What's Wrong With Radio Analyzed by Western Canada Viewpoints
The article critiques the Canadian Radio Commission focusing on Western Canada. It cites limited Western reception due to wavelength allocations, aging receivers, and high costs. It urges more popular programming, better use of local stations, and greater funding. It also suggests a Western expert presence on any new commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Radio Commission
Tullio Fang
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Dominion
C.R.C
Western
Wests
Commission
George
Uch
Apples On The Prairie From Seager Wheeler Work
Dr. Seager Wheeler of Rosthern reports fifteen years of fruit experiments yielding hardy prairie varieties of apples plums and cherries with good prospects for crop adaptation and fruit production on the prairies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seager Wheeler
Rosthern
New Libraphone Gives Seven Hours of Sightless Reading
A Birmingham inventor T O Leefe perfected a Libraphone device using sound picture recording on film. It uses up to 20 sound tracks along 500 feet of film, enabling about 10,000 feet of recording. Projected at 22 feet per minute, a seven hour reading can be delivered to blind listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. O. Leefe
Birmingham
England
Massive staking hits Great Slave Lake mining area
More than 400 mining claims have been staked in the Yellowknife and surrounding Great Slave Lake field. Dominion official A L Cumming from Fort Smith predicts one of the biggest developments in years as spring opens. Major companies are ready to begin extensive operations promptly.
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Great Slave Lake
Yellowknife
A. L. Cumming
Fort Smith
Dominion Government
Edmonton
Ottawa
Great Slave
Mr. Cumming
Sahara Plain Once Fertile For Fishing Revealed
French archaeologist Henri Lhote uncovered neolithic skeletons in Africa tracing back 10000 years. He described hunters and fishermen from the Negro race near dried riverbeds with bone harpoons and freshwater vertebrae remains, showing a vanished Sahara stream network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahara
Henri Lhote
Africa
Dr Pierce Goldem Medical Discovery Claims Stomach Relief
Odd promotional text touts Dr Pierce's discovery for stomach upset and blood strength. It references treatment at Lane Street and mentions adverse effects and supposed rapid benefits, with disjointed user testimonials and product names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Goldem
Bowen
Ship Without Rivets A Welded Oil Tug Barge
An oil tanker river barge added to the Lower Volga Shipping Line is a rivetless, fully welded hull project. The 450 by 62 foot vessel spans 11 feet at the middle and carries 6,000 tons. Welded joints total 40 miles and hull weight is 411 tons, 75 tons lighter than a riveted barge of equal tonnage. The welding method saves substantial metal and offers economic benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower Volga
Trans Atlantic Air Service Between Britain And Canada Planned
United States postal officer Harllee Branch expects regular trans Atlantic air mail service between Britain and Canada to begin by April or May next year. He also noted a likely first route from the United States to Great Britain via Ireland to London and that an existing air line to China could carry passengers by early spring. A Honolulu to Australia and New Zealand branch route was under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Harllee Branch
Great Britain
Ireland
Lon- Tee
China
Honolulu
Australia
New Zealand
D. D. D Prescription Promotes Immediate Relief
An old advertisement extols D. D. D. Prescription for soothing irritated skin and stopping intense itching. It claims the pure antiseptic ingredients calm eruptions, scales, ashiness, and inflammation, with a bottle available at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.D.D
Azure
Iratiaw
Selected Recipes Card Style Bake Goods
A concise recipe list blends butter brown sugar raisins walnuts dates and spices with flour baking powder and soda. Melt and cream butter then beat eggs and vanilla, add flour and fruit in stages, fold thoroughly, drop on greased pan and bake until lightly done in moderate heat.
Nation-wide Forestry Congress Urged at Montreal Meeting
A resolution at the Canadian Lumbermen's Association convention closing session called for a nation-wide forestry congress to discuss all phases of forestry work and related industries. N. F. Blair of Quebec was elected president for 1936, A. Sparks of Winnipeg named to the directorate for three years, and L. G. Carpenter of Blind River elected for one year. The text also notes horse ancestry theories and Smithsonian rat fish collection, plus Volga River traffic and a new official airport in Buenos Aires.
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Canadian Lumbermen's Association
Montreal
N. F. Blair
Quebec
A. Sparks
Winnipeg
L. G. Carpenter
Blind River
Ont
Manufactured Feeds For Live Stock In Canada 1834
A survey shows Canadian farmers purchased ready mixed feeds for livestock and poultry totaling 198,055 tons worth 7,725,177 at the manufacturing point in 1834. Poultry feeds led in volume about 70 percent of the total. Cattle feeds followed with 27,130 tons, then swine feeds at 16,252 tons and horse feeds at 4,228 tons. Sales of sheep feeds were 14 tons.
Tweedsmuir Speaks at Canadian Surveying Meeting in Ottawa
The Canadian Institute of Surveying held its 29th annual Ottawa meeting with Lord Tweedsmuir as luncheon speaker after sessions on the Newfoundland geodetic survey and oblique aerial photography. J G Staack presented an account of the US Geological Survey history and work. Good King Wenceslas is noted as a Bohemian king from over a thousand years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ad Tweedsmuir
Canadian Institute of Surveying
Ottawa
Lord Tweedsmuir
United States Geological Survey
J. G. Staack
US Survey
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Smithsonian Institution
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Bueros Aires
Argentina
Institute of Surveying
Wenceslas
Bohemia
Scott
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