World Happenings Briefly Told
Poland gains a post office for each 6300 people while Shanghai ships $5.1 million in gold to Vancouver aboard the Empress of Asia. Ireland vetoes Bray casino.Thirty one French veterans visit London as honorary British Legion members. Copenhagen hosts a 40 nation conference ending June 9. Madrid to host 1932 world congress. World Women's Temperance Union delegates return with Alberta wheat phials. Senator Davis warns of trade depression as US woes deepen. Viscount Halifax turns 92. son Lord Irwin just retired as Viceroy of India. Dickens memorial wreaths laid in Westminster Abbey on June 9.
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Poland
Central Bank of
Shanghai
Vancouver
Copenhagen
Denmark
Madrid
Toronto
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Four Corners
Alberta
United States
Senator Davis
Pennsylvania
Charles Lindley Wood
Viscount
Halifax
Great Britain
Lord Irwin
India
Charles Dickens
Boston
Westminster Abbey
Dickens
War Inevitable, Says Sir Arthur Keith at Aberdeen
Sir Arthur Keith, rector of Aberdeen University, argues wars are inevitable and calls peace a dream. He compares human conflict to nature using pruning to keep an orchard healthy and warns against expecting disarmament. He notes industry favors plant over bulb while gardening reverses this order.
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Sir Arthur Keith
Aberdeen University
Secret process makes stone from egg shells and straw
In Omaha Elwood Gossett uses a mysterious seven-salt bonding agent from sea water to crush into bits egg shells straw and cornstalks then mold them into stone like blocks and marble busts watchers see the process but the bonding mixture remains undisclosed.
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Omaha
Elwood Gossett
Mr. Gossett
George Washington
The
Christian Science Monitor
Horrors Of War Outline Warns Of Future Conflict
London report quotes Rt. Hon. Arthur Henderson delivering the Durge memorial lecture on Conserving World Peace He warns that a future war could devastate civilians with advanced air attacks surpassing past aerial warfare He calls for action to prevent such horrors and preserve peace.
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London
England
Arthur Henderson
Durge
Mr. Henderson
Shark kills mail swimmer. Fiji island changes post plan
A shark attacked and killed a native who swam a mile out every four weeks to meet the steamer Tofua for outgoing mail on Ninafood island in Fiji. Going forward a large canoe will meet the ship to carry mail. Salt means salary. All the good of humanity lies in obedience.
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Ninafood
Fiji
Tofua
Testing a New Cunarder Model in Wind and Wave Tanks
An 18 foot scale replica of a Cunarder underwent elaborate tank tests in a 300 foot facility to simulate Atlantic gales and head-on seas. The setup includes a wooden diaphragm wave maker a wind tunnel with fans and smoke generation to study funnel gas behavior and ventilation.
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Atlantic
North Atlantic
Platinum Output Bigger For Canada In 1930
Canada produced 68 116 fine ounces of platinum group metals in 1930 up from 29 837 in 1929 according to revised Dominion Bureau of Statistics figures. The 1930 output was worth 2 439 128 dollars versus 1 656 045 dollars in 1929. Platinum exports reached 1 628 598 dollars, more than seven times the prior year.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
X ray finds pyorrhea common in ancient Egypt mummies
Field Museum X rays reveal widespread dental pyorrhea among Egyptian mummies, indicating poor oral health in ancient society. The study highlights dental decay as a notable health issue in historical populations.
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Field Museum
Ancient
Egypt
Vital Statistics 1928 Bureau Report Details Demographics
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics releases its eighth annual Vital Statistics report for 1928 with detailed analysis. It covers birth parents by age race origin and birthplace, decedent causes by age nativity and conjugal condition, occupation by cause, and marriages by ages birthplaces and religions. Locality tables and special Indian Yukon North West Territories data are included with an analytical introduction.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Yukon
North West Territories
Great Lakes Levels Decline Spark Ontario Canada Concern
Hydrographic experts from Ottawa warn Great Lakes and St. Lawrence levels are far below seasonal averages. Low water this summer could hinder next fall movement of grain crops along the lakes unless heavy rainfall occurs across Ontario Manitoba and the central United States.
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Great Lakes
Ontario
Manitoba
United States
Department of Marine
Ottawa
St. Lawrence River
Department
Yukon Executive George P Mackenzie Retires After Long Service
George P Mackenzie a former gold commissioner and Yukon chief executive officer retires after a career as head of Arctic exploration and development in the Yukon and North West Territories branch of the Department of the Interior. Major Lockie T Burwash is appointed to the same office as part of a department staff cutting program.
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George P. Mackenzie
Yukon
Yukon and
North West Territories
Department of the Interior
Civil Service
Lockie T. Burwash
Canada
Mackenzie
Interior Department
Soviet School Opens at London Club for Children
A Soviet school with Russian teachers has been opened at a London club for children of club members who are Soviet employees in the city. Twenty pupils attend, learning standard subjects in English and Russian, with religion not taught.
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London
England
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A crew escapes danger after compromising a freight operation in enemy territory near Shanghai. Jed Stone and companions uncouple an engine and cut telegraph wires to speed toward their airplane, racing to rescue Guy Stone amid hostile pursuit.
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Jed Stone
Shanghai
Guy
Rizon
New Experimental Farm Opens Near Regina
The new Dominion Government experimental farm, two miles south of Regina and near No 6 Highway, serves the Regina Moose Jaw Weyburn area of about 3 000 000 acres of heavy clay soil. It will study soil drifting weed control summer fallow methods land preparation and forage crop value to address regional agricultural challenges.
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Dominion Government
Regina
No. 6 Highway
Moose Jaw-Weyburn
Canadian teacher training and arbitration notes
In 1930 Canada had 9 640 students training as teachers across 46 normal schools and 12 universities. About 70 000 teachers work annually in Canadian schools. Between 1820 and 1900, arbitration settled as many as 170 disputes that could have sparked wars. The average man is compared to a match and loses his head when lit.
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Canada
Masterpiece Crafted By Local Brakeman In Stratford
Elmer Ridsdale 55 McNab Street Stratford Ontario a brakeman completed a three foot long locomotive and tender needlework on a white tower. He traced pattern from Canadian National engine No 3464 in the Stratford shops. The piece took 90 hours of work and he plans a White Star liner design next.
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Elmer Ridsdale
McNab Street
Stratford
Ontario
Mr. Ridsdale
Elmer
Canadian National
Plane Speed Record Exceeded Claims Reported
The world airplane speed record of 357 mph set by Squadron Leader August H. Orlebar in 1929 was reported to have been broken several times by Schneider Cup training pilots. Though figures were not released, it is understood pilots exceeded 360 mph in seaplane trials.
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August H. Orlebar
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Brooder
Chantler & Chantler Limited
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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