Plan to found new municipalities on village system in the West
James Ramage of Crestwynd Saskatchewan proposes a main street township system linking roads utilities and services to form all season transportation corridors. He argues farms would be closer to highways with farming allocations of 21 000 acres per township and a total regional population potentially reaching 11 million in Saskatchewan Alberta Manitoba and the Peace River district.
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Canada
James H. Ramege
Crestwynd
Sask
Mr. Ramage
Ramage
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Peace River
Northwest Territories
Bennett
Sleigh Drivers Flee as Moscow Embraces Taxis
In Soviet Russia the sleigh drivers known as kazvostchiks are driven from business by state control. Only a few remain in Moscow where nightlife faded and private transport declines. Municipal taxis are planned but 500 cabs serve 3.5 million residents, leaving many to crowded streetcars.
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Soviet
Russia
Moscow
Bits of British Wit and a Punch of London Flair
A compact excerpt recounts whimsical British quips and a London Punch moment. It mentions a San Francisco aerial Black Maria, a society aiding uplift of the criminal classes, a maid blown from a kitchen explosion into a Bloomsbury garden, and a political writer's cautionary note on Irish deadlock urging both sides to unite.
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San Francisco
Bloomsbury
London Punch
Hog grading in Canada tops 3 million in 1833
Canada graded 3,172,986 hogs in 1833 reflecting a large livestock industry. This figure shows substantial activity in agricultural markets and processing during the period.
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Canada
Hog Marketing Outlook Highlights 1932 Canada
The Agriculture Department bulletin from Ottawa reports record 91.7 pounds per capita pork consumption in Canada during 1932. It notes a favorable hog outlook for producers with expected price dips but an overall upward trend. Export prospects look solid, aided by British market restrictions, and improvements in breeding and feeding promise higher quality bacon by 1934.
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Canada
Agriculture Situation Bulletin
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Braille Pocket Diary Published for the Blind
The National Institute for the Blind in London releases a Braille pocket diary using a loose-leaf frame to let a diarist record engagements. This first historical publication enables blind people to carry a personal diary.
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London
National Institute For the Blind
Perilous Leap Inspires Wry Writer’s Question
A writer asks what could be more hazardous than leaping from an airplane with only four parachutes to save you. The answer hints at leaping without a parachute altogether.
Entomological Block Planned to House Imperial Collection
Britain to build a six story Entomological Block at South Kensington housing the Natural History Museum collection, an unrivalled resource of tens of thousands of insect specimens. The facility will aid experts in studying pests like locusts flies and caterpillars to protect empire crops.
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Britain
South Kensington
Natural History Museum
Imperial Institute of Entomology
Menace Of Low Grade Seed Growers Taught Value Of High Grade Product
The Agricultural Situation bulletin warns low grade seed harms Canada in export markets and domestic sales. It notes seed marketing has faced difficulties and low prices, while No 1 seed sells profitably. Growers should save seed only from clean fields for No 1 cleanliness and grading.
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Canada
Agricultural Situation Bulletin
Salmon Livers in BC Rich in Vitamin A Study Finds
Canadian studies from the Pacific Fisheries Experimental Station at Prince Rupert report salmon liver oil in British Columbia is a strong Vitamin A source. Spring salmon from the Skeena River yielded the richest samples with Vancouver area springs and Sockeye following.
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British Columbia
Pacific Fisheries Experimental Station
Prince Rupert
Biological Board of Canada
Dominion Minister of Fisheries
Skeena River
Vancouver
Dutch Government to Proceed with Zuider Zee Reclamation
Parliament heard the minister of waterways confirm continued work on the Zuider Zee reclamation despite high costs. By January 1, about 200 million guilders had been spent, with estimates of 3,000 laborers employed for ten years supporting the project amid unemployment concerns.
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Zuider Zee
Sir Charles Sherrington Acknowledged Nobel Scientist at 74
The renowned medical scientist Sir Charles Sherrington FRS is 74, famed for nervous system discoveries and decorated by British and foreign honors. He began his career at St. Thomas's Hospital and also writes poetry, having published a volume of verse.
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Charles Sherrington
F.R.S
St. Thomas's Hospital
Design for Palace of the Soviets Stirs International Claim
William Zorach accuses the Moscow project of copying his world wide design while Soviet planners rush to start work on a Lenin memorial. The 1369 foot tower rises above Red Square and features a telescope like shaft with cog wheel columns and a Lenin statue at the top.
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William Zorach
Palace of the Soviets
Moscow
Nicholai Lenin
Red Square
Empire State Building
New York
Lenin
A Very Ancient Sport
An exhibition in Berlin shows skiing as one of the world’s oldest sports. Stone drawings from Sweden depict 3000 year old skiers chasing reindeer, with Stone Age wooden skis found in peat bogs. Skiing flourished in medieval Scandinavia and later faded before reemerging widely today.
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Berlin
Sweden
Scandinavia
Curing Pork Tips From Agriculture Department
The Dominion Department of Agriculture notes that meat exposed to surface freezing before interior escape loses flavor if cooled too fast. Salt uptake stops below 36 F. Dry curing should occur in a room not staying below 26 F.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
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Dominion
Prairies
Mie
Empire
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Zorachs
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