Turgeon Grain Inquiry completes western sittings
The Turgeon Royal Grain Inquiry Commission has finished its western hearings and plans to begin the east phase in autumn possibly extending to Great Britain. It may issue an interim report to assist next year’s legislation, aiming to improve western farmers’ welfare amid market forces beyond Canada’s control.
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Royal Grain Inquiry Commission
Great Britain
W. F. A. Turgeon
West
Canada
Dominion
Sun Moon Size Difference Shown in Orbit Facts
Observers see the sun and moon as similar in apparent size but the sun measures about 400 times the moon’s diameter. The moon lies roughly 239000 miles away while the sun is about 92 9 million miles distant, explaining the great difference in scale.
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Earth
Millionaire Rewards Hero With Golf Club Purchase
The young man saves the daughter of a wealthy benefactor who, pressed to reward him, offers money. To avoid embarrassment, the hero declines and the father later sends a telegram stating he has bought the Westend Golfer's Club and is negotiating for the Sunnyside Links.
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Westend
Sunnyside Links
Canada's Discovery Told by Animated Map Address
President Lawrence J. Burper of the Royal Society of Canada gave a Toronto speech using an animated map. He described exploration by drawing on quoted explorer narratives to recount Canada's discovery and early exploration.
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Gaye
Lawrence J. Burper
Royal Society of Canada
Toronto
Canada
You say it takes two to make a quarrel but you need four to play bridge
A concise quip notes that bridge requires four players, contrasting common saying about two causing a quarrel. It reflects a lighthearted social observation rather than a news item.
Manitoba Sees Popping Corn Grow Into New Industry
Manitoba expands farming to popping corn with Hutterite settlements along the Assiniboine river growing the crop. Last year Medicine Hat produced several carloads, Winnipeg firms bought one carload for 2700 dollars, two more carloads sold in Washington. Now plans push western Canada farmers to join the venture as climate doubts fade.
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Manitoba
Canada
J K. May
J. G. McGee
Medicine Hat
Winnipeg
Washington
Coa
Newcastle
Assiniboine River
Wake Up Your Liver Bile And You’ll Jump Out of Bed
A fragment titled Wake Up Your Liver Bile And You’ll Jump Out of Bed presents a surreal, ad hoc idea about bile and morning energy. The text is cryptic and lacks identifiable people, places, or events to anchor a concrete report.
Farmer Lord Tweedsmuir Visits Guelph
Lord Tweedsmuir spoke in Guelph claiming the visit fulfilled a long-cherished hope. He noted his country roots and discussed Canada’s agricultural challenges, praising the OAC as a leading agricultural college and urging greater use of applied science to prevent mischief.
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Lord Tweedamuir
Guelph
Twedsmuir
Canada
O.A.C
Empire
Commonwealth
Selected Recipes for Dates with Corn Syrup and Nuts
Dates are scalded with milk then thickened with Benson's Corn Starch and salt. A cold milk paste from corn starch is added, the mixture cooks 20 minutes, then egg yolks and Crown Brand corn syrup blend in. Vanilla and chopped nuts join before chilling, served with orange sauce.
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Benson
Crown
Getting It Right A Travel Joke About San Jose
A traveller recalls visiting San Jose and a man corrects her pronunciation. He insists California pronounces all s followed by h as H sounds. She replies with a witty answer that she was there in Hune and Huly.
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San Jose
San Hosay
California
Hune
Huly
Glycerine Preferred for Kitchen Tools Over Oil
Glycerine proves superior to oil for lubricating egg beaters, food cutters, and juice extractors. It is tasteless and harmless, offering a safer option for household gadgets.
Long-run foes cheer him when he errs
A terse aphorism notes that the true enemies of a man are those who praise him while he is in error, implying danger in misplaced support and flawed judgment.
Prizes Raised at International Live Stock Show 1937
Directors announce higher prizes across cattle divisions at the Chicago Stock Yards exhibition running November 27 to December 4 1937 Aberdeen Anguss Shorthorns and Herefords gain increases with $225 added to Aberdeen Angus class prizes Milling Shorthorns Polled and Red Polled premiums unchanged. Carlot feeder cattle awards rise and new contest formats apply. Sheep premiums similar with Hampshire up slightly. Draft horse show drops all foul classes and Shire premiums reallocated. Percheron premiums up $150 while five Shire stallion contests are removed.
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Chicago Stock Yards
Hampshire
Explorer claims Tibet hosts higher peak than Everest
Robert C. C. Winthrop, famed explorer and hunter, budgets about 200000 to prove a Amne Machin peak northeast of Tibet rises 31000 feet above sea level, surpassing Everest at 29002 feet. He plans air surveys and a land triangulation party landing in Lan chow, Kansu, China. He cites J. F. Rook and Gen George Periera as authorities and notes his own wide travels from India.
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Tibet
Everest
Mt. Everest
Himalaya
Robert C. C. Winthrop
Winthrop
Yellow River
Withrop
China
Lanchow
Kansu
J. F. Rook
National Geographic Society
George Periera
England
India
Solier
Continuous effort seen for prairie farm land rehabilitation
Federal officer John Vallance told the Western Stock Growers Association at Calgary that prairie rehabilitation will be ongoing and may become a government department. He said the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act covers a large portion of Canada’s population and arable land, with progress including abandoned lands being restored and water development advancing, noting potential 39,000 acre-feet of dam storage this year.
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Xacion
Department of Government
John Vallance
Western Stock Growts’ Association
Calfarm
Canada
Vallance
Knees Swelled With Rheumatism Letter Prompts Relief Claim
A reader describes crippling knee rheumatism eased after three months on Kruschen Salts. The writer says swelling decreased, able to rise from chairs, kneel, and run stairs, and claims renewed energy to work. The note credits two ingredients for acid dissolution and internal stimulation.
Ontario study links driver age to accident fatality rates
A six year Ontario survey shows youths 18 to 24 are 23.5 of all crashes but 25.6 of fatalities. The 25 to 40 group accounts for 45.3 of crashes and 42.7 fatalities. Ages 55 to 64 and those over 65 show higher fatal shares despite smaller crash involvement.
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Om Wnen
Ontario
Alberta Cattle Policy Aims to Improve Stock for Export
Hon. D. B. Mullen announced plans at Calgary to create a new Alberta cattle policy ensuring only top stock enters export and domestic markets. The plan may start next fall and could require packers to remove low grade cattle from meat production, with lower grades sent to abattoirs for fox feed and higher grades finished in northern Alberta before export.
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Alberta
D. B. Mullen
Western Stock Growers’ Association
Calgary
Mullen
Edmonton
Hydrogen in teaspoon water yields vast energy
The statement notes that converting hydrogen in a teaspoonful of water into helium would release about 100,000 kilowatt hours of energy, equivalent to roughly $10,000 in electrical value, illustrating potential energy released in nuclear-scale reactions.
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the Grain Inquiry
Rama
Drouth
British Guiana
New Alberta Cattle Policy
Soleman
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