Great American Desert Awakening in Western Canada Soils
The piece warns that vast prairie lands once lush were damaged by settlement and farming, turning fertile soil to dust through arable methods and drought. It cites soil erosion as a historic threat, urges public cooperation, and notes a five million tree planting program from the Indian Head farm to restore fertility.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
W. L. Lowdermilk
Soil Conservation Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Mr. Lowdermilk
Sahara
Palestine
Mesopotamia
Gobi
North China
Federal Conservation Committee
Indian Head Experimental Farm
Bedouins, Armies, and Earthquakes in History
A returned traveler claims Bedouins are thieves and notes motorized troops outperform cavalry in French maneuvers. He cites 13,000,000 lives lost to earthquakes in history and observes Java experiences frequent thunderstorms.
Death Ray Harnessed Aims to Save Human Lives
The most potent death ray devised by man was assigned to save lives. Tests in the University of Illinois physics laboratory involve a four beam neutron device 14 times deadlier than X rays. Dr P G Kruger directs construction for remote operation. White blood cells drop from 8000 to 300 400, threatening normal people yet offering hope for leukemia cancer and Hodgkin's disease patients.
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University of Ilinois
P. G. Kruger
Krugere
Bodyguard to King Edward VIII appointed from Scotland Yard
The personal bodyguard for King Edward VIII will be Chief Inspector David Stoker of Scotland Yard. A former schoolteacher, he served Edward as Prince of Wales and accompanied him on the Argentina tour. Stoker succeeded Chief Inspector Burt, who held the role for ten years. The king favors his personal shadow, as did his father King George. Superintendent Green, detective to the late King, will serve Queen Mother Mary in a similar capacity.
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Edward VIII
David Stoker
Scotland Yard
Edward
Prince of Wales
Argentina
Stoker
Burt
George
Inspector Hill
Buckingham Palace
Superintendent Green
Mary
Coffee Cake Recipe From a Historic Oven Guide
A 9 inch cake recipe rounds sugar, flour and corn syrup into a rich crumb topping. The batter uses milk egg shortening and Crown Brand corn syrup with a butter glaze. Bake hot and serve warm for a traditional coffee cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mazda
Luxuries For Women Miners At Minto Pit Lochgelly
Women workers at the Minto coal mine in Lochgelly Scotland will enjoy new pithead facilities worth 75000 dollars. The upgraded rooms provide spray baths rest areas hair drying by electric fires and workspace clothes air drying for the next shift.
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Minto
Lochgelly
Scotland
New York State Area Measured At Forty Nine Thousand Two Hundred Four
The data notes New York state covers about 49 204 square miles showing the extent of the state. The figure is presented as a geographic measurement in the record.
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New York State
Appeal to Privy Council on Manitoba Wage Tax
Counsel for federal civil servants will take the Manitoba two per cent wage tax appeal to the Privy Council in England, seeking to challenge its constitutionality as applied in the province. The move follows a Supreme Court of Canada ruling adverse to the workers, with argument expected in London next June.
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Privy Council
England
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Supreme Court of Canada
London
Colonization Plans Presented to Saskatchewan Government
A delegation from Melfort and Wolseley outlined four colonization plans for Saskatchewan to the provincial government, financed by British capital.
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Saskatchewan
Melfort and
Wolseley
Five men begin lone task on Stob Gorm beacon
Five men undertake a solitary project to construct an automatic fog signal beacon on Stob Gorm, a rock two miles north of Croll Island off Scotland. They live in a hut on the rock and may remain marooned for several weeks.
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Britain
Stob Gorm
Atlantic
Croll
Scotland
1936 Men’s Fashion Debuts At International Tailors’ Meeting
Colorful styles dominated the 1936 line with pastel champagne dinner coats royal blue evening capes and Algerian striped suitings shown as hundreds of delegates gathered in Toronto for the annual convention of the International Tailors' Association.
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United States
Toronto
Thehant Tailors’ Association
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Java
Death Ray
Benson
Grove
Grove’s
Sie
Ogden
P.S
Madge
Helen
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