Romantic Mining History in Canada Spanning Continents
The account traces Canadian mining from copper and placer gold in early days to the Sudbury nickel discoveries and the Klondike rush. It highlights metallurgical advances, notable mines like Sullivan and FitnFion, and the romance of exploration across Ontario, Quebec, and the North. The article ends noting enduring prospects and national benefits from mining.
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Canada
Charles Camsell
Canadien Club
Lake Superior
Coppermine River
Arctic Sea
Fraser River
Caribou
British Columbia
Confederation
Sudbury
Canadian Pacific Railway
Klondike
Yukon
Cobsit
Temiskaming
Hudson Bay
All-Weather Canadian Circle Tour Urged From Winnipeg to Jasper
The National Parks Highway Association urged an all weather road from Winnipeg through Riding Mountain National Park and Saskatoon to Jasper as part of an all Canadian circle tour. At Saskatoon, 30 delegates passed a resolution for delivery to provincial and federal governments. C. H. Grant of Edmonton was elected president, succeeding A. H. Stark, and Frank Barnhouse became secretary, replacing C. D. Bates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Jasper
Riding Mountain National Park
National Parks Highway Association
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
C. H. Grant
K.C
Edmonton
Alberta University Heads Resignations During Convocation
Dr R C Wallace president of the University of Alberta announced three staff resignations at the convocation in Edmonton. Associate Professor Joseph Fisher moves to Victoria College Toronto Dr A Leahy joins the Dominion service and Dr Emerson Smith leaves for Ottawa practice. A Chinese length unit the Bb equals one day hundredth of a walk, about one third of an English mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Wallace
University of Alberta
Convocation
Edmonton
Joseph Fisher
Department of
Victoria College
Toronto
A. Leahy
Department of Soils
Dominion Service
Emerson Smith
Ottawa
Western World Could Help Feed China in Time of Starvation
Toronto Daily Star laments global mismanagement and urges Western nations to charity surplus foods to starving China rather than waste them. It cites millions at risk in China and contrasts with food destruction in Brazil and the United States. The piece argues China could repay during abundance if fed now.
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China
Starvaton
Brazil
United States
Canada
Toronto Daily Star
Butter and Cheese Use Per Capita in Canada 1935
Provisional figures show Canada residents consumed 30.91 pounds of butter and 3.61 pounds of cheese per person in 1935. Total butter disposal reached 338,396,970 pounds and cheese 389,572,341 pounds, with 1934 per capita butter at 31.12 pounds and cheese at 3.61 pounds.
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Canada
Public School Scheme In Egypt Aims At Elite Lineage
The Egyptian Prime Minister Aly Maher Pasha backs a plan to found a public school in Egypt modeled after Eton and Harrow. English masters would run it, with up to 240 students, a quarter scholarship and the rest from wealthy families. Deer antlers are formed internally from the same material as hair. Germany sells many commercial airplanes in the Far East.
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Egypt
Eton
Harrow
Aly Maher Pasha
Possible Brain Front Lobe Surgery for Epilepsy
Harvard researchers led by Lennox Gibbs and Gibbs report a robot traced brain currents during seizures to the frontal lobe in Boston studies. They caution epilepsy may start deeper in the brain and use the frontal region as a delivery depot, but removal of the frontal lobe could potentially cure or reduce seizures.
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American Medical Association
Kansas City
Harvard Medical School
Harvard
William G. Lennox
Frederic A. Gibbs
Erna L. Gibbs
Boston
Sugar consumption in Canada hits new high since 1931
Canada's sugar consumption last year rose to 881,100,960 pounds, according to a House of Commons return tabled by Trade Minister Euler. The figure marks the highest level since 1931 when consumption reached 1,003,006,912 pounds.
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Canada
Euler
House of Commons
Strip Farming Gains Ground in Saskatchewan
Strip farming grows in Saskatchewan with 600 to 700 farmers applying to the experimental farm at Indian Head for forage and cover crop under federal rehabilitation schemes. Seed is free, but local districts must form agricultural improvement associations and pledge adherence to strip farming, cover crops, and recommended tillage.
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Saskatchewan
Indian Head
Tar Sand Development Planned at Fort McMurray by Abasand Oils
Abasand Oils Ltd announces a 1.5 million dollar project to develop tar sands at Fort McMurray. An initial separation plant and refinery will operate next year in Edmonton. A. J. Smith, VP GM of Kansas City, says about 50 workers will be hired for construction and the same number will be needed during plant operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort McMurray Tar Sands
Abasand Oils, Ltd
Edmonton
Alco
A. J. Smith
Kansas City
Rand district miners ordered to clean boots before shift
Geld from shore gold miners in Rand district South Africa must clean boots before leaving shift. An official collected mud scrapings from footwear and had it assayed. Result showed about 350 dollars worth of gold recovered from the mud.
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Rand
South Africa
Crochet and Weave Alet Mesh Pattern 5508
Learn an easy crochet and weave method to create chair backs scarfs luncheon sets and doilies using colored string or wool. The pattern provides diagrams charts and material lists showing both filet crochet and weaving options. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern 5508 with coin preferred.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Municipal Unit System Shown To Improve Rural Health
A Canadian report on county health units finds strong gains in Quebec and rising potential nationwide. Study by Dr. Alphonse Lessard and Dr. Gordon Bates highlights declines in deaths and infant mortality after 1926, with 39 counties using units showing better outcomes than others.
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Quebec
Alphonse Lessard
The
Health League of Canada
Toronto
League
Lessard
Provincial
Bureau of Health of
Gordon Bates
Health League
Dominion
Canada
Ottawa
Unite
Leanard
Sleep Study Links Irritability to Prolonged Wakefulness
A USC study found three students stayed awake fifty four and a half hours showing increased irritability and aggression. The report links lack of sleep to tempers flaring, and the New York Times analogizes global leaders to sleep deprived nations overextended by endless mobilizations and speeches.
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University of Southern California
New York Times
Gardeners urged to raise vegetables beside smelter
Advice on growing flowers and vegetables to withstand Hudson Bay Mining and Smelter fumes was given by John Walker of the Department of Agriculture Extension Service to the Film Flow Horticultural Society. The exceptional conditions at Fion Fion prompted officials to offer help and propose short courses, exhibitions, and open entry for Saskatchewan enthusiasts.
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Hudson Bay
Film Flow Horticultural Society
John Walker
Department of Agriculture Extension Service
Fion Fion
Hae
Saskatchewan
Great War Letter Found After Two Decades In London Post
A World War I letter written by a soldier to his wife on the eve of the Somme offensive in 1916 arrived in London decades after its mud stained page crossed battle fronts. It lay unread in an unknown post office for 20 years.
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Somme
London
Prince Rupert drops Show Remarkable Glass Strength
Bound by a fragile tail Prince Rupert drops can resist hammer blows without breaking when formed by blowing molten glass into water. A tiny break at the tail causes the whole drop to crumble into powder, revealing a surprising strength and weakness in these glass structures.
Omaha physicians perform rare brain tumor operation
Physicians in Omaha Nebraska removed a pituitary tumor from 23 year old Harriet Zalkin after opening the skull and lifting the brain in a five and a half hour operation. Harriet had been ill for six months and was sent home apparently in good health.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Harriet Zalkin
Harriet
Oil Search Resumes Near Pekisko Hills Alberta
Work will resume in the Pekisko hills near High River Alberta as drilling restarts at a well started about a year ago near the ranch of King Edward VIII. The well reached 3,480 feet before suspension, and a gas flow of 4,000,000 cubic feet daily was produced.
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Pekisko Hills
Edward VIII
High River
Alta
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Winnipeg Free Press
West Dean
Chichester
England
H. E. Lyne
Lyne
Westminster Abbey
St. Pauls Cathedral
Germany
Far East
Mway
Victoria, BC
Vancouver Island
Island
Pany
Alice Brooks
Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology
Edmonton Laboratory
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