Western Canada census shows vast second generation mix
A Ottawa census bulletin based on the 1931 census reveals that in the three prairie provinces of Canada, 1,213,035 residents are at least second generation Canadian or British born, with 945,725 born to foreign born parents. The piece notes strong intermarriage and a rising Western Canadian identity, urging better naturalization education and ceremonies to foster informed citizenship among new Canadians.
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Prairie
Canada
Ottawa
Europe
C. H. Cahan
Saskatchewan
Conference invitation for Canadian delegates to Jamaican trade summit
The Canadian government is invited to send delegates to a summer trade conference with representatives from British West Indian colonies. Topics include the growing and marketing board for vegetable and fruit crops across the colonies.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Growing and Marketing Board
Japan Pearl Crop Expands With Yearslong Harvest Cycle
Japan's pearl farming expands with 40,000 acres of waters seeded by 3,000,000 oysters. Thousands employed as seed pearls are implanted. harvest occurs seven years after planting. Oysters in steel cages on rafts are surfaced twice yearly for cleaning and disease prevention. About 60 percent yield fruit, five percent marketable, valuing the yearly crop in the millions.
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Japan
Woman reports Kruschen Salts aid weight loss and energy
A 53 year old woman, five foot five, recounts losing seven pounds in six months using Kruschen Salts without diet changes. She notes easier stair climbing, less breathlessness, and feeling healthier while maintaining a normal weight. Kruschen is advertised as minerals aiding glands and energy.
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Misa
J. H. Kruschen
May Be Hereditary Extra Rib Found Among Eskimos
Dr. T. D. Stewart of the Smithsonian reports that about 12 percent of 200 Eskimo skeletons from Alaska show a 25th rib. The extra rib, seen mostly in males north of the Yukon, may be hereditary and appears to give more chest and abdomen space, signaling ongoing human evolution.
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Adam
T. D. Stewart
Smithsonian Institution
Yukon River
Stewart
Alaska
Java storm thunder and noise dulls local notice
Readers in Java endure months of frequent thunder from storms that hardly alert residents until a distant crash overhead. The piece notes the perpetual uproar of weather, mentions the U S Conscience Fund reaching over 600000, and cites Europe’s largest chimney at Charlottenberg with 1,200,000 bricks and 70000 tons of construction materials, while the Bay of Fundy is about 8000 square miles.
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Java
Europe
Charlottenberg
Germany
Great Britain declares five year war on slums and disease
Britain launches a five year drive to clear slums and curb tuberculosis anemia and other illnesses. Health minister Sir Edward Hilton Young calls for all housing authorities in England and Wales to submit by Sept. 30 programs to clear slums by 1938, detailing areas, demolitions, affected inhabitants, and rehousing plans. The effort spans cities and villages with London facing special challenges and royal support backing the reform push.
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Great Britain
England
Wales
Edward Hilton Young
Liverpool
Manchester
Birmingham
Leeds
Bristol
Hull
Sheffield
London
Canterbury
York
Prince of Wales
Snowdrift erosion lowers wheat yield in northwest
The Department of Agriculture reports snowdrift erosion as a new soil thief mainly in the Northwest. Government experts note wheat yields fall as leeward slopes collect snowdrifts that melt in spring, washing away recently ploughed soil. The problem is worst on northern slopes where drifts are deepest and soil remains unfrozen during melt.
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Department of Agriculture
Drastic Antidote Discovery By Dr W B Kouwenhoven Johns Hopkins
A report notes that high voltage electric shocks can counteract fatal low voltage shocks from experiments led by Dr W B Kouwenhoven of Johns Hopkins University. The piece also mentions Empire Telephones expanding intercontinental service, linking India to Australia, Egypt, Palestine, and South Africa, with five Bombay calls daily since India England line began May 1. It adds the Niagara Gorge age as about 25 000 years and ends with a miscellany on valuing friends and Australian National Bank profits in 193L.
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W. B. Kouwenhoven
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Empire Telephones
Betwen
India
Australia
Egypt
Palestine
South Africa
England
Bombay
Latvia German Trade War Escalates With Embargo
A partial economic clash between Latvia and Germany has hardened into an official embargo on mutual imports. Latvia first boycotted German goods, prompting Berlin to bar Latvian butter and later all Latvian trade. Latvia, reliant on German manufactured goods, may suffer less, but Germany bears greater impact.
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Latvia
Germany
Shanghai
Herote
Five Years Without Rain in Shenshi China
A St. Thomas Times-Journal article reflects on Shenshi province where five years of drought have left farmers starving, crops and livestock nonexistent, and communities remote from railways and communication. The piece contrasts distant disaster with local relative comfort.
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Shenshi
China
St. Thomas
Costs of a Home Beyond Price Tags
The text argues that a home costs more than money, including love, forbearance, and sacrifice that create a home. It urges careful actions to avoid harming Ita happiness and stresses responsibility for the well being of others’ homes as well as one’s own.
Wise holidaymaker avoids gluttony and crowding days
The author argues a prudent traveler treats time off as a chance to return refreshed. A disciplined approach prevents post trip monotony and preserves the value of leisure from business life.
Immunization Cuts Manitoba Diphtheria Deaths Almost in Half
The Winnipeg Tribune notes that diphtheria deaths fell from 21.5 per 100000 in the early 1910s to 10.3 in 1922 and 6.2 in 1923 as immunization spread. Since 1930 rural unimmunized areas recorded 63 deaths versus 18 in the larger immunized population, with no deaths among immunized people.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Tribune
Wages Being Increased at Fraser Mills New Westminster
An increase of 10 percent in wages affects 750 men at Fraser Mills plant of Western Lumber Co in New Westminster B C. The raise follows stronger lumber demand and higher prices as the plant produces about a quarter of a million feet daily and the shingle mill runs double shifts. Employment has risen from about 450 to 750 since last winter while rail shipment demand grows alongside continued ship cargo exports.
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New Westminster
Fraser Mills
Western Lumber Co., Ltd
B.C
City populations steady as giants grow
A census by the New York Merchants' Association places New York at 7,218,000, while London tops the list at 8,202,818. Berlin exceeds four million, Chicago about 3,376,000, and eight cities surpass two million. Thirty-one exceed one million.
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New York City
New York Merchants’ Association
London
New York
Berlin
Chicago
Romanian government forms wheat purchasing commission
Romania plans a government buying board to secure remunerative returns for farmers by purchasing large wheat lots at a price fixed by the administration. The Queen of Norway bought three English hunting horses. Italy sees a tourism surge boosting business.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Norway
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U.S.A
the Bay of Fundy
Niagara Gorge
Dixie
Ching
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