World Happenings Briefly Told
The contract to rebuild the Chateau Frontenac section destroyed by fire goes to Ang le Norcross Company of Montreal. Colonel Charles Knox of the Salvation Army in Western Canada is transferred to New Zealand. The London Zoological Society plans a 100th year celebration early next year. Field Marshal Viscount Allenby may tour Canada from Victoria on March 6 with the Viscountess. Ernest and Charles Batton, brothers, meet in a Montreal employment office after 25 years apart. A Britain Iraq treaty extends the British mandate up to 25 years. St Albans Church near Halifax votes 18 to 2 for government sale of light wine and beer. Russia’s coal deposits totaling 350 billion tons are noted as vast. A polar-flight dirigible project begins with Hugo Eckener and Amundsen possibly leading. The Hamburg will visit San Pedro May 12 on a training cruise. Mile. Raquel Meller declines Leviathan due to cabin demands. Ottawa anticipates reorganization to reduce several government departments including soldiers civil re-establishment health and state secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Viscount Allenby
Canada
Victoria
Viscountess
Allenby
Ernest
Charles Batton
Montreal
Hugo Eckener
United States
Amundsen
Eckener
Hamburg
Germany
Pacific Coast
San Pedro
Raquel Meller
Gail
Ottawa
From Frying Pan to Fame Boyer Joins London Art Scene
The Montmartre painter Boyer rises from selling fried potatoes on a stall to a fashionable portraitist after a dealer discovery. His portraits now attract high American bids while he remains in modest lodgings, though he owns a motor car and a country house. Mr. Sean O Casey, once unable to read at twelve, has a play in London to full houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sean O'Casey
London
Boyer
Montmartre
Mr. O’casey
English Woman Admires Gandhi Arrives In India To Meet Leader
An English socialite Miss Madeline Slade daughter of Admiral Sir Edmund Slade travels to India to meet Mahatma Gandhi. She aims to dedicate her life and fortune to his cause after learning of his doctrines in France via admirer Romain Rolland. The move draws attention among local circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Madeline Slade
Edmund Slade
East Indies
Miss Slade
Mr. Gandhi
France
Romain Rolland
Europe
Miss Blade
British Navy Plans 6000 Million Dry Dock at Singapore
French naval experts see London’s move to build a vast floating dry dock at Singapore as signal that Britain expects to be granted global seas policing by the League of Nations. The plan targets 60 000 ton ships and a 1934 completion, despite Washington Treaty limits and shifting capital-ship quotas through 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Admiralty
Pour
Singapore
London
League of Nations
Pacific
Washington
Saskatchewan trustees gain powers for canteen funds
An order in council in the Saskatchewan Gazette grants expanded powers to the Saskatchewan trustees of the canteen funds. They may appoint a secretary and staff, hold quarterly meetings in Regina, keep books in province only, elect a chairman at the first meeting, and oversee Saskatchewan's $350,000 canteen fund managed by Colonel James McAra, Apart H. White, and Charles G. Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Regina
James McAra
H. White
Charles G. Cox
Saskatoon
Aprons from View A to View D for home dressers
A fashion note instructs making wear or gift aprons with yardage lace ribbon and binding. View A uses embroidery dots pockets View B uses bib and pockets View C uses unbleached cotton with wide binding View D omits bib and adds a yoke. No 1274 one size price 20 cents book 10 cents Internet to home dress makers.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern order notice from Winnipeg supplier lists pattern numbers and towns. Readers are instructed to send two cents for coin or stamps, wrap carefully, and mail to 175 McDermot Ave. Winnipeg. The brief ad names the pattern service and address for requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Radio device aids guiding 1000 planes in battle, secret
U S secret development unveils a radio tool weighing under 100 pounds to steer 1000 planes. Broadcasts expand as stations test public desires and Arctic listeners follow messages from Canada and Hudson's Bay officials. A Saskatchewan two way wireless record is cited as proof of growing reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Saskatchewan
L. H. Perres
Albert Street
Regina
A. S. Chung
Honolulu
Hawaii
Penniless Millionaire Pastor Gave Away Millions
Rev Dr. Russell H Conwell of the Baptist Temple New York earned 11000000 from self effort and spent every dollar on the poor. His liberality earned the title penniless millionaire and left an estate of only 14000 to his son and daughter. The Kingston British Whig notes his charity and enduring name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell H. Conwell
Baptist Temple
New York
Jesus
Rockefeller
Carnegie, Straus
Fick
Kingston
Federal prisons show declining daily inmate population
The 1925 average daily federal prison population in Canada dropped to 2,217 inmates from 2,373 the prior year and 2,582 two years earlier. Per diem costs were $1.48 in 1925, down from 1.53 in 1923 but above 1.30 in 1924. Administration costs totaled $1,683,192 with $168,328 earned from prisoner work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Motor Cars Rise As Necessity Boosts Vehicle Output
The Buffalo Courier notes that passenger cars and trucks surpassed 4,000,000 in 1923 and rose by about 250,000 in 1925. Forecasters missed the shift to the automobile as a daily necessity in towns and countryside, while modern motor roads remain in their infancy, delaying any predicted peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Courier
Linking of Railways Endorsed to Solve Peace River Transport
Premier John Oliver urged linking the Pacific Great Eastern with the Edmonton Dunvegan and British Columbia Railways via the Peace Pass as the practical solution for the Peace River country. He cited 70 million acres of farmland and argued the Vancouver to Peace River distance would be 1100 miles shorter with similar or lower costs and simpler engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Great Eastern
Edmonton
Dunvegan
British Columbia
Peace Pass
Peace River Country
John Oliver
Vancouver
Imperial conference plans eyed as mostly political
The Evening Standard says the proposed Imperial conference in October would be mainly political. It notes the United States is not in immediate danger and that the Imperial economic committee is practically non existent. The Standard adds that definite plans for empire markets and trade organization could be ready by October 1928, not six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Standard
United States
Economic Organization
Imperial Economic Committee
Turkey's Best Mother Amid Palace Politics
Madame Ismet Pasha, former wife of Turkey's premier, was named Turkey's best mother by the Turkish Women's Union for her prominent role in politics and support of her husband’s peace efforts. She is mother to four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ismet Pasha
Turkey
Turkish Women’s Union
Religion Surges in Russia Says Barness De Hueck
Barness De Hueck told the Women's Art Association that Russia faces a revival of faith amid persecution. She claimed the official church has collapsed while faithful individuals guide the nation toward a spiritual religion that will endure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Barness de Hueck
Women's Art Association
Ottawa Fair to Get Dominion Grant for Lansdown Park Extensions
Mayor Balbarrie announced Ottawa will likely receive a Dominion Government grant to extend the Lansdown Park exhibition buildings. He noted the upcoming 1927 World's Poultry Congress requires new facilities to meet congress needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Motherwell
Ottawa
Lansdown Park
Balbarrie
London lawyers return to school over new Law of Property Act
More than 600 London barristers and solicitors, many long in practice, attend extended study as the Law of Property Act reshapes old rules. Regular classes are held at Essex Hall to help them become familiar with the changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Essex
Crossword Puzzle Fragment Mixed Clues And Answers
A partial crossword puzzle list with numbered clues across and down, including hints for words like eagle claw and sacred bull, plus French and archaic terms, with numerous incomplete entries and formatting errors.
Chinese herb yields ephedrine new medical uses
A long known Chinese herb has yielded ephedrine, a drug shown by Dr. K. K. Chen at the University of Wisconsin to treat colds in the head, relieve asthma, and aid local anaesthesia. It provokes a pronounced, sustained rise in blood pressure and is seen as superior to adrenalin for its lasting effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KFI
Los Angeles
University of Wisconsin
K. K. Chen
Oldest Known Bible Manuscript Could Go to Church
The Codex Sinaiticus, a fourth century manuscript of the Old and New Testaments, is cited as the oldest known Bible text. Supposedly, the Soviet government may move Petrograd Museum contents to a city church, making the building a repository for this priceless relic. It was discovered in 1859 at Sinai monastery and presented to Tsar Alexander II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Petrograd
Mount Sinai
Alexander II
Ontario Prohibition Union official quits for Canadian bureau
Ben H. Spence, after twenty years in the temperance movement in Ontario with the Ontario Prohibition Union, announces his severance from the organization to take the role of managing director of the Canadian prohibition bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben H. Spence
Ontario
Ontario Prohibition Union
Canadian Prohibition Bureau
Former Yard officer inherits fortune from Buenos Aires magnate
A former Scotland Yard officer receives a large inheritance from a Buenos Aires millionaire who credited him for saving the man from a London gang of swindlers shortly before the benefactor died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland Yard
Buenos Aires
London
Prince Christian of Hesse Dines with George and Mary
Prince Christian of Hesse dined with King George and Queen Mary in London soon after the war ending. The visit answered who would be the first German origin figure entertained at Buckingham Palace. He attended Queen Alexandra's funeral and previously drew public notice for resigning his German naval commission.
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Prince Christian of
Hesse
George
Mary
Buckingham Palace
Prince Christian
London
Alexandra
Alex
Kaiser Wilhelm
Livestock In Good Condition Across Western Canada
The Department of Agriculture and Colonization of the Canadian National Railways reports livestock in the west are in better condition than in many years, aided by almost no snow allowing cattle and horses to graze outside and saving feed. A reserve feed supply helps more cattle to be carried through winter.
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Department of Agriculture and Colonization
Canadian National Railways
Teachers to Study International Law Abroad
Fifty teachers will go abroad next July at the invitation of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to study international law and relations at the Hague Paris and Geneva. Dr Nicholas Murray Butler announced. The group will be selected from universities colleges and normal schools in Wise moonshiners know when to keep fit. The lighter a man's head is the higher he is able to carry it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Hague
Paris
Geneva
Nicholas Murray Butler
Endowment
United States
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Chateau Frontenac
Angle-Norcross Company
Charles Knox
Salvation Army
West
New Zealand
London Zoological Society
Kingdom of
Iraq
St. Albans
Woodside
Halifax
Swift
Brockville
N. U
China
Chang Tso Lin
Manchuria
Feng Yu- Hsiang
Iralq
Persia
Montreal Gazette
Trustees of Canteen Fund
Erica Patios
Arctic Circle
Hudson's Bay Company
KFKX
Hastings
Neb
Arctic
Oliver
Federal
Dominion
Lawyers At
Ston
Ally
Ireland
Sagattous
Eageland
Weiter
Prince of Hesse
Buckingham
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