What is Wrong With Radio and the Canadian Radio Commission
Western Canadian listeners fault the Canadian Radio Commission for inadequate western reception limited by wavelengths and aging receivers. They call for more popular entertainment, better showmanship, and use of top local stations with fair pay, plus more western input and revenue for programming.
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Canadian Radio Commission
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Dominion
C.R C. Commission
Western
Commission
King George
Apples On The Prairie Progress From Dr Seager Wheeler
Fifteen years of experimental work with new fruit varieties by Dr. Seager Wheeler of Rosthern has yielded hardy apples plums and cherries suited to the prairie. Golf balls have an internal pressure of about 1 ton.
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Seager Wheeler
Rosthern
Libraphone aids seven hour reads for the blind inventor
World War veteran T. O. Leefe of Birmingham, England perfected a device named Libraphone that lets sightless readers hear a novel read aloud. Using multi track recording on film, 20 sound tracks run along 500 feet of film to provide about 7 hours of narration.
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T. O. Leefe
Birmingham
England
Wake Up Your Liver Bile Carter’s Little Liver Pills Ad
An old advertisement promotes Carter’s Little Liver Pills claiming the liver should produce two pounds of bile daily to aid digestion. It warns of constipation and suggests the pills plus gentle, safe relief without calomel or mercury, priced 25 cents.
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Carter
First Neolithic Skeletons Found in Africa by Henri Lhote
French explorer Henri Lhote unearthed the first neolithic skeletons in Africa from a region of the Sahara. He linked these hunter fisher folk to a now dry fertile plain where streams once ran, noting vertebrae of freshwater fish and bone harpoon heads indicate a nearby river bed.
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Sahara
Henri Lhote
Africa
Desert
Stomach Upsets Shown Benefit from Golden Medical Discovery
Fred Songstaff of Guelph Ontario reports relief from headaches heartburn and indigestion after using Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery. He says three bottles restored strength and appetite and enabled rest at night. Available in various sizes from druggists with price points.
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Dr. Pierce
Fred Songstaff
22 Lane St
Guelph
Ont
Ship Without Rivets Exemplar Of Welded Hull Barge
An oil tanker river barge added to the Lower Volga Shipping Line is a unique shipbuilding example with no rivets. The hull sections are welded electrically, totaling 40 miles of welded joints. The vessel measures 450 feet in length, 62 feet beam, 11 feet mid height, and 6 000 tons capacity, weighing 411 tons—75 tons less than a riveted barge of the same tonnage.
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Lower Volga
Big mining rush reported in Great Slave Lake region
A. L. Cumming, district agent and chief mining inspector for the Dominion government, states over 400 mining claims have been staked around Yellowknife and nearby areas in the Great Slave Lake field. He expects major development to start as soon as spring opens, with several large concerns moving ahead.
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Yellowknife
Great Slave Lake
A. L. Cumming
Fort Smith
Dominion Government
Edmonton
Ottawa
Great Slave
Mr. Cumming
D. D. D Prescription Terrific Relief Ad
Advertises D. D. D Prescription for itching eruptions eczema scales and rashes with antiseptic liquid. Claims cooling oils soothe inflamed skin and aid natural healing. Promises rapid drying and instant itch relief with a trial bottle at drug stores or money back. Made by Travian Sasa owners.
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Travian Sasa
Selected Recipes Card Cookie Style Oat Raisin Nuts
Cream butter and sugar with eggs and vanilla then fold in flour and mixed fruit. Alternate adding flour and milk or water with nuts and fruit until batter is used. Drop spoonfuls onto a greased pan and bake moderate heat for 15 to 20 minutes.
Canadian Lumbermen's Association Elects 1936 Leaders
A nationwide forestry congress was urged in a Montreal closing session resolution. N. F. Blair of Quebec was elected president for 1936, A. Sparks of Winnipeg named to the directorate for three years, and L G Carpenter of Blind River Ontario elected for one year. A Morgan horse with five lumbar vertebrae is noted as supporting Arabian ancestry.
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Canadian Lumbermen’s Association
Montreal
N. F. Blair
Quebec
A. Sparks
Winnipeg
L G. Carpenter
Blind River
Ont
Canadian Farmers Buy 198000 Tons Of Mixed Livestock Feeds
A recent survey shows Canadian farmers purchased 198,055 tons of ready mixed livestock and poultry feeds in 1934 valued at 7,725,177 at manufacturing points. Poultry feeds led in volume, about 70 percent, with cattle feeds next, then swine and horse feeds, while sheep feeds were minimal.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Smithsonian Raises Count of Rat Fish Species to 100
The Smithsonian Institution reports a catalog of 100 rat fish species named for their rat-like tails. In historic Volga River days, 25,000 barges traveled the waterway, illustrating its busy commercial era.
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Smithsonian Institution
Volga River
Russia
Trans Atlantic Air Mail Service Planned Between Britain and Canada
United States postal officials expect regular trans Atlantic air mail links to Britain and Canada by April or May next year. Harllee Branch says the first route will likely run from the United States to Great Britain via Ireland to London. He also notes a China air line carrying passengers by early spring and a Honolulu to Australia and New Zealand branch route under consideration.
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United States
Harllee Branch
Great Britain
Ireland
London
China
Honolulu
Australia
New Zealand
Institute of Surveying holds 29th annual Ottawa meeting
The Canadian Institute of Surveying held its 29th annual meeting in Ottawa with Lord Tweedsmuir as speaker at a luncheon after business and papers on the Newfoundland geodetic survey and oblique aerial photography. J. G. Staack, chief topographic engineer of the U. S. Geological Survey, presented on its work and history.
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Lord Tweedsmuir
Canadian Institute of Surveying
Ottawa
United States Geological Survey
J. G. Staack
U.S. Survey
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Hantede
MAGIC
Forestry Congress
Trans-Atlantic Air Mail
Britain
Institute of Surveying
Wenceslas
Bohemia
Scott
Scott's
Grove
Grove's
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