World Happenings Briefly Told
Slogan for Churchill Board of Trade promotes Churchill as a port. An aeroplane flight to Russia will carry samples of American goods for display. Calgary to grant 24000 dollars yearly to the medical society with hopes of provincial aid. Franco British tariff talks are planned in London. Hugh H Rowatt is retired as of April 1, and Dr A V Doughty’s archivist term extended six months. Northern Australia plan envisions works, tariff reform and large government loan. Canadian National Steamships reports a 23578358 dollar net return to Canada’s people through Dec 1933. Dr John Spencer, milk pasteurization pioneer, dies in Bowmanville.
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Board of Trade of
Churchill
Russia
Calgary
Medical Society
London
Hugh H. Rowatt
C.M.G
A. V. Doughty
Dominion
Commonwealth
Australia
Canadian National Steamships
Canada
F. G. Wood
Montreal
John Spencer
United States
Bowmanville
Red fabric from Richtofen plane at Imperial War Museum
A fragment of red fabric from the aircraft flown by famed German ace Manfred von Richtofen has been donated to London's Imperial War Museum. Richtofen reportedly downed numerous British planes, earning a near invincible reputation before he failed to return on April 21, 1918, after being shot down by a Canadian airman.
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Richtofen
Imperial War Museum
London
Richtoffen
Peace ceremony at border marks 120 years since War of 1812 ending
An international celebration near Niagara Falls will dedicate a native sandstone memorial bearing the Rush Bagot treaty text to honor 120 years since the War of 1812 ended and the frontier has remained free of hostilities. Officials from Canada and the United States will attend the ceremony in August.
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Canada
United States
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Pacific
Niagara Falls
Counterfeiter Jesus Lino dies in accidental shooting
Jesus Lino known for extreme punishment in medieval style was exiled from Mexico in 1908 after counterfeiting in Guatemala. He was sentenced to arm amputation as a criminal measure, later returned to Mexico, taught himself to write with a mouth and authored a book about Obregon.
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Jesus Lino
Nino
Mexico
Guatemala
Obregon
Bloomers Too Pattern for Mummies New Dress Styles
Pattern 668 features a yellow and white patiste dress with organdie collar and bloomers for girls size 4 and 6. Describes color options red and white gingham, pastel organdie, voile, and pastel silks. Details include fabric yardage 24 yards 39 inch, 1 yard 34 inch ribbon and % yard 35 inch contrasting, price 20 cents in stamps or coin. Wrap coin carefully.
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Cressier
Gardening principles for Canadian lawns and rock gardens
The piece argues seeds from Canadian sources suit Canadian conditions, warns against seed saving, and recommends screening to prevent color mixing. It advises early spring lawn repair with a roller or pounder, nitrogen fertilizer, thorough raking, and heavy seeding, plus shading options, stone features, and alpine rock garden design tailored to Canada.
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Gow Gardens
Ome
Canada
Betty Barclay Pie and Tomato Toast Dishes
Betty Barclay offers a pie recipe with eggs cornstarch sugar orange juice lemon rind marshmallows and meringue. Also tomato toast with butter cream flour soda and seasonings simmered tomatoes served over toast. An instructional tone contrasts a closing line about arguments and gramophone records.
Little Journeys In Science: Early Drugs And Modern Advances
Gordon H. Guest surveys the history of medicine from Hippocrates through the late 19th century, noting plant derived drugs like quinine from bark and the shift to artificial drugs such as cocaïne and novocaine. The piece explains disinfectants, hydrogen peroxide, carbolic acid derivatives, and the fight against disease organisms including trypanosomes.
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Pericles
Hippocrates
Pelletier
Caventou
Employment shifts from crafts to industry and science
The Ottawa Journal notes that when a blacksmith shop closes a garage or service station often opens, continuing the cross roads carriage trade. It argues engineers and scientists create far more jobs than they destroy and greatly expand public comfort and luxury.
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Ottawa Jounal
Belgian Radium Interests Scout North of Edmonton
Belgian controlled pitchblende deposits at Katanga and held a world monopoly on radium for years. Reports from Edmonton authorities note scouts in the Great Bear Lake field as Gilbert LaBine’s discovery north of Edmonton shifted supply. Off Africa, the Italian Salvage Shipbriar Co seeks treasure from the Glenarty hull sunk in 1918 with tin and wolfram valued around five million.
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Great Bear Lake
Edmonton
Katanga
Belgian Congo
Gilbert LaBine
Glenarty
Africa
True Greatness Through Service Says Jesus
Sunday school lesson on Matthew 20 1 34 and Philippians 2 1 11 emphasizes true greatness as service not power. It highlights Jesus teaching that rulers in the world lord it over others while his followers must become ministers and live by self sacrifice.
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Jesus
J. H. Jowett
Convict Claims Hydrogen from Water Demonstration
A California prison convict unveiled a method to extract hydrogen from water using tap water sulfuric acid and common chemicals. He produced 47 cubic centimetres of hydrogen with 0.7 volts after a screen was pulled. Pacific Gas & Electric’s Knopp hailed the claim as potentially transformative if true.
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California
Charles 8. Knopp
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
West
Detroit News
Remarkable Picture By Symon Sells At Christies London
A Symon painting In the Street of a Great City depicting The Crucifixion in Reading England sold at Christies in London for about 99 dollars. The 58 by 83 inch canvas shows modern characters and varied social groups in the scene. Critics noted the artist’s bold interpretation and execution, with spectroscope analysis indicating elements such as sodium and copper in the work.
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Mark Symon
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Christie’s
London
Reading
Englave
Islands Change Hands and New Lands Reported
The report notes Australia taking over four uninhabited islands between Timor and its northwest coast for Commonwealth control due to remoteness and illegal fishing concerns. Ashmore and Cartier Islands yield guano, beche de mer, and trochus shell. Easter Island’s Chilean registration is finally recorded after forty six years. Three Spaniards seek Galapagos colonization, hoping to grow food. A submarine disturbance allegedly creates a new Kurile Island that soon vanishes.
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Australia
Britain
Timor
Western Australia
Ashmore
Cartier
Easter Island
Chile
Isss
Galapagos Islands
South America
Kurile
New York Sun
Lake Rate Set For Grain Carriage To Montreal
W H Coverdale president of Canada Steamship Lines told Montreal shareholders a six cent per bushel rate for moving grain from the Great Lakes to Montreal was agreed last season though it fluctuated lower. He noted the 1933 season averaged about three cents and expects a steadier rate this season due to NRA codes limiting U S inland shipping undercutting Canadian rivals.
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Great Lakes
Montreal
W. H. Coverdale
Canada Steamship Lines Limited
Coverdale
Canada Steamships Lines
N.R.A
United States
Kingston police courts closed after 122 years
After 122 years of operation, Kingston-on-Thames police courts have been closed and will be razed. The move comes as officials push ahead with redevelopment, while residents reflect on the historic institution and the loss of a local civic symbol.
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Kingston-on-Thames
England
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