World Happenings Briefly Told
A roundup notes the 136th Independence Day, a $2.16 billion unemployment relief bill passage, limited 1932 sockeye packs, a Turkish snowstorm freezing hundreds of sheep, Canadian doctors reading upside down X-ray, Dominion Day in Ontario and Manitoba, a price fixing probe in Ontario fruit baskets, Katharine McCormick’s death at 79 in Versailles, a $60 million pirate treasure find at Cocos Isle, prospects in Thelon River gold, a Montreal hospital successful heart surgery on an eight year old after a knife injury.
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United States
House Representatives
Senate
British Columbia
S. L. Howe
Mount Olympus
Bursa
Turkey
Ontario
Manitoba
Dominion of Canada
F. A. McGregor
Katharine Medill McCormick
Robert 8. McCormick
Versailles
France
Robert R. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Cocos Isle
Vancouver
B.C
R. D. Adams
Jack Hornby
Thelon River
Hornby
Homeopathic Hospital
Montreal
J. Harry Condon
Robert Shepherd
Emancipation Demanded by Deaf Education Leader at Conference
Edwin G. Peterson, Saskatoon superintendent of the Saskatchewan School for the Deaf, urged social emancipation and equal opportunities in education and employment for Deaf persons at the triennial convention of the Western Canada Association of the Deaf in Winnipeg.
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Edwin G. Peterson
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan School For the Deaf
Western Canada Association of the Deaf
Winnipeg
Roman coin hoard unearthed near Thames home of Viscount Craigavon
A workman digging at a riverside residence believed to sit on an ancient Roman road uncovered coins dated from A D 320 to A D 324. The find reportedly occurred at the Thames side home of Viscount Craigavon, Northern Ireland's premier.
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Thames
Viscount Craigavon
Northern Ireland
Man Produces 10 Million Volt Lightning Power
The article notes a man in laboratories achieving ten million volts, a figure described as one tenth the voltage of a natural lightning flash. It also reports the Rio Grande valley in Texas growing ribbed oranges with cantaloupe like skins despite regional cultivation efforts.
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Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Mace From Fiji War Club Returned For Ceremonial Use
Windsor Castle houses a war club presented to Queen Victoria by King Thakombau after acknowledging British sovereignty. By command of King George the club will be returned to Fiji for use as a mace in the Fiji legislative council. The king sent his love to the Queen and carved dove devices on the club’s knobs as tokens of submission.
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Windsor Castle
Fiji
Victoria
Thakombau
Hercules Robinson
Great Britain
George
Waiting Time Is Over Says Canadian Optimist Barnjum
Frank J. D. Barnjum urges immediate action to regain prosperity. He says those with money should buy freely, build, repair, and stock up now to save thirty to fifty percent, and adds that collective buying will lift mood and economy. He also advises advertising.
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Frank J. D. Barnjum
Paris style pattern saves cost and effort for all figures
The pattern presents an easy to sew Paris inspired garment in white crepe silk, versatile for wear with a suit or sports skirt. It offers options in gandie dotted batiste lace or tucked net, with a new front plastron and bow tied sleeves. Size range includes 14 to 40 bust, using 15 yards of 39 inch material for size 16. Pattern price 25 cents.
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Paris
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern order guide from Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg lists pattern numbers names and towns for customer requests. Pattern No. Name Town appear in the readable excerpt.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Voyage Preparations for Neophite to Nelson
The Flemish barge Neophite is being overhauled by the Department of Railways and Canals in preparation for a voyage to Nelson. It will carry supplies for R.CM.P. detachments along the Hudson Bay southwest coast. The Neophite is a long slow steel vessel with cabins and crew quarters aft and is equipped with sail and gas power.
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Department of Railways and Canals
Nelson
R.cm.p
Hudson Bay
Debated Monetary Reforms Include Gold Standard and Credit Control
The document outlines multiple proposals for reforming Canada’s monetary system. It discusses central bank credit limits, paper dollars linked to labor units or commodity indexes, bimetallism and symmetallism, expanded silver use, nationalized currency and banking, and adherence to the gold standard with changes only through international cooperation. It notes criticisms of each plan and stresses Canada’s gold debt obligations and export-based economy.
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Karl Marx
Marx
Gresham
Marshall
Subsidy Expired Leaves Omagh Builders Paying Bills Alone
At a council meeting in Omagh Ireland it was disclosed that residents who recently built houses had relied on subsidies from both the city and the government. Officials stated the subsidy expired March 31 1931 leaving homeowners to cover all work and materials.
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Omagh
Ireland
Seasons tethered by spring and fall in nature's cycle
A reflective line notes that nature cannot shift from winter to summer or from summer to winter without the intervening seasons of spring and fall. It emphasizes the necessity of transitional periods in natural cycles.
Limitations Of Distributional Valuations In Contract Bridge
Distributional trick taking probabilities in contract bridge rely on honor long and short suit tricks. Beyond ten tricks value duplication can inflate expected totals. slam bidding requires three suit control for little slams and all four for grand slams. Balanced hands favor aces and kings, while unbalanced hands allow more frequent slams. A sample hand shows how duplication can prevent a slam despite high combined trick potential. The German postal device stamps letters at posting.
Crushed Pineapple Cream Dessert From Betty Barclay
A simple weeknight dessert recipe by Betty Barclay uses milk cream and sugar warmed to lukewarm, then mixed with a dissolved junket tablet and set in individual dishes until firm. Top with crushed pineapple before serving.
Glazed Carrots for Oven Roasted Lamb
Glazed carrots pair with hot roast lamb and can bake alongside it to save fuel. Boil six large carrots fifteen minutes in salted water, skin, slice, and place in a pan. Make a syrup from brown sugar butter and hot water, pour over carrots, bake until brown, basting occasionally.
Dream Becomes Reality at Churchill Port in Hudson Bay
Western Canadians believe long held ambitions near the port of Churchill are materializing as the S S Pennyworth is set to carry the first inbound cargo. The cargo list includes liquor for Saskatchewan and Manitoba, barbed wire, netting, toys, chinaware, dry goods, education gear, boots and other commodities.
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W. H. Harling
Prairies
Churchill
Hudson Bay
S.S. Pennyworth
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Fresh Hudson Bay salmon to be shipped abroad
Hudson Bay fishermen report early samples of salmon and trout ready for trial shipment. John Insebrigtsen lists two orders for Capt. Harvey L. Weber of Transport Limited The Pas Manitoba and H S Johnstone of Booth Fisheries The Pas. A sample order also comes from Guest Fish Company Winnipeg for Arctic fish.
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John Insebrigtsen
Harvey L. Weber
Transport Limited
Pas
Manitoba
H. S. Johnstone
Booth Fisheries, Ltd
Ingebrigtsen
Guest Fish Company
Winnipeg
Rogers Says Canadian Banks Strong After Long Run
Will Rogers argues American bankers should study Canada where only one bank failure has occurred since 1914, a run of nearly eighteen years with no more than one collapse. The record highlights stability in the Canadian banking system.
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Will Rogers
Canada
Griddle Cake Machine Replaces Fifty Girls at Chids NY
A device for making griddle cakes has led to the dismissal of fifty female workers at Chids restaurants in New York. The shift automates tasks previously done by hand, affecting staff and operations.
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Chids
New York
Government railway receipts in Japan near eleven million
Receipts from Japan's state railways last year totaled close to 11 million dollars. A quotation from Strix in Stockholm mocks fashion as a casual aside about garters worn outside trousers after a dropped collar stud.
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Japan
Sondagsnisse-Strix
Stockholm
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Canadian Medical Association
Tey Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E Pickham
Ww. N. U
Pip
Bow Street
London
Mr. de Valera
Jimmy de Rothschild
Lord Moyne
Sean O'Casey
Lord Castlerose
Lord Moyniham
Lord Carson
Sir John Lavery
Lord Murphy
Earl Beatty
Bernard Shaw
Lord Derby
Low
London Evening Standard
England
By Major Strange
Searle Grain Company
Hamlin B. Hatch
Cavendish Cole
Toronto
West
Q. J
A. Q
A. K
South
Germany
Betty Barclay
Britain
Rogers
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