World Happenings Briefly Told in Alberta Crop Notes and News
Northern Alberta wheat yields average 19 bushels per acre with No 8 Northern grade. Alastair Buchan, son of Lord Tweedsmuir, sailed from Quebec to England aboard Empress of Australia after a three month Canada visit. Main road into Cypress Hills park named Pass of Killarkie per Tweedsmuir’s suggestion. Dominion Housing Act and National Housing Act loans totaling 22,185,564 last August. Ethiopian foreign minister Hellaten Gheta Hervuy, 60, dies. Gold and silver bars worth 4,325,000 arrive in France from Barcelona. Poland asks League of Nations to relocate thousands of would-be immigrants. Oldest horse in North America, 41, owned by Walter Carruthers, dies. Southern Alberta sugar beet crop placed at 250,000 tons from 20,000 acres. sugar production forecasts up to 0,000,000 pounds for 1935, up from 76,600,000 last year.
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Alberta
Eamonton Journal
Alastair Buchan
Lord Tweedsmuir
Quebec
England
Canada
Cypress Hills Park
Pass of Kilrarkie
Saskatchewan Park
France
Barcelona
Poland
League of Nations
Warsaw
Walter Carruthers
Turnberry Township
Ont
Carruthers
Youthful Scientist Debuts Device for Vitamin A Count
Edmonton based Dr. Lionel Bradley Pett, a young University of Alberta lecturer, unveiled a device claimed to measure human vitamin A content in 30 seconds. The apparatus uses Peep-tubes and bright light to gauge eye recovery time, linking longer recovery to deficiency and night blindness.
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Edmonton
Lionel Bradley Pett
University of Alberta
Pett
Alfalfa Use in Surgery Highlighted by University Expert
Dr. G G Moe of the University of British Columbia notes alfalfa yields a product aiding surgery by causing blood coagulation to staunch bleeding. He spoke at a farmers field day, stressing the medical potential of alfalfa-derived material.
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G. G. Moe
University of British Columbia
Dominion Drama Finals Scheduled in London Ontario
The 1999 Dominion Drama finals will be held in London Ontario during April with regional events in Hamilton January 25 to 28. Park Jamieson named chairman of the London festival committee as the Western Ontario Drama League seeks adjudicators. The festival program will include full length and one act plays with a $50 prize for a one to three hour script and two $10 awards for best cover design and best contestant pin design.
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London
Ont
Western Ontario
Hamilton
Park Jamieson
Samia
Western Ontario Drama League
Ontario
WODL
W. Adams
Aberdeen Avenue
Slim Pattern Ad Promotes Easy Seams and Silks
Designer Anne Adams markets a new pattern for a slender dress with long seams and soft gathers on a panel bodice. Suggests silks or synthetics in violet or navy, with options for short or long versions and a range of women sizes. pattern fee listed in coins with order to Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Adams
Pattern
Anne Adams
Anse Adams
Dept
Winnipeg
McDermot
Winnipes
Prospecting Opens Careers in Yellowknife Mining Field
Northwest Territories officials tour schools hospitals and camps near Yellowknife on Great Slave Lake as Canada’s new mining area attracts advanced prospectors hard rock miners and construction workers. Travel by plane or boat is common cost and food logistics are high, locals report ongoing staking west and east of the Yellowknife River with new camps forming as gold discoveries draw in workers from Ontario and Quebec.
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Yellowknife
Mines and Resources Department
ROY
Northwest Terntones
Ottawa Yellowknife
Forth
Great Slave Lake
Canada
Peace River
Edmonton
Ontario
Quebec
Thee
Sunday School Lesson Sparks Theological Debate
A Sunday school lesson on the Ten Commandments emphasizes exclusivity to God, citing Moses at Sinai and the unity of God. It discusses modern Bible translations, noting Rev R Mercer Wilson’s revised text that rewords passages for clarity, including Luke 18 25 and the term publicans and sinners.
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Pew
United Society For Christian Lit
R. Mercer Wilson
The
Religious Tractery
Tyndale
Wilson
Alberta doctors urge flying corps for settlers
Dr Enna M Johnstone of Wandering River proposed a private settlement based medicare service for isolated districts at the Alberta CMA convention in Calgary. She avoided government involvement, suggesting private effort could fund and run the scheme. The remarks followed remarks on antiques and desert flora.
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Inc
Enna M. Johnstone
Wandering River
Johnstone
Alberta
Canadian Medical Association
Calgary
Aberdeen adopts radio linked cycle patrol scheme
Police introduce two way three valve radios for cycles in Aberdeen linking lonely cars to headquarters like mobile officers. Cyclists will receive and transmit calls from headquarters, using toolbag mounted sets behind saddles and handlebar clip receivers.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
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Sinai
Moses
Parkes Cadman
God
George Adam Smith
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I Pacific
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East Kootenay
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