Experiments On New Plants Could Yield Food Heavy Increase
Scientists report crosses and chromosome counts showing new plant varieties may greatly boost food value. Wheat lines with 56 chromosomes from Vienna and crosses in Denmark Moscow and Sweden suggest potential for bread and root crops. Researchers note durum, aegilops and mint family experiments creating remotely new plant types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
W. P. Thompson
Department of Biology
University of Saskatchewan
University of Minnesota
E. Tschermak
Vienna
Mediterranean
Denmark
O. Winge
Moscow
G. D. Karpechenko
Arne Muntsing
Landskrome
Sweden
Quebec Farmer Opens Private School for Fourteen Children
Theophile Soucy, a French Canadian farmer north of Quebec City near Stoneham, built and furnished a private school to educate his fourteen children living in isolation. He appointed himself school commissioner to hire a teacher. The government granted a small subsidy. The little schoolhouse began with six seats and has added about one desk each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theophile Soucy
Quebec
Stoneham Village
Quebec City
Laurentides National Park
Soucy
BBC Accepts Invitation To Send Rep To Imperial Conference
The British Broadcasting Corporation announced it will send Major Gladstone Murray to Ottawa for the Imperial Economic Conference. Murray chairs the BBC public relations committee and is Canadian.
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The
British Broadcasting Corporation
Raymond Morand
Ottawa
Major Gladstone Murray
B.B.C
London Museum Seeks 1890s to 1920s Women Frocks
The London Museum struggles to find genuine garments from 1890 to 1920 for its women's clothing collection. Causes include unwearable designs for modern slender fashions, cupboardless flats, and fabric decay from vegetable dyes, which have corroded earlier materials.
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London Museum
Fashionable Child Dress Pattern No 879 Details
Delightful party dress for girls in Lyonnaise pink shade with brown canton faille crepe and lace trim. Features a round neck, pleated chiffon frill, taffeta option, sizes 8 to 14 years, size 10 uses 22 yards of 39 inch fabric and 0.14 yards lace. Pattern price 25 cents plus wrap coin.
How To Order Patterns Pattern No Winnipeg Address
Winnipeg newspaper brief shows ordering guidance for patterns. It lists the address at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg and references Pattern No with unclear continuation. The item reads like an instructional snippet from a local paper’s consumer section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Ontario back to land plan urges colonial movement growth
A sub committee's report to the Ontario Legislature's agricultural and colonization committee proposes bonusing settlers for cleared land immediate vacant farm surveys with publication in Canada and Britain a deputy minister led colonization department shacks for prospective settlers in farming districts and doubling of cultivated acres through a concentrated back to the land effort.
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Ontario
Agricultural and Colonization Committee
Canada
Great Britain
Department of Colonization
Letitia Set to Sail for Canada with Scottish Goods
Arrangements are complete for the Scottish tradeship Letitia to sail for Canada on May 5. The vessel will carry leading Scottish manufacturers and their goods. An official exhibition opening will follow the ship’s port arrival by twelve hours as Scotland seeks to showcase its offerings to Canadians.
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Canada
Letitia
Scotland
Public roads miles and driving pace puzzle
The Ministry of Transport notes 177256 miles of public roads in Great Britain. To cover all supervised highway, one would need drive 162 miles daily for three years, with the final day only 28 miles needed. A separate report to the national research council states Southeastern Manitoba prairies have the heaviest weed infestation among the prairie provinces.
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Great Britain
Ministry of Transport
Manitoba
Prairie Provinces
National Research Counal
Placer Gold Boom Proposal for Canada by Bell
Calgary Albertan publisher George M. Bell urges sending thousands to BC Cariboo and Fraser rivers to exploit vast alluvial gold. He cites $2 billion in waiting gold and US California rush success as a model, hopes for renewed Canadian wealth and better prairie prospects this year.
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Canada
Cariboo
Fraser Rivers
George M. Bell
Calgary
United States
California
British Columbia
Bell
R. B. Bennett
Mr. Bell
Mr. Bel
Prairie Provinces
Woman Driver Warnings Spark Chicago Motor Club Claim
The Chicago Motor Club states women drivers are surprisingly safer, asserting four to five times safer outcomes when a woman is at the wheel, countering familiar masculine warnings about female drivers.
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Chicago Motor Club
Motor Club
Savings and Loan Society Disbands Over Borrowing Spree
Questioning the fate of a local Savings and Loan Society, residents learn the group has disbanded as all members sought to borrow while none wished to save, leaving the community puzzled by the end of the institution.
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Savings and Loan Society
Churchill Port Seen as Key to Western Canada Prosperity
Churchill Port on Hudson Bay was described as a future northern industrial hub and major ocean port that could lift western Canada out of recession. Gen. Paterson and Hon. D. G. McKenzie spoke at Moose Jaw banquet praising the Bay route, forecasting reduced freight costs and long term growth despite limited initial opening plans. They outlined town site development, drainage, waterworks, fireproof construction, and the need for government support to avoid stranded settlers in winter. Winnipeg.
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Churchill
Western Canada
Hudson Bay
Gen
R. Paterson
D. G. McKenzie
Moose Jaw
Gen. Paterson
Mr. McKenzie
Grant Hall
Paterson
Winnipeg
McKenzie
Department of Railways and Canals
Ottawa
Great Britain
World Wheat Varieties Shared With Prairies Institutes
Professor John Percival of Reading England has assembled 1700 wheat varieties to be distributed to the University of Saskatchewan and Manitoba Agricultural College. Dr J P Harrington states the goal is broad breeding material for high yield and quality with disease and drought resistance. He mentions Reward Garnet crosses being explored but no results yet.
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John Percival
Reading
England
University of Saskatchewan
Manitoba Agricultural College
J. P. Harrington
Harrington
King George Attends Quaint Maundy Ceremony at Westminster Abbey
King George witnessed a century old ritual as he distributed the last of the royal Maundy money at Westminster Abbey. Seventy four recipients, 67 men and 67 women, received provisions valued around 10 dollars and Maundy money totaling about 1.10 dollars in special coins. Each recipient received a red pouch with provisions and a white pouch with the Maundy coins from one to four pence.
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Westminster Abbey
England
Value Of Livestock In Canada Drops In 1931
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 1931 farm livestock value nationwide at 468.3 million, down from 687.2 million in 1930. Ontario leads with 151.9 million, followed by Quebec 88.5 million and Saskatchewan 76.2 million. Manitoba and Alberta show 36.3 million and 67.2 million respectively. poultry totals reach 43.1 million. Ontario also tops poultry at 15.6 million.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statstics
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Tiberia
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Stockholm
W. N. UL Lsse
By Annette
Sister
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Churchill Port
Sneismore Common
New
Sara
King George
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