World Happenings Briefly Told
Traffic fatalities in Manitoba during June fell from nine to five compared with last year. Jamaica Legislature members rejected a plan to link audit departments with Britain. Victoria chief cites 69 arsons by a pyromaniac. damages estimated at $2360. Port Hope drops its claim to the title. Helen Keller named Blood Sister by Stoney band at Banff ceremony. Ottawa says Yukon airmail service to double, shifting to semi weekly. La Martiniere sold to navy for a floating dock. Australia to establish a Washington legation if US sends a minister. Sir Lancelot Ophaint named ambassador to Belgium and minister to Luxembourg. Simpson desert crossed by an expedition led by Dr H Madigan Adelaide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Jamaica
Audit Department
Great Britain
Colonial Audit Department
Alex Munroe
Victoria
B.C
Guiana
Navy Ministry
Commonwealth
Washington
United States
Road to fame for Canadian painter Llewellyn Petley Jones
Edmonton born artist Llewellyn Petley Jones quit banking to study art and rose to acclaim in a 17 day London exhibition opened by Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett. Critics liken him to Paul Cezanne while his works travel from Paris study to London galleries and national collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llewellyn Petley Jones
Edmonton
London
Mr. Jones
The
Daily Telegraph
Paul Cezanne
Cezanne
Jones
R. B. Bennett
Paris
A. H. Jones
17Th Avenue
Bank of Nova Scotia
Not Very Profitable It Doesn’t Always Pay to Appeal
Dr. F S Ruttan medical health officer of Woodstock Ontario earned 1200 dollars yearly and refused an offer of 1500 dollars demanding 1600. a county judge awarded 1350 dollars. In Bermuda islands natives forecast weather by a bottle with shark liver oil. when it clouds a storm is near.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. S. Ruttan
Woodstock
Ont
Bermuda
Birds Wake at Dawn and Nest at Dusk
Birds show heightened light sensitivity they awaken at first light and settle to nest as twilight fades. The behavior highlights daily activity shifts linked to sunrise and sunset patterns observed in avian species.
Canada’s Currency Evolution and Bill Denominations
The Dominion bureau of statistics notes Canada issued about 54 000 new bills last year and over 210 million since 1935. Denominations include 1 2 5 10 20 500 and 1 000 dollars. The system has fewer units now with rare silver dollars and little gold currency. Shin plasters and past 25 cent pieces were common notes, and a 4 dollar bill was discontinued to deter counterfeiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Selected Recipes For Cold Meat Loaf Slices
Gelatine soaks in cold water then stock with onion is heated and poured over. Crumbled crackers Worcestershire sauce and lemon juice are stirred in. Meat is folded in after cooling. Mixture set in mould, chilled, sliced, and served with various garnishes in lettuce cups. Six portions. Preparation ten minutes.
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Christie's
Thousand Island Dressing Recipe Card
Mix one cup Jiffy mayonnaise two tablespoons chili sauce two tablespoons catsup two tablespoons minced pepperone two hard cooked eggs chopped two tablespoons chopped gherkins or olives. Chill thoroughly then fold in whipped cream just before serving.
Courageous Madame Casgrain Champions Women’s Rights
The French Canadian advocate Madame Casgrain wife of the Speaker of the House and daughter of Sir Rodolphe Forget is prominent as a director of a chain store firm while vocally urging women’s rights in Quebec. She criticizes laws allowing underage marriages and restricting women’s political status after marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Casgrain
House of Commons
Rodolphe Forget
Quebec
Egg Shaped Concert Hall Opens In Liverpool
The Liverpool Philharmonic Society opens an egg shaped concert hall to replace the old Phil harmonic Hall that burned in 1933. The hall seats about 2 000 and features an electric concert organ. The project cost over 500 000 dollars and is praised as economical by the English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Liverpool Philharmonic Society
Philharmonic Hall
Manitoba opens northward highway through Riding Mountain route
The first Manitoba highway north of 53 connects Brandon to Dauphin and The Pas extending No 10 through Riding Mountain park to Swan River. The historic project links The Pas, Brandon and the trans Canada highway with hopes to reach Flin Flon and extend toward the U S boundary.
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Manitoba
Brandon
Riding Mountain National Park
Dauphin
Swan River
Pas
Hudson's Bay Co
Flin Fton
United States
North Country
Winnipeg
Western Canada
Car of the future teased by World Engineering talk
Prediction from the World Automotive Engineering Congress imagines a teardrop shaped car focused on speed and efficiency. Front or rear drive layouts are possible with button controlled features, translucent roof, movable light seats, and remote like control rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Automotive Engineering Congress
How To Be A Good Swimmer Booklet Offer
Learn to dive and swim strokes with guided steps. The Home Service feature from Winnipeg Newspaper Union promotes a 32 page booklet How To Be A Good Swimmer plus additional titles priced at 15 cents each available from 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
A PERT YOUNG PRINCESS PROOGE
Adorable junior miss frock by Anne Adams promises easy sewing with Pattern 4175. Features include bias yoke and center panel, optional bias-cut panels, and versatile sleeve treatments. Sizes 10-18. fabric yardage listed. 20 cents cost. send name address and size to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
British Shipyards Busy As They Build For Foreign Nations
British shipyards remain busy with orders for foreign customers as the Brockville Recorder and Times notes the industry is working on about 40 vessels of various types. Clyde yards are launching two 15 000 ton motor tankers, two destroyers for Turkey, and five dredgers for several nations, with more orders across Scotland and England including whalers, tankers, destroyers, submarines, and minelayers.
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John Bull
Brockville
Clyde Yards
Turkey
Greece
Iraq
Scotland
France
England
Norway
Brazil
Sweden
Persia
Queen Elizabeth's shoe mania and Goering demand rise
The piece notes Queen Elizabeth's ancestor and her famed 7000 pairs of shoes, cited by Neal O'Hara in the New York Post, and reports Hermann Goering demanding a 50 percent boost in German wood output with a warning of Fuhrer ire. It also mentions a new electric tea kettle shutting off when water runs low.
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Elizabeth
George VI
Henry VIII
Neal O'Hara
New York Post
Goering
Germany
Fuhrer
Elijah Defies Baal on Mount Carmel in Israelite Showdown
Sunday school lesson summarizes Elijah's challenge to King Ahab and the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel after three years of drought. Elijah asserts Yahweh as the true God, taunts the priests, and witnesses Jehovah’s fire consuming the offering, signaling divine judgment and restoration.
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Elijah
Ahab
Samaria
Obadiah
Israel
Jezebel
Mount Carmel
Baal
TEACH CHILDREN HOW TO SAVE LIVES
Health League of Canada officials publish a guide by Wills Maclachlan urging widespread teaching of the Schafer method of artificial respiration. The piece promotes school curriculums, monthly public drills, and rapid action after electrical shock gas poisoning or drowning to save lives.
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Health League of Canada
Wills Maclachlan
Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission
Schafer
Great Pianist Pays Return Visit to Generous Chicago Host
New York Times story recalls Paderewski's early sponsor family in Chicago who welcomed him when he was struggling. Years later the famed pianist visited the hostess in Florida and played a full concert for her after learning she listened by radio.
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New York Times
Paderewski
Chicago
Florida
Indians in Canada receive 16 tons of medical supplies
The Indian affairs branch announced shipments totaling more than 16 tons of medical and surgical supplies this spring and early summer for 18 000 Indians from Yukon to Labrador. Hospitals exist at Ile a la Crosse Moose Factory and Fort Albany, with most areas served by missionaries RCMP traders and nurses funded by government and churches.
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Canada
Northland
Indian Affairs Branch
Department of Mines and Resources
Yukon
Labrador
Ile A la Crosse
Mackenzie River
Moose Factory
Fort Albany
James Bay
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Modern Turkeys Shown At World Poultry Congress
The U S Government exhibit at the Seventh World's Poultry Congress in Cleveland displayed two small live turkeys a young tom and a young hen. The modernized turkey fits in contemporary ovens and ice boxes and reflects demand for smaller birds which command a premium of one to five cents a pound over larger turkeys.
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Cleveland
Ohio
U.S
Law Bans German Cyclists Riding Two Abreast
A statute prohibits cyclists in Germany from riding two abreast in busy streets and makes riding with one hand on the handlebars a punishable offense.
Readers urged to request full cancer article set
Editorial note invites readers to obtain the complete Dr McCullough cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ont.
Co operator Premier Bracken urges farmers to unite at Charlottetown
Premier Bracken of Manitoba told about 400 farmers at the Dominion Experimental Farm in Charlottetown to work with each other and with research laboratories to solve problems. He said agricul turists could earn a living without disturbing neighbors. Senator Catrine Wilson spoke on Women’s Institutes work. John Moynan urged greater use of Illustration Stations.
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Premier Bracken
Manitoba
Dominion Experimental Farm
Charlottetown
Bracken
Dominion
Western Canada
Catrine Wilson
Ottawa
Women's Institutes
Canada
John Moynan
No Demand For Them In North Bay Buggy Whip Sale
The annual U S sale of buggy whips totals five thousand dollars, yet in North Bay Ontario only two whips are for sale. The dusty items rest in the back of a local hardware store.
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United States
North Bay
Ont
Analyst sees China losing longer than Tokyo can win
An analyst of the current outlook argues China may continue losing the war longer than Tokyo can sustain victories, suggesting shifting momentum in the prolonged conflict.
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China
Tokyo
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Port Hope
Helen Keller
New York
Alberta
Banff
North
Lancelot Oliphant
Belgium
Luxembourg
Robert Clive
Robert
Simpson Desert
Central Australia
H. Madigan
Adelaide
Road
Fdmonton
Royal Academy of London
Seba Beach
British Isles
Royal Society of British Artists
Royal Society of Portrait Painters
Societe Najonale de Beaux Arts
Limehouse
Wenonah
Richmond
Seine
National Gallery
Bank of (Canada
Thousand Island Dressing
Car of the Future
Home Service
Princess Prooge
Elman
DR. J. W. S. Mscullough
World's Poultry Congress
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