Dr Neatby of Winnipeg Named Outstanding Agricultural Scientist
Dr Ken W Neatby, recently named director of the Dominion Department of Agriculture in Ottawa, is described as an outstanding contributor to agricultural science. The summary traces his career from Saskatchewan farmer roots to cereal plant breeding and leadership roles at Winnipeg's Rust Research Lab and Northwest Line Elevators Association, highlighting his push for sustained plant science funding and research.
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Financial Post
Ken W. Neatby
Winnipeg
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Neatby
Sue Swaine
J. M
Ottawa
Surrey
England
Canada
Saskatchewan
Earl Grey
Neatbys
Ken Neatley
University of Saskatchewan
Nature
University of
Dominion Rust Research Laboratory
University of Alberta
Northwest Line Elevators Association
Manitoba
Mysterious Visitor Promises Appearances Throughout Town
A man rented a small hall in a country town and posted signs claiming a visitor's arrival. Signs evolved from He is coming to He will be at the Town Hall in April to He is here, then He will be at the Town. Nearby, scholars estimate about 2700 languages are spoken worldwide.
British role praised as stabilizing force in Egypt
A Windsor Star reprint in St. Catharines Standard argues that Britain restored law and order in Egypt after Arabi Pasha's revolt and Tel el Kebir, noting Disraeli's 1875 Suez share purchase and the consequent British influence, while criticizing Egyptian student riots as a call to revert to past tyranny.
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Cairo
Soudan
Egypt
Britain
W. L. Clark
The
Windsor Star
Disraeli
Khedive Ismail
Suez Canal
Arabi Pasha
Alexandria
Royal Navy
Lord Wolseley
London
Ontario
Tel el-Kebir
St. Catherines
UN Official Urges Plain Speaking for UNO Debates
Paul Martin head of Canada's UNO delegation argues resolutions work best without colon or qualifiers. He says clear direct language earns support from UNO members and minimizes lengthy justifications. His stance promotes straightforward wording in all official statements.
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Paul Martin
United Nations Organization
U.N.O
Ancient Georgian Bay residents traced to Ice Age shores
University of Michigan excavations from 1938 to 1940 suggest humans lived on Georgian Bay shores 10 000 to 15 000 years ago. Dr George M Stanley reported finds of primitive campsites and tools north of Manitoulin Island buried beneath beach gravels.
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Georgian Bay
University of Michigan Archaelogy Museum
George M. Stanley
Michigan
Geological Society of America
Pittsburg
Manitoulin Island
Lake Huron
Nurse Christine Mercedes Nuno of New York in Japan
Red Cross nurse Miss Christine Mercedes Nuno arrived in Japan twenty years ago as director and instructor of public health nursing at St. Luke's Medical Centre in Tokyo. Some Japanese nurses expected she was Japanese due to her name, which in Japanese means white linen. Nuno explained her name is Castilian in origin, from her Spanish father.
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Christine Mercedes Nuno
New York
Red Cross
Japan
St. Luke's Medical Centre
Tokyo
Nuno
Agriculture is Big Business Promoted Across the Continent
The Farmer's Advocate highlights vast livestock and dairy exports and 800 million bushels of wheat shipped from Canada in thirty months. It argues agriculture should be dramatized and advertised across the continent to feed hungry millions.
Canada Forest Area Measured At 1 220 405 Square Miles
The report states Canada’s forested region covers 1 220 405 square miles. It identifies vast tracts in provinces such as British Columbia Alberta Ontario and Quebec with implications for timber resources and land use policy.
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the Forest Area of
Canada
Canadian egg plant to hire 60 shell egg breakers for powder
R E Linblad of Melville Saskatchewan says shell eggs will soon be broken by hand at the large Melville plant to meet a government contract for Britain. The facility now processes frozen eggs and expects to employ 125 at the hatchery next year.
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R. E. Linblad
Melville
Saskatchewan
Canada
Winnipeg
Britain
Alanbrooke Praised as Crucial War Planner by Grigg
Sir James Grigg lauds Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke for shaping Allied victory. The London correspondent notes his central role as CSG8, then chairman of the Chiefs of Staffs Committee, and his part in Moscow talks with Stalin on dual North Africa offensives. Alamein marked a turning point.
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James Grigg
Lord Alanbrooke
London
Ottawa Journal
Roe
Field Marshal
Dill
C.sg
Chiefs of Staffs Committee
Churchill
Winston
Moscow
Stalin
North Africa
Alanbrooke
Alamein
James
How Price Is Fixed In A Fur Trade Theft Case
At Bristol Assize Court a London furrier testified about a mink coat once worth £250 wholesale in 1934 now valued at about £2250. He calculated the coat’s wholesale £750 plus £750 purchase tax and £750 retailer’s profit as the basis for the price.
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Charles
Assize Court
Bristol
England
London
Depth of Carlsbad Caverns Deepest Pit Stated 700 Feet
The Bottomless Pit in the Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns National Park is described as 700 feet deep, marking it as a notable vertical feature in the park’s geology.
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park
New Mexico
Filet Crochet Pattern 7094 For Scarves And Mats
Delightful filet crochet design offered for scarfs and mats with chart and directions. Send twenty cents in coins to the Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue East Winnipeg Man. Include name and address and pattern number clearly.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
First Oil Well Drilled in 1859 Marks Birth of Industry
The world’s first oil well was drilled in 1859 launching the modern petroleum era. The celebrated milestone is cited as a turning point in energy and industry, influencing global commerce and technology for decades.
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