Floating logging camps move with the timber boom in British Columbia
E Q Anderson reports on British Columbia's floating logging camps as 40 to 50 outfits roam the coast. Camps range from small to large, using rafts and scows with tugs, some with radio, air pilots, and homes on beached scows. Logs flow from forests to booming grounds for pulp and lumber, with half a million feet daily to Powell River pulp vats.
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Vancouver
B. C
Columbia
British Columbia
Queen Charlotte Islands
Georgia Strait
Fowell River
Powell River
U S to ship wheat rice and medicine to China
Vice Foreign Minister George Yeh said the United States will provide 120000 tons of wheat 8000 tons of rice and 5000000 dollars in medical supplies for China relief. An agreement will be signed soon by Chinese and American representatives. The Chinese government will supply relief equal to the US aid with Americans supervising while distributions are carried out by China.
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Nanking
George Yeh
United States
China
Yeh
Quarter of a Huge Turkey for Small Families
Washington reports a shift to sectional roasts from 25 to 30 pound gobblers as small families buy quarters of turkey. Guidance covers thawing, roasting at 325 degrees, and stuffing, with cooking times 40 to 60 minutes per pound depending on cut and weight.
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Washington
WMS
Department of Agriculture
Mary Swickard
France
France faces worst bread shortage since 1870 amid drought
International News Service analysis shows adverse weather halved France's grain crop, with 1.8 million tons destroyed by drought and 1.9 million by frost. Machinery shortages and dollar constraints deepen the crisis, threatening wheat supplies and fueling political unrest.
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France
America
Taxicabs of today carry big oil cargoes on canals
The article from Socony-Vacuum's News explains how self propelled barges nicknamed taxicabs became vital to New York State Barge Canal traffic. They move Mobilgas and related products from Port Socony to Long Island Sound and New England, and from East Chicago to Great Lakes ports, showing versatility beyond canal service.
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Socony-Vacuum Company
New York State
New York
Pearance
New York State Barge Canal
Aot Ang
Flying Red Horse
Mobilgas
Port Socony
Long Island Sound
New England
Eastport
Maine
One
Chicago
Ind
Great Lakes
New York State Barge Canal System
Atlantic Coast
Mexico Bids for Tourist Dollars
The Mexican government will spend 50000 dollars in the next year on U S newspaper and magazine ads to attract about 55000000 dollars in tourist business to a winter resort. Tourism is a key economic goal to offset trade imbalance with the United States.
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Mexico City
U. S
Mexico
United States
Clothing For Japan Opens to American Donations
Tokyo dispatch notes that U S personnel in Japan may donate clothing for winter relief under supervision of Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia. Previous gifts were informal but unsanctioned. Boxes at post exchange collect unused clothing to aid flood emergency needs and supplement shipments from America.
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Tokyo
WNNS
Japan
Ipost
Asia
U. S
America
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Sitka
Spruce
By E. Q. Anderson
By Dan Kurzman
Baldwinsville
Seaman
Seven Seas
Dallas
San Antonio
New
Orleans
Los Angeles
Havana
Cuba
San Jose
Costa Rica
Americas
Canada
Mazatlan
Mexican Coast
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