Canadian Bird Men Complete 20000 Mile Arctic Flight
Flight Lieut Mawdesley led two seaplanes across 20000 miles of northern Canada from Aklavik to Repulse Bay and along Hudson Bay shores. The mission mapped virgin territory, captured 2800 photographs, checked fuel caches, charted air routes, and tested equipment including a device counteracting magnetic pole effects. Flight-Sergeant Winny and C I Macdonald oversaw operations with Sergt Dearaway as mechanic.
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Ottawa
Far
Canada
Iig
F. J. Mawdesley
H. J. Winny
C. 8. Macdonald
Department of the Interior
Arctic Traveller. Sergt. S. C. Dearaway
Aklavik
Mackenzie River
Repulse Bay
Hudson Bay
Chesterfield Inlet
Churchill
Mink Shipment Reaches Vancouver From Alaska
Five hundred minks raised by George Simmons in Carcross Yukon Territory arrive aboard the Princess Louise in Vancouver marking a record shipment to British Columbia. The fur-bearers head to Gothenburg Sweden and several U S points to supply fashion and to seed mink farms in those regions.
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Vancouver
Princess Louise
Alaska
British Columbia
George Simmons
Carcross
Yukon Territory
Gothenburg
Sweden
United States
Milady
Strathmore Dairy Cattle Win Big at Spokane Expo
E Ward Jones reports eighteen head from the Canadian Pacific Supply Farm Strathmore captured sixteen firsts ten seconds and all championship ribbons at the Washington Inter-State Livestock Exhibition in Spokane. Awards include male and female grand championships senior and junior female championships and the junior male championship. Additionally a note recalls tea’s early Chinese origins and later European introduction.
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Canadian Pacific
Strathmore
Washington
New Zealand Best Overseas Market for Canadian Cars in 1929
Dominion Bureau of Statistics report shows New Zealand led Canada’s automobile exports in 1929 with cars valued at $5,622,060, while Australia and the United Kingdom followed with $3,593,273 and $4,289,182 respectively. Canada’s total export trade reached $29,824,433 with the UK and the dominions supplying over half. Argentina was the top foreign customer at $3,905,085. Canadian auto production in 1929 hit $377,315,593, up from $162,867,495 in 1928.
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New Zealand
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Australis
Tis
Australia
United Kingdom
British South Africa
Dominions
Argentine Republic
All Tingey pattern for Paris and New York made frock
The note describes Tingey models created and sketched in Paris with patterns made in New York. It outlines suitable fabrics for school wear and other occasions, from velveteen and metal tissue trims to lace collars. The pattern suits sizes 8 to 14, is hand cut, and ready for delivery. Send 25 cents, with full name and address, pattern number and size to Fashion Bureau.
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Paris
New York
First Empire Marketing Board funded livestock shipment to BC
The B C Agriculture Department reports in London that 23 Kerry Hill sheep and other pure bred stock left England for Vancouver under the Empire Marketing Board scheme via the Panama Canal. A Red Poll Bull was sent to H E Wabey of Enderby. A quarantine station at Vancouver is ready. The Kerry Hill group originates from Oswestry England.
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B.C
Department of Agriculture
F. A. Pauline
London
England
British Columbia
Empire Marketing Board
Panama Canal
Old Country
Vancouver
Vancouver Island
Lower Mainland
H. E. Wabey
Enderby
Canadian
Red Poll Breeders’ Association
Dominion
Canada
Chas. Eccleston
Victoria
Lord Barlech
Oswestry
Shropshire
Canadian experts question beryl mining at Winnipeg area
Canadian technical experts reported no special beryllium report for the Imperial conference on Manitoba beryl near Winnipeg. The mines branch noted inquiries into extracting beryllium for light metal alloys, while German trials showed high costs relative to output. Officials monitor German work as lithium is more common in Manitoba.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Bery]l
Real drive against weeds in farming efforts
Farmers push a strong weed control drive says the Farmers' Advocate. Sow thistle twitch grass and other troubleshoe weeds have been weakened by full sunlight and will not reestablish next year. More early ploughing of sod and harvest-time cultivation have been done, even without guidance from the weed inspector.
Wheat Outlook from Canadian Bank of Commerce Official
B P Alley assistant general manager of Bank of Commerce Western Canada says the wheat situation both for marketing and future prices is likely to discourage pessimism, suggesting a cautiously optimistic outlook for wheat growers and markets.
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Canada
B. P. Alley
Bank’s
Ice Freezing Water Gets Salinity-Free Formed Ice
The Arctic and Antarctic seas are salty, yet ice formed there becomes salinity free. Researchers note that freezing excludes salt, leaving fresh ice at the surface.
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Arctic
Antarctic
Appendicitis Death Toll Reaches Over 18000 in 1928
A 1928 report states appendicitis caused more than 18 thousand deaths in the United States, highlighting the disease as a major killer before modern surgical advances. The figures reflect national mortality trends and underscore the need for improved diagnosis and treatment access.
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United States
Sodium sulphate plant at Horse Shoe Lake grows
A Saskatchewan Bureau report highlights the Horse Shoe Lake site near Ormiston on the CP line. The Horse Shoe Mining Company operates a large plant with hundreds of thousands invested, jointly owned by Barnum Reduction Company and International Nickel. The facility aims to expand output beyond daily 100 tons, shipping 150 cars of 45 tons to International Nickel, and with Saskatchewan’s vast natural supply poised for a growing market in paper, textiles, glass, and other industries.
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Horse Shoe Lake
Ormiston
Sask
C._P.R
Saskatchewan Provincial Bureau of Publications
Horse Shoe Mining Company, Limited
Barnum Reduction Company
Charleston
West Virginia
International Nickel Company of Canada
Saskatchewan
Canada
United States
International Nickel Company
Polar Weather Stations Aimed Near Poles By Sir Hubert Wilkins
Sir Hubert Wilkins, Arctic explorer, outlined a plan to establish meteorological stations near the north and south poles to forecast seasons years ahead. He spoke to the Canadian Geographical Society and described reviewing recent polar exploration and a proposed Arctic submarine expedition next summer.
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Poles
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Canadian Geographical Society
Sir Hubert
Arctic
Dachshund Buy Aimed At Kids Prompt Quip
Mr. Spinkes asks why a dachshund was bought for the children and Mr. Links replies that it allows all of them to pet him at once.
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Mr. Spinkes
Mr. Links
Three Record Breakers from Alberta Dairy Farm
Mona Pontiac Walker Rose Echo Warwick and Laura Fremona, three Thresheifers at Canadian Pacific Railway’s Strathmore experimental farm, produced a combined 77,460 pounds of milk and 2,902 pounds of butter in the year. Averaging 25,820 pounds of milk each, they outdid Canada’s 1929 four-year-old record by 2,000 pounds. Breeding from Ontario stock, sired by the same bull, they Were purchased by CPR before eighteen months. Production, says E W Jones, hinges on proper development and handling, with standout results from good feeding and care during lactation after outdoor winter development.
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Alberta
Mona Pontiac Walker
Rose Echo Warwick
Laura Fremona
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Strathmore
Ontario
Canadian Pacific
E. W. Jones
Railway
Discrepancies in Russian Wheat Exports to Britain
A London Liverpool study notes wide gaps in estimates of Russian wheat shipped to Britain this season. July to Sept totals suggest 450000 tons, with August shipments at 400000 tons and early September flows continuing. Officials warn figures vary as Soviet agencies withhold totals and Turkey plans tallying at Istanbul may soon clarify.
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London
England
Great Britain
Liverpool
United Kingdom
Russia
Istanbul
Black Sea
British
Europe
United States
United States Farm Board
Canada
Banana compared to sausage in humorous schoolboy satire
A Sacramento Valley schoolboy parodies Japanese descriptions noting The Banana as a remarkable fruit. He claims sausages are different in construction and consumption and that bananas are pristine vegetables. The piece mocks linguistic quirks and contrasts the two items with playful, satirical logic.
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Los Angeles Times
Sacramento Valley
Vegetable Kingdom
Skim milk proves helpful for hens in five winter trials
G A Langelier of Cap Rouge Experimental Station reports five winter season tests from November to February with Barred Rocks fed skimmed milk laying more eggs and gaining weight versus beef scrap. He notes beef scrap is nine times as valuable by weight, and estimates skim milk at 20 cents per 100 pounds yields about 36 dollars per ton for beef scrap. He advises 12 to 14 quarts daily for 100 layers, using only sweet or only sour milk to avoid digestive issues and not to let it freeze.
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G. A. Langelier
Cap Rouge Experimental Station
Langelier
Twenty Hours To Go The Misunderstood Call
A tired man left a hotel call center at 4 am and asked to be called at 2 pm the same day. He slept fourteen hours and complained to the hotel manager that no call had come. The clerk explained the mix up, noting the caller still had twenty hours to go.
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Midtown
Russia buys 100 carloads of harvesters from Soviet sources
Soviet Russia engages in a large scale import of 100 carloads of combine harvesters amid a shift in agricultural logistics. Meanwhile Mexico announces a new production line for window glass, signaling a diversification of its manufacturing sector and trade potential.
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Soviet Russia
Mexico
Early Canadian Shipbuilders First vessels built at Port Royal Nova Scotia in 1606
Pont Grave built two ships at Port Royal in 1606 amid deserted claims. Talon later industrialized shipbuilding by 1665 with 250 workers among under 7,000 villagers. The piece ends with a quip about influence and crossing limits.
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Canada
Pont-Grave
Port Royal
Annapolis Royal
Nova Scotia
DedMfonts
Talon
France
How dreadful The lake would overflow its banks
A line from Hummel Ham burg expresses fear of rising waters and potential flooding as the lake nears capacity. The quotation captures concern about natural overflow and damage risk.
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Yukon
C.P.R. Strathmore Farms
Spokane
China
Alla
Stockholm
Ww. N. U
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Eva A. Tingey
McDermot Ave
Britain
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