Submarine Grain Carriers Visioned by Sir Hubert Wilkins
Sir Hubert Wilkins proposes 176 foot Nautilus submarine grain carriers to carry prairie grain from Churchill across under Arctic ice to the Behring Sea. He plans trials next summer from Spitzbergen to Behring, outfitting the Nautilus in Philadelphia for an 18 man crew and six scientists. The aim is year round Arctic route, lower costs, and data for weather forecasting and oceanography.
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Prairie Provinces
Hudson Bay
Hudson Strait
Atlantic
Churchill
Canada
Arctic
George Hubert Wilkins
Hudsom Strait
Sir Hubert
Jules Verne
Spitzbergen
Behring Sea
Philadelphia
King's Speech Preserved in Royal Gallery and Museum Vault
A gramophone record of the King's speech at the Indian Conference opening has been sent to Buckingham Palace in a green feather case. The copper matrix is stored at the British Museum for a future audience, joining early voices like Lord Tennyson and Mr. Gladstone. Mexico plans a new coast to coast auto highway. A Madrid joke from Buen Humor notes a daughter's remarriage after a bereavement.
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Royal Gallery
House of Lords
Buckingham Palace
British Museum
Lord Tennyson
Gladstone
Edison Phonograph Company
Origin of the halo in sacred art
The halo began as wooden discs shielding outdoor saint images from rain in the eleventh century. Giotto first painted these coverings into figures, initially as dark circles, then luminous, producing the modern halo symbol of holiness.
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Giotto
Bib style dress pattern from Tingey in red marocain crepe
Pattern from Tingey shows a cream georgette bib on a red frock. Two outer curved pieces stitched and turned form a professional effect. Sizes 14 to 20, ready for delivery. send 25 cents and your name address and size to Fashion Bureau.
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Paris
New York
Fashion Bureau
How Ts Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper
Abstracted note from Winnipeg periodical lists address 235 McDermot Ave and pattern details. Mentions WW iasipeg pattern number and size with unclear continuation. Reads as a mechanical catalog line for newspaper union indexing.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Iasipeg
Canada Still A Fur Preserve Despite Global Demand
Ottawa officials say Canada remains the world's last great fur preserve with increased output and stable supply meeting demand. Fur farming expands the base through rabbit and pony pelts, including chinchilla rabbit fur and pony coats, popular in markets worldwide.
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Canada
Dominion
Ottawa
Russia
Neglected Market for Canadian Hog Exports to Britain
The Department of Agriculture reports potential for Canada to expand hog and pork exports. For January–October 1930 Britain imported 7,414,020 cwt of dead meat worth £34,922,063. Canada supplied 87,108 cwt valued at £433,955. The United States supplied 715,352 cwt of lard and other dead meat, far exceeding Canada’s share.
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Great Britain
HM. Board of Trade
Canada
United States
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Good manners and traffic sense prevent highway accidents
The excerpt extols manners and common sense as key to road safety while noting that even strong traffic laws, police, and judges remain useful. A banter about vocabulary and single life follows, reflecting light dialogue rather than a formal report.
Canada Leads in Water Power Development by 1930
Canada pushes forward in hydro power with a $1 billion investment in electric stations. The Interior Department estimates 43 million horsepower could be generated from rivers while 6 million horsepower in turbine installations exist. Most capacity has grown in the last decade and 18 billion kilowatt hours were drawn in 1930, about half of Canada’s coal usage.
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Department of the Interior
Canada
Special Prize Awarded to Alberta Timonthy Seed Champion
Robert Cochrane of Grande Prairie Alta has won the world's timothy seed championship at the 1930 Chicago International Hay and Grain Show earning the Canadian National Railways cash prize. R England, manager of the agricultural department, notes this is Cochrane’s first world title in timothy seed though he has long earned prizes. Dredging machinery was flown by airplane from Superior Montana to a deserted Idaho mining camp.
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Timothy Seed
Robert Cochrane
Grande Prairie
Alta
Canadian National Railways
Chicago
R. England
Agricultural Department
Cochrane
England
Oddities Of Grain Situation Shown By Suggestions For Disposal Of Surplus
At the Canada Colonization Association annual meeting in Winnipeg colonel Dennis reported 4 107 families settled on 956 934 acres with a 35 115 202 00 purchase price Only 12 per cent of settled families failed and 16 per cent of British families failed The article notes varied disposal ideas for surplus grain including livestock finishing barley burning as fuel and Calgary grain relief efforts with community mills reopening alongside donations
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Canada Colonization Association
Royal Alexandra Hotel
Winnipeg
J. & Dennis
P. L. Naismith
Victoria
D. Coleman
C. T Jaffray
Minneapolis
C. N. Bowman
Waterloo
James A. Richardson
J. N. R. MacAlister
Montreal
Associalino
Dennis
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific Department of Immigration and Colonization
Col. Dennis
T. O. F. Herzer
A. E. Lover
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Manitoba
Quebec
Cod Liver Oil for Laying Hens in Winter Feed
Dominion Experimental Farm Note advises using cod liver oil to maintain laying hens during winter. The vitamin D content aids calcium and phosphorus use for eggs and shells. use reliably tested brands. Crude oil is suitable and inexpensive. ration suggestions vary by mash type.
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Dominion Experimental Farm
Manitoba Begins New Industry With Sugar Beets
Eighteen carloads of sugar beets mark Manitoba’s first harvest. The Industrial Development Board sponsors the rollout. six carloads formed the initial shipment to the American beet sugar refinery at East Grand Forks Minnesota, followed by twelve more carloads from Selkirk, Lily Field and Stonewall regions.
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Manitoba
Industrial Development Board
East Grand Forks
Minn
Selkirk
Lilyfield
Stonewall
Predatory Animals in the North and Wolf Bounty Results
The Interior Department promotes wolf and predatory animal control to aid white and native populations in the Northwest Territories. For the past fiscal year 938 wolf pelts earned a $30 bounty each, turning the pelts into the department.
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Department of the Interior
Northwest Territories
Department
Eight million sheep slaughtered in New Zealand in 1930
A historic report notes nearly 8,000,000 sheep were slaughtered in New Zealand during 1930 due to freezing conditions. The figure highlights severe winter losses impacting farmers and regional markets.
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New Zealand
Smut Control Using Modified Hot Water Method
Experimental work at Indian Head Experimental Farm shows a three-stage hot water treatment to control loose smut in wheat. Soak in 86F water for four hours, then 112F for 15 to 20 minutes, then 129F for exactly ten minutes, followed by cold plunge and drying to avoid germination.
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Indian Head
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Northern Saskatchewan fish airlift to markets rising
Fresh water whitefish and trout from northern Saskatchewan lakes are flown to Prince Albert. About 3,000 pounds are shipped daily in two trips to markets in Eastern Canada and the United States. The plan envisions doubling to 6,000 pounds per day to the railhead.
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Saskatchewan
Canada
United States
Prince Albert
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Sir Hubert Wilkins
Explorer
Mexico
Buen Humor
Madrid
Origin of
Gere Weeder
Eva A. Tingey
Bibs
Neme
Jinks
Man
Binks
Lord Meichett
Alfred Mond
Canadian National Railway Award
Superior, Mont
Upper
Idaho
Mussolini
Italy
Vittorio
Bruno
Bama Fide
Pascist
Calgary
Tittle
Sondagenisse-Strix, Stockbola
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