Awakening Interest in Wildlife Conservation Across Borders
A cross border push for wildlife protection notes a rising public interest in conserving game birds, fur bearing animals, and fish. It highlights surveys on crow impacts, government measures in the United States and Canada, and Saskatchewan’s new Sweepstakes to reduce crow and magpie numbers as a step toward safeguarding songbirds.
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United States
Canada
H. G. Carson
Saskatoon
Fish and Game League
League
Saskatchewan
University researches cross wheat and rye for hardy milling grain
University of Saskatchewan scientists are crossing Chinese wheat with rye to blend rye hardness with wheat milling quality. Early results show plants inherit rye traits, though returns are not always constant.
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University of Saskatchewan
Zeppelin project advances toward faster transatlantic airship
Work has begun in Friedrichshafen on a larger Zeppelin faster than the Hindenburg. The new airship, nearly as long as the Queen Mary, will carry about 80 passengers and cruise at close to 100 mph on long journeys.
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Friedrichshaven
South Atlantic
Red post service vehicles in Cadmium Red color rule
A historical note states German post service mail boxes trucks and buses are painted cadmium red. It adds Canada prohibits advertising a cure for obesity.
Mining Boom Expected in Northwest Territories in 1936
Geological field work by the Mines Department last year spurs a wide prospecting and mining development push in the Northwest Territories this summer. Yellowknife and the Great Slave Lake region attract major and numerous prospecting entities with several parties active, as 10 000 square miles surveyed north of Great Bear and Great Slave Lakes show favorable precious metal prospects.
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Northwest Territories
Department of Mines
Departmentf the Interior
Cameron Bay
Great Bear Lake
Fort Smith
Alberta-Northwest Territories
Yellowknife
Great Slave Lake
Islands
Ovo
Yellowknife Game Preserve
Prefers Life In Alberta 93 Year Old Woman Chooses Wheat Farm
93 year old Mrs. H. M. Olsen favors life on her Alberta wheat farm near High River over Arizona fruit lands or California homes. She recalls leaving Denmark in 1858 and walking 1100 miles from Omaha to Salt Lake City before settling in Alberta in 1905.
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California
H. M. Olsen
High River
Alberta
Arizona
Grandma” Olsen
Must Be Almost Perfect Honor Cow Breaks Milk Record
A cow named Must Be Almost Perfect Honor produced 38 606 pounds of milk with 1 402 pounds butterfat in a year. The figures equate to the milk of over 200 people daily and enough ice cream to fill 88 880 cones. The record is praised as a model for dairy herds.
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Stratford Beacon-Herald
Tourism expected as Canada sees peak visitor year
D Leo Dolan director of the Canadian Travel Bureau spoke in Ottawa at a Samaritans banquet noting travel into Canada this year may reach the 1929 peak. He said inquiries have nearly doubled from last year with most requests from United States citizens planning to visit.
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Canada
D. Leo Dolan
Canadian Travel Bureau
Ottawa
Mystic Order of Samaritans
United States
English motorist recalls trap joke amid early motoring notes
An English driver recounts a misadventure with an ironic trap while joking about his amut car. A correspondent recalls a Brighton trip and a humorous trap exchange. The piece notes 1931 world car ownership at one per 56 people and 1930 London mail coaches around 1,400 daily.
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Brighton
Advertising as a constant, credible force in business
The 1936 foreword by the McKim Directory of Canadian Publications argues advertising today holds greater opportunity than ever. It stresses sound planning, sincerity, and constant, honest presentation to sustain demand and deliver value, with honesty, advertity and persistency highlighted as keys to the buyer's pocketbook.
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McKim Directory of
Hdlmonton Journal
King Edward to Attend Vimy Memorial Unveiling
The Havas News Agency reports King Edward may travel to France on July 25 26 to attend the unveiling of Canada's Vimy Ridge memorial. He would fly from London land at Vimy greet French leaders and Canadian soldiers then return the same day marking his first overseas trip since accession.
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Edward
Canada
Havas
France
Vimy
Paris
London
Albert Lebrun
Henri Petain
Vimy Ridge
Tribute To Faerie Queene Patron Earl Of Southampton
The Earl of Southampton welcomed Spenser with the Faerie Queene manuscript and paid the author in three £20 sums as he read. He finally warned that continuing would ruin him if he read further.
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Spenser
Earl of Southampton
Christian Science Monitor
Indian Building Split in Two on Caughnawaga Reserve
A two storey wooden building on the Caughnawaga Indian reservation in Quebec was split from roof to cellar. Police Chief John Jacks reported the damage at about 500 dollars with no occupants present when the accident occurred.
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Caughnawaga
Que
John Jacks
Non sinkable lifeboat touted by Catalan engineer
Cosme Salomo Vila unveiled a 25 to 30 foot non sinkable lifeboat capable of carrying 40 to 50 persons. Demonstrations in Madrid with officials from the marine ministry cited its motor powered design and a perfect seal preventing air or water entry. Witnesses claim it stayed dry and air remained fresh during storms and that lowering machinery functions under all weather.
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Cosme Salome Vila
Madrid
Ministry of Marine
Salomo Vila
Testa
Mataro
Selected Recipes for Bran Cheese Crackers
A compact recipe mix using Quaker Natural Bran and Quaker Flour with cheese and shortening. Combine dry ingredients, then add melted shortening and boiling water, mix in an egg, roll thin using bran instead of flour, cut with a cutter, sprinkle salt, and bake slowly at under 300 degrees. Serve with tea or salad.
Appointment of Ram as East Indies commander in chief
Commander of East Indies Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Ram say has been appointed commander in-chief of the East Indies station of the royal navy. Sir Alexander is the husband of Lady Patricia Ramsay, daughter of the Duke of Connaught and honorary colonel-in-chief of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
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Alexander Ramsay
East Indies
Royal Navy
Alexander
Patricia Ramsay
Duke of Connaught
Princess Patricia
Canadian Light Infantry
Canada
Lady Patricia
Princess of
Great Britain and Ireland
Architect A E Richardson Returns to Georgian Ampthill Home
Professor A E Richardson of London University plans to live in a Georgian Ampthill house unchanged since 1795. Meanwhile Britain’s National Institute for the Blind reports 832,015 books and newspapers and 4,000 Braille music items produced last year.
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A. E. Richardson
London University
Ampthill
National Institute For the Blind
Britain
Thieves Return Stolen Goods Amid Police Threats in Buzau
In Buzau Romania a gang returns stolen items by mail after threatening to fire the town police for incompetence. They claim they will relocate crimes and sign off as thieves of Bazan. A parliament member Moceanu complains his fur coat was stolen, prompting interior ministry action and a 24 hour deadline. A large parcel including his fur coat then arrives at police headquarters.
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Buzau
Roumania
Bazan
M. Moceanu
Ministry of Interior
Earl of Willingdon given Cinque Ports appointment
The Earl of Willingdon was named Warden of Cinque Ports and will reside at Dover Castle. Returning from five years as viceroy of India, he has been awarded a Marquessate. He succeeds the late Marquess of Reading, a former viceroy, in the historic coastal league.
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Earl of Wilingdon
Earl of Willingdon
Dover Castle
Lord Willingdon
India
Cinque Ports
Canada
Marquess of Reading
Hastings
Romney
Hythe
Dover
Sandwich
England
Sub-Arctic Outpost Faces Sky-High Coal Prices
In Akiavik Northwest Territories the weight in gold worth fuel coal is nearly as scarce as gold. Airplanes bring most coal to the remote trading post and traders and trappers pay sky high prices for it.
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Akiavik
N.W.T
Sub- Arctic
France tests resin a road surfacing material use
France seeks new applications for resinous products to improve road surfaces as it experiments with resin as a paving material.
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France
Resin Ag
First farm plows used crooked branches powered by men
Description recalls early farming tools made from bent wood and pulled by human effort. The simple implements relied on manpower rather than animal or mechanical power, illustrating ancient agrarian practices.
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Dixie
Dixie Plug
Travel Bureau
Londen
Kelly, Douglas & CO. Ltd
Vancouver
Sir Alexander Ramsay
New Post
Frank J
Shag) Shaughnessy
Montreal Royals
Canada Starch Company
Stanley Street
Winnises
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