World Happenings Briefly Told From Meetings and Debates
Elections and appointments mark the rundown of world events. Horace L. Seymeer elected president of the Torn Misnning Institute in Van cover. Canada’s national debt rose by 19 million in November per the Treasury. King George and President Coolidge may meet in coming months as trans Atlantic radio plans unfold. The Sesquicentennial Exposition ends with a deficit exceeding five million dollars. Sleeping sickness vaccine advances reported at St. Elizabeths Hospital. Joseph E. Sterrett resigns from the Reparations Commission. Pierre Jar named successor.
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St Tate
Horace L. Seymeer
Vancover
Elc
Cenade
Desertiment of Finance
England
Prince George
Prince of Wales
Canada
Ste. Anne Deaupre
Joseph E. Sterrett
United States
Reparations Commission
Pierre Jar
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Washington
King George
Coolidge
White House
Buckingham Palace
U.S.A
Back Billy
Addition To Royal Navy Battleship Nelson Forecastle Foremast
A strange new Royal Navy battleship Nelson will join the fleet with the largest forecastle in the world and an armored skyscraper foremast. The vessel measures about 702 feet in total length, with the fore part exceeding half the length and a multi storey armored bridge housing officers and observation posts.
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Royal Navy
Nelson
Cardiff Mission Seeks Trade Boost With Canada and Welsh Ports
A Cardiff Development Committee mission to Canada aims to expand trade in Canadian foods and establish steady shipments, including cattle and other goods, to benefit South Wales. The report notes a large market for Canadian produce in Welsh port territories and urges mutual access. Manicurists are highlighted as key workers in German artificial silk plants and may enter English rayon mills. silk workers labeled silk hands are needed to prevent cloth damage.
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Canada
Cardiff
Germany
England
London
Neighbors Expose Strangeness of Tool Free Move In
A reader notes new neighbors move in without common tools. The observer recalls asking to borrow items like a lawn mower, hose, stepladder, or saw and wonders how others manage without such gear. The piece reads as light humorous musing on practical norms.
Australian dentist offers five year guarantee for fake teeth
An Australian dentist offered a patient an 84 year old a five year guarantee on dentures but the patient demanded a ten year guarantee before any work would begin. A grievance is mentioned in a terse anecdote about opportunism. European attire mixes wool and metal in some garments.
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Sidney
Dominions Refuse Singapore Base Funding at Imperial Defence Conference
Australia New Zealand and India decline to contribute to the Singapore Naval Base cost despite deeming its necessity. Premier Bruce urges each dominion to fund its own defence while South Africa ties future war participation to its interests.
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Australia
New Zealand
India
Singapore
Havenge
South Africa
Great Britain
Clemenceau Turns 85 Quietly Amid Garden and Market Pleasures
The Tiger of France, Georges Clemenceau, aged 85, spent his birthday at home in his garden after translating work on his new book Civilization. He walked to the sea, bargained for lobster with a fisherwoman, and reflected that at life’s end many seek simple comforts like a house, garden, and quiet work.
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Clemenceau
Francé
Tiger
France
Radio Ends 20 Year Search for Lost Brother in Wisconsin
A nationwide search culminated in Carthage New York when Lena Schwendy received a letter from Emil Geiser now living in Marshfield Wisconsin. The siblings had been separated for 20 years after losing touch ten years after their 3½ year parting. A veteran's radio appeal led to contact via the veterans bureau confirming Geiser as the missing brother and ending a 20 year wait.
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United States
Scotland
Carthage
N.Y
Lena Schwendy
Emil Geiser
Narshfield
Wis
Veterans’ Bureau
Depew Taunts on Marriage and Sailors in Bombay Mill News
Chauncey M Depew at a New York reception mocks a June December marriage with a caustic remark about John Bullion. A banker notes the rumor of a chorus girl bride 42 years junior. Separately workers in a Bombay cotton mill face longer hours and harsher conditions.
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Chauncey M. Depew
New York
John Bullion
John Will
Mr. Depew
Ccotton Mill
Bombay
India
Suorer
Delightful flannel bloomer dress pattern description
Instructions describe a bloomer dress with plaits on both sides, long Tuglan sleeves, and a matching bloomers set. Includes No 1331 sizes 2 4 6 8 10 years, fabric yardage for size 6, prices for pattern and fashion book. Emphasizes simplicity and thrift for children's clothing.
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Tizes
Canadian Wheat King: Herman Trelle Wins World Championship
Herman Trelle of Wembley Alberta wins the wheat prize at Chicago's International Grain and Hay Show with Marquis wheat, also taking the grand oats crown. He farms 809 acres in the Peace River Country, 400 miles north of the U S border, and credits his Minnesota-born wife for the twofold victory and their two young children.
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Herman Trelle
Wembley
Alberta
Kendrick
Maho
U.S.A
Chicago
Canada
L. P. Yates
Fishtail
Montana
Trelle
Ottawa
Charles Saunders
Idaho
Edmonton
University of Alberta
Aberta
United States
Peace River Country
Fairmont
Minnesota
Bank of Montreal Chief Forecasts Continued Canadian Prosperity
Sir Vincent Meredith expresses confidence in Canada's business outlook at the Bank of Montreal 108th annual meeting in Montreal. He notes widespread improvement, with the bank reporting higher earnings, and increases in current Canadian loans by about 27 million and deposits by 23.6 million as the annual report is adopted.
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Canada
Montreal
Bank of Montreal
Vincent Meredith
Bart
Sir Vincent
Frederick Williams-Taylor
Wheat Pools Unite for Joint Australian Sale
Australia sees a growing role for state wheat pools but underbidding and high commissions hinder trade. After visits by H W Wood of the Alberta Wheat Pool and G W Robertson of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, pools in Australia have formed a joint agency to sell this year, reports a Liverpool dispatch.
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Australia
World Poultry Congress Names Canadian Film Chief Chairman
Ray S. Peck director of the Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau is named chairman of the Motion Picture Committee for the World's Poultry Congress to be held in Ottawa from July 27 to August 4, 1927. Two theatres will show films from national committees and delegates may view the Seeing Canada series. Delegates from the United States England Scotland Northern Ireland Belgium Denmark the Netherlands Spain Germany Italy Russia Latvia Finland Austria South Africa Brazil Peru the Dominican Republic Colombia Ecuador the Philippines Barbados India Poland Dutch East Africa and Canada will present papers on world poultry conditions.
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Ray S. Peck
Motion Picture Bureau
Ottawa
National Congress
Canada
United States
England
Secoland
Northern Ireland
Belgium
Denmark
Netherlands
Spain
Germany
Italy
Russia
Latvia
Finland
Australia
South Africa
Brazil
Peru
Dominican Republic
Colombia
Ecuador
Philippines
Barbados
India
Poland
Dutch East Africa
Suggests New Name For Constantinople
A press suggestion to rename Constantinople honors Kemal Pasha president of the Republic. Which of his three homes Ghazi Mustapha or Kemal should replace Constantine the Great as the capital remains undecided. Turks traditionally call the city Syamboul or Dersadet meaning House of Happiness.
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Constantinople
Kemal Pasha
Ghazi
Mustapha
Kemal
Constantine the Great
Syamboul
Dersadet
House of Happiness
Popular Name John Tops 106000 Listings in Directories
Simon Newton reports from a synthesis of telephone and city directories that John leads with about 106000 entries on average. William, James, Charles, and George follow in that order, marking John as the most common given name in America.
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John
America
Simon Newton
William
James
Charles
George
Lincolnshire farmer sprays potato field by air
A Lincolnshire farmer sprayed a potato field from an airplane taking 25 minutes, a task that normally would require about two jars of time rather than the swift aerial method.
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Lincolnshire
England
Canada Sees Continued Good Times Amid Stable Prosperity
The Royal Bank of Canada reports Canadian farmers earn higher returns than in the United States and predicts a sustained period of good times. It notes favorable prices, strong agricultural relations to the price index, high railroad earnings, ongoing construction, and rising employment across industries. The bank says Canada is not in a boom but remains on a solid, war-era high.
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United States
Canada
Royal Bank of Canada
Dominion
Barrie Left-Handed Story Auctioned Manuscript
A letter from Sir James Barrie read at a London News-Vendors dinner describes how he ceased writing with his right hand after his Old Lady Shows Her Medals manuscript. Major J J Astor read the note as the holograph was offered for institute benefit, selling for 925 guineas after an opening bid of 100 guineas.
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James Barrie
Sir Herbert Morgan
Fox farming praised on the prairie by government inspector
D. C. Valpy of Quebec, government inspector of fox farming, reports strong success on the prairies. He notes 140 to 150 well established ranches with 1 pair to 400 adult foxes, some packs reaching hundreds, and predicts a good fur crop for the West this year.
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Prairie
D. C. Valpy
Quebec
West
Prairies
Alberta savings certificates set record in 1926 sales
Net deposits for ten months ending in October reached 2,976,004.63 dollars, exceeding all of 1925 by 820,009 dollars. Since program began ten years ago total net purchases amount to 10,651,826.13 dollars, marking a strong growth trend.
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Province of Alberta
Longstanding debt questioned by tradesman
A tradesman questions a customer about a debt that has run for about a year. The customer agrees it has, and proposes to let the matter rest awhile rather than take immediate action.
Imperial Conference outlines empire economic unity
The Imperial Conference report notes few political shifts but highlights economic potential within the Empire. It emphasizes cooperative policy to mobilize wealth and resources for a united industrial outlook, with Canada’s key role in extending the Empire settlement plan and Royal Bank Monthly Letter.
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Canada
Royal Bank Monthly
Prince of Wales to Visit Canada for Jubilee Celebration
Ottawa reveals high authority sources indicate Prince of Wales and Canadian Prime Minister Baldwin likely to attend Confederation diamond jubilee on July 1 1927. Jubilee events planned nationwide with noon salute in Ottawa and beacon fires coast to coast. The Prince may open the Fort Erie Buffalo bridge ceremony with royal participation anticipated.
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Canada
Prince of Wales
Stanley Baldwin
Great Britain
Ottawa
Prince
Baldwin
Great Or Tain
Atlantic
Pacific
Fort Eri
Buffalo
German fertilizer breakthrough promises cheaper exports
The German chemical industry unveils a new fertilizer method that preserves plant nutrients in proper ratios without poisoning clay soils. Production runs in tens of thousands of tons monthly with initial farmer sales. upcoming season aims for strong domestic and export supply at prices lower than Chilean nitrates. The product is concentrated and tailored for oil needs as analyzed by the State.
Imperial Conference highlights and Quebec premier remarks
Premier Taschereau of Quebec praised King and Ernest Lapointe as the two outstanding figures at the Imperial Conference, speaking in Montreal before the Reform Club. He noted a European trip left him with the impression that the empire seeks Canada’s voice and stance.
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King
Ernest Lapointe
Taschereau
Quebec
Montreal
Reform Club
Europe
Empire
Canada
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Australian Wheat Pool
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