Deserted Prairie to Desert Risk and Renewal Plan
An analysis argues Western Canada's prairies were never deserts but were transformed by aggressive farming. It links soil erosion, loss of grass and trees, and dust storms to modern cultivation and summer fallow. Experts warn if unchecked, vast areas could become deserts, urging tree planting and cooperative soil preservation with government support.
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Prairie
Canada
W. L. Lowdermilk
Soil Conservation Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Mr. Lowdermilk
Sahara
Asian
Palestine
Gobi
North China
Mesopotamia
F Inces
French army motorized troops superior to cavalry
A historical note claims motorized troops outperformed cavalry in recent French army maneuvers. A traveler notes Bedouins as arrant thieves in a remark about Java. Earthquake losses are estimated at about 13 million lives according to reliable records. Thunderstorms in Java are nearly finished as a daily occurrence.
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Java
Death Ray Tests Aimed at Saving Human Lives
A beam described as the most potent death ray is being prepared at the University of Tools for controlled testing. Dr Kruger notes remote operation and safety limits, with aims to study effects on blood cells and cancer risks while exploring medical safeguards, despite near-certain lethal outcomes for unprotected humans.
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Messes
Destoye
Howe
Ted
Krugere
Bodyguard To King Edward VIII Named Chief Inspector Storier
The personal bodyguard of King Edward VIII will be Chief Inspector David Storier of Scotland Yard, a former school teacher who acted as Prince of Wales’s bodyguard during the Argentina tour. Storier succeeds Chief Inspector Burt, who served ten years. The king’s shadow will continue with Storier and Inspector Hill now leads Buckingham Palace police. Superintendent Green, late King’s detective, will serve Queen Mother Mary.
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Edward VIII
David Storier
Scotland Yard
Edward
Prince of Wales
Argentina
Inspector Storier
Burt
George
Inspector Hill
Buckingham Palace
Green
King
Mary
Coffee Cake From Frugal Oven Directions
A vintage recipe describes a coffee cake baked in a greased 9 inch pan at a high temperature. Ingredients include bread flour corn syrup sugar shortening and flavoring, with a crumb topping of butter corn syrup Benson's corn starch crackers or cookies and cinnamon.
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Crown
Mazda
Benson's
Appeal to Privy Council on Manitoba wage tax
Protest grows as civil servants plan to appeal the Manitoba two per cent wage tax to the Privy Council in England to test constitutional validity. The move follows a Canada Supreme Court ruling and aims to contest the tax on federal employees in Winnipeg with a hearing anticipated in London next June.
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Privy ‘Council
England
Privy Council
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Empir Highest Tribunal
Supreme Court of Canada
London
Colonization Plans Outlined by Saskatchewan Delegation
Four proposed colonization schemes in Saskatchewan financed by British capital were presented to the provincial government by a delegation of citizens from Melfort and Wolseley.
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Saskatchewan
Melfort and
Wolserey
Luxury for Women Miners at Lochgelly Mine
Women workers at the Minto coal mine in Lochgelly Scotland will enjoy new pithead baths worth $75 000. The facilities include brightly decorated rooms spray baths rest on divans and hair drying before electric fires to ready clothes for the next day. New York state covers 49 204 square miles. 2137
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Minto
Lochgelly
Scotland
Fog signal beacon built on Stob Gorm rock
Five men begin a lonely mission in Britain to erect an automatic fog signal beacon on Stob Gorm, a rock two miles north of the island of Coll off Scotland. They live in a hut on the rock and could be marooned there for weeks.
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Britain
Gorm
Atlantic
Croll
Scotland
Colorful Styles For Men At 1996 Tailors Convention
Hundreds of delegates from Canada and the United States gathered in Toronto for the Merchant Tailors Association annual convention. The event showcased 1996 styles including colored dinner coats pastel champagne coats royal blue evening capes and Algerian striped suitings.
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Canada
United States
Toronto
Merchant Tailors’ Association
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