World Happenings Briefly Told From Far and Near
The item outlines the Van couver voyage starting January 26 to Pacific ports, a forecast that television becomes commercial within five years, Canadian art set for the Buenos Aires expo in March and April 1931, New Zealand deer extermination challenges, London’s Mansion House awaiting modernization, and various notes on fisheries and employment in Saskatchewan, with fragments mentioning Arlene and other places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.m.cs
Vancouver
Pacific Ocean
Harboard
Radio Corporation of America
Buenos Aires
New Zealand
London
Flowerpot Island Turned Over to National Parks Board
In Georgian Bay at the Bruce Peninsula north end Flowerpot Island has been turned over to the national parks branch of the Department of the Interior. The two rock formations resembling flowerpots are eroded by the sea and topped with trees. Parks officials will reinforce the bases to protect them from further wave erosion.
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Georgia Bay
National Parks Board
Flowerpot Island
Georgian Bay
National Parks Branch
Department of the Interior
Bruce Peninsula
Parks Branch
Discovery of a penetrating ray by Professor Hess
Professor W F Hess of Vienna claims a new ray from some Milky Way stars reaches eighty inches of Yeaden plate with half sea strength loss and is ten times as penetrative as the strongest radium ray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Hess
Vienna
Crows Nest Rates To Churchill In Saskatchewan Push
Saskatchewan freight expert George H. Smith foresees the Crows Nest rates saving about 12.24 cents per bushel on wheat shipped from Saskatchewan. Premier RB Bennett hinted the Hudson Bay route will adopt the new rates to Churchill, with savings varying by origin such as Regina Moose Jaw Saskatoon and Yorkton, while careful tariff compilation proceeds for CN Railways to Ottawa.
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Tchewan Fansers
Churchill
Hudson Bay
Saskatchewan
George H. Smith
RB. Bennett
Regina
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Semana
Mel Mile
Yorkton
Prince Albert
North Battleford
Lloyd:minster
Alsask
Wuld
J. A. Merkley
Ailways
Labor and Industries
Stat
Canadian National Rail
Railway Commission
Ottawa
Oil Find Reported in Readlyn Valley Saskatchewan
Reports of oil appear in the Readlyn Valley on Thomas Powley’s Readlyn farm. Water yields a greasy substance that ignites when separated. sandstone contains fossilized forest leaves suggesting historic dense forests. P Bridger of Readlyn found leaves in near perfect condition, implying vast oil and gas beneath within 500 feet. Mud geysers in several spots bubble with grease and oil. CPR runs through the valley. Government inspector notes requests to drill in Readlyn townsite, but none granted due to village density. Powley’s find is one mile up the valley from the CPR depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readlyn
Thomas Powley
P. Bridger
Sask
Canadian Pacific Railway
CPR
Mosquito Stores Fat Like Bear In Montana Discovery
A mosquito in northern Montana has been found storing fat during summer to hibernate in winter. The insect prepares in sheltered spots, resembling bear fat reserves for cold months.
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Montana
Amethyst Glass Color Chemistry Reported in 1831
The discovery of choleroform by Lelbig in Germany and Souberran in France occurred in 1831 with reports published nearly simultaneously. A London pet show featured a rabbit valued at $5,000, drawing attention to rare animal prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lelbig
Germany
Souberran
France
London
John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness
Devotional reading on Isaiah 40 3 11 explains John the Baptist’s preaching at the Jordan. It contrasts baptism as purification with repentance and faith in a leader, cites Luke, and notes Jesus’ and John’s use of baptism. It quotes Luther on penitence.
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John
Zacharas
Jordan
Luke
Isaiah
Jean
Jesus
Aembal
Byworth
D. Gordon
Lowell
John the Baptist
Martin Luther
Fish Farming Ventures Move Into British Columbia
An initiative seeks a long lease from the Provincial Government for a small lake to stock with whitefish and lake trout to supply fresh-water fish to the general market. The stocking will take three to four years, marking BC's push into commercial fish farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Granite Quarry Near Cranbrook Produces High Quality Stone
A Cranbrook syndicate develops a granite quarry near the Canadian Pacific right of way four miles west of Cranbrook B C A trial shipment last summer proved satisfactory and sparked demand for more The quarry offers six grades with blacks and greens most sought after and stone polished for tombstones table tops fireplaces veneer and building uses
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook
Canadian Pacific
B.C
Canada
Scandinavia
Apples For Java Dehydrated Shipment Sparks Repeat Order
Dehydrated apples shipped by Bulmans Limited to Batavia Java generate enough consumer satisfaction to secure a reorder of triple the initial quantity. Apples arrive in five pound tins. Soviet Russia’s population is estimated at 150 million.
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Java
Bulmans Limited
Batavia
Soviet
Russia
Canada’s Fisheries Value In 1929 Report
Canada’s fisheries produced goods valued at 53,518, saa in 1929. The report outlines total output and economic impact of the sector during that year. It notes the contribution of fisheries to national commerce and regional activity.
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Canada
Short wave radio to cut diphtheria toxin virulence
Waclaw Seymanowski and Robert Hicks reported to the Society of American Bacteriologists that highly potent diphtheria toxin is diminished by short electric waves at 1.9 and 3.76 meters, corresponding to 158 million and 80 million cycles per second. The discovery, echoed as a new opportunity, parallels prior claims about artificial fever from radio waves. England’s 1801 census noted a population of 8,893,300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of American Bacteriologists
Waclaw T. Seymanowski
Robert Allan Hicks
Western Pennsylvania Hospital
Pittsburgh
Ney
New Industry Manitoba To Manufacture Frames and Comb Foundations
A special committee of the Industrial Development Board of Manitoba reports two new industries for the province. Manitoba will manufacture frames previously bought from the east and will also produce comb foundations and honey extractors. The text notes manganese was first used as a source of coloring matter.
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Manitoba
Industrial Development Board of Manitoba
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Treth
Wsgp
Ruth Arlene
Perera
Saskatchewan Oil Discovery
Government Railroad Board
Sweden
Regina Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition
Montreal
Iba Reuven
IRC
Putnams Corn Peas
Auto
South America
Juiz de Fora
Brazil
Easy Term Furnishers
Miss McFarlane
Dietitien
St. Michael's Hospital
Toronto
Chase & Sanborn's
Graham Gems
Nakasi
Carter
England
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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