World Happenings Briefly Told
The third biennial convention of the World's Federation of Education Societies will meet in Toronto from August 4 to 30, 1927. Premier Tarchereau of Quebec says there will be provincial elections this year and Canada has much to consider. British cabinet member films to be shown at seaside resorts feature Premier Baldwin and others. Hamilton mendicants who beg on streets will be ordered off by the police chief. Under secretary of state for the dominions says imperial conference arrangements unchanged amid Canada situation. Mussolini's brother challenges General Ben-Giovenga to a duel after critical remarks. Less than one percent of cattle in Saskatchewan Last Mountain's tuberculosis-free area responded to tests, prompting provincial praise. Russia's current year demand for agricultural machinery is about 120,135 million pre-war roubles. Three United American Lines steamships Reso lute Relance Cleveland sold to Hamburg-Amerika Line in exchange for a financial interest.
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Hamilton
Ilen
W. G. Ormsby-Gore
Dominions
Canada
Russia
Commercial Intelligence Journal
United American Lines
Resolute
Relance
Cleveland
Hamburg-Americanine
Russians To Colonize Wrangell Island Lenin Mitroff
A Russian expedition aboard the Krasny Oktyabr sails from East Cape to Wrangell Island to establish a colony named Lenin Mitroff. The 20 families of Chukchees, 100 dogs, 25 reindeer and 3 years of provisions accompany 3,000 reindeer pelts for clothing. Experts deem Wrangell uninhabitable due to cold and scarce resources.
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Wrangell Island
Arctic Ocean
Siberia
Lenin Mitroff
East Cape
Bering Straits
Mitroff
Nicholai Lenin
Russia
KrasnyeOkild
Royalty Engages In Business In Paris And Alberta
The French press notes Russian court ladies joining Parisian commerce with Grand Duchess Marie training in embroidery and employing many compatriots. Princess Obelenski serves as cashier Princess Troubetskoi as general manager and Mile. Annt enkoff handles fittings. Alberta sees over 500 families relocate under a 2000 family scheme with favorable reports from W S Weeds and Mr Woods. The piece also cites health data showing the average man loses about five and a half days annually to illness between ages twenty and thirty and about twenty days between fifty and sixty.
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Marie
Princess Obelenski
Princess Troubetskoi
Mile
Anntenkoff
Alberta
W. S. Weeds
Land Settlement Board
Woods
French War Debt Agreement Reached Between Britain and France
Churchill announces a settlement covering nearly all outstanding accounts between Britain and France. Terms set annual payments of 12.5 million pounds for 62 years with a 56 million pound gold pledge moved to Bank of France reserves and safeguards against German reparations default. Transfer clause allows postponement if the franc weakened.
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Great Britain
Winston Churchill
Joseph Caillaux
Talister
Treasury
France
House of Commons
M. Cailiaux
London
Bank of England
Bank of France
Germany
British Reward Offered Over German Forgery Ring
The Reichsbank uncovered attempts by individuals in British possessions to recruit German lithographers to print thousands of counterfeit English pounds. Requests reportedly came from Africa India and Australia with a sample note mailed inside an accordion. The incident was exposed to the Reichsbank and Bank of England with a 50 pound government reward.
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Reichsbank
Africa
India
Australia
British West Africa
Germany
Bank of Eng
Canada Wins Kolapore Cup at Bisley Rifle Match
Canada won the Imperial Kolapore Cup for the second straight year at Bisley in a match against eight-man teams from Britain India Jersey Guernsey and the Gold Coast. Led by Lieut Desmond Burke the Ottawa marksman and two time King’s prize winner the Canadian contingent built a ten point lead after 300 yards and extended it to 14 by 506 yards before the final 600 yard shoot where they still prevailed by a solid margin.
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Canada
Bisley
India
Jersey
Guernsey
Gold Coast
Desmond Burke
Ottawa
Road Improvement Contracts Awarded in Saskatchewan
The deputy minister of highways announces contracts for road work in Saskatchewan. Oliver Hanson and Oscar Hanson of Estevan secure the Midale to Halbrite project for about 14500 dollars. Fred Mannix of Calgary wins the Morse Reed Lake three mile stretch for about 25000 dollars. H S Stewart of Battleford lands the Baldwin to Ryemont road contract for about 14500 dollars.
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Province of
Saskatchewan
Midale
Halbrite
Oliver Hanson
Oscar Hanson
Estevan
Sask
Morse
Reed Lake
Fred Mannix
Calgary
Alta
Baldwin
Ryemont
H. S. Stewart
Battleford,Sask
Calgary Population Estimates in City Directory
Calgary and district shows a population of 77 980 in the latest city directory while Calgary officials estimate 75 000 noting the directory extends to outlying business districts for filing.
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Calgary and District
Calgary
Japanese Nobleman Passes Through Canada
The Right Honorable Viscount Keimin Matsudaira, attaché to Prince Chichibu, traveled across Canada after arriving in Quebec aboard the Empress of France. From Montreal he proceeded to Vancouver to sail for Yokohama for a family vacation, noting close Anglo Japanese royal ties and plans to sample hunting and fishing in British Columbia on a future visit.
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Keimin” Matsudaira
Chichibu
Japan
Canada
Quebec
Montreal
Windsor
Trans-Canada Limited
Vancouver
Yokohama
Balliol College
Oxford
Magdalen College
Prince of Wales
Dominion
Columba
England
Smart crepe dress pattern with flounced sleeves
A fashion notice describes a straight dress in printed crepe with slightly flared, slashed front flounces and gathered shoulders. It opens at the neck for easy wear and has long sleeves with narrow wrist-bands. Size 36 bust requires 554 yards of crepe. price 20 cents. Also promotes a fashion book priced at 10 cents.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Pattern Neo
Pattern order notice lists Winnipeg address 175 McDermot Ave. near Union. Includes instructions for sizing and payment terms. No names or dates provided beyond the street address.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Search For Lost People
A stage magician’s act aside, the New York Police Department missing persons bureau handles mass disappearances. In the last year it logged 25 000 cases, since 1917 over 120 000, with about 9 percent found. Adults outnumber children by a wide margin as financial or domestic troubles drive vanishings.
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Missing Persons Bureau of
New York Police Department
Missing Persons Bureau
The
New York Police
Alice
Ayres
Cause and Effect Swift Punishment in Crime Rates
The piece contrasts 1923 murder totals in England and Wales with New York City, noting 1651 homicides in England and Wales and 308 in New York City. It argues swift executions could curb crime, citing England’s unknown execution numbers and New York’s 16 executions.
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England
Wales
New York City
New York
New York State
Detroit Free Press
Lord Byng to Remain in Canada Through September
The governor-general may stay in Canada until mid September though his term expires in August. Arrangements with his successor determine the leaving date, with meetings planned between outgoing and incoming governors-general in Quebec. Ottawa notes no fixed departure date tied to term end. The political situation does not drive Lord Byng's decision to stay.
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Lord Byng
Canada
Lord Willingdon
England
China
Lord Byngs
Quebec
Ottawa
Miss Gertrude Bell Dies At Sixty In Britain
War era diplomat known as the mystery woman of Near East politics dies at age sixty. Oxford graduate Gertrude Bell traveled widely and built deep knowledge of the region. During World War I she served as a British army intelligence agent in Egypt and later as a political official in Baghdad guiding postwar policy.
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Gertrude Bell
Miss Bell
Oxford University
Near East
Egypt
Bagdad
Great Britain
Man Who Says Everything Goes Often Has Its Ups and Downs
A reflective quotation contrasts the confidence of those who claim prosperity with the unseen effort of many who seek a chance at it. The saying warns that prosperity is not guaranteed and tests may follow bold declarations.
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A dense list of crossword hints covers many clues across and down including fastened, scuttle, estate, disclosed, lunar, female horse, wager, because, now, pale, turning point, stretch, dell, novel, assent, small cash, rogueish, rain from clouds, signify, whiten, bustle, many, spawn, bleat, pasteboard box, tenet, violent anger, furniture item, lyric poem, terminate, heating chamber, amidst, allowance for waste, clear, Anglo Saxon money, dog, rodent, Withered, orange like fruit, organ of hearing, horseman, pertaining to lobe, highest point, blubber from whales, half an em, shout of triumph, upon, dancer, part of to be, moslem ruler, spoken, regenerate, parcel of land, decay, settle station, forever, hill of loose sand, wrenched, cultivation, kitchen utensil, plant mustard, Manila hemp, fade, queen of fairies, digit of the foot, put down, skill, female fowl, so be it, torn, deference, give, calcareous reef seed, obscure, first note of scale, defied, check, evil, French metric measure, obtained, uncommon, perform, Egyptian sun god, note of diatonic.
Importance Of Newsprint Industry In Canada This Year
Canada exports show newsprint value of 44 559 989 in the first five months of the year. It manufactured 735 152 tons and exported 676 214 tons, aided by cheap power and large virgin forests.
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Canada
Dominion
Equal National Status Urging Court for Canada
At the Dominion conference of the Native Sons of Canada in Vancouver two resolutions urged ending appeals to the Privy Council and promoting Canadian educated appointees to civil service. The first resolution stresses Canada must have a final court of appeal of its own for full equal national status.
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Privy Council
Dominion Conference
Native Sons of Canada
Vancouver
Canada
Plans of Crow Trap For Free Distribution Aimed Across North America
Jack Miner Canadian naturalist supplies plans and specifications of the crow trap to the Biological Survey in Washington. The United States Department of Agriculture planned to prepare blueprints of the trap for free distribution across the United States and Canada last winter.
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Jack Miner
Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Canada
Iceland Faces Economic Crisis Amid Poor Fishing Season
Iceland confronts a worsening economy due to a weak fishing season and small market. Officials fear the principal industry will suffer as the large fishing fleet may be forced to stay in harbor all summer.
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Iceland
Alberta Sheep Raising Industry Growing in Alberta
Sheep raising becomes an important industry in Alberta with an estimated 25 percent rise in numbers this year from last year. The wool clip is expected to be about 2,060,000 pounds due to favorable conditions and increased production.
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Alberta
Safer Flying Craft Inter national air competition planned
The Guggenheim Fund board aims to speed safer air travel by sponsoring an international aircraft design contest. A funding range of 150000 to 200000 will support the competition to attract top designers and builders worldwide. The goal is to expand aviation beyond military use and stimulate commercial air transportation.
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Guggenheim Fund
Prince of Wales Accepts US Scout Gift at Gilwell Park
At Gilwell Park Essex the Prince of Wales received a bronze statuette of an American bison from US Ambassador Alanson B Houghton on behalf of the Boy Scouts of America. The gift honors the unknown scout who aided a US tourist and helped spark US interest in scouting.
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Gilwell Park
Essex
Prince of Wales
United States
Alanson B. Houghton
Boy Scouts of the
Constantinople Traffic Police Display Crimson Helmets
Traffic police in Constantinople wear crimson and brass helmets and carry striped batons, taking pride in neat uniforms and carriage. The striking appearance impresses visiting tourists and reflects local pride.
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Constantinople
Leprosy Cases Reported Near Two Hundred in Paris
A Paris health bulletin states nearly 200 cases of leprosy are present in the city area. Officials urge surveillance and early treatment, noting accumulating concern over public health implications in the capital.
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Paris
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