Transatlantic Aeroplane Service Nearing Realization and Sydney Base Sought
Prediction by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell after the Kitty Hawk flight notes imminent regular air service across the Atlantic with Sydney as a proposed landing field. Canada builds a transcontinental airway from Montreal to Elmsdale with beacons and multiple eastern and Arctic connections supporting a large employment program. Sydney officials form a committee to study a transatlantic base leveraging its fog-free landing space.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
North Carolina
Atlantic
Cape Breton
Ocean Service
Sydney
Montreal
Canada
St. Lawrence City
Vancouver
Dominion
Halifax
Fredericton
Moncton
Saint John
Canadian Airway
Elmsdale
Ottawa
Toronto
Ontario
Cobalt
Kapuskasing
Sioux Lookout
Winnipeg
Brandon
Atlantic Coast
Drumheller Whiskerino Derby Crowned Duncan Winner
After 20 days of com petition Andrew Duncan won Drumheller's whiskerino Derby and a 100 prize. David Jones finished second by a close shave as 27 entrants competed in a contest run by the Drumheller Miners Hockey Club. Entrants displayed Van Dyke styles and unruly facial growth with consolation prizes for less impressive beards.
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Andrew Duncan
Drumheller
David Jones
Drumheller Miners Hockey Club
Bird escapes from pheasants and 1931 life death rate note
Dr. W. Cemmell of Stratford Ontario recounts a pheasant shoot near two hours with two birds in a bag before one sprang free and escaped. Separately, 1931 life insurance records report the lowest recorded death rate in the United States and Canada.
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United States
Canada
Plumber's Wife Requests Cold Cream During Hurry Call
A wife asks her husband the plumber to bring a jar of cold cream from the drugstore on his way back for forgotten tools as he leaves on a rush call. The exchange captures a domestic moment amid a service job.
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Jack
Storing Farm Machinery Care and storage tips
The Dominion Experimental Station at Swift Current stresses protecting farm machinery from heat moisture wind frost and sunlight to prolong life. During inactivity paint wood and metal parts, remove items to a dry shed, grease bearings, oil exposed metal, clean seed from drills and boxes, grease and paint before storage, and store inside if possible while guarding against animals with fences.
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Dominion
Swift Current
British Empire Dessert Apple Champion from Oyama
The Department of Trade and Commerce reported that James Lowe of Oyama British Columbia won the top Imperial Fruit Show prize in Cardiff Wales. His Canadian Delicious exhibit was named champion dessert apple of the British Empire amid the keenest competition yet. Thirty other Canadian entries including Jonathan apples and Nova Scotia barrels were praised for quality and appearance.
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Department of Trade and Commerce
British Columbia
Cardiff
Wales
James Lowe
Oyama
B.C
British Empire
Nova Scotia
Wild Barley Endangers Livestock in Western Rangelands
Wild Barley Skunk-tail grass, a native perennial from Lake Superior westward, grows in alkaline soils and occasional Eastern Canada. It threatens western stock, injuring horses, cattle, and sheep with barbed seeds and awns that irritate mouths and cause ulcers.
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Lake Superior
Canada
Motorists Thought At Speed Sees Few Rise To Challenge
A blunt remark notes that speeding drivers often fail to think clearly at high velocity. The author asserts only a small minority can maintain proper judgment when traveling at sixty miles per hour.
Seed Wheat Use Amid Wheat Rust Epidemic Warns Poor Seedlings
Farmers in prairie provinces facing rusted wheat seed must use compromised grain for seeding. Germination tests show injured kernels sprout weak seedlings likely to fail in the field without favorable moisture and temperature. Rusted kernels yield many light seeds, but despite injury, heavier, well-cleaned kernels offer better seed stands while vulnerable seedlings risk root rats and disease.
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Prairie
Dommon Department of Agriculture
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Calgary
Farm animal values rise in 1934 per head
Average values for 1934 show gains across sheep swine and poultry compared with 1933 cattle values dip slightly Milch cows fall from 31 to 29 per head while other cattle hold at 17 Sheep up from 4 to 4.18 Swine up from 8.89 to 9.86 and poultry up from 0.56 to 0.59 per head
Higher protein shown in this season's wheat crop
A Saskatchewan report notes slightly lower weight per bushel but higher protein content in Western Canada 1935 wheat. No. 1 Hard to No. 3 Northern grades near 1934 in baking quality, while lower grades match or surpass them. rusted Nos. 4 5 6 show strong baking but low flour yields and yellow flour. New Gernet Nos. 1 2 CW grades high in test weight and flour potential, yet also yellow.
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Canada
Board of Grain Commissioners
F. W. Geddes
C.W
Fossil Jaw Indicates Early Porcupine in Idaho Valley
A fossilized lower jaw from the Snake River valley in Idaho shows the porcupine’s antiquity at two to ten million years. The find places this species among North America’s early mammal lineages.
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North America
Snake River Valley
Idaho
Hunting Season Photo Tips From John Van Guilder
Practical advice for fall hunting trips emphasizing snapshot photography. Tips cover loading gear, using Photoflash bulbs, camera setup, exposure for overcast skies, indoor cabin photos, and creating a lasting picture story to share with friends.
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John van Guilder
Skyscraper Rolled Back to Widen Olive Street Front
In Los Angeles engineers slice five feet from the Commercial Exchange and roll the thirteen story building backward on rollers to widen Olive Street. Over seventy seven days the front is moved five feet and later sewed to the rear portion, leaving no visible scar. The operation involves sliding more than 5,000 tons of steel brick and cement with careful traffic and tenancy preservation.
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Olive Street
Commercial Exchange
Eighth Street
Los Angeles
Calif
George B. Kress
Kress Housing Moving Company
Oliver Street
Cross Bred Wool Production Across Nations
The article notes cross bred wool of prime interest in international trade, listing Canada New Zealand the British Isles Irish Free State Argentina Uruguay Chile and Brazil as cross bred producers. It also states merino is dominant in Australia South Africa and the United States while carpet wool is produced by Soviet Russia China India French Africa Turkey Iran Syria Peru Bolivia Mexico and Ecuador.
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Canada
New Zealand
British Isles
Irish Free State
Argentina
Uruguay
Chile
Brazil
Spain
Australia
Union of South Africa
United States
Russia
China
India
French Africa
Turkey
Iran
Syria
Peru
Bolivia
Mexico
Ecuador
Per Capita Food Consumption in Canada
The report estimates current per person intake of various foods in Canada. Beef 68.66 pounds, pork 66.36 pounds, mutton and lamb 6.28 pounds, poultry 9.9 pounds, butter 30.92 pounds, cheese 364 pounds, eggs 22.31 dozen per year per capita with 1933 figures listed for comparison.
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Canada
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Bird
Saskatchewan
Regina Leader-Post
Reese
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