World Happenings Briefly Told in A Canadian Paper
Jewish newspapers barred from reporting Jewish Olympic team activities. Exhibits from King Edward and the National Gallery featured in a British art show at Amsterdam. The Duke of York elected president of Christ's Hospital, receiving the ancient charge of faithfulness. Harvard Observatory notes naked eye comets seen. rare phenomenon described. E K Woodford of the University of Alberta wins Best fellowship at Imperial College for 1936-37. End of 1935 Canada has 212767 motor vehicles, up 15.29 percent from 1934. Drouth harms crops in Ontario Manitoba and Quebec. J A W Lemon, 62, pioneer of polo in western Canada, dies. Canadian railways modernize with trucks, buses, and airplanes. Edward Beatty speaks on arrival in Saint John.
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Duke of York
Christ's Hospital
Harvard University Observatory
Imperial College of Science
E. K. Woodford
University of Alberta
Edmonton
South Africa
Drouth
Ontario
Manitoba
Quebec
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
J. A. W. Lemon
Western Canada
Guelph
Ont
Radio helps fishermen using light spot on sea bed
Radio devices on British trawlers project waves to the sea floor and reflect back to create a moving light spot. The spot indicates water depth and, when a shoal passes underneath, another movement signals both presence and depth of the fish.
Russia's first woman locomotive engineer trains all-woman crew
Zinaida Troitskaya, age twenty three, the first and only woman locomotive engineer in Russia, announces plans to form a women engine crew from top girl mechanics after receiving the Order of Lenin for exemplary throttle work on the Z-104 in Kazan. She lives in Moscow with her railway family background.
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Zinaida Troitskaya
Russia
Kazan
Zinaida
Moscow
Aerial Survey Captures Rhodesian Gold Belt Photos
Photographs are being taken from the air in Southern Rhodesia's Gwanda Belingwe region. About 300 miles of a gold belt are being shot for the director of geological survey with 5 000 images captured to document the area.
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King Solomon’s
Gwanda-Belingwe
Southern Rhodesia
Director of Geological Survey
High Quality Coal Found In Arctic Pechora Region
An expedition prospecting mineral resources along the Pechora region river Vorkuta north of the Urals beyond the Arctic Circle has located high quality coal deposits in thick layers. The discovery signals potential resource development for industrial demand.
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Pechora
Vorkuta
Ural Mountains
Polar Circle
Television advances advance toward public use this year
Experimental broadcasting stations rise in New York atop the Empire State Building as RCA and Farnsworth push ahead with electronic scanning technology. FCC hearings seek cross compatible standards while tests continue in Philadelphia and abroad. mass sets unlikely until next year with 10 by 14 inch image previews.
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Empire State Building
New York City
Radio Corporation of America
R.C.A
Farnsworth Television
Philadelphia
Federal Communications Commission
Farnsworth
New Republic
New York
Wrigley Introduces Pension Plan Across Canada and U S
The Wrigley company launches a joint pension plan for 200 Canada members and 3,000 U S employees. Canada began July 1, 1936. The scheme credits prior service with a large fund contribution and bases pensions on wage and years with the firm. Example figures show long service workers could receive substantial monthly pensions.
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Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. Limited
Canada
United States
Wigley Company
Wrigley’s
Wrigley Company
And So On Well Dear Mr Blair Conversation
Mrs Blair plans a quiet evening writing letters reading and listening to the radio. Mr Blair jokes about taking charge at home and mentions remembering his shirt buttons. The dialogue hints at domestic routines and a playful power dynamic.
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Mr. Blair
Mrs. Blair
New British Anti Aircraft Gun Aimed At Planes
The Halifax Chronicle reports a new British anti aircraft weapon with eight barrels capable of 1000 shells per minute reaching four miles high. It fires explosive and incendiary rounds plus tracers and shrapnel to create a sky barrier planes cannot pass, though height timing wind and moving targets complicate effectiveness. The gun, if proven, would surpass older anti air guns as a defensive instrument.
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Halifax Chronicle
Phillips Selected as U S Ambassador to Rome
William Phillips United States under secretary of state is chosen as ambassador to Italy in Rome. He is noted as the first United States minister to Canada and will face a strain in Italo American relations over Italy first conquest of Ethiopia and the broader question of Italy's future European course and its impact on Far East affairs.
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William Phillips
United States
Rome
Phillips
Canada
Ethiopia
Italy
Europe
Far East
Building permits rise in 58 Canadian cities report
The Dominion bureau of statistics said last June saw a 10 percent plus drop from June 1935 in 58 cities. Total building value for January to June 1936 was 17,500,420 dollars, well below 24,640,511 from 1935. Cities with gains over May 1936 and June 1935 included Regina Saskatoon Edmonton Lethbridge Nanaimo New Westminster and North Vancouver. The text also notes the inventor Guilliano Bossi of Rome created a double-barrel shotgun in 1616 with two stacked barrels.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Regina
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Nanaimo
New Westminster
North Vancouver
Guilliano Bossi
Rome
The First African Convert in Acts
A Sunday school lesson recounts Philip’s evangelism in Samaria and along the road to Gaza. The Ethiopian treasurer asks for insight into Isaiah, Philip explains Jesus from scripture, and the baptism follows at a pool. Philip continues preaching in Azotus and Caesarea, with Paul visiting Philip years later.
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Samaria
Philip
Jerusalem
Gaza
Candace
Jesus
Azotus
Caesarea
Christ
Paul
Civic Employment Bureau offers native washerwomen and help
The City of Johannesburg announces it can supply native washerwomen and janitresses. The Native Women's Hostel hosts 120 women who work laundry or housecleaning, aided by electric irons and a telephone. A London holiday anecdote warns about fashion and deposits, with a quip on footprints in time.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Timely knit blouse pattern with pastel yarn tips
Take This Tip Make A Smart Knit provides instructions for a blouse and skirt in sizes 16 18 and 38 40 with ribbing sleeves and a pointed yoke. The pattern includes an illustration of stitches and material needs. To obtain, send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Field Of Regulation In Ontario Public Safety Debate
Ontario minister criticizes overregulation as limited in improving public safety. He cites bad manners as the core issue in driving danger and says his department cannot control private behavior beyond laws and regulations.
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Public Works
Ontario
Ontario Motor League
Japan’s Cheap Textiles Undersell World Says OsakA Factory Report
A St. Thomas Times-Journal summary notes Frank Smothers reports a Osaka textile plant where hundreds of indentured children and women work under dormitory conditions. Wages are low about two to three cents daily for dormitory children and six cents for adult women, while most labor is female.
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Japan
Chicago Daily News
Frank Smothers
Osaka
Smothers
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Underground Radio Station to Power Germany by 1937
A unique subterranean transmitter near Torgau on the Elbe northeast of Leipzig will replace Deutschlandsender by 1937. With 300 kilowatts, it remains unseen from the ground and could become a decisive military asset, using underground aerials tested in WWI.
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Europe
Germany
Deutschlandsender
Leipzig
Torgau
Elbe
Canadian Railways Mark 100 Years of Service Milestone
Transport Minister and Premier King congratulate Canada on a century of rail travel from the La Prairie to St Johns line to a national network reaching 42 000 miles. They celebrate the central role of steam railways in development and pledge continued support for safe efficient service.
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Co. D Howe
Mackenzie King
Railways of
Canada
Montreal
la Prairie
St. Johns
Quebec
Dominion
Canadian National
Transport
Canadian National System
Mobile dark room van aids faster crime scene work
Scotland Yard photographers await a new mobile dark room on wheels to speed developing and improve results. The van will carry developing equipment and a fingerprint compartment and include a strong chassis and special suspension to operate on rough ground while moving.
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Scotland Yard
Glass train dazzles German rails on scenic tours
Germany unveils a glass topped train for special excursions from Munich offering passengers uninterrupted views through a mostly glass upper section. The design marks a third leap beyond conventional trains after streamline locomotives and double deck cars.
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Munich
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London
Alice Brooks
Heliogabalus
Central
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