World Happenings in Brief: Global Trade and Law
The report notes South Africa’s mineral output near 20.5 million dollars in a recent month and Canada’s 1930 milk plant activity valued at 13.3 million. A London dealer won a Chaucer 1532 edition at auction despite US competition. Manitoba Dairies won creamery butter honors at Saskatoon with a high 193.8 score. Miss Millie Orpen renounced a $25,000 blue law suit award against a movie theatre. Multiple items cover trade treaties, new papers in Manchuria, a proposed Peace River outlet, and assorted international notes.
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South Africa
Canada
British Columbia
Chicago
Croydon
England
Paris
France
Chaucer
United States
London
Saskatoon
Manitoba
Dairen Shimbun
Peace River
R. J. Manion
House of Commons
Millie Orpen
Turkish government seals Arabic script from archives
A special commission in Angora conducted rounds of Turkish departments and burned books and papers in the Arabic alphabet except for a few historical documents as part of a drive to stamp out the script.
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Turkey
Angora
Brother of mine differs in every way says wary physician
A humorous quip from Der Gemutliche Sachse in Leipzig remarks on a doctor claiming a brother who is his exact opposite in every respect and expresses interest in meeting him. The exchange highlights comic intrigue around family and identity in a period setting.
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Tor
Simple One Piece Home Frock Pattern No 750
Simple two piece style article describing a youth dress pattern with a V neck inset vestee jabot envelope pockets and removable belt. Details include sizes 16 to 50 inch bust options yardage for 39 and 35 inch fabrics and color options yellow white dimity print or skipper blue with white trim. Price 25 cents.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern orders are arranged through the Winnipeg Newspaper Union located at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. Pattern numbers and names are requested by mail or phone with payment in full.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Grocer's Wife and Mrs Newlyrich Exclaim Child's Learning
A dialog features a grocer's wife asking about a boy's schooling. Mrs Newlyrich responds that the boy attends school, learns French and Algebra, and asks the boy to speak to the lady in algebra.
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Grocer
China’s Orphan City Shanghai Settlement Faces Future
The International Settlement in Shanghai, home to about a million foreigners, governs itself with no single nation. Judge Fentham recommends educating the native population in municipal self government so they may eventually assume control, while warning decades may pass before Chinese jurisdiction can safely oversee the area.
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Shanghai
China
Supreme Court of South Africa
Nanking
Fentham
Whangpoo
Ungava Steamer Leaves Montreal for Hudson Bay Voyage
The Ungava sails for Hudson Bay and Baffin Land carrying five missionaries a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer an American explorer of Labrador and Hudsons Bay Company officers owners and supplies for northern posts. The cargo includes 22 canoes sheep pigs and poultry.
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Ungava
Montreal
Hudson Bay
Baffin Land
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Labrador
Hudson’s Bay Company
Mining gear flown to Arctic shore for copper ore work
New mining history unfolds in the north as Dominion Explorers and Ventures, Ltd. reports copper sulphide ore near Hunter Bay on Great Bear Lake within ten miles of the Arctic Circle. Over 27,000 pounds of drill equipment and supplies were airlifted by two pilots and operations run 24 hours a day with continuous daylight.
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Northland
Hunter Bay
Great Bear Lake
Arctic Circle
Dominion Explorers and Ventures, Ltd
Canada Wool Clip And Mill Use Report
Canada maintains a yearly wool clip around 21 million pounds. Canadian mills consume at least twice that amount annually. Domestic consumption of manufactured wool lenses equals roughly four times the clip. The mention of butterflies and perfume appears unrelated.
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Canada
Opening of Siberia air rail link cuts travel times
The new 7,000 miles air rail service through Siberia opens in June, bringing London within eight days of Shanghai. The fastest surface journey takes 89 days, and the service is already well patronized.
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Siberia
London
England
Shanghai
China
World Grain Exhibition to Feature Provincial Displays in Regina
All Canadian provinces will be represented at the Worlds Grain Exhibition and Conference in Regina in 1932. The provincial exhibits will occupy about 11 000 square feet in the new building.
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Regina
Italian scientists find silk worms spin more under radio waves
Two Italian scientists report that silkworms respond to radio music, spinning more silk when exposed to radio waves. The claim suggests sound waves influence silkworm behavior and silk production.
Royal Faithful mark centenary of St John order in Westminster Abbey
The Duke of Connaught and other royals attended a service at Westminster Abbey to commemorate the Order of St John’s 100 year revival in Great Britain. The Archbishop of Canterbury delivered the centenary address and the ceremony featured guard salutes, processions by nursing divisions, and a later general assembly at Westminster School Great Hall. Messages from Canada Australia New Zealand Sweden and South Africa were read along with a note that Canada would exempt the Order from a government resolution.
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Duchess of York
Duke of York
Royal Air Force
Princess Louise
Beatrice
Princess Arthur of
Connaught
Alice
Countess of
Westminster School
O.T.C
Order
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Sweden
Bennett
House of Commons
Buckingham Palace
London Times
England
Recipes For This Week Serves Eight And Stew
A simple week menu outlines sirloin steak onions potatoes carrots peas and lemon juice. Process steps include melting fat browning meat simmering add water dice vegetables finish with peas lemon juice and a flour-thickened gravy.
Chrysanthemum Salad with Orange and Apple Bed
Cut three quarters through orange skins, remove pulp, slice finely. Fill each orange skin with orange pieces and slender apple strips. Arrange on lettuce leaves in a bed and serve with dressing of choice. Six small oranges, lettuce, apples required.
Saskatoon Seeks Federal Aid for Public Works Plan
Saskatoon to request federal assistance exceeding 2 million dollars to fund an unemployment relief program for twelve months. Mayor John W. Hair says a $70 000 monthly payroll would employ all married unemployed residents, with no plans for single workers, a federal responsibility.
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Saskatoon
John W. Hair
Look For Big Apple Crop In Kootenays And Arrow Lakes
The B C provincial horticulturist estimates the apple crop in the Kootenay and Arrow Lake districts of British Columbia at 93000 boxes, up from 76000 boxes last year. Fairbanks is hot enough at times to overwhelm people near the Arctic Circle.
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B.C
Kootenay
Arrow Lake
British Columbia
Fairbanks
Alaska
Arctic Circle
Woman seeks keep nationality after marriage at Cheltenham congress
A delegate at the Women’s Co-Operative Guild Congress in Cheltenham, England urges the government to allow a woman to retain nationality after marriage. She is married to a Swede who died, leaving her stateless after long English residence and her marriage. A provocative interlude follows with a quip from a suitor and a remark from a small brother.
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Women’s Co-Operative Guild Congress
Cheltenham
England
Hospital Opens at Chesterfield Inlet in the Arctic
Bishop Turquetil and four Grey Nuns arrived by rail and motor boat, completing a lengthy journey from Quebec. They reached Chesterfield Inlet, where the farthest north hospital on the continent opened last week to serve nomadic Eskimos and fur-trapping communities with planned hygiene courses for youths.
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Bishop Turquetil
Grey Nuns Sisterhood
Churchill
Quebec
Canadian National Railways
Chesterfield Inlet
Hudson Bay
Arctic
Canada
Interesting War Relics Illuminate Great War Plaques
J H Halls of Regina possesses a complete set of German government plaques issued 1914 to 1918. The reproductions celebrate events designed to boost morale and incite hatred toward England. Images include the Lusitania sinking, Lord Northcliffe as a liar, and a triumphant German soldier over a symbol of the Allies. The plaques are noted for their artistic merit.
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J. H. Halls
Regina
Germany
England
Lusitania
Lord Northcliffe
The Cyclops Dipper Dredger Leaves Tyne for Havre Port
A remarkable dipper dredger named Cyclops with four 70 foot legs departs the Tyne for Havre. The vessel has no propelling machinery yet can raise itself by its legs and scoop up to 10 tons of material per operation.
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Tyne
Havre
France
Did Not Improve Matters Clergyman's Daughter Joke
A clergyman's daughter Laura upset a caller by remarking, Oh, my but aren't you homely. Laura says she meant it as a joke. Her mother corrects her, suggesting a kinder retort would have been more appropriate saying How pretty you are.
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Laura
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Ww. N. U
By Annette
China’s
Waters
Order of St. John of Jerusalem
Westminster Abbey
Duke of Connaught
The
Duke and Duchess of York
Westminster
Betty Barclay
Regina Man
Brooder
Chantler & Chantler Limited
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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