New Perennial Wheat Opens Wide Range Of Possibilities
Canadian plant breeders report a cross between ordinary wheat and perennial grasses yielding a candidate perennial wheat. Experimental plots on Dominion farms next spring will test bread quality and forage potential, with prospects of year to year harvests or new forage crops amid moisture rich western Canada and potential use on dry lands where large seeds aid soil stability.
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Dominion
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Digby Chickens Of The Sea Highlight Herring Industry
The article explains Digby chickens or sea herring from Maritime provinces sold smoked for consumers. Herring are fished in British Columbia inland waters and Atlantic coast with most smoking in the Atlantic area. Inland catches go to market while Pacific landings feed dry salted fish for the Orient and meat products. Protein content closely matches between fresh herring and chickens at about 13 percent.
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Maritime
Coluumbia
Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
Orient
Cities Between 100000 And 500000 Population Count
A study notes eighty U S cities fall in the 100000 to 500000 population range. The excerpt offers a brief, incomplete reflection on happiness contrasting perceived fulfillment with desire.
Mrs Beeton The Perfect Housewife Century Tribute
Charles Bailey writes in Overseas for the centenary of Mrs Beeton noting she was Isabella Mayson from Cumberland. A gifted linguist who studied at Heidelberg she married Samuel Beeton at twenty and transformed English cooking and household management.
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Mr. Beeton
Thomas Carlyle
Beeton
Isabella Mayson
Cumberland
Isabella
Heidelberg
Samuel Beeton
New Shirt Rental Firm Opens In New York
A New York company, the A Shirt Rental Company, offers annual memberships to rent three white broadcloth shirts weekly at 50 cents each. Shirts are sized to the customer and delivered weekly with pickups of soiled garments, plus options for four to six shirts weekly at higher prices. The Metropolitan Towel Supply Company backs the venture. A Brooklyn Detective Fox is noted for taking the largest shirts.
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New York
Emil Liss
A Shirt Rental Company
Liss
Metropolitan Towel Supply Company
Fox
Brooklyn
The
New Yorker
Bergen Leaves Fortune to Dummy in Unusual Will
New York ventriloquist Edgar Bergen reportedly wills $10,000 to his dummy to be held in trust. Bergen’s attorney released the document for peer opinions on its validity, which appeared in the Law Journal.
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Edgar Bergen
New York
Law Journal
Bergen
Royal toasts refined by home secretary recommendation
The king approves Sir John Simon’s recommendation that official and public dinners begin with the toast to The King and follow with The Queen Queen Mary and other members of the royal family. The guidance outlines the order and wording for royal toasts.
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John Simon
Home Secretary
Mary
Government to insure crops under Ever Normal Granary plan
A Roosevelt commissioned committee urged the United States to start crop insurance with wheat in 1938. Secretary Wallace announced the plan at a press conference, noting possible initial coverage for western wheat farmers and expanding to cotton corn vegetables and tobacco. The proposal combines insurance with a storage buffer for surplus yields and cites $615.9 million in 10 year federal aid for farming hazards.
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United States
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Treasury
Canada Reports Rise in National Income in 1936
The Canadian Press estimates national income from all sources in 1936 at 4.545 billion dollars, up 452 million from 1935 and 1.352 billion above 1933. The Dominion bureau notes records cover five-eighths of employed persons, with manufactures leading wealth, followed by agriculture, mining, tourism, and forestry. mining alone rose 20.4 percent year over year.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Stamps to Aid Salvation Army Sold in Dutch East Indies
Government issues six bright commemorative stamps in two sizes and five colors magenta gray purple orange and blue. Proceeds to aid Salvation Army efforts with part directed toward leprosy work and public welfare programs in the Netherlands East Indies.
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Salvation Army
Netherlands East Indies
Giant Telescope Charts Outermost Universe, Stellar Studies
The David Dunlap Observatory led by Prof. C A Chant reports using the giant telescope to chart stars millions of light-years away. Spectral analysis breaks light into colors to identify elements, measure brightness, and determine star motion, with 1,500 plates made this year.
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David Dunlap
C. A. Chant
Toronto
Dunlap
Richmond Hill
Mars
Prof
Chant
Earth
Prof. Chant
Remembered The Horses in Halifax Christmas Dinner
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals distributed three tons of golden oats to poorer horse owners in Halifax and district. Oxen shared the feed while the old Christmas tree for draught animals was discontinued to direct gifts to the most needy.
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Halifax
Society of Prevention of Cruelty
Post Office Square
Ferry Wharf
Man Keeps Two Bear Cubs To Fulfill Dream
Cecil I. Jenkins of Pittsburgh Kansas recently bought two bear cubs in a bid to realize a childhood dream. The cubs have already disrupted the home by forcing the family's setter to move away. They have also eaten the cat torn out a garage partition and damaged Mrs Jenkins fur coat.
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Cecil I. Jenkins
Pittsburgh
Kansas
Mrs. Jenkins
Seed-borne plants arrive at Spitzbergen via birds
Seed life spreads across Spitzbergen as plants travel from the Scandinavian peninsula in bird carried seed form.
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Spitzbergen
Scandinavian Peninsula
Pattern 5716 A Butterfly Themed Crochet Afghan
Pattern 5716 offers a warm crochet afghan using diamond shaped butterfly motifs. The piece measures 742 by 11 inches and features varied wool colors with puff stitch butterflies. Instructions include stitches, materials, color suggestions, and an illustration. request pattern by sending 20 cents to Household Arts Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Household Arts
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Needle enables cheese flavor by single needle moulding
Scientists claim the flavor of Camembert Bouquefort and Gargonzola can be imparted with the point of a needle. The needle introduces the mould that gives the taste into the cheese. The mould is a fungus called pencillium with many sub varieties accounting for the flavors.
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Britain
Just Horse Power
A man stranded at a railway station seeks a ride in a roadside car during heavy rain. The vehicle moves slowly with no engine running, but he reaches his turning. He warns a would be passenger that the cart is unsafe, then learns the stranger has been pushing it for four miles.
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Edward
British Pottery Manufacturers Federation
Paragon China, Ltd
London
Hetter
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Mrs. Beeton
U.S
Afehan
Alice Brooks
England
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