Plant breeders and chemists shaping farmer life in Canada
Plant breeders introduce oats such as Vanguard and Renown and wheats like Coronation to combat leaf rust and prairie diseases. Ethyl mercury phosphate dusts aid seed disinfection, improving germination and stand. Experts stress soil fertility via removing limits and combining manure with fertilizers for sustained yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erban
Cartier
Vanguard Oats
Renown
Thatcher
Sreder
Canada
G. N. Chunke
Department of Chemistry
O.ac
Guelph
Ontario Experimental Union
Ontario Field Crops and Seed Growers’ Association
Ontario Crop Improvement Association
Debate on Love and Health Sparks Medical Theory
McGill law students Weldon and Piper lose a fixture debate to Rhoda Henderson and Sonya Elkin of Royal Victoria College who argue that loving and losing enriches life. They claim unrequited love affects the parathyroid, changing calcium supply and causing toothaches and rheumatism. Also notes on weather and horse growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGill University
Richard Weldon
Ted Piper
Rhoda Henderson
Sonya Elkin
Royal Victoria College
Baltimore liar's legends turn true in southern France tale
A Baltimore man known for wild stories inspired others to verify his most sensational yarns. In one case a tale of a bull-fight in Nimes proved entirely accurate, elevating his reputation for truthfulness—though he died before benefiting from it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Casanova
Benvenuto
France
Nimes
Baltimore Sun
Dafoe to author health education centre book at Callander
The Scientific Advisory Committee on Child Hygiene met in Ottawa and recommended a semi medical book by Dr Allan Roy Dafoe on the Dionne quintuplets. The work would be distributed to parents at the new health education centre in Callander and published under Government auspices this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callander
Ottawa
Allan Roy Dafoe
Dominion Council of Health
Dafoe
Platinum Fox Fur Sets Exclusive Fashion Note
A new platinum fox fur from Norway debuts as the most expensive market fur. A single scarf costs about 5000 dollars, with only four pelts available in the United States this year and eleven produced overall. The crossbred albino fox yields skins described as cloudlike from gray to white, unlikely to replace common furs soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
New York
Speed Of Comets Reach 300 Miles A Second Near Sun
Comets increase speed as they approach the sun, attaining up to 300 miles per second, over a million miles per hour. Meteorites move up to 40 miles per second but slow in Earth's atmosphere, arriving at 400 to 500 feet per second. A Bristol farm worker found a wallet dropped five years ago by Flight Lieutenant GQ Howse. Harbor improvements at Colombo, Ceylon, are budgeted at 5 million dollars. The Libyan desert was once a fertile region 2300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Bristol
England
gq. = Howse
Honey Production in Canada Records Big Rise
Canadian beekeeping shows production growing from 15.6 million pounds in 1924 to an estimated 34 million in 1938, a 118 percent gain. 1938 set a new high, surpassing 1931 by about 4.5 million pounds. marketing and storage challenges prompt new grading, inspection, and cooperation with the Marketing Service to export and interprovincial trade. The shift expands beyond production into制度 handling and spoilage research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Gooderham
Dominion Apiarist
Central Experimental Farm
Dominion Experimental Farms
Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Department
Light window shades cleaned with flour dipped cloth
A home cleaning tip suggests using a flannel cloth dipped in flour to clean light window shades. The method implies gentle abrasion and flour may help lift grime from fabric slats.
Trophy mystery ties Regina curlers to Winnipeg theft
Lieut Governor Charles Macintosh's silver trophy, donated before curling associations, turns up in Winnipeg police storeroom. Storekeeper Dave McIntosh notes its uncertain provenance while Chief George Smith seeks Regina Police relics origin from Regina authorities. The Saskatchewan Curling Association will keep the cup as a souvenir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Macintosh
North West Territories
Regina Curling Club
Regina
Winnipeg
Dave McIntosh
George Smith
James St
Distinction Between Lord Great Chamberlain and Lord Chamberlain
A correspondent asks the difference between the lord great chamberlain and the lord chamberlain. The great officer handles peeress access to the state opening of parliament, while the chamberlain relates to royal courts. The sovereign appoints the lord chamberlain. the lord great chamberlain appoints himself via his family lineage. The present Lord Great is the Earl of Ancaster, whose father held the office under Edward VII.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of
Ancaster
Edward VII
Buddhist bullfrog rites reflect belief in souls for all things
The article notes that Buddhist practices accord souls to both living beings and inanimate objects, illustrating a worldview where every element of the world holds a spiritual essence.
Cutwork Patterns Add Distinction to Linen Goods
A Winnipeg notice promotes Cutwork Pattern 6300 with 16 motifs from small to medium sizes for cloths scarfs towels and pillowcases. It urges purchasing via 20 cents coin stamp from the Household Arts Department Winnipeg and notes no Alice Brooks pattern book published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg
Ave. E
Alice Brooks
Union
McDermot
Canadian broadcaster balks at sponsored news in CBC policy shift
Miss Lorene Squire, a Kansas born Arctic photographer, traces a tramp through Ontario's north for wild life shots. She chronicles camera hunts of swans and ducks, describes patience as the key trait for her field work and hints at forthcoming Arctic summer studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorene Squire
Arctic
Squire
Lake Athabasca
Saskatchewan- Alberta
Miss Squire
Essex County farm beautification contest kicks off
The Essex County Chamber of Agriculture starts a four part farm improvement contest to boost beauty on farms. Organizers note even modest, low cost enhancements—flower plots trees driveways and upkeep of barns fences and fields—can raise property value and farming quality through hard work and seasonal effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Agriculture of
Essex County
Ont
Ness
British film producer to direct Dominion youth promotion films
Canadian government to engage British producer Stuart Lebb to direct production of two documentary motion pictures promoting the Dominion provincial youth movement. Engagement is four months with expenses to and from Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Lebb
Dominion Government
Dominion
Canada
Wellman’s 1919 Trans-Atlantic Airship Attempt
Walter Wellman and a crew attempted a 1919 trans Atlantic flight in a non rigid airship aiming to cross the ocean. The venture showcased early airship ambition and faced the era’s technical challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wellman
A Painstaking Artist And The Grapes That Tempted Birds
A Greek painter celebrated for ancient art discusses speed versus slowness in painting. In a garden, a visitor admires a grape depiction so lifelike birds peck at it while a boy remains simple. the artist notes birds would fear the boy if painted as real as the grapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xheuis
Agaharcus
Xeulta
The Strangest Hitler Death Theory Now in Print
Leonard Lyons of the New York Post discusses a new book The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler which claims Hitler was killed before the Munich agreement and a double rules Naziland. An American mystery writer expanded the thesis into a full volume. Also notes that airplanes can photograph 400 to 700 square miles per hour. A caution against washing gold-patterned china in soda water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Lyons
New York Post
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Naziland
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Gays
Olid Gent
Tramp
Dr. Dafoe
Colombo
Ceylon
Libyan Desert
Italy
Gamera
C.B.C. Policy
U.S
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
H . Kaiktenborn
United States
Parliamentary Radio Broadcasting Committee
Gladstone Murray
CBC
Beverly Baxter
House of Commons
Murray
Baxter
CBS
Toronto
Lowell Thomas
Radio Trade
Canadian Broadcasting Commission
Greece
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