Reindeer Trek Nears End In Arctic Rescue Effort
Historic 3 000 reindeer herd journey from Alaska toward the Mackenzie delta nears completion. Eskimo and Lapland shepherds endured deadly storms wolves and starvation over three and a half years to secure permanent food supplies for northern Canada.
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Arctic
Thrilling Saga
Canada
Mackenzie Delta
Ottawa
Porsild Brothers
Mackenzie
Great Northern
Lomen Brothers
Lomen
Buckland Valley
Alaska
Canadian
Herschel Island
Andrew Bahr
Lapp
Tom Wood
Governmnt
Europe
Canadian Arctic
Norway
Canadians Celebrate Record Health Year in 1932
Metropolitan Life Insurance data show about 1.25 million insured Canadians in the industrial department. The death rate stood at 7.7 per 1000, down 4.3 percent from 1931, marking a low for the period despite tough business conditions.
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Canada
Industrial Department
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Amateur Broadcasting Device Makes Messages Simple in France
A new automatic radio system from France lets anyone spell out messages by turning knobs on a dial. Letters and signals are printed on the dial so a reader can operate the device without a trained wireless operator.
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France
New Sweden Drying Method Preserves Vitamin Content
A Swedish drying process aims to preserve essential vitamins in vegetables. The note adds that frost will prevent pineapple growth in certain areas.
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Sweden
Churchill port to load at least twice last year’s ships
Saskatchewan traffic council heard that Churchill will load at least twice as many ships this season as last year when 10 boats visited the port. The Dalgleish Steamship Company plans the Pennyworth to load at Glasgow on July 17, Newcastle on July 25, and Antwerp on July 28.
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Churchill
Saskatchewan Traffic Council
Saskatoon
Dalgieish Steamship Company
SS. Pennyworth
Glasgow
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Antwerp
Hull and Machinery Insurance
Lloyd's
Dalgleish
British
Continental Point
Montreal
Saskatchewan
George H. Smith
Hudson Bay
Birkenhead
Cardiff
Gorilla Brain Boosts Evolution Theory at Smithsonian
The Smithsonian announced a gorilla sample showing a brain heavier than any other ape brain on record. The find from Oiero, a three year old at the Washington Zoo, was studied by Dr. C. J. Connolly of Catholic University of America, offering new insight into brain evolution toward human levels.
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Smithsonian Institution
Oiero
Washington Zoo
C. J. Connolly
Catholic University of America
Dentist Offers Bridge At Seventy Five Dollars
A comic dental exchange has a patient asking for a cheap fix over a full bridge. The dentist quotes seventy five dollars for a bridge while the patient jokes about trying a cheaper culvert as a makeshift solution.
Aeroplanes To Target Locust Plague With Aerial Chemicals
British and Kenyan authorities are testing airplane based methods to exterminate locust swarms. Experiments at Salisbury Plain use wind tunnels and chemical sprays including creosote and arsenite dust on locusts brought from Nairobi. Africa-wide cooperation aims to reduce plague losses estimated over six million pounds.
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British War Office
Chemical Department
Salsbury Plain
Des Bain
Kenya
Africa
Double Wheat Car Returns Stuns Alberta Agent
Alberta wheat agent K H Johnson reports a strange repeat: car 504457, loaded August 23 1932 and again September 27 1932, carried No 2 wheat to Vancouver. Now car 504485 returns after January 9 loading for Vancouver, same wheat, same destination, same crop year, an odds defying coincidence.
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K. H. Johnson
Alberta
Conrich
Johnson
Vancouver
Butter conference urged between Canada New Zealand reps
A resolution adopted by the British Columbia division of the Canadian Manufacturers Association in Vancouver calls for a butter import conference in New Zealand to resolve issues with southern Dominion butter entering Canada. Russia estimates its population at 127 million.
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New Zealand
Dominion
Canada
British Columbia
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Vancouver
Result Of Old Feud Behind Ashdown Forest Fires Feud Fueling Damage
Reporters describe a historical feud tied to Henry VIII era forest rights as the motive behind ongoing fires in Ashdown Forest. Embittered forest dwellers aim to reclaim land, with nearly 2000 acres set ablaze in weeks of dry weather. Conservators cite mugglers of old and a stubborn defiance of law as the firestarter mindset.
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Ashdown Forest
Henry the Eighth
Board of Conservators
Kingston board letter asks Saskatchewan factories about crate pricing
A letter to the Regina Board of Trade in Jamaica asks Saskatchewan manufacturers if they can price orange crates bundled for sale. The author suggests if they can produce crates in larger bundles they can also make nine in crates. The note emphasizes potential production options.
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Regina Board of Trade
Kingston
Jamaica
Saskatchewan
Global rats outnumber humans by vast margin
A historical note estimates the world rat population at 19.09 billion versus about 2.0 billion humans, highlighting the sheer scale difference between species and prompting caution about rodent control and public health implications.
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Wood
Russia
England
London
Moscow
M. Maisky
M. Ozerski
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