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Ruth Alexander, a San Diego aviatrix, is credited as the first woman to fly from Canada to Mexico without a stop. Prince of Wales gains three new titles via promotions in three British services. London suburbs use police cars as mobile units to ease heavy traffic. Two British missionaries held by Communist bandits in Fulden were released after two months without achieving their mission. Ontario law now requires greater injury proof before reissuing driving privileges after accidents or convictions. A Toronto pilot and mechanic died in a Lake Ontario crash when their Fokker struck a marker during a banked turn. Interior finish for CN dining cars derived from Morton Walnut tree, yielding 75,000 feet from a 15-ton butt. A Glasgow night train crash at Euston Station injures twenty as locomotives and coaches are damaged. The first of two locomotives collided with buffers, damaging the second engine and telescoping several coaches.
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Ruth Alexander
San Diego
Fulden
Ontario
Charles Sutton
Toronto
Claude Mills
Lake Ontario
Canadian National
Oxford
Glasgow
Euston Station
British Indian policy debated in Washington speech
Sir John A. Simon head of Britain's Indian statutory commission spoke in Washington to the American Bar Association. He urged U.S. sympathy for fair play on India, noted India’s path toward self governing institutions, and warned against trying to transplant British or American government models to India.
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Sir John A. Simon
Great Britain
Washington
India
United States
Sir John
England
American Bar Association
America
Government Grain Sampling Thorough and Thoroughly Practiced
The article describes a meticulous grain sampling system at Government inspection points. It covers car listing, sealing, sealing records, and extensive sampling with seven probes when possible. It notes heavy workloads in Winnipeg yards, with thousands of cars checked daily in peak periods and career paths for samplers promoted to Deputy Grain Inspectors.
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Gov Tion Department
Searle Grain Co., Ltd
Winnipeg
Government Yard
Central Inspection Office
Head of
Lakes
Civil Service Commission
All-Canadian Highway Nears Completion Across Canada
Officials of the Canadian Automobile Association say an all Canadian route from coast to coast is nearly finished with only a single stretch in northwestern Ontario along Lake Superior remaining. The network now offers improved gravel roads replacing old gumbo surfaces and eliminating dangerous curves. Provincial governments cooperate to complete the link from Manitoba to British Columbia.
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Ontario
Canadian Automobile Association
Manitoba
Rockies
British Columbia
Lake Superior
Curios Amazon River trees yield sweet resin and lard-like oil
A description notes curious trees along the River Amazon in South America. One tree exudes a sweet edible resin with bark resembling real sugar. Another tree produces an oily substance resembling lard in appearance and taste.
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Amazon
South America
Canada Coal Production by Province in 1929
Canada produced 17,496,557 tons of coal in 1929 from Nova Scotia New Brunswick Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia. Imports reached 18,619,300 tons with 14,469,831 tons sourced from the United States.
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Canada
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
United States
Man at Restaurant Dogfends Chicken Riddled Joke
A man at a restaurant comments on a chicken dish asking how it can live with so little meat. Sid responds bluntly that it didn’t, which is the reason the chicken is there.
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Mary
Mummy
Sondagmisse - Strix
Stockholm
Man
Sid
New and Appetizing Bacon Muffins Recipe
An old recipe details bacon muffins using 44 pounds of bacon, bacon fat, egg, flour, corn meal, sugar, baking powder, salt, milk, and water. Fry bacon, mix dry ingredients, add wet ingredients and bacon, fill muffin pans, bake about twenty five minutes in a moderate oven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borden’s
St. Charles
Canada Ranks Fifth in World Trade in Preliminary Report
The condensed preliminary report for the fiscal year ended March 1930 shows Canada fifth in imports exports and aggregate trade. Imports reached 1 248 274 000 dollars and exports 1 144 935 000 dollars, totaling 2 393 212 000 dollars.
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Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Farmers urged to save for crop failure every seven years
The Smithsonian Institution at Washington recommends farmers set aside a reserve annually for crop failures happening on a seven year cycle while the Agriculture Department urges reducing acreage due to excess supply. Farmers proceed with cautious measures as they assess the situation.
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Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Toronto Globe
Saskatchewan Flour Mills Output Gap With Manitoba Shown
Saskatchewan flour mills and grist mills now produce 15.781 million annually, only 3 million less than Manitoba. The figures compare provincial milling output and highlight regional energy in grain processing markets.
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Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Sunday School Lesson September 14 Reflections on Jeremiah
Golden text from Romans 14.12 asks each person to give an account to God. Lesson surveys Jeremiah 1 1 10 14 7 22 31 27 34 with devotional Psalm 119 33 40 focusing on guidance and accountability.
Jeremiah's Call as Prophet in Anathoth and Beyond
In the thirteenth year of Josiah Jeremiah son of a priest from Anathoth near Jerusalem confronts his Divine call. He resists, doubting his speaking powers as a youth, until Jehovah touches his mouth and commands him to speak His words to all nations. The moment marks a spiritual fusion of human and Divine Spirit.
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Jeremiah
Josiah
Anathoth
Jerusalem
God
Jehovah
John Gardner
Change In Marriage Law Sets Waiting Period Across BC
A new marriage law effective September 1 requires an eight day wait between license issue and ceremony. Immediate marriages may receive special permission. Clergymen must be registered with provincial authorities to officiate.
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British Columbia
Cement's Ingredients and Brazil Chain Stores
The article notes cement production relies on lime stone and clay as chief raw materials. It also reports that chain stores are expanding into Brazil, indicating changes in retail competition.
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Brazil
Great Expense To Country Showcases Mental Hygiene Costs
The bulletin from the Canadian National Committee of Mental Hygiene reports 29,579 insane and mentally deficient in provincial institutions, up 1,834 from last year. Upkeep costs total 16,820,745 dollars annually, exceeding war pensions, not counting private hospital expenses or lost productivity. Emphasis shifts to early signs, special education, and prevention. Provinces provide government funding to support these efforts.
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Canadian National Committee of Mental Hygiene
Canada
Aviator Fights Rattlesnake Aboard Plane In Cloud Escape
Hap py Wiggins, a Kansas aviator, fought a rattlesnake that crawled into his hangar- parked plane. The snake struck twice during the aerial struggle as the craft careened, Wiggins flung the reptile overboard and landed in a pasture. He was treated in Scott City for snake bites and poison effects. Galileo, the Italian astronomer, was the first to study the heavens with a telescope in 1610.
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Kansas
H. “Happy” Wiggins
Scott City
Wiggins
Galileo
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Happe
Government Inspection Department
Eee
Canada and World Trade
Saskatchewan Flour Mills
Snake
Brooder
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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