World Happenings Briefly Told
Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Hil who led medical services at Jutland dies in Henley at 72. Alberta game commissioner says 7000 paid in 1937 as bounties for wolves and other pests. Dionne sisters go to Quebec convent. US Canada discuss road through British Columbia linking Alaska. Moscow cuts grain area for 1938 to boost hay and forage Crops. Trans Canada air service opens planned July 9. Trial planned for Kurt Schuschnigg by People’s Court next fall. Russian convicts aiding railways to support future war effort.
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Robert Hil
Battle of
Jutland
Henley
Tax chart shows uneven Canada income tax burden
A Dominion revenue chart for the year ending March 31 1937 shows 300 Canadians earning over 50000 a year paid 11360031 in tax from total collections of 35442385. The largest group under 2000 earned 2.95 of total tax while representing 45.34 of taxpayers.
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Dominion
National Revenue Department
Common Sense Peace Between Canada and U S Noted
Dr James T Shotwell in New York annual Carnegie Peace Endowment report says peace between Canada and the United States rests more on common sense than legal precautions. He notes Europe failed to maintain peace with treaties, unlike the two American nations without such large mechanisms.
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Canada
United States
James T. Shotwell
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
New York
Shotwell
Strathroy
Ont
Endowments
Europe
Great Friend Of Birds Madame Francois of Paris
Madame Francois, a Paris woman renowned for aiding birds, runs a house bird refuge. She feeds small birds on window sills on the third floor and pigeons on the street below at 10 30 each morning. The fourth floor has open windows and feeding vessels kept full all day.
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Madame Francois
Paris
United States Dries Oil Wells Hit 191000 Mark
Approximately 191000 dry oil wells have been drilled in the United States, highlighting extensive exploration activity. The figure underscores sustained drilling programs across multiple regions and operators.
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United States
Hendy of Flin Flon and the Reg'lar Fellers Club
The article profiles W. R. Henderson known as Hendy, Flin Flon postmaster and unofficial poet, tracing his life from Leeds to Scotland and Canada. It highlights his creation of the Reg'lar Fellers Club in 1931, its undenominational mission, lodge growth across Manitoba, and yearly dog races and camps funded by donations and events.
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Flin Fion
Hendy
W. R. Henderson
Leeds
Yorkshire
Edinburgh
Scotland
Flin Flon
Taxis
Trail Rangers
Boy Scouts
Reg'lar Fellers
Rangers
Reg Lar Fellers
Cranberry Portage
Man
Herb Lake
Mandy Mine
Pas
Reglar Fellers
North Country
Hay Dreams Fin Flen Man 1 Percent
A nostalgic verse recalls friends spread across tropical ports from Port Said to Peru. The speaker longs for the north’s cold health giving climate while cherishing memories of Mac in China Bil in Chile Archie in Peru and other friends in Malaya and Malaya era postings. The poem contrasts fevered tropical seas with the tonic climate of home.
Grand National Sweepstakes Results Revealed by Vancouver Sun
The Vancouver Sun reports 1,774 winners in the Trish Hospitals Sweepstakes of the Grand National with 5,490,230 losers. Total receipts reached 13,730,010 dollars and 815,600 dollars were paid out in prizes, a reminder for next time.
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Trish Hospitals
Vancouver Sun
Golden Crown Princess Sets World Dairy Record
Jersey cow Golden Crown Princess, bred and owned by Albert Quinlan of Wardin Quebec, set a world's record for the breed as a three year old with 19,073 pounds of milk and 891 pounds of fat. She led Canada's milk and fat divisions and previously produced 14,090 pounds of milk and 712 pounds of fat as a junior two year old.
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Albert Quinlan
Wardin
Quebec
Pliny the Elder and a Bath time Hustle
A humorous note compares the modern business pressure with Pliny the Elder who supposedly dictated notes from his bath. The fragment includes dialect lines about alibis and a prayer meeting versus another location.
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Pliny the Elder
Triumph the Whist Game in England's Early Years
The origin of whist in England is obscure yet known as Triumph by 1529. Bishop Latimer preached a Christmas sermon at Cambridge basing allegories on the game. A complaining customer reports a rusted lawn mower bought last summer while the hardware merchant suggests heavy due on it.
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England
Latimer
Cambridge
Editorial Note on Accessing Dr McCullough Cancer Articles
Readers are invited to obtain the complete set of Dr McCullough cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ontario. The notice directs readers to request the full collection via mail.
Sunday School Lesson Focus Mark 9 23 And Belief
Sunday school lesson highlights Mark 9 23 with the line all things are possible to him that believeth. Devotional readings include Acts 26 19 Romans 12 1 2 and the lesson references Mark 9 14 29.
The Appeal that Failed and Won Mark 14 20 21 29
A commentary contrasts two gospel passages on healing a boy: the failure of the disciples due to weak faith and the success through faith and prayer. It cites Jesus rebuking faithlessness, the father’s confession of belief, and the need for prayer to cast out the spirit.
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Jesus
Father
R. C Gillie
Mark
Matthew
Garden Saves Farm in Assiniboia Ravine Water Barrier
A Georgia migrant farmer who settled in Teadlyn, Assiniboia, battled drought and rust while growing wheat. Facing flood runoff, he built a bank at a ravine end and stored up to 17 feet of water. He now raises all his own food and meets taxes and obligations.
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Teadlyn
Assiniboia
Providence
Georgia
Balmoral Castle Postman Retires After 45 Years Service
Co. M. Blair of Aberdeen known as the King's postman at Balmoral Castle retires after a long 45 year career.
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Co. M. Blair
Aberdeen
Balmoral Castle
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W.H. Wallane
Alberta
M. C. Green
Assmbly
Ursuline Sisters
Legation
British Columbia
Alaska
Moscow
Trans- Canada
Montreal
Vancouver
Kurt Schuschnigg
Austria
People’s Court
U.S
By Pratt Kuhn
Northland
Port Said
Aden
Malta
Hong Kong
Penang
Peru
Mac
China
Malaya
Bil
Chile
Archie
Dame Nature
North
Manitoba
Word
Jersey
Bill Kelly
Shorty Russick
Rastus
Nealth League
DR. J. W. S. McCullough
Vision Whee
Garden Saves Farm
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