World Happenings Briefly Towd
Air mail to Jamaica via Miami Kingston now 11 to 12 days. Alberta balks at 100 million power scheme from waste gas. Herbert Marler arrives Vancouver May 14 sails Ottawa May 16. Hydro-Generator Patents forms to develop coal fuel oil. Pepys porringer sold from 80 value for 7. Admiral Byrd plans another polar expedition soon.
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London
Jamaica
Miami
Kingston
Alberta
Herbert Marler
Japan
Vancouver
Ottawa
International Hydro-Generator Patents Company Limited
Samuel Pepys
Zeppelin Commander Foresees Trans Atlantic Flights by 1933
Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the Zeppelin, bids America farewell and predicts scheduled trans Atlantic airship flights by 1933. He believes two sailings weekly in each direction will be possible within ten years.
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Hugo Eckener
America
Eckener
Youthful bolero model with matching bloomers pattern
A spring fashion note features a yellow and blue bolero with white pique collar for girls ages 6 to 14. It pairs with bloomers and knee bands, offered as Pattern No 2Q0 for 25 cents in stamps or coin.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg
A compact notice from the Winnipeg newspaper provides ordering instructions for textile patterns. It cites the Union located at 175 McDermot Ave offering details on pattern sizes and purchasing steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Cookies From This Week Recipe Card
Instructions describe making cookies from special flour with butter sugar eggs lemon rind and cream. Steps include sifting flour with baking powder and nutmeg beating butter and sugar, adding eggs and cream, folding in flour, rolling thin, cutting shapes, dredging in sugar and baking at 425 degrees for about 7 minutes yields 214 dozen cookies.
Celery Sauce Preparation Notes
A recipe snippet instructs simmering chopped celery in salted boiling water, reserving both liquid and celery. It then makes a roux with butter and flour, adds celery liquid to reach one cup, returns celery, and seasons with paprika. Just before serving, fold in egg yolk and cream and cook briefly.
Canadian Radio League backs two railway broadcasting systems
J Murray Gibbon of the CPR Montreal endorses R W Ashcroft’s proposal for separate CPR and CNR railway broadcasting systems. The plan splits private profit radio from a public educational service, with subsidies likely and wave-length reallocation to curb advertising while serving national listeners.
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British Broadcasting Corporation
J. Murray Gibbon
C.P.R
Montreal
Canadian Forum of
Toronto
Mr. Gibbon
C.P_R
R. W. Ashcroft
Gooderham and Worts
C.N.R
North America
B.B.C
Synthetic Air Idea Prompts Scientific Debate
Professor J W Hershey of McPherson College Kansas argues experiments show life can be healthier in a chemically produced atmosphere and that offices planes and submarines could use it. He cites white mice living better on helium-oxygen than nitrogen-oxygen. R V Churchill reports fluorine related tooth discoloration in children, especially Texas, linked to drinking water.
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Science
American Chemical Society
J. W. Hershey
McPherson College
McPherson, Kas
Hershey
Texas
R. V. Churchill
Churchill
Baby's Granny Rides a Motorcycle to London Dinner
Mrs Clara Brown aged 60 rode from Leamington to London on her motorcycle for the annual London Ladies Motor Club dinner honoring Sir Malcolm and Lady Campbell and other racing drivers. She wore overalls and waders with her dinner gown strapped to the handlebars and has prior motor trial and Concours d Elegance wins.
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Clara Brown
Leamington
London
London Ladies’ Motor Club
Malcolm
Lady Campbell
Brown
Canadian Apples Gain Ground in Cairo Market
The Cairo market warmly receives Canadian apples with strong sales around $4.88 per box. Officials note Canadian fruit stands out among imports from the United States, offering a competitive price and quality that appeals to Egyptian buyers.
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Cairo
Egypt
United States
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dr John Anderson dies in Shanghai after operation
Dr John Anderson formerly of the London School of Tropical Medicine dies in Shanghai following an operation. He believed he was near a crowning achievement in meningitis research and had reportedly isolated the meningitis germ shortly before death. Regular air service between Europe and Australia is being considered.
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John Anderson
London School of Tropical Medicine
Shanghai
China
Europe
Australia
Mouse in Wing Section Highlights Aviation Hazard
In Raleigh North Carolina Oscar Dawson encountered a scare when a large wing fabric section loosened during flight forcing a safe landing. Workmen opened the wing to reveal a mouse nest gnawed into the fabric.
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Oscar Dawson
Raleigh
North Carolina
New Cunard Steamship Under Construction Towering Over Cities
A photograph shows the Cunard liner 1,013 feet long dwarfed by nearby buildings in Toronto and Montreal. Sir Samuel Cunard, founder of Cunard Line, is pictured alongside current chairman Sir Percy Bates and Canadian director R. W. Reford of Montreal.
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Sir Percy E. Bates, Bart
G.B.E
Cunard Line
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Toronto
Ont
Sun Life Assurance of Canada
Montreal
Royal Bank of Canada
Cunard Steamship
Cunard
Sir Samuel Cunard
Halifax
N.S
Percy Bates, Bart
G.B
R. W. Reford
South Africa Keeps Record Gold Output Into 1931
South Africa maintains its record gold production from 1930 into the current year. Japan announces a wave of irrigation projects across multiple regions to bolster agricultural output.
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South Africa
Hidden Hearts and Small Changes in a Family Tale
In a playful exchange two boys reflect on romance and marriage. Harold notes women cause heartbreak while Jerry recalls his sister’s fiancé giving small gifts and nearly marrying her, revealing family dynamics and social attitudes.
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Harold
Felier
Jerry
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Donaldson
Canada
Russia
Argentina
Louis Fischer
Bagdad
Times of India
Irak Desert
Richard E. Byrd
North
Poles
Polar
Arctic
Antarctic
W. N. OU
Annette
Calo
Betty Barclay
Cancdian Radio League
Granny
Blackheads
C R. W. Reford, Esq
The
England
Brooder
Chantler & Chantler Limited
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
Minard's Liniment
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