Rings On Douglas Spruce Indicate An Ancient Tree Age
The article notes a Douglas spruce in North America with rings showing it lived about 3200 years. Professor F E Lloyd argues trees reveal ages and weather history, unlike humans whose age is inferred from bones. The piece cites Vancouver archaeologists and places the tree’s record alongside broader historical timelines.
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F. E. Lloyd
Canadian Pulp and Paper Association
Montreal
Lloyd
Abraham
Maiie
Tone
British Columbia
Hill
Vancouver
Winnipeg Free Press
What He Owes and Owns It
The farmer should clearly state his debts and assets in a businesslike way for lenders. A true picture of his financial affairs helps a loan decision. Good-bye and enjoy your holidays. Same to you. Pages Gaies Yverdon.
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Gaies
Yverdon
Canada Consider Campaign to Sell Wheat Flour Abroad
The Canadian government weighs a Wheat Flour A campaign to show Europe the value of Canadian wheat flour for bread making. H H Stevens told the House of Commons supply committee that details are being worked out and plans are not definite. He noted prior successful promotions for grape growers and other exports as proof advertising can aid prosperity.
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Europe
Department of Trade and Commerce
H. H. Stevens
House of Commons
Stevens
Austria’s Radio Sets Hit Record Output in Last Year
More than 120000 three or more tube radio receiving sets were manufactured in Austria last year, over five times the output of four years earlier, reflecting a rapid expansion in domestic radio production and demand.
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Austria
Macdonald College Celebrates 25th Anniversary Founders Day
Macdonald College marks its twenty fifth anniversary with Founder's Day on February 10th. The late Sir William C. Macdonald built endowed and equipped the institution at over six million dollars and supported McGill University with gifts totaling more than twelve and a half million, including major sums to the Faculty of Science and Scientific Agriculture, Law, Medicine, Conservatorium of Music, and McGill Union. The college opened in 1907 at St Anne de Bellevue with three schools and 800 acres, forming part of McGill as the Faculty of Agriculture.
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Macdonald College
Sir William C. Macdonald
Macdonald Tobacco Company
Canada
McGill University
St. Anne de Bvue
Sir William
Faculty of Law
Conservatorium of Music
Faculty of Medicine
McCord Museum
Macdonald Park
McGill Union
St. Anne de Bellevue
McGill
Macdonald
Tobacco Knight
University of McGill
Faculty of Agriculture
Quebec
William
Macdonald Institute
Ontario Agri Cate
Many Instruments Of War and the Submarine Debate
The article argues submarines and other weapons cost human lives in peacetime and wartime. It notes 613 submarine deaths in ten years from peacetime operations, compares planes and gases, and questions the peacetime value of war instruments as calls for disarmament rise. France buys more than she sells to China.
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English Channel
United States
Christian Science Monitor
France
China
Hog grading rules expand premium for Select Bacon in Canada
The Canada Gazette January 30 announces hog trading now by official grades from producer to packer, eliminating flat pricing. A $1 premium for Select Bacon quality goes back to producers, with details available from Ottawa. R.S. White, veteran Conservative MP, told Ottawa’s Canadian Club that today’s Commons is as capable as ever and recalled 1880s giants like Macdonald and Laurier, praising Sir John A. Macdonald while critiquing long speeches.
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Canada Gazette
Ottawa
Macdonald
Tilley
Tupper
Blake
R.S. White
House of Commons
Canadian Club of
Mr. White
White
Canadian Club
Ontario
Cardwell
Mount Royal
John
Wilfrid Laurier
Charles Tupper
Leonard Tilley
A. Mackenzie
John Thompson
William Patterson
Richard Cartwright
Vimy Ridge Monument Completion Set for 1935
Toronto sculptor Hugh L. Alward, son of Walker S. Alward, arrives from England to announce the Vimy Ridge memorial will be completed in 1935. The monument commemorates the 1917 capture and will rise 145 feet high.
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Vimy Ridge
Hugh L. Alward
Toronto
Walker S. Alward
England
Travelling Dental Parlor Visits Isle of Ely Schools
A fully equipped motor dental surgery car with a dentist and a nurse visits 11 000 children in 90 schools under Isle of Ely County Council. The report notes the mobile unit as a traveling clinic bringing dental care to pupils across the county.
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Isle of Ely County Council
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