Scientific Help For Farmers In Improving Wheat Quality
Dr A G McCalla outlined two avenues for western Canadian wheat improvement. Breeder-developed varieties aim to suit northern wooded soils and preserve flour keeping quality. and science-based fertilizing practices target mineral availability, especially potassium and calcium, to raise grain protein and bread quality under storage.
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Western Plains
A. G. McCalla
Ottawa
Dr. McCalla
Biology Club
National Research Council
Edmonton
Canada
Plains
McCalia
University of Alberta
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Prairis
Fallis
McCalla
Hidden Trafalgar Square in Chelsea Revealed
In Chelsea near the Nelson Column lies another Trafalgar Square largely unknown to Lendoners. The area features English Georgian houses amid a quiet, tucked away setting.
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Trafalgar Square
Chelsea
Hollywood
London
Equality and Security France Presses Germany on Wording
Albert Sarraut, ex premier of France, asserts France will keep its fold and seek calm progress while ready to demand lawful equality and security. He says France desires peace and a just German role in world affairs, but insists on legally applied equality of rights.
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France
Germany
Albert Sarraut
Smart model in woollens Paris designs for youth
Today’s model features simple line and high shoulders with plaits energizing the skirt. It appeals to daughters and mothers for easy two hour make up, plus cost savings versus original. Fabrics include wool jersey and tartan wool blends. Style No 471 suits sizes 10 to 16 years, size 12 needs 2 1/2 yards of 39 inch material, pattern price 20 cents, wrap coin carefully.
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Smart
Paris
Transformation of Old London Landmarks for New Buildings
The article laments loss of familiar London landmarks and views as streetscapes are altered by new developments. It cites Queen Victoria Street’s telephone building obscuring St Paul’s, Waterloo Bridge’s removal revealing Lever House, and warns government offices may ruin Whitehall views unless architects follow guidelines to preserve key vistas.
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London
Queen Victoria Street
St. Paul's
Blackfriars Bridge
Waterloo Bridge
Lever House
City
Whitehall
Tovern
Hairy Chinese Bearded Turtle Reaches Vancouver
A bearded turtle about the size of a man’s hand and twenty years old, sacred to Chinese for wisdom, arrived in Vancouver after crossing the Pacific in a goldfish bowl aboard the Empress of Russia. Interpreter Chan Sang hosted it in his cabin as joss sticks burned nightly. The hairy specimen, captured in Hong Chow’s sacred lake on the Yangtze River, will be presented to Mayor Louis D. Taylor and Vancouver citizens.
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Vancouver
China
British Columbia
Pacific
Russia
Chan Sang
Hong Chow
Yantse-Kiang
Louis D. Taylor
McFarland Appointed Judge on Ontario High Court
George Franklin McFarland has been appointed judge of the high court of justice for Ontario. The appointment was announced by Hon. Hugh Guthrie, Minister of Justice. McFarland succeeds Justice W. E. Raney, who died recently.
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George Franklin McFarland
Toronto
High Court of Justice
Ontario
Hugh Guthrie
Mr. McFarland
W. E. Raney
Canada Wins World Wheat Crown At Chicago Show
Canada dominates the Chicago international hay and grain show winning the world's wheat crown for the 19th time in 23 years. Frank Isackson of Elfros Saskatchewan leads with hard red spring wheat Reward variety while William Rogers of Tappen BC takes reserve in wheat sweepstakes. Ontario and Alberta collect multiple class prizes as Saskatchewan totals lead across categories.
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Canada
Chicago
Frank Isackson
Elfros, Sask
Ian Smith
Wolf Creek
Alberta
Smith
Ellis Aldrich
Fairgrove
Mich
Fred Hamm
Goodfame
Elfreys
Isackson
Hermann Trelle
Wembley
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Seager Wheeler
Rosthern, Sask
British Columbia
William Rogers
Tappen
Rocky
Rogers
Canadians—both of Them Albertans—in the Grain Classes. J. H. B. Smith
Nels Linden
Wetaskiwin
B. Allsop
Tappen BC
Ontario
Social Service Spending in Britain Surges After 1910
UK public social services expenditure rose sharply after 1910 with the national insurance system. Latest figures show over 12 million benefiting from unemployment insurance and 138 million from health insurance, amid a multi billion dollar annual total.
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United Kingdom
Saskatchewan Schools Insured After Fire Loss Gaps
Premier J T M Anderson announced 60 rural schools in northeastern Saskatchewan near Doukhobor settlements are now insured again after two years without coverage or longer. The government arranged group policies at a higher rate to protect against fire, addressing many blazes suspected arson in recent years.
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Saskatchewan
J. T .M. Anderson
Dobobor
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Taji
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McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
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Magdalen
George Gordon
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Social Service In
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Lincoln
Lincolnshire Regiment
Dover
Caterick
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