Hudson Bay Fishermen Seek Wider Grounds With Federal Aid
Pioneer fisherman John Ingebrechtson and five others plan an expanded Hudson Bay voyage aboard the Otto Svendrup. They will push beyond Churchill toward Ripples Bay about 150 miles north, chasing salmon and salmon trout where fish are abundant near the ice. Last summer they found commercial quantities and covered 230 miles. this year they aim for 300 miles more in the northern field.
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John Ingebrechtson
Hudson Bay
Ripples Bay
Churchill
Ingebrechtson
Otto Svendrup
Chesterfield Inlet
Colloid experts to gather in Ottawa for June symposium
Two hundred specialists in colloid chemistry will assemble in Ottawa June 16 to 18. The event, the fourth Canadian meeting and the tenth overall in Canada, features Dr. Emil Hatschek as a keynote speaker and includes papers from at least eight Canadians. Dr. G. S. Whitby heads the organizing committee at the National Research Laboratories.
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Ottawa
American Chemical Society
Toronto
Canada
National Research Laboratories
Emil Hatschek
Sir John Cass Technical Institute
London
England
G. S. Whitby
Advertising Prophecy Sparks Economic Myth
A short folk tale exchange features the Little Man asking how to make money and the Big Man claiming advertising can yield wealth. The quip implies a spender’s shortcut to riches, illustrating a critique of commercial booster rhetoric.
Bernard Shaw Question Sparks Humorous Local Test
A general knowledge test at a local preparatory school included a prompt asking who Bernard Shaw is. A humorous answer described him as the old man who always puts his soto in the paper, reflecting playful student wit.
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Bernard Shaw
Notes on Gardening and Window Box Plans
The article advises growing cut flowers in the vegetable patch to preserve garden beauty, suggests sturdy window boxes with drainage and proper soil layers, and details planting schemes with geraniums ferns and decorative grasses at back middle and front. It covers construction, placement, watering, fertilizer, and maintenance for boxes and hanging pots.
Canada urged to fix quality and supply gaps in exports
Hon. H. H. Stevens notes that Canadian efforts to push exports in Britain are hampered by uneven product quality and inconsistent supply. Reports cite cattle, bacon, eggs, butter, and canned goods as examples, with calls to correct these shortcomings to boost trade.
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H. H. Stevens
Great Britain
Canada
Toronto Mail
Empire
Frozen herring opens BC fish market in Hong Kong
British Columbia fishers ship frozen herring to Hong Kong where white residents receive the new product with relish. The move marks a shift from dry salted exports to frozen herring to Chinese ports, while Chinese consumers buy dry salted herring.
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Hong Kong
British Columbia
China
Fisheries News Bulletin
Radio as a unifier in China under Communist leadership
Illiteracy drives reliance on radio as a critical tool for nationwide cohesion in China under the ruling party. Leaders emphasize broadcasting to reach peasants and urban workers alike, using state programs to spread policy and propaganda.
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China
Germans launch 36 seaplane mail flights from Bremen and Europa
The North German Lloyd liners Bremen and Europa will catapult seaplanes for 36 ship to shore flights carrying trans Atlantic mails. Despite last year’s fatal crash near Nova Scotia the company plans a permanent service with a stop at Sydney for fuel. First flight heads westward from 600 miles east of Sydney to Sydney then to New York via Cape Cod.
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Bremen
Europa
New York
Cobequid Bay
N.S
Sydney
Joachim Blankenburn
Karl Kirchhoff
Cape Cod
Peculiar Tattoo Tales From London’s Prof Burchett
The Sunday Pictorial recounts an interview with London tattooist Prof Burchett. He cites titled women as clients and recalls placing a butterfly tattoo on a leg, green snakes on a well known woman, and color work on an actor. He notes varied requests including facial scar tattooing and birthmarks for a child.
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Candide
Sunday Pictorial
Burchett
London
England
The World at War Costs and Disarmament Proposals
A column asserts the world spends over four billion dollars annually on armaments while millions face want. It argues a Geneva disarmament conference should seek a fifty percent spending cut, predicting a two billion dollar yearly saving with Europe and the United States bearing large shares. It calls for mass public and business pressure to stop the military waste.
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Geneva
Europe
United States
Perspective on wealth and imagination in fortune
The author argues that grief over financial loss depends on perception. Those with small incomes may feel wealthy, while richer individuals may feel poor. The piece urges reducing conceit and focusing on real value rather than chasing stock gains.
Vancouver Port Sees Export Rise with Grain Growth
F C Brown reports Vancouver exports rose eleven percent and imports six percent in the first quarter, led by flour grain canned salmon lead logs lumber and newsprint. New Westminster also shows strong gains, lumber exports up thirty six percent and imports nearly doubled. Brown notes commodity prices may be bottoming and grain port status ties Prairie provinces into broader trade.
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West
Vancouver
F. C. Brown
British Columbia
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
New Westminster
Mr. Brown
Seven Seas
Prairie
Baby Mammoth Tooth Found In Saskatchewan Garden
A baby mammoth shed a milk tooth 5 000 to 10 000 years ago in W A Wilsons vegetable garden at Indian Head. The enamel tooth, found by Wilson, was sent to the University of Saskatchewan and identified by C M Sternberg as the second lower milk molar of Elephas Primigenius. Findings of such molars are rare.
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Saskatchewan
W. A. Wilson
Indian Head
Wilson
Geology Department
University of Saskatchewan
C. M. Sternberg
Geological Survey
Ottawa
Wiseton
Sternberg
Colorado Sand Dunes Draw Tourists To Smooth Hills
Colorado's unique dunes attract visitors with rock rich scenery and sand polished slopes. The smooth dunes invite adventures including sand skiing on the rolling hills.
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Colorado
Erosion reshapes earth more than past disasters
Government scientists say the slow erosion process has altered the earth's surface more than all earthquakes volcanoes tidal waves and excavations in history. Residents report Hawaii rents are gradually lowering.
Nighttime chatter in marriage causes daytime retorts
A lighthearted exchange from the Muskete, Vienna notes a couple’s dynamic about a husband who talks in his sleep and a wife’s retort that he should speak during the day. The quip captures domestic humor and timing in urban social humor.
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Vienna
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B.C
Sammy
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