World Happenings Briefly Told From Across the Globe
A roundup notes Ontario fatal accidents for the first half of 1935 reaching 201 the highest since 1931. Hugh Walpole sails to Hollywood to adapt Oliver Twist. Shantung floods leave 5.6 million homeless. RAF officers Nimmo and Marbutt die in a crash. Britain orders a fast light bomber. US Marshal Murphy unveils water or gas prison bars. Italian lemon shortages hit Liverpool markets. France’s first stratosphere plane crashes killing pilot Cogno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Royal Air Force
R. L. Nimmo
8. J. Marbutt
Nimmo
London Daily Telegraph
U.S
John J. Murphy
Ethiopia
Liverpool
Liverpool Fruit Exchange
France
M. Cogno
Bonnieres
Art Of Early Indians In Central America
American explorer Gregory Mason asserts that Central American peoples practiced anaesthetics, advanced mathematics, and astronomy long before Columbus. He cites Toltecs building a pyramid larger than Egypt's, Peruvians weaving finer tapestries, and Mayans inventing zero centuries earlier, enabling early multiplication and division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central America
Gregory Mason
Mr. Mason
Egypt
Europe
Yucatan
Cortz
Du Pont unveils 100 below zero cold for rubber making
Du Pont of Wilmington announces a 100 degree below zero cold used in synthetic rubber production. The extreme temperature, colder than Siberia’s depths, will aid separation of monovinyl acetylene from acetylene, enabling cheaper industrial processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Pont Company
Wilmington
Delaware
Earth
Siberia
du Pont
Has Turned The Corner In Port Elgin Prosperity
Prosperity has turned the corner in Port Elgin Ontario with taxes for 1935 showing $26 416 30 on the roll and $14 102 86 paid to Village Treasurer J J Chapman. Only half of the total taxes were due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Elgin
Ontario
J. J. Chapman
Aviator Encounters Grasshoppers at High Flight
Pilot R. O. Bain, who flew in from the south, reports a flock of grasshoppers encountered at 9,500 feet over Billings Montana. The incident highlights unusual aerial obstacles facing air mail pilots near Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Mail
R. O. Bain
Winnipeg
Billings
Mont
Novelists Coin New Word While Shaving
A novelist reports inventing a fresh term during a shaving session. He notes the razor resembles common models, suggesting routine grooming tools inspired the coinage and connecting everyday rituals to linguistic creativity.
Dr Camsell to probe tropical valleys of northern Canada
Dr Charles Camsell deputy minister of mines heads a 10 000 mile exploration from Ottawa to western Canada to investigate myths of tropical valleys along the Yukon Northwest boundary. He travels with pilot Punch Dickins and aides A D McLean and W H Sutherland to map a 25 000 square mile blind area unseen by white travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Charles Camsell
Ottawa
Canada
Yukon- Northwest Territory
Klondike
Camsell
N. J. Henry
Philadelphia
C. H. “Punch” Dickins
A. D. McLean
Airways
Department of National Defence
W. H. Sutherland
Recipes For This Week From Tomato Business
A home canning guide outlines preparing 144 pounds of ripe tomatoes, boiling crushed tomato mixture, adding lemon juice and rind, optional spice or Worcestershire for meat dishes, then combining with sugar and water, boiling hard for two minutes, adding pectin, skimming, pouring, and sealing with paraffin to yield about nine six-ounce jars.
Dried Fig Jam Preparation Instructions
The recipe guides making fig jam by prepping 8 cups dried figs with 5 cups sugar, chopping and pounding stems, boiling with 2 cups water and lemon juice, then cooking to a rolling boil. Add bottled pectin after boiling, pour quickly, and seal with hot paraffin.
Addis Ababa Means New Flower Says Garden Leader
Dr. Marshall A. Howe, newly elected director of the New York Botanical Garden, notes Addis Ababa is a city of trees with many gardens and fine flower growing. The U S Geographic Board pronounces it Ahddis Ahwawa with the first syllable stressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Marshall A. Howe
New York Botanical Garden
United States Geographic Board
Queen Mary to employ 700 crew for Atlantic crossings
A staff of about 700 cooks waiters stewards stewardesses and assistants will be required to serve meals on the Queen Mary. As many as 40 000 meals will be served on each crossing of the Atlantic.
Melons Grow Best in Slightly Acid Soil
A brief note states melons thrive when planted in slightly acidic soil. No dates, places, or organizations are given.
Youngest Girl Stowaway Boarded Normandie At Sea
The Normandie carried a 12 year old New York girl named Joan Dailey as its youngest stowaway. She boarded in New York to visit the liner and could not bear to leave. Her mother sent money for passage and her brother refused to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Normandie
Joan Dailey
New York
Joan
Mystery of Haunted Ocean Baffles U.S. Coastal Survey
Experts on the coast and geodetic survey seek to solve the mystery of a haunting noise from the ocean floor southeast of Long Beach California. The sound interferes with instruments and hampers chart work, starting daily around 11 am and fading at night. Lieutenant Commander Swainson deploys the Pioneer to a site about 60 miles from Long Beach to study the phenomenon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Long Beach
California
Com. O. S. Swainson
Pioneer
Oceanside
Whales Sleep Under Ice After Arctic Breathing Breach
Arctic whales breathe air for about twelve minutes then dive under ice to sleep for several hours. Their blood remains aerated allowing extended subice rest without surfacing for air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
Giant Cobras Aid Science In Poison Venom Extraction
Eleven foot king cobra in Staten Island Club court yielded two cubic centimetres of venom enough for 140 deaths, extracted by four men led by Carol Stryker of the Staten Island Zoo logical Society. Venom sent to Dr. Samuel M. Peck at Mount Sinai Hospital for serum development and lab tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staten Island Club
St. Mark's Place
St. George
Carol Stryker
Staten Island Zoological Society
Samuel M. Peck
Mount Sinai Hospital
Fifth Avenue
100Th Street
New York
Peck
Inspector's Remark Triggers Commons Uproar Over Imperialism
London report says a Manchester school inspector reproved a teacher in front of pupils after a 12 year old girl Maud Mason praised England as the finest country in an essay for King George's jubilee. The incident stirred cries of shame in the House of Commons over old fashioned imperialism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Manchester
England
Maud Mason
George
Maud
World’s oldest Jew lives in Ireland at 103
Joseph Levi of Cork is described as the world’s oldest Jew and an Irish Free State citizen. He recently celebrated his 103rd birthday and says he has lived most of his life in Ireland. Levi does not move about much but remains cheerful and believes he may live another century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Joseph Levi
Cork
Ireland
Levi
Seed Potatoes For Cuba Supply Split Canada Leads In Seed
Canada supplies 90 percent of Cuba's seed potato market. Cuban potatoes replanted locally will not yield saleable crops, so all seed must be imported. Cuba harvests two potato crops each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Cuba
Bowl of Flowers embroidery pattern 5153 sale request
A vintage cross stitch pattern promotes a bowl of flowers design with 8 stitches to the inch. It includes color markings and a transfer pattern 8x14 inches with material and color guidance. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Martha welcomes Jesus at Bethany and chooses the good part
The lesson centers on Martha hosting Jesus in her Bethany home and choosing charity by serving while Mary sits at Jesus feet. It contrasts Martha's worldly anxiety with Jesus urging focus on the present and faith in his word, culminating in Martha's professed belief that Jesus is the Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
Jesus
Moffatt
Mary
Bethany
Lazarus
Christ
God
London acquires world’s heaviest elephant tusks
The National History Museum trustees announced the purchase of two tusks from an East Africa elephant killed near Kilimanjaro. One tusk dates to 1901, the other is a newer acquisition. Weights were about 236 and 226 pounds at death, reduced by about 101 pounds through drying. Each tusk exceeds ten feet in length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
National History Museum
Kilimanjaro
East Africa
Sweden police probe strange sect awaiting flying ark arrival
A controversial Swedish religious sect believes an ark of gold and silver will ferry followers to a promised land. Leader A Korpela has fixed several arrival dates for the flying ark. Eight members have been committed to asylums and police suspend meetings during investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Promised Land
Sweden
A. Korpela
Export trade boosts Maritime egg shipments to Bermuda and West Indies
The export trade of Canadian eggs from Maritime ports to Bermuda and the West Indies has risen in recent weeks and is yielding a favorable market influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
West Indies
Salt and science lessons through salts in nature
The article explains neutralization producing salt and water, notes common salt as sodium chloride, and highlights how salts form from acids and bases. It surveys abundant deposits at Stassfurt, Chile saltpetre deposits along South America, and the broad economic and industrial uses of salts such as potassium nitrate and calcium carbonate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stassfurt
Germany
Orient
Chile
South America
Wall Street Guards Guard Vaults With Armed Force
New York City has formed a standing army of 5000 highly trained guards to protect Wall Street vaults housing millions of pounds. They are armed with six-shooters to machine guns and tear gas bombs. Underground bivouacs provide restaurants sleeping quarters ranges and drills. About 14000 pistol permit holders exist in Wall Street but vault protection includes flooding poison gas and hot steam deterrents.
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New York City
Wall Street
Boys Build Plane by Montreal Teens Fly to Quebec
Three young Montrealers piloted a home built aeroplane from Montreal to Quebec in four hours. Rodolphe Page was the pilot with Emile Pelletier and Bill Ritchie as crew. The craft, weighing a few weeks of flight, was homemade in a private garage and is government inspected with a license. Wings hold 30 gallons of gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Montreal
Rodolphe Page
Emile Pelletier
Bill Ritchie
British Legion vets urge Britain friendship in London speech
Major Francis Fetherston Godley told about 7,000 British Legion members and friends in London that friendship with Great Britain should be pursued. The group recently toured Germany to promote reconciliation and camaraderie among veterans and the general public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
British Legion
London
Francis Fetherston Godley
Germany
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Hugh Walpole
Hollywood
Shantung
Jim” H. Thomas
Dominions
Corby
Betty Barclay
Giant Cobras
Child
Alice Brooks
John
British National History Museum
Gordon H. Guest
M.A
Britain
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