Two Major Divisions of Geological Time Urged
Ottawa scientists propose dividing geological time into two eons before and after abundant life. The plan, backed by Dr F J Alcock and others, cites Manitoba granite ages around two billion years and suggests future study of earth’s heat loss and crust structure. Recent aerial photography by the Royal Canadian Air Force aided mapping and mineral prospecting.
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Ottawa
National Committee On Stratigraphical Nomenclature
F. J Alcock
Geological Survey of Canada
Royal Society of Canada
Manitoba
J. S. Delury
University of Manitoba
Prof
Delury
Canada
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Ocean
Frood
Ontario
Hawaii
D. A. Nichols
Geological Survey
Royal Canadian Air Force
Athabasca
Great Bear
Great Slave Lake
Arctic
Lessons By Radio Use Of Broadcasting To Further Education In the West
Professor E A Corbett urged using radio broadcasting to extend university education in Canada at Ottawa in a bid to make Canada bilingual. The Alberta official noted CKUA and other universities pioneered educational broadcasting, covering much of the province and influencing language teaching across English and French institutions. Laval’s Abbe Vachon stated Quebec MPs often speak English, with efforts to ensure graduates master English before entering college.
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Ottawa
E. A. Corbett
University of Alberta
CKUA
Canada
Corbett
United States
Abbe
Alexander Vachon
Laval University
Quebec
House of Commons
Laval
Communists Celebrate May Day in London Hyde Park
The Vancouver Province notes a peaceful May Day in London with 30 speeches in Hyde Park and no injuries as police observed. Damascus, Syria, is cited as possibly the world's oldest city.
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London
Hyde Park
Vancouver
Damascus
Syria
Winnipeg Newspaper Union Pattern Sale Notes
An article notes Style No. 433 in blue and white batiste for children ages 6 to 12 with yoked bodice and bolero inset. It describes color options including yellow white pique red white blue stripes and pink linen. Requires 1 1/2 yards of 35 inch fabric 1/2 yard contrasting and 7 yards binding. Price 25 cents in stamps or coin.
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Batiste
Quebec Sugar Crop Doubles 1932 Output to 24 Million Lbs
The 1932 maple sugar crop in Quebec is about 24 million pounds, roughly double last year but 6 million pounds below the seasonal average. Winnipeg Pattern No. Town reports the estimate.
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Quebec
Royal Society Panel Debates auroral sounds and Radio Commission
Dr. J S Plaskett backs evidence of auroral sounds and low level displays as real phenomena linked to Earth surface processes. Canadian Radio League officials regret salaried commissions for a proposed national broadcast system and urge voluntary, watchdog oversight rather than political control.
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Canadian Radio League
Royal Society of Canada
Ottawa
J. S. Plaskett
Astrophysical Observatory
Vancouver Island
Flavelle
C. S. Beals
Canada
League
Allan Plaunt
Plaunt
Graham Spry
Assistance to Poultrymen for Registered Cockerels
Government aid to poultry breeders continues with transport costs and 1.25 dollars per bird toward purchase. Cockerels must pass inspection and be shipped in lots of ten or more from breeders registered under federal policy. No price restrictions apply.
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Robert Weir
Wealth Hoarding Cited by Hoover Appeal
President Hoover urged release of money hoarded by Americans in the United States. He warned that each dollar kept idle destroys five to ten dollars in credit, signaling a broad call to unlock financial resources.
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United States
Hoover
Indian Youth Sets Fort Chipewyan High Jump Mark
Indian athlete reportedly cleared six feet one inch at a Fort Chipewyan field meet, a feat noted in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police annual report. Inspector H Royal Gagnon recalls the unnamed competitor, ignorant of high jumping technique, simply leaped over the bar.
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Canadian Olympic Committee
Northwest Territories
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
H. Royal Gagnon
Fort Chipewyan
Counter’s Prize to the Bank Joke at Yverdon
A bank clerk’s wife boasts of her husband’s skill with notes, claims he never erred, only loses a few coppers. A friend questions the claim and a joke about daily baths by a doctor follows. Source notes add the anecdote from Pages Gaies Yverdon.
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Gaies
Yverdon
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