Western Canada Faces British Bread Quality Challenge
Canadian wheat experts warn that Britain and Europe are shifting toward fancy breads made with Argentine soft wheat, threatening Western Canada's export markets. Sir Francis Floud says prices and demand favor Argentina, risking Canada's agrarian future unless demand for high quality Canadian hard spring wheat is built through consumer education and market strategies.
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Great Britain
England
Canada
Prairies
Sret Brush
Sir Francis Floyd
Commerce Club
University of Toronto
Sir Francis Floud
Sir Francis
Western
Scarcity Of Fur Animals In Saskatchewan This Year
Officials report a general scarcity of fur bearing animals in Saskatchewan. Few mink and otter trapped. drives against skunks and weasels in the south yield small numbers. Coyotes are plentiful in central and western areas but few killed. Jack rabbits, once pests with drives reaching 3000 daily, are scarcer despite high demand and rising prices around 16 to 17 cents after about 10 cents last year.
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Saskatchewan
Game Branch
Relief Costs Expense Of Supporting Unemployed
November relief costs varied by province according to the federal labor department. Ontario averaged 7.62 per unemployed person while Prince Edward Island averaged 1.51 with an overall provincial average of 6.52.
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Fedral Labor Department
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Oon An
Quebec
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Columbia
Whittling Now A Fine Art Prize Contests Attract
Herbert Anderson nicknamed Andy, a former Colorado cowboy, rose from campfire carving to a recognized whittling artist. He carved Indians and tough figures with a jackknife, turning spare-time skill into a trading post career of wooden miniatures.
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Herbert Anderson
Colorado
Andy
Out Of His Control Thunderstorm Interrupts Actor on Stage
A famous actor performing a play was interrupted mid speech by a thunderclap quoted as coming in the wrong place. A stagehand retorted that the thunder came from heaven illustrating the storm’s timing and reaction.
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Eaven
Hogs Shipped From Calagry to Seattle Profitably
One hundred sixty hogs were sent from Calagry to Seattle. The higher prices earned over the line covered extra freight duty and processing costs.
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Calagry
Seattle
Echo at Balaton Vanishes as Tourists Mourn Loss
Hungary mourns a lost echo once heard at Lake Balaton where tourists enjoyed the repeating sounds. Scientists propose trees growing nearby may have muffled the echo, suggesting cutting them could bring it back but at the cost of the lake’s scenery.
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Hungary
Lake Balaton
Halifax Men Study Social Credit Group Formation
A dozen Halifax business and professional men formed a study group to explore the Social Credit plan. Edward S. Dixon, Halifax tourist bureau manager, said the group is not forming a political party and has roots in an unemployment and health insurance study club.
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Halifax
Edward S. Dixon
Nova Scotia
American Botanist Visits London Water Lily Collector
American professor Dr. Henry Conard of Grinnell University travels 4000 miles to see a water-lily pond kept by Constable Robert Trickett in his London garden. The pair, longtime correspondents on water lilies, share a five year collaboration. Trickett, a Royal Horticultural Society fellow, is known at Kew and owns Conard’s autographed monograph on water lilies.
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London
Henry §. Conard
Grinnell University
New York
Constable Robert Trickett
Trickett
Royal Horticultural Society
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew
Conard
Great Criminal Pathologist Regius Professor Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith of Edinburgh University is cited by News of the World as a leading Scottish criminal pathologist. He built fame in Egypt as medico legal chief to the government and as professor of forensic medicine. His key achievement was guiding the Stack murder case with dramatic evidence at the 1925 trial.
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England
Sydney Smith
Regius
Edinburgh University
News of
Egypt
University of
Lee Stack
Sirdar
Woman posed as man to marry nine victims in four years
In Kadievka Don Basin a Moscow report says Vera Zavarykina posed as a man to wed nine women, then aged bride drink to steal belongings. She was arrested when the last victim stayed sober and alerted authorities after the wedding. Police noted she wore feminine clothing between courtships and marriages.
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Kadievka
Don Basin
Moscow
Vera Zavarykina
Vera
Beacon Light Network Guides 2700 Mile Karachi to Rangoon Flight
India installs a chain of beacon lights along the 2700 mile Karachi to Rangoon route. Each beacon is visible for 50 to 100 miles and pilots will never fly more than two hours without encountering a guiding light.
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India
Karachi
Rangoon
Metal bags tested for marshmallows and chips freshness
Metal bags are being tried for packaging marshmallows and potato chips to preserve freshness, with tests aimed at evaluating their effectiveness and potential for wider use.
Gifts for fire victims in Hamilton blaze
A woollen bathing suit and an Alice in Wonderland hair band were among gifts for victims of the Royal hotel fire in Hamilton Ontario. A photo of a 1906 automobile party also appeared among offerings to those made homeless by the blaze that cost one life.
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Royal Hotel
Hamilton
Ont
Fastidious Diner Chooses Cock and Leg Rarity
A humorous scene features a fastidious diner insisting on a specific poultry order a cockerel and its year’s bird. The waiter queries preference between right or left leg clarifying the exact cut.
Proves Earth Is Round From Stratosphere Photos
Washington displays new visual proof from a stratosphere flight led by Captain Albert Stevens of the United States Army Air Corps. The National Geographic Society calls the photos and data more significant than the altitude record, showing a 200 mile horizon arc and a curved earth line through a special camera capturing 300 mile distances.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Albert Stevens
United States Army Air Corps
Stevens
Parmelee
S.C
South Dakota Territory
Selected Recipes Simplified Straight Dough Method
Four loaves using whole wheat and white flour with Royal Yeast Cake. Soak yeast in warm liquid with sugar, then mix in butter and salt, combine with flours, knead on a floured board, and let rise overnight in a greased pan.
Woman Pirate Arrested After Coast Raids in China
Sue Nakawara, 27, once a Hokkaido teacher, sailed from Foochow to Shanghai under Japanese custody. She had become the mistress of pirate chief Chen Pai-Lin and participated in hundreds of coastal raids before her capture by Chinese and Japanese authorities.
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China
Sue Nakawara
Japan
Hokkaido
Formosa
Chen Pai-Lin
Foochow
Fukien Province
Shanghai
Blind Canadian woman proves four senses sharpened
Agnes Horn of Edmonton, blind for ten years since age twelve, has developed sewing, knitting, weaving, piano, switchboard work, and stenography skills. Motorists report deer strikes on Saskatchewan highways. A moral maxim suggests passing the buck is proper. A wellbred man hides his true self and low regard for others.
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Agnes Horn
Edmonton
Saskatchewan
Printing presses for sale in Regina Saskatchewan
One Pony Optimes Cylinder Press and one 10 by 15 and one 12 by 18 Chandler and Price press. Also a 26 inch guillotine paper cutter and a Linotype machine. In excellent condition. Apply Bax. Regina Saskatchewan.
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Chandler & Price Gordon
Regina
Sask
Queen Mary Sets New Standard in Ocean Liner Luxury
The Cunard White Star liner Queen Mary debuts lavish Tourist class amenities with five deck long staterooms and private toilets in 80 percent of rooms. Each cabin features mahogany beds hot and cold water and personal ventilation. Public spaces include air conditioned dining saloon two lounges library cinema and a large pool with gym. Third class cabins also offer hot and cold water dressing tables and ventilation with two sea view lounges and a smoking room for passengers.
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North Atlantic
Cunard
Ant Army Crosses River In Malaya March
Reporter Carveth Wells describes a disciplined line of ants in Malaya that cross rivers by forming a coconut sized ball, rolling it with the current, and regrouping on the far bank before resuming their march. The main force waits upstream while scouts pick a crossable bend.
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Malaya
Carveth Wells
Philadelphia Dr Hubley Owens Warns on Impaired Driving
Dr Hubley R Owens chief surgeon of the Department of Public Safety in Philadelphia says sobriety saves citizens from driving while intoxicated. He asserts a simple test shows if a person is sober by reciting a phrase, implying any slurring or hesitation proves impairment.
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Hubley R. Owens
Department of Public Safety
Philadelphia
Susie
Sallie Samp- Son
Canadian Jewish congress hears Rabbi critique on anti Semitism spread
Rabbi Barnett R. Brickner of Cleveland warned at Toronto that anti Semitism is spreading across North America with Quebec leading efforts to sway Canada against Jews during the Canadian Jewish Congress meeting in Toronto.
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Quebec
Canada
Barnett R. Brickner
Cleveland
Toronto
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