Manitoba to set aside large area as federal forest experimental station
Manitoba transfers about forty square miles on Duck Mountain to the Dominion government for a federal forest experiment station. Thomas C. Murphy, minister of the interior, says the site will advance forest research and silviculture demonstrations. Aerial surveys, ground checks, and road and facility construction are under way to study mixed spruce and aspen stands and improve white spruce reproduction through silvicultural methods.
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Manitoba
Province of
Dominion
Duck Mountain
Forest Service
Department of the Interior
Thomas C. Murphy
Golfer Confrontation Over Shilling Near the Ball
A golfer accuses the opponent of borrowing money and placing a shilling near the ball. The pro replies he must act to keep the golfer from looking up, implying strategic pressure in a tense exchange.
Marriageable Balance on Farms and in Cities
The article notes 142 unmarried men per 100 women on American farms and states large cities have more marriageable women than men, reflecting demographic shifts in rural and urban areas.
New Dominion Amendments Approve Export Grading For Poultry
Government brings compulsory grading and inspection for dressed poultry exported from Canada. Boxes must be legibly stencilled with bird count weights and class and grade, with no other trade marks on the head. Compliance is required for the Dominion mark of approval to appear.
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Canada Gazette
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Parole Delay Keeps 73-Year-Old Fred Woods Behind Bars
At Joliet Illinois a 73 year old inmate named Fred Woods received an extended sentence while fellow inmates with Christmas paroles celebrate. Woods preferred freedom but the warden offered five more years in prison, delaying his parole as he has five years left of a ten year term. Woods had tended gardens during his imprisonment and has no home or family outside.
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Joliet
Ill
Fred Woods
Banana Flour From Bananas Seen As Practical But Limited
Banana flour, produced from bananas in multiple regions including Netherlands India and the Americas, shows potential but limited current impact on world trade. Best yields come from pirang ambon and pirang radia in Netherlands India. chips are often shipped for local milling. Germany and France already use it for foods.
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Netherlands India
Central
South America
West Indies
Africa
Ambon
Germany
Hamburg
France
Mystery Parcel Reveals Fly Paper Brand in Parchment
In Santa Maria California a fragment from a mass book bound in sheepskin was found on a rubbish heap at the Santa Inez Mission. Capuchin Fathers kept the piece in a locked cabinet until Arthur Woodward of the Los Angeles Museum examined it and found the faded decorative scheme to be the name of a fly paper brand common a decade ago.
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Santa Inez
Santa Maria
California
Arthur Woodward
Los Angeles Museum
Bracken urges broad plan to rehabilitate western farming
Manitoba premier John Bracken presents a fourfold program on moisture conservation and land reform before the Canadian Club in Toronto. He calls for reclamation, farmer rehabilitation, broader conservation, and insurance against feed seed and credit shortages, while arguing for provincial rather than federal handling of many reforms.
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John Bracken
Canada
Toronto
Manitoba
Bracken
Drouth
Great Plains
The
Lakes
Gulf
McCain
Federal Department
Atlantic
California
Weather Across North America Defies Simple Latitude Rule
The article notes December 11 readings across North America showing sharp contrasts. It cites New York State minus nineteen, Iowa minus seventeen, Maryland minus sixteen, while Yukon Dawson plus thirty, Northwest Territories Simpson plus thirty two, Edmonton plus forty, Calgary plus fifty, Lethbridge plus fifty six, Medicine Hat plus forty six, Winnipeg plus thirty above and Moose Jaw plus thirty above. It argues that altitude proximity to sea and winds also shape climate, with Ontario chilling to zero in Toronto and Ottawa while Moose Jaw rises to thirty above, Montreal and London vary, challenging the idea that latitude alone dictates temperature.
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New York State
Iowa
Maryland
Dawson
Yukon
Simpson
Northwest Territories
Edmonton
Alberta
Calgary
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Winnipeg
Ontario
Toronto
Ottawa
London
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
Oakland
Grass expert General Smuts tied to veld grasses work
Authorities describe General Smuts as a leading figure in veld grasses. He began on a farm and studied herd life from geese to horses. In South Africa he and General Hertzog are regarded as the two greatest authorities on veld grasses.
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General Smuts
South Africa
General Hertzog
Infrared Film Lets Aerials See Through Dense Fog
Aerial photographers can capture city images shrouded in fog and smoke by using infrared sensitive films that reveal details hidden to the naked eye from the air.
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New Dominion
Wallace
Roosevelt
Duke of Kent
Marina
R. B. Bennett
King George
Greece
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