Seed Grain Treatment Boosts Crop Yields
Experiments at the Saskatoon Plant Pathology Laboratory show disease-free seed produces better crops. Germination tests are advised and formaldehyde or copper-based dusts can control seed-borne fungi. proper application and a spreading/rating device are essential for effectiveness.
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Okmarom Laboratory of
Saskatoon
HW Mead
Ares
Sackatchewan
Dominion Department of Agriculture
California
Manitoba
Dominion Laboratories of Plant Pathology
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Canada Improving Quality and Supply of Canadian Goods in UK
The Financial Post notes UK efforts to boost Canadian products including bacon and cheese through aggressive promotion and an identity marking system. Government campaigns and Department support aim to raise quality and ensure steady supply, though uniformity remains a challenge.
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United Kingdom
Ottawa
Sgure
Department of Trade and Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Canada
Britain
Great Britain
Financial Post
Cannibal Chief Question Highlights War Toll
An English missionary recalls a conversation with a Niam Niam cannibal about World War casualties. The exchange contrasts cannibalism jokes with grim facts about violence. The piece notes exaggerated human consumption myths and cites unrelated global figures on sports and trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UN United
Tom Walsh Seeks Orange Grove Visit in California
Windsor Star notes Thomas Walsh, head of Walsh Advertising, toured California orange groves with his wife. He refused to buy заранее picked fruit, preferring to pick his own. Grove owners said their wheat failings sent them west. winds in Riverside cut 25 percent of oranges, yielding about five cents a dozen for growers.
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Thomas EB. Walsh
Walsh Advertising Agency
Windsor
W. N. Clark
Windsor Star
Walsh
Loa Angeles
Tom
Mr. Clark
California
Winnipeg
Riverside
Financial Post
Health rules and life extension from Dr MacEachern
Dr Malcolm T L MacEachern of Chicago speaks at the annual session of the Asian College of Surgeons advising adherence to health commandments to prolong life. He notes most people eat and worry too much and do not play enough. He mentions aviation programs for South Africans and compares Paris France to Sitka Alaska in distance to the equator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm TL MacEachern
Chicago
Winnipsg
Asiaican College of Surgeons
MacEachern
True Voice Of Germany Radio Programs
The article discusses German attitudes under Hitler with quotes from Nora Waln and notes Canada’s CBC plan to develop a national radio personality. It covers radio as propaganda, German resistance murmurs, and Canada’s aims for rural outreach, education, emergencies, and visual broadcasting.
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Germany
Hitler
Nora Waln
Europe
Toronto Telegram
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Gladstone Murray
Denmark
International Union of Radio Broadcasters of
Geneva
Natives Prefer Rock Salt to Candy Says Canadian Churchman
A Canadian churchman recounts a traveler in Africa noting Central African children have never tasted candy canes or bull's eye candies. For them a lump of rock salt is a rare luxury and highly treasured, described as delicious as candy to Westerners.
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Central Africa
Africa
Central
Bay of Fundy Records Highest Tide At 33 Feet
The Bay of Fundy experiences the world’s highest tide with a 33 foot rise. A proverb notes it is better to be small and shine than great and cast a shadow.
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Royal Horse Guards
Mall
London
Bay of Fundy
Island Empire Queen Rules Tiny Nassau-Area Kingdom
A British heiress, Betty Carstairs, governs Whale Cay near Nassau with 250 residents. She built church, school, hospital and directs clergy, teachers, nurses, doctors, scouts, and a local orchestra while collecting taxes for the British Government under a 99 year lease.
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Whale Cay
Nassau
Toronto Telegram
Betty Carstairs
Gar Wood
Miss. Carstaira
Solitary confinement tales spark debate and a bold wager
A Newport prosecution saw parents sentenced for locking their youth in his room for two years. A mid 19th century wager between Lord Cecil and American Walter Hastings led Hastings to endure ten years in a small room. He emerged aged 35 looking 70, collected £10,000, and died in America four years later.
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Newport
Leeshire
Lord Cecil
Walter Hastings
Hastings
America
Manchester Guardian
Canada Calling Promotion Brings Dominion Films to Schools
The Dominion Department of Trade and Commerce funds Canada Calling to show Dominion films in British schools. In two areas a Canada period is set aside for all grades. Pupils view samples and illustrations of Canadian food products and learn their production before writing essays for prizes.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Trade and Commerce
Dominion
Britain
Coffee beans spark potential plastics from South American surplus
A report proposes converting surplus South American coffee beans into plastics. A separate note suggests professional hockey needs large adhesive tape supplies nearly matching rink area.
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South America
The Creeping Killer and Carbon Monoxide Hazard
A safety bulletin from the Industrial Accident Prevention Association warns of carbon monoxide poisoning risks, especially in garages. It notes fatal incidents when engines run in enclosed spaces, lists symptoms, and advises ventilation, engine checks, and avoiding headache remedies that mask symptoms.
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Affcars
Proveton Associationa
Rg 8
Shevat
Canada
Industral Accident Prevention Associations
Vieclm
Himelf
Ute
Canada Tops British Market For Key Commodities
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canada held first place in the British market in January for wheat and related products, fresh apples, copper and non ferrous metals, wood, hides, rubber goods, and leather. Canada ranked second in bacon, tobacco, wool products, and paper goods, making the British market a major asset and incentive for Ottawa’s economic effort.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Kingddom
Ottawa Journal
Court fines trader for insult to Chiang Kai-Shek
A court found a Chinese trader guilty for an insult to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, fining him 3160 and ordering a half hour parade through Tarantys Chinatown with a placard calling him a traitor to China. It notes the seawater analogy used in labs and mentions Philippine natives in Urrex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiang Kai-Shek
Tarantys Chinatown
China
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