Jasper National Park An Outstanding Wildlife Sanctuary
Jasper National Park in Alberta Canada is portrayed as a premier wildlife sanctuary covering about 4 200 square miles. The piece notes historic hunting pressures, sanctuary establishment in 1907, and a significant wildlife rebound with rising populations of bighorn sheep, Rocky Mountain goats, elk, moose, deer, caribou, bears, beaver, and other species across multiple valleys and ranges near Jasper.
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Jasper National Park
Alberta
Canada
Jasper
Government of
Athabaska Valley
Pocahontas
Interlaken
Brazeau River
Snake Indian Valley
Moose Horn Creek
Southesk
Shale Banks
Smoky River
Colin Range
Maligne Lake
Whistler Mountain
Circus Valley
McBride
British Columbia
Canadian National Railways
Byng Pass
Twin Tree Lake
Tonquin
Circus Valleys
Brazeau Valley
Snaring River
Dominion Creek
Mitte Valley
Lac Beauvert
Women Reveal Pet Aversions in Burton Households
The Women's Institute of Burton England released survey results showing each housewife has a distinct aversion. The president cites getting up in the morning as the top hate, with dislikes spanning cleaning windows to patching, cooking, and tidying. Skinning rabbits and cleaning chickens are among the strongest repulsions cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Institute of
Burton
England
Canada Farm Livestock Value and Poultry 1932 Estimates
Official figures place the value of livestock on Canadian farms at 375 million 722 thousand dollars for 1932 and farm poultry at 34 million 738 thousand dollars.
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Canada
Death of Sopa the giant tortoise at London Zoo
Sopa the giant female tortoise at London Zoo died of influenza after weeks of illness. Registered age was 150 years, marked with the 1783 Peace of Versailles undershell inscription. Native to the Galapagos, she weighed about three hundredweight and will be mounted for exhibition at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington.
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London
Sopa
Zoo
Natural History Museum
South Kensington
Dress pattern looks smart for Spring wear with trims
The description highlights a versatile dress pattern in beige rough crepe with navy trim and a navy crepe collar, or coral red trim with navy. A grey checked wool version with a grey silk collar and belt is offered. Style No. 558 comes in sizes 14 to 40 inches bust, with yardage details and a 20 cent price in stamps or coin.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Winnipeg Pattern No. Name Town ee Size details provided. Address at 175 McDermot Ave lists ordering source. Pattern catalog includes pattern numbers and names for various towns and sizes.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Northern farm nourishes mission on Beaver River
A well equipped farm located 165 miles northwest of Prince Albert at Beauville Sask along the Beaver River grows cereals vegetables hay and tobacco for local mission use. The locality appears on the Tea-l-Crosse map sheet issued by the Topographical Survey Ottawa.
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Prince Albert
Beauville
Sask
Beaver River
Topographical Survey, Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Record of Anglo-Saxons and dental health history
Dr Harry Thomson outlines dental history from extraction to conservation and X rays. He cites Anglo-Saxons 97 percent decayed teeth versus 64 percent Central European and very low rates among Maori and Esquime, linking decayed teeth to natural foods with minerals.
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Harry Thomason
Canada
Dental Hygienie Council
Toronto Health League
Baltimore
Thomson
New Zealand
Eskimos Drink Alcohol Civilization Ravages Victoria Island
Corporal Wall of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police reports Eskimos on Victoria Island drink denatured alcohol and methyl hydrate during inter tribal calls. He fears continued use will endanger health though missionaries influence grows and Eskimo hymn singing remains strong. Average family size is three with equal girls and boys. infant girl deaths are declining.
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Victoria Island
Wall
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Growth and travel notes in a brief farm and poultry excerpt
A two pound newborn pig is projected to reach 200 pounds by six months with proper feeding. White Leghorn stock from British Columbia has been shipped to Cape Town, South Africa. A quoted maxim emphasizes practical knowledge kept for personal use rather than display.
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British Columbia
Cape Town
South Africa
Art Treasures Moved from Peiping to Henan Provinces
About twenty percent of the Palace Museum treasures formerly in Peiping have been relocated to Kaifeng and Luoyang in Henan Province for safekeeping amid the Sino-Japanese conflict. Only a fifth of the collection was moved, despite plans to distribute items to other cities.
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Palace
Peiping
Kaifeng
Loysng-fu
Henan
China
Immigration Rule Stressed For Palestine Refugees
Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister says immigration to Palestine must fit the country’s economic absorptive capacity and cannot be relaxed. He noted immigration administration lies with the Palestine high commissioner, and the Palestine executive and the Jewish agency may present representations to him.
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Philip Cunliffe-Lister
Palestine
House of Commons
Germany
High Commissioner
Palestine Executive
Jewish Agency
Pasadena to House Billions Of Miles Mirror Machinery
Machinery to grind and polish a 200 inch diameter mirror will be installed at Pasadena California to enable scientists to peer billions of miles farther into space. The equipment sits in a large insulated room within Caltech's optical shop as part of a giant telescope project. The Carnegie 100 inch reflector on Mount Wilson is the largest telescope now in use.
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Pasadena
California
California Institute of Technology
Institute
Carnegie Institution
Mount Wilson
Lecturer Describes Jungle Expedition Peril
A lecturer recounts returning from a jungle journey and facing a yawning chasm. A bored student quips asking if the gap yawned before it saw him, turning the moment into a light exchange in class.
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Stude
Work of Canadian Plant Breeders In Improving Wheat Quality
Canadian plant breeders are praised for half a century of progress culminating in rust resistant, high quality wheat. At Winnipeg’s Rust Research Laboratory efforts focus on combining Marquis baking quality with stem rust resistance, with a likely new high yielding, rust resistant wheat ready for farmers in affected plains within two to three years.
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L. H. Newman
Dominion
Canada
Marquis
Winnipeg
Ancient Greyhounds Trace Oldest Dog Lineage Worldwide
The greyhound shows an ancient lineage and may be the oldest dog breed. Appearing on Egyptian pharaoh frescoes, used by Greeks for coursing, and praised by Romans in Antoine sculpture. English kings favored greyhounds from Canute to Charles I, with King John accepting greyhounds instead of money for penalties. Until 1853 a tax aimed to restrict ownership to the elite.
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Antoine
British Museum
Canute
Charles
John
Egland
Orchard Vicar’s Apples Targeted by Soldiers
A vicar with an orchard near his vicarage posted a card asking soldiers not to touch the harvest for a festival. The next day the fruit was gone, the card reversed to declare All is safely gathered in ere the winter storms begin.
The Doctor and the Boy on Heaven
A village doctor who led the Sunday School asks Willie how to reach heaven. Willie answers we must die. The doctor presses what to do before dying. Willie replies we must get sick and send for you.
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Willie
Wiltie
Millions with defective hearing in Britain survey says
A two year study by the National Institute for the Deaf and the Department of Industrial Physiology at the London School of Hygiene reports about 3,000,000 Britons have defective hearing in one or both ears. A thirteen storey modern apartment house opens in Havana, Cuba. A reformer is one who meddles in what isn’t his business.
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Great Britain
National Institute For the Deaf
Department of Industrial Physiology
London School of Hygiene
British Medical Journal
Havana
Cuba
Record Tide Floods Louisburg Fortress In 177-Year Peak
A violent storm produced record high tides that breached a gravel barrier and flooded Louisburg Nova Scotia fortifications. The sea reached the base of the French hospital and damaged the fortress roadway hampering repairs this year. Sentries were withdrawn as water rose to their waists amid the historic spill.
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Wolfe
Louisburg
Nova Scotia
Not Much Of a Success Airplane Wedding
A wedding on a Sydney Nova Scotia bound airplane proved awkward and noisy. The couple James Cousemacker and his bride faced shouting clergy a swaying craft and engine noise as the ceremony was broadcast. The registrar general halted filming and spectators heard little.
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James Cousemacker
Sydney
N.S.W
H. Mills
Dulwich Hill Congregational Church
Toronto machine aids germination of clover seeds
A device from University of Toronto laboratories is claimed to significantly improve clover seed germination by breaking or weakening the seeds' hard shells.
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University of Toronto Laboratories
Driver of Overturned Auto Inquiry Refers to Scots Passenger
A dramatic exchange unfolds after a vehicle overturns as the Scottish passenger, unhurt yet irked, rebukes the driver for interruptions, insisting on dismissing concerns with a sharp warning about his clock.
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Great Alberta
W. N. UL
Leo
Fluo Eade
Ruth Rogers
Massum
California College
Britain
Starfish
Seahorse
A. W. Jones
C.B
C.B.E
Director of
Naval Construction
Egypt
Assyria
Peru
Leroy M. S. Miner
Harvard Dental School
Dean Miner
Mexico
India
Ninevah
Martial
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