World Happenings Briefly Told
The Ark Royal Britain's new aircraft carrier launched at Birkenhead before 30,000 spectators. Belgium opposes selling Congo raw materials to rearming Germany. Premier Pattullo announced a British Columbia works program costing 4.7 million dollars. B Leslie Emslie of Montreal named president of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists for 1937 88. A rover amateur short wave radio station established in New Brunswick at Minto with Ottawa registration. Catholic churches in Madrid Valencia territory may open under government promise of religious freedom. Marshall Saunders author of 27 books celebrated her 76th birthday and is noted for prison reform work. Miss Saunders began prison contact in Halifax jails at age six. Philatelists seek 25 missing three cent stamps of the new Canadian George VI issue. 100 stamps faulted left side of portrait. 75 of these are in collectors’ hands.
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Ark Royal
Marshall Saunders
Joe
Miss Saunders
Halifax
Montreal
The Ordinary Fellow Inn Opens in Chatham Name Honor
London correspondent reports a new inn in Chatham named The Ordinary Fellow to honor King George V and the Archbishop of Canterbury. The license moves from The Brown Jug, reflecting the late king’s remark that he was “an ordinary fellow.”
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George
London
Ottawa Journal
Canterbury
George V
Chatham
Vancouver Surgeon Defies Darwin Theory in Toronto Lectures
Dr Arthur I Brown, a Vancouver surgeon, arrives in Toronto to lecture on human origins and denounce evolution by Darwin as "all wet." The item contrasts with other notes noting Bank of England vault depths, hand-made watches, high labor costs, and a claim that 74 hours of sleep suffices for a normal person.
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Arthur I. Brown
Vancouver
Toronto
National Research Council Announces 1937 Scholarships
The National Research Council awarded 47 scholarships totaling 27 500 for 1937 38 to foster post graduate scientific training in Canadian universities. Five $1 000 scholarships plus two $750 awards, three $700 fellowships, twelve $600 studentships and twenty seven $500 bursaries support chemistry physics biology genetics botany geology mathematics and mechanical engineering across Dalhousie Laval McGill Queen s Toronto Western Ontario and Saskatchewan with placements at Ottawa laboratories and various universities.
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National Research Council
National Research Laboratories
Ottawa
Dalhousie
Laval
McGill University de
Western Ontario
Saskatchewan
H. H. Penley
L. Sair
Manitoba
R. M. Donald
A. G. Brown
H. Bohonos
Alberta
L. Brickman
I. B. Cushing
A. D. Hogg
G. F. Ledingham
A. Prebus
J. H. Shipley
Education officials plan May to June British tour
Deputy ministers of education and provincial superintendents from Canada will visit Great Britain for round table conferences with British directors of education. The trip, announced by Major F. Ney of the National Council of Education, will cover the British Isles and topics will include education and health. Saskatchewan’s C. A. Oulton is named as its representative. Manitoba is the sole province not yet represented. Dr. J. D. Denny was to join but is ill and unable to go.
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Canada
Great Britain
Major F. Ney
National Council of Education
Manitoba
C. A. Oulton
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
British Isles
J. D. Denny
Regina
Longmont pensioned rural mail carrier retires after 31 years
Katie Bennet a 65 year old grandmother ends 31 years on a rural route in Longmont Colorado delivering mail along 39 miles to 277 boxes. The piece also notes calls for more workers on buildings and Cuban plantation labor shifts with historical reference to Messina Sicily 1907 earthquakes.
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Katie Bennet
Longmont
Colorado
Great Citizen Butler Celebrates 75th Birthday and Service
The Columbus University Journal salutes Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler with warm greetings on his 75th birthday, 55th graduation anniversary, and 35th year as Columbia University president. W L Mackenzie King joins in praising Butler as a leading educator linking humane learning to life and international goodwill.
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Lord Tweedsmuir
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia
United States
W. L. Mackenzie King
Doctor Butler
Columbus University Journal
Youthful Frock Pattern 4362 Promises Slim Silhouette
Create a chic slim line dress with a cape for spring and summer. Pattern 4362 offers a V neckline panel skirt and capelet in sizes 34 to 48, requires four yards of 39 inch fabric for size 36, and includes step by step sewing instructions. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Ladies’ Aid
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Toronto Children's Aid Show Highlights Foster Kids Creations
At the Toronto hobby show by the Children's Aid Society wards, 300 foster children aged four to seventeen display imagination and varied pursuits. Lloyd, fourteen, writes novels with self authored works including Marzem and Don Carlos made March 17 to 28, 138 pages, bound and thumb marked, with a plan to rent copies for a cent weekly. Characters include Hitler and Spanish generals as real figures in his fiction.
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Shirley Temple
Dionne
Lloyd
Marzem
Don Carlos
Spain
H. Lawrence
Hitler
de Liano
Alphonso
Girl Catches Bus After Taxi Chase on Busy New York Corner
A girl hails a southbound cab at Fifty-seventh Street and the Avenue, outruns a bus, then boards after a chiding comment from the conductor. The scene contrasts with a note on wartime defense costs and a botanical aside about the rose thorn.
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Fifty-seventh Street
the Avenue In New York
Noah Faithfully Builds Ark To Save His Household
The lesson centers on Noah's faith as he prepares the ark despite unseen promises. It covers the Genesis flood, Noah's blameless life, the ark's purpose, offerings after leaving the ark, and God's blessing and mandate for humanity's renewal.
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Noah
Moffatt
Novel Cold Air Therapy Reported To Save Many Pneumonia Cases
Dr H L Wallace of the Royal Edinburgh hospital reports in the British Medical Journal that an open air regime on the wind ward with the patient warmly clad and only the face exposed to moving cold air has saved hundreds of children with acute primary pneumonia. Over 300 cases tested show the method brings comfort, aids appetite, and may reduce need for other exhausting treatments.
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H. L. Wallace
Royal Edinburgh Hospital For
British Medical Journal
Wallace
New Air Mail Route Opens From Edmonton Toward White Horse
Postmaster General Hon ff G Elliott has signed a weekly air mail contract with United Air Transport Limited of Edmonton. The Edmonton to White Horse Yukon route will run via Peace River Fort Nelson Lower Post totaling about 950 miles. Flyers mention six cents per ounce postage and an expected 60 to 70 percent of Yukon mail using the new aerial link.
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Ff G Elliott
United Air Transport Limited
Edmonton
White Horse
Yukon Territory
Orient
Great Circle
Bering Strait
Kurile Islands
Japan
Asia
Peace River
Fort Nelson
Lower Post
Yukon
George Herring
Air and Land Mail
Gardening Tips on Extending Seasons with Early and Late Vegetables
Use a mix of very early and very late varieties to stretch harvests. Plant multiple types of peas and corn, start plants from greenhouse sources, and consult a Canadian seed catalogue to ensure desired varieties are available. Focus on high-yield crops for small plots and try new vegetables each year to broaden variety.
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Canada
BBC outlines Empire television growth needs and funding
The annual report urges Treasury release of the remaining license funds to develop Empire television services. It notes operations depend on external factors, expects three Daventry transmitters to be active by summer, and records a rise in Empire transmitter use. The balance sheet shows income of 14,767,335 dollars, up 2,404,485 from the prior year.
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Treasury
Daventry
Empire Station
Empire
Bracken Breaks Manitoba Premier Tenure Record
The Brockville Recorder notes Hon. John Bracken, premier of Manitoba, has tied the longest provincial tenure set by Sir Rodmond Roblin and, already longest in continuous office among Canadian premiers, becomes dean of premiers. It highlights his Leeds county roots and public service.
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John Bracken
Manitoba
Bracken
Leeds
John
Lansdowne
Rodmond P. Roblin
Canada
Brockville Recorder and Times
England cockney defined by Bow Church bells sound
In England a cockney is described as one born within the sound of Bow Church bells in London. A maid explains she was paid only half a crown for soaking a dress as requested by her mistress.
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England
Bow Church
London
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B. Leslie Emslie
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Rover Scout
New Brunswick
Minto
Bank of England
Fabirica
Tionists of
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Sicily
Madrid
Dr. Butler of
Columbus University
Britannia
British Broadcasting Corporation
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