Hidden Wealth Lures Prospects Across Prairie Provinces
Report on vast mineral riches beneath western Canada across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Experts note oil gas gold copper zinc and other deposits may await tapping with modern methods. yet exploration faces high cost risks and challenging geology. Major figures warn only the surface is scratched and large capital is essential for success.
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Prairie Provinces
Rocky Mountains
Manitoba
International
Arctic Circle
Turner Valley
Alberta
Athabasca Lake
Saskatchewan
Major Howard
Winnipeg
Doreey Hager
New York
Hager
Lloydminster
Alberta-Saskatchewan
Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Representatives Attend Coronation Commission Meeting
For the first time dominion representatives attended a coronation commission meeting at St James Palace. Prime ministers and high commissioners were named by the king on July 20 to serve on the commission. Attendees included Stanley Bruce of Australia and Charles Water of South Africa in London.
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Dominion
Dominions
St. James’ Palace
Stanley Bruce
Charles Water
London
Australia
South Africa
Monks Erect Modern Community Church at Mirfield
Monks in Mirfield England and Brethren of the Community of the Resurrection begin building a modern community church on their grounds. Students from their college assist with the project which emphasizes Early Cistercian simplicity. Plans include a great nave sacristy rose window aisle nave crypt galleries chapels and a future tower with a large dome.
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Brethren
Community of the Resurrection
Mirfield
England
Drought Pronunciation Quirk Highlighted by Globe
The Toronto Globe notes English pronunciation quirks as illustrated by the sentence about drought and through. It also remarks that a speaker taking three hours to convey all he knows can become interesting.
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Toronto Globe
Special Stamps Mark Vimy Memorial Dedication
French government issues two stamps to mark Canada’s Vimy Ridge memorial dedication. A special Vimy postmark dated July 26, 1936, was used for letters and postcards. Albin de Possesse presents a Vimy memorial medal to the Canadian Legion party, with gold, silver, and bronze versions for the King, Hon. Ernest Lapointe, and Marshal Petain.
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Vimy
Canada
Vimy Ridge
France
Albin de Possesse
Canadian Legion
Canada- France
Ernest Lapointe
Marshal Henri Petain
Mayor enlists unemployed to harvest regional herbs
A Leipzig report says a small Rhone Mountains city in Germany will expand its plan to require all district school children to collect medicinal herbs for one hour weekly. The unemployed are busy, as officials hope to develop a medicinal industry.
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Rhone Mountains
Germany
Leipzig
Fish hear radio, feeding cue from church bells
Dr Bela Farkas of Szeged University in Hungary reports that fish respond to radio broadcasts. In an experiment he placed food in a corner of an aquarium at noon and turned on a radio as Budapest church bells rang. Each bell chime drew the fish to the corner to feed.
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Bela Farkas
Szeged University
Hungary
Budapest
Swiss watchmaker unveils electric watch powered by tiny storage battery
Georges Pellaton, a Swiss watchmaker, claims to have perfected an electric watch that runs on a miniature storage battery. The innovation promises a compact power source for timepieces, highlighting progress in microbattery technology.
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Georges Pellaton
Peaceful Penetration: Japan Seizes Large Chinese Territory
An article notes Japan quietly expanded control over 154000 square miles of Chinese land with about 50 million people. Hopei province leads with 39 million residents and heavy trade with the United States. Japanese advisers hold key posts in Hopei and Chahar, guiding governance without armed conflict.
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Japan
Hopei
China
Ethiopia
United States
Tangku
Lytton
Hopei and
Chahar
Yellow River
Hopei-Chahar
Distinctive British calm after attempted assassination of King Edward
The New York Post notes that in London the attempted killing of King Edward was met with restraint and strict legal process rather than mob justice. McMahon’s gun was taken away without upheaval, and Edward minimized the incident, avoiding treason charges. Police stressed the loaded revolver had an empty chamber in the firing position.
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Edward
Europe
London
McMahon
New York Post
Coronation Next Year Provides Jobs for Thousands Unemployed
People across the empire are booking passages to London for the May coronation with about 1500 seats reserved for Australians and New Zealanders. Reuter notes hundreds of princes and merchants from India will attend and the event will create work for many unemployed. in Yorkshire, for example, work has begun on commemorative mugs and sugar items.
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London
Reuter
India
Yorkshire
London Daily Mail
Millionaire for a Day Dividend Mistake in North Carolina
William E. Merchant of Winston-Salem says a company overpaid him 1,000,014 dollars and 50 cents rather than 14 dollars and 50 cents on a stock dividend. He returned the cheque after discovering the error. Meanwhile an ocean depth fact notes Mt Everest would be under water if placed 35,410 feet below sea level between the Philippines and Japan.
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William E. Merchant
Winston- Salem
N.C
Merchant
Philippines
Japan
Navy Sees Planes Not Obliterating Battleships Soon
Government committee will report that bombers do not yet render battleships obsolete. Naval construction continues with two new super battleships to cost £7,500,000 each, and four more planned later. Key shipyards include Barrow-in-Furness, the Clyde, the Tyne, and Belfast.
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Vermis
Barrow-in-Furness
Clyde
Tyne
Belfast
Naval Air Arm
Dominion reintroduces wolf bounty in northern regions
The government restores a bounty for wolf pelts due to rising numbers and losses. Previously 30 dollars per pelt, cut to 20 in 1932 and dropped in 1933. New rule pays 5 dollars per pelt with trappers keeping skins for sale, aligning with provincial practice.
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Dominion
Northwest Territories
Provinces
Wanted A Companion Clock Theft At Milwaukee Ave Shop
Elmer Koch, 24, jailed in Chicago, charged with stealing a solid walnut cuckoo clock from a Milwaukee avenue curiosity shop. He said he took it because he was lonely and wanted a companion, adding that his wife works. The judge sentenced him to 30 days.
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Elmer Koch
Chicago
Milwaukee Avenue
Elmer
Quebec safety group proposes truck rear sound device
The Province of Quebec Safety League plans to urge truck owners to fit a sound absorbing rear gadget that transmits an approaching car's sound to the driver via a microphone, aiming to ease passing on highways.
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Province of
Quebec
Safety League
Edmonton blacksmith retrains at 90 to shoe horse
Charles Gibbs of Edmonton, a blacksmith who longed to shoe a horse again, returned from retirement at age 90 to shoe 100 year old Joseph Haire's 30 year old mare named Nelly, marking a rare midlife return to craft.
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Charles Gibbs
Edmonton
Joseph Haire
Nelly
Odd Will Grants Humble Burial in Sudbury Ontario
Probate records in Sudbury Ontario reveal a 1928 will by Celina Charbonneau a Sudbury school teacher who died in February. The will forbids embalming directs burial without silk or white cotton and requires a pillow of wood shavings covered with another white cloth, to be placed in the coffin only by women. Estate valued at 16000 dollars mostly for church use with income to her brother and sums for nieces and nephews. Furniture to be shared equally among attendees of the funeral.
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Sudbury
Ont
Celina Charbonneau
Selected Recipes Gold Cake Instructions
Cream butter, add sugar. beat yolks until thick, then add flavoring. Whisk flour with baking powder and fold in alternately with milk. Bake in greased leaf pan at 375 degrees F for 35 minutes or shallow pan 25 minutes. Top with icing of choice.
Clergyman's Dinner Quip About Grandmother and Grandfather
A talkative young man argued with a clergyman over Darwin during dinner. The youth exclaimed I cant see what difference it would make if my grandfather was an ape. The clergyman retorted I cant see that it would, but it would have mattered to your grandmother. Also noted are a report that over 1,000,000 pounds of American toilet soaps were imported into the Philippines last year and that Tarpon Springs Florida is hailed as the sponge capital of the world.
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Phillippines
Edmonton soil expert appointed to lead Western Canada investigations
Dr. Alfred Leahey of Edmonton Alberta has been appointed Soil Specialist to succeed the late Sidney Barnes. He brings extensive experience in moisture requirements soil management and drift control. Leahey earned BSc and MSc from University of Alberta and PhD from Wisconsin. He has ten years in Alberta universities and research council roles.
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Alfred Leahey
Edmonton
Alberta
Sidney Barnes
Western Canada
Dominion
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Mr. Barnes
Prairie Provinces
Leahey
New Soil Research Laboratory
Swift Current
Sask
University of Alberta
University of Wisconsin
Research Council of Alberta
Trifles Make Perfection In Remarks By Michelangelo
A quotation illustrates that minor refinements create perfection. An anecdote about Michelangelo shows a visitor dismissing trifles, while the master explains that small adjustments accumulate into excellence. A separate note mentions increased fur pelts taken in Louisiana versus Canada and Alaska.
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Louisiana
Canada
Alaska
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Carter
Navy
Britain
Northwest
Ine Taad
Wen
Tarpon Springs
Fis
Michelangelo
Calgary
Regina
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