Byrd Outlines Fall Dash to South Pole Expedition
Commander Richard Byrd sketches plans for a 54 man polar expedition with a big three engine monoplane and two sailplane monoplanes to reach the South Pole from Bay of Whales base. The trek includes fortifying subs bases, ice ship support, and radio links to civilization.
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Byrd
South Pole
Tichmond
Virginia
Richard Eve- Lyne Byrd
Humaan
Antarctic
Hoss
Rmain
Bay of Whalen
Atpmussen
Bia
Pole
Chamberlain
Civilization
Floyd Bennett
Byrn
North Pole
Mapa
Polar
United States
Mexico
Joan
White Pine Crowned Early Canadian Lumber King
The article notes white pine as the dominant tree in Canada's early lumber industry and its lead in both volume and value. It also reports a Fraser River grain elevator contract worth $450,000 for Fraser River Elevator Company near New Westminster, BC, to be built on a CN Rail spur.
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Canada
Coast
Fraser River Elevator Company
Fraser River
New Westminster
Thelevator
Canadian National Railways
Ottawa conference seeks better Canadian barley and markets
In Ottawa under Dr J H Grisdale deputy agriculture minister prairie representatives formed a committee to find varieties suited to localities and improve barley grades. L S Newman and T J Harrison join the seed committee with Major H G Strange and Grant of Winnipeg to study amendments to the Canada Grain Act and barley markets.
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T. J. Harrison
Manitoba Agricultural College
Winnipeg
H. G. L. Strange
Fenn
Alta
Tee
L. H.newman
Grant
Canada
Hot-headed recruit sparks courtroom clash in army
A hot-tempered recruit, hauled before the C.C., begins a long self defense speech the next morning. The adjutant orders silence, but the recruit retorts that he is addressing the old man in the chair, not him.
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C.C
Larger equipment reduces farm labor
An Experiments Farms Note argues that using larger two to four horse implements can cut hours of manual labor on mid sized farms. It cites a 200 acre example with a three year rotation showing 800 to 850 hours saved yearly by adopting bigger plows and multi section barrows and double cul t water.
Coal and clay deposits boost Estevan mining prospects
A new coal mine opens in the Estevan district Southern Saskatchewan where coal sells for three dollars a ton locally. Overburdened seams carry valuable clay tested from twenty two deposits for whiteware production including household ware and tiles. Ontario leads Canadian gold output in 1927 with thirty three million four hundred nine thousand two hundred forty seven dollars, BC next. Nova Scotia small output.
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Saskatchewan
Estevan
Aemers
Ontario
Canada
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Care of Breeding Turkeys Requires Timely Feeding
A Dominion Department of Agriculture bulletin advises starting spring feeding as soon as weather turns springlike and beginning laying about mid April in Eastern Canada. Breeding turkeys should receive grain twice daily plus a noon wet mash, with portions adjusted to what birds will clean up. grit and oyster shell should always be available.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Can ‘Mdta
British Columbia
Hatching Results At Agassiz Experimental Farm BC 1926
Hatching began late February and ran to late April with fertility rising from 61.2 percent in March to 81.6 percent in April. March and April hatch rates show 41.6 and 41.4 percent of total eggs set respectively. Hen eggs were more fertile than pullet eggs, and wing-banding showed 83.6 percent chicks alive from hen eggs and 83.1 percent from pullet eggs.
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Agassiz
B.C
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
British Columbia
Oil Drilling Planned in Viking Field by Hudsons Bay Maryland Interests
Hudsons Bay Maryland interests with exploration parties in Alberta announce plans to drill for oil in the Viking field near Edmonton where natural gas is sourced. Drilling depth set at 4,000 feet. North Western Utilities a subsidiary of International Utilities will drill two additional gas wells in the Viking area. Mount Robson is cited as the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies at 12,972 feet along the CN line.
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Hudson's Bay-Maryland
Alberta
Viking
Edmonton
North Western Utilities
International Utilities Corporation
Canadian Rockies
Mount Robson
British Columbia
Canadian National Railways
Fame Of The Dominion As An Ideal Vacation Land
Canada has built a world wide reputation as a charming holiday destination with diverse recreation at moderate cost. Automobile growth 1919 to 1926 shows dramatic increases in entry permits, while rail and steamship lines expand visits. extensive motor highways aid access to lakeland and parks, offering abundant hunting fishing and scenic resources across coast to coast.
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Canada
Dominion
Alo
America
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific Coast
North America
Danish Settlers Adjust To Prairie Life Far From Sea
Danish settlers in the Canadian prairie provinces suffer sea hunger after moving from Denmark. Aksel Sandemose, visiting Montreal, notes the longing fades after about a year as settlers adapt to wheat farming and new horizons, with few returning home. Buildings, maps and photos from the Department of Colonization and Development, Canadian Pacific Railway aid their adjustment.
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Prairies
Prairie Provinces
Aksel Sandemage
Copenhagen
Montreal
Canadian
Middle West
Department of Colonization and Development
Canadian Pacific Railway
Department
Mr. Sandemone
Denmar
Old Pawnshop In Paris Expands To Auto Loans
The Paris Monte de Piete, a 150 year old city pawnshop also called Credit Municipal, now offers automobile loans in hock. Private pawnbrokers are banned in France and public loans are overseen for honest administration. Pension claims receive collateral loans at 1 percent yearly. other loans run 8 percent. Some cities like Toulouse offer interest free loans.
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Paris
Credit Municipal
France
Ioans
Thes
Joans
Toulouse
Farmer Loan Benefits Extended to British Columbia
Press despatches report that federal farm loan benefits will apply in British Columbia by provincial assembly legislation on agricultural committee recommendation. Leang up to fifty percent of appraised land value and twenty percent on buildings will be obtainable.
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British Columbia
Provincial Assembly
Agricultural Committee
Long-serving employee re signs as general works manager
John Hughes, after 82 years with George Salter & Co. weighing machines in West Bromwich, re joins as general works manager. He began as an errand boy at age nine and stayed until health forced resignation. Notes on a distant family line and a stray quote appear in the text.
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John Hughes
George Salter & Co
West Bromwich
England
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Journal Amusant. Parks
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Wilonlpeg
Portant
Agassiz Experimental Farm
Prince of Wales
National War ‘Memorial
Victory Tower
The
Arctic Circle
Gales
Yverdon
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