The Unemployment Dilemma and Industrial Change
The article argues unemployment is a global issue worsened by mechanization and new technology. It cites Canada’s relatively better stance but notes seasonal and structural unemployment from railways to manufacturing. It lists factors from drought to motorization, new machines, and mass production displacing workers, and calls for a solution aligning engineering efficiency with new job openings for competent labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Germany
Western
CPR
CNR
Moving Picture
M Miual
New Machiinery
Tron
Market Turmoil Hits Canadian Stocks And Grain
The text notes broad market crashes over recent months harming industry and warns against blaming the grain trade alone. It cites a quoted Canadian stock value shortfall of 5 billion dollars and urges restraint to avoid rocking the boat amid turmoil.
Wheat export prices drop halved on 225 million bushels
The record notes July figures show export wheat prices fell by about 40.4 cents per bushel on 225,000,000 bushels, a total loss approaching 90,000,000 dollars. The piece critiques recriminations surrounding the drop and implications for trade.
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Lethbridge Herald
Silencer Cuts Noise in London Reed Drill Exhibit
A pneumatic road drill shown in London features a silencer that reduces noise and vibration. The device, aimed at contractors facing protests over ordinary drill exhaust, clusters around the center of the drill head and follows principles from motorcycle silencers.
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London
Royal Navy reshuffles as senior officers change posts
Admiral Sir Hugh Waters retires after 45 years in the service including the 1926 to 1928 slave reserve fleet period. Rear Admiral H E Grace, son of a famed cricketer, is promoted to vice admiral and placed on the retired list at age 54. Vice Admiral Sir Ernie Chatfield, commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet, is promoted to admiral with a Mediterranean assignment noted recently.
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Hugh Waters Retives
Hugh Watson
Royal Navy
Slave Reserve Fleet
H. E. Grace
Crcketer
Admiralty
Ernie Chatfield
Mediterranean
Spring tonic offers health boost with Dr Williams Pink Pills
A spring health note promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood and nerve tonic. It urges building up strength after winter and saving later illness, with a testimonial from Hupman of Summerville Centre praising renewed health and energy after use. Pills available from druggists or by mail.
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Apy
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Saskatchewan Coal Production Records Set in 1929
Saskatchewan produced 568 759 tons of coal in 1929, topping 464 428 tons in 1928 and creating a provincial record. A vermiticide called Mother Graves Worm Exterminator is touted as safe for children. The Aeroplane in the North notes growing use of aircraft for mail, prospecting, and commercial tasks in northern Canada.
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Saskatchewan
Northland
Canada
British Headmasters Visit Foreshadows Empire Solidarity Effort
Kenneth Lindsay, advance agent for the party, says the Canadian tour by British public school headmasters marks a step toward empire solidarity and understanding. The group visits Dalhousie McGill Kingston Toronto Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Laval and other institutions, stopping in Montreal April 11 and proceeding to Ottawa Toronto Winnipeg Regina Vancouver and Victoria.
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Empire Solidarity
Canada
Kenneth Lindsay
Montreal
Dominion
Lindsay
Quebec
Saint John
N.B
Duchess of Bedford
Dalhousie
McGill
Kingston
Toronto
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Laval University
Halifax Quebec
Shawinigan Falls
Ottawa
Winnipeg
Regina
Vancouver
Victoria
Charterhouse
Bedford
Christ's Hospital
Haileybury
St. Paul's
Marlborough
Applewort
Manchester Grammar School
Mill Hill
Whitgift
Wrekin
George Watsons
Dauntesy
Ampleforth College
Benedictine Order
V. P. Neville
Invention Bridges Typewriter and Braille Keyboard
John Lemp of Tavistock has developed a conversion kit for standard typewriters turning the keyboard into a Braille system. Brass embossed caps bearing Braille letters detach instantly, allowing blind users to perform stenography. Lemp offers the invention free to blind institutions.
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John Lemp
Tavistock
Lemp
Seed quality and diatomite deposits noted in early report
An opinion from a successful farmer favors registered or traceable seed for uniform ripening and appearance while warning impure seed yields varied samples. The document also cites the largest diatomite deposit in the Dominion near Quesnel BC with beds forty feet thick and extensive area.
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Dominion
Quesnel
British Columbia
Sturgis Hudson Bay Junction line to open May 18
Canadian National announces completion of the Sturgis to Hudson Bay Junction line will allow regular freight and passenger service and shorten Regina and Moose Jaw to The Pas by about 94.6 miles. The route via Melville Yorkton and Canora will total 385 miles, replacing the current 429.6 mile Swan River path.
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Sturg's- Hudson Bay Junction
Canadian National Railways
Une
A. E Warren
Western
Saskatchewan
Hudson Bay
Regina
Moose Jaw
Pas
Melville
Yorkton
Hudson Bay Railway
Sturgis
Hudson Bay Junction
Swan River
Canora
Churchill
Flin Flon and
Sheridan
Aberdeen-Melfort
New Refrigerant Discovered By American Chemical Society
The division of industrial and engineering chemistry of the American Chemical Society announces a new refrigerant as yet unnamed. The compound of carbon, chlorine and fluorine is fluoro-chloro-methane, a clear white liquid boiling at 18 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. Commercial production is unlikely for at least two years.
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Division of
American Chemical Society
Worm Powders Promise Gentle Cleanse for Child Health
Advertises miners worm powders that destroy worms without inconvenience to the child. Claims 90 effectually expel worms unseen, thoroughly cleanse the stomach and bowels, and create conditions unfriendly to worms with no revival of pests.
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Rey
Combines Transform Prairie Harvesting Across Western Canada
The Dominion Experimental Station at Swift Current Saskatchewan introduced the combine to Western Canada in 1922. By 1928 the system spread widely with over 3 650 combines sold across the prairie provinces, marking a major shift in harvesting methods.
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Western Canada
Dominion Experimental Station
Swift Current
Saskatchewan
Prairie Provinces
Western
Canada
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Stastion
Ueitch Navy
Saskatchewan Coal
Weigley
Holloway
Sailor
Lake
Nemi
Bay
Sturg
J.D. Kellogg
Physical Testing Laboratory
the Topographical Survey
Department of the Interior
Hollywood
Vicks
Graces
Hamilton
Ontario
Hunter-Martin & CO
SASK
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