Complete destruction of Canada's spruce timber threatened by insect pest
A foreign insect outbreak endangers Canada's spruce timber supply within 25 years, risking at least 16.5 billion dollars in losses. The European spruce sawfly, first noted in 1830, spreads from Gespe peninsula to Nova Scotia and beyond. Government and private efforts deploy 1,400 workers and parasites to curb caterpillars and cocoons, drawing on lessons from the 1890s larch sawfly. Spruce, pivotal for newsprint, faces severe future threats if control fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Gespe Peninsula
Nova Scotia
Lisa
Mwfy
Department of Agriculture
Belleville
Ont
Adler Lectures in London on Preventing Crime Through Child Training
Dr Alfred Adler, famed Viennese psychologist, arrived in London to lecture on preventing crime by early child training. He claims he can identify potential criminals quickly and believes society should cure criminal tendencies, starting with children and trained teachers, arguing social interest as key to preventing future crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Alfred Adler
Vienness
Freud
Jung
Adler
Adier
Beatty advocates private competition for better markets
Sir Edward Beatty, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, spoke at a University of New Brunswick convocation tied to the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists convention. He opposed permanent state direction, urged private initiative to stimulate efficiency, and argued governments tax-by-taxations finance public public spending. He called for better markets especially for Canadian wheat and warned against public extravagance and reliance on the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Edward Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Sir Edward
University of New Brunswick
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Real Salesmen and the Manhattan Purchase Tale
A Collier's item recalls the 1626 Manhattan sale to Peter Minuit for 24 dollars in trinkets, noting Indigenous groups from Long Island were visiting. the real sellers were the Raritans who sold Staten Island to the Dutch. The piece also mentions a theatrical crooner advert and aLondon amusement venue claiming vast glass coverage.
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Manhattan
Peter Minuit
Long Island
Peter
Staten Island
Collier’s
Word Growing Obsolete The Case for Gotten
J C Kirkwood reflects on language purity and the word gotten. He cites Oxford and Victorian-era texts noting gotten as archaic and argues it may be more euphonius than got. The piece dismisses fear of obsolescence, urging acceptance of evolving usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Kirkwood
Mr. Kirkwood
Gottens
Secret ray inventor claims device guards homes in Iver
Charles Alexander of Iver Buckinghamshire says his invisible secret ray lights rooms, locks doors, opens safes, and photos burglars when a person enters. He asserts the system rings police, flashes bells and mirrors, and promises instant warning and protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Alexander
Alexander
Iver
Buckinghamshire
England
Bella
Whitehall
Industrial Revival Gains Ground in Britain
The British Government notes a five year forecast coming true with higher output and wages. Iron and steel and textiles reach records, coal output tops March 1930, and overall manufacturing shows a 9.5 percent year on year rise. Higher wages accompany employment gains as spending and savings rise with post office, trustee savings banks, and building societies expanding rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Board of Trade
Post Office
Trustee Savings Banks
Building Societies
Prize Roses and the Dead Cat Secret
Victoria British Columbia gardener W F Saisbury aged ninety claims a dead cat accelerates rose growth. He has won prizes for fifty years and suggests avoiding golf and bridge. He soils beds deep dig 42 inches, layers sods leaves and manure and bones, then waits for blooms.
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W. F. Saisbury
Victoria
B.C
Salsbury
Fidelity Insurance Question Cites Policy for Husband
A customer seeks to arrange fidelity insurance coverage for her husband, confirming policy viability and how to proceed with the request. The exchange shows the agent agreeing to assist and outlining steps to secure the insured party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelity Insurance Company
World’s Tallest Man Robert Wadsow Reaches 8 ft 5 in
Alton Illinois youth Robert Wadsow, age 18, is claimed as the tallest man in scientifically recorded history. He grew to 8 feet 5 inches from 35 shoes, gaining one inch in six months and adding 35 pounds to reach 425 pounds amid the heat.
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Robert Wadsow
Alton
Clinois
Disease Resistance in Plants and Wheat Rust Advances
Disease resistance in planta offers Canadian farmers possibilities to cut losses from plant diseases. Complete resistance means immunity as with Irish Cobbler and Green potatoes to wart disease. partial resistance seen in potatoes against blight. certain wheat regions escape rust due to climate. Notable progress includes Wheat rust resistance from Winnipeg Rust Laboratory and turnip strains Wilhelmaburger resisting clubroot in contaminated soil.
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Coe
Canada
Prince Edward Island
Rust Research Laboratory
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Wilhelmaburger
Newton to swap tractors for horses in municipal fleet
Newton plans to sell motorized municipal equipment and buy horses. Mayor Childs said 30 more horses will haul sidewalks and operate plows next winter, promising better work than the eight tractor plows purchased last winter for $1,600 each.
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Newton
Boston
Childs
Dome Regilded At Invalides In Paris
The great dome of the Invalides in Paris has been regilded with gold leaf covering almost half an acre. Some 253 000 gold leaves were applied to restore the exterior where Napoleon lies buried, preserving a key historic landmark.
Colorful Cutwork Charms The Eye Pattern 5606
Colorful tulips and lilacs in cutwork embroidery offered as a pattern 5606. Includes two two reverse motifs and four motifs with material needs and stitch illustrations. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 1753 McDermot Ave Winnipeg.
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Colin
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Experimental Flights Over Atlantic Skyway Between Canada and United Kingdom
The article notes pending experimental flights over the Atlantic skyway linking Canada and the United Kingdom, with Trans-Canada airway work ongoing. It cites plans for two Atlantic services within two years, a northern summer route via Newfoundland and a southern winter route via Bermuda to New York, and predicts commercial service by 1939 after safety records improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Howe
Canada
United
Astorea
Bermuda
New York
Imperial
Pan-American Airways
United States
San Francisco-Manila
Pan- American
Soviet to publish 35 million children books in 1936
Central committee of the Young Communist League approves a vast 1936 program. Grimm, Andersen, Robinson Crusoe and Don Quixote are among 35 million children's books to be printed in the Soviet Union next year. Preschool and younger readers will get fairy tales, with Pushkin Tolstoy and Marshak in later levels. A new Our Fatherland series highlights regions and border troops. Perm will build a factory capable of producing 120 million books annually.
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Russia
Central Committee
The
Young Communist League
Grimm
Anderson
Soviet Union
Pushkin
Tolstoi
Marshak
Chukovaki
Jitkov
Perm
Dorchester Replica Sparks Canadian Rail Anniversary
A 13-foot replica of the Dorchester, the first steam locomotive in Canada, retraced the original 16 mile route from Montreal to St. Lambert and on to St. John s, Que. on a flatcar behind a CN streamlined locomotive. Crowds cheered as the century celebration showcased Canadian railroading progress.
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Dorchester
Dominion
Canadian National Railway
Montreal
St. Lambert
St. John's
Que
Champlain and
St. Lawrence
National
Laprairie
Photograph for new stamps in Canada
The post office department in Ottawa has received a new photograph of King Edward for stamps to be issued shortly after the coronation next May. The photo is approved for use in Canada, though a later photograph may be substituted.
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Ottawa
King Edcard
Canada
Cause of Sunburn From Actinic Rays Not Heat
The article explains sunburn is caused by actinic rays rather than heat. It cites severe cases on high Arctic mountains where peeling skin occurred before nightfall due to intense sun exposure in cold air.
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Jericho
EF. G. Ponder
Palestine
Paris
Stanley Paul
Jerusalem
Dead Sea
Elisha
Ponder
Arctic
James Whitcomb Riley Using Pseudonym Benjamin F Johnson
The poet James Whitcomb Riley once employed the alias Benjamin F Johnson as a literary pseudonym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Whitcomb Riley
Benjamin F. Johnson
Differences in local crop yields stem from farming quality
The Regina Leader-Post notes in Saskatchewan that nearby fields show stark crop contrasts due to farming methods. Superior land care accelerates growth, fights weeds, and feeds soil, while poorer farming yields weaker, uneven crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Regina
Canada
Rainfall Records Fail to Compare in Queensland Towns
In Northern Queensland towns like Tully Innis FalL and Babinda recorded extreme rain with seven feet in ten weeks while Mackey reported only a yard and a half. If averages held, total rainfall across the region could float a battleship, underscoring inadequate measurements in the recent data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensland
Australia
Tully
Innisfall
Babinda
Mackey
Wombwell Council Abolishes House No 13 For Superstition
The council of Wombwell Yorkshire England abandoned house number 13 on its estates after rent collectors advised. A tenant said she faced six years of bad luck and changed the number to 11A. Her husband then won $40 in a football contest the next day.
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Wombwell
Yorkshire
England
Knot remembered and onions promised
A fragment recalls a knot on a finger and a reminder to buy pickled onions, tying memory to a string of everyday tasks. The playful exchange hints at household routines involving bread, cheese, and small domestic details.
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Crymal Palace
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Bing Bolis
China
Alice Brocka
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