Look Ahead For Western Canada Crops And Prudence
The article surveys Western Canada and the prairie provinces, noting that abundant moisture in southern Saskatchewan promises a normal to above normal crop and ample livestock feed. It urges prudent planning, reserves, and frugality, warning that nature governs prosperity and past droughts teach future preparation. It cites 1934 35 export figures for Canadian canned fruit and potato seed to Great Britain as context for trade and resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Joseph
Twe
Great Britain
Giant dome of black substance found in northern Saskatchewan
Reports from Lac Te a la Crosse describe a huge mound of black material resembling coal or tar sands near Vermette Lake by Lac la Plonge Regina Leader. Salt spring bubbles from the center, suggesting possible natural gas or oil. Attorney General T C Davis plans analysis after bringing samples from a plane survey.
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Saskatchewan
Lac Te A la Crosse
Davis
Vermette Lake
Lac la Plonge
Regina Leader
Kruschen Salts Helped Woman Overcome Rheumatic Pain
A testimonial from Mrs J H recounts severe rheumatic pain in arms and hands that kept her from housework and sleep. After using Kruschen Salts for three weeks she reports marked relief, noting two ingredients dissolve acid crystals causing the agony and others aid natural expulsion through the body.
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Kruschen
J. H
Nature
German Liners Bremen and Europa Set to Challenge Normandie
Dispatch from Hamburg quotes Boerzen Zeitung saying the North German Lloyd ships Bremen and Europa may push to seize the blue ribbon of the Atlantic from Normandie. It notes Germans believe these liners have held back top speed in regular runs, reserving horsepower for direct competition with Normandie or Cunard White Star Queen Mary.
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Bremen
Europa
Loyd
Boerzen Zeitung
Hamburg
Rex
Germany
A marvel at languages man at hl has working koons
A man named Hay demonstrates multilingual proficiency with around six hundred languages. He claims ability in Samat Sloan Purhtu Panjabi Gujarati Marathi Urdu Hind Bengal Oriya Tam Tengu Kataree Malayalam Ja faii Tibetan Arabic Coptic Armenian Ethiopic Ancient Egyptian Chinese Syrian Greek Hebrew among others. The note adds that his aim is a readable assay of language mastery and cites a curious Octal Languages project.
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George
Hay
London
Foeign
MF Hay le
Samat
Lake Superior Larger Than Victoria Nyanza Says Study
Science Service reports estimates placing Lake Superior as the world’s largest freshwater lake, exceeding Africa’s Lake Victoria Nyanza by about a thousand square miles when depth and area are considered. The claim comes from newspaper science service material noting vast submerged depths and reeds in Victoria Nyanza reduce usable area.
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Science Service
Superior
Thronicle
Lake Superior
Lake Victoria Nyanza
Africa
Victoria Nyanza
Val
Port Arthur
Bolton police novelty to stop motor bandits
A Bolton officer unveils a motor bandit stopper a speed ball that bursts into six feet of spikes to shred tires when thrown in front of a speeding car. A Swedish geologist argues the South Island of New Zealand once had a warm subtropical climate about 1000 B C before cooling trends began.
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Bolton
England
South Island
New Zealand
Animals Like To Play and Bears Are Great Fun Makers
Monkeys playing tunes and dressing up like humans amuse at the London Zoo where four young chimpanzees dine from tin plates and pass dishes politely. Polar bears entertain on an ice floe with a tug of war until one slips in and the other rescues and restarts the game.
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London Zoo
Town Seeing Double Contest In California Brought 500 Pairs Of Twins
Long Beach hosts a twin contest drawing 500 pairs of twins with youngest Patricia Gale and Sale Patricia La Forte at 11 weeks and oldest among the group aged 85. A twin judge oversaw a marriage ceremony with 71 pairs as bridesmaids and another pair as flower girl and ringbearer as the town remains double. A quirky note tells of a Turkey Mothers Hawks case where a hen turkeys adopted hawk nest eggs hatched under her care after Read moved eggs from bashaw district farms.
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California
Long Beach
Patricia Gale
Sale Patricia la Forte
A. L. Mel Arden
Hale and Hearty
D. Read
Bashaw
Read
England Invents Extendable Bed Keyboard and Piano Aid
An English invention features a keyboard extendable over a bed for frail users and a piano mechanism operable by a person who is ill. The device aims to provide accessible music-making for bedridden or limited mobility individuals.
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England
Queen Mary Lauded For Kindness And Conversation
A Manchester Guardian piece portrays Queen Mary as genuinely kind and approachable. It notes her memory for people she meets, her modest humor, and her focus on Princess Elizabeth as her chief interest in life.
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Manchester Guardian
Queen Mary
Elizabeth
Rome expels Chicago Tribune Rome correspondent over anti Italian articles
The Italian government press bureau expelled David Darrah and his wife from Rome after deeming his reports anti Italian. Italy also warned against circulating copies of the New York Times due to an editorial linking Baldwin and Mussolini. The move follows actions against English papers and a ban on German Nazi press.
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Italy
Rome
Chicago ‘Tribune
David Darrah
Chicago Tribune
Darrah
New York Times
Stanley Baldwin
Great Britain
Benito Mussolini
Tay
New York
Manchester
Silver boom draws miners to Mayo Yukon camp
Miners and newcomers pour into Mayo Yukon Territory as silver prices rise. Every available house and cabin is occupied while large operators tune up gear and individual claim owners prepare ore for summer shipments.
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Mayo
Yukon Territory
Spinning device tests wheel balance without road tests
Popular Mechanics describes a safer wheel balance test using a spinner wheel on a motor shaft mounted on a rubber-tired dolly. The wheel is spun to 80 to 100 mph while the car remains in the shop, revealing out of balance when shimmy speeds shake the car.
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Mechanica
Choir Boys Praise Chocolate Milkshakes on Tour
Twelve London choir school youngsters returned from a concert tour in Canada and the United States. They spoke of impressions with food dominating their epigrams. One chorister hailed chocolate milkshake as a marvelous drink and doubted finding it at home.
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London Choir School
England
Canada
United States
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Firestone
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Yukon
American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers
Toronto
W. A. Stark
Cleveland
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Ogden
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