Root Rot Control in Cereal Crops Across Western Canada
Farmers face three major cereal root rots caused by soil fungi. Browning rootrot worsens on wheat grown after summer fallow, with control aided by 25 pounds of super phosphate per acre. Crop rotation and soil type influence disease intensity, as studied by Alberta institutions and Dominion stations.
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Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology
University of Alberta
Dominion
Western Canada
Alberta Schools of Agriculture
Second non magnetic ship to be built for British Admiralty
The Research, a larger wooden non magnetic vessel of 680 tons, will be built by a Clyde company for the British Admiralty to study Earth's changing magnetic field and its effect on navigation and wireless reach. Data from the ship will assist global charts and aim to resolve radio blind spots for safer ocean travel.
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Carnegie
Apia Harbor
Carnegie Institute
University of Washington
Admiralty
Clyde Construction Company
Hamilton Spectator
End of Scene as Heroine Cries for Bread Curtain Falls
A stage scene closes with the heroine starving and crying for bread as the curtain drops, marking the dramatic end of the performance.
Eyes and light linked to health and temperament
Charles Morrison of Canadian General Electric told the Canadian Electrical Association in Montreal that eye strain from poor lighting can cause stomach ache headache and irritability. He noted older people need more light and that daylight improves school progress for children. Proper light, both real and artificial, should guide study and work from birth.
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Charles Morrison
Canadian General Electric Company
Canadian Electrical Association
Montreal
Morrison
Vienna builds world leading police alarm system
Vienna police install a 500000 dollar telephonic alarm station enabling the public to direct a flying squad to crime scenes. Calls to emergency number A122 are received automatically at headquarters and trigger a rapid response car fitted with a gas gun.
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Vienna
Italian woman in India claims world’s oldest age
An Italian woman living in a remote northeast Indian village claims to be 160 years old, stating she is the world’s oldest woman. Despite age, she remains active and has lived through five generations.
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India
First Aluminum Object Found Hidden in History
A historic note recalls the first known aluminum item a toy rattle gifted to the Prince Imperial of France in 1850 highlighting early aluminum use and royal connection.
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Prince Imperial
France
Four-year-old Leslie Bowers weighs 135 pounds
Four year old Leslie Bowers of Lowestoft England is listed at 135 pounds cited in a local health report. No further context provided.
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Leslie Bowers
Lowestoft
England
Eagle Steals Savings From Bavarian Peasant
An eagle from the Bavarian Alps robbed a peasant of ninety marks in the night to line its nest with banknotes. Schupfe recovered 60 marks in paper woven into the nest. 20 marks in coins remain missing.
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Alps
Schupfe
Eyrie
King Edward VIII names Marquess of Cholmondeley Lord Chamberlain
The newly proclaimed king appoints the Marquess of Cholmondeley to Lord Chamberlain of His Majesty's household. The post had been held by the Earl of Cromer since 1922 after the late King George. The Bay of Fundy has 72 titles.
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Edward
Marquess of
Photographing Snowflakes in Winter Scenes
Winter photography tips advise capturing falling flakes by choosing calm, near freezing snowfalls with large fluffy flakes and a dark backdrop. Include a dark-clothed person 15 to 25 feet away to add life, focus on the subject, and use wide apertures with shutters around 1/125 to best record individual flakes within a few feet. John Van Guilder.
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John van Guilder
A Matter Of Choice In Marriage Attitudes
The piece argues marriage is a matter of temperament and choice. It cites Harvard President Eliot noting 25 percent never marry and references philosophers like Plato Spencer Nietzsche Montaigne and Socrates to suggest many celebrated thinkers prefer singled life. It contrasts happiness in marriage and single life with examples from literature and philosophy.
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Eliot
Harvard
Plato
Herbert Spencer
Friedrich Nitetsche
Montaigne
Schopenhauer
Wiggs
Arlington Robinson
Richard Cory
Socrates
Argonaut
San Francisco
Man Without A Country Minoru Sofue Seeks Native Japan
Minoru Sofue, 22, barred from landing in Kobe, claims Japanese nationality after being sold to an Italian circus by his parents. He fled at 19, rode a boat to Japan, joined wandering entertainers, and worked with the Ishi Baku troupe and at an Osaki cafe before deportations and failed attempts to reenter. He insists Japan is his homeland and vows to return.
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Minoru Sofue
Kobe
Japan
Sofue
Ishi Baku
Shanghai
Manchuria
Indians Express Loyalty to King Edward VIII
The Stony Indians of Alberta sent a letter to Chief Morning Star expressing regrets at the death of Edward VIII's father. The message pledged loyalty and noted the chief’s honor in accepting leadership made them "thrice bound" in affection to him as chief and king.
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Alberta
Edward VIII
Morning Star
Mysterious Rochester Malady Lets Man Ignore Touch
A Rochester man experiences a rare condition where tactile contact such as a handshake toe step or hat touch is not felt. He remains healthy in eating sleeping working and conversing, and seems suited for public events despite this odd ailment.
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British Admiralty
Ellsworth Trang Antarctic Flight
Ellsworth
Hollick Kenyon
Globe
Weddell Sea
Antarctic
Bay of Whales
Lincoln Ellsworth
Eagle
Bay of Fundy
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