Canada Expands Radium Output From Great Bear Lake
Canada becomes a growing radium producer with steady output from Great Bear Lake via Sabine Potat deposits, supplying cancer clinics and the British Isles. The company also yields uranium compounds in demand for ceramic and glass industries, with government not involved in radium pricing or direct production control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Great Bear Lake
Compar
Dominion
British Isles
Federal Department of Mines
Eldorado
Plant care tips for home grown houseplants in winter
The Home cultural division and Dominion agriculture warn that many plants struggle in winter due to heat, late sun, poor drainage, and careless watering. Choose adaptable species, water liberally after potting and then sparingly, check moisture by tapping the pot, and occasional syringing helps ferns and foliage plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Situation Report Guides Farmers in Canada
Government departments and forty committees have worked for weeks to cover the agricultural situation. The completed report, obtainable from the Publications branch in Ottawa, analyzes supply and demand, prices, market movements, storage, farm products, production trends, and both domestic and foreign factors.
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Departments of Agriculture and Trade and
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Alarming Rise in Organic Heart Disease Deaths in Ontario
Ontario records 6679 deaths from organic heart disease in 1932 versus 3787 in 1922, a 78 percent jump. Health Minister J B Robb warns all adults 30 and up to act their age with regular rest and periodic medical exams as essential duties to themselves and dependents.
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Ontario
J. B. Robb
A Helpful Suggestion Lottery Mixes Departments
A humorous note on misdirected inquiries to the paper's departments. A household editor asks how to remove green paint from hands and receives a witty ad department reply suggesting a big space sale at a deep discount.
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Meenka Men
Eskime Life and Hunting Tools Mentioned in Fragment
Fragmentary notes describe Eskimo life with kayaks and harpoons. Mentions of seals, walrus, and scarce game indicate traditional hunting practices and resource challenges.
Canada Boosts Trade With Brazil in 1933
Canada improved export trade to Brazil in 1933 by over 760000 dollars. Wheat re entered the Brazilian market after a two year gap, with 279070 bushels valued at 176713 dollars. Apple shipments totaled 1970 barrels valued at 9805 dollars, and rubber tire casings and inner tubes rose significantly from the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Brazil
Department of Trade and Commerce
Baden Powell Visit To Canada Postponed To April 1935
Lord and Lady Baden Powell will not visit Canada this fall. They will attend a scout jamboree in Australia in December and return via Vancouver. They plan to visit various centres across Canada on the way home to England.
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Baden-Powell
Baden Powell
Canada
John A. Stiles
Boy Scouts’ Association For Canada
Australia
Melbourne
Vancouver
England
Night Parrot Quest Seeks Australia’s Rare Bird
Eight scientists depart Melbourne in an arduous expedition to locate Australia’s night parrot, a nocturnal elusive species. The Canadian National Steamships official notes vessels travel routes to Canada and New Zealand as the team aims to cover over 5,000 miles for a specimen. One expedition member joins a native tribe famed for extraordinary tracking skills.
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Australia
Melbourne
Canadian National Steamships
Canada
New Zealand
Relics Of Other Times In English Courts And Palaces
The piece reflects on archival fashions in English law courts and coronation banquets with references to ermine robes and fur garments. It notes that rulers once wore heavy furs for warmth in cold Abbey spaces and mentions an old account noting seventeen skins used to make a nightgown for Queen Elizabeth.
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England
Elizabeth
Our Nearest Fixed Star Alpha Centauri Distance
Our nearest fixed star Alpha Centauri lies about 25 trillion miles away. The speaker warns against attempting interstellar travel by rockets.
Separate grading of Garnet wheat sought by Vancouver exporters
The Vancouver Grain Exporters Association asks Ottawa to amend the Canada Grain Act to allow separate grading of Garnet wheat. They argue that blending Garnet with Marquis lowers prices and that uniform western grade should apply to shipments from Montreal or Vancouver.
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Ottawa
Vanccouver Grain Eporters’ Association
H. A. Stevens
Trade and Commerce
Vancouver
Alberta
Northern
Fort Willam
Western Canada
Montreal
Canada
Saskatchewan stock growers seek road closures and school tax plan
A delegation from the Saskatchewan Livestock Growers Association met Premier Anderson to push for closing certain road allowances along the border range areas and to implement a flat school tax. Spokesmen R. Gilchrist and W. Kerr stated the associations want compensating crossings where roads are blocked.
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Saskatchewan Stock Growers
Walt
United States
Saskatchewan Livestock Growers’ Association
Anderson
R. Gilchrist
Growers’ Association
W. Kerr
Maple Creek
Sheep Growers’ Association
Lady Prepares Courteous Greeting for Duchess
An ambitious woman instructs her maid to address the Duchess as Your Grace and to greet her with ceremony. On the visit the maid answers the door and says May the Lord make us truly thankful for what we are about to receive.
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Mary
Water’s Ite Trick Sparks Price Hint
A professor quips that the shift occurs when water becomes ite and the change hinges on price. The exchange uses playful wordplay to connect chemistry and economics in a humorous dialogue.
Sea Serpent Rammed by Freighter in Gulf of Mexico
Captain L. Baker of the Clyde Mallory freighter Pecos reports striking a sea animal amidships in the Gulf of Mexico after the ship lost headway. The creature appeared 30 or 40 feet long with a five to six foot broad dark grayish brown body. it disappeared as the vessel backed away. The Mauretania noted a sea serpent sighting in the Caribbean on January 30, described as 65 feet long with a broad ax head.
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Gulf of Mexico
Victoria
B.C
L. Baker
Mauretania
Caribbean
Canadians Tour Abroad Drives Rise In Car Exports
The Department of National Revenue cites that in the past calendar year two million two hundred thirty three thousand four hundred eighteen tourist automobiles entered Canada for twenty four hours. eight hundred sixty three thousand one hundred thirty six for up to sixty days. three hundred thirty three for over sixty eight days. Canadian cars exported for touring totaled four hundred seventeen thousand one hundred thirty two, up from three hundred seventy six thousand eight hundred fifty seven in 1932. Ontario led with one hundred sixty four thousand seven hundred ninety five, followed by Britain with one hundred twenty five thousand two hundred sixty six.
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Canada
Department of National Revenue
Ontario
Canadta
Britighton Bia
Fragmented dialogue on public sorrow and crowd reactions
A dialogue exchange questions why people lament strangers and cheer unrelated victories at a theater. The speakers discuss emotional indifference and social spectacle, revealing tension between private feelings and public performance.
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Siar Seiek Spade Inc
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Ita
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
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Austria
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Alps
South
Greater London
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
London
Central Experimental Farm
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