Far North social plan to shift Eskimos to reindeer ranching
A Canadian government experiment aims to relocate Eskimos toward settled reindeer ranching. A 2500 to 3000 head herd travels from Yukon toward Kittigazuit as Laplander families teach Eskimo settlers methods. Officials seek to “catch ’em young” by schooling youths and apprenticing them to herders to curb wanderlust and steer a new communal lifestyle.
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Wth
Fiskmo
Kittigazuit
Mackenzie River
Dlta
Yukon Territory
Kotzebue Peninsula
Alaska
Ettigazuit
Andrew Bahr
Terrtory
Arctic
Kittigatuit
Canada
Northland
Fuel Value Of Canadian Wood Fuel Compared By Weight
The Forest Products Laboratories in Ottawa explains that wood fuel values depend mainly on weight per cubic foot. Heavier woods like sugar maple give more heat per cord than lighter softwoods, with two pounds of seasoned wood roughly equal to one pound of anthracite coal in heat. For same heat, coal can burn more efficiently, but wood requires about two pounds to deliver equivalent heat in a boiler. More data are available from the Forest Products Laboratories, Department of the Interior, Ottawa.
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Canada
Forest Products Laboratories
Forest Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
A Puzzle To Chemists Explains Soap Action
Chemists seek to explain how soap works to remove dirt. Soap decomposes in water into an alkali and fatty acid. The alkali dissolves grease while the fatty acid neutralizes remaining alkali to protect the cleaned surface.
Inventor Herbert Herr of Westinghouse Dies at 57
Herbert Thacker Herr, 57, vice president of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing in Pittsburgh, died. Herr invented locomotive air brake equipment and turbine controls, and contributed to improvements in turbines and gas engines used in electrically propelled battleships.
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Herbert Thacker Herr
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Pittsburgh
Herr
Editor Turned Waiter Finds Noodle Soup Error
A comic paper editor now working as a waiter serves soup to an irascible customer who claims a needle was found. The waiter calmly replies that the bill lists the dish as noodle soup, delivering a dry punchline.
Slimming bias-cut combo with attached panties pattern
This pattern creates a slendering bias cut combination that replaces a bra and includes attached panties. It fits through the bust, suitable for sizes 14 to 44 inch bust, using crepe de chine or crepe silk or crepe satin. Pattern No. 535 costs 20 cents. wrap coin carefully.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern orders are issued through the Winnipeg Newspaper Union located at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. Readers may request pattern numbers and sizes listed in the catalog and specify town and size for delivery.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnpeg
Napoleons Pacific Invasion Plan Echoed in Canadian Archives
Three century old books in the Dominion archives at Ottawa reveal Napoleon considered invading Canada from the Pacific or the Mississippi. Translated works on Mackenzie and Pacific exploration were studied by Bernadotte to gauge a Pacific entry, later deemed impractical and the idea abandoned. The volumes, once in Napoleon's library, passed to Mrs. Bernard Heald and then to the Canadian archives.
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Dominion
Ottawa
Napoleon
Canada
Pacific
Alexander MacKenzie
France
Europe
St. Helena
England
British North America
Mississippi
Bernadotte
Sweden
London
MacKenzie
North America
Mexico
Bernadette
Louisiana
St Helena
Bernard Heald
Midhurst
Beulah Sorberg Seeks Divorce From Oscar
Mrs Beulah Sorberg of Flint Michigan describes her husband Oscars disposition as sullen mean irritable disagreeable bitter jealous heckling insulting temperamental uncivil and inconsiderate. The text notes Oscar likely is not dwelling in Beulah Land.
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Beulah Sorberg
Flint
Mick
Oscar
Beulah Land
Death of Weigall A noted Egyptologist at 55 in London
Weigall, a leading authority on Egyptian antiquities and former inspector general, died in London after a long illness at age 55. He helped open Tutankhamun's tomb where the so called curse was recalled. His death follows others linked to the tombs including the Earl of Carnarvon and Woolf Joel.
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Arthur Edward Pearse Brome Weigall
Egypt
London
Tutankhemen
Weigall
King Tut
Earl of Carnavon
Woolf Joel
Valley of Kings
J. F. Celisrier
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Carrie
Fatrion
Ruth Rogers
Pacific Ocean
United States
Royal Bank of Canada
Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Peter Ibbetson
Deems Taylor
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John Jacob Astor
Eileen Gillespie
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