Immense Value To Canada Of Her Wild Life Resources
Minister of the Interior Thomas G. Murphy opened the Provincial Dominion Game Conference in Ottawa stressing wild life value to Canada. He cited a $53,000,000 annual income from wild life and the need to regulate waterfowl and protect bird sanctuaries across provinces and territories.
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Canada
Miiister
Interior
Thomas G. Murphy
Dominion
Ottawa
Murphy
United States
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Northwest Territories
Quebec
Alberta Cowboy Wins At Calgary Stampede Championship
Herman Linder of Cardston Alberta wins the North American all‑round cowboy championship at the Calgary Stampede. He also takes the Canadian all‑round and provincial titles, while Pete Knight and Harry Knight win the bucking horse riding titles. Bob Vrossie sets a world calf roping record. Smoky Snider wins Canadian bareback. Stampede week attendance exceeds 174676.
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Alberta
Calgary Stampede
Herman Linder
Cardston
Eddie Woods
Emmett
Idaho
Linder
Pete Knight
Crossfield
Harry Knight
Banff
Salle
Bob Vrossie
Enna
New Mexico
Smoky” Snider
Kimberley
B.C
Mystery Radio Station Puzzles New Zealand Listeners
Residents hear nightly broadcasts with the announcer saying Arloo arloo and Hilu hilU as a hello. The program mixes English Ammonese English and French phrases, and officials cannot locate the source. Some think the voice may originate from a powerful Sai Gon station in French Indo China.
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New Zealand
Arloo
Hilu
Wood-Pulp Production in Canada in 1930
Dominion Bureau of Statistics and Forest Service figures show slightly over 93 percent of all wood pulp in 1930 came from spruce and balsam fir. The remaining share consisted of hemlock jack pine and poplar with a few less important kinds.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Forest Service
Department of the Interior
Darling children’s dress pattern in plenty of styles
Winnipeg Newspaper Union describes a double-breasted bodice dress with a full skirt and plaits. It features blue and white dimity with white trim and various prints in pale blue or pink. Size 4 6 8 10 uses 2 yards 35 inch fabric for size 6 plus contrasting, price 25 cents. pattern wrap coin.
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Batiste
How To Order Patterns
Pattern order guide lists Winnipeg catalog source in a Winnipeg Union address at 175 McDermot Ave. The entry notes pattern number and name fields for readers to fill. It reads like a pattern request form or advertiser notice from a local newspaper.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Message From the Sea Reveals Seaman’s Plight Off Africa
A bottle message found in Digby Neck Nova Scotia dates January 17 1898. Ducax Lawrence a B writes of sighting land after 33 days and 40 nights with one loaf of bread and one pint of water. He fears not reaching terra firma.
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Africa
Austin Carty
White's Cove
Digby Neck
N. S
Tana —Ducax Lawrence A.B
Huge St. Lawrence waterway plan to start next year
The St. Lawrence waterway treaty calls for seven years of construction beginning early next year with a total net Canadian outlay of about 38 million dollars and the U S government set to provide around 67 million for related works. Ontario plans to invest 15.3 million at the Chrysler Island plant and 21.6 million at Barnhart Island to generate about 1 100 000 horsepower. The project will be managed by a transboundary commission of five Canadians and five Americans with Canadian ownership of river works on the Canadian side.
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Canada
St. Lawrence
Washington
Dominion
Beauharnois Canal
Ontario
United States
Welland Ship Canal
Crysler
Barnhart Islands
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence International Rapids
International Rapids
Crysler Island
Barnhart Island
Upper Lakes
Sunspots Drive Grasshopper Swarms Across Prairie Provinces
Observations from Dominion Observatory Ottawa show grasshopper numbers rise near sunspot minimum. Manitoba records 1895 1929 link the cycle to populations, predicting a very high grasshopper year in the Prairie provinces in 1933. South Africa faces a locust plague at present.
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Dominion Observatory
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Manitoba
Department of Agriculture
Prairie
South Africa
Sweden Helps Build First Rubber Plant in Turkey
Sweden’s Gosta Gislow leads a joint venture with the Swedish Co-Operative Association to establish a rubber factory in Istan bul, Turkey. Gosta Korner, a Swedish engineer, will head the operation with Turkish workers.
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Sweden
Turkey
Istanbul
Gosta Gislow
Gislaved
Gosta Korner
Brazil to Extend Three Government Railway Lines
Government plans to extend three railway lines in Brazil as part of infrastructure development. Separately, Albania faces high rail rates pushing businesses to bus transport, signaling broader regional transport pressures.
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Brazil
Albania
Five Mammoth Bone Statuettes Found in Russia
Five mammoth bone statuettes believed 25 000 years old were found at Gagarino camp in Tam bov Province Central Russia. Archaeologists say the pieces prove Stone Age artistry dating to Cro Magnon inhabited Europe 25 000 years ago. Ancient stone tools and animal bones were also recovered at the site.
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Gagarino
Tambov
Russia
Europe
Old Wedding Gown Shown in Oshkosh Grip by Clara Lem
A 125 year old Chinese wedding gown worn by Clara Lem, daughter of John C and Mrs Lem, is displayed in Oshkosh. The gown traces five generations from Clara's great great grandmother, with the Lem family tracing US arrival to 1910.
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Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Clara Lem
John C Lem
United States
China
Clara
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Penticton
British Benevolent Association
Daughters of the
British Empire
California
MacCleeve
Klondike
Ernment
Kaye Don
Loch Lomond
Great Britain
Alla
Stockholm
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