Mail and Aviation Transform Canada Britain Link
Post office officials expect a four day mail link between Canada and Britain within a year while aviation progress could shorten London to Vancouver delivery to about two and a half days. A trial last fall delivered letters to Premier Bennett aboard the Empress of Australia, signaling possible trans Atlantic and North Atlantic routes via Bermuda and the Azores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Canada
London
Vancouver
P. T. Coolican
Straits of
Belle Isle
New York
British Isles
KR. B. Bennett
Straits
United States
Bermuda
Azores
Britain
Coolican
Irish
Newfoundland
United States Service
Mid- Atlantic
Lisbon
Belle Isie
Montreal
Winnipeg
Post Office
British Columbia
Japan
United States Aviation
Unalaska
Aleutian Islands
Kuerle Islands
Tokio
Self Government for India Outlined by Ramsay MacDonald
Premier Ramsay MacDonald outlined Britain’s path toward Indian self-government in a broadcast to the British Isles and North America. He said the conference aimed at freedom and justice, not in response to recent incidents, and warned that denying self-government would worsen unrest from educated Indian youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Isles
India
North America
Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Great Britain
Farmer Pays Taxes in Cabbage at German Tax Office
In Heide Germany a farmer, after receiving a last notice to pay, delivered four tons of cabbages to the tax office claiming settlement in kind. Officials had offered no cash payment alternative and the unusual payment caused congestion at the sauerkraut market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holstein
Heide
Germany
Miner named vice president of American Forestry Association
Jack Miner of Kingsville Ontario, who runs the Miner bird reservation, was appointed vice president of the American Forestry Association, which counts several hundred thousand members. George D. Pratt serves as president. An orator is a gentleman whose voice carries farther than his opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Miner
Miner
Kingsville
Ont
Washington
American Forestry Association
George D. Pratt
Morning Struggles Highlight Winter Routine
Brief note on the difficulty of waking early in winter. A humorous exchange about a fur coat gift and gossip adds a light, domestic tone from Buen Humor in Madrid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buen Humor
Madrid
Luxurious Paris and New York Dress Pattern Feature
All Tingey models are created and sketched in Paris and the patterns are made in New York. The evening dress described is a sleek flattering feminine design in transparent velvet indigo blue with a flounced frill and full skirt. It can be made in lace or other soft fabrics and offers sizes 16 to 20 and 36 to 40 for immediate delivery.
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Paris
New York
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern fans can order by sending requests to the Winnipeg Newspaper Union located at 3756 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. Include payment and pattern numbers for faster service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Dairy production booms in December 1930 says Sask Co-Operative head
O Werson, president of the Saskatchewan Co-Operative Creameries, notes December 1930 saw unprecedented milk production, easing butter shortages since New Zealand's announcement last autumn. He adds that the new year starts better for dairy businesses than the old year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Werson
Saskatchewan Co-Operative Creameries
New Zealand
Mr. Anderson
Bankruptcy Laws Modified
Bankruptcy laws have grown gentler toward debtors. The piece notes harsh past treatment in Scotland and England, where bankrupts faced stigma and punishment. It observes how media avoided the word, clipping it to B-kr-pts in print.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
England
Prairie Provinces Ship Vast Poultry Exports
The Prairie Provinces supplied a large quota of festive season poultry with 177 600 dressed poultry, totaling 1 750 000 pounds, shipped by Canadian Pacific from December 3 to 20. Manitoba sent 30 carloads, Saskatchewan 22, and Alberta 16. Japan seeks to stabilize silk cocoon prices.
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Prairie Provinces
Canadian Pacific
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Bright Outlook For Canada Optimism From Sir John Aird
Sir John Aird, president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, addressed the Ontario Chartered Stenographic Reporters Association in Toronto. He forecast Canada’s recovery from the current low mood with British capital aiding growth, predicted Canada would surpass the United States in farming and become its bread basket, and dismissed fears of a serious panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Toronto
Stenographic Reporters’ Association of Ontario
Sir John Aird
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Dominion
John
United States
Sir John
New Brain Food Bromide Shown To Aid Mental Patients
A new brain food bromide, resemble salt in taste, improved mental patients at Utica State Hospital when given in large doses. Psychologists link benefits to faster brain function and better motor coordination, with varied effects across individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N.Y
Soviet Law Rewards Killing Self-Sired Pigs
The Central Executive Committee bans killing reproducing livestock in the Soviet Union as livestock growth lags. The article notes penalties, suggesting two years imprisonment or exile for killing a productive pig. Interwoven quotes show personal anecdotes about a biscuit tossed during a domestic moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
Central Executive Committee
Kick Coming That Never Reaches Him
A concise adage notes that many men deserve a rebuke or consequence yet never receive it, reflecting on missed opportunities for accountability and justice in life. The aphorism suggests consequences often fail to land despite intent.
Farthest North Alberta Mapped From the Air
The article describes air and photographic mapping of 4870 square miles in northeast Alberta, part of the Fitzgerald sheet. It details geography from Lake Athabasca to Slave River, notes wood buffalo, bison, timber, trapping grounds, and transport links to Fort Smith and Fitzgerald. It highlights gypsum outcrops, lime production, and local flora and fauna amid exploration narratives.
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Alberta
Leningrad
Russia
Fitzgerald
Surveyor General
Ottawa
Lake Athabaska
Fort William
Northwest Company
Slave River
Great Slave Lake
Fort Smith
Buffalo National Park
Wainwright
Athabaska
Chicago
William Ogilvie
F.R.G.S
Yukon
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
la Butte
France fixes wheat price to aid farmers with import deal
French plans to set wheat at about 82 cents a bushel aim to support domestic growers. Canada will export roughly 7.5 to 9.5 million bushels annually under a tentative pact, with France expected to import 20 million or more in the current year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Canada
Millers
Preventive Measures Save 40000 British Children Annually
Sir George Newman reports that annual preventive measures save 40 000 lives in Britain that would have been lost a generation ago. He notes disease and disability among school children remain constant and urges a complete school dental service to complement preventive medicine and enlightened motherhood offsetting birth-rate decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Sir George Newman
Board of Education
Sir George
Soybeans increase grows across Canadian provinces
Soybeans in Canada yield about one ton of beans producing roughly 240 pounds of oil and a high value meal for cattle feed. The crop is mainly grown in southwestern Ontario but is cultivated in all provinces with rising production.
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Ontario
The Ubiquitous Canadian Strawberry
The strawberry grows wild across Canada from Atlantic to Pacific. Its range reaches the 64th parallel, within three degrees of the Arctic Circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
64Th Parallel
Arctic Circle
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Eva A. Tingey
St Ccre As
Ryko
Vilacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov
Alexei Rykov
Stalin
Council of People's Commissars
Council of Labor and Defence of
U.S.S.R
And
Soviets
Nancy
Sally
C.N.R
Canadian National Railways
Edenwald
Regina
Laird Mennonite
Saskatoon
Bekevar
Kipling
Calder
Yorkton
Redberry
Louis Belagh
Laird
Salt River
Little Buffalo River
Peace Point
Gaies
Yverdon
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