Machines that tabulate the 1931 Canadian census
An article extols two Ottawa built machines, the verifier and tabulator, that count 240 facts at 245 cards a minute. They detect conflicting data, save costs, and expand published information. Both men behind the design overcame government doubt, and Canada leads the US in this census technology. The work sustains employment while boosting data available to scholars.
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Census Bureau
Ottawa
Canada
Ind
A. E. Thornton
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
F. Bell
Sle
Washington
United States Census Bureau
Mfr
Thornton
United States
Belliste
Dominion
Canadian National Railways
Bureau of Statistics
Uber
New Tire Warranty Promises Smoother Car Service
A new guarantee from major tire makers aims to cut disputes over claims by covering private passenger car tires for 9 or 12 months with a certificate. It includes road hazards except punctures and running flats and offers prorated adjustments and repairs. The policy also covers tires equipped on new cars and broader issues like stone bruises and misalignment.
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Pew
Special Garnet Grades Proposed for Wheat by Saskatchewan Official
Saskatchewan grain official R S Dundas reports the Western Grain Standards committee asks federal legislation to create three special garnet grades for Garnet wheat. The plan would delay full enactment until the 1934 crop, with Board of Grain Commissioners allowed to trigger grades earlier if desired. The committee cites potential carryover from 1932 and current low wheat prices as reasons to avoid immediate changes.
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Western Grain Standards Committee
R. S. Dundas
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Winnipeg
Board of Grain Commissioners
C.W. Garnet
Dundas
Saskatchewan breeders eager for pure bred stock
Reports to A A MacMillan show Saskatche wan hog breeders, like others in Canada, seek pure bred breeding stock. Industrial Farm Moose Jaw shipped pure bred sows under the Broad Sow policy and demand was so keen the stock sold itself, making it difficult to service the numerous enquiries for pure bred gifts.
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A. A. MacMillan
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Saskatchewan
Canada
Moose Jaw
Federal Department
Kiwanis Campaign in Timming Seeks Daily Pay Support
The Kiwanis Club of Timming Ontario pushes a plan for a day’s pay from every employed person to aid the needy. The Porcupine Advance reports general success but notes opposition from a Communist circle criticising the plan. The piece also references Toronto Globe and a note on cement screening and literacy data from the 1920 census highlighting South Carolina as highest in illiteracy.
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Kiwanis Club
Timming
Ont
Porcupine Advance
Toronto Globe
Italy to end 1824 trading pact with Soviet Russia
The Italian government plans to terminate the 1824 trade agreement with the Soviet Union, expected to be announced soon. The pact has been lopsided, with cash on Italian purchases while the Soviet demanded long credit terms, prompting calls for a rethink of a longer credit period.
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Russia
Italy
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Canadian Seeds Exchanged With War Graves Plan
A Division of Botany report shows 1557 species and 4802 seed packets sent from Canada to 110 botanical institutions worldwide, while 21171 packets and 21 cuttings were received from foreign gardens. Twenty eight Canadian wild flower seed packets were sent to the War Graves Committee for European battlefields. Other work includes life history studies of noxious weeds and chemical eradication methods.
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Europe
Dominion Experimental Farms
Canada
War Graves Committee
British studio planned in British Columbia by film firm
Major C Fairbanks Smith, ex British army officer, announces a British American Film Company venture in Victoria to build large studios and rent space to Hollywood producers to comply with Empire Quota laws. The firm will produce eight own films annually under Edward Carewe, with British control and 75 percent British staff and actors.
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British Columbia
C. Fairbanks Smith
Hollywood
Victoria
Edward Carewe
Major Smith
Shows Star Movements at St Louis Planetarium Model Hopeful
A 27 year old amateur astronomer Stuart O Byrene builds a star arium in St Louis Montana claiming it shows only star movement similar to the costlier Alder planetarium in Chicago. He contrasts with true planetariums that display sun moon and planets in seasonal positions. The Capitol dome in Washington required thirty five men three months to paint using 4 300 pounds of paint. Fishermen in New Brunswick sold more than 35 000 pounds of herring scales to manufacturers of artificial pearls.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Montana
Stuart O'Byrne
O'Byrne
United States
Capitol
Washington
New Brunswick
Forage Crop Distribution Policy Continues in 1933
The federal policy promoting seed grasses and clover to boost livestock feed continues in 1933 under Agriculture Minister Robert Weir. A provincial committee led by T. M. Stevenson will handle varieties and growing methods, S. H. Viger selects growers, and Nelson Young buys and distributes seed. Eligible farmers may receive up to 25 acres of seed grass or clover, with alfalfa limited to 10 acres, and must repay seed value or cash within two years.
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Robert Weir
T. M. Stevenson
Forage Crop Laboratory
Saskatoon
S. H. Viger
Provincial Department of Agriculture
Regina
Nelson Young
Dominion Seed Branch
Dominion
Apparatus For Deaf And Dumb Hearing Demonstrated
A perfected apparatus enabling the deaf and dumb to hear and learn to speak was demonstrated in the office of Hon Dr J D Monteith Ontario Minister of Public Works under whose directions it was constructed. It uses sound amplification and costs far less than existing wearing machines.
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J. D. Monteith
Ontario
Canadians Cut Car Purchases In 1932 Auto Slump
Dominion Bureau of Statistics figures show Canada kept older cars running to dull the market with 27 514 fewer automobiles in 1932 than 1931. New automobile purchases fell to 49 244 while 76 758 were bought in 1931.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Passenger rail death odds cited by statisticians
A railroad passenger faces a one in 37,500,000 chance of being killed, while a query about eye injuries raises curiosity. The text notes that over half of Latvian women are employed, indicating widespread participation in the workforce.
Husky Turns Thief Takes Blanket In The Pas
A lively husky roams The Pas, snatches a blanket from a clothes line on Fischer Ave. and trots down the street. Police intervene, the dog relinquishes the plunder, ending the brief caper.
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Henry
Fischer Ave
Ignoring Japan’s Threat to Quit League of Nations
London News-Chronicle argues Japan’s threat to leave the League over Manchuria censures should be ignored. It claims the League’s consented violence by Japan weakens the body, and a brief suspension of support is preferable to yielding. It urges steadfast policy despite Japan’s stance.
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Vicks
Japan
League
Manchuria
League of Nations
League of Natons
London News-Chronicle
To Improve Wheat Prices Reduce Acreage
The Winnipeg Tribune argues that cutting wheat acreage would improve prices more effectively than conferences or legislation, noting the departure of Russia and the Balkan states from exporters as a trigger and warning that drought in the high belt grazing regions threatens South Africa's livestock this season.
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Russia
Balkan
Winnipeg Tribune
South Africa
Tourist industry in France halves after World War I
The tourist sector in France plunged to about five hundred thousand visitors annually, a sharp drop from three million foreign visitors recorded before the war. The loss marks a drastic downturn in travel and hospitality demand since the conflict.
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France
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