Rust Resistant Wheat Emerges From Ten Years Of Research
Dominion scientists announce a rust resistant wheat variety developed through ten years of lab and field work. Trials show milling and baking quality rivaling Marquis and Reward, with initial seed increasing in 1936 for 1937 distribution to registered farmers. Final tests and an official release date are planned after an upcoming Winnipeg meeting.
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Dominion
West Mall
Heye
Dominion Government
Morden
Trogsing Reward
Dominion Rust Tesearch Laboratories
Winnipeg
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Allo
Ita
J. M. Walsh
Dominion Rust Research Laboratory
Memorial for Livingstone Beets in South Africa
South African Scots erected a Livingstone memorial statue in Devil's Cataract near Victoria Falls. The statue, sculptured in Scotland and funded by Scots in the Union, was unveiled by Hugh A. Moffatt. A Rhodesia ex premier and Livingstone relative attended and a pipe band from Bulawayo played. The service recalled his burial in Johannesburg before reinterment in Westminster Abbey.
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South Africa
David Livingstone
Blantyre
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Union of South Africa
Rhodesia
Union Castle
Donal Currie
Devil's Cataract
Victoria Falls
Livingstone
Niagara
Hugh A. Moffatt
Bulawayo
Johannesburg
Westminster Abbey
St. Thomas
Television Car Projects Clearer Scenes For Radio Listeners
In Germany a television pickup car mounts a motion picture camera on its roof with a cast iron support. The exposed film ribbon is developed in a minute and a half inside the car. The film is scanned into 180 lines and converted into electrical impulses sent by radio. Listeners receive the signals and often see more clearly than the现场 audience at the scene.
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Germany
Czech inventor patents twenty four strike match
Rudolf Petruska of Czecho-Slovakia patents a match that will strike twenty four times and resist moisture after thirty five years of development. The invention works wet or damp and can strike anywhere. A company has been formed to market the matches.
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Rudolf Petruska
French Hoarders Keep Billions in Gold and Francs
Official Statistics indicate twenty seven billion francs in gold and bills are hidden in a traditional French wool sock. One thousand franc notes are favored by hoarders, with over seven billion francs reportedly missing from circulation.
Polar Winds and Winds of the Antarctic
Professor Debenham cautions against predicting future wind energy wonders while noting the Antarctic winds between 50 and 100 mph create vast air flows. He references windmills and wireless power ideas as speculative yet physicists and engineers cannot dismiss improbable possibilities.
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Debenham
Wells
Antarctic
Great Dipper to Look Different in Generations Say Astronomers
Prof. R.S. Duggas of Princeton University told the 54th annual convention in Toronto that the Great Dipper will have a totally different appearance in a few generations. He noted the star patterns are shifting as astronomers explore new discoveries in this area.
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R.S. Duggas
American Astronomical Society
Princeton University
Toronto
Hig
Dr George W Kerby Named VP of International Federation
Mount Royal Junior College Calgary principal Dr George W Kerby is named vice-president of the International Home and School Federation. Miss Ishbel MacDonald, daughter of the former British prime minister, is president.
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George W. Kerby
Mount Royal
Calgary
International Home and School Federation
Ishbel MacDonald
Great Britain
Bizarre Zoological Cargo Brought to London Harbor
A curious shipment linked to Royal Zoological Society arrives in London aboard the steamship seands. The cargo includes vam pire bats, snakes, a puma, a king vulture, and two Mazatec sea cows, donated by Professor Urich from Imperial College. The shipment marks a historic arrival for the spa’s animal and bird life collection.
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Pepe
London
Royal Zoological Society
Mizepecknens
Trinidad
Ands
Urich
Imperial Collage
Alec
Eme
Bos
Spa
Atlantic
Royal precedence shifts as future duchess among top ranks
The article outlines changes in royal precedence and succession with the future Duchess of Gloucester set to become the fourth lady in the land, moving ahead of the Duchess of Kent. It lists current male and female orders of precedence and the throne sequence, noting Elizabeth and Margaret Rose among the princesses and the positions of Gloucester and Kent.
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Duchess of Gloucester
Duke of Gloucester
Duchess of Ketn
Duke of Kent
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Princess Royal
Princess Mary
Duchess of York
Duchess of Kent
Princess Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
How to nap a memory album photograph tips
A reader asks how many Nap Shot Guild members have photographed their children this summer and suggests creating a memory album. The article offers practical camera tips for capturing natural images of children outdoors, advising near distance, proper lighting, and avoiding squinting, attributed to John Van Guilder.
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Napshot Guild
Billie
Imperial Fruit Show at Cardiff Wales Opens with Canadian Entries
The fifteenth Imperial Fruit Show runs October 35 to November 2, 1935 at Greyfells Hall Cardiff. Canadian growers from Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario and British Columbia aim for the blue ribbon as protective packing rules improve fruit quality for the Empire’s competition. The event offers a $200 prize and the Fruit Branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture advises exhibitors on shipment details.
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Great Britain
Greyfelrs Hall
Cardiff
Wales
British Empire
Canada
Dundas County
Ontario
Ottawa
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Irish Columbia
Empire
Dominion
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Protein Content Of Wheat Tests From Western Crops
The 1985 wheat crop tests by the grain commission lab mirror 1934 levels. Alberta 27 points yield 14.5 percent this year versus 14.4 last year. Saskatchewan 176 points show 14.2 percent this year compared with 15.0 last year. Manitoba 25 points average 13.6 percent against 12.8 percent. A total of 407 samples from three provinces have been analyzed with more tests planned as harvest continues.
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Grain Research Laboratory
Board of Grain Commissioners
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Germany's One Man Band Returns After Century Break
At Stuttgart's Provincial Trade Museum the original one man band, with 259 instruments, resumes playing in blended harmony known as Pop harmonicum. Constructed in Vienna in 1805 by Maelzel, it inspired a Beethoven symphony for Vittoria and once symbolized a Peninsular War victory. Now called Orchestreon, it features 36 clarinets 37 flutes 36 hautboys 16 bassoons eight trumpets and a large drum.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Popharmonicum
Vienna
Austria
Maelzel
Ratisbon
Beethoven
Duke of Wellington
Vittoria
Orchestreon
Canada Condensed Milk Output Rises in Seven Months
The combined production of all condensed milk items in Canada for January to July 1935 reached 65 million pounds, up 8.8 million pounds or 17 percent from the same period in 1934.
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Canada
Allotment to Agriculture Dept for year ending June 30 1936
For the fiscal year ending June 30 1936 the allotment to the Federal Department of Agriculture of the United States totals 125,112,483 dollars.
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Federal Department of Agriculture of the
United States
War death tolls spark Italy’s renewed war will
A May Port Arthur News Chronicle resume of World War statistics lists Russia at 2,762,064 dead Germany 2,050,646 France 1,427,000 British Empire 1,098,819 Austria Hungary 200,000 Serbia 707,343 total 507,160. The figures may explain Italy’s current willingness to risk engagement again.
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Port Arthur
Russia
Germany
France
Austria-Hungary
Serbia
Italy
Willingnezs
Long Distance Paddle Ends in Boston After 300 Mile Trek
John Goetz, 35, of New York City, completed a 300 mile paddle from his home in New York to Boston despite stiffness and blistered hands. He lost 10 pounds during his 14 days of paddling.
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John Goetz
New York
Boston
Goetz
New York City
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John van Guilder
Prairie Provinces
E. & Archibald
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Committee
Norman M. Ros
Minion Experimental Farms
Rosa
Western
Ross
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