World Happenings Briefly Told
Major General Sir Granville Rorie named Australian Meigh Commissioner in London replacing Sir Joseph Cook who retires. Premier Mackenzie King says civil servants may elect to join the Calder Act for overannuation benefits this season. Home Minister Hamaguichi of Japan cites 274 Allied and 6 724 injured in the quake area with then percent of buildings damaged. Carloads of mountain sheep from Banff and elk from Wainsricht parks to replenish BC herds will be released near Spencer Bridge. Manitoba farmers seek British and Scandinavian farm laborers for spring work. An official of the Land Settlement branch says every immigrant of this class will find a position. Captain F J Marigold of the steamship Dalhousie City set a new opening navigation record to Toronto Port in March 22 voyage. The City of Jerusalem named the first giant Imperial Airways airship linking England with India and will be christened at Kalandia Aerodrome. High Commissioner Lora Palmer to christen airship. airship recently flew Epiland to inaugurate Cairo Karachi service in a telegram to Col J Thompson. King George commends Canadian schoolboys for second place in Empire wide events winning medals for the King's Trophy and Imperial Challenge Shield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Banff National Park
Wainsricht Na Onal Park
Spencer Bridge
Manitoba
Land Settlement Branch
Canadian Pacific Railway
Jerusalem
British
Imperial Airways
England
India
Lora Piamer
Palestine
Kalandia
Epeland
Cairo
Karachi
Col J. Thompson
Toronto
King George
Chinese Telautograph Enables Telegraphic Chinese Script
Chinese government adopts Belin telautography to transmit Chinese characters by telegraph for the first time. Inventor, back in Paris after funding by Gen. Chang Tso-Lin, notes lack of an alphabet and reliance on 50 ideograms. Telautograph sends the actual photograph of the message, reducing labor and confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ieventor
Paria
Chang Tso-Lin
M. Retin
Gen. Changlas
France
Good Health Priority Emphasized at Imperial Health Conference
Canada faces a heavy burden from preventable disease as 30 percent of deaths and half of illnesses are avoidable. At the advisory board meeting in the House of Commons, Sir George Foster noted 16.5 million workdays lost yearly, underscoring the need for voluntary groups and government action to conserve health and reduce costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Social Hygiene Council
House of Commons
George Foster
Dominion
Ilon
King
Arthur Currie
McGil University
Montreal
Sir George Forter
Labor Proposal Wants 65-Year-Olds Retired For Jobs
Lady Cynthia Mosley urged pensioning workers at age 65 to free jobs for England's able-bodied unemployed. She cited about 600,000 people aged 65 and over and proposed using unemployment benefits to fund pensions, aiming to draft those seniors into retirement and fill vacancies with otherwise jobless workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Cynthia Mosley
Oswald Mosley
Doles
House on turntable prototype aims to follow the sun
A French architect proposes a villa mounted on a railroad turntable with an electric motor to rotate the house. The model costs 50 000 dollars for the house and 5 000 dollars for the turntable, with cheaper designs predicted. A strong pivot resists wind pressure and adjustments may reduce total cost. Also noted are anecdotes about a doctor sponsoring his son's medical education and a city trend in evening class enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niece
Last Stand Trotsky Theory Debates World Revolution
J. L. Garvin writes in the London Observer that abandoning world revolution would end socialism even in Russia. He argues Britain and allies see the collapse of revolutionary hope as Russia is fought in China, with nations like Britain France Germany and the United States watching the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trotsky
Russia
China
Britain
France
Germany
Maly
Japan
United States
J. L. Garvin
London Observer
Manitoba Good Roads Expenditures Rise in Province
The Province of Manitoba has spent 7,615,591 on good roads since incorporation, per a 1926 return tabled in the Legislature by Hon. W. I Chubb Minister of Public Works. Road maintenance rose to 99,959 in 1926 because of the provincial trunk highway system, while the love Emperor of Japan was noted with a 2,000 payment to a district. The report ends with the exclamation Long live the emperor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
W. I Chubb
Canada United States agree on mining cooperation
Canada and the United States formalize cooperation between the Department of Mines at Ottawa, the Dominion Research Council, and the U S Bureau of Mines to tackle mineral industry problems. The agreement aims to reduce costs and speeds results by coordinating research and sharing findings across borders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Department of Iiites
Mtawa
Dowinson Research Coucil
United States Bureau of Wines
Canada
United States
Great Britain
England
Srising
Dorsey Lyon
Republic
Britain
Wis
Bishop-elect Sherman to lead large Calgary diocese
Ter J Ralph Sherman becomes Anglican Bishop of Calgary overseeing a 100000 square mile diocese half again as large as England. He will meet notable parishioner Prince of Wales who ranches at High River. Former Dean of Quebec and rector in Saint John, New Brunswick, he travels by Canadian Pacific Railway across the vast western and eastern reaches of his new duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Ter
J. Ralph Sherman
Calgary
High River
Sherman
Quebec
Saint John
New Brunswick
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Attaining Supremacy In the Mediterranean
British naval plans forecast a Mediterranean base suprem acy by year end with Malta's fleet including Queen Elizabeth and Royal Sovereign class ships. Atlantic power will match France and Italy, Gibraltar enabling rapid force coordination between seas.
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France
Italy
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic
Great Britain
Gibraltar
Stean
Portsmouth
Mediterranean
Malta
Beatty
Messaoritdun
Nelson
Rodney
China
East Indies
Australia
Charming bloomers pattern for a girl’s dress
Winnipeg newspaper notes a bloomers pattern No. 1521 for ages 2 to 8 with shirring neck edges and lace trimmed skirt. It mentions elastic top and leg casings and suggests fabric amounts for size 4. The piece promotes a Fashion Book with simple patterns for well dressed children priced at 20 cents for the pattern and the book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ita
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper
Pattern details listing sizes and prices appear garbled with stray letters and partial lines. A stray dialogue references finger bowls and etiquette, mentioning Nora and a mistress with a maid, implying a domestic scene or advice column fragment from a Winnipeg publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora
Time To Plant Trees In the Booklet
Dr Helen Mc Marchy urges planting trees now and contacting the Department of Agriculture at the Parliament Building or the Forestry Branch in Ottawa for varieties. She highlights adding maples pines oaks ashes birches elms beeches and rowans, and warns to preserve river scenery with grass trees and foot paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Parliament
Torthe Forestry Branch
Ottawa
Plan to Eliminate Fog Over Lake Michigan by Static Electricity
The army and navy plan experiments in Chicago to test eliminating fog over Lake Michigan using static electricity fired from airplanes. A successful result could influence a $3,000,000 lakefront airport project and improve year round air operation, with prior trials showing promise for aviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
NAVY
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Living Longer: Mayo Discourse On Rising Lifespans
Dr Charles Horace Mayo speaks at Washington about longer life expectancies from 1659 to now. He notes averages rising from twenty to fifty eight years and credits better self care. He warns the dangerous age for women and men differently and stresses supervision and restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Horace’ Mayo
Washington
Export Trade in Beef Cattle Sees Canada Eye British Market
Deputy Minister Dre J Gris dales and Animal Husbandry chief Si Rothwell told the House of Commons Agricultural Committee that Western Canada could expand exports to Britain. They cited lower rates and greater British buying power as improving conditions for breeders to capture the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dre J. Grisdale
House of Commons
Si Rothwel
Animal Iusbandry
Western
Canada
White throated sparrow noted in northern Canada birds
Explorers from the Topo graphical Survey report the white throated sparrow as the predominant bird call in the northern woodlands near Great Slave Lake with Lapland Jongspur associated with the northern plains. The Manitoba Government plans a settlers bureau and aid for unused lands under provincial development there year. A note links London's 1666 fire to the origin of fire insurance with the first company formed then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
Canada
Great Slave Lake
Lapland
Manitoba
Pigmier
Bureau of Information
Minister of Agriculture
Ancient Laws And Modern Theories On The Five Day Week
An essay argues against a five day work week citing agricultural and transport needs. It claims farming requires a seven day cycle and warns of price rises, depopulation, and starvation if urban labor reduces rural work hours. Cana da’s rural balance must be protected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ife
Dee Canady
Courens
Canada
Princess Louise Turns Eighty A Canadian Royal Year
Princess Louise Duch ess of Argyle enters her eightieth year with memories of her Canadian visit as Viceregal consort four years after her marriage to Lord Lorne. The couple toured Canada after Windsor wedding in St George chapel. Queen Victoria gave away the bride. The duchess has long cherished fond regard for Canada.
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Rideau
Louise
Duchess of Argyle
Royal
Marethoness
Lorne
Canada
Dominion
Lord
Duke of Argyle
St. George's Chapel
Windsor
Queen Victoria
Duches of
Argyle
Tax Furs Legislation In Parliament Notice
Hon Charles Stewart minister of the interior announces in Parliament notices that a bill to empower the commissioner in council under the Northwest Territories Act to levy a fur export tax on furs exported to Canada or abroad will be introduced this session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest Territories
Canada
Charles Stewart
Interior
Alberta Co operative Credits under the Co operative Credits Act
The 1926 annual report to the Legislature shows Alberta advanced about one million dollars to farmers under the Co operative Credits Act. It covered 23 societies with a total membership of 1 155 farmers. The entry notes the verb wallop derives from St John Wallop, a British soldier known for heavy defeats of the French.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
R. G. Reid
Wallop
St John Wallop
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Granville Rorie
London
Joseph Cook
Mackenzie King
Calder
Hamaguichi
Ja Paa
F. J. Marigold
Dalhousie City
Port Dalhousie
Marigold
Doctor McTavish
Sandy
Land On
U.S
Bishop Sherman
West
Christian Hospital
Purengyang
Korea
Siberia
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot Ave
SOC
Renesas Ewage Ra
Forestry Department
Helen McMarchys
Lake Front
Birds of
Northland
Viet States
Wan
Oscart
Princess Louise
Governor-General of
Alberta Co Operative Credits
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