Royal William First Steam Atlantic Crossing Centennial Stamp
The centenary of the Royal William the Canadian built paddle steamer marks the first steam powered Atlantic crossing. After a storied career from Montreal to Gravesend to Lisbon the vessel ended as a hulk in Bordeaux. A Canadian postage stamp commemorates the voyage.
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Atlantic Ocean
Canadian Post Office Department
Quebec
Montreal
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Government of
Lower Canada
Cunard Brothers
Cunard Line
England
Pictou
Northumberland Strait
Pictou Harbour
London
John McDougall
Royal William
Gravesend
McDougall
Lisbon
Ysabel Segunda
Bay of
San Sebastian
Bordeaux
Algerian
Mediterranean Sea
House of Commons
France Tests Pocket Warship Vest For Portable Naval Power
A French defense concept envisions a compact vest containing a pocket warship system. The design aims to combine mobility with naval capability for rapid deployment and territorial defense scenarios.
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France
Guardian of Bow River Forest Reserve Lives High Above
Arthur Shantz, who calls himself the Old Man of the Mountains, spends summers 8,130 feet up a 30 by 50 foot shack guarding a Bow River forest reserve. He avoids people for months, hauling lumber by hand and hoping for warmer premises and more paint from the government.
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Forest Reserve Guardian
Bow River
Arthur Shantz
Shantz
Charming dress pattern with simple brown white crinkly crepe
A pattern guide describes a figure flattering dress with a partial belt, lengthened line, and flaring hem in brown and white crinkly crepe silk with a white crepe bib yoke. Style No. 643 offers sizes 36 to 46 and requires specific fabric amounts with a 20 cent price for the pattern.
Canada Fruit Crop Declines in 1933 Apple Harvest Up Net
The Dominion Department of Agriculture estimates 1933 crops for pears peaches grapes and plums will fall versus 1932 while apples rise to 4 438 000 barrels from 3 977 000. Pears 434 000 bushels down from 466 000. Peaches 813 000 down 91 000. Plums 22 000 down 79 percent of last year. Ontario grape failure yields 44 568 000 pounds vs 54 100 000.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Department
Canada
Ontario
Trade Within Empire Boosts Canada Exports to Empire
Dominion Bureau of Statistics shows Canada’s exports to Empire nations rising in the first four months of the fiscal year. Australia’s imports from Canada grew 63.9 percent to 3,183,654 dollars, the United Kingdom up 348 percent to 63,222,280 dollars, while British India and South Africa also posted gains. New Zealand and Newfoundland saw smaller increases, with imports reaching 1,005,533 and 1,823,864 dollars respectively.
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Canada
British West Indies
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Australia
United Kingdom
British India
South Africa
New Zealand
Newfoundland
Soviet Decree Orders Dog Removals for Army Use
A new Soviet decree requires all dog owners to surrender pets to dog pounds. The animals will be killed and skins sent to government factories to be made into clothing for the Soviet Army, with about 3,000,000 skins expected to meet army needs.
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Russia
Tokyo stores ordered to close three days monthly
After complaints from smaller merchants that department stores insured their business the big Tokyo stores were ordered to close three days each month. Merchants say shoppers stay home on those days and sales at other stores have fallen.
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Tokyo
Midnight the Bucking Horse Retires From Rodeos
The Cheyenne round-up marked the final appearance of Midnight the bucking horse. The Alberta-born legend, admired for power and speed, will retire to a ranch with owners Verne Elliott and Eddie McCarthy after thrilling crowds from Calgary to Tucson for a decade.
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Green
Cheyenne
Turk Greenough
Red Lodge
Montana
Greenough
Midnight
Alberta
Calgary
Tucson
Verne Elliott
Eddie McCarthy
Foothills
Friendly border trip cited by Stratford Beacon Herald
Pat Campbell made a 500 mile journey from The Pas to Winnipeg with a dog outfit en route to Chicago Fair and faced a border fee of 200 dollars plus 2 dollars per dog. The Stratford Beacon-Herald notes this recurring example of the so called friendly international border and quotes a house motto praising order contentment hospitality and godliness.
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Pat Campbell
Pas
Winnipeg
Chicago
Stratford Beacon-Herald
Port Alice Ranchers Armarmed to Ward Off Cougars
Residents along Vancouver Island's Port Alice, near Cape Scott, roam streets armed with shotguns and rifles to defend homes as cougars descend daily, preying on poultry, pigs, heifers and dogs after deer and fur animals were eliminated. Reverend William Gravier warns ranchers may abandon their ranches unless action is taken.
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Port Alice
Vancouver Island
Cape Scott
William Gravier
Gravier
Notable Bull-Dog Ants Of Australia Vicious Insects
Harvard entomology professor Dr William Moton Wheeler describes Australian ponerinae ants as large wasp like and fiercely stinging. He notes some species exceed an inch in length, live in mound nests several feet across, with colonies housing 150 to 200 individuals.
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Posono
William Moton Wheeler
Harvard Univesity
Australia
Wheeler
Curfew Rules Tightened for Windsor Parents
Windsor Ontario enforces a strict curfew requiring all children under sixteen to be in their homes. The plan includes a parent at home to receive them, aiming to improve safety and supervision for youths.
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Windsor
Ontario
Brantford
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Atlantic
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Taio
Ruth Rogers
McDermot Ave
Round Table
Pacific Relations Institute
Institute of Pacific Relations
Rome
Japan
Dutch East Indies
Java
China
Hubert Wilkins
New York
Lady Wilkins
Cougars Menace Ranchers
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