Westward industrial growth for Canada gains a plant
The General Motors Corporation of Canada approves a million dollar manufacturing and assembly plant at Regina Saskatchewan. The move signals a shift by eastern industry leaders to locate branch factories in the West, reducing freight costs, boosting western raw material use, and addressing unemployment through year round production. The decision is seen as a milestone for Western Canada and a model for future investments in prairie centers.
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General Motors Corporation of Canada
Hegina
Saskatchewan
Canada
West
Winnipeg
Fastern
Fast
Prairie
Western
Regina
Prairie West
Alberta Sells Lacombe and Northwestern Railway
A payment of 1 510 582 59 to the Alberta treasurer by Canadian Pacific Railway on May 10 secured full possession and title of the Lacombe and Northwestern Railway. New directors named include D C Coleman G A Walker George Fox C D Porter and George Hutton.
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Purchsers
Lacombe and Northwestern Hailway
Alberta
Canadian Pacl Railway
Lacombe and Northwestern Railway
D.C. Coleman
Canadian Pacific
G. A. Walker
Calgary
George Fox
Pamonton
C. D. Porter
George Hutton
A Great Tonic Says Mrs Russell
Mrs Russell calls a great tonic a phrase she frequently uses in public remarks about health remedies. The brief item notes her endorsement and frames it as a recurring quotation attributed to her.
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Mrs. Russell
Radium Explosive Surpasses TNT and Dynamite in Tests
California Institute of Technology professors report a radium based explosive as 30 percent more powerful than TNT and 15 percent more effective than commercial dynamite in official tests. The device, devised by Captain H R Zimmer of Los Angeles, was tested by Lieutenant Colonel L M Adams. Each sample was placed in a separate jar and power judged by expansion. Zimmer refused further analysis to keep the formula secret for the War Department.
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California Institute of Technology
H.R Zimmer
Los Angeles
L. M. Adams
Ann Ounce
Zimmer
Falysia
United States War Department
Tax receipts rise in fiscal year 1927 28 across Canada
Federal income tax collections for the fiscal year 1927 28 totalled 5 972 an increase over the preceding year of 8 000 000 despite a tax cut last year Montreal contributed 17 374 963 Toronto 13 320 640 and Vancouver 5 440 359 indicating widespread gains in national revenue.
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Montreal
Toronto
Vancouver
Palace On Wheels Train Carried Afghan King Across India
The royal train featured teak coaches with gold fittings and silver bathrooms. It carried the Afghan King and his suite on the homeward journey, powered by four great engines to traverse the mountain section between Quetta and Chamman.
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Afghanistan
India
Quetta
Chaman
Ice breakers may open Hudson Straits early next season
Air patrols report straits navigable earlier than hoped as ice breaks up in the eastern channel and centre. Officials say an ice breaker will be available before spring to clear a channel, suggesting navigation could open sooner than anticipated through Hudson Straits.
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Hudson Straits
Friends of the Route
Dr Williams Pink Pills Cited In Rheumatism Relief
An advertisement-like piece touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy for rheumatism. It cites a testifier, Jos A Bobeaugeon, a woods worker, who details severe joint pain and bed confinement before taking the pills. After weeks swelling and stiffness reduced, with lasting benefits reported. The text promotes obtaining the medicine from Jer in medicine or by mail in Brockville Ontario.
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Williams
Jos. A. Bobeaugeon
Dr. Wiliams
Jer
Rom Ther
Will Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Great West Airways First Commercial Flying Company Established
Great West Airways Limited, the prairie’s first commercial flying company, is formed in Calgary with prominent citizens backing and Capt. FDR McCall in charge. The Calgary base is planned and operations are expected within a month. The firm aims to carry on avial branches and pilot and air engineer training.
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First
Prairies
Calgary
Fdr. McCall, Dso
ALC
Great West Airways. Limited
Winnipeg
New Job Emerges Airplane Despatchers Use Radio
Radio brings a new air travel role as airplane despatchers. Ground radiophone stations will guide planes at night, using beacons and compasses to navigate. Each station handles despatching from a major route, reducing pilot isolation and enhancing safety along the western transcontinental air corridor.
New Markets For Purebred Hogs Grow Worldwide Interest
The Canadian Swine Breeders' Association branch notes rising demand for purebred hogs in Australia and New Zealand after New Zealand lifted an embargo. The ILC secretary reports ongoing efforts to cultivate markets abroad and respond to health-clean stock inquiries.
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Canadian Swine Breeders’ Association
Antipodes
ILC
Australia
New Zealand
Free Dental Service Reaches Saskatchewan Masses
A travelling clinic delivered free dental treatment to nearly one thousand Saskatchewan residents from distant areas. About 100,000 children received mouth inspections with health charts. Over 90,000 books and pamphlets on dental health were distributed, and 36,000 persons completed preventive dentistry courses during a 60-day health programme. The Canadian Dental Hygiene Council led the effort, led by Dr. Harry S Thomson.
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Saskatchewan
North
Canadian Dental Hygiene Council
Harry S$. ‘Thomson
Dominion
Fur-farm Lease Applicants Open in Alberta Swampy District
S00 applicants for fur farming leases in the swampy St. Paul de Metis district of Alberta recently made available for fur farming purposes.
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St. Paul de Metis
Alberta
University of British Columbia Dairy Faculty Rep Attends London Conference
Golding of the University of British Columbia dairy faculty will represent that province at the World's Dairy Conference in London this year. The Suez Canal cost mentioned is £0,000,000.
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Golding
University of British Columbia
London
Japan Plans Purchase of 1000 Poultry for Farms
The Japanese Government approves a program to buy 1,000 birds annually for five years for its five experimental farms. The poultry will likely be exported to British Columbia, underscoring the strong publicity Canada received at the World's Poultry Congress in Ottawa last year.
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British Columbia
Ottawa
Miller's Worm Powders Restore Health After Worms
Miller's Worm Powders claim to expel worms and repair digestion damage. They invigorate the system and restore strength and soundness after parasitic intrusion. The product is described as thorough and effective in renewing health.
Spirit of St Louis Donated to Smithsonian Institute
Lindbergh's Spirit of St Louis is placed at the Smithsonian in Washington. Years hence people will wonder how he achieved it in that old craft.
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Lindbergh
Hay Fever-w Minard Nearly 50 Inmates in Canadian Prisons
A historical note reports nearly fifty men aged over years detained in Canadian prisons, highlighting the scale of confinement during the period and reflecting on prison demographics and enforcement practices.
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Alberta Sells Railway
Lydia E. Pinkham
V.n. U
Hedon Straits
Great West Airways
Thomas
Britain
Holloway
St.charles
J. D. Kellogg
Dawson
Sonr
Yukon
White Horse
Mayo
Edison
Society of Arts and Ficiences
Thomas A. Edison
New York
RSENS
mRrsraif
Lewes
Minard
Leon
Ida
Ewgillett CO Ltd
Japan
Supaoe
Gyproc
Gypem Ant Alabestine Limited
Winnipee
Uta
Vermin
Inger Bene En
Ballina
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