Rehabilitation versus relief for Western Canada employment crisis
The piece argues Western Canada needs large scale water irrigation to avert future drought losses and create jobs, linking public works with drought mitigation. It advocates capturing mountain runoff, financing a major irrigation project despite cost, to reduce reliance on direct relief and spur provincial prosperity through employment.
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Western
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Prairie
Rocky Mountains
North American Arctic Water Ship Radium King Maiden Voyage
The Radium King, Northern Transportation’s flagship on the Mackenzie River, began her maiden voyage to Fort Norman after a coronation ceremony. Built in Sorel and transported on flat cars to Alberta, she and sister ship Radium Queen were assembled locally with French Canadian welders.
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Canadian Arctic
Northern Transportation
Mackenzie River
Fort Norman
Far North
Dominion Day
J. C. Bowen
Alberta
A. “Matt” Berry
Gilbert LaBine
Great Bear Lake
Eldorado
Sorel
Quebec
Waterways
Canadian National Railways
Athabasca
Fort Fitzgerald
Fort Smith
Divers Trial Helium to Aid Lusitania Treasure Recovery
Milwaukee divers Max E. Nohl and Captain John D. Craig tested almost pure helium at 42 psi to simulate deep sea pressure aiming to prevent caisson bends during a Lusitania salvage dive planned for August. The experiment marked the first helium under pressure in a human, with a doctor noting its novelty.
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Atlantic
Milwaukee
Max E. Nohl
John D. Craig
Long Beach
California
Sunday Times
Vermiculite Mineral From Montana Is A Remarkable Find
A Montana mountain yields vermiculite a new and strange mineral with many uses. It combines qualities of several minerals and expands up to 27 times when heated turning golden. It provides insulation for electrical and steam piping and may rival cork in cheapness. It is light tough and highly fire resistant for furnace construction.
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Montana
U.S.A
Montreal Star
Electricity Sparks Reported in Khartoum Blankets
A Sudan weather note describes blankets in Khartoum generating shocks and tingling sensations at night. Meteorological Service official William D. Flower cites a March 6 1937 incident where sparks half an inch long passed from blanket to nose and fingers, attributed to sand particle friction in winter winds.
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Sudan
Khartoum
Meteorological Magazine
William D. Flower
Meteorological Service
London Times
Surgeon claims imagination surgery eases worry learned by AMA
Dr Walter Freeman of Washington DC says imagination worry can be treated by a brain operation. He reports 21 patients with 20 surviving and a man who asked for a chicken after three hours. A woman later enjoyed a theatre show without years of anxiety. The procedure bores skull holes and removes tissue to dull the imagination center. Chicago Daily News notes the claim.
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Walter Freeman
Washington D.C
Freeman
American Medical Association
Chicago Daily News
Recommendations to Tighten Adoption Regulation in Britain
A Home Office committee proposes licensing adoption societies through local authorities and barring foreign adoption arrangements. It urges court confirmation after a probationary period and bans payments by private arrangers without magistrate consent. Florence Horsburgh chaired the committee.
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Great Britain
Home Office
Florence Horsburg
Recipe for Seven Pound Tomato Preserve Mix
Seven pound ripe tomato mixture with sugar corn syrup salt pickling spices cider vinegar and red pepper. Tomatoes scalded skinned and chopped then combined with remaining ingredients and boiled gently for three hours. Transfer to sterile jars yields five pints.
Prospective Governess Meets Thirteen Children
A prospective governess declines a position remarking on not realizing thirteen children exist, drawing a witty exchange with the mistress who dismisses superstition as a reason.
First Airborne Food Shipment A Thousand Years Ago
The Caliph of Claro ordered a dish of cherries from an orchard 400 miles away. Six hundred pigeons carried silk bags, each tied to a leg with a single cherry inside.
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Claro
Hornless 17 000 mile trip by Chicago traffic engineer
Oscar Gunderson, a Chicago traffic engineer, finished a 17,000 mile journey without using his horn. He says continual horn blowing is unnecessary for drivers who obey traffic laws and adapt calmly to emergencies with prudent driving.
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Oscar Gunderson
Chicago
Traffc
Trafic
Detroit News
Soil drift equivalent nutrient loss estimated in acre-depth drift
Soil drifting from one acre to a depth of one inch is estimated to remove about 694 pounds of nitrogen, 155 pounds of phosphorus, and 5,380 pounds of potash. Phosphorus loss equals roughly 485 bushels of wheat production.
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