Geological Surveys Highlight New Gold and Copper Prospects
Federal geological surveys report hitherto unknown districts in the west favorable for gold production and in the east copper-nickel mineralization near Fort William Port Arthur. The $1,000,000 program, begun last June, covered 65 projects across Yukon Northwest Territories and all provinces except Prince Edward Island, employing nearly 1,000 field staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Camsell
Vancouver
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Prince Edward Island
Yellow Knife River
Manitoba
Cranbrook
British Columbia
Camsell
Canadian National Railways
Fort William
Port Arthur
Alberta Moose and Buffalo Shipment to Germany Studied
Dr Lutz Heck director of the Berlin Zoological Gardens completed a collection and study of Alberta big game including eight to ten moose and many buffalo from Wainwright for experimental breeding. He plans to share scientific results with the Canadian and German governments to preserve wildlife for posterity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Lutz Heck
Zoological Gardens
Berlin
Wainwright Wat
Germany
Heck
Uncle Joe Uloth of Guysboro District Known As Local Archive
An elderly information man in Guysboro County Nova Scotia known as Uncle Joe Uloth has become the district’s unofficial Who’s Who. For 92 years a resident, he recalls names of old-timers, their families, birthdays, dates, and local statistics from memory while he works. This year he planted and tended more than five bushels of potatoes and cut four cords of wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe" Uloth
Guysboro County
N.S
Joe
Punishment Fits Crime Set for Three Young Mechanics
In Montclair New Jersey three six year old boys were found operating a motorcycle with altered plates and claimed an irresistible impulse toward things mechanical. The judge sentenced them to year long Saturday duty in the police garage washing greasing and helping repair police cars paying weekly fines and attending night classes in automobile mechanics to curb their tinkering instincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voyss
Montclair
New Jersey
Automobile Mechanica
Windsor Daily Star
The Value Of Experience In Modern Thought
A Minneapolis Journal excerpt emphasizes that lessons from experience cannot be set aside and that enduring ideals guide practical life. It argues life is simple when lived honestly, loyally, and with a kind disposition toward neighbors, reflecting a timeless moral creed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis Journal
Clock for Rand Airport Opened 30 Foot Dial Seen at 3000 Feet
The article notes a 30 foot diameter clock, the largest horizontal clock, tested before shipment to Rand airport in South Africa where it will be visible to airmen at 3000 feet. It mentions Big Ben’s smaller dial and includes a curious aside on long English words and sound speed in warm weather.
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Mage
New
Rand
South Africa
Making Silhouettes With Home Lighting Techniques
A vintage guide by John Van Guilder explains how to create silhouettes using common bulbs and a sheet as a backdrop. It details setup with a sheet, a camera on a tripod, lighting from two 60 watt lamps or a photoflood, exposure times, and the steps to produce printable silhouettes for greeting cards and book plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John van Guilder
Not In Same Class Between Unemployable And Un employed There Is Big Difference on
Frank Carrel in the Quebec Chronicle Telegraph notes the unemployed include those who never worked lived for others lazy and those who fleeced others. He says many will not have easy times ahead as the economy winds from the low mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carrel
Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph
Airplane Rice Sowing Trial Reported in Russia and Ukraine
Visitors in Ukraine observed planes dropping rice across fields. The airborne sowing method, tried in parts of Russia, is expanding on a large scale. It can seed while the ground remains sodden, enabling sowing when traditional tools fail. China introduces domestic radio telephone service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Ukraine
Gift Towels Offer Bright Kitchen Style Patterns
A Winnipeg newspaper notice promotes gay cross stitched towels as ideal gifts for brides and mothers. It details eight to ninety design transfers, material needs, color ideas, and illustrations, with a request for 20 cents to obtain a transfer packet from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houmsbold Arta
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Canada’s Cattle Trade Boosts Australia Britain Link
Report from Glasgow on Canadian beef and dairy cattle sale at Merklands Wharf. Canadian government tests and supervision ensure high quality stock for export to Britain. Australia emerges as Canada’s third biggest world market, with large bilateral trade in lumber, canned goods, wine, wool, and sugar amid improving economic indicators and stable exchange controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Wm. Bosomworth and Sons
Merklands Wharf
Glasgow
Dominion
Britain
Australia
Canada
United Kingdom
United States
Dominions
J. R. Macgregor
Toronto
Robb
Macgregor
German demand for St Lawrence eels fuels mega shipment
Montreal to Hamburg aboard the Beaverford, hundreds of tons of St Lawrence eels are shipped annually to Germany. The 100 ton eel load bound for Hamburg marks a record, with eels chilled to minus 20 in cargo refrigeration and claimed to remain alive in barrels. The voyage forms part of a 6,000 ton overall cargo to London and Hamburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Beaverford
Isle of Orleans
Quebec
Germany
London
Hamburg
Integrated Noise Meter by Haynes Tracks Noises Like Gas Meter
Dr F B Haynes of Virginia Tech describes an integrated noise meter in The Review of Scientific Instruments. It uses a microphone, converts sound to current, and accumulates exposure in decibels, measuring total noise over time with a watt meter, similar to a gas meter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery Seteabe
Soapansa
Howe
Mint
Seapmos
Tata
Reese Awky
Ptr
F. B. Haynes
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Review of Scientific Instruments
Unemployed Grow Su Ku Bulb Industry in Port Credit
In Port Credit Ontario unemployed residents revive Su Ku bulb farming once started by Chinese settlers on marshlands near the Credit. Securing demand from Toronto Orientals they profit while village authorities back the local venture and ban outsiders from reviving the trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Credit
Ont
Une
Toronto Orientals
New Flower Becomes Deadly River Invasive Mystery
Report describes aquatic flowers that lure fish in tidal pools through vivid petals. They constrict and ingest prey, with accounts of insects, mice, dogs, and goats killed by venomous fumes or entrapment. Mentions Javanese species and a vanished Mount Mazana near Crater Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackpool Tower Aquarium
Tropics
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ontario
Board of Railway Commissioners For Canada
Moncton
N.B
Fatty
Joseph Sedgwick
K.C
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Maritime Transportation Commission
C. J. Burchell
Halifax
Commission
Maritime Provinces
Maritimes
Buffalo
Cypesnapshot Guild
KODAK
Phouettes
China
Wn Book Published
Commonwealth Bank
England
Blackpool
Mazana
Crater Lake
Oregon
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