World Happenings Briefly Told
In one day 4000 paid for admission to the Livingstone National Memorial at Blantyre Scotland. Lady Beatty died in her sleep at Dingery Leicestershire England. The Norwegian Government will occupy a Greenland strip this summer despite Danish protests. Two US companies push Atlantic exploration via Canada and the Arctic. In 1931 Canada granted 684 divorces, 218 per cent fewer than 1930. BC seeks 50000 relief funds for land settlement. Soviet output rose 19.6 per cent in first five months of 1932. Curie finds ray blocked more by paraffin than lead. A pebble damaged a Croydon Paris airliner, forcing a return. Lansbury calls for end to India Gandhi impasse.
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Livingstone National Memorial
Blantyne
Scotland
Beatty
Earl David Beatty
Dingrey
Leicestershire
England
Greenland
Denmark
United States
Europe
Canada
Arctic
Dominion Bureau
British Columbia
Curie
Nature
Journal of Pure Science
Croydon
Paris
Lord Willingdon
India
Government of
Mahatma Gandhi
George Lansbury
Labor
Commons
Bull damages car in Monckton yard incident
A Monckton Ontario resident reports his spotless car was dented by a visiting bull. The animal charged the reflective car, mistaking its image for a rival, causing extensive dents on both sides. The owner now contemplates costly re shaping and re lamination to restore the finish.
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Monckton
Ontario
Incorrigible Too A Gentle Rebuke By Prison Reformer
Adolph Lewisohn aged eighty three toured a prison and greeted inmates. A warden warned against shaking hands with a particularly hardened prisoner. Lewisohn replied I am incorrigible too and warmly clasped the man's hand.
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Adolph Lewisohn
Lewisohn
Mr. Lewisohn
The Peking News Publisher in Stockholm Exchange
A quip notes the long run of The Peking News since 500 A.D. and features a joke about authors and publishers with a wry exchange from Stockholm attributed to Walt Hem.
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Peking News
St Lawrence Waterway Project Details and Timelines
The planned St Lawrence Waterway would cost between 750 million and 1 division equal apportionment with Canada credited 216 million for existing canals. Five million horsepower will be produced with 2.2 million international hp and 3 million in Quebec including Beauharnois. The channel depth reaches 27 feet and total completion spans seven years with three years to first power.
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St Lawrence
Canada
Quebec
Beauharnois
United States
Ontario
Simple V Neckline Dress Pattern No 651 for Many Sizes
The pattern offers a V neck with a slim hip line for a graceful silhouette and easy construction. It suggests fabrics such as blue and white bastiste, plain white batiste, silk options, white crinkle crepe, and novelty cotton meshes. Size 36 to 48 bust with fabric yardage for 34 35 inch and 1 yard contrast. price 25 cents.
Defensive overcalls in contract bridge tactics
The article explains defensive overcalls as crucial yet risky, likening the defender to a general facing inferior forces. It outlines three main aims: inform partner, disrupt the opponent’s system, and intimidate the opening bidder. It details when to overcall, considering vulnerability, and provides specific hand criteria for one and two level overcalls plus the strategy to delay with strong distributional hands.
Queen Mary gifts two rare globes to Royal Geographical Society
During a visit to the Royal Geographical Society the King and Queen toured the Hall for over an hour. Her Majesty presented the Society with two small 150 year old globes, welcomed as valuable additions to their historic treasures.
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Royal Geographical Society
Society
Montreal Street Play Area Opens Two Nights a Week
During the summer months a section of a crowded Montreal street is closed to traffic two evenings weekly to create a safe play ground for local children. Volunteers supervise games while police redirect traffic to other channels, ensuring safety.
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Montreal
Generous Advertising Is True Economy Address
Lord Wakefield argues newspapers provide real contact with customers in his speech titled Generous Advertising Is True Economy, noting the need to reach the public through print. He asserts the newspapers' role in connecting businesses with buyers.
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Lord Wakefield
Supply Boat Brings Food to Aklavik Residents
The Arctic town of Aklavik welcomes the schooner tug Ogyuk and two barges carrying food and equipment. The arrival marks relief after months of saltless coffee and bread without butter due to shortages from last summer. The Ogyuk travels ahead of schedule and will make two more trips this summer with more supplies on order.
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Aklavik
North West Territories
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Charles Becker
Edmonton
Northern Waterways Transport Company
Becker
Divers Work on 1812 War Relics in Great Lakes
The Toronto Star notes divers seek to recover the American ships Scorpion and Tigress in Georgian Bay, joining efforts to salvage Niagara at Erie and Nancy in Georgian Bay. The recovered vessels from the War of 1812 era are preserved as relics with no grudges held by rescuers.
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Great Lakes
Erie
Lake Erie
Georgian Bay
Toronto Star
Baron Lymington Plans Dutch Barge Flat Near Commons
Lord Lymington, heir to the Earl of Portsmouth, acquired a large Dutch barge to convert into a comfortable flat. It will be moored close to the House of Commons, rivaling Lord Beauchamp’s son Lord Emsley in originality.
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Lord Emsley
Earl Beauchamp
Viscount Limington
Earl of Portsmouth
Lord Lymington
House of Commons
Chocolate Drop Cookies From This Week Recipe
Recipe outlines making chocolate drop cookies with sifted flour baking soda salt butter brown sugar eggs unsweetened chocolate milk vanilla and walnut meats. Steps include creaming butter and sugar, beating in egg, melting chocolate, alternating flour and milk, adding vanilla and nuts, and baking small drops at 350 degrees for about seven minutes yielding about fifty cookies.
California Poinsettia Salad In French Dressing
Six servings recipe details a decorative poinsettia salad with orange segments radiating from cheese balls. Twelve orange segments form petals around a central cheese ball, with paprika accents and pimiento strips between segments. finish with French dressing.
Cleaning Tricks From Everyday Household Hints
The note lists practical tips: milk removes ink stains, cigarette ashes erase rings from wet glass marks on furniture, ammonia cleans diamonds, and toothpaste removes the black coating from silver jewelry.
New Finger Print Method Could Transform Forensic Practice
Dr. Leung of Lyons France reveals a camera free fingerprinting method using a gelatin solution on collodion base to form a transparent film bearing complete prints. Dust prints with animal black, apply solution, lift film for study, eliminating photographs and three photographers.
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Leung
Lyons
France
A. N. Mirnaoff
New York
Pressent
Polar Study Network Forms for Second International Year
Seven Canadian weather officials join 26 nations to study polar phenomena around the Arctic starting August 1. J. E. Lily operates at Resolution Island Hudson Strait while R. C. Jackson and C. Kinnear move to Fort McMurray and will be stationed at Coppermine. A second Canadian party led by F. T. Davies of McGill includes B. W. Currie Ss. McVeigh and John Rea and will stay at Fort Churchill for at least 14 months. The British expedition bound for Fort Rae on Great Slave Lake is en route.
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Canadian Meterological Service
Arctic Circle
J. E. Lily
Resolution Island
Hudson Strait
R. C. Jackson
C. Kinnear
Fort McMurray
Alta
Coppermine
F. T. Davies
McGill University
Montreal
B. W. Currie
University of Saskatchewan
Ss. McVeigh
Queen's University
John Rea
Cook
Fort Churchill
Fort Rae
Great Slave Lake
First U S Woman Senator Dr Martha Hughes Cannon Dies
Dr Martha Hughes Cannon, 75, physician and first woman state senator in the United States, died recently in Los Angeles. She was elected to the Utah Legislature in 1896 and served two terms, sponsoring public health and women and children's welfare laws.
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Martha Hughes Cannon
United States
Los Angeles
Utah
Dalren Japan Sees Export Goods Backlog Slow Shipments
A report notes a jam of export products at Dalren city ports in Japan causing delays. Indications point to early shipment bottlenecks and crowded facilities impacting trade flows.
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Dalren
Japan
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King George
By Hamlin B. Hatch
Cavendish Club
Toronto
Queen Mary
Futre Earl of Beauchamp
Betty Barclay
California
Dr. Leung
U.S
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Funkstroms
Kas
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