Dominion wheat tops world markets at grain show in Regina
Canada dominated the $100,000 prize awards at the world grain show, with Canadian growers claiming $64,873, led by Freland Wilford and Herman Trelie. Saskatchewan earned $12,383, Alberta $25,152, and other nations shared minor sums. Experts noted foreign duties and milling restrictions hinder purchases despite high quality, with a call to establish a permanent federal department of agriculture to sponsor future shows.
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Canada
Regina
Dominion
United States
Britain
Broomhall
Freland Wilford
Staevely
Herman Trelie
Wembley
Alberta
Australa
Siam
British Guinea
New Zealand
Ireland
England
Scotland
Southern Rhodesia
India
Department of Agriculture
Canada’s Fisheries Production Hits 1932 Market Value
Dominion figures show Canada's 1932 marketed fisheries value near 25.7 million dollars. Sea fisheries produced about 21.76 million, inland fisheries 4.10 million, with totals down from 1931 due to weak world markets. Provinces vary, with declines in several regions despite abundant fish.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Fisheries
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
Yukon Territory
Alberta
Manitoba
Prince Edward Island
Saskatchewan
Record Shattering Flight Of The Elements Contributing
Maurice Ross and Paul Codes the Frenchmen landed in Syria after a record flight from New York in a $100,000 single engine craft. Floyd Bennett airport long concrete runway heavy fuel load nearly seven tons instruments enabled blind flight and a superb motor. Clarence Chamberlin designed the runway but spoke little. Oswald Gayford and Gilbert Nicholetts flew 5,340 miles from Cranwell to Walvis Bay. Their feat surpassed Boardman and Polando's 5,012 mile record.
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Maurice Ross
Paul Codes
Syria
New York
Floyd Bennett Airport
Clarence D. Champberlin
Chamberlin
Oswald R. Gayford
Gilbert E. Nicholetts
Cranwell
England
Walflah Bay
Africa
Russell Boardman
John Polando
Istanbul
Turkey
Decrease in Production Across Six Canadian Minerals
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports six leading minerals showing lower output for the first five months, with one up. Lead rose to 108,097,200 pounds, coal reached 4,215,800 tons, copper fell to 102,657,000 pounds, gold mined at 1,196,512 fine ounces, nickel down 8,383,800 pounds from 1932, silver at 6,504,279 ounces, and zinc slipping from 74,299,200 to 67,690,746 pounds.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Arithmetic Challenges the Clever Professor
A quick witted student challenges a professor in a lecture on arithmetic. He shows that scaling work by numbers leads to absurd times and concludes that even with six ships crossing the Atlantic in one day is impossible, highlighting limits of naive multiplication in real tasks.
Footwear production in Canada reaches record June output
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports June leather footwear production at 1,965,647 pairs, the highest for any month since January 1920. This marks a 211,083 pair, 12 percent rise from May and a 26 percent, 406,455 pair increase from June last year. Exports rose modestly to 2,081 pairs. Olive oil output in Spain is forecast at 446,000 stones. Canada’s raw materials exports to Japan show steady growth.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Cheaper Than Detective Bertin and the Berlin Police
The Berlin police offer personal information for 50 pfennings, revealing whether a woman is single, married, divorced, age, wealth, religion, birth place, and maiden name. They also provide a man’s full name, profession, parents, and previous residence for the same fee. Such inquiries, once stricter, averaged 500,000 annually.
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Bertin
Berlin
France
Maintain Focus On Road To Avoid Crashes
The piece warns that taking eyes off the road for even a second is dangerous at high speeds. It explains car speeds in feet per second at 30 60 mph and the closing rate with oncoming traffic, stressing that glancing at a dashboard device even briefly is unsafe for motorists.
Literacy in Canada Shows Women Outread Men
Census data reveal 86.3 percent of women above 10 can read and write against 5.7 percent of men. Ontario tops literacy at 97.4 percent, PEI 96.6, NB 92.38 with other provinces ranging 94.5 to 95.9. Additional notes mention weather stations abandoned and Shanghai's 22 story skyscraper looming for banks and a hotel.
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Canada
Dominion
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Navy blue crepe silk dress pattern description
A detailed notice describes a navy blue crinkly crepe silk garment with coral-red belt and button rims, notes possibilities with a white organdie guimpe, and mentions Style No 709 for ages 14 to 40 inch busts. It lists fabric yardage needs and a 20 cent pattern price for stamps or coin.
British plan for settlement farms in Canada outlined
A proposed Hornby plan envisions British families forming small foundation community farm settlements in Canada. Key points include 5,000 to 10,000 acre land blocks purchased by local committees, rental work by settlers, provincial advisory input, and five year domicile safeguards before settlers may own farms.
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Canada
Dominion
M. L. Hornby
Hornby
United Kingdom
Seach
Brighter Prospects in Canadian Economy in 1933
The August Bank of Commerce letter reports momentum in second quarter 1933 lifting several industries toward higher levels into July. It notes likely stable overall business vs June, despite crop damage, World Economic Conference breakdown, and stock losses. Wheat year opens with carryover certainty, about 200 million bushels, offsetting new crop shortage and ensuring normal supply and exportable surplus for 1933-34.
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Canada
How To Order Patterns Winnipeg Union Pattern No Name
Winnipeg Union at 175 McDermot Ave offers pattern ordering. Pattern numbers and names are cataloged for customers seeking sewing designs. Contact details and ordering method are provided for pattern purchases.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Wit Try It Again James Mollison Plans Record Flight
James Mollison and his wife Amy phoned friends in London after returning to England by steamship. They planned a US return and then hoped to fly eastward to extend the long distance record. The sight was expected next year.
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James Mollison
London
Amy
England
United States
Man Demands Insurance Refund After Replacement Offer
A man, opposed to replacement, had his car destroyed by fire. He visited the insurance office, requested payment, was offered a claim form, and told the vehicle would be replaced. He demanded a refund of the premium paid on his wife's policy, upset by the business approach.
Harvest Delays Cloud Soviet Grain Front Reports
Pravda notes slowing harvesting in southern Russia with unrepaired or poorly repaired machines and shortages of oil parts and skilled mechanics. Some grain is left to seed, bindings often fail, and there is a large gap between acreage reaped and grain threshed. Yet distant reports claim a splendid crop.
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Pravda
Russia
Hitler's Missteps Crushed Neighborly Feelings Worldwide
London Observer writes that Hitler's worst error lies in eroding German goodwill toward other nations and stoking a militarist mindset. The piece condemns the crime of fueling global tensions in the current era.
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Herr Hitler
London Observer
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