World Happenings Briefly Told in Canada and Beyond
A roundup notes Cardinal Rouleau leads 350 Canadians audience with Pope Pius. Alberta awards 5120 acre bituminous sands permit to Walter P. Cuba Canada parcel post pact seen as forerunner to full treaty. German authorities receive French military buildings after tribunal dissolution. Ottawa mourns J G A Greighton at 80, longtime Senate counsel. Iceland and Denmark royals host Canadians and Americans of Icelandic descent at Thingvallir. Doukhobors pass Nelson toward Brillant. Holstein Friesian Association to pay 15000 in prize money plus fair boards. University of Toronto awards third $250 War Memorial Scholarship to D W Johnston, Regina.
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Cardinal Rouleau
Quebec
Pope Pius
Alterta
Walter P
Cuba
Canada
J. G. A. Egreighton
Cmg
Senate
Rideau Club
Ottawa
Iceland
Denmark
Rock of Laws
Thingvallir Plain
Sons of Freedom
Nelson
Porto Rico
B.C
Brillant
Canadian Holstein Friesian Association
Dominion
Canadian General Hospital
University of Toronto
D. W. Johnston
Regina
Sask
Spectator poll ranks Shaw top intellect in Britain
The Spectator lists George Bernard Shaw as the country’s leading mind with 214 votes in a readers' merit order. Sir Oliver Lodge, Lord Birkenhead, Winston Churchill, and Dean Inge follow, while the prime minister receives no vote and Baldwin has 13.
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George Bernard Shaw
Spectator
London Weekly Review
The
Order of Merit
Bernard Shaw
Sir Oliver Lodge
Lord Birkenhead
Winston Churchill
Dean Inge
H. G. Wells
Lord Melchett
Lloyd George
Phillip Snowden
John Simon
Mr. Baldwin
Canterbury
Dr. Lang
York
Dr. Tample
Lord Reading
Sir James Barrie
G. K. Chesterton
Ducks Breeding in Western Canada Drive Local Supply
Western Canada produces most ducks hunted in Ontario and Quebec with species such as canvasbacks redheads mallards and scaups breeding in the west. The piece notes common belief misstates origin and stresses the value of the broader effort beyond purchase costs.
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Ontario
Quebec
Canada
Total Loss Of Giant Gulf Stream Power Tube
A colossal tube built at over 1 million dollars collapsed after sinking. Designed by Georges Claude, a 1,800 meter corrugated steel structure planned as a submerged Gulf Stream energy conduit to a power plant at Matanzas. The project relied on vacuum heated steam to drive turbines for electricity.
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Gulf Stream
Georges Claude
Professor Claude
Gulf Shore
Matanzas
Claude
Beauty and Usefulness in the Home
The piece argues that beauty should fuse with practicality at home guiding everyday items such as lighting, kitchen ranges, ash trays, and garages. It warns against extremes while praising how the best design can elevate popular taste and become a cultural force beyond mere sales appeal.
Feminine crepe silk dress pattern features flared sleeves
Printed crepe silk dress with bow neckline and belted waist showcases a slim back and circular flared skirt. Style No. 3473 available in sizes 16 18 36 38 40 42 bust. pattern price 25 cents. Choice of fabrics includes dimity piques embroidered batiste and printed voile. Pattern department offers the design with size guidance.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Pattern No
Winnipeg Pattern No. instruction page lists ordering procedure and contact details. Address at Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermott Ave appears as the ordering point. The fragment outlines pattern numbers and a mail order method.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermott Ave
Winnipeg
Monster Inter-Provincial Picnic At Manitoba Saskatchewan Border
An inter provincial picnic plan is advancing for Labor Day 1930 at the Manitoba Saskatchewan boundary near Roblin. Attendees include officials from both provinces along with guests from Minnesota and North Dakota. Activities include a ceremonial highway linking, games, buffalo barbecue, a sudden death baseball tournament, and a large outdoor program in a natural amphitheatre in the Assiniboine Valley.
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Manitoba-Saskatchewan
Roblin
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Art Stelck
Dauphin
Ace” Emmett
Manitoba Motor League
Winnipeg
H. J. Bowley
Assiniboine
W. R. Clubb
A. C. Stewart
Inter-Provincial Association
Manitoba- Saskatchewan
Assiniboine River
Prairie Provinces
Red River
Canada
Prairies
Prairie ties deepen with cross border road links
As a disseminating agent of goodwill between Prairie communities and friends to the south of the USA border, the gathering evidences that good roads long sought have brought distant communities to each other’s doors.
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USA
Small Seadrome proves floating island landing pad
A seadrome built to host mid sea air landings debuts in service with a San Francisco bay air ferry. The 100 foot wide inverted saucer shaped platform floats on a system of regulated air tanks and sand filled inclines to prevent skidding. The first unit anchors at a dock handling over 85 landings and as many take-offs daily.
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San Francisco Bay
Annex To Fort William Elevator At 1.6 Million Bushels Built
Norman M. Paterson announces a 1 600 000 bushels capacity annex to the Fort William terminal elevator of N M Paterson and Company at about 250 000 dollars. Fegles Construction Company of Minneapolis and Fort William will start immediately and complete by about October 1 with engineers preparing for construction within two weeks.
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Fort William
N. M. Paterson and Company
Norman M. Paterson
Fegles Construction Company
Minneapolis
Fegles Company
Regina Population Grows to 66996 on June 1
Regina Board of Trade releases population figures showing 66 996 residents on June 1, up 4 515 from the unofficial 62 481 tally. The 1929 June 1 census estimate reflects city growth per Henderson's directories and local officials.
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Greater Regina
Regina Board of Trade
Henderson
Telegraph network expansion tied to Canadian cables
Statistics show over 328000 miles of telegraph lines in Canada plus six trans Atlantic cables terminating there. Five lie on the Atlantic and one on the Pacific, handling nearly eight million cables annually.
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Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
Dr Knud Rasmussen Plans Arctic Expedition Belief Link
Explorer Dr Knud Rasmussen may launch a polar expedition to prove his theory that Eskimos are related to Neolithic cave dwellers of France and other parts of Europe.
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Knud Rasmussen
France
Europe
Serum Saves Children in Ontario Infantile Paralysis Fight
A Federal Health pamphlet reports that infants treated with serum on day one avoided paralysis and deaths. In Canada last year 834 cases occurred with 558 in Ontario and 90 in Quebec, no province free from cases.
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Ontario
Federal
Department of National Health
Helen Macmurchy
Division of Child Welfare
Canada
Department
Quebec
Expensive London Underground Model Trains Display
A costly miniature underground system on show at a London station features a full model track with three trains illustrating the safety signal system. The trains switch red to green as they move, demonstrating that no two trains occupy the same section simultaneously.
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Underground
Canadian Bond Sales Rise in Early Year Totals
The first five months of the present calendar year show Canadian bond sales at 292,677,277 dollars, up from 228,765,612 in 1929 and 210,285,660 in 1928. About two thirds, 214,899,277 dollars, were bought in Canada while 77,778,999 dollars were purchased in the United States.
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Canada
United States
Ottawa University students find 27 year buried plum jam
Excavators uncover forty quarts of preserves buried in the scholastic grounds while digging on the site of the old kitchen destroyed in 1903. Students enjoy the find as the jam is unearthed after decades. A church pew issue noted with no wind shield to cause a mishap.
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Ottawa University
Manitoba gift to Iceland marked at Thingvellir
A bronze tablet bearing Thomas H. Johnson likeness was unveiled by Hon W. J. Major to Iceland as Manitoba’s millennial gift. The ceremony featured Icelandic and British anthems, O Canada in Icelandic halls, and a procession of gifts from the United States Germany Sweden Norway Denmark and Denmark's Danish women.
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Thomas H. Johnson
Manitoba
Thingvellir
W. J. Major
Iceland
Major
Canada
United States
Senator Burtness
Sveinbjoern Johnson
Arni Eggertson
Germany
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Copenhagen
Althing
Legion of Honor
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Nina Saemundson
America
Good Roads Progress Across Canada and Parks
Good roads extend to rural districts across provinces benefiting motorists and farmers. In Canada National Parks maintained by the government, a substantial road building programme continues this year. Provinces are linking park roads to principal highways with new sections.
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Canada
Automatic letter boxes streamline Berlin post office
Berlin post office installs automatic letter boxes that feed letters by weight to a travelling band and move them to the sorting room when a total weight is reached.
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Berlin
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England
Western
Hollywood
N. U
Annebelle Worthington
Gateway
San Francisco Air Ferry
Fort Willian
Telegraph Lines
London
Good Roads Program
Brooder
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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