Manitoba report urges broader high school curriculum
A Manitoba Educational Association committee proposes expanding high school courses and liberalizing university entrance to better align with modern life. The sixteen month study warns current trends risk leaving students unprepared for business and could strain universities lacking sufficient enrollments. It recommends extending the high school span, and extending curricula to include athletics, arts, and civic activities, with broad applicability to western Canada.
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Western
Canada
Manitoba Educational Association
Manitoba
West
Dominion
Wiser
British Board of Education
Spens
Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute
Oxygen tents aid pneumonia patients by boosting oxygen intake
The text argues that oxygen tents help pneumonia victims by increasing the oxygen content of inhaled air, reducing fatigue and aiding recovery. It also oddly notes a figure about sheep in Australia, though the connection to medical aid is unclear. About 100 million sheep are mentioned in Australia.
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Australia
Silver may become international currency base after war
Senator Key Pittman of Nevada told reporters that silver will be in greater demand during the war and may become the metallic base for international currency after the conflict. He argued there is not enough gold to support a gold base for leading commercial countries and that silver could provide the needed base or a portion of it. Alaska’s wettest spot is Little Port Walter with 255.23 inches of rainfall in 1999.
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Key Pittman
Nevada
Alaska
Little Port Walter
Army Huts Use Concrete and Sawdust as Economy Measure
The army unveils a new hut design combining precast concrete and treated sawdust to replace timber and steel. Claimed to be fireproof and quickly assembled, the hut uses half the timber of prior designs and 54 pounds of steel wire. All materials are home produced with a claim of 10,000 huts annually.
Selected Recipes for Nutty Walnut Date Bread
Lift the first four ingredients together then add whole wheat flour sugar walnuts and dates followed by Bee Hive Golden Corn Syrup milk water egg and St Lawrence Maize Oil. Let stand 20 minutes in a leaf pan rubbed with oil. Bake slowly one to one and a half hours.
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St. Lawrence
Celery and Carrot Salad Molded with Jell O
A molded salad recipe using celery and raw carrots folded into mayonnaise and Jell O with vinegar and salt. The mixture is poured into ring molds, chilled until firm, then layered with red Jell O and served with crisp lettuce garnish. Serves six.
Hina’s Size Change Through Cosmic Evolution
A historical note explains that earth once existed in a smaller form by absorbing wandering nebulous matter. As cooling progressed, the planet expanded and then shrank to its current size, detailing an ancient view of planetary growth and contraction.
Newspaper Founder Links Montmedy Battle To Regina Legend
The report recalls Franco Prussian War fighting near Montmedy and ties a 70 year old incident to the founding of the Regina Leader. Irish war correspondent Nicholas Flood Davin fell from his horse during the battle, recovered, and later moved to Canada to establish the Leader in Regina.
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Montmedy
London
Nicholas Flood Davin
Canada
Toronto
Saskatchewan
Leader
Regina
Leader-Post
Loan Over Subscription Shuts War Loan Early
Australis 20,000,000 war loan was over-subscribed and lists closed a week earlier than planned, announced by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The New Dawn rose, first patented under the plant patent act, was found among Yan Fleet roses.
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Australis
British Broadcasting Corporation
Yan Fleet
Atomic gun fires electrons back to target at 12000 mph
Cornell University researchers claim to have perfected an atomic gun that fires electron bullets at 12,000 miles per second. The bullets return after missing, guided by electric and magnetic fields, disintegrating nuclei and aiding separation of heavy from light atoms. The device is under ten inches long and uses ionized targets as positive ions. Mercury orbits the sun every 88 days, implying a shorter year than Earth’s spring or summer.
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Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
Gan
Cornell
Mercury
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Appleford Paper Products Ltd
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