Northwest Territories Rich in Unexplored Mineral Deposits
Dr. Charles Camsell deputy minister of mines and resources for Canada addressed a Vancouver convention noting Northwest Territories cover over a third of Canada and host undiscovered mineral deposits. He hailed aviation as expanding prospecting range and said 1929 marked a turning point for northern exploration with radium extraction and new gold finds near Gordon Lake and Yellowknife Bay.
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Northwest Territories
Canada
Charles Camselil
Mines and Resources
Vancouver
Camsaell
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Camsell
The
Territories
Hudson's Bay
Mackenzie District
Norman
Arctic Circle
Bear Lake
Northland
Gordon Lake
Yellowknife Bay
Great Slave Lake
Cobra Rescues Mistress and Kills Raider in Village Attack
A pet cobra killed an Indian raider who broke into a village house in Gunpur after the snake bit his ankle when it saw its mistress bound by the dacoit. In Kohat, a snake frightened women at a spring, then a wall collapse killed one and injured four nearby. A butterfly then rests after emerging as its wings harden.
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Gunpur
Kohat
Frontier Province
Prairie Life Brims With Strife And Rich Harvests
The Seaforth Expositor notes prairie living blends hardship and wealth. Generations moved west to farm vast grain fields while enduring floods droughts dust storms and fires. Yet land yields bumper crops and vast wealth as settlers endure pioneer life in Alberta.
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Ontario
Prairies
Seaforth Expositor
Huron County
Brooks
Alberta
Bulletin
Alberta Crops See Record Returns Since 1929
Alberta farmers expect a farm output valued at about 170 million dollars, the highest since 1929, aided by mid season rains and favorable weather. The Edmonton Journal notes marked improvements across principal crops as prices stay strong and overall production climbs from 1933 lows.
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Alperta
Edmonton Journal
Enemies in a Frontier Village Split by Saar Boundary
The Financial Post notes a small Nassweiler Rosbruck village split by a new boundary, with residents barred from crossing, dual language upbringing, and cross-border shops in Germany or France. Edward Hunter details how neighbors now face official barriers and passport formalities akin to a microcosm of Europe’s wider tensions.
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Europe
Saar Valey
International Boundary Commission
Germany
France
Edward Hunter
Coronet
Hunter
Nassweiler-Rosbruck
Financial Post
Not The Right Type Death Recall of Brigadier General Crozier
Recalled anecdote from the London Evening Standard recalls Brigadier General E. P. Crozier’s so called weeding out of officers in France. He dismissed a man for not fitting the type he wanted saying he eats Devonshire cream sent from home instead of sharing.
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E. P. Crozier
London Evening Standard
France
England
Network Of Air Lines To Weld More Firmly The Empire
Observers confirm woodcocks carry their young on their backs and that adults relocate their nests seasonally. Britain expanding air routes from Hong Kong to Vancouver strengthens empire links with swift passenger mail services, new aircraft, and weekly European and colonial connections. Imperial Airways reports 68,373 passengers in a year and a vast transcontinental plan.
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British Trust For Ornthology
Britain
British Empire
Hong Kong
Vancouver
Great Britain
Dominions
Commonwealth
Southampton
India
Singapore
Cape Town
Port Darwin
Australia
North Atlantic
Canada
United States
New Zealand
Germany
France
Brazil
Italy
Netherlands
Air Ministry
Belgium
Poland
Sweden
Norway
The
Empire Aviation
Imperial Airways, Ltd
Imperial Airways
England
Egypt
Palestine
Iraq
Burma
Malaya
Sudan
Uganda
Kenya
Tanganyika
Rhodesia
Bones Turn To Stone Case Discussed At Radiology Congress
Dr. Eugene Freedman presented the rare Cleveland case of a man whose bones and joints are turning stone hard. Despite six years of exams the cause remains undiagnosed. About 3,000 X ray and radium experts were urged to consult for possible Elucidation. The report also notes the term hooch and October as the Natchez turkey moon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Eugene Freedman
International Congress of Radiology
Freedman
Crochet Them Their Quick to Do Pattern 5944
Crochet pattern details for a pup and a duck in crochet with two identical pieces joined by a band. Includes loop stitch for the pup and single crochet for the duck, care notes, materials, a chart, directions, and stitch illustrations. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
First Military Bands Origin and Evolution
The article traces the origin of military bands from royal courts to battlefield parley trumpets and notes Germany first officially adding bands to regiments. It explains bands served as stretcher bearers and morale boosters, with many early British Army bandsmen being German and the Knellar Hall training school producing today’s bandmasters.
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Germany
British War Office
Knellar Hall
St. Thomas Times- Journal
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