World Happenings Briefly Told
Migration from Great Britain to the Dominion is not being encouraged or aided at present. Lord Elibank moves a Lords resolution urging no delay in calling the Imperial Conference in Ottawa. Gold found in large quantities at Homestake mine Perry Creek East Kootenay. Sir John Gilmour appointed to attend Imperial Economic Conference in Ottawa. Henry Heikkinen claims a bounty on nine timber wolf skins. No part of the world has a more austere economic future than Canada. Col Hanford MacNider tells New England Council in Boston. Scrutator suggests British Lords reconstitution for Dominion seats. Miss Ethel Catherwood takes residence in San Francisco until after the 1932 Olympics. Edward Alexander McCourt declared Alberta Rhodes Scholar in Edmonton. Canadian commercial failures decrease in September. Liabilities of assigners total 5 166 576. Rail stock production 1930 valued at 104 992 701. Dame Rachel Crowdy praises League of Nations work in China Japan dispute.
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Homestake
Perry Creek
East Kootenay
Nelson
B.C
John Gilmour
Ottawa
Henry Heikkinen
Port Arthur
Qont
Canada
Hanford MacNider
United States
New England Council
Boston
House of Lords
Dominions
Sunday Times
Ethel Catherwood
Saskatoon
San Francisco
Edward Alexander McCourt
Kitscoty
Alberta
Edmonton
McCourt
Manitoba
Rachel Crowdy
O.B.E
Vancouver
Great Britain
Orient
League of Nations
Drouth Resisting Plants in Russia and Scandinavia
Dr. O McConkey of Ontario Agricultural College urges exploration for drought and wind resistant plants in Russia and Scandinavia with potential Canada wide impact. He cites Bechuanaland woolly finger grass found at high altitude with drought resilience and notes experts locate many plant diseases up to 10000 feet in flight. The essay ends with a Viennese quip about marriage.
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O. McConkey
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Russia
Canada
Scandinavia
McConkey
Empire Marketing Board
Bechuanaland
South Africa
Saskatchewan drought commission outlines study plan
The Saskatchewan Commission on Conservation and Afforestation held its initial meeting to set a program of study on drought causes and remedies. Chairman Hon. J. F. Bryant outlined data gathering from international sources and dam site surveys, with committees formed on afforestation conservation soil drift weather and groundwater. The commission invites voluntary contributions from individuals and institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Commission On
J. F. Bryant
K.C
Bryant
Mr. Bryant
C. J. MacKenzie
University of Saskatchewan
W. D. Cowan
T. A. Patrick
Yorkton
F. J. O'Leary
Regina
Wat. C. Buckle
Forestry Commission of
England
France
Sweden
Germany
United States
Ontario
Nebraska
Canadian National Railway
T. C. Main
Canadian Pacific Railway
Commission
Canada
A. W. Mackintosh
Queen's University
Frank J. D. Barnjum
Montreal
Torgeson
Estevan
R. W. Ashton
Moose Jaw Technical School
Z. M. Hamilton
Buckle
Cowan
Dean Mackenzie
Col. O'Leary
Patrick
Carragana
Norman Ross
Forestry Branch
Federal Department of Agriculture
Dean A. M. Shaw
Agricultural College
Saskatoon
L. E. Kirk
Dominion
A. T. Alty
Mawdsley
Mackenzie
Christmas Seal Sale Supports Saskatchewan Tuberculosis Fight
The Christmas seal campaign funds anti tuberculosis work in Saskatchewan. The province hosts sanatoria in Saskatoon and Prince Albert with about 800 patients under care. In tough times, education and prevention remain priorities financed by voluntary contributions.
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Appelle
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
Dominion
Canada
Anti-Tuberculosis League
Alberta Fish and Game elects Burns president at Calgary convention
A. P. Burns of Medicine Hat was unanimously chosen president of the Alberta Fish and Game Association at the Calgary convention. Frank L. Farley of Camrose was named past president, Norman Fraser of Edmonton elected vice-president, and George M. Sprage of Edmonton secretary-treasurer. Next year’s meeting will be in Lethbridge. Farley urged a closed season on duck hunting for one year and many authorities supported protection till 1933 due to dwindling numbers.
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A. P. Burns
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Alberta Fish and Game Association
Calgary
Burns
Frank L. Farley
Camrose
Norman Fraser
Edmonton
George M. Sprage
Lethbridge
Farley
Recipes For This Week Strawberry Jelly Roll
Flour and leavening are sifted and mixed then folded with sugar beaten egg whites and yolks. Vanilla is added before folding in flour gradually. Batter bakes 13 minutes in a hot oven then rolled with strawberry jelly and cooled in cloth.
Onion Tart Filling with Bacon and Cream
Slice four large onions and soak in salted water with sugar. Boil briefly then drain. Cook in butter until light brown, add minced bacon, cool to warm. Stir in eggs beaten with cream, fill tart shells, top with melted butter, and bake until set.
Hospital opens debt free in Sutton England
A new 250000 hospital in Sutton England opens with the distinct claim of being entirely debt free. A German scientific group fixes the Greenland ice cap depth at 8850 feet solving an ancient puzzle.
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Sutton
England
Greenland
Sunday School Lesson On Faith And Finish
Golden text from 2 Timothy 4 declares I have fought the good fight and finished the race. The lesson surveys Romans 15 22 29 2 Timothy 4 6 18 and Titus 1 5 16 3 11 14 with devotional reading from Philippians 3 7 14.
Paul Keeps The Track Of His Faithful Race
The piece reflects on Paul facing death as a poured out drink offering and departure from life. It frames his end as a deliberate, noble end to a life of devotion, finishing the course and keeping the faith. It compares Paul’s mindset to a racer who guards the track and follows God’s light.
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Paul
Timothy
Apostle
Tennyson
F. B. Meyers
Charles Brown
Whittier
Steeplejack Sits Atop Toronto Church Spire
Howard Boles, a steeplejack, painted from the top of St James Church in Toronto. His pocket watch slipped out and vanished, but later a search found the watch intact on greensword, ticking away with no damage to glass or mechanism.
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Howard Boles
St. James’ Church
Toronto
Fragmented historical quip collection from Oregon era
A garbled OCR snippet references Oregon prehistoric flight myth and a quoted burglary remark. It mentions a two foot wing expansion and ends with a broken line about Der Brummer. The readable text is fragmentary with no clear event or date.
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J. H. Thomas
Elibank
Faun
Vienna
Saskatchewan Commission
Commission On Conservation and Afforestation
Legislative Building
Sask
The
Fort Qu'Appelle
Betty Parclay
Rome and
Oregon
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