Amery Tours Imagined Geographies on a Magic Carpet
Leopold Amery former Dominions Secretary of State for Great Britain captured listeners imagination in aGeographical Magazine launch talk by urging fantastical engineering visions. He described damming the Bosporus reshaping seas draining the Blue Nile and exploring vast fertility schemes from Labrador to the Dead Sea to illustrate potential advances in geography and water management.
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Leopold Amery
Dominions
Great Britain
Labrader
Newfoundland
Belleisia
Labrador
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Canada
Frst
Geographical Magazine
Constantinople
Bosphorus
Black Sea
Caspian
Sea of
Aral
Abyatinia
Lake
Tana
Khartoum
Sudan
Egypt
Nile
Mr. Amery
Mesopotamia
Seindeer
Musk
Prairie
Hudson's Bay
Dead Sea
Palestine
Red Sea
Algiers
British Columbia grape growing rivaling California notes
Beltrame, a pioneer grower, touts Fraser Valley and Sumas district in British Columbia as premier grape sites. He says 28 acres under crop near Sumas and river valleys yield high quality grapes sold in Vancouver and nearby cities. Grapes fetch about $600 a ton with five to eight tons per acre. small holdings of up to 10 acres are favored.
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California
I Raly
British Columbia
Kelowns
Ic Sumes
Fraser Valley
Okanaganssound Central
Independence
United States
Beltrame
Sumas
Italy
France
Sumas Mountain
Vancouver
New Westminster
Californias
RCMP Subpoena Sees Halifax Train Ride for Crown Witness
Louis Westhaver a 22 year old from Guysboro county travelled to Halifax as a Crown witness after the RCMP subpoenaed him. He rode on a train and a streetcar during a 150 mile round trip with the transit fee only 10 cents.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Halifax
Louis’ Westhaver
Guysboro County
Nova Scotia
Cagede Proposes Plans for 100th Canadian Rail Opening
The Canadien Railroad Historical Association in Montreal drafts plans for celebrating the 100th anniversary of Canada s fret railway known as the Chamselsin and & Lawrence Railroad. It ran between La penirie Que and St. Johns Que and opened in 1838 by Lord Gosford of Tuty Si.
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Canada
Canadien Railroad Historical Association
Montreal
Chamselsin and &. Lawrence
Lapenirie
Que
St. Johns
Lord Gosford
Tuty Si
Early Diagnosia Needed Ignorance Is The Cancer Cancer
Dr. R. O. Davison stated in Toronto that only about one third of cancer patients receive treatment in time to cure. The Saskatchewan Cancer Commission chairman urged forming a Canadian branch with the King George V silver jubilee foundation. Causes for late examination cited include neglect lack of pain fear and inability to pay. Among 200 patients and 643 practitioners surveyed many had not seen cancer cases.
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R. O. Davison
Saskatchewan
Toronto
Saskatchewan Cancer Commission
Canadian Social Hygiene Council
Toronto Health League
British Empire Cancer Commission
King George V. Silver Jubilee Cancer Foundation
Mr. Johnson
Percy Nobbs
McGill University
Canada
G. J. Wherrett
Canadian Tuberculosis Association
Ottawa
Wherrett
Canadian Red Cross Society
Maritime Provinces
Canadian Life Insurance Officials Association
One@ large insurance company
Europe
Manitoba
Milk Bars Considered To Quench Britain Thirst
The Milk Marketing Board proposes milk bars as a public refreshment option for the touring public. Vice chairman Ben Hinds spoke at Pwilheli about establishments across Britain, with schools already hosting such bars. Walter Elliot, minister of agriculture, opened the theme and may inaugurate the first tankard to aid the dairy farmer.
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England
Britain
Milk Marketing Board
Ben Hinds
Pwilheli
Walter Elliot
London Daily Mirror
Sir John A Macdonald witty reply in Commons tale
An anecdote recalls Sir John A. Macdonald defending himself after an opponent accused him of stealing political ideas. He protested that the member claimed petty larceny. The piece also notes Georgia adopting the pine as state tree and the brown thrasher as state bird. The Navajo population figure appears misdated but indicates a notable population change.
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John A. Macdonald
House of Commons
John
John Arcee
Speaker
BBC Plans Television Studio at Alexandria Palace Wing
The 61st British television station will be built at Alexandria Palace with the south wing including the Masonic suite and Pillar Hall. E A Cawdron, trustees chair, says the Postmaster General announced in February that steps would start to establish the London station in the latter half of the year. Experts note television will not be common for some time and listeners’ sets will not become obsolete soon. A cockdle’s bridle, once used to punish talkative women, sold in London for 40.
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Alexandria Palace
B.B.C
E. A. Cawdron
House of Commons
London
US and Canada settle damages over sulphur fumes
The United States Senate ratified a convention with Canada for Canada to pay $268,000 for damages in Washington caused by sulphur fumes from the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co at Trail BC. The settlement covers pre January 1 1932 and creates a tribunal to decide post 1932 damages and indemnity. The note adds unrelated lines about ancient Egypt and desert cover.
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United States Senate
Canada
United States
Washington
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co
Trail
B.C
Snapshot enlargements turn negatives into meaningful gifts
Enthusiasts can now craft larger, more lifelike prints from snapshots. Choose subjects with personal meaning, like family moments or landscapes, and enlarge up to several times the original size. Shaped by personal relevance, these gifts delight distant relatives and friends during gift seasons. John van Guilder.
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Fido
Cleo
Big Brother
Cynthia
Dan
John van Guilder
I Need For Reform Of Immigration Laws Stressed At Social Work Meeting
A social work conference spotlighted immigration reform, with discussion on how current laws separate families and hinder relief efforts. Delegates cited cases of deportations and joint nationality issues, urging federal state collaboration and humane policy shifts.
Carrier Pigeons Unreliable Manitoba Forestry Service Finds
Manitoba forestry service reports that carrier pigeons proved unreliable for air patrol work. Experiments show homers resist night flights, object to daylight routines, and deliver limited short-range results. A small number will be kept for fire progress reporting, while most are deemed valueless for reemployment.
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Manitoba Forestry Service
Thoughtless Adult: A Warning on Camp Fire Safety
Rotarian Magazine urges public education on proper camp fire building and disposal. It notes autos bring urbanites to nature, roads open scenic areas, and forest services clear trails, but emphasizes adults often cause wildfires by leaving smoldering fires or discarded cigarette butts.
Radio receivers outnumber telephones in US
Radio receivers in the United States exceed telephones with about 19 million radios, excluding car sets and homes with multiple receivers, compared to roughly 11 million telephones carried.
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United States
Vancouver Juvenile Court Seen As Protective Service
Judge Helen Gregory MacGill, presiding, said the protective agency is drawing more children into Vancouver juvenile court as the public begins to view it as a protective service rather than punitive. She spoke in Montreal during sessions of the first Canadian Penal Congress.
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Vancouver
Amalia Karkart Aviator Pronunciation Debate Abroad
A fragment notes a debate over pronunciation linked to aviator Amalia Karkart and the idea of telegraphic remarks traveling halfway around the world, pondering whether pronunciations like potayto or tomayto should matter.
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Amalia Karkart
Potayto
Tomayto
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Excallat
Raly
Hie
Cagede
Georgie
News of the World
Tedematty
Lorgements
Toronto Mail & Empire
James
James Wes
Abe
Forestry Service
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