Rust-Resistant Wheats Promised for Western Canada
Ottawa announced that spring 1937 will bring limited quantities of rust resistant wheats after decades of cross breeding. Studies show stem rust spreads from rusted grain south of the boundary. soil treatment does not stop infection. Two Marquis crosses and related lines emerge as the most promising, with several thousand bushels slated for distribution to western farmers once quality is confirmed.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canada
Dominion
Brandon
Man
Indian Head
Sask
Winnipeg
Dominion Rust Research Laboratory
Marquis
Federal Department of Agriculture
H. T. Gussow
Knife shapes changed by Cardinal Richelieu in Italy history
Historical note recounts knives in Italy before 1601 and how Cardinal Richelieu ordered rounded knife ends after witnessing Chancellor Seguir using a knife as a toothpick. The tale implies a deliberate shift to blunt ends across possessions tied to Richelieu.
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Forki Ag
Italy
Eszlonc
Cardinal Richelieu
Seguir
Texas Leads Nation in Turkey Production Amid Report
A truncated report notes Texas tops all states in turkey production while North Dakota ranks among others. The fragment hints at comparative agriculture data and state rankings without full figures or dates. Further details awaited to confirm exact rankings and quantities.
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Texas
North Dakota
New Vaccine Cuts Common Cold Cases Significantly
A new tetrophile vaccine claimed to cut colds by 43.7 percent last winter was reported in Science. Among 399 participants, a 70 percent reduction was observed, offset by a 26.3 percent fraction due to mild colds. An additional 46 frequent sufferers showed greatly reduced or no colds. Researchers include Rockwell Van Kirk Powell from Cincinnati Lilly Labs.
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New York
Science
American Association For the Advancement of Science
George E. Rockwell
Hermann C. van Kirk
University of Cincinnati Department of Bacteriology
H. M. Powell
Lilly Research Laboratories
Indianavolts
Salt's Wide Uses Highlighted by Farmers Chart
Salt is essential beyond human needs with livestock requiring more. The Salt Division of CLL. publishes a chart detailing salt use in the barn for stock rations and hay fermentation, in the dairy for cows and butter wrapping, in the home for table use and pickling, and for curing meat with smoked salt. Salmon feats are noted at Kettle Falls with a 16 to 20 foot leap and 2500 mile spawning run. after spawning they stop feeding and soon die.
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Salt Division
CLL
Kettle Falls
Columbia River
Cape Cod Telephone Pole Still in Service After 40 Years
A Cape Cod telephone pole erected over four decades ago remains in service. The manmade landmark endures despite time and weather, reflecting enduring infrastructure.
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Cape Cod
Missing Radium Found in Pig Stomach at Sioux Falls
A $3,000 radium vial accidentally discarded was traced to the stomach of a pig in Sioux Falls. University of Minnesota scientists used a homemade detector to search a drove of 300 pigs, ultimately locating and recovering the small tube after a butcher opened the animal. The incident topped a week that also highlighted a Liverpool naturalist counting ten million birds and England's candy industry employing about 15,000 workers.
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Moc Hospital
Sioux Falls
University of Minnesota
A. J. Moe
3. W. Buchta
H. H. Barver
University
Master Builder English Woman Builds Homes Alone
Mrs M Hinchley of Rainworth England challenges any woman to match her effort as she builds houses largely by herself. Her first six room red brick home now valued at 3000 dollars shows her as architect laborer and clerk of works while she digs foundations lays bricks and plasteres and paints. She keeps her own house cooks and builds in plus fours rubber boots and a coat.
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M. Hinchley
Rainworth
England
Could Germans survive on wood as war aftermath, says Nobel laureate
In a Munich lecture, Dr. Bergius, Nobel Prize winner, asserted Germans could exist on wood during war. He claimed they could eat sawdust drink sap wear birch bark and move via wood burning motors and planes. He noted even the czar’s income and a beech tree’s water use illustrate wartime scarcity dynamics.
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Germany
Bergius
Munich
Labor Day Snapshots And Photography Rules
John Van Guilder reviews Labor Day photos and basic guideline tips for varying light conditions. He discusses diaphragm settings for shaded picnics and bright beach scenes, emphasizes avoiding flare, keeping composition simple, and using fast shutter speeds for moving subjects.
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Labor Day
John van Guilder
China launches vast mass education drive to curb illiteracy
In Shanghai authorities begin a major adult literacy campaign with 220 mass education schools. The aim is to teach 600 basic Chinese characters to 480,000 adults, with compulsory attendance and fines for noncompliance. Each school operates all day, projecting 66,000 new readers by term end.
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China
Far East
Shanghai
Danish National Experimental Dairy in Hilferod Centered on Milk
The Danish National Experimental Dairy at Hilferod, under the Minister of Agriculture, coordinates a twenty-member staff handling about 30 800 pounds of milk daily from state farms Faurolm Trollesminde and 200 other producers. It supports cheese making with storage for over 2 000 cheeses and counts the Danish Dairy Societies as major funders for efficiency gains.
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Hilferod
Minister of Agriculture
Dairies
Denmark
Faurolm
Trollesminde
Golf tee origin tied to Icelandic root word
A fragment claims the golf term tee comes from an Icelandic word meaning starting point, notes historical links between Northern Scotland and Scandinavia, and mentions various unrelated items including a mistaken “tes” and a stanza on United States transport. It also briefly notes the Western Meadowlark has 27 melodies.
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Scotland
Scandinavia
Spinach Not Superior to Other Veggies in Iron Use
Science backs the youngster who refuses spinach noting iron in spinach is only 25 percent usable. Wisconsin studies show meat delivers more usable iron, cereals partial, soybeans 60 percent, alfalfa 25 percent, suggesting many substitutes offer comparable or better iron value and revise nutrition standards.
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Junior
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Detroit
Smokeless Fuel Heap Method Described To America
A method of converting coal used for home heating into smokeless fuel at about $10 per ton was described before the American Chemical Society in San Francisco. Using the Karrick low temperature carbonization method, George W. Carter and S. Clark Jacobson of the University of Utah reported the successful production of a solid smokeless fuel.
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American Chemical Society
San Francisco
Wray Rieger
Leroy W. Weatherby
University of Southern California
Weatherby
C. A. Elvehjem
University of Wisconsin
America
Chemical Society
Karrick
George W. Carter
Clark Jacobson
University of Utah
Train the Mind to Mind the Train cartoon caption
A RailRoad Data magazine cartoon carries a striking caption urging motorists to heed trains. It emphasizes trains always have right of way and warns that a few minutes saved in a race with a train risks hospital beds or coffins.
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Railroad Data
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