Northern rail links to Hudson Bay eye port expansion
The On-to-the-Bay Association touts rail extensions from Churchill to Winnipeg Big River Saskatchewan Lake Athabaska Prince Albert Saskatoon Edmonton Calgary and Vancouver as a path to direct Hudson Bay access. Proposals aim to shrink distances lower freight costs boost mineral and farm markets, and attract tourists while enhancing national defense, with gradual development expected rather than immediate full construction.
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Churchill
Hudson's Bay
Bay
Western Provinces
Pacific Coast
Winnipeg
Pas
Big River
Saskatchewan
Lake Athabaska
Prince Albert
Saskatoon
Alberta Great Waterways Railway
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
CNR
Alberta
B.C. Coast
Peace River Country
Lkely
Prairie Provinces
Europe
Orient
Pacific
Canada
Great Britain
Great Northland
Northland
United States
Hudson's Bay Land
Seaboard
Did Not Act The Part At Goldplated Securities
A former secretary describes leaving Goldplated Securities after a week, denouncing the Vice-president as ineffective and lax about hours. The dialogue shifts to cinema, noting actors who stand out from the screen in reviews and experimental methods used.
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Goldplated Securities
King Edward VII visit to unveil Vimy memorial
The King looks forward to visiting Canada and meeting former Canadian corps comrades on Vimy Ridge. He plans to unveil Canada's national memorial there on July 26, per a message to Walter S. Woods of Ottawa, vice-chairman of the national Vimy pilgrimage committee.
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King Edward VII
Vimy Ridge
Canadan Corps
Canada
Walter S. Woods
Ottawa
Vancouver to Host 44th National Council of Women Meet
Delegates at Halifax closed the 1936 convention agreeing Vancouver will host the 44th annual National Council of Women meeting next year. An invitation for the 1837 convention was offered by Vancouver and Halifax, but a standing vote favored the Pacific coast location.
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National Council of Women
Vancouver
Halifax
Pacific Coast
Antarctic Gales Could Power World Says Professor Debenham
Professor Frank Debenham of the Scott Polar Research Institute believes wind from the Antarctic plateau could drive world power stations once power transmission via radio is possible. He envisions subterranean Antarctic cities with artificial sunlight and climate control, though life there remains impossible.
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Profesor
Antarctic
Frank Debenham
Captain Scott
Scott Polar Research Institute
Cambridge
England
Debenham
South Polar
New Ozone Blanket Said to Warm Earth Sky Weather
Brian O'Brien of Rochester University presents a new heat theory at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Rochester. He proposes a stratospheric ozone blanket 15 to 20 miles up that reflects Earth's heat back downward, altering weather as its thickness shifts with solar radiation.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
Rochester
Brian O'Brien
University
Af Rochester
National Geographic Society
United States
Semi Air Corps
American Meteorological Society
Science Association
North America
Prof. O'Brien
Allantoin Drug Showers Hope for Nonhealing Wounds
The United States Department of Agriculture announced outstanding success from a new drug, allantoin, in treating burns, chronic ulcers, and other non healing wounds. Dr William Robinson noted notable physician and surgeon use across the country and extended applications to mouth infections diabetic ulcers and osteomyelitis.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
William Robinson
Robinson
English music master leads Vancouver Kitellano band tour
Arthur W. Delamont, an English-born music master, leads 50 youthful proteges the Vancouver Kitellano band on a Canada and British Isles tour. The group emerged from a modest studio start nine years ago. Frost is unlikely with wind or heavy clouds, a clear night will yield frost after raindrops.
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Arthur W. Delamont
Vancouver
Inscriptions to Be Engraved on Canadian Memorial at Vimy
Four inscriptions will be carved on the Canadian war memorial at Vimy Ridge. The readings honor Canada’s sixty thousand dead with English French and Latin texts, noting the April 9 1917 assault by the Canadian Corps and commemorating French and British troops.
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Vimy
Timy
Canada
Vaillance
Crete
Yassault
Avril
Armes Francais Et
Selected Recipes Temperature 350 and almond flavored bake
A recipe card outlines baking by first creaming butter with sugar and Crown Brand corn syrup, then adding yolks and beaten eggs. It describes folding in flour, cornstarch, salt, baking powder and flavorings, shaping in a 9 by 12 pan, preparing a meringue, and baking about an hour with almonds on top.
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Crown Brand
Benson's
Saskatchewan Forest Survey Plans Preserve Timber
The Dominion Forestry Service will conduct a survey of cut over forests in Saskatchewan this summer in cooperation with the provincial Department of Natural Resources. The goal is to determine timber growth rates to protect forests from excessive cutting and move lumbering to a sustained yield basis. Federal approval was granted following a request by Hon. W. F. Serr.
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Saskatchewan
Dominion Forestry Service
Povincial Department of Natural Resources
W. F. Serr
Second Place South Africa Now Trails US in Auto Ownership
South Africa ranks second to the United States in automobile ownership by population. In a single week, vessels delivered over 1,700.
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Outh Africa
United States
South Africa
Great Arctic Tunnel Road Would Link Alaska and Siberia
A long discussed plan proposes a highway and tunnel across the Bering Strait linking Yukon Alaska with Siberia. Backed by eastern and western financiers the project promises mineral wealth rich in pitchblende gold silver and copper and hints at global motor tours in the future.
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Bering Straits
Alaska
Siberia
Arctic
Yukon
Northland
aub-Arctic
Can Of Fruit Weigh Standard Adopted By Council
The National Council of Women decided that the net weight of canned fruit and other foods should be stamped plainly on the outside of the container. Delegates condemned misleading mid sizes and urged standardization of in between sizes. The Vancouver local council moved the resolution.
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National Council of Women
Van
Vancouver
Quotation on a son’s thirst for knowledge
A brief dialogue centers on a mother and father where the son’s desire for learning is acknowledged. The father explains the source of the knowledge to the mother, asserting the son learns from the family and inherits curiosity from his father.
Science And Agriculture Seek By-Product Uses Of Straw
Dr. Harold Hibbert of McGill, speaking in Edmonton, notes straw’s mineral content hinders paper making but may be overcome. He leads chemurgy efforts to find new industrial uses for Canadian farm products, aiming mutual benefits for farmers and manufacturers as Canada’s wood pulp reserves limit straw adoption.
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Canada
Harold Hibbert
McGill University
Edmonton
McGill
Hibbert
Scientifc
Arctic greenhouse yields year round vegetables under electric light
Agronomist Alexandrov reports lettuce cabbage and parsley grown under electric light on Dickson Island Russia with plans for cucumbers tomatoes and eggplant. Hothouse dill cabbage sprouts and radishes also expected. Alderman Andrew Smeaton elected president of the Union of Alberta municipalities in Lethbridge with Edmonton as 1937 convention city.
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Arctic
Alexandrov
Dickson Island
Russia
Capa
Andrew Smeaton
Lethbridge
Leglature
Union of Alberta
Edmonton
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