Vancouver Emerges as Canada’s Leading Grain Port Over Montreal
The port of Vancouver surpassed Montreal as Canada’s top grain shipping hub due to rail freight advantages and eastward competition. In 1933 Vancouver shipped about 68.8 million bushels vs Montreal’s 56.0 million, aided by growing Orient trade and Panama Canal routes to Europe, West Indies, India, and Africa. A total of 1,116 deep sea vessels from 13 nations entered Vancouver, with substantial US and British tonnage among the mix.
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Vancouver
Rockies
Montreal
Orient
Europe
West Indies
India
Africa
Panama Canal
Prairies
Great Lakes
Head of the Lakes
United States
Norway
Sweden
Panama
Pacific
St. Thomas
Inventions Hint at Future Telephone Advances
Sir John Ambrose Fleming, 83, says telephones are in their infancy and will greatly improve. He notes the thermionic valve aided wire less telegraphy and speculates a pocket sized or more elaborate future device, but refuses to reveal current work lines.
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John Ambrose Fleming
Sir John Fleming
Windsor
Vancouver
Halifax
St Thomas Times-Journal
Nightly menace spooks street musicians in tense exchange
A buildog advances on two street players as Tae men glance away. The banjo man suggests blowing hard to scare him off, while GU! doubts the plan and wonders where to find wind to run away with.
US Amendment Sets Three Year Dollar Devaluation Period
An amendment proposes a three year limit on dollar devaluation, set at Wessington Imiting. The text notes a conditional caveat regarding progress, suggesting incomplete descent if a two wall jump is attempted but not fully completed.
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Wessington
Longevity Favours Women in British Columbia Deaths
Vital statistics report from Victoria shows women live longer than men in BC. Among those over 85 who died, 157 of 267 were women, with all four centenarians and most 90 plus deaths being female, while overall deaths were more men. Chinese group noted.
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British Columbia
Vital Statistics Department
Victoria
Chinese Relief and Alberta Wooded Soils Findings
The Windsor Chinese community seeks municipal relief revealing hardship in industry. University of Alberta experiments show green manure and fertilizer boost yields on wooded Alberta soils, with nitrogen and phosphorus shifts and lower protein in oats and barley.
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Alberta
University of Alberta
Alfalfa Seed Inspection Boosted Canadian Hay Growth
The Dominion Seed Branch inspection and sealing of alfalfa seed sacks protected an inspection tag with origin, variety, grade, and inspector signature. Prior to this, Canadian alfalfa production was uneven with southern imports. Once winter hardy seed of known variety and quality became available, areas of alfalfa expanded rapidly and the crop became a major Canadian hay producer.
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Dominion Seed Branch
Canada
Loudest Loud Speaker Aids Soviet Propaganda From Air
An American aid to Bolshevik propaganda shipped from New York after tests claims the loudest speaker can reach five to thirty miles from an aircraft. It uses compressed air to project the human voice for disseminating news and government orders.
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New York
Montreal Library Cook Seeker Lands Hotel Cook Job
A husky man visited a Montreal public library daily for cookery books until exhausted all titles. After a month he returned and announced he had secured a position as a cook in a well known hotel.
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Montreal
Mies A. MacDougall
United States Leads in Cosmetics Trade to China
America sent more cosmetics to China last year than France. About a million and a third silver dollars of rouge powder and lipstick were headed for Chinese ladies, with over one third from U S factories. French importers lagged about 30 percent behind. British and Japanese importers trailed further.
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America
China
France
United States
Chance To Make Good A Prison Reform Measure
The legislature will consider a reform plan to aid prisoners after completing their terms in Quebec. Special farms would be set up to provide work and subsistence, reducing recidivism and stigma. The Montreal Star supports government initiative on this important issue.
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Quebec
Montreal Star
Winter Sports Compare Risks and Grins in Athletics
The piece notes that injuries and rough experiences are common across winter sports beyond football, stating that basketball and hockey offer equal chances of fractures contusions and abrasions as athletes push through cold season events.
Making Stained Glass Windows for Liverpool Cathedral
A Tit-Bits visit with J H Hogan explains the craft of medieval and modern stained glass. Workers blow glass from a pipe, form muff, and flatten sheets for the Liverpool Cathedral windows. The process blends technical skill with artistic design, creating jewel like panes that respond to sunlight. Hogan notes a St Thomas Church New York window and Paris Sainte Chapelle as peers in Gothic glass artistry.
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Liverpool Cathedral
J. H. Hogan
Whitefriars
Liverpool
Sainte Chapelle
Paris
Tigers kill over 125 in Johore during two years
A report cites that more than 125 persons were killed by tigers in Johore within the last two years. A separate note mentions railroads in Japan carrying more passengers than in a previous year, reflecting expanding transit usage.
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Johore
Japan
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Elbope
Germany
Linz
Galtburg
Stauly
STEYR
Cwo
Vienna
BRUCK
Graz
ARMIA
Heimwehr
Munich
Bavaria
Prince Ernst von Starhemberg
Austria
Mussolini
Starhemberg
B.C
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