Work Of Reclaiming Drouth Stricken Areas Proves A Major Task
A statement by the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Advisory Committee notes reclaiming drouth stricken areas of western Canada is a major task. Dr. E B Archibald chairs the committee with Dr. E S Hopkins directing field work. The plan aims to include whole townships, assist 4800 farmers, and fund water conservation, windbreaks, and tree planting through the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act.
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Canada
Prairie Farm
E. 8. Archibald
Dominion Experimental Farms
E. 8
Hopkins
Dominion Field Husbandman
Prairies
Robert Weir
Paralysis in fowl progress and control measures
Experts report range of fowl paralysis a growing concern since its 1929 outbreak in poultry flocks. The disease causes unsteady gait and eventual paralysis in pullets aged three to five months, with older birds susceptible. Control tips include culling affected birds, thorough disinfection, and resting infected ground for four months before reuse.
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Europe
Eat Meat to Avoid Defeat S Africa Trades Exposition Note
A Cape Argus correspondent notes South Africa shifted from a meat heavy diet to cereals over twenty years. He links diet to physique changes and cites a trades exhibition opening where butchers gifted a joint of beef to the mayor with the slogan Eat Meat to Avoid Defeat.
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South Africa
Butchers
Cape Argus
Soy bean uses span feeds to ice cream and more
The article lists soy beans as a versatile raw material for cattle feed paints varnish oils linoleum buttons and many other products plus sixty five foods including soy bean ice cream. It notes soy has long history in the Orient and that it was first grown in North America in 1904.
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Orient
Last of the single wheeler locomotive retires after 780000 miles
The Canadian National Railways reports the historic Greasman locomotive retired from public passenger service after 780 000 miles. Built in 1888, it was the last of the single wheelers, with a seven foot diameter driving wheel.
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Greasmans
Natonal Railways
Dual purpose ornamental fruits offer beauty and food value
Dr. A B Colby of the University of Illinois notes edible ornamental plants. The Japanese quince provides fruit for jelly making with apples. The high bush cranberry once used by Indians as pembina jelly pairs beauty with sustenance. Nanking cherries also yield edible fruit on ornamental shrubs.
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A. 8
Colby
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Architect Had His Way in Delhi Building Dispute
The tale recalls Sir Edwin Lutyens facing Viceroy Lord Hardinge over Delhi's design. Hardinge urged a pointed arch citing a local benefactor, but Lutyens declared the greatest benefactor to India was God and that the rainbow came without the arch. The architect prevailed.
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Sir Edwin Lutyens
New Delhi
India
Lord Hardinge
Rajah
Sir Edwin Lutyen
God
Model lifts 1000-pound load with steam engine
A homebuilt stationary steam engine by Walter Gregory of Quincy Massachusetts lifts 1000 pounds. The boiler stands 24 inches tall with a 9 inch high firebox, and 37 tubes each 15 inches long. Technical experts traveled long distances to view the impressive apparatus.
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Walter Gregory
Quincy
Mass
Do Not Wash Aluminum Saucepans With Soda Water
A brief household tip warns against washing aluminum saucepans with soda water due to potential damage. It advises using plain warm water and mild soap for cleaning.
London Real Estate Boom Sparks Historic Value Recall
John Grigg notes London’s ongoing building boom and rising inner city land values. He cites Piccadilly’s eighteenth century sale for 1500, Crown land dispersals, and Charles II’s restoration of open space that preserves public access today.
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London
John Grigg
New York Sun
Piccadilly
Charles II
Grain Appeal Involving Chicago Dealer Ready For Court
The U S government filed a 127 page brief in the U S circuit court of appeals challenging Arthur W Caten a Chicago grain dealer's two year suspension from trading privileges Oral arguments are expected in October The government contends the grain futures commission acted within its jurisdiction to suspend the trader A Scottish quarry blast removed 20 tons of granite to sustain operations for five years The piece closes noting that in a free country the people demand laws to make themselves behave
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Chicago
Arthur W. Caten
U.S
United States Circuit Court ‘of Appeals
Wendell Berge
Leo F. Tierney
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Grain Futures Commission
Sun cycle linked to 23 year weather forecasts
Dr Abbott reports new weather research tying solar radiation to Earth climate. He identifies a 23 year cycle driven by a double sun spot pattern, predicting patterns recur about every 23 years with variations month to month, suggesting a forecast window around 1987.
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Abbott
Canada Boosts Imports from United Kingdom in June
Official returns show Canada’s imports from the United Kingdom rose from £1,928,000 in June 1934 to £1,990,880 last month. The piece notes a new Order in Council taxing Japan, and cites beef sales in Canada for June 1985 at 3,312,501 pounds.
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United Kingdom
Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Japan
America
London
How to avoid lens distortion in portraits says John Van Guilder
The article explains that close distance and forward placed hands distort appearance in portraits. It warns that a camera three feet away can exaggerate features like large feet or hands and advises keeping limbs near the body with fingers folded.
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Wao
Tle
Giant camera anchors San Francisco Bay bridge shown in light
The article describes the San Francisco Bay Bridge anchorage as housing the world’s largest camera. A concrete 15 story high box with 197 feet long and 82 feet tall supports vent holes acting as pinhole lenses. The upside down images show bridge towers and ferries, captured in varying light.
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San Francisco Bay
Sugar as brain fuel energizes thinking says science study
Experiments reported by Dra H E Himwich and J F Fazikas of Yale University to the American Physiological Society show the brain uses glucose for energy. The brain breaks sugar to simpler compounds and burns lactic acid for energy, similar to a steam engine burning coal. When nicotine is mixed with brain tissue, lactic acid burning stops but oxidation continues if glucose is present, indicating two energy pathways from glucose.
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Science Service
American Physiological Society
Dra. H. E. Himwich
J. F. Fazikas
Yale University
Himwich
Experience Is Valuable 2 on New York Central Lines
Detroit Saturday Night notes New York Central Lines pensioned 700 employees who reached 70 and retired under rules. The group, about one percent of the workforce, included many top performers who were rehired, proving lengthy experience yields strong job competence and challenging the 40 age limit notion.
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New York Central Lines
New York Central
Detroit
New York Builds First Highway Lighting Experiment
New York state will place a strip of state highway at Latham with 25 sodium vapor lamps controlled by photo electric cells. The lights switch off at sunrise and come on as dusk falls, then reverse to provide visibility in fog or rain.
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New York State
Latham
Largest Open Air Zoo Listed Among East Africa Wonders
The Ngoro Ngoro crater near Tanganyika is described as the world’s largest open air zoo with vast wild game. Sir Harold Macmichael plans roads for cars to access the crater rim, enabling more tourists to view this East African wonder.
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East Africa
Ngoro Ngoro
Harold Macmichael
Tanganyika
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