.
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Canada
Cariboo
Fraser Rivers
George M. Bell
Calgary Albertan
United States
California
British Columbia
Women Drivers Safer Says Chicago Motor Club Then
The Chicago Motor Club asserted that four to five times more safety occurs when a woman drives. A cautionary line cites: Look out There's a woman driving. The tale also notes a Savings and Loan Society disbanded as members preferred to borrow over saving.
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Chicago Motor Club
Motor Club
Savings and Loan Society
Churchill Port Seen As Key To Western Canada Prosperity
Gen. R. W. Paterson and Hon. D. G. McKenzie told Moose Jaw league members that Churchill Port on Hudson Bay could become a northern industrial hub and vital export route. They stressed building the Bay route, reducing freight costs, and developing the Churchill townsite with fireproof, frost-resistant construction amid harsh winter conditions.
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Churchill
Western Canada
Hudson Bay
R. W. Paterson
D. G. McKenzie
Moose Jaw
Gen. Paterson
Mr. McKenzie
Grant Hall
Paterson
Winnipeg
McKenzie
Department of Railways and Canals
Ottawa
Great Britain
World Wheat Varieties Seed Samples Shared at Universities
Professor John Percival of Reading England collected 1700 wheat varieties. The seeds will be distributed to the University of Saskatchewan and Manitoba Agricultural College to supply breeding material for high yield quality earliness disease and rust resistance. Dr J P Harrington notes Prize Garnet crosses exist but no results yet.
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John Percival
Reading
England
University of Saskatchewan
Manitoba Agricultural College
J. P. Harrington
Harrington
King George Attends Quaint Annual Maundy Ceremony
King George attended the Westminster Abbey Maundy money distribution the first English sovereign to do so in over a century. Seventy pairs of recipients aged 67, drawn from across England, received about 10 dollars in provisions and 67 pence in Maundy money, with red and white pouches presenting the special coins.
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Westminster Abbey
England
Value Of Livestock In Canada Rises Then Falls In 1931
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 1931 farm livestock value at 468.3 million, down from 687.2 million in 1930. Ontario leads with 151.9 million, Quebec second at 88.5 million, Saskatchewan third at 76.2 million. Manitoba 36.3 million and Alberta 67.2 million. Poultry value totals 43.1 million, down from 54.9 million. Ontario tops with 15.6 million versus 22.8 million.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Aiberia
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Sister
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Snelsmore Common
Newbury
Seakatchewan
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Wahre Jakob
Berlin
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