World Happenings Briefly Told
Ottawa Mint transfer completed on December one with Canada taking official control. British Columbia urged to back state health insurance next year by Health Insurance Commission. Canadian Red Cross voluntary contributions exceed wartime records. Columbus memorial lighthouse to be built as a cross shape on Santo Domingo. Siberian labour camps hold hundreds of Great War prisoners per escapee Giuseppe Girardi. Chicago engineers unveil a 475 pound aero plane aimed at a $1000 price. Arcturus light beam to power proxo-electric cell for Chicago 1933 World’s Fair. National Service Loan shows strong results. potential $400 million if lists remained open. British Admiralty to abolish retirement promotion system for economy. X-ray tube debut in St. Louis Montana. Dino Grandi pledges Italian support for Geneva disarmament conference.
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Mint
Ottawa
Canada
British Columbia
Health Insurance Commission
Canadian Red Cross
Christopher Columbus
Santo Domingo
Siberian
Giuseppe Girardi
Chicago
Arcturus
St. Louis
Montana
Dino Grandi
Italy
Geneva
Newfoundland Posts Elizabeth Stamp First On New Issue
Newfoundland will feature Princess Elizabeth on a six cent stamp in a January 2 1932 issue marking the first portrait of the Duke of York’s daughter on the territory’s stamps. Canada’s lobster fishery last year yielded 40,726,000 pounds with a market value of 5,215,000 dollars, ranking second to salmon. German greenhouses adopt a greenish yellow glass that admits light to speed seed germination beneath it.
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Elizabeth
Newfoundland
Duke of York
Canada
Germany
The dog has his day the cat his night and the road hog
A playful line noting canine daytime, feline night, and a road hog occupying Sunday afternoon with humorous contrast and rhythm.
Ex King Alfonso May Turn Rancher, Reports Say
Reports suggest ex king Alfonso could pursue ranching. In Madrid a visitor asks a footman about the monarch’s death with the line about not knowing the cause yet as he has not inquired.
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Alfonso
Buen Humor
Madrid
Metals For Dirigibles and Wheat Yields Across Regions
The Akron airship uses nickel steel for outriggers stainless steel for exhaust manifolds non magnetic alloy steel for control boards plain carbon steel and plain iron for fittings monel metal and magnesium parts brass bars bronze copper for fuel lines and duraluminum for the framework The stove aboard weighs 110 pounds Western Canada wheat yield averages 175 bushels per acre over 15 years, highest among wheat exporting regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Canada
Queensland Meat Ranches Blunder Costs Public Millions
A Labour government in Queensland pursued state ownership of meat by buying ranches and appointing officials. Expected profits and cheaper meat failed. deficits grew, ranches were sold for 2.6 million after a 12.1 million outlay. Taxpayers faced about ten dollars more per person.
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Queensland
Australia
Second Victim of Mysterious Infection Dies in Montreal
Dr. Joseph B. Gallagher, surgeon at Montreal General Hospital, died after long suffering from a mysterious infection contracted during research. The first victim, Dr. H. Stewart, died six months earlier. Both travelled to Europe in 1929 for post graduate work in London, Berlin, and Vienna hospitals and returned with a blood poisoning infection that proved fatal.
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Joseph B. Gallagher
Montreal General Hospital
H. Stewart
Europe
London
Berlin
Viennese
Height Changes View from Empire State Building
Tallest structure in New York City offers sun rise earlier and sunset later than street level by about 30 minutes. In Waldoboro Maine the historic old German meeting house has hosted church services for 159 years.
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Empire State Building
New York City
Waldoboro
Maine
Fashion patterns and sizes listed for children and adults
A catalog of fashion patterns detailing sizes from 2 to 46 inches bust, materials required in yards of various inch fabrics, and accompanying lace or contrasting trims. It notes pattern numbers 931 563 250 327 614 and 603 with illustrations of wear and material needs, priced at 25 cents with wrap coin instructions.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Unies
Pattern order note from Winnipeg source located at 1v5 McDermot Ave. Winnipeg Pattern No. details incomplete in readable text. Instructions reference how to order patterns with local address and pattern number.
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Winnipeg
Unies
McDermot Ave
Better Farming Societies Promote Drouth Solutions in Saskatchewan
The Hon. James F. Bryant urged the creation of Better Farming Societies across southern Saskatchewan to unite farmers in studying drought and soil drift issues. He described plans for regular meetings, information sharing, and expert talks, with material from government and agricultural institutions to aid permanent improvements.
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James F. Bryant
E.C
Commission On Conservation of Water and Afforestation
Saskatchewan
Commission On Conservation and Afforestation
Bryant
F. Freemen
Springwater Saskatchewan
Bushville
Monarch
Alberta
Grouth
Tour of Lady Cholmondeley Heads to Canada Coast to Coast
Lady Cholmondeley accompanied by a London theatre company sails from Southampton on Cunard liner Alaunia for a Canada tour from Halifax to Victoria. The troupe, under Lord and Lady Bessborough patronage, opens in Montreal and Ottawa with Openings in Toronto and Windsor later, including ballet and Shaw play works. The tour features Stansted Players connections and a cast led by Norman Page with Lord Cholmondeley joining later. tons of performances span Montreal Ottawa Toronto Winnipeg Regina Saskatoon Edmonton Calgary Vancouver and ending in Montreal April 18.
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George Cholmondely
London
Cunard
Alaunia
Southampton
Canada
Halifax
Victoria
Lord
Lady Bessborough
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Lady Cholmondeley
Stansted Players
Dramatic Society
Lord Mesborough
Stansted
Sussex
England
Stansted Theatre
George Bernard Shaw
Sansted
Lord Bessborough
Ont
Hamilton
West
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
Fort William
Kingston
Brockville
Peterboro
His Majesty's Theatre
Norman Page
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Lord Cholmondeley
Return of goods drives high costs for merchants
A survey shows returns cost U.S. merchants over a billion dollars yearly in clerical work and damaged stock. Thirty percent of items like radios and apparel are returned, with preventable losses from sloppy selling and supplier errors. The ensemble method expands to furniture, groceries, drugs, and now electrical appliances as full-use packages. Hawaii records a 100 degree April heat. King Arthur allegedly chaired a Round Table Conference. Algeria expands its electric power system to farms.
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Detroit
Pringle Furniture Company
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
New York
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National Service
Rhine
Black Sea
Labor
Department of Agriculture
Royal Commission of Inquiry
Forestry Station
Indian Head
Agricultural College
Dean Shaw
Extension Department
Norman Ross
Kirk
Saskatchewan Farmer’ Radio School
Western Producer
Saskatchewan Farmer
Country Guide
North- West Farmer
Free Press
Prairie Farmer
Drouth
Cholmondeley
British Theatrical Company
Western
Pany
United States
Hawaiian Islands
King Arthur
Algeria
Studdy
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