Hudson Straits Air Survey To Tackle Hazardous Northern Work
The Royal Canadian Air Force will undertake a fifteen month Arctic survey from July aboard the Canadian government ship Stanley observing ice and weather conditions in Hudson Straits. Six Falconer seaplanes will be tested for northern work with about fifty personnel led by Flight Lieutenant Lawrence, deploying to Nottingham Island Port Burwell and Lake Harbour. The expedition aims to inform Hudson Bay Railway plans and cost estimates run near a million dollars, with salvage of planes and repaired Stanley at journey’s end.
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Hmalitus
Dawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Ute North
Pole
Fokker
Lawrence
Plance
Stanley
Straits
Nottingham Island
Port Burwell
Labrador
Lake Harbor
Baffin Island
Air Force
Ottawa
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Alex Johnston
Department
Department of Marine
Northwest Territories
Arctic
British Air Ministry Advises Gum Chewing and Ear Clicks
Instruction to pilots in training notes high altitude pressure effects on the ears and sinuses. It recommends chewing gum to keep head muscles active and "clicking" the ears by pinching the nostrils and exhaling. These methods aim to relieve pain temporary deafness and other symptoms from unequal pressure.
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British
Air Ministry
Birth Rates Lead World Saskatchewan Tops Death Rates Among Provinces
Report highlights Canada’s high birth rate of 25.4 per 1000, with Saskatchewan at 24.7 and New Brunswick at 27.1. Saskatchewan has the lowest death rate among provinces, claimed as the world’s lowest, while New Zealand follows with 83 per 1000. Includes side notes on personal matters and a probate anecdote.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
New Brunswick
New Zealand
Saskatchewan Seed Pool Sees Strong Growth in Demand
The Saskatchewan Seed Pool reports revenue more than doubling from last year. Demand is rising sharply for forage crop seeds while seed cats see a slower increase than seed wheat. Ample registered seed grains exist at cleansing plants, straining current facilities.
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Saskatchewan Seed Pool
Winnipeg Fashion Patterns Describe Two Piece Track Suit Style
A Winnipeg newspaper pattern feature describes a two piece track style suitable for shopping or bridge. It details blouse No. 1347 with a collar option, gathered shoulders, patch pockets, satin sleeves, belt, and box plaits. skirt No. 1341 in several sizes with required yardage. Prices listed: 20 cents per pattern and 25 cents for the fashion book.
Canadian fur auction tops $1.5 million in five days at Montreal
The Canadian Fur Auction Sales Limited reported $1,506,000 in values from a five day sale in Montreal described as one of the best weeks. Silver fox skins reached 2,600 with a top price of $415, and Canada’s fur production for the season totalled $14,905,088, led by 1,953,545 muskrat pelts totaling $3,614,175. Beaver, mink, red and white foxes followed in value and count.
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Montreal
FP BH. Pingree
Canada
Alfalfa Seed for Denmark Shipped from Alberta
Grimm’s alfalfa seed grown in the Brooks district was sold to Denmark as two carloads, with Danish growers paying about $40 an acre. Experiments in Denmark with this seed show demand outpacing supply while U S growers place large orders.
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Alberta
Denmark
Grimm
Brooks
United States
Grimm Affairs
B C Dairy Herd Advantage Forecast For British Columbia
Dr. G C Creelman, former Ontario Agricultural College leader, says Pacific Coast dairying will make B C the leading dairy region in Canada. The key benefit is year round grazing, unlike Ontario where six months of feeding is required and most dairy farm output must be used for feed.
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G. C. Crectman
Ontario Agricultural College
British Columbia
Canada
Pacific
Ontario
Premier Mackenzie King Welcomes World Poultry Delegates
Premier W. J. Mackenzie King will deliver the official welcome on behalf of the Dominion of Canada to delegates at the World’s Poultry Congress on the opening date of July 27. A stray dialogue and a generic quip on schemes to make money without work appear in the rest of the text.
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W. J. Mackenzie King
Dominion of Canada
German Firm Insures Against Weather Flukes
A German insurance company proposes a general weather policy covering any number of days in a year. It would pay claims for inclement weather, offering comfort to travelers and event planners. The article notes potential use in racing and questions how turf losses would be handled.
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Lloyd's
Beautification drive boosts Canadian plant trade records
A Canadian Government Bureau of Statistics report shows wholesale purchases of ninety nine thousand rose trees and nine hundred thousand other ornamental trees and shrubs. Homemakers bought half a million plants and florists sold fifteen million plants with over a million and a quarter dollars spent.
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Canada
Bureau of A Statistics
Dominion
First Refugee from Chinese War Returns Aboard Empress of Scotland
Mrs. Melvin Southwick of Harrison New York returned to New York on April 12 aboard the Empress of Scotland with her 12 week old infant daughter born in Hankow China. Her husband remains in Hankow as Standard Oil representative. She was met by her mother Mrs Freda Becker. The world cruise passengers aided her on the voyage adding a final thrill to their journey.
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Melvin Southwick
Harrison
N.Y
New York
Hankow
China
Shanghai
Kobe
Japan
Standard Oil Company
Freda Becker
Southwick
C.P.R
Miss Southwick
Westward march of inland fisheries and forage farming progress
Alberta led a touring program showing forage crop and poultry car efforts with 1656 attendees across 20 stops. The project promoted sweet clover and other forages to combat soil decline while showcasing poultry care and hatchery supply needs. It lauded Canada’s inland fisheries, noting vast prairie waters and strong whitefish markets, plus new pike filleting expanding markets and reducing pike waste.
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Alberta
Canadian National Ralilways
Alberta Department of Agriculture
Janes Murray
Canada
Great Lakes
Prairie Provinces
Chicago
Montreal
New York
Ufe
Reindeer
Athabaska
Great Dear
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Lesser Slave Lake
Carat and Gold Purity Explained
The term carat derives from a seed weight once used as a standard for small articles. Today it denotes purity, not weight, with 24 parts making up pure gold. Common alloys include 22 carat and lower 18 15 or 9 carat. the softer pure gold is impractical for most uses.
De Luxe Airplanes Introduce London to Paris Route
Imperial Airways launches the Silver Wing Service with three engined Argosy planes carrying twenty passengers daily at noon. Each aircraft will be named after a city and offer on board buffets and bars without licensing constraints. Flights connect capitals, marking a shift from trains to rapid intercity air travel.
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de Luxe
London
Paris
Imperial Airways
City of
New York
Washington
Americans Buy London Clothes
An official at a leading London hotel quips that visiting Americans treat hotels as depots for clothing and purge racks of outfits as they shop in the world fashion hub. The piece notes patrons sometimes leave behind as many as ten suits, while a post office clerk jokes about misapplied postage on a letter.
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London
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