World Happenings Briefly Told
Hay may be imported duty free from Canada for use in Growth areas of the United States. Clyde Pangborn aims circumnavigation by air in 114 hours, a bold new record bid. Bolivia mobilizes general conscripts and reservists from 1911 14. Austria nearly balances its budget with strict economy. Britain and Dominions lift mood after a global downturn. Sir Maurice Hankey voices hope in Ottawa. Russia plans monthly 1935 stratospheric flights to 60 009 feet with Piccard Cosyns. Gladstone Murray named acting program controller of the BBC replacing Col. Alan Dawnay on sick leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Clyde Pangborn
Great Britain
Dominions
Maurice Hankey
Ottawa
Russia
Prokovieff
August Piccard
Max Cosyns
Piccard
Gladstone Murray
British Broadcasting Corporation
Col
Alan Dawnay
Little Journeys In Science Light and heat waves from vibrating electrons
Science explains light as wave pulses in the ether from vibrating electrons in atoms. All bodies above absolute zero emit waves. as temperature rises, waves shorten and glow appears. Infrared and ultraviolet rays follow, with luminescence and chemiluminescence as notable phenomena.
Valley of 10,000 Smokes Film Expedition
Hollywood director Ewing Scott announces a bold motion picture project in the Aleutian Islands. The team will use four specialized aircraft and trained photographers to capture volcanic scenes unseen by the public.
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Aleutian Islands
Ewing Scott
Alberta Honey Production Rises in 1934 Figures
Alberta's agricultural department reports bee farms produced 1,264,000 pounds of honey in 1934. At 10 cents per pound this yielded 128,493 for apiaries. The previous year saw 2,000,000 pounds produced valued at nine cents per pound.
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Alberta
War Department rejects government ownership of munitions
The War Department told the Senate Munitions Committee that government ownership of the arms and ammunition industry would fail in war and is illogical in peace, while affirming it does not oppose licensing of the munitions industry. Bernard Baruch urged stockpiling tin and proposed accepting tin in war-debt payments.
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United States War Department
Senate Munitions Committee
Department
Bernard M. Baruch
Old War Industries Board
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Baruch
World’s grandest homemade clock marks 20th birthday
G W Barstrop of Newtown New Zealand celebrated twenty years since starting his elaborate home made clock completed after thirty years of work and begun in 1914. The clock uses odds and ends from clocks tins bells fishing line a lead pendulum bob and junk scraps to track minutes hours days of month moon phase and times of major world cities. Barstrop built it once and has not built another.
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G. W. Barstrop
Newtown
New Zealand
Mr. Barstrop
Fashion Fancies Tunic Dress With New Tied Neckline
Fashion note presents a tunic dress pattern with a tied neckline and shaped cuff sleeves. It suggests fabric options Pebbly crepe silk satin-back crepe velvet wool crepe and notes sizes 14 through 40 with precise yardage for size 16. Pattern No 733 from Winnipeg Pattern Department costs 20c plus mailing options.
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Pattern Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Worth-While Bequest From Burke Funds Christmas Trust
Mrs. Caroline McGilvra Burke, a Seattle pioneer, left 25 000 for a Christmas trust for Kenney home residents. In 1934 the fund funded a dinner for 56 residents who each received a 43 dollar cheque, fulfilling the will's aim to aid the aged.
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Caroline McGilvra Burke
Seattle
Kenney Home
Dominion grain variety tests identify reliable cultivars by district
Comprehensive tests at Experimental Farms and Stations across Canada, plus Cereal Division work at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa, indicate the grain varieties most reliable for general cultivation by district. Surf water foam increases danger to swimmers. the swirling motion of waves is less dense than foam.
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Dominion Department of Agricultural
Canada
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Lessons In Seeing After Blindness In London Hospitals
Two women long blind in London eye hospitals regain sight through Dr Tudor Thomas of Cardiff. They learn to see by drawing on a board and naming objects then progress to details as they identify people and objects in focus. Mrs Daphne Muir travels to the United States. the other remains in England.
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London
Daphne Muir
Raydon Muir
Cape Town
United States
Tudor Thomas
Cardiff
Enlargements as Gifts from Snapshot Negatives
John Van Guilder extols enlarging snapshot negatives to create meaningful gifts. He explains masking unwanted parts, printing on light sensitive paper, and achieving sizes from small to wall-filling. He advises selecting subjects with personal meaning and notes landscapes and seascapes often make strong enlargements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fido
Cleo
Big Brother
Cynthia
Sunday School Lesson Reflects Call to Be Fishers of Men
The golden text from Mark 1 17 invites followers to Join Jesus and become fishers of men. Lesson references John 1 29 42 Mark 1 14 39 and devotional Isaiah chapters 6 1 8, outlining thy approach to disciple making and early ministry events in Christian teaching.
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Jesus
Andrew Brings Peter to Jesus The Messiah Revealed
The article recounts Andrew as Peter’s brother who finds the Messiah and brings Peter to Jesus. It notes Jesus renaming Simon to Cephas and Peter’s future role as a rock of leadership, with references to gospel citations and Robertson’s interpretation of Andrew’s actions.
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Peter
Jesus
Andrew
Simon Peter
Christ
Simon
A. T. Robertson
John
Cephas
Pineapple coconut pie filling recipe with coconut topping
A recipe for a pineapple coconut pie filling using sugar flour salt egg yolk water and pineapple juice. The mixture is cooked in a double boiler for ten minutes, then cooled stirred with butter lemon juice and one cup of coconut. Spread in a baked 9 inch shell, chill, and top with remaining coconut and pineapple pieces.
English Rarebit Cup Crumbs Over Toasted Bread
Soak stale bread crumbs in milk. Melt butter add crumbs and cheese until melted. Stir in a lightly beaten egg and seasonings. Cook three minutes then pour over fried tomatoes or toasted crackers. Serves six.
Ambitious Fingerprint Gaffe Recounts Drowning Case
A parcel arrived in Bruges containing eight fingers and two thumbs, labeled and wrapped. It followed a request to Vlisseghen guard for fingerprints of a person who died by suicide by drowning, prompting the guard to amputate for identification.
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Bruges
Belgium
Vlisseghen
Prince Edward Island Shows Reduced Field Crop Value in 1934
Prince Edward Island is the only Canadian province with a lower field crop value in 1934 compared to 1933. Estimated value for 1934 is 8,806,000 dollars versus 8,841,000 dollars in 1933.
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Prince Edward Island
Canada
Serum Declared Success by Denver Tuberculosis Experts
Governor Johnson said two Colorado convicts Carl Erickson and Mike Schmidt who volunteered for serum tests may receive pardons in January. The National Jewish Hospital doctors reported success after testing the tuberculosis preventive on convicts by injecting bacilli, with health intact and no disease signs observed.
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F E. C. Johnson
Colorado
National Jewish Hospital
Denver
Johnson
Carl, Erickson
Mike Schmidt
Canadian Wheat Pools report on Regina meeting and repayments
At Regina the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool presented figures showing a sizable grain handling year and a rise in cash from 3 390 854 to 6 017 831. In 1929 western provinces paid about 22 million more than grain value when sold, with provincial governments providing support. Pools are repaying advances, except 1.3 million written off by Manitoba. Principal payments total 1 519 470 across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta through 1934.
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Regina
Western Provinces
Bers
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Total
Cod fish pay at Sweden circus sparks barter tale
A circus manager in Sweden accepted codfish in place of cash for admission as a money shortage hit a village. He later sold the box-office takings to a wholesale market while dealing with an audience member demanding change. In 1934 Canada hogs graded totaled 2,870,041, up from 0,049,526 in 1933. A British Trans-Greenland expedition traveled 1,500 miles by dogsled, 700 of them on unmapped Greenland terrain.
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Sweden
Canada
Greenland
Explosives in Common Use Reach Over a Hundred Types
The article notes there are upward of 100 different commercial explosives in common use. It highlights the variety available to industry and implies broad applicability across sectors.
Stockholm Moviegoers Average Ten Dollar Tickets
Stockholm residents spent about ten dollars on movie tickets on average in the last year. The figure reflects a broad pattern of cinema attendance across the city with modest per-visit costs.
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Stockholm
Sweden
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