Irish Subaltern Bluffed Germans Into Togoland Surrender
Lieut.-Col Frederick Bryant then a captain in the Gold Coast Frontier Force fooled German commanders in Kamena with a decoy campaign in early World War I. Using a 1 000 man force, Bryant sent natives to mislead the Germans about enemy presence and warned them to abandon the wireless station. Kamena surrendered at eight am sealing a bold bluff that opened Togoland.
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Togoland
Frederick Bryant
Sir Reginald Hoskins
Lord Davidson
Ashridge
Blkhamsted
Hertfordshire
Reginald
Colonial Office
Cameroons
Kamena
Colonial Service
Bryant
Berlin
Gold Coast Frontier
England
World Happenings Briefly Told
John A. Hope longtime big game expert and former Rod and Gun editor died at his Vancouver home at 73. RAF plane crash near Malta killed Flight Lieutenant Booth and Private Stewart, with two others injured. Buffalo National Park elk sent to Antwerp zoos. Senator Farris of Vancouver urged broader selective immigration to aid Canada’s economy. RAF bombers forced to land in fog near Penrhos Wales. one airman killed and four injured. Foot and mouth disease reported in England near Tilbury and Lattimer. One thousand sheep condemned at Muckinghall. Manitoba reports 6,160,000 pounds honey in summer, best in Canada, but 2,000,000 pounds below 1936.
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John A. Hope
Rod and Gun
Vancouver
Patrick A. Booth
Norman Stewart
Royal Air Force
Valette
Malta
England
Tilbury
Essex
Lattimer
Buckinghamshire
Agriculture Ministry
Muckinghall
Explorer Ellsworth Receives Royal Geographical Society Gold Medal
Commander Lincoln Ellsworth honored in London with the RGS gold medal for polar exploration science. He pioneered air expeditions to the Arctic with Amundsen in 1926 and led Wilkins submarine Arctic work in 1931. He plans a 2000 mile South Pole flight next year and returns from Switzerland with new instruments. His wife accompanies him to Cape Town on the voyage.
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Lincoln Ellsworth
Peter Pan
Antarctic
London
Royal Geographical Society
Commander Ellsworth
Daily Sketch
Raoul Amundsen
Arctic
Sir Hubert Wilkins
American Geographical Society
North Pole
South Pole
Scott
Ellsworth
Wyatt Earp
Bergen
Cape Town
Switzerland
Cape
Scarf Presented to Lord Tweedsmuir at Royal Winter Fair
Officials noted Lord Tweedsmuir's interest in sheep raising during a Guelph speech last spring. When His Excellency visited the fair, he received a woollen scarf crafted in the handicrafts section, carded spun dyed and woven locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Guelph
Grand Canyon Indicates Earth Is Two Hundred Million Years Old
A Carnegie Institute professor argues the Grand Canyon shows the Earth is about 200 million years old. The claim highlights deep geologic time based on canyon formations and stratigraphy.
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Carnegie Institute
Grand Canyon
Anne Adams Pattern 4604 For Girls And Juniors
Susan’s wardrobe problem solved with Pattern 4604 an easy Anne Adams design featuring a fully gored flare skirt puffed sleeves a pointed collar and button accents. Sizes 6 8 10 12 14 available in 54 inch fabric and bow ribbon. illustrated sewing directions included. Send 20 cents with size name address and pattern number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Young Susan
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Culture Of China Influenced Western History
Dr. Charles T. Currelly of Toronto told a club in Ottawa that China contributed many inventions and ideas such as the crossbow stirrups paper gunpowder porcelain printing and the magnetic needle. He noted the West used peaceful Chinese findings for warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Charles T. Currelly
Toronto
Ottawa
Currelly
Origin of colorful Christmas cards traced to school pieces
The origin of the festive Christmas cards lies in old school pieces prepared by boys as penmanship exercises just before the Christmas holidays, reflecting early craft and letter writing traditions.
Reading Comfort During Storms Privately Pleases A Thinker
A philosophic mind finds joy in staying in and reading as rain falls. The observer notes how storms invite quiet study and contemplation, turning weather into a chance for introspective learning.
A Friendless Recluse Lived Quiet Life in New York Hall Room
The body of Frank De Forest Case, 80, lay unclaimed in a New York morgue as detectives learned he lived in a ten-dollar-a-week hall bedroom for 16 years. He died of a heart seizure. A quiet man with little disclosed history, he kept core memories of big game hunting and owned a 30-30 rifle and a 12 gauge shotgun. Investigators found 36 bank books totaling about $90,000 plus three shares worth $1,750 in a dusty bureau and strong box.
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New York
Frank de Forest Case
Munich Bell Founder Proposes Electric Chimes
Herr Oberascher unveils a six rod device that transmits vibrations to an amplifier, creating church bell chimes weighing under four and a half pounds. He claims equal volume to a three bell peal of about 11 tons and says the apparatus can play the full musical scale.
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Herr Oberascher
Munich
German air progress eyed for six hour North Atlantic flight
Professor Heinrich Herner of Kiel University writes in Berliner Tageblatt about rapid air transport advances. He notes Lufthansa might pursue a six hour trans Atlantic crossing to have New York mail sent at eight p m and distributed in Berlin the next morning.
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North Atlantic
Heinrich Herner
Kiel University
Berliner Tageblatt
Lufthansa
New York
Berlin
World on the Back of Elephants and a Turtle
Ancient Hindu cosmology described the earth as a hemisphere resting on elephants, which are supported by a cosmic turtle. The image reflects mythic geographies and staple beliefs of early Indian thought.
Freshwater Spring Found Five Miles Off Florida Coast
A new freshwater spring was discovered in the ocean about five miles off the Florida coast. Researchers confirm the find and plan further surveys of underwater geology and potential ecological impact.
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Florida
Fellowship With the Father and His Son Jesus Christ
Sunday school lesson explains that true fellowship is with the Father and Jesus Christ. It discusses John’s eyewitness testimony, the nature of God as light and love, and the necessity of living in the truth to maintain fellowship with God and with other believers.
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Jesus Christ
Debn
Christ
Johns
Jesus
John
Calvin
God
A. Plummer
National Old Age Pensions Totals by Province in 1937
The Labor Gazette reports 171 401 Canadians received old age pensions on Sept 30 1937. Dominion contributions in the Sept quarter amounted to 7 000 839 with 75 percent of costs since 1931 borne by the Dominion. Provinces list includes population shares and monthly pension amounts for British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario totals. Maximum pension is 240 dollars and benefits may be reduced if pensioners private income exceeds 125 dollars annually.
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Canada
Finance Department
Labor Gazette
Dominion
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Manuscript of Life of Christ Arrives in New York
Derek Hall Caine, grandson of Sir Thomas Hall Caine, ferried the 3 million word Life of Christ manuscript to New York aboard the Queen Mary. The British author spent 30 years on the work. publishers paid a record price and insured the manuscript for £60,000.
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Christ
Thomas Hall Caine
New York
Queen Mary
Derek Hall Caine
King Boris of Bulgaria Foregon? Trade Union Cardholder
A News of the World writer claims Boris of Bulgaria, lately in London, is the poorest paid and hardest working monarch in Europe. For £8,500 a year he acts like a dictator though he is a democrat at heart and risks life beyond the palace. He uniquely carries a Bulgarian Locomotive Engineers Union trade card. honorary, yet he is a fully qualified driver.
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Boris
Bulgaria
London
Europe
News of the World
Locomotive Engineers’ Union of Bulgaria
Advances and limits on a universal cancer cure
Expert opinion outlines that cancer is not a single disease and that a universal cure is unlikely. Dr Ewing and others urge early detection, noting cures are plausible mainly in early stages but a single universal treatment is improbable. Optimists persist while recommending vigilance for early signs. Next article preview mentions A Cure for Car ow Sets.
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James Ewing
New York
Francis Carter Wood
Crocker Cancer Research Laboratories
C. C. Little
The
Cancer Bulletin
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Dr. Little
McCullough Cancer Articles Offered by Health League
Readers seeking the complete set of Dr. McCullough’s cancer articles may obtain them by writing to The Health League of Canada at 10 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario.
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McCullough
Health League of Canada
Bond &St
Toronto
Ont
Not Good Singer Presiding Over Radio Program
A radio broadcast featured a tubby tenor described by Time as the voice of Enrico Caruso Jr. Robert Ripley invited listeners to hear the arias he struggled to perform. The audience heard a thin voice attempting O Paradiso from L Africaine, with a note that Caruso’s fame inspired the claim.
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Progran
Robert Leroy Ripley
L’africaine
Enrico Caruso
Mr. Ripley
Enrico Caruso Jr
Bees require vast flights to produce a pound of honey
The department of agriculture estimates bees must fly about 40 000 bee miles to make one pound of honey. Each bee carries roughly 0.01 pound of nectar on a homeward flight, and must visit millions of flowers to gather enough nectar for a single pound of honey.
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Department of Agriculture
Department
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Irish Subaltern
Buffalo National Park
Wainwright
Antwerp
Belgium
Zoological Gardens
J. W. de B. Farris
Penrhos
Philheil
Wales
L. T. Floyd
Irish Free State
James Cormack
Ireland
Tweedsmuir
Para- Sani
Para-Sani
Appleford
Cnc Folcu le Lace Hamilton Ae
Calgary
Regina
Aim
Germany
Christian Fellowship
Hall Caine
Life of
America
King Boris of
Mealth League
DR. J. W. S. Mscullough
Caruso
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