World News Briefs From the Front and Home Fronts
The Alberta Legislature will adjourn after a final session near February. Railways report ten months of income ending in October, with gains ahead of last year. General Ludendorff leads German ultra nationalists in prohibition advocacy. Montrealers use 71 million gallons of water daily per city figures. Jules Patenotre, former French ambassador, dies at 79. served in Washington and Madrid. A campaign seeks longer women’s skirts and anti smoking measures in Washington. Harvard’s Dr Herbert Spinden cites Maya Venus-counting method dating to 6th century B C. U S death rate in 1924 at 11.9 per 100 000, down from prior years. Dunker of Harvard develops a beef serum protein food similar to eggs. Winnipeg relief receivers’ relatives may be required to contribute to support under Manitoba bill. Manitoba’s state telephony and radio unit reports profit with CKY clearing expenses. Jewish battalion colors laid up in Jerusalem synagogues.
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Alberta
Canadian Railways
Ludendorff
Germany
Prohibition
Jules Patenotre
Washington
Legion of Honor
Madrid
J. D. Henderson
Venus
B.C
Herbert Spinden
Harvard University
United States
Commerce Department
J. W. M. Dunker
Harvard
Social Welfare Commission
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Radio
CKY
Queen Mother's Charity Legacy and Property After Death
Court circles note the Queen Mother's generosity in giving surplus income to charities for years and pledging her £70 000 annual allowance. She owned valuable property including Edward VII's art, fine china, and libraries at Sandringham and Marlborough House. Sandringham House was her personal estate. King George is expected to inherit most of her holdings. Queen Alexandra had earlier given much of her jewelry to relatives.
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Edward VII
Sandringham House
Marlborough House
Edward
King George
Alexandra
Miracle of Sound Waves At Nottingham Electricity Exhibition
An engineer demonstrates a device that converts sound waves into electric waves to drive a motor and light lamps. The article notes this shows how sound waves can be transformed into wireless signals and back into audible light, illustrating everyday miracles of modern electromagnetism.
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Nottingham
Moving Pictures Industry Key For Canada Says Griffith
David Wark Griffith urged Toronto listeners that cinema is a major international advertiser and ambassador. He argued the motion picture sector is essential in war and peace, likening it to banks and steel for national commerce and noting its untold value as universal trade propaganda.
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Toronto
David Wark Griffith
Griffiths
Migratory Child Labor Report Seeks Protection Aid
Agents of the department of labor in Washington discover bands of migratory children aged 4 to 15 used by conscienceless persons to raise funds. Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the children's bureau, asks national action in her annual report, describing the nomadic child life as unprecedented since the children's crusade.
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Department of Labor
Washington
Grace Abbott
Children’s Bureau
Mountain Girls Regain Sight In Christmas Gift
Two blind mountain girls from Huntingdon recently had their sight restored after a surgeon donated a delicate operation. Neighbors raised funds to cover hospital expenses, and Dr. C. M. Hawes agreed to perform the procedure at no cost.
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Huntingdon
C. M Hawes
Reclaimed Wabamun land to seed timothy for large hay leases
Twenty thousand acres in the Wabamun district west of Edmonton Alberta will be seeded to timothy and leased to farmers for large scale hay production. The shallow lake silt is expected to yield four tons of hay per acre, with clovers and grasses thriving. one farmer reports harvesting three alfalfa crops in a season.
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Wabamun
Edmonton
Alberta
Timothy
Woman business genius retires from wearisome work ethic
Mme. Louie Cognacq a noted Paris businesswoman died at an advanced age in Paris. She and her husband Theodore Cognacq built a department store from a small clerks’ job in 1872. The couple, famed for constant work ethic, reportedly amassed a colossal fortune and ran the store from opening to closing well into old age.
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Mme
Louie Cognacq
Paris
Theodore Cognacq
Aittle
France
Greek Traffic Cops Use Nail Boards to Curb Speeders
Greek traffic authorities report success with crude nail boards strapped to signs. Officers say harsh language and fast motorcycles fail to deter speeds, while nail-filled boards act as effective speed-restraining substitutes.
Alberta Poultry Pool begins operations in Alberta
The Alberta Cooperative Poultry Producers Limited launches as a poultry pool. Marketing will be handled by the Provincial Government marketing service with offices in Edmonton Calgary and Lethbridge.
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Alberta
Alberta Cooperative Poultry Producers, Limited
Marketing Service
Edmonton
Calgary
Ethbridge
Charming Blouse With Silk Border Trim Designs
A new blouse features an attractive silk border and fine tanks trim at the hips to enhance a bloused silhouette. Inside worn-on tunks styling, long sleeves with narrow wrist bands, and a collar with long ends tied at the front. Size 36 needs 2½ yards 54 inch material. No. 246 sizes 24 to 42 inches. Price 20 cents. Fashion Book offers the latest styles for 10 cents a copy.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Instructions show pattern orders from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave with Patton No i section. Readers are asked to send 20 cent coins or stamps, wrapping coins carefully, to obtain pattern patterns.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Time as a Hurdle to Empire Radio Broadcasting
Time is the major obstacle to empire radio. A London relay station would send Australia’s night into England’s day, making simultaneous program continuity difficult. Canada is less affected, but Africa’s time zones still hinder steady, around the clock broadcasting from a central English station.
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Empire Broadcasting
Dominion
England
Empire
Australia
London
Canada
South and West Africa
Instrument measures tree growth and June peak noted
An instrument around a tree trunk records daily least expansion. Western yellow pine shows no growth on a large tree for sixteen days in May while a small tree grows for seventeen days. Large tree grows eighty eight days. pine shows greatest growth in June.
Time To Go Fishing
The correct time to go fishing depends not on the moon sun wind or water, but on when house cleaning starts. A quip notes a man with his wife by a window of hats shows she is boss.
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Toronto Telegram
Chamberlain honored for Locarno treaty efforts at dinner
The Manchester Guardian lauds Neville Chamberlain for his role in the Locarno treaty describing it as the biggest stone laid on the Temple of Peace since the League of Nations foundation. It praises his temper, judgment, and character and notes broad cross party respect for his handling of the delicate diplomacy.
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Manchester Guardian
Temple of Peace
League of Nations
Chamberlain
New Year Radio Messages Reach Far Northern Mounties
Far North Mounties in Baffin and Ellesmere Land received New Year messages broadcast from Ottawa via post stations in Pittsburg Springfield Chicago Hastings. Families sent notes to Ottawa which were relayed over radio after Arlington time signals.
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Baffin Land
Ellesmere Land
Arctic Circle
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Westinghouse
KDKA
Pittsburg
WBZ
Springfield
KYW
Chicago
KFKX
Hastings
Arlington
United States
Ottawa
Punishment's Primary Aim, Not Reform, Says Sir Walter Shaw
Sir Walter Shaw writes to the Daily Mail criticizing the home secretary's view that punishment mainly reforms offenders. He argues the first objective is protecting law abiding citizens by deterring crime, with reform as a secondary aim of prison discipline.
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Walter Shaw
The
Straits Settlements
Daily Mall
Home Secretary
London Daily Mail
Beaverbrook Career Described as Striking and Varied
The Ottawa Journal offers a portrait of Beaverbrook as a restless figure, son of a penniless preacher, moving from insurance and finance to politics and writing. It notes Arnold Bennett’s claim of him as one of six great Britons is false, yet acknowledges his lasting impact on contemporary history.
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Montreal
Beaverbrook
Arnold Bennett
Ottawa Journal
Turkeys Marketed On Pool Plan In Saskatchewan
Eight carloads of turkeys were marketed during 1925 by the cooperation and markets branch of the Saskatchewan department of agriculture. These turkeys were marketed cooperatively on the pool plan and the final price had not yet been determined. They were also sold subject to grade and weight at points of shipment.
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Co-Operation and Markets
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Crossword Puzzle Clues Mixed Across Horizontal and Vertical
A dense list of crossword clues with numbers and symbols for horizontal and vertical entries covering definitions for liquids charms body parts and common words. The page presents an extensive puzzle key with many overlapping terms and abbreviations to fill a standard crossword grid.
Canadian Granite For War Graves Weekend Shipment
Fifteen ton granite slabs from Stanstead Quebec will be shipped to France and Belgium for shell scarred areas. Brig General H T Hughes announces seven of eight mini parks will be completed this summer, with inscriptions in French and English explaining the sites. He plans to return to France and Belgium next month.
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Stanstead
Que
France
Belgium
H. T. Hughes
Victoria
B.C
Hughes
Canada
Turkey and Russia Bar from League Over Pact
Discussion of the Musso Turkish Guarantee pact states the agreement blocks both nations from joining the League of Nations. Neutrality terms prevent troop passage through Turkish or Russian territory for League actions, amid existing rupture with the League.
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League of Nations
League
Morocco security assured but Abdel-Krim not defeated
The article notes that Morocco's overall security is assured for now but Abdel-Krim has not been decisively checked. French offensive too late and must begin anew in spring. Spaniards' intentions require clarification. premature peace could sow future war.
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Morocco
Abdel-Krim
Largest shipment of silver black foxes to Prairie Farm
A shipment totaling 35 cases containing 1062 silver black foxes arrived in Saskatoon from Port Elgin and Fredericton, New Brunswick. The foxes will be used for breeding at the new Prairie Silver Black Fox Farm in Western Canada.
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Canada
Saskatoon
Port Elgin
Fredericton
New Brunswick
Prairie
Chloroform Mistaken for Rose Water Bill Sparks Short Dispute
In a humorous local exchange at the drug store a customer complains of receiving chloroform instead of rose water yesterday and demands 26 cents in restitution. The shopkeeper acknowledges the error and credits the small amount as owed.
British Girl Decorates Ship Whole Interiors Shine
Miss Elsie Mackey, a young British society figure, recently furnished and decorated an ocean steamship just launched. She has secured commissions to decorate seven other vessels under various ownerships.
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Fve
Elsie Mackey
Growth Of Poultry Industry In Manitoba Rapid Expansion
One of the most interesting developments of mixed farming in Manitoba during the past five years is the unusually rapid rise of the poultry industry. Manitoba now exports poultry products and in early December shipped two thousand turkeys to Ontario to meet Christmas demand.
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Manitoba
Ontario
New Camera Enables Ultra Fast Bullet Motion Capture
Filming a bullet travelling at 1000 feet per second through space is now possible with a camera that records 5000 frames per second. The device allows the bullet to be shown on screen as if moving only two miles per hour, enabling smoother illusion in motion pictures.
Secretary Mellon Warns Against Betting on Others Dreams
The report quotes Secretary Mellon advising against investing in someone else's ambitions. Despite backing Bell and Ford in their phone and silver schemes, the backers ultimately lost nothing by their involvement.
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Mellon
Bell
Ford
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Great Britain
U.S
Virginia
Alberta Poultry Pool
Patton No.i
Locarne
Sai
And
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Russia
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Chloroform
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