Canada Year Book 1931 announced for distribution
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics announces the 1931 Canada Year Book. It runs 1145 pages with a revised, up to date record of Canada’s resources, history, institutions, economy, and social conditions. It includes extensive chapters on physiography, government, population, production, trade, finance, education, health, and public administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Statistics
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
Canada
League of Nations
Dominion Statistician
SoYa beans offer prairie farmers a new diversify option
Adapted to many uses soya beans could help Canadian prairie farmers shift from wheat. Manchuria currently supplies beans but prairie climate resembles Manchuria enabling machine harvest. Beans provide oil flour casein and other products and serve as cattle feed and fertilizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchuria
Canadian
Prairies
Conquest of the North Soviet Union expands Arctic presence
The Soviet Union declares a grand quest to claim the polar region north of Europe and Asia. It has stations from Wrangel’s Island to Franz Josef Land and will soon build the northernmost electric station in the Murmansk region. Experiments grow vegetables in the Arctic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
Russia
Franz Josef Land
Wrangel's Island
Murmansk
Arctic
Masterpiece 2nd Wins Canadian Stallion Prize at Ottawa Show
G T Fraser of Yale Sask captured special awards at the Central Canada Exhibition Horse Show in Ottawa. He won first prize for Canadian bred stallions with Masterpiece 2nd and then mare Spark Plug claimed top honours in her class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
G. T. Fraser
Yale
Sask
Spark Plug
Millions For Relief Proposes $6 Million for Unemployment Aid
Montreal plans to spend about $6 million on relief this winter. City hall reports the Dominion and Quebec governments will be asked to contribute half of the total, or about $3 million, with each providing roughly a quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Dominion
Quebec
Japanese Town Finds That Temperance Pays
In Kawaidani Japan the silk worm district town completed a five year oath of total abstinence from liquor. The dry period cut debt from 14000 to zero and funded a 22500 school. Savings balances rose with bank deposits up 29000 and postal savings up 4700 since going on the wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kawaidani
Japan
Silk Worm
His Own Property Joan a City Girl Holiday in the Country
A city girl named Joan visits the country and meets a young farmer who courts her. During a moonlit stroll they see a cow and calf touching noses and the man urges a romantic act. She replies with a playful prompt about ownership of the cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan
Clyde Shipbuilding Decline Hits Glasgow Idle Port Areas
The Clyde hews a tale of a once shallow river now a navigable port hub. Dredging keeps the channel open while shipyards decline, leaving hundreds idle as former riveters recall roaring riveting days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde
Firth
Glasgow
Canada Moves Overseas Trade to Its Own Ports
Canada’s overseas trade routed increasingly through Canadian ports. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports about 83 percent of last year’s overseas trade via Canadian ports, with 97 percent of imports and 72.5 percent of exports. Grain shipments skew figures, as over 27 percent of Canada’s grain exports pass through U S ports, notably Buffalo and lake ports, for overseas shipment from New York and Portland in winter. A stray line notes a famous author’s odd claim about never harming a fly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canadian
Buffalo
New York
Portland
Cactus Plants Spread Worldwide from American Origins
Cactus plants, originally native to America, have since spread to many parts of the world. The text notes their global distribution and origins, highlighting their Americas roots and current international presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World
America
Expedition To Greenland Supporting Continental Drift Theory
The German expedition led by the late Prof. Alfred Wegener reports Greenland center ice 3 000 meters high with 2 700 meters thickness, supporting continents drifting theory. They note Scandinavia rising six meters and Greenland melting, plus a 36 meter yearly westward drift, with meteorological data pending comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenland
Alfred Wegener
Research Association of German Science
Berlin
Fce
Switzerland
Professor Wegener
Professor Weggner
Scandinavia
First Northwest Mounted Police Fort Marker in British Columbia
A stone cairn marks the first Northwest Mounted Police Fort site in southeast British Columbia near the Calgary axis. Lady Steele unveiled the bronze tablet noting 1887 construction by Superintendent Sam Steele with Inspectors Wood Huot Powell and D Division men, praising Steele’s command in restoring peace amid a critical period. It ends with era-era quotes from Pages Gaies of Yverdon about wedding and divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Calgary
Northwest Mounted Police
Lady Steele
North West Mounted Police
Sam Steele
Samuel Benfield Steele
K.C
M.G
M.V
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary
Kasper, Stockholn
W. N. UL
Morocco
Gare de Lyon
Paris
Doumer
Laval
France
Havana
Machado
B.C
Steele
Gaies
Yverdon
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!