World Happenings Briefly Told From Far and Near
A Canada Brazil coffee for wheat barter plan and a large Koyama Japan radio station underway. Manitoba tops butter prizes at Canadian fairs 1930 with 49.7 percent. 42 percent overall. French Deputies approve 29.56 million for veterans pensions. Arsene Henry senior dies in Paris at 83. A Japanese dirigible sets a 60 hour endurance mark. Armistice Day may move to November 11 by bill. Canada January deposits 1.4287 billion. loans outside 214.8 million. Repeal of liquor export ban to US proposed. Margaret Bondfield, Labor Minister, marks 58th birthday with 12 hours work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Lease
Koyama
Japan
Manitoba
Canada
Arsene Henry
Paris
House of Commons
A W. Neill
Comox-Alberni
United States
Col
8. C. Robinson
Essex West
Margaret Bondfield
Miss Bondfield
Newfoundland Stamp Honors First Trans Atlantic Air Mail Flight
Newfoundland issues a fifty cent stamp in the air mail series commemorating 1919’s Alcock and Brown first trans Atlantic flight. The design, engraved and printed in England, features the routes on a map on the dollar stamp. a tenth anniversary postmark marked the milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
John Alcock
Arthur Whitten Brown
Newfoundland Air Mail
England
Men and women and the queer view of labels
A short aphoristic note on how terms differ by gender and age. The piece contrasts reactions to words for women and men, showing women smile at flattering nicknames and grow indignant at insults, while men tolerate rough terms yet resent diminutive labels.
Ancient Halls Brought To Antiques Exposition
The carved oak 1645 Treaty Room from Uxbridge is panel by panel at Grand Central Palace for the International Antiques Exposition. Buckhurst Castle and Gray's Inn rooms join displays of medieval oak chests silver jewels and art objects. Marion Powys collects royal portraits while Russian aristocrats offer pieces and wares from Catherine the Great era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles I
Oliver Cromwell
Uxbridge
England
Grand Central Palace
Treaty House
Buckhurst Castle
Earls of Warr
Gray's Inn
London
Marion Powys
Catherine the Great
New Paris Made Tingey Pattern Describes Schoolgirl Dress
All Tingey models are created and sketched in Paris with patterns made in New York. A charming schoolgirl frock in mid blue broadcloth features a pink crepe de chine collar and cuffs, with blue edged buttonholes. Patterns available sizes 14 to 20 and 34 to 38, ready for delivery. Send 25 cents to Fashion Bureau with name, address, pattern number and size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
New York
Fashion Bureau
How To Order Patterns Addresses and Notes
The passage discusses ordering patterns from Winnipeg Newspaper Union and mentions addresses. It also contains brief statements about the safety-pin’s ancient use, light having weight per relativity, and nitroglycerol exploding when struck with a hammer.
New Cunard Liner Interiors To Rival Any Ocean Vessel
Progress on the 73 000 ton Cunarder under construction at John Brown & Co in Clydebank Scotland reveals plans for lavish interiors. An eight-deck hull with a vast dining room between the funnels and a grand church showcases English ecclesiastical art, while the boat deck rises 70 feet above the water. The top funnels reach about 130 feet, with the liner stretching 650 feet on the main deck and 720 feet of promenade deck. The interior is expected to be the most elaborate yet seen on an ocean liner. Hull work hoped to be well advanced by spring.
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Cunard
John Brown & Company
Cyltebank
Scotland
Eric Reford
Robert Reford
Cunard Line
Canada
Mr Reford
Popular Muffins With Dates by Betty Barclay
Date muffins mix flour baking powder salt and sugar, then milk and egg, add melted shortening and sliced dates. Bake in greased muffin pans at 370 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes. Yields 18 small muffins.
March Forward With Canada art contest launches prosperity drive
Canadian manufacturers announce a design competition with a $1000 prize to the top entry and $100 prizes to seven runners up. W F Prendergast chairs the sponsoring committee. Contest invites all Canadian artists to submit miniature color sketches on the theme March forward with Canada to promote national prosperity through Canadian-made goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
W. F. Prendergast
Not Interested In Lesson
A kindergarten teacher explains round and square using a ball and a block. She repeats the exercise several times and invites questions. A new pupil asks to sit in her lap, prompting a brief moment in class.
Canada Sits Fourth Among Britain’s Trade Buyers in 1930
The Department of Trade and Commerce announced Canada as Britain’s fourth best customer in 1930, up one place from 1929, after a report from the British Board of Trade. Dr. Charles Camsell was re elected president of the Canadian Geographical Society with C G Gowan and Dr J Macintosh ell as first and second vice presidents. Geologists report Cape Cod Massachusetts shows sandy soil to 300 feet in places.
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Canada
Great Britain
Department of Trade and Commerce
British Board of Trade
Charles Camsell
Canadian Geographical Society
C. G. Gowan
J. Macintosh
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Ban on car transport to polls in Manitoba elections
Manitoba lawmakers bar the use of cars to convey voters to polling stations in provincial elections. Voters may still ride in their own cars if they are sick or infirm, and may offer a ride to another voter en route to cast a ballot.
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Manitoba
New baggage device for loading baggage mid flight
A new baggage device allows unloading and loading baggage in flight. Baggage is dropped into a chute and hooked to the aircraft via a trailing line, then propelled forward at the plane’s speed.
Advertising changes in the modern trade era
W G McGrath er president of the Montreal Advertising Club told McGill commerce students that mere advertising is insufficient without promoting it. He outlined three types of ads: attracting customers to a store for a product, lowering buyer resistance to established brands, and institutional advertising to sell the firm as well as its products.
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W. G. McGrather
Montreal Advertising Club
School of Commerce
McGill University
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Eases Indigestion
An ad explains indigestion as excess stomach acid and promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as the standard liquid alkali. One spoonful neutralizes acid instantly and relieves symptoms. The 50 year physician approved remedy is sold at drugstores for 50 cents a bottle with complete directions and the Phillips name on the bottle. Canada
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Magnesia
Canada
Snowflake Pudding With Coconut And Fruit
A snowflake pudding recipe uses two beaten egg yolks with salt and sugar, scalded milk, gelatin, coconut, vanilla, stiff egg whites, and canned or seasonal fruit. The mixture is heated until thick, gelatin added, cooled, folded with coconut and fruit, then chilled to serve eight.
British firm wins 1000 ton steel tube contract
The Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corporation of Victoria Station House has secured a contract to deliver 1000 tons of machinery to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania for weldless steel tube production. The work will employ 600 English workers for six months.
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Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corporation, Ltd
Victoria Station House
S.W
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
England
Altitude reduces aircraft engine power, tests show
United States Bureau of Standards experiments show engines lose power with height. A motor that produces 410 horsepower on the ground fell to 100 horsepower at 25 000 feet, illustrating significant altitude effects on performance.
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United States Bureau of Standards
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Western Canada Fleer Mills Limited
Torceta Co
Brazil
Chamber of Deputies
New York City
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
By Eva A. Tingey
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Conard
Betty Barclay
The
Canada Starch CO
Montreal Club
Phillips
Brooder
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Toronto, Ont
Wellington St. W
U.S
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