Experiments With Aerodynamic Trains by United States Railways
United States Railways conducts tests of aero dynamic train types intended to run New York to Los Angeles in about 50 hours at 85 mph average. Canadian officials and engineers discuss feasibility, cold-weather wear, roadbed strain, and cost while weighing safety and efficiency against higher speeds and new materials.
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United States
Raiways
New York
Los Angeles
Pew
Canada
Germany
Resale Proves Tareas at Swift Current Experiment
Observations at the Dominion Experimental Station Swift Current Sask show a caragana hedge 5.5 feet high reduced evaporation and extended 75 feet. wind direction changes caused variable effectiveness. Experiments indicate 27 percent more water used per bushel of wheat where evaporation was checked. Wind is the main prairie evaporation factor and hedge acts as windbreak to 50 feet per foot of height.
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Swift Current
Dominion Experimental Station
Sask
Prairies
Sugar Beet Yield Leads Northern Alberta District in 1933
In 1933 the Northern Irrigation District reports sugar beet yields above 11 tons per acre, led by Turin at nearly 12 tons and Springs close behind with 11.38 tons. The Taber-Barnwell district trails, a anomaly given its past dominance, as yields level below these figures.
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Ledibriage Nouthern
Alberta
Thia
Turin
Taber-Barnwell
Sale of Scostsey's original manuscript of The Star Spangled Banner
A vamapies cript original manuscript of The Star Spangled Banner was sold at public auction for 24000 dollars. The buyer was Dr AS W Rosenbach noted bibliophile. The document is on a brown aged sheet with ordinary paper.
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Scostsey
AS. W. Rosenbach
Champion Woman Wrestler Seeks Challenger in Turkey
Miss Emine, Turkey’s champion wrestler at nearly 400 pounds, has spent a year roaming the country for an opponent. Forced to earn a living by displays of strength, she balances a fifty pound wheat sack on her body with four men on top and bites a bent iron bar as two men attempt to bend it. A German made cheese rolls through Berlin in a Buy German parade.
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Emine
Turkey
One Of Strangest Lakes Wades To Walk On Lake La Brea
In Trinidad, Lake La Brea is a pitch lake occupying a volcanic crater. Bitumen deposits continually form on a 130 foot bed, allowing horses and carts to cross. The lake spans about a hundred acres and holds over nine million tons of bitumen, with fresh deposits visible regularly.
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Lake la Bree
Trinidad
Lake
la Brea
Seed Wheat for Russia One Delivers Sixteen Thousand Bushels
Saskatchewan seed buyers prepare sixteen thousand bushels of Garnet seed wheat for shipment to Siberia under Soviet orders aimed at early grain delivery. Neil Stewart Dunblane of the Saskatchewan Registered Seed Growers Association notes farmers received premiums above market prices. Extra grain from Alberta is also part of the shipment. Rain washed seed stored in Moose Jaw will be cleaned and sent to New York for February delivery.
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Siberia
Saskatchewan
Neil Stewart Dunblane
Saskatchewan Registered Seed Growers’ ‘Association
Stewart
Moose Jaw
New York
Alberta
Wren Retains Winter Moisture Raises Wheat Yields
The Dominion Experimental Station at Swift Current reports wheat yields up to 42 percent higher on land where winter moisture was retained rather than allowed to runoff. The study compares similarly treated land in the same state of cultivation. A common pigweed plant may produce as many as 117000 seeds.
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Dominion Experimental Station
Swift Current
Toronto Resident Pushes World Peace Flag Scheme
A Toronto author WK Dyer advances a World Peace Flag plan with blue lettering on white ovals representing the universe. Prints in ten languages aim for League of Nations recognition and classroom display to instill peace concepts in future generations.
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Toronto
WK. Dyer
British Empire
United States
League of Nations
League of Nations Society
Canada
Dyer
Bricks Embrace Multicolor Rough Texture and New Tiles
Reports indicate construction adopts multi colored rough texture bricks with palettes such as Autumn Tints Cherry Red Brindled Dark Straw bery Orange Silver Grey and Golden Grey. Tiles follow with at least ten colors. A suspected oak timber shortage may stem from antique furniture demand.
Death recalls Tut curse linked to Tutankhamen tomb
London memory of Dr Arthur E. P. B. Weigall's death sparks talk of the ancient curse on tomb defilers. The Luxor expedition to open King Tutankhamen's tomb is recalled by a string of misfortunes among associates and relatives of Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter. The tale weaves superstition with the era's sensational interest in Egyptology.
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Sarnarvon
Arthur E. P. B. Weigall
Ausmor
London
Tutankhamen
Luxor
Egypt
Lord Carnarvon
Howard Carter
Reginald Wendell
Carnarvon
Audrey Herbert
Private Sam Lee Appeals To King George For Discharge
Private Sam Lee of the 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment sought discharge on compassionate grounds by writing to the King. After lengthy composing and etiquette consultation, he submitted the petition but was informed that soldiers cannot write to the King. The officer advised reflection before taking further steps.
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Sam Lee
Northamptonshire Regiment
High Seas
India
Sees CO
Pet Tely
Language Of The Bees And Their Supposed Alphabet
A garbled OCR fragment suggests claims about a bee language described by Mrs Lingswoth in Hertfordshire. It mentions bees dancing to inform others and a "dumb alphabet" idea, plus odd dialogue references about a passenger and a merchant.
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L. Lingswoth
Hertfordshire
England
Caelham
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United States Railways
Tilsit
Prussia
Berlin
Wate
Russia
Wren
Paris
Ministry of Posts
New York ‘Times
Savant
King Tut
George
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