World Happenings Briefly Told
The Sheffield council again votes against Sunday golf on municipal courses. Yorkton council bans slot machines at its last meeting of the year. England and Wales wheat production rises 11 percent with 6 percent more acreage this year. A bank robbery in Buda pest ends with the death of a cashier and a bandit. Archaeologist Sir Flinders Petrie leaves London for northern Syria to search ancient remains. Ecuador’s chargé d’affaires Ernesto Chacón is found dead in New York under mysterious circumstances. Alberta minister MacLellan speaks in Sydney about public works. Gandhi faces British warnings against reviving civil disobedience. An Express despatch reports Zinovieff and Kameneff banished with families to Solovetski.
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Sheffield
England
Yorkton
Wales
Ministry of Agriculture
Budarest
Ernesto Chacon
Germany
New York
West
John J. MacLellan
Alberta
Sydney
N.S
M. H. Gandhi
India
An Express
Warsaw
Gregory Zinovieff
Leon Kameneff
Solovetski Island
Russia
Devil's Island
White Sea
Old Human Relation In Medical Exhortation Cited
The London Daily Telegraph recalls Sir John Rose Bradford praising the human relation in medicine. He urged medical students to remember patients are human beings amid rising specialization and technical complexity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rose Bradford
Ouly & Case
Fort Blunder No More Fort Montgomery History
The fort at Rouses Point New York began in 1816 under a U S engineer. It was designed octagonal with 10 bastions on three quarters of an acre and 30 foot walls. By 1818 it lay within Canadian limits and work stopped.
New Infrared Survey Reveals 20 Hidden Super Giants
Infrared photographic plates used by astronomers report a cluster of 20 long period variable stars. The AAAS notes these stars glow in heat rather than visible light, suggesting many gigantic suns may exist unseen by eye or standard photography.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
Greenland Hare Hopping Speeds Noted For Long Distances
Observations show the Greenland hare traveling on its hind legs like a kangaroo. It hops 6 to 8 feet per jump over 100 yard distances. The hare prefers uphill flight when frightened.
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Greenland
Lest We Forget named for government film on war costs
Privy Council approves the title Lest We Forget for a government sanctioned feature film made from overseas war footage. The Canadian Legion presents the three part production showing the stupidity and futility of war and its cost, with a premiere early next year.
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Hollywood
Privy Council
Canada
Canadian Legion
Recipes For This Week By Betty Barclay
A compact collection shows how to make savory ham recipes using chopped ham bread crumbs milk and butter. The method includes melting butter mixing crumbs milk and seasonings then adding ham and egg and baking in a water bath until firm served with white sauce.
Royal Bank of Canada shows improved 1934 figures and deposits rise
The Royal Bank of Canada reports higher total assets 758,423,904 and liquid assets 382,172,287 for the year ended November 30, 1934. Public deposits rise by 50,554,510 with most in Canada, while loans increase 10,092,494 to 226,942,628. Net profits after taxes reach 1,506,804 to be carried forward, with taxes totaling 1,075,016. The AGM will be held at Montreal head office on January 10.
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Royal Bank of Canada
Canada
Royal Bank
Dominion
Montreal
Dom & Prov Gov & Man Sec
Fashion Fancies School Girl Dress Pattern For 8 to 14
Ellen Worth describes a two piece dress in navy and red wool crepe for sizes 8 through 14 with a gathered shirtwaist, hip peplum and center front buttoned skirt. Pattern No. 834 requires specific yardage and 20 cent price. mail orders to Winnipeg Newspaper Union Pattern Department.
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Pattern Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Traditional Spice Cookie Recipe Summary
A historic cookie recipe blends sugar butter lard and molasses with baking soda dissolved in sour milk. Spices such as cinnamon nutmeg and cloves season the dough along with seedless raisins. The batter is mixed and baked in a medium oven about twenty five minutes.
Plan Shows Large Scale Western Lamb Finishing in Ontario
The plan to bring western range lambs to Ontario for finishing, started last year, returns this year on a larger scale. About 7,000 lambs are on feed across 65 farmers, with 24 carloads from 19 western ranchers now distributed through central and eastern Ontario ready for market once weights are proper.
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Ontario
The Cassquiare Stream Flows Alternate Directions
The Cassquiare, a Brazilian stream, occasionally reverses its flow, shifting direction between one and the other. This unusual behavior affects local drainage and historical river navigation patterns observed in regional accounts.
England Seeks Pied Piper to Stem Rat Plague
England faces a massive rodent problem with an estimated 40 million rats. Authorities believe numbers have grown by about 20 million in five decades as modern science and methods fail to curb the infestation. Proposals liken the effort to a Pied Piper legend, seeking a decisive figure to lead a solution.
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England
Hamlin
Marriage Trends Falter Over Perceived Instability
The note argues that many couples wed for uncertain reasons, fearing the modern shift toward flexible commitments. it suggests marriages lack permanence despite vows of better and worse.
Knudsen Wins AAAS Sound Research Prize
Prof. Vern Oliver Knudsen of the University of California at Los Angeles wins the $1,000 AAAS prize for a paper on sound absorption in gases. He shows oxygen drives sound decay, moist air transmits better, and air can be conditioned for optimal hearing by calculating acoustic transparency across temperatures and humidity.
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Vern Oliver Knudsen
Department of Physics
University of California At
Los Angeles
Association
Knudsen
Prof
Oldest Canadian Resident Near Quintuplets Turns 111
John Birch of North Bay celebrated his 111th birthday on June 4, two days after the Dionne quintuplets were born. A Sebastopol native, he survived the Crimean War and has lived in Canada since 1866. His keen eyesight let him thread a needle on his birthday. Nova Scotia reports ten centenarians under the new old age pensions act.
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Canada
Dionne Quintuplets
Callander
Ont
John Birch
North Bay
Sebastopol
Nova Scotia
Indian Elephant Ranks Third in Animal Intelligence
The Indian elephant is noted as the third most intelligent animal after chimpanzees and orangutans, according to the report. The chimpanzee tops the list, while orangutan ranks second in measured cognitive abilities.
Temperature Seven Miles Up Remains Almost Constant
Scientific belief holds the air temperature about seven miles above the earth stays nearly steady.
Peter Proclaims Jesus as Christ the Son of the Living God
In the Sunday school lesson Peter answers Jesus’ question with bold faith, declaring Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. The teaching cites Matthew 16 13 28 Luke 9 18 36 I Peter 2 5 6 and Psalm 34 1 8, highlighting Peter’s hopeful confession amid doubt and crowd opinion.
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Simon Peter
Christ
God
Matthew
Peter
Jesus
Moffatts
John the Baptist
Elijah
Jeremiah
Herod
Jesus John the Baptist
Carpenter
Israel
Galilee
Simon
Wm. A. Grist
Lloyd George Announces New Political Movement
The Ottawa Journal notes in 1890 he remains an extraordinary figure as Lloyd George, age 71, prepares to launch a new political movement after decades of world upheaval. The piece emphasizes his enduring prominence and polarizing impact on history.
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Gladstone
Lloyd George
Carnarvon
Ottawa Journal
Infrared Study Links Shroud and Tunic to Christ’s Passion
Infra red photographs of the Divine Shroud and the Tunic, revered by the church, show matching blood stains and Biblical agony marks. Experts claim the Shroud bears flagellation traces while the Tunic reveals a shoulder wound likely from bearing the Cross, supporting their authenticity.
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Calvary
Gunpowder residue method for identifying shooters
Criminologists claim a new method can reasonably definitely identify who fired a gun. The approach rests on nitrates and nitrites from gunpowder deposited on the hands of anyone who fires a revolver or pistol.
One Nail Maker Survives as C Williams Produces Giants
In eight hours C Williams nails a 50 pound batch of giant barge nails, the sole hand made nail maker left in England could supply ships and builders.
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England
C. Williams
Little Journeys In Science Sulphur Overview
Sulphur occurs widely in native form in volcanic regions like Sicily and the United States, but is more common in combined forms as sulphides and sulphates. Notable minerals include iron pyrite, copper pyrite, galena, cinnabar, and gypsum. Sulphur is essential in life and found in petroleum and coal. industrial uses include sulphur dioxide for making sulfuric acid, bleaching, vulcanized rubber, gunpowder, matches, and lime-sulphur spray insecticide and fungicide.
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Free State
Italy
Stelly
Iceland
Mexico
Sicily
United States
Gift of tea to Queen marks empire centenary
Tea producers of the British Empire present the Queen with a casket of 15 pounds of tea. The casket is Bombay rosewood inlaid with Ceylon Satinwood ebony. The blend uses 15 teas from Ceylon India and East Africa including a rare Darjeeling component with a muskate flavor. It may be the world’s most expensive tea at 3.25 dollars per pound.
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Bombay
Ceylon
India
East Africa
Darjeeling
Unusual Rama Worship Draws Five Day Rite in Ellore
In Ellore a unique five day religious festival centers on devotees writing the name Sri Rama ten million times to gain salvation. Volunteers fill specially prepared books under strict counting rules, with the books and image venerated in processions before being offered at a sacred temple.
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Ellore
Sri Rama
Name Of Book cited by Gladys Tantaquidgeon
Gladys Tantaquidgeon, a full blood Mohegan, notes the book title as a matter of record. She was appointed by the U S government to census the tribe in New England, reporting 175 Mohegans living in the region.
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Gladys Tantaquidgeon
Miss Tantaquidgeon
United States
New England
Final Run For Mail Carriers On Manitoba Route
Mail carriers who traversed storm swept trails between Norway House and Cross Lake in northern Manitoba complete their final runs. Air service now carries the 60 mile route from the northern trading post as another mail rail line fades away.
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Manitoba
Norway House
Cross Lake
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Sir Flinders Petrie
London
Syria
London Daily Telegraph
Old Fort
Montgomery
Ww. N. U
James Charles McGuigan
Regina
Toronto
McNeil
America
Betty Barclay
Ellen Worth
Western Lambs
Man
Lesves
Gordon H. Guest
M.A
Empire
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