World Happenings Briefly Told In 1930s Paris And Beyond
The tri centenary of Champlain’s death observed in Paris with Franco Canadian friendship exercises. Princess Mary has left hospital after June 4 operation. Hitler decree allows enlistment of foreigners in the German army. Imperial Airways North Atlantic plan under government support. Germany reportedly built war tanks forbidden by Versailles. Fanning Islands offers two islands for sale to British subjects. French budget deficit prompts drastic economies. USSR accuses Japan and Germany of provocations risking war. W J Roche resigns as civil service commission chair. gratuity of 7500 dollars.
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Champlain
Paris
Mary
Adolf Hitler
Ministry of War
Daily Mail
Imperial Airways
London Daily Express
Germany
Fanning Islands, Ltd
Fanning
Washington Islands
Honolulu
U.S.S
Fort Knox vault to guard U S gold reserves
The United States plans a vast underground vault at Fort Knox Kentucky with about 1,300 soldiers on duty to store gold shipments from New York Philadelphia and other cities. Treasury draftsmen rush construction as part of moving monetary stocks away from coastal vulnerability. The system aims to shield bullion totaling over nine billion dollars from invasion or mob action.
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United States
Fort Knox
Treasury
Army Post
New York
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Denver
Rocky Mountains
Appalachians
Fox Joins Hounds In Northern Ireland Hunt Meet
During a Boyle Harrier's Hunt in northern Ireland a fox broke cover and ran with the hounds before slipping into brush on a hill. A misidentified intruder dog proved to be the fox, which then vanished from the chase. A pessimistic wit notes farming struggles since auto transport replaced horse work. Within 50 miles of Spokane Washington area there are over 90 fresh water lakes.
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Boyle Harrier
Northern Ireland
Spokane
Wasa
Salvatore Bracco Dies in Poverty Despite Heroic Rescues
Italian born American seaman Salvatore Bracco earned medals from five cities a Mussolini scroll and a congressional medal of honor for lifesaving actions in 1925 aboard an S S President Harding and in 1929 with the S S America rescue off the Virginia Capes. He died in New Jersey, ill with heart trouble, surviving on a $7.50 weekly relief grant.
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Salvatore Bracco
Harding
Bracco
Benito Mussolini
SS. America
Florida
Virginia Capes
James J. Walker
New York
Italy
Seaman Bracco
New Jersey
Cavell Grave Neglected Sparks Public Outcry in England
Citizens in Norwich protest poor maintenance of Edith Cavell's grave in Life's Green near Norwich Cathedral. The grave, born by Swardeston native Edith Cavell, shows rough gravel and dog damage with a wilted wreath and few flowers, prompting renewed criticism of the Dean and Chapter’s oversight.
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Edith Cavell
England
Norwich
Nurse Cavell
Swardeston
Life's Green
Cherry Juice Thickening In Betty Barclay Method
Betty Barclay provides a recipe to make cherry juice using three pounds of ripe cherries and four teaspoons almond extract optional. The process involves boiling crushed cherries with water, squeezing juice in a bag, combining with sugar and pectin, bringing to a rolling boil, and pouring into jars after skimming and parfin.
Strawberry Frosting for Cakes and Cupcakes
Recipe instructions describe mixing confectioners sugar with sweetened condensed milk, then adding fresh strained strawberry pulp and lemon juice. Beat until smooth, spread on cake, with yields enough to cover a leaf cake top and sides, two 9 inch layers, or about fourteen dozen cupcakes.
New Powerful Ray Nazi Newspapers Report Discovery
Reports claim Germany has found a new radioactive microwave stronger than Hertzian rays. Scientists say it could signal ship approaches, with ships emitting a loudspeaker signal upon contact.
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Germany
Hall Wins First War Memorial Fellowship at Toronto
Cecil Edwin Hall of Edmonton won the First War Memorial Fellowship worth $500 announced by the University of Toronto Alumni Federation. Hall is an honor graduate in physics from the University of Alberta.
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Cecil Edwin Hall
Edmonton
Toronto
University of Toronto
Hall
University of Alberta
Roosevelt Creates National Youth Administration Program
President Roosevelt announced a National Youth Administration to aid unemployed youths aged 16 to 25, targeting 500,000 participants. The program, under Miss Josephine Roche and Aubrey Williams, will operate within the works relief framework with a $50 million appropriation for work, apprenticeships, schooling, and relief.
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Josephine Roche
the Treasury
Aubrey Williams
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Roosevelt
Platform Compared to Golf Bunker in Political Talk
A statesman remarks that a party platform is an important factor while another replies that it is like a golf bunker: required to be there but skilled avoidance shows true mastery. The exchange highlights practical focus over formalities.
Dutch Schools Get Air Geography Tours
The government provides aeroplanes to schools so children can study geography by flying over Holland as part of their lesson. This initiative makes geographic learning more direct and engaging for students across the country.
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Holland
Leprosy Cure Reported by French Scientists
Dr Albert Vaudremer and assistant Mlle Brun announced to the French Academy of Medicine that they obtained a positive culture of the leprosy bacillus, the first since 1871. They showed seven years of work indicating the bacillus is agglutinated by serum from leprosy patients, which kills the organism within 24 hours.
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French Academy of Medicine
Albert Vaudremer
Mlle. Brun
Academy
Armaner Hansen
Vandremer
The Canadian Nickel on Coin Design Change Hopes
Finance Minister E N Rhodes says Canadian nickels are among the most hideous coins due to many slot machines and telephones using them. He cannot change the design now but hopes future changes will better fit artistic tastes.
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Canada
E. N. Rhodes
W. D. Euler
Lib
North Waterloo
Beaver shipment from Hamburg arrives in Edmonton
Forty nutria beavers travel from Hamburg Germany to Edmonton for fur production. The long voyage ends with the imported animals ready for use in the fur industry.
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Newcastle
Hamburg
Germany
Edmonton
Sunday School Lesson on Ruth Theme
Devotional reading from Proverbs 31 20 and 30 highlights honoring a woman who fears the Lord. The lesson centers on the Book of Ruth and explores values of faith, kindness, and integrity in daily life.
Elimelech and Naomi Return to Bethlehem in Ruth Tale
Biblical excerpt recounts Elimelech and Naomi fleeing famine from Bethlehem to Moab with their two sons, the sons marrying Moabite women, ten years passing, Naomi's return with Ruth, Orpah's departure, and Naomi adopting the name Mara amid hardship before eventual solace.
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Elimelech
Naomi
Bethlehem
Moab
Ruth
Canaan
Midan
Israel
Orpah
Jehovah
Moffatt
God
Mara
Ontario to award road contracts for highway expansion
Hon. Peter Heenan announced in Port Arthur that Ontario will open road-building contracts instead of the relief camp system. He contrasted the two methods claiming camps cost more than twice as much, estimating a Northwestern Ontario road segment at 55 000 under camps and about half that with private contractors paying fair wages.
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Peter Heenan
Ontario
Heenan
Dr Thomas McCrae Dies in Philadelphia at 64
Prominent physician and medical author Dr Thomas McCrae died in Philadelphia after a operation left him weakened. A native of Ontario he was 64 and brother of poet John McCrae. He taught medicine at Jefferson Medical College for 23 years and advised Sir William Osler. In 1927 he served as physician to UK Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald during a US visit.
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Thomas McCrae
Philadelphia
Ontario
McCrae
John McCrae
Sir William Osler
Jefferson Medical College
J. Ramsay MacDonald
England
United States
To Fit The Crime In England
A Toronto Star note reports England suspends driving licenses for two years after reckless driving convictions. It contrasts with Czechoslovakia where a speedster is fined without arrest and has tires punctured to slow him, then reinflated. The piece ends with a musing that all men are born free and equal, yet many marry.
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England
Toronto Star
Czechoslovakia
Little Journeys In Science Explains Atomic Theory
Gordon and Grest describe the atomic theory, noting atoms consist of protons and electrons, with 92 element types. They explain nucleus center, electron orbits, and immense smallness, citing spectroscope, X-rays, and radium decay as methods revealing atomic structure.
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John Dalton
Uaeenen
Dalton
Secret Of Magic Sword Found In Ancient Nickel Steel
A Serbian tale of legendary magic swords leads a mining prospector to a discovery of a nickel steel artifact from an old Serbian mine. The piece resisted boring and, after analysis in Vienna, proved to be unusually hard nickel steel possibly over a thousand years old, predating modern nickel steel by about 950 years.
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Old
Serbia
Vienna
Actor Stops The Show In Braila Theatre Scandal
A comic singer wearing a Mussolini style hat mocked Mussolini with an ironical song at a Braila theatre in Roumania. The act drew crowds until the Italian consul learned of it, after which police closed the theatre doors the next day.
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Mussolini
Braila
Roumania
Signor Mussolini
Boys sleep less well than girls says Atlanta doctor
An Atlanta physician reports findings from 150000 hours of monitored child sleep using electrical instruments. The study concludes that boys are not as good sleepers as girls based on the measurements and sleep patterns observed.
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Atlanta
Diamonds Produce Electricity Under Red Light
Certain diamonds generate electricity when exposed to red or infrared light, a phenomenon linked to their internal structure and light interaction. Researchers note potential in energy harvesting and sensor applications, though practical devices require further development and control of diamond properties.
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W. J. Roche
Civil Service Commission
E. Cora Hind
University of Manitoba
Montreal
Duchess of York
Miss Hind
Europe
Winnipeg Free Press
Fox
Cavell
Betty Barclay
War Memorial Fellowship
MR. Baldwin
National Youth Administraton
The
Beaver
Perle Cutton
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Dr. McCrae
Gordon & Grest
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