Major Developments In Canada's Air Mail Service
Canada expands air mail to connect distant centers and remote regions. Since 1927 civil aviation improves speed between Montreal and Toronto, with new routes to Detroit and Albany. Northern and prairie routes strengthen coast-to-coast links, transforming life for communities along Mackenzie River and Anticosti.
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Belfasi
Dominion
Post Office Department of
Cannada
United States
Mexico
West Indies
Central
South America
Air Pond
Post Office Department
Dominions
Montreal
Toronto
P.Q
Albany
N.Y
Duffylo
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Moncton
Saint Jotun
Trans-Prairie
Winnipeg
Regina
St. Lawrence River
Anticosti
Magdalen Islands
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Arctic
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McMurray
Athabaska River
Great Slave Lake
Aklavik
Air Mil
Mackenzie
Ontario
Manitoba
Red Lake
Kissigssing
Pissett
Mature Corn Silage Outperforms Immature Variety in Trials
Dominion Experimental Farm Brandon Manitoba tests fed six cows alternating mature and immature corn silage. Milk volume and body weight gains favored mature silage. Laboratory feed values: mature corn moisture 69.1, protein 2.77, fat 0.61, carbohydrates 16.63, ash 1.62 percent. immature corn moisture 82.6, protein 1.71, fat 0.91, carbohydrates 7.74, fibre 5.45, ash 1.59 percent.
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Dominion Experimental Farm
Brandon
Manitoba
Sit In Experimental Stage At Dominion Farm
A Dominion Experimental Farm report questions the battery brooding system for poultry. While touted as a mass production method using stacked crates with wire floors and outside troughs for water and feed, issues arise. Chicks show heat intolerance, wire-floor jams, cannibalism and nervousness, and four to six weeks is the practical handling limit, leaving the system in experimental stage best suited for short term hatchery holding.
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Dominion Experimental Farm
Canada
Willing to Take Chance Offers Sailor Escort to Atlantic
Norman Derham, who swam the English Channel in 1926, writes to Knute Johansson a young Scandinavian proposing to cross the Atlantic in a speed boat. Derham offers his services as a companion as Johansson advertises for a crew member.
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Norman Derham
English
Knute Johansson
Johansson
Vila and Milli discuss road sanding costs and bottle joke
Vila asks about a strange image of an empty champagne bottle. Milli explains its lack of pop. The dialogue notes road sanding costs from 1600 to 2000 dollars per mile.
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Vila
Milli
Five European Countries Enforce Domestic Flour Use
Hon. G M Gillett states in a written answer that Germany France Spain Switzerland and Portugal have laws requiring mills to use a minimum share of domestic flour or wheat in bread. France mandates 97 percent, Spain five percent, with Switzerland and Portugal lacking a fixed percentage but requiring delivery of native wheat.
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Germany
France
Spain
Switzerland
Portugal
G. M. Gillett
Overseas Trade Department
Soviet Russia letter reveals wheat seizure and hardship
Zachary Braunbeck describes his brother in Okiuc Siberia who faced government appropriation of wheat crop bedding and furniture. Only 20 bushels remained for the family, illustrating severe wartime or bureaucratic pressure in Soviet Rus.
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Soviet Russia
Zachary Braunbeck
Okiuc
Siberia
Peetz Aims for World Grain Exhibition 1932
Peetz Colorado farmers plan to enter the World Grain Exhibition and Conference in Regina Saskatchewan in 1932. Tentative plans include Peetz grown wheat rye barley sweet clover hog millet seed and beans competing for prizes. The local Community Fair Association plans to gather samples to display against international entrants.
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Peetz
Regina
Saskatchewan
Canada
Alaska deer population surge from 3000 to 400000
Between 1900 and 1925 the reindeer population in Alaska rose dramatically from about three thousand to four hundred thousand. In the prior year nearly four thousand Christmas puddings were shipped from England to the United States.
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Alaska
England
United States
First Aid Car Brings Onboard Training To Canadian National
One of three new First Aid cars for Canadian National Railways begins Western Region service. Fully equipped and led by a trained instructor, the car travels to outlying points to teach engine men trainmen agents and maintenance workers. In addition to instruction it serves as a mobile emergency station, the first of its kind on a Canadian railroad.
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Canadian National Railways
Canada
National Parks in Canada A Growing Scenic Asset
Canada aims to set a national park in every province as tourism booms. Officials note record interest from Canada, the United States, and Mexico for routes, camping, and attractions, with visitors spending up to 100 dollars daily and parks driving regional prosperity.
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National Parks of Canada
Department of the Interior
The
Railways
Department
Canada
United States
Mexico
National Parks
Beautiful Afternoon Wear From Tingey Patterns
Tingey models are sketched in Paris with patterns made in New York. Spring fabrics arrive as shops stock up. the slimming model features V necks and a bow at the neckline. Patterns come in sizes 16 to 20 and 34 to 40 for immediate delivery, hand cut, price 25 cents.
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Paris
New York
New Method Affects Shoe Factory In Erfurt Germany
A leading Erfurt factory adopts mass production techniques from automobile plants. Shoes are made on trays moved through the factory. The inventor says the method will cut costs and boost output.
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Erfurt
Germany
Submarine cables total 300000 miles worldwide
A brief cryptic exchange notes that global submarine cables span about 300000 miles. The quotation connects a jest about prosperity with a line about making worm holes in antique furniture, attributed to Karikaturen, Ozlo.
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