World happenings briefly told
Miss Eileen Vol Hick, 18, widely regarded as possibly Canada’s first woman aviator, receives daily instruction at a Hamilton aerodrome and seeks a pilot license in Ottawa. Also noted are Captain George Wilkins’s Arctic plans, Ontario justice Riddell’s re election, Manitoba cricket plans, and espionage trials in Odessa. Canada-US milk inspection rules and customs duties are touched on amid brief global notices.
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Canada
Eileen Vol- Hick
Hamilton
Ottawa
Haig Says British Effort Could Win War Without U S Aid
Field Marshal Earl Haig told the British Empire Service League that Britain would have achieved victory in World War I without American intervention. He praised Allied sacrifice but argued the British Army and Empire endured the main burden and would have won in the end even without the United States. He cited Germany’s two missteps: initiating the war and then losing it.
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U.S
Earl Haig
United States
Field Marshal
France
Flanders
British Empire Service League
Great Britain
Ihe
British Empire
America
Ammerica
Germany
Mons honors Canadian soldiers with honorary citizenship
Mons Burgomaster Maistriau lauded Canadian troops for freeing the city after German occupation and unveiled a plaque commemorating the corps entry. He announced honorary citizenship for General Sir Henry FE Horne Lieut General Sir Arthur Currie Major General F O W Loomis Brig General J A Clark and conferred Mons Bar membership on the latter.
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Mons
Maistriau
Rodolphe
iHeoise_of Commons
Largomaster Maistriau
Theurgomaster
Henry FE. Horne
First Army
Arthur Currie
F. O. W. Loomis
J. A. Clark
Special Amateur Classes at Manitoba Provincial Exhibition
Manitoba exhibition places emphasis on Manitoba bred live stock with amateur classes for sheep and dairy and beef cattle open to those who have never shown at a class A fair outside the province. Ayrshire and Holstein are well represented with Aberdeen Angus Shorthorns and Herefords expected to feature. A Berlin chemists meeting discussed solar energy potential via large sun engines along the Nile to make hydrogen for transport and use.
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Manitoba
Noted British Author Jerome K Jerome Dies in Northampton
Jerome K. Jerome best known for Three Men in a Boat died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Northampton while on a motor tour. The English humorist and playwright, born May 2 1859 at Walsall, shaped stage and literary life and urged peace after World War I.
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Jerome
Jerome K. Jerome
Northampton
Eno
Mr. Jerome
Northhampton
Fingland
Walsall
England
Jerome Clapp Jerome
Georgina Henrietta Stanley
Marylebone
America
Great Britain
Amundsen Abandons Explorations For Air Lectures
Captain Roald Amundsen sails from Vancouver to Japan to deliver lectures and declares exploration will shift to air travel. He says he is too old to start new ventures and will recount past exploits while focusing future travels on hunting and fishing in northern Canada. Also notes a Swedish report on gas infused concrete to lighten the material without weakening strength.
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Roald Amundsen
Vancouver
Japan
Amundsen
Captain Amundsen
Norge
Nobile
Canada
Athabasca
Married Women More Disappointed in Love Than Spinsters
A brief social observation notes that married women report more disappointment in love than spinsters, reflecting evolving expectations in relationships and romance among women of different social roles.
Mystery war towers now serve as beacon near Isle of Wight
Britain’s so called mystery towers built in 1918 as submarine traps are repurposed. One Nab tower near Spithead now serves as a beacon while the other, costing 6 million dollars and never used, was scrapped at Shoreham Harbor. Designed by Menzies and built under H A Clift, these cone shaped structures rose 186 feet with crews of ninety and on board power plants and lights.
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Shoreham
Menzies
Hi. A. Clift
Invention to Test Quality of Diamonds
French chemist M Malaval of Lyons police laboratory has created a method to assess diamond quality using ultra violet rays. A screen reveals clear images for white stones, darker for yellow, and black for imitation stones. The process promises near mathematical accuracy and could deter substitution in diamond deposits.
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M. Melaval
Lyons
M. Malaval
Whitefish Fry Distribution Expands Across Lake Winnipegosis Region
The Department of Marine and Fisheries announces the spring release of over 72 million whitefish fry from the Winnipgosis hatchery in Manitoba, up 21 percent from last year, with many fry planted across a wider area up to Whiskeyjack Island. Gull Harbor distributed over 50 million fry in Lake Winnipeg over a 100 mile spread aided by a miniature hatchery on the CGS Lradbury.
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Department of Marine and Fisheries
Winnipgosis
Manitoba
Whiskeyjack Island
Lake Winnipegosis
Gull Harbor
Lake Winnipeg
Perens River
Life of Early Canadian Settlers in Upper Canada
A London Adventurer excerpt contrasts Loyalist arrivals with earlier settlers in Upper Canada. It describes a pioneer voyage across the Atlantic, ponderous forest clearing, a gun and axe as main tools, small wood shanties, basic crops, sparse neighbors, and a hardy, adapting lifestyle as winter nears.
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Upper Canada
Old Canada
U. S
Sahara
Atlantic
London
French postman unveils airplane with compressed air motor
Ernest Dole of Lespilles near Avignon exhibits a model of a new flying machine using a compressed air motor and high pressure tubes to lift instantly. A turbine replaces fuel, two propellers aid thrust, and wings double as parachutes for safety. A trial is planned at Sirdcome in Lyons.
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Ernest Dole
Lespilles
Avignon
France
Santos Dumont
Sirdcome
Lyons
Germany warns Soviets to curb anti-Communist propaganda
German foreign minister Stresemann warns that Germany may press Soviet Russia to end communist propaganda abroad. He laments Soviet missteps that strengthen enemies but notes that many responsible leaders in other countries do not seek a break with Russia, while hot heads demand extreme measures.
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Streseman
Serlin
Germany
Soviet Russia
Russia
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George H. Wilkins
Seattle
Alaska
Arctic Ocean
Justice Riddell
Supreme Court of Ontario
Canadian Social Hygiene Council
Toronto
Manitoba Cricket Association
Reuter
Odessa
Roumania
United States Court of Appeals
United States District Court of Northern
Texas
Frederick
A Cook
Dr. Cook
Young
Customs Court
Sue Sener Mevar Paooucts Co
Monteeal Toronto Tin Nipec Bdmonton
Fancolete Cabc Any
Wo N
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Tso
Winnipere Newspaper Union
MechDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Niewo
Tee
Hortense Cartier
Sir George Etienne Cartier
Confederation
White Star Line
Brandon
Association of German Chemists
Berlin
Nile
Sweden
Ramsay MacDonald
Britain
Isabel
Southampton
Cunard
Arthur Henderson
F. O. Roberts
Britain's
Isie
of Wight
Winnipegosis
Ures
Jim
Hammerbilr
Ned
Soviets
Peter
Goblin
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