Canus Wheat Debuts At Alberta Farm Field Trials
University of Alberta announces a new wheat variety named Canus a cross of Marquis and Canada US lines. It promises rust resistance foot rot disease resistance and higher yields though not rust resistant. Preliminary trials show about 32.4 bushels per acre with distribution to central and southern Alberta farmers this year.
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Alberta
University of Alberta
C. 3. Rameail
University of Altea
Canada
United States
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Research Counci
Armiodt
T the
Alberta Wheat Pool
Plains
C.S. Aamost
Aamedt
Farairra
Ottaws
Aamedt Ani
Origins Of Canadian Oats Varieties and Origins
The article surveys oat varieties in Canada noting most leading types originate outside the Dominion. Banner Alaska and Gopher came from the United States, Victory from Sweden, Legacy from Ottawa’s Central Experimental Farm excels in northern regions, Cartier in Quebec may supplant Alaska, and OAC releases 72 and 144 yield well in Ontario. Other varieties include Anthony Manitoba origin, Gold Fain Sweden, and White Crown United States, with adaptation by region.
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Canada
Dominion
Banner
Alaska
United States
Victory
Sweden
Ottens
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Quebec
Cartier
Macdonald College
O.A.C
Ontario Agricultural College
Ontario
Anthony
Manitoba
Unclear fragment on Mildred and dangers in grass
Fragmentary text describes Mildred noticing something in grass and mentioning a green snake. A warning suggests danger and mentions rope or flies used in making false eyelashes.
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Dushag
Apulian Aqueduct Nears Completion After 29 Years
Planned by Judes Caeser Taty, the Apulian Aqueduct will supply 920 towns and villages with water, serving 2.54 million people at about 18 gallons per day. It spans 152 miles of main conduit with 67 miles underground, 27 pumping stations, and an estimated cost of £11.15 million.
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Taty
Signor Mussolini
Julius Caesar
Pontine
Brains Show Electrical Nerve Impulses From Stimuli
Scientists report that nerve impulses are electrical surges reaching the brain in proportion to external stimuli. Regular brain currents occur even without stimuli, proven by a highly sensitive apparatus amplifying currents a millionfold. Clicks audible when electrodes touched the skull, but the meaning of these surges remains uncertain.
Cathedral Adds Gifts To Canter bury Bell Display
Canterbury Cathedral has added a log book donated by Admiral Percy Royds and a model of HMS Canterbury built in 1744. The log book records seafarers service and signs their name when six bells are struck daily at 11 am. Captain Graham Edwards is remembered with the HMS Canterbury model placed above the bell.
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Canterbury
Percy Royds
Graham Edwards
Queer street names claimed by Paris draw attention
A Paris guide asserts the city has more queerly named streets than any other, listing titles such as Ash trays Street, The Street of the Bad Boys, Good Children Street, and White Peacock Street. It also notes English street names honoring figures like King George VI and Captain Scott.
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Paris
King George VI
Queen Victoria
Charl Mekens
Lord Byron
Sarc Newton
Captain Scott
Government renews arrangement for Dominion boards and pensioners
The government extends for 15 months the agreement under which the Dominion reimburses provincial workers compensation boards and employers of war pensioners with 66 percent disability, or more, after industrial accidents. The arrangement also covers imperial veterans resident in Canada.
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Dominion
Canada
Discovery of Water in Three Forms by Denver Professors
Doctors R G Gustavson and Humphrey G Owen of Denver University report water exists in at least three forms created from a heavier hydrogen atom. They claim the new water and hydrogen yield further discoveries, noting melt water differs from steam condensate and may aid plant growth, explaining abundant flowers near sawmill banks in the mountains.
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RG. Gustavson
Humphrey G. Owen
Denver University
Chas
Good Bridge Players Depend On Opponents In Poker-Like Play
A columnist notes that success in bridge hinges on the skill of the player and the quality of the opponent. It suggests that a strong hand and prudent approach can be tempered by the opponent's prowess, shaping the game’s outcome.
Winter sun hotter than summer at earth surface says Harvard scientist
Dr Bernhard Haurwitz of Blue Hill Observatory explains that solar rays reach earth hotter in winter when measured at same sun altitude due to factors including closer Earth-Sun distance fewer daylight hours clearer air and lower water vapor content Dust in summer air reduces heat.
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Earth
Bernhard Haurwitz
Blue Hill
Haurwitz
Birthday Snapshots for Parents and Babies
An advocate urges parents to take monthly baby photos in the first year and to keep capturing milestones such as first steps and smiles. The piece stresses lasting value for families and grandparents, with humorous anecdotes from the author JOHN VAN GUILDER.
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Canada
Sir Stork
Daddie
Moammie
Kiddles
John van Guilder
International Trade Faces Tariffs Quotas and Exchange Barriers
The article surveys global trade currents as tariffs quotas and exchange controls tighten. It notes Britain’s ebbing trade tide and highlights Europe’s shift toward free trade talk while parallel controls press on. It lists diversified barter like German locomotives for saltpetre and other value-in-kind exchanges amid shifting currencies.
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London Steamahe Owners’ Association
Pierre Flandin
France
Europe
Germany
Chu
Czechoslovakia
Parla
Cancer rays reveal a mystery substance in tumors
Dr. Paul S. Henshaw of Memorial Hospital New York reports that a mysterious substance makes cancer cells more vulnerable to X rays and radium than healthy tissue. Studies presented by the American Association for the Advancement of Science suggest radiation affects this substance, guiding safer dosing for patients.
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Paul S. Henthan
Memorial Hospital
New York
Henshaw
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Odorless cabbage shown at Cornell University
Cornell University announces an odorless cabbage after six years and four thousand plants. Professor C. H. Myers stored sturdy Savoy cabbages in cold storage for two months each year to induce a rest before replanting in greenhouses using steel tweezers to transfer pollen between flowers.
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Cornell University
C. H. Myers
Cornell
Prince of Wales Demonstrates Noted Hearing Skill at Hayes
The Prince of Wales toured a phono graph factory in Hayes Middlesex to test reading sounds from trick records. He correctly identified sounds including a match strike and footsteps of a girl in heels and birds in the wild, missing only a waterfall noise, then quipped about the water being poured.
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London
Prince of Wales
Hayes
Middlesex
H-R.h
Quivira Wheat Developed At Kansas State College
A new early ripening hard winter wheat named Quivira has been developed at Kansas State Agricultural College. Cereal chemists met in Kansas City to decide whether to release the grain commercially. Quivira derives its name from the legendary city sought by Coronado, and it results from crossing Prelue, a spring wheat, with a banned hard winter line widely used in the southwest.
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Kansas State Agricultural College
Kansas City
Quivira
Coronado
Kanana Plains
Norn
Southwest
French Veterans to Visit Canada and New York
Several hundred French veterans will visit Canada next August as announced by the association of ex-combattants. They will tour Quebec and Montreal to meet Canadian veterans who served in France and will also spend several days in New York as guests of the American Legion.
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Canada
Association of Ex-Combattants
Quebec
Montreal
France
New York
Gierrta
American Legion
Apricot Jeceieved as Native Plant by Western and Central Asia
Readable fragments suggest apricot is considered native to Western and Central Asia. The note references regional origins and classification within plant histories. Further details are unavailable in the fragment.
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Wertern
Entra Avia
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