Great Bear Lake Mineral Field Poised to Lead Radium Production
J C McNabb engineer for Canadian Pacific describes Great Bear Lake fields as massively rich in radium and other minerals. The Ottawa reduction plant has achieved high radium extraction and could become a world leading unit, reducing shipping costs and potentially freeing Canada from Belgium's control.
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Great Bear Lake
Canada
J. C. McNabb
Canadian Pacific Railways
Ottawa
Great Bear
British Empire
Belgium
Cxrecho-Slovakia
McNabb
Centenary of the lawnmower inventor’s century
The lawnmower turns a hundred years from its origin credited to Edwin Budding. Originally designed to trim nap from woven cloth, the device sparked riots in weaving districts before Budding adapted it for lawn use with a large initial model and subsequent smaller machines.
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Edwin Budding
Budding
British Columbia Gold Production Rises in First Half
In British Columbia gold output grew 25 percent in the first half of this year as placer mining employed about 5,000 workers. Overall mineral production for the first six months of 1932 valued at 14,336,060 dollars.
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British Columbia
Beagle Blagray Farm House Faces Demolition in Glasgow
A 300 year old Blagray farm house in Glasgow Scotland is slated for demolition to make room for modern buildings. Historical preservation concerns surface as planners move forward with redevelopment.
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Blagray
Glasgow
Scotland
Giants and Dwarfs Shrinking Population Due to Medical Progress
The World-Wide News Service reports that the death of Vlado Velokovitch from Ljubljana highlights a trend toward fewer extremes in human height. Medical advances are cited as narrowing the gap between giants and dwarfs, though average height has fallen slightly.
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Be Reeve
Vlado Velokovitch
Ljubljana
Belgrade
Viado
Machnow
Vlado
Macknown
John Middleton
World-Wide
Canadian Troops as Trade Emissaries in France
Col. H. Barre, Dominion Trade Commissioner in France, notes Canadian troops in World War I served as trade emissaries. They shared cheese and jam rations with French civilians, who developed a taste for these goods, creating demand for Canadian cheese and jam in northern France.
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France
Col. H. Barre
Dominion
Lodger and landlady quarrel and secret engagement hinted
A Lodger asks for soup, the landlady offers windmill soup with a riddle about it going round. The fragment notes their engagement remains secret and that everyone is talking about it.
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Lodger
Fashion Pattern Style No 838 for Various Fabrics
The pattern can be made in crepe silk print or crepe satin in pastel or white. Crepe silks are sporty and popular. fabric options are varied. The medium size uses about 2% yards of 39 inch material. Sizes 16 to 42 bust. Pattern price 25 cents in stamps or coin. Wrap coin carefully.
Airplane Delivers Daily Newspapers to California Lookouts
A fire lookout at Frazier Peak, California, receives the daily paper from an airplane twice daily as a San Francisco paper bound for Los Angeles and a Los Angeles paper headed north pass by. Pilot Jess Hart mails thanks from A. L. Ellis, Tehachapi lookout, for the service.
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Frazier Peak
California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Jess Hart
A. L. Ellis
Tehachapi Range
Research on Durum Wheat Projects at Manitoba Lab
The Associate Committee on Grain Research expands durum wheat work at the University of Manitoba under Dr. W. F. Geddes. A complete durum testing lab will include an experimental mill purifier macaroni unit and spectrophotometer to study semolina quality and carotene content for pasta production. The effort covers varieties and environmental effects on macaroni making quality.
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Associate Committee On
Associate Committee On Grain Research
Department of Agricultural Chemistry
University of Manitoba
W. F. Geddes
Canada
Shortest Names and Places Across the World
A correspondent notes that the world’s shortest surname includes O in France and Ek in Ireland Sweden. The shortest place name is A in Sweden, with O occurring in Henan China and Y a bay in Holland. A second correspondent cites Inverness shire’s River E rising in Mouadhnath Mountains for a river system feeding Loch Ness.
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Paris
Sweden
Henan
Holland
Zuyder Zee
Inverness-shire
Mouadhnath Mountains
Gaurag
Loch Ness
Britain’s Largest Station Facts and Busy Rail Hubs
The article notes Waterloo as Britain’s largest station handling 1,400 trains in a day across 23 platforms. It also highlights Clapham Junction as the busiest junction with over 2,000 trains passing in 24 hours.
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Great Britain
Waterloo
Clapham Junction
Physicist Finds Men Hear Speaker Better In Room
A physicist explains a room full of men hears a speaker better than a room full of women due to heavy male clothing absorbing sound. The note ends with quoted witticisms and a Stockholm remark.
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B.C. Gold
Darling
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Meermot Ave
Winnipeg
Lonely Fire Lookout
University of Chicago
Robert Maynard Hutchins
Antarctic
Britain
Sir Walter Scott
National Gallery
Edinburgh
Scott
St. Giles
Princess Street
Vart Hem
Stockholm
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