Legion Chief Seeks Scientific Study of War Veterans’ Conditions
Brigadier General Alan Fiona, president of the Canadian Legion, urged Ottawa to back a scientific study of ex service men’s status. The Hyndman commission would assess welfare expenditures to ensure economy and usefulness while securing federal responsibility for unemployment relief and training.
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Canadian Legion
Wes
Alan Fiona
Canmitan Legion
Tok
Hyndman Commisson
Ottawa
Canada
Justice Hundman
Pension Appeal Court
Col
C. B. Price
Montreal
W. B. Woods
Toronto
Ross
Legion
Parliament of
Otder
Starting Seed Indoors for Flowers and Vegetables
Garden columnist Gordon L Smith explains indoor seed starting to suit short growing seasons. He lists flowers including pansies asters marigolds zinnias and cosmos and vegetables like peppers tomatoes cabbage and lettuce. Practical tips cover sowing times and succession planting to extend harvests.
Muskrat Ranching Growth Hatched by Manitoba Survey
The provincial government deploys a 40 man survey party in northern Manitoba to map a 700000 acre muskrat ranching area between The Pas and Cedar Lake. Thomas Lamb’s success shows potential with 54000 acres acquired and 12000 muskrats trapped last season.
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Manitoba
Pas
Cedar Lake
Thomas Lamb
Insurance firms pay billions to U S and Canada policyholders
Last year insurance companies paid about 3.5 billion dollars to policyholders and beneficiaries in the United States and Canada. A German device with multiple shovels is described as a wheel designed for excavation. Northern Ireland campaigns against motorists who cut in on carts, and a stray figure 2091 appears.
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United States
Canada
Northern Ireland
Sausage Tree Fruits Found in Central Africa and Miami
The Kigelia africana tree or sausage tree, native to central Africa, bears elongated fruit up to three feet long and has been grown in Miami. The article notes the tree’s size and fruit shape as a notable subsistence resource and mentions cultural quirks in France and a trivial fact about thundercloud electricity.
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Africa
Central
Miami
Florida
Theories About Sleep and Home Canneries Rise in 1930s
The article surveys sleep theories still baffling scientists citing switchboard analogy and fatigue poison ideas. It notes home canneries expanding in rural Quebec and Ontario with 1934 production figures around 230000 and 100000 cases respectively.
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Quebec
Ontario
Energy From Sunlit Ocean Feeds Pilchards And Humans
An extract from Dr. J L Hart explains how diatoms and copepods in the sea convert sunlight into energy stored in pilchards. The fish feed on these microscopic plants and animals, and in turn provide oil and flesh for human use. The process mirrors energy transfer from grass to livestock on land.
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J. L. Hart
Pacific Fisheries Biological Station
Nanaimo
Hart
British Columbia
Canada
Fashion Fancies Dress Pattern Ad from Winnipeg Paper
A fashion feature promotes Ellen Worth style No 853 a tailored feminine dress with a frilled collar and vest effect designed for busts 86 to 48 inches. It notes pattern yardage, price 20 cents, and mail orders to Pattern Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union. The Spring Fashion Magazine offers colorful models for all ages with patterns available.
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Ellen Worth
Pattern
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Flower Photography Tips The Snapshot Guide
A period piece on indoor flower photography by John van Cuilder explains choosing lighting to create depth. It guides using two photoflood lamps, a tilted tray background, and proper camera settings to capture vivid color and shadow.
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John van Cuilder
Pre cooling dressed poultry crucial to avoid freezing
The article explains pre cooling to remove heat from dressed poultry before packing. It notes a typical weight loss of about 0.25 percent and that one ton of poultry releases about five pounds of moisture, enough to saturate 17 000 cubic feet of air at 32 degrees. It advises cooling to 30 to 32 degrees Fahrenheit and warns against surface freezing.
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W. H. Cook
National Research Council of Canada
Pointe
Paying Slabs From Refuse Cuts Town Taxes
Household refuse is used to produce paving slabs in a British town. After processing in a dust destructor the clinker is crushed and mixed with cement and water, formed under high pressure, and cured outdoors to create pavements. About 600 slabs weekly, with waste slabs sold for garden paths, save hundreds of pounds.
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South Coast
Young American Discovers New Yukon Mountain Range
Bradford Washburn, a Cambridge, Massachusetts explorer, reports to National Geographic Society on a hitherto unrecorded Yukon range and a large glacier. The base camp sat near the glacier's tongue, which stretched about 50 miles eastward into the Black Valley from Mount Hubbard in the St Elias range.
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U.S
Yukon Territory
National Geographic
Bradford Washburn
Cambridge
Mass
Washburn
Carcass
Black Valley
Mount Hubbard
St. Elias Range
Visit From German Warship Reopens Canada Germany Ties
A sleek grey German warship anchored in Vancouver harbor marking a rare postwar contact between Germany and Canada. The Karla rubs crew and cadets displayed uniforms as they discharged cargoes during the visit, the first German naval presence in the region since before World War I.
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Vancouver
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London
la Rouchelle
France
Cuse
Jozeph Lee
Hudson Bay
New Mountain Range
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