World Happenings Briefly Told
The Canadian Copyright Act may be revised at the next Parliament session following the Rome convention. A Swedish commission will study Canada’s Peace River district and the Canadian north as a site for youth farms and homes. Canada reports 864 accidental deaths from automobile accidents in 1927, up 42.6 percent from 1926. Commander Byrd receives a $1,000 contribution from Lindbergh for the Byrd Antarctic Expedition fund. Lieut. Col. F. J. A. Demers dies at Edmonton at 63. A bronze equestrian statue of Marshal Foch is unveiled at Cassel despite his wishes. About 1,000 London schoolchildren visit Shorncliffe to decorate graves of Canadian soldiers. Fifty-three million dollars of Dominion war loans mature in October and will be paid from treasury funds. British war pensions fears are allayed by Home Secretary Joynson-Hicks. Omnibus lines remain popular in London and other European cities. A line notes that many fail to recognize duty and quotes a Paris journal Amusant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Richard E. Byrd
Charles A. Lindbergh
Riel
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
F. J. A. Demers
Edmonton
Marshal Foch
Cassel
France
Poincare
London
Shorncliffe Garrison Cemetery
Dominion of Canada
J. A. Robb
Dr. Wallace Named President of Alberta University
Dr. R. C. Wallace, head of Manitoba university’s mineralogy and geology department and provincial mines commissioner, is announced as the new president of the University of Alberta. Born in Orkney, Scotland, he studied at Edinburgh and Gottingen, came to Canada in 1910, and has since held key academic and public roles including vice presidency of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and fellowships in multiple scientific societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Wallace
University of Alberta
Department of Mineralogy and Geology
Manitoba University
Wallace
Canada
Scotland
Orkney
Deerness
Kirkwall Burgh School
Edinburgh University
Goettingen University
Manitoba
Pas
Man
Provincial Library and Museum
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Mineralogical Society of America
Royal Society of Canada
Geological Society
London
Chic two piece frock pattern for youth sizes 16 18 20
Pattern No 1675 offers a two piece flared skirt with a gath ered bodice and hip lace bands. Ribbon forms a tie collar and long sleeves. evening version uses a ribbon girdle. View A and B include yardage for materials and trim. Price 25 cents.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern order request appears in a fragmented notice from the Winnipeg union at 175 McDermot Ave listing pattern numbers and recipient town. The garbled text hints at an instructional or postal request process for patterns managed by the local union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Danish Farm Visits Highlight Co op Spirit and Folk High School
The Farmers' Marketing Tour in Copenhagen includes a reception with British envoy Mr E Millington Drake and Danish Prime Minister Madsen Mygdal. Highlights cover Carl Jensen's 125 acre farm, Langager Co operative, Frederikssund Bacon Factory and its pricing committees, Frederiksborg Castle, and the People’s High School at Frederiksborg. The piece notes Danish agricultural education, farm modernization, and the ideals behind cooperative cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
E. Millington Drake
Madsen Mygdal
Prince Axel
Arkell
Canada
Carl Jensen
Langager
Frederikssund
F. L. Sieck
Larsen
Frederiksborg Castle
Frederik II
Europe
Schleswig- Holstein
Germany
Bri tish Columbia Industry Count Surges Since 1918
The province lists 4138 industrial establishments with a payroll of 159 million dollars, up 300 percent since 1918. Leading sectors include lumber, mining, fisheries, shipbuilding, pulp and paper, clothing, food, glass, and rubber. Also a dialogue exchange about dinner and a remark on speaking out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
First Spring Greenings Are Hidden in Christmas Jewellery
An Irish philosopher notes we reach for what lies beyond us by striving for it. The riddle asks what first turns green in spring and answers with Christmas jewellery, framing a playful paradox about beginnings and distant goals.
Japan Buys Canadian Wheat
Kyohei Kato of a Japanese trading firm has signed a contract to purchase 8,000,000 bushels of Western wheat. The deal, about half of Japan total imports, signals a shift from rice to wheat in a growing 83 million person market. Canada shipped 7.05 million bushels to Japan in the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Kyohei Kato
Japan
Canada
Kato
Urge Early Adoption Of New 13 Month Calendar
A national calendar reform group led by George Eastman aims to adopt a 13 month year of 28 days each by 1933. The 364 day year would add Year Day and leap day as June 29 every four years, with all holidays moved to Monday. World powers would sign a draft treaty after league review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Committee of
Washington
George Eastman
Kodak Millionaire
Rochester
N.Y
Kellogg
League of Nations
League
Eastman
Industry
Commerce
Science
Agriculture
Moses Cotsworth
Deception by Dummy Ships Aids Battle Efforts in War
The oldest naval officer on active service Captain W. B. Forbes of Quenington Gloucestershire recalled how dummy ships fooled enemy submarines while real fleets fought miles away. He commanded No 6 in Loch Ewe and later a fleet of fake battleships off Gallipoli in 1915. The imitation Tiger reportedly survived an explosion with only four casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Forbes
R.N
Quenington
Gloucestershire
Forbes
Ireland
Loch Ewe
Aegean
Claims First Place Henequen Leader of Yucatan
The State of Yucatan proclaims itself the world’s greatest producer of henequen used for binder twine. A quoted exchange suggests ample work and satisfactory pay. The note adds a historical line: Germany under Bismarck in 1881 pioneered unemployment insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yucatan
Mexico
Germany
Bismarck
The Wonders of Radium in Medicine
Radium, a radioactive element, has a long lasting activity and is used in salt forms for cancer treatment. Its discovery came after a doctor burned by its radiations and later studies by the Medical Research Council improved application methods and outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgian Congo
Medical Research Council
Jewelry left in New York taxicabs tops sixty thousand
In four months this year more than 59000 dollars worth of jewels were left in New York taxicabs. Drivers recovered forty five jewel bundles along with clothing cases luggage umbrellas and canes after fares were paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
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Firestone
Firestone Tire & Rubber CO. OF Canada
Hamilton, Ontario
Rome
Sweden
Peace River District
William Joynson-Hicks
Home Secretary
Journal Amusant
Paris
Ww. N. U
Alberta University
Taffery
Farmers’ Marketing Tour
Canadian National Railways
Great Britain and
People’s High
Frederiksborg
Frederik Begtrup
Folk High School
Mr. Begtrup
Moses
Houston
Texas
Alfred E. Smith
Herbert Hoover
Coolidge
Harding
The
Orient
England
Gill
Radium
United States
Grover Cleveland
Harry Nesbitt
Shannon, N.B
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toroato, Ont
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