World Happenings Briefly Told From Ottawa To Alberta
News briefs from Ottawa report the governors office announcing the cancer fund remains open through the jubilee season, now at 300000 dollars. Manitoba plans an extra seaplane for forestry patrols as part of a replacement program. Port Arthur residents must break rock for relief projects, with quotas set. A Hymn of Thanksgiving by John Masefield will be sung by 500 Welsh regiment men at the Aldershot tattoo in June. The Ashworth, first vessel into Church Manitoba's north port, will load at Newcastle and Antwerp for western Canada, departing England in July. Major C H Douglas, en route to Edmonton, says social credit action in Alberta is possible. Die Stunde charges Hitler with a May Day insult for 90 dollars. Ramsay MacDonald attends a royal academy opening as the vestibule glass ceiling collapses without anyone inside.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Ste Air
Forestry Patrol Service
Port Arthur
John Masefield
Sir Walford Davies
Aldershot
Ashworth
Dalgleish Line
Newcastle
Antwerp
Canada
England
C. H. Douglas
Edmonton
Social Credit
Alberta
Die
Stunde
Adolf Hitler
Ramsay MacDonrad
Montreal’s early gas lamp era reshaped street illumination
A century ago street lighting shifted from coal oil to gas in Montreal. In 1835 a $500 yearly subsidy was sought for a projected gas light company, by 1837 200 lamps lit city streets, and by 1863 a contract secured 700 lamps. Lamps burned 21 nights monthly with moonlight the rest.
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Gas Company
Montreal
Radio sets rise in Canada reaches over 1.3 million
The trade paper Radio Sets In Canada RC Paull reports 1,308,000 radio receiving sets in use in Canada, with Ontario home to 897,983. Earlier wire service tally put licensed sets around 750,000. The Ottawa Journal notes Canada’s 12 months to March export 659 million and import 522 million, totaling 1.181 billion in trade.
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RC. Paull
Canadian Performing Rights Society
Toronto
Canada
Wireass
Dominion
Ontario
Ottawa Journal
Princess Louise Daughter Of Queen Victoria
Princess Louise, 87, remains at Kensington Palace with ties to Victoria’s era. Her late husband the Duke of Argyll died in 1914. A patron of the arts, she studied sculpture with Sir Edgar Boehm and Sir John Millais, and influenced royal etiquette by interceding to waive Victoria’s ban on divorced ladies attending court.
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Queen Victoria
Sui
Kensington Palace
Louise
Princess Louise
Broad Walk
Kensington Palace Gardens
Barrie
Duke of Argyll
Roseneath
Scotland
Prince Consort
Edgar Boehm
John Millais
Rastington
Royal Society
Opie Rime
Sterling Products Limited re-elects officers in Windnor Ont meeting
At Sterling Products Limited annual meeting in Windnor Ont the board approved higher advertising expenditures for the year. Officers re-elected include H L Schade as president H L Kinnucen as vice president and H C Eastman as secretary-treasurer. The firm markets Dr Lyons Tooth Powder Cocoanut Shampoo and other products.
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Dette
Sterling Products (Limited
Windnor
Ont
H. L Schade
H. L. Kinnucen
H.C. Eastman
Sec
MF Schade
Connect Segromenent
Sterling Company
Dr. Lyon
Phillips Mile
Philip’ Dental Mageesia
Pepe
Pape
Jase
Seta
Sinead
Little Journeys In Science Parasites Across Animal Kingdom
The article defines an animal parasite as a organism that lives on or in another host and notes parasitism spans all animal groups. It highlights protozoa arthropods and flat and round worms as prolific parasite hosts and describes external and internal parasites and their economic impact especially in cattle and horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Animal Kingdom
Esceca
Tropics
New Antiseptic Ice Glaze Boosts Fish Trade
Prince Rupert scientists at the Pacific Fisheries Experimental Station unveil a crack proof antiseptic ice glaze for frozen fish. The storage aid aims to prevent rusting and cracking, stop drying, seal surfaces, and kill bacteria, potentially saving millions for the industry after a British Columbia firm reports successful glazing of halibut.
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Prince Rupert
Pacific Fisheries Experimental Staion
British Columbia
Biscuits From Betty Barclay With Currants
Betty Barclay shares a weekly recipe for bran muffins using all bran milk honey flour baking powder and salt with butter and currants. Mix wet ingredients into bran, sift dry ingredients and cut in butter, combine and knead lightly, then shape, bake at 425 degrees F for about 25 minutes yielding 12 biscuits, each about 2.5 inches wide.
Orange Moss Mold Dessert Recipe Card
Dissolve gelatin in warm water. Stir in sugar orange juice and zest. Chill until syrupy then fold in whipped cream until thick and shiny not stiff. Chill again until slightly thickened. Turn into mold chill until firm unmold serves six.
Air Locarno Planned by Britain France and Italy
Governments of Britain France and Italy draft an air Locarno pact for swift reprisals against aerial aggression. The plan follows the London Anglo French communiqué of February 3 with Italy later joining. Five signatories in total Britain France Italy Germany and Belgium. A wind aided plane flew 220 miles from Croydon to Amsterdam in about an hour.
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Great Britain
France
Italy
London
Britain
Germany
Belgium
Croydon
England
Amsterdam
Volland
Handwriting Analysis for Character Clues in Winnipeg Letters
Readers respond to graphology notes and a Winnipeg columnist recounts letters from readers about self knowledge. A broadminded 40 year old admits the analysis hit home. The piece promotes a graphologist offering handwriting analysis with postage and return envelopes.
Seeping glassware grows dull yet polishes with salt rinse
A tarnish remedy advises washing glassware in hot water with one tablespoonful of salt per quart and avoiding soap. Rinse in clean water to restore crystal shine. The dialogue contrasts a dictionary need with bank letters, lightly humorous.
Ethiopians seek Canadian help to develop resources
Canadian business interests are invited by Emperor Haile Selassie to enter Ethiopia and develop its natural resources. James H. Mason of Toronto Mining, aided by Prof. A. B. Mercer of Trinity College, is negotiating with Ottawa to foster trade and industrial ventures with Ethiopia and East Africa. The Gojam region is highlighted for Canadian development.
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Ethiopia
Halle Selassie
James H. Masco
Toronto
L. A. Taschereau
Mason
A.B Mercer
Trinity College
University of Toronto
Australia
Canada
Taschereau
Europe
RB. Hanson
W. L. Mackenzie King
Maton
Dominion
Mr. Mason
Gojam
Drought Stretch Traced by Tree Rings In Southwest
A 23 year drought from 1276 to 1299 in the southwestern Rocky Mountain region prompted Indian village abandonments and crop losses. The tale retrieved from tree rings was presented to the Southwestern Division of the AAAS in Santa Fe by R A E Douglass of the University of Arizona.
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Columbus
America
Rocky Mountain
American Association For the Advance of Science
Santa Fe
R. A. E. Douglass
The
University of Arizona
New Governor General Buchan Praised As Bridge Between Continents
The New York Times lauds Governor General John Buchan as the best bridge between Britain and Canada and North America. It notes his past chapters in British American history and his role in shaping the next era. The description places him among eminent Scotsmen representing the English-speaking race at its finest.
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Times
Canada
John Buchan
Scotland
British America
North America
New York Times
Thinning and Care Tips for a Year-Round Garden
Garden advice stresses thinning after plants reach about an inch, with spacing varying by plant size from a foot for marigolds to two to three feet for cosmos and dahlias. Lettuce and radish need thinning, beans and tomatoes need staking and regular pruning, and hot weather crops require rich soil and proper timing including multiple plantings for continuous harvests.
Arctic Flier Sets Record on 900 Mile Arctic Flight
Walter Gilbert chief pilot for Canadian Airways Mackenzie delta division flew Cameron Bay to Cambridge Bay and back 900 miles in a day. He carried 20 bales of Arctic white fox valued around 4000 dollars and refueled at Copper Mine. The trip began 6 30 am with Mrs E Paisley and daughter aboard.
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Arctic
Walter Gilbert
Canadian Airways
Mackenzie Delta
Cameron Bay
N.W.T
Cambridge Bay
Canalaskan Trading Company
Arctic Ocean
Coppermine
Gilbert
E. Paisley
Royal Canadian Signal Corps
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Cuba
Sterling Products
Gordon H. Guest, M.A
Betty Barclay
Air Locarno
Dy Lawrence Hibbert
Lawrence ‘Bbert
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Jackson
Johnson
New York
Kent
V.a.d’s
V.ad
Brith Red Cross
Chisieburat
Tegu
Lal
Wadia
Mecca
Gardening Gordon L. Smith
Breen
Arctic Flier
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