World Happenings Briefly Told
Lady Willingdon appeals for a special charity fund to mark the king's silver jubilee next May. A $9,000 grant for the Canadian Legion was approved to assist veterans with pension tribunals. Sugar tax yields total $8,546,119 for last April to December, and British war pensions show a decline to 1,503,000 recipients. Sir Philip Sassoon forecasts a trans Atlantic air route. An estimated 45,000 to 50,000 pension applications may go to adjudication in two years. Canada loses a $1,000,000 wheat order to China over related tensions. Western Canada shows brighter stock demand and better outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willingdon
Canadian Legion
House of Commons
Philip Sassoon
Air
Plymouth Chamber of Commerce
Britain
United States
Canada
Canadian Pensions Commission
China
C. T. Currelly
Royal Ontario Museum
Optimists Club
Toronto
William L. Carlyle
Prince of Wales E.P
High River
Alta
Diesel Engine Revolution in Small Ships Proposed
A London mechanical engineer proposes replacing steam with a battery of small Diesels for ships under ten thousand tons. He suggests installing about a hundred seventy five horsepower engines allowing selective operation to reduce fuel use and noise. The idea aims to cut vibration and avoid constant engine wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute of Mechanical Engineering of London
Halifax Chronicle
Royal Production Sparks Laughing Gaffe in Australia
An amateur drama group staged an affair with royalty and a royal miscue drew tittering from the boxes as the king actor corrected a remark about a house. In a separate note, Canada’s Dominion Bureau of Statistics values 1934 field crops at nearly 536.5 million dollars, about 113 million more than 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Skin Blemishes Remedy Promoted By Dr D D Dennis
An advertisement touts Dr. D D Dennis as a great physician for facial blemishes. It promotes a prescription known as D D D manufactured by Campana’s Italian Balm chemist and sold in trial size for 35 cents with a money back guarantee for instant relief.
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D.D. Dennis
Dennis
D.D.D
Campana
Neil Ddd
Macaroni Industry Shifts From Italy Worldwide
Canada emerges as a major macaroni producer with sixteen plants in 1933. Italy’s prominence has faded as many nations begin production. In 1933 total world macaroni output neared 27 million pounds, with Britain receiving about 3 million and 1 million shipped to seven other countries from Newfoundland to Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Italy
Charlies James Fox
Statesman
Fashion Fancies Patterns From Winnipeg Union
A Winnipeg pattern notice showcases a black novelty jersey dress with a white bengaline collar and black bone buttons, plus a pebbly crepe silk option in black with white collar. It lists Pattern No. 729 for sizes 14 to 40 inch bust, material yardage, and mail order address. Also promotes the Book of Fashions at 20 cents and a How to Make Better Dresses booklet for sewing beginners and experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pattern Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Ciic
Ontario to abolish examination fees paid by schools
Ontario minister of education Hon. L J Simpson announced that examination fees will be abolished and borne by local school authorities. Premier Mitchell Hepburn backed the move noting local authorities lose about 72000 dollars but will save since teachers will no longer be paid to supervise middle and upper school exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
L. J. Simpson
Mitchell F. Hepburn
Banquet in London Raises Half Million for Printers Fund
A London banquet successfully raised 500000 for the Printers Pension Fund, underscoring strong support from industry participants and donors. The event drew key figures from printing firms and trade organizations.
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London
Printers’ Pension Fund
A Good Muscle Builder Cheese Foods Digestibility
A discussion on cheese as a muscle building food notes its digestive ease when paired with starches like potatoes or macaroni. It advises avoiding high heat to prevent toughened protein and suggests serving as main dish with light dessert to minimize digestive strain for all ages.
Bran Fig Honey Bread by Betty Barclay
Recipe for Bran Fig Honey Bread yields one large loaf. Ingredients include bran figs pecans brown sugar honey and milk with soda baking powder salt and shortening. Mix wet ingredients add bran then combine dry ingredients with milk and fold in figs and pecans. Bake 375 degrees F for 75 minutes in a greased loaf tin.
Apple Sauce Whip Dessert
A simple fruit dessert combines one can of apple sauce with the juice of half a lemon and half a lemon and blends with sweetened condensed milk. Nutmeg may be added. Chill thoroughly before serving. Serves six.
Hog production in Canada shifts to the West
The Dominion Ministry of Agriculture reports Ontario accounted for 63.8 percent of hog markets in 1923 but only 42.8 percent in 1933 as Western Canada rose to 55.6 percent. The feed abundance in coarse grains supports Western dominance in hog production. Monarch butterfly wing markings indicate the insect's sex.
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Canada
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Western Canada
Dominion
What Does Your Handwriting Reveal
A Winnipeg newspaper column offers graphology readings of readers letters about handwriting and personality. Experts describe how a girl friend and partners may behave and advise tactful handling, prompting readers to send specimens for analysis.
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Lawrence Hibbert
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Insect-Embedded Copal Reveals Ancient Preserved Specimens
Copal resin, used in varnish making, yields well preserved fossil insects when studied. Researchers note specimens are found embedded in the resin in near perfect condition, offering insights into prehistoric life and environments.
Men and Males Caught in Pulling Paradox
A compact quip notes men imitate males in one regard as they cannot kick while pulling. The remark uses playful social observation without context or names.
Behold as sojourners and pilgrims in exile on earth
Discussion of Peters exhortation to live nobly as pilgrims in a world of Gentiles. The lesson urges abstaining from fleshly lusts, maintaining a seemly behavior before others, and letting good works draw glory to God. It links Christlike witness to a timely day of visitation and stresses submission to human authorities for the Lord's sake.
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Peter
Asia Minor
Earth
Heaven
Christ
Jesus
Cesar
God
Old Debt Settled in Anglo Irish Troubles Case
William McLaren now a Montreal resident is awarded 770 for a sausage making machine destroyed by Free State troops during the Anglo Irish troubles. He says the device produced sausage by day, but a mechanism change at night made it a bomb maker for the Republican army. its sausage and bomb days ended when Free Staters learned of it.
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William McLaren
Montreal
Canada
McLaren
Bermuda’s Rail System Carried Large Passenger Load
Bermuda's government owned railway spanning twenty one miles carried 661,524 passengers last year. Trains ran 220,089 miles and moved 11,020 tons of freight. With no cars on the island, bicycle ownership reached 40,852 last year.
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Bermuda
Island
Cattle Return Home After Twenty Five Mile Move
A Kansas farmer moved cows to a pasture twenty five miles away and they returned home the next day after thirty hours. The report notes that cattle can display a homing instinct similar to pigeons and dogs.
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Kansas
Bacon’s English Prose Triumph Despite Latin Leanings
Francis Bacon distrusted English and aimed for Latin, yet he became renowned for his mastery of English prose and his pivotal essays.
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Francis Bacon
Little Journeys In Science by Gordon H Guest
In 1887 Hertz showed violet and ultraviolet light trigger sparks and drive discharge of negative bodies. Fluorite and quartz crystals charge under heat and UV light. photoelectrons eject from materials when exposed to light. Light speed and distance do not affect photoelectric effect. stars’ light can eject electrons with varying power in photoelectric cells.
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Hertz
Sirius
Space
Chicago
Earth
Practically Silent Engine Claims Major Aviation Breakthrough
William Harper Jr of New York announces an almost silent airplane engine weighing little and running on gasoline, alcohol, light fuel oil, or castor oil. Harper, head of H. B. Motor Co, designed and flew an early monoplane in 1908 and says the muffled engine will be heard no more than 100 feet away, using exhaust gasses to boost supercharging with no power loss.
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William Harper, Jr
New York
Harper
H. B. Motor Co
Enterprising School Children Knit Prize Scarf for Chief Scout
Ashley Green school children near Chesham gathered wool from hedges dyed it with bark dye and knitted a scarf. The scarf won first prize at Bletchley show and is presented to Lord Baden-Powell, Chief Scout.
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Ashley Green
Chesham
Puckinghamshire
Bletchley Show
Lord Baden-Powell
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Ministry of Pensions
Ouse
Cuse
W. N. VU
Ellen Worth
Mecca
Betty Barclay
J. S. Vancouver
C. W
Regina
Calgary
Miss G
Smith’s Weekly
Sydney
VICKS
Vicks Plan
Gordon H. Guest
M.A
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