Industrial Alcohol From Alberta Waste Considered
National Research Council researchers in Canada study a process to convert waste stabilizer gases from Turner Valley Alberta into industrial alcohol. If economical, it could yield up to 19 million gallons yearly from well gas and 140 million gallons from total waste gases, with a cost under 25 cents per gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Valley
Alberta
National Research Council
G. & Whitt
Division of
Research Council
Canada
Edmonton
A. Cambron
Dominion Agricultural Credit Company Formed In East
The Dominion Agricultural Credit Company Limited seeks a $5,000,000 capital base with banks loan firms insurance firms two railways and merchants as shareholders. It will lend to grain farmers diversifying to mixed farming and may trade in livestock but not issue mortgages. The Farm Loan Board reports steady Manitoba Alberta activity with no Saskatchewan involvement due to a provincial program. Winter land appraisals are tough. loans on farm lands pause until conditions improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FR. B. Bennett
Regina
Dominion Agricultural Credit Company, Limited
Montreal
Farm Loan Board
J. D. MacLean
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
BC plant to produce chemical fertilizers at Trail
The Consolidated Mining and Smelting Corporation will open a Trail plant to manufacture nitrates phosphorous and potash for soil fertility. First shipments to the Prairies will arrive in time for spring planting. The report notes only about one third of seventy known metals are being used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Chile
British Columbia
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Corporation
Trail
Prairies
Fisheries Of Canada 1929 Complete Statistics Issued
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics with the Department of Fisheries issued the 1929 statistics covering landing and marketing by district, boat and gear counts, canning and curing plants by county, total catch of 1 063 094 900 pounds, marketed value 53 518 521 dollars, capital investment 62 579 444 dollars, and employment of 80 450 persons. Canada exported fish and fish products worth 37 546 393 dollars and imported 4 233 906 dollars. Copies are available from Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Department of Fisheries
Ottawa
Wisner Recalls Show Dressing Rules for Wheat
H T Wisner secretary treasurer of the Canadian Seed Growers Association addressed Ontario field crop and seed growers in Toronto about the 1932 World Grain Exhibition in Regina. He warned against cosmetics but explained vanishing cream furniture polish and varnish were used by farmers to dress grain exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milady
H. T. Wisner
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
Ontario Field Crop and Seed Growers’ Association
Toronto
Wisner
Regina
Arthur King
Lisbon
Portugal
Ray Meyer
Agricultural College of Lisbon
Italy
Peru
Yugoslavia
Guatemala
New Zealand
Czecho-Slovakia
Netherlands
Belgium
Poland
Siam
India
Ministry of Agriculture
Must Have Been Careless
Edward Bok of Ladies' Home Journal fame faced inquiries on romance. A woman with three past husbands and a marriage proposal asked his advice. He replied that if she had already lost three husbands she was too careless to be entrusted with a fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bok
Ladies’ Home Journal Fame
Mr. Bok
Hair Dyes Do Not Affect Brain, Medical Expert Says
A medical columnist reports relief that hair dyes do not impact the brain, stating there is no evidence of neurological harm from cosmetic hair coloring. The note dismisses feared links and reassures readers about safety.
Pasteurization of Milk Endorsed by Health Groups
Health organizations assert pasteurization greatly improves hygiene and saves lives in towns where used. The national milk industry council has urged that all milk sold locally be pasteurized. Hawaii produced 830,000 tons of sugar last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Council of the Milk Industry
Hawaii
Saskatchewan Poultry Pool Ballot Endorses Mono-Organization Marketing
Seventy five per cent of voters favored legislation to market all eggs and poultry products through a single provincial organization. turnout was 41.1 percent among members of the Saskatchewan Cooperative Poultry Producers Limited. Don Graham, secretary, said early action is expected following board directives and local meetings this fall. The note on a different item mentions the smallest church near Covington, Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan Co-Operative Poultry Producers. Limited
Don Graham
Graham
Fashion patterns and prices in the Fashion Bureau offer
A catalog of sewing patterns No 930 to No 577 with sizes from children to women. Details list fabric yardage for 39 and 27 inch materials, plus ribbon and contrasting trims. Spring fashion appeal invites readers to order the Fashion Magazine for 15 cents and pattern numbers with size choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fashion Bureau
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern orders are directed to the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 3175 McDermot Ave in Winnipeg. Pattern number and size details are requested to complete the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Graf Zeppelin to Fly North Pole Expedition Next Summer
Plans for a North Pole flight by the Graf Zeppelin are nearly ready with Ludwig Weickmann announcing finances as the only issue. The voyage would depart from Leningrad to explore islands between Frans Josef and Emperor Nicholas Lands with potential foot exploration by German and Swedish scientists and a Soviet wireless base already in place. The airship logged 104 flights and carried 4 063 passengers and nearly a million pieces of mail in 1931 and will undergo overhaul before polar travel.
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North Pole
Graf Zeppelin
Ludwig Weickmann
Leipsic Geophysical Institute
Herr Weickmann
Frans Josef
Arctic
Leningrad
Friedrichshafen
Reindeer Plan Targets Ontario Grazing Near Nipigon
Dimond and Bostesom of the Dimond Reindeer Ranch seek grazing privileges north and west of Lake Nipigon for a large northern herd. They say reindeer can thrive in the region and expect strong markets in Canadian and American cities. Dimond notes experience with Alaska herds and involvement with the Alaskan Reindeer Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Port Arthur
N. H. Dimond
Charles Bostesom
Dimond
North Lake
Grand Marais
Minn
Lake Nipigon
Alaskan Reindeer Company
St. Michael
Bostesom
Heavy Grain Shipments From West Saint John Elevators Rise
Grain shipments from West Saint John elevators in the 1930-31 winter up to February 1 total 4,576,804 bushels, a 130 percent rise from the 1929-30 season's 1,813,162 bushels. Nearly all shipments are Canadian grain bound for the United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Mediterranean ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Saint John
N.B
United Kingdom
Europe
Mediterranean
Village Policeman Hammers Out Real Name in Witty Exchange
A humorous exchange shows a village officer insisting on a proper name from a speeding motorist. The speeder replies with the alias W. Shakespeare, prompting the officer to commend the truthful moniker and dismiss the bluff.
Paper Mulch Uses Asphalt-Saturated Paper Felt in Crops
Modern paper mulch involves asphalt-saturated paper felt laid between crop rows to curb soil moisture loss and suppress weed growth, a recent development in agricultural practice.
Canada Leads In Surveying At Ottawa Convention
The Association of Dominion Land Surveyors heard Canada set the pace in mapping and surveying. Aerial surveying was highlighted with the Federal Government mapping over 60 000 square miles last year. W M Toby noted rapid developments, railways expanding access, water power growth placing Canada third worldwide, and new mineral discoveries and fields opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Association of Dominion Land Surveyors
Ottawa
W. M. Toby
Birds Sing Time: Morning Clock Says Creator
A German naturalist offers a schedule of birds song to tell morning time. He notes the chaffinch at 1 30, black cap an hour later, quail at 2 30 to 3, hedge sparrows about 30 minutes after, then blackbirds, larks, black headed tit mouse, and sparrows from five to 5 30.
School of Crime Raided in Antwerp Arrests Made
Antwerp police disclose the arrest of forty boys under ten years as part of breaking up a deemed school of crime run by a Dutch Fagin. The raid led to a ban on certain magazines dealing with crime and plans for thefts were thwarted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Belgium
Quote from Faun of Vienna on response to assault
The remark asks what a good Christian should do after being struck and suggests telling a big brother in Vienna. The fragment presents a dialogic aside about nonretaliation and seeking protection through a family figure.
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Faun
Vienna
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Bio Credit Corporation
B.C
Wahre Jakob
Berlin
Ww. N. U
the Fisheries of Canada
Herman Treille
Peace River
Mr. Treille
Saskatchewan Poultry Pool
Covington, Ky
Ontario
Lake Nipigon District
Port of St. John
School of Crime
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