Medical Breakthroughs Highlight Hormone Research at Buffalo
Reports from an American Chemical Society endocrine symposium in Buffalo described progress in hormone isolation and applications. Growth hormone from animal pituitary glands aided a girl who stopped growing at six, suggesting future therapies for sex development and other conditions. Insulin-sparing diets at Montreal General Hospital show diabetics tolerating large carbohydrate intakes with low fat, under Dr Rabinovitch, with over 500 patients on such regimens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Chemical Society At
Buffalo
Duchless
William Englebach
New York City
Englebach
Montreal General Hospital
I. M. Rabinovitch
Canadian electrical progress praised by French engineer
Charles Malegarto head of La Cie Parisienne de Distribution DElectricite arriving in Canada aboard the Empress of Britain says Canada will see remarkable electrical development. He notes Canada's industrial base and pulp and paper mills ensure high electrical utilization year round, surpassing France. The Thousand Islands are listed as 1,692. A joke from Buen Humor Madrid is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Malegarto
la Cie Parisienne de Distribution D’electricite
Canada
Britain
Quebec
M. Malegarto
Dominion
France
Floods of Yangtse Valley Demand Global Sympathy
The Yangtse floods, far surpassing past records, have overwhelmed dikes and communities across 2000 miles of China. Experts note the disaster’s unprecedented scale and predict immense human misery, calling for widespread humanitarian sympathy from the civilized world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Yangtse Valley
Mississippi Valley
Yangtse
Szechuan
Hankow
Tibet
Ichag
Fur farming demonstrated near Winnipeg Manitoba
The Manitoba government selects a twenty acre site a few miles west of Winnipeg for a Fur and Game Farm to study fur bearing animal husbandry. Dr. J H Allen will direct the farm which will raise game birds including Mongolian and ring necked pheasants. Mink marten fisher and otter and beaver habitats will be developed with water enclosures for propagation.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
J. H. Allen
V.S
B.v.sc
Marten
Fisher
Man Files Complaint Over Trains Blowing Whistles
Richard W. Oldfield of Haverstraw New York's West Shore Railroad whistles and smoke disturb him after twenty two years of train noise prompting village trustees to investigate the nuisance claims against the New York Ontario and Western line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard W. Oldfield
Haverstraw
N.Y
Mr. Oldfield
New York, Ontario & Western
West Shore Railroad
Barrister’s First Case Sparks Confusion Over Names
A nervous young barrister misnames parties in a case, repeatedly calling the plaintiff Jones as Smith and the defendant Smith as Jones, prompting the judge to intervene and note potential jury confusion especially with an added Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanke
Jones
Smith
Brown
Church ministers in Michigan on temporary leave
Hix questions a church about sending its minister to Michigan for a month. Dix confirms the trip as a congregation approved vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hix
Michigan
Dix
Young Canadians Win Scholarships at McGill University
Three minor CPR employees' sons receive five years of free tuition at McGill University Montreal. Michael Montague Madge 17, David K Gowans 18 and Keith W Shaw 17 will study architecture or chemical engineering seeking bachelor of science degrees.
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McGill University
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
Michael Montague Madge
H. Madge
Foster, Que
David K. Gowans
D. J. Gowans
Horale Bpenectam
Itis
Mewmerrin Lines
Keith W. Shaw
J. A. Shaw
Messrs
Madge and
Gowans
Mr. Shaw
C.P.R
McGill
Madge
Shaw
Canadian Grown Prunes Poised to Aid Vancouver Island Growers
Experiments at the Dominion Experimental Farm in Sidney B C show Italian prunes can be grown and dehydrated locally. Superintendent E M Straight notes the high quality prunes could meet domestic demand. Canada imports dried plums and prunes valued at about 1 million dollars yearly. Poland expects 2 million dollars from its state lottery this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver Island
Dominion Experimental Farm
Sidney
B.C
E. M. Straight
Canada
Poland
Pullman Keeps Travelers Comfortable With Vast Supplies
A Pullman Company circular reveals yearly purchases of 98,738,000 sanitary drinking cups 3,822,280 boxes of safety matches 9,146,000 paper bags for hats and 4,115,900 cakes of soap to equip sleeping car services. The piece notes Europe has 2000 sleeping cars for 480 million people while the United States has over 3,000 cars with cheaper per mile rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman Company
Railroads
Europe
United States
Dominion urges home canning to save surplus crops
The Fruit Branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture backs a nationwide campaign urging housewives to can everything possible for winter use. It stresses the urgent need for relief and assistance and promotes simple practical methods to prevent waste from field or garden in both rural and urban homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
Oyster discovery lifts hopes for industry recovery
The text notes that oysters curing anaemia could boost demand and price, improving the oyster industry. If prices rise as a similar discovery did for liver in the past, the business may recover from a low mood as the season starts.
Plethora Of World's Goods
World reports ample staple commodities for winter with large unsold stocks in wheat sugar tea and metals. Surplus coffee and cotton stocks prompt destruction and potential distribution shifts. Economists blame reduced consumption from debt and taxation and urge debt cancellation and removing fear as remedies. Regina Daily Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Regina Daily Star
Britisher Prefers New Frontiers Over London Antiquities
An American visitor in London shows broader knowledge of the empire’s reach than most locals. He favors hearing about Kenya and other colonies and will abandon art to pursue distant trading posts and colonial life, even attempting to govern diverse faiths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kenya
Africa
Ceylon
Egypt
Ashantee
Russia expands gramophone production under five year plan
Soviet Russia shifts from imports to domestic gramophones with a factory churning out 6 060 sets and plans for 37 000 machines in 1931 plus 25 000 000 records under the five year plan. A shop scene contrasts politeness and sample requests. Railways of Cuba cut passenger fares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Soviet
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Hormeones
French Electrical Engineers
Thousand Islands
Madrid
Chima
M. M. Madge
K. W. Shaw
D. K. Gowans
Nts
Motherland
Malcolm MacDonald
Ramsay MacDonald
Dominions
Philip Sassoon
Prince of Wales
Air
Oliver Stanley
Strom
Home Office
Pullman
Railways of
Cuba
Lustige
Kolner Zeitung
Cologne
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