Treeless Prairies Endangered by Forestry Campaign in Canada
Western Canada has transformed from treeless prairies to wooded shelter belts. Since 1901 the government distributed over 117 million trees to Prairie farmers, with 6,000 farmers yearly receiving seedlings from Indian Head and Sutherland stations. Popular species include Caragana, Manitoba maple, ash, poplar, and willow.
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Canada
Department of Interior
Department of Agriculture
Prairie Provinces
Indian Head
Sutherland
Saskatchewan
Prairie
Manitoba
Alberta
Grim Road Toll in Summer Showcases Youth Risk
A London Spectator excerpt summarizes National Safety First Association data on July and August road deaths in England and Wales. During the holiday period an average of 17 people died daily across 1,017 accidents, with 453 motorists, 406 pedestrians, and 193 cyclists. Most deaths occurred in towns, many in Greater London, and youth driving and cycling were heavily affected.
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England
Wales
Greater London
National Safety First Association
London Spectator
Dominion Seed Branch aims for superior seeds for home and export
The Dominion Seed Branch inspects and certifies seed varieties for purity and quality, grades field seeds from control and official samples, operates seed and related product laboratories, informs markets, and administers the Seeds Act Feeding Stuffs Act Fertilizers Act Inspection and Sale Act and Agricultural Pests Control Act across seven districts with four main divisions and service laboratories.
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Dominion Seed Branch
Canada
Means What It Says at the Altar in Prince Edward Island
The piece notes that the phrase Until death do us part gains meaning as islanders marry, reports that no divorces occurred in the province in 1932 and only two since confederation, and mentions a camera used for aeroplane panorama work recording 270 square miles.
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Prince Edward Islanders
Bank Laundering at Fish Market Cash Handling Hub
A bank near Hillings Gate handled most cash from the market and kept a room called a laundry where over 200 pounds of silver coins received from the fish market were cleaned nightly. Coins bore fish scraps and freezing salt, turning green after being boiled in chemical baths. Some firms now clean money before sending it to the bank while others avoid contact with fish. Most notes from the market still go to the Bank of England for destruction.
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Hillingsgate
Bank of England
Discovery offers hope for dogs against distemper
After a decade of research two English scientists report a breakthrough that can prevent and cure distemper in dogs. Although their work involved experiments on hundreds of dogs, supporters say the suffering involved is justified by the potential benefits for canine health.
Easy to sew underwaist and pants pattern for siblings
Easily made patterns for brother underwaist and pants and sister underwaist with bloomers that button to the waist. Requires little fabric and can be made in a day from remnant fabric. Styles fit sizes 2 to 10 years, with 4 requiring 1 1 35 inch yards. Pattern price 20 cents.
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Batiste
Turnips Imported from Canada Gain U.S. Demand
Canada’s turnips rise in U S menus says the Canadian National Railways through its agricultural department. More than 2000 carloads about 1 2 million bushels shipped to U S markets last year with refrigerated cars. Turnips from Eastern Ontario and Prince Edward Island sold to New England and New York markets.
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U.S
Canadian National Railways
Canada
Agricultural Department of the Railroad
United States
New England
Florida
Texas
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
New York
Dalhousie Law School Remembered in London Free Press
The London Free Press notes Dalhousie Law School survives as a small dark room with aged desks carved by Canadian luminaries. Pictures of graduates line the walls including three prime ministers Sir John Thompson Sir Robert Borden and Mr Bennett, along with many influential figures in law politics and business across Canada.
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Law School
Dalhousie
Canada
John Thompson
Robert Borden
Bennett
London Free Press
Wife’s nervousness blamed on old age says doctor
In a sharp interchange, White remarks on his wife’s nerves, while Green counters that her former nervousness was a sign of aging and has now been cured by a doctor’s assessment.
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White
Overseas buyers sign up to record British Industries Fair
More than 30 percent more overseas buyers have signified their intention to attend the British Industries Fair at Olympia White City and Castle Bromwich Birmingham than last year. The department sent invites to about 6,000 buyers in around 100 countries. The fair runs February 20 to March 3 and will be larger and more varied than previous editions, with exhibitor space 21 percent bigger.
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Olympia
White City
London
Castle Bromwich
Birmingham
Big Sale Of Canadian Tobacco Sees 8 Million Pound Purchase
Ontario government reports 8 million pounds of Ontario tobacco bought by a major English manufacturer. The sale completes disposal of a 24 million pound barley crop used for tobacco in Norfolk County, returning about 4 million to growers. British demand rises with tariff preferences and quality improvements in Canadian tobacco. A light quip about a child driving a car and a note on British Isles plant diversity follow.
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England
Ontario
Norfolk County
British Isles
Canada
British Empire
Canadian Wheat Champions and Dollar Decline Reflected
The piece recounts Canada’s many wheat championship wins since 1911, noting Herman Trelle of Wembley Alberta as a repeated winner through 1932. It also discusses Canada’s annoyance over a falling Canadian dollar in the U.S. money market amid broader war debt and trade tensions, citing editorials from the Saginaw News and Toronto Globe on cross border buying and finance stability.
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Canada
Chicago
Herman Trelle
Wembley
Peace River
Alberta
Seager
United States
Dominion
Republic
Saginaw
Michigan
New York
Goda
Toronto Globe
Russia orders bread and sugar cut to housewives under 56
On the eve of the five year plan end, Russia limits bread and sugar for housewives under 56 starting January 1. The no work no food policy aims to push women into industrial work and break the home as the family unit. Moscow census counted about 100,000 housewives, with estimates of a 50 percent drop by year end. Eighteen percent of 160,000 were over 60.
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Russia
Moscow
Oats Introduced to China Through Missionary Effort
Canadian oats acclimatized to western China and distributed from West China Union University Chengtu to government farms and Szechwan hill tribes for 1933 sowing. Rev. Frank Dickinson brought the supply eight years ago and has tended it since. Diets there rely on rice and Indian corn, and the oats may become an important dietary addition though not yet commercial.
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China
West China Union University
Chengtu
Szechwan
Canada
Frank Dickinson
al Sc
Music study urged in schools for broad benefits
In Toronto Ed ward Johnson, a Gulph, Ontario native and famed tenor of the New York Metropolitan Opera Company, recommended study of music in schools not for professional singing but as a valuable adjunct to success in salesmanship and other business pursuits.
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Toronto
Edward Johnson
Gulph, Ont
New York Metropolitan Opera Company
Pink Canada 99 band goose found near Princeton Illinois
Canada and United States cooperate in banding research. A pink cellular band inscribed Canada 99 on a wild goose was found killed near Princeton Illinois. Call Ottawa with any info to aid official records and avoid unofficial bands. Official bands are distributed by the Commissioner of National Parks.
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National Parks of Canada
Department of the Interior
Canada
Princeton
Illinois
Ottawa
United States
Commissioner of National Parks
Stream Flow Patterns in Western Canada and Saskatchewan
Stream flow in the Middle West and southern Alberta has run below normal after average May and June runoff, averaging 60 to 70 percent of normal from July to October. In southern Saskatchewan, summer runoff from May to October averaged 25 to 55 percent of normal, per Dominion Water Power and Hydrometric Bureau records.
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Alberta
Dominion Water Power and Hydrometric Bureau
Department of the Interior
Saskatchewan
Whales to be captured by electricity in White Sea
In a Russian White Sea plan, whales would be stunned by electric current to raise them to the surface. Separately, France pursues government backing for the wheat market.
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White Sea
Russia
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Dominion Seed
W. ON. UL
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Rio
Ruth Rogers
MacDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Amy
Croydon
Amy Johnson Mollison
Cape Town
Paris
British Industries Fair
Humorist
WD. S
The
Wheat Kings
Henry Holmes
Paul Gerlach
Seager Wheeler
Saskatch
Ewan
Sam Larcombe
J. C. Mitchell
G. W. Kraft
Montana
US A
R. O. Wyler
H. G. L. Strange
J. P. Yates
U.S.A
C. Edson Smith
Jos
H. B. Smith
Middle West
France
Germany
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