World Happenings Briefly Tal d
A brief news roundup covers Canada lifting its ban on importing love birds and parrot species, health board reporting 262 Ottawa residents with mild mumps, Singapore Straits Settlements uncovering high grade sand for glass on a seized 76 acre tract, and various global notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Board
Singapore
Straits Settlements
Charles 5 MacDonald
Confederation Life Association
Barclay’s Bank of Canada
Fashion pattern for a slimming apron frock
The pattern uses a tight hipline with a softened waist created by a partial crushed girdle tied at the back. Front panel and skirt form a slimming effect, with three front sections and a one length back, sizes 36 to 46. Send 25 cents to Fashion Bureau with pattern number 904 and desired size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fashion Bureau
New Map Of Canada Details Outstanding Resources
A national map issued by the National Development Bureau Ottawa shows Canada's resources including mines water power fisheries forests and farming. It highlights main railways and undeveloped sites and is sized for ready reference. Copies are available free to adults from the Department of the Interior bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
National Development Bureau
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Will Award Scholarships For Grain Judging Winners
Scholarships valued from 300 to 700 dollars were decided as prizes for the five top junior grain judging contestants at the World Grain Exhibition and Conference in Regina 1932. A trophy remains planned for the inter-college section, with five postgraduate scholarships added for top placers. The Toronto meeting expanded the committee to include provincial deputy ministers and chiefs of boys and girls club work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
C. M. Hamilton
Toronto
Canada
Hedging as a Business Practice in Wheat Markets
The National City Bank of New York explains hedging in wheat trading. It notes Russian short sales in Chicago and contrasts with Canadian activity, stressing hedging as protection, not shipment, with offsetting contracts and overall market benefits to producers.
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National City Bank of New York
Chicago
Gulf Ports
Buffalo
Seaboard
Canada
Argentina
Liverpool
Amsterdam
Genoa
Hair Growth Grafted On Watch Crystal At Leeds Lab
British scientists at the Wool Industries Research Association in Leeds graft guinea-pig skin on inverted watch crystals. A woman researcher feeds the grafts with blood plasma and extract to nourish roots, boosting growth to many times the original length. The work aims to understand hair and wool growth and how to accelerate it. A final note claims a potato peel pan reduces sticking in new frypan use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
Wool Industries Research Association
Clerk’s Remark Sparks Hamburg Workplace Talk
A Hamburg clerk notes that colleagues are always at work when they arrive eliciting discussion about shift patterns and dedication in the local business.
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Hummel
Hamburg
Winnipeg Newspaper Union Address Listing
The note cites the Winnipeg Newspaper Union located at 175 McDermot Ave in Winnipeg with an associated pattern number reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Purple Chief apples from a century-old tree in Ontario
J C Frell of Niagara township Ontario reports picking deep purple black chief apples from a tree over 120 years old, grown from seed carried from the Old Country. The fruit averages a circumference of 121 inches and the tree predates Confederation by decades.
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Dominion of Canada
J. C. Frell
Niagara Township
Ontario
Canada
Sand Paper Abrasives Named and Classified
The term sand paper is a misnomer as abrasive papers do not use sand. Natural abrasives include corundum emery garnet quartz or flint and pumice powder for some uses. Artificial abrasives include silicon carbide fused alumina and some hard rouges.
Colored anti glare street pavement laid in England
A new colored anti glare pavement is being laid across streets in England. City planners and engineers aim to reduce glare for pedestrians drivers and cyclists while improving urban aesthetics. The project involves phased installation across key corridors with surface materials chosen for durability and safety.
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England
Miller to share in vast $200 million estate
Flora Whitney Miller daughter of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and widow of Harry Payne Whitney will share in the massive estate valued at $200,000,000. The heirs include prominent American sportsmen and enduring social figures as reported by Pacific and Atlantic Photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Whitney Miller
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney
America
Pacific and Atlantic Photos, Inc
British Columbia Poultry Shipment to Japan Sails
A BC pure-bred poultry consignment worth 4590 dollars heads to Imperial farms in Japan. The hens average 300 eggs annually, including relatives of Maizie the record egg layer with 351 eggs in 354 days. White Leghorns Rhode Island Reds and Barred Rocks dominate the shipment.
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Japan
British Columbia
Imperial Farms
Maizie
Ottawa
Rhode Island
Manitoba to Use Canadian Coal This Winter
Manitoba government institutions will use Canadian coal this winter and tenders for 30 000 tons will be awarded shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Cattle Exports From Canada Reach Europe
Saskatchewan reports show 4347 cattle shipped to Europe from August 21 to November 13. Most consignments go to Manchester by Co-Operative Wholesale Society, with some to Antwerp Glasgow Avonmouth and Birkenhead. Birkenhead port fees were reduced, aiding live-animal trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Canada
Europe
Saskatchewan
W. Waldron
Cooperative and Markets
Ontario
Manchester
Antwerp
Belgium
Glasgow
Avonmouth
Birkenhead
Waldron
H. H. Stevens
Ottawa
Neptune sails with apples from Annapolis Royal to London
The Neptune became the first steamer to carry apples directly from Annapolis Royal Nova Scotia to London England sailing April 2 1881. The voyage carried 6800 barrels and reached London in fourteen days. The venture proved fairly successful and the business volume grew thereafter.
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Annapolis Royal
Nova Scotia
London
England
Neptune
Radio Used In Crime Detection in Winnipeg
Winnipeg becomes Canada’s first city to equip its police with radio telephone transmitters for crime detection. In London a new machine wraps bread into slices of any thickness.
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Winnipeg
Canada
London
A fad that becomes a burden for a talkative friend
A shared obsession proves entertaining for one person but tires his companions as he drones on about the latest craze. Friends grow weary while listening to constant chatter about trends.
Guardians Named Pacific Chief Guardians at Toronto
Prince Tokugawa told the Canadian Club in Toronto that Britain, the United States, Japan, and the Commonwealth are the main guardians of the Pacific. He praised London conference co operation and stressed interdependence of all civilized nations in shaping world affairs.
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Pacific
British Commonwealth
United States
Japan
Prince Tokugawa
Chuir
Toronto
London
England
Recipes For This Week Biscuits From Simple Cheese Mix
Instructions for making 12 cheese biscuits with 2 cups special cake flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon shortening 2 cups grated cheese 1 1/2 cups milk and water combined Sift flour with leavening and salt cut in shortening and cheese add liquids to form a soft dough roll 1 4 inch thick cut biscuits bake 450 F for 15 minutes
Coffee Carnival Dessert Recipe
A compact coffee based dessert recipe combines 4 tablespoons quick cooking tapioca 15 cup seedless raisins 2 cups decaffeinated coffee 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup whipped cream. Cook tapioca raisins in coffee 15 minutes, stir until clear then sweeten add vanilla fold in cream and serve in sherbet glasses yields 6 servings.
Proper Equipment For Planes At Vancouver Meeting
At a Vancouver gathering of the Air Pilots Engineers and Navigators Association a proposal urged planes operating on the fringes of civilization to carry proper equipment. A short wave radio set was suggested and a committee was named to study and report back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Pilots, Engineers and Navigators’ Association
Vancouver
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Lord Byng
Metropolitan Police
L. G. M. Malanotti
British Broadcasting Company
Edward Sycamore
Brightlingsea
T. D. Pattullo
Consumers’ Council
Tafnion
Annette
FRONT
Crystal
Niagara
Dominion
Alberta
Guardians of the
Brooder
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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