World Wheat Exports Battle For 800 Million Bushels Market
Article by H C L Etrange notes world wheat output about 6 billion bushels annually with 750 to 800 million bushels traded internationally. Canada averages 281 million exported annually, Argentina 148, U S A 151, Australia 100, Russia 70, others 35. Britain imports about 220 million and re-exports part.
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Canada
Europe
Great Britain
United Kingdom
U.S.A
Australia
Russia
Balkan States
Hungary
India
North Africa
Chile
Argentia
Landlord Pressures Actor Over Rent in Humorous Exchange
The landlord confronts the actor about unpaid rent. The actor boasts that future residents will recall Jones the actor living there. The landlord dismisses the claim and warns of action if payment is not made. Milk is described as nature's most complete food.
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Jones
Odister
Only One Ever Used United States Sinking Six Ships
Six concrete ships anchored in the Mississippi River at New Orleans will be towed to the mouth of the Gritavia River in Mexico and sunk as a breakwater. Built by the United States Shipping Board during World War I, each cost about 1 million dollars, measures 300 feet long with a 35 foot beam, and were never placed in operation due to being unsuitable for commercial use. They carried 12 percent less cargo than wheel ships of the same tonnage.
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New Orleans
Mexico
United States Shipping Board
Moslem Law Delays Oath in New York Assault Case
In a general sessions assault matter in New York Asid Ali objected to oath before bathing citing Moslem law. The puzzled judge deferred until after ritual cleansing and warned Ali to be ready to testify in the assault trial of Mahorok Al aged 36.
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General Sessions
New York
Asid Ali
Asid
Mahorok al
Important Undie Ensemble Enhances Figure Fit
A reader notes a coordinated underwear set that includes a matching slip and panties. The pattern emphasizes a slender silhouette and time saved by choosing a complete ensemble. An aside suggests coordinated pieces ease shopping for lingerie and improve overall look.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Union
Pattern ordering guide from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave. Winnipeg lists Pattern No. and instructions for obtaining sewing patterns through the city service.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot
Winnipeg
Tiny cosmic balance weighs Earth to six sextillion tons
After seven years of labor, Dr. P R Heyl built a compact scales designed to weigh Earth. A tungsten wire supports a basement kept balance shielded from vibrations. By measuring gravitational pull on the Moon and other bodies, he estimates Earth’s weight as six thousand sextillion tons, or six followed by twenty one zeros.
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P. R. Heyl
Moon
Space
Hey
Relic Of Gay Nineties Bicycle Trip To Iowa
Bernard Beck and Nell Van der Veen revived a two person bicycle from the 1880s at Harvey, Illinois. They rode 2038 miles to Mount Vernon, Iowa to visit Beck’s uncle E C Forrest, averaging 90 miles a day with expenses of 3 dollars. They toured Iowa sights during the trek.
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Bernard Beck
Nell van der Veen
Harvey, Dl
Mount Vernon
Iowa
Beck
E. C. Forrest
Towa
Greyhound Racing Through the Ages
A Tit-Bita contributor notes greyhound racing as an ancient pursuit tied to Egypt and early Britain. The piece recalls early training centers, Egyptian murals, and Canute era restrictions that kept greyhounds to nobles, with widening access as game laws relaxed.
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Egypt
Britain
Canute
Left-Handed Gloves Thefts Puzzle Montreal Robbery
A thief stole 500 left handed glove samples from a traveller in Montreal. The crime occurred after the traveller parked and left the car with the left-handed gloves inside. The thief departed the same car with the gloves, leaving police to pursue the man who took the left-hand items.
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Montreal
Oil Shortage Foreseen by Geologist Dr Elliott
Dr H E Elliott, American geologist, warns that oil consumption in Canada and the United States exceeds production. He says a serious shortage will occur as soon as business improves.
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H. E. Elliott
Canada
United States
Brightness Measure of Stars with Photo-Electric Photometer
A powerful photo-electric photometer attached to a telescope can measure a star’s brightness to within one half of one percent of its true value, enabling precise stellar brightness determinations.
Production Of Gold In Canada Shows Remarkable Rise Over 75 Years
A Department of Mines booklet notes Canada as the world’s second largest gold producer, with output rising from 54,000 fine ounces in 1858 to 2,695,000 in 1931. Ontario leads production, followed by Quebec, British Columbia and others. Porcupine and Kirkland Lake remain pivotal sources. placer mining shifts to ore, while gold’s historic role and limited industrial use are discussed.
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Dominion
A. H. A. Robinson
Department of Mines
Klondike
Tampa
Canada
United States
South Africa
Prince Edward Island
Ontario
Porcuping
Kirkland Lake
Quebec
British Columbia
Manitoba
Ynion Territory
Nova Scotia
Alberta
Coinl
Yukon Territory
America
Chaudiere River
California
Australia
Klondike River
Yukon
Porcupine
Ronya
Union of South Africa
Russia
Rule of Russia's Red Caesar Tottering
London reports a plot to assassinate Joseph Stalin in Moscow as high officers of the Red Army are arrested. Voroshiloff is named as a rival opposition leader if Stalin falls while Trotsky and Lenin are cited as influential figures in Moscow’s political memory and the Five Year Plan faces critique.
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Soviet
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Nickolai Lenin
New Russia
London
England
Moscow
Red Army
Voroshiloff
Stalin
Red Square
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Hamburg
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John Bull
Ottawa
News of the World
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Carrot River Valley Association
Saskatchewan
Edmund Herod
Melfort
British Colmbia
Red Caesar Tottering
Nicowai Leninlh
Commarssar
Voroshivoff
Joserix Stalin
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