Banting elected to Royal Society fellowship
Sir Frederick Banting, a medical research professor at Toronto University, has been elected to the fellowship of the Royal Society of England. Other notes include UK millionaires numbering 452 in 1932 33, RCMP expansion in Manitoba with 25 new officers, and Canada declaring May 6 a jubilee holiday through a king’s proclamation.
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Frederick Banting
Toronto University
Royal Society of England
United Kingdom
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Manitoba
India
Maharajah of
Wincarnis Promises Youthful Vitality for Aging Pers on the Market
An old advertisement urges seniors to feel young by using Wincarnis a grape based tonic with beef and malt extract. It claims natural invigorating effects improved nerves blood and energy endorsed by thousands of doctors and sold through Harold F Ritchie Co Ltd Toronto.
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Wincarnis
Harold F. Ritchie & Co. Ltd
Toronto
Aged Explorer W. J. A. Grant Dies in England
Devon mourns the death of W. J. A. Grant a nearly 90 year old explorer and big game hunter who for years endured heart trouble and other ailments. once he advocated euthanasia and staged a swan dance to mark his expected passing inviting 500 friends to a champagne supper and all night party in 1934. He said health was the greatest goal and his hopes of reaching the pole failed by inches.
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Cape Grant
Franz-Josef Land
Devon
England
W. J. A. Grant
Grant
North Pole
Franz-Josef Lands
Carbon Forms Vast Array of Compounds
Scientists report carbon creates more compounds than any other element with over 300000 identified and new ones added yearly. Carbon combines with hydrogen to form many hydrocarbons including gases liquids and solids critical to fuels dyes drugs and explosives. The methane series leads with methane or marsh gas the principal natural gas component.
Hazing Costs Revealed in Alberta University Case
The Powlett hazing action against the University of Alberta cost 50 051 dollars, disclosed in a legislative statement. The province bears 48 701 dollars with 1 350 paid by the students medical service. for 1935 36, 28 228 dollars go to the Powlett family including a 20 000 dollar judgment and 8 228 dollars in costs.
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Powlett
University of Alberta
Get Rid of the Crows Continues with Diet Claims
The author extols crow feeding habits and warns that shelled corn kills young crows quickly. He shares recipes to raise a chick crow and notes crows eat snakes and carrion, while old crows graze in winter. He compares crow utility to a leghorn and suggests turkeys to reduce grasshoppers, valuing them at 50 cents per pound.
Crow net method to reduce crows for protecting ducks
A Manitoba Kingsville expert advocates a crow catching net to cut crow numbers and protect duck eggs. He describes a 70 by 12 by 6 foot net baited with fish remains and a dead horse, built over days, and claims multi-day outside baiting yields large catches.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Art Brown
Kingsville
Sunday School Lesson on Unity in Christ
Sunday school lesson for March 24 centers on unity in Christ and loving conduct. Peter urges readers to be compassionate, humble, and blessing others, living deeds not words, and to seek welfare of others amid diverse views. The piece contrasts ideal Christian unity with imperfect reality, citing Psalm 34 for blessing under persecution.
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Peter
Christ
F. B. Meyer
Moffatt
Dummelow
Plausible Story: Flea Linked to Birth of British Empire
Dr Thomas W M Cameron of Macdonald College Quebec argues that fleas caused the Black Death in Europe. The resulting collapse of English agriculture pushed Britain toward wool and broadcloth exports and spurred needs for foreign markets, fostering the overseas empire.
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Thomas W. M. Cameron
Macdonald College
Quebec
Europe
England
Vast coal reserves could power US for 176 years
A claim states the coal burned in the United States in one year could supply the nation for 176 years of energy. Another note compares tidal inflow to rain in the U S, saying the Bay of Fundy tides deliver as much water in six hours as the country receives in a week of rainfall.
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United States
Bay of Fundy
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