Prairie highways curb tourist traffic to Canada, study finds
A Revenue Review analysis shows eastern Canada gains from U S visitors while western prairie highways lag. The report notes more American cars enter Canada than Canadians into the U S, with 1936 traffic benefiting Ontario Quebec and British Columbia. It warns underfunded prairie roads deter tourists and could widen travel gaps across the border.
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Minister of National Revenue
Nawa
United States
Canada
Fastern
Ontario
Quebec
Columba
Intercommun
Dominion
Windsor
Walkerville
Fort Erie
Niagara Falls
Prairie Provinces
Prairie
Prairie Ports
British Columbia
East
Eastern Canada
Expedition Aims to Capture Half Ape Creature Asso in Spanish Morocco
A French explorer Marcel Homet reports a half ape creature named Asso with simian features and doglike bark. Scientists seek the missing link and have permission from Moroccan authorities to capture the creature if needed. The expedition includes Englishman Louis Langford and others in a bold pursuit near the Grand Atlas edge.
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Spanish Morocco
Asia
Grand Atlas Mountains
Spanish
Morocco
Asso
Marcel Homet
Louis Langford
How to Overcome Itching Piles in Plain Terms
A compact remedy article recommends Hemroid for internal use to relieve itching, burning, and soreness from piles. It warns against surgery and claims Hemroid is physician prescribed, easy to use, and cost effective.
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Otee
Cardiovi program to diagnose heart ailments by sound
Detroit engineer G Hewlett Davis unveiled a cardiovi device before the Society of Designing Engineers. The radio like instrument records heart murmurs and motion, using a crystal sensor and amplifiers to graph vibrations, demonstrating mitral stenosis against normal heartbeats.
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G. Hewlett Davis
Detroit
Society of Designing Engineers
Davis
National Safety Trophy Offered for Dominion Transport
The National Safety League of Canada announced that Transport Minister C. D. Howe offered a trophy for the finest safety record in railway, waterways, and air transportation within the Dominion.
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National Safety
League of Canada
C. D. Howe
Dominion
Reserved Seats For War Veterans At Coronation
The British Empire Service League accepts applications for 300 war veteran seats at the Coronation on behalf of the Canadian Legion. Applicants must apply by April 20 to the BE Service League in London or the Canadian High Commissioner in Canada House, London. Money accompanies the application. $6 for covered seats, $4 for uncovered. If covered seats sell out, uncovered seats are allocated and the extra $2 is refunded.
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British Empire Service League
Canadian Legion
London
Canada House
Incon
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Claim
An old advertisement extols Carter's Little Liver Pills as a gentle, harmless remedy to stimulate two rounds of bile flow, improving digestion and appetite. It claims no calomel or mercury and advises asking for the product by name while discouraging alternatives.
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Carter
Pineapple Ice Box Cake From Selected Recipes
Cream butter and sugar. Beat yolks with cream until thick, fold into butter mixture. Stir in crushed pineapple and juice, then folded stiff egg whites. Layer crumbs of Graham wafers and pineapple in a pan with wax paper. Repeat until used. Chill, invert to serve with whipped cream or evaporated milk. Makes six portions. About fifteen minutes prep.
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Christies Graham
Caramel Pudding with Caramel Sauce and Sour Cream
A vintage recipe describes creaming shortening with Crown Brand corn syrup, then beating in an unbeaten egg. Flour, Benson’s cornstarch, baking powder and salt are alternated with milk, poured into a greased dish, covered with caramel sauce, and baked until the pudding rises and sauce settles, served hot with sour cream and sour milk.
Frogs Shipped to Australia Hunger For Epicures In Orange
Six giant frogs from New Orleans were fattened for Australian epicures at Orange New South Wales. A shipment of 36 sent to farms at Orange and Burwood had only 15 survivors after seasickness and travel. The frogs, kept in a canvas pool in the ship’s hospital, were fed minced steak as heat and rain battered the voyage. Nine inches of rain fell in minutes at Assam, India, in what authorities call a possible world record.
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New Orleans
Orange
New South Wales
United States
Burwood
Pacific
Assam
India
Tragic Northland Case Solved After Bones Found
Two young brothers aged eight and six, sons of Nick Tansik, vanished from their Rock Island lake homestead near Athabasca on May 16 1932. After a lengthy search Sam Caren located two child remains beneath a spruce tree seven miles from home, believed to be the Tansik children, ending a two week mystery.
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Northland
Rock Island Lake
Athabasca
Nick Tansik
Sam Caren
Tansik
Quebec Mining Corridor Highlights New Gold and Oil Finds
Across Canada’s Mining Highway Quebec reports high grade gold zinc ore at the Golden Manitou. The Lamaque contact extends easterly through Golden Manitou and Fleming. Ontario’s Martin Bird property yields high grade ore expanding a major mine project. Plains Petroleum brings in a producing oil well on a 6000 acre tract east of Lethbridge for potentially far reaching impact.
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Lamaque
Golden Manitou
Fleming
Ontario
Martin Bird
Quebec
Plains Petroleum Company
Lethbridge
Turner Valley
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Calgary
Regina
Winnipeg
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