Word: canadians
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Professor Graton admitted that he was somewhat doubtful at first as to the true value of his microscope, but after seeing the great success of his second, similar machine in the Canadian department of mines at Ottawa, he felt more confident...
...favorite story of Julia Kippen Jaffray's concerns a friend who sent her rayon dress to the cleaners and got back only buttons. The dress turned to jelly. Julia Jaffray is a Canadian-born spinster of some 50 years who has made a name for herself in prison reform as secretary of the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor. Miss Jaffray is also much interested in women's club work and for the past year or two she has been the spearhead of a women's club drive which last week had the rayon industry seething...
...riders held their lead with 16 faults, though they performed badly (nine faults) in the pair-jumping which was won by the Irish Free State. Third and final night the U. S. riders, out to protect their slim lead, were charged with twelve faults in the team jumping. The Canadian and Belgian teams tied with eight faults each, and Belgium was awarded first place on the flip of a coin. When the final scores were totaled. Canada had nosed out the U. S. by one point: Belgium was third. Irish Free State fourth and The Netherlands an ignominious fifth...
Twice since their births the Quintuplets have been the subject of physiological reports by Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, the country doctor who delivered the five little girls. But not until last week's meeting of celebrated U. S. and Canadian child psychologists at Dr. Blatz's St. George's School for Child Study were the Dionne sisters' mentalities and behavior publicly assayed...
...Canadian trade jumped from $598,000,000 to $748,000,000 last year, is this year running 25% ahead of the first seven months...