World Happenings Briefly Told
Report notes more than five percent of Japanese reporters and cameramen killed or wounded in China. International Institute of Agriculture approves US world resources survey. English highways see motorized milkbar trips aiding cyclists and hikers. British Columbia liquor revenue hits 17.5 million in past fiscal year. Viscount Nuffield builds Birmingham aircraft factories to produce 500 planes yearly. Three killed and one injured in mine shaft explosion near Val d Or. World war veterans destroy five Nazi flags at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery Portland. Italian coins to use acmonital replacing nickel per Italian minister. Germans face death for listening to Soviet radio propaganda. Sir Thomas Inskip warns Britain may face unusual defense measures. Defence chief outlines air-attack protections in broadcast.
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China
Assembly
International Institute of Agriculture
United States
British Columbia
Viscount Nuffield
Birmingham
London Daily Mail
Sladen Malartic
Val D'Or
Que
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
Portland
Acmonital
Paolo Thaon di Revel
Senate
Deusche Justiz
Reich Ministry of Justice
Thomas Inskip
Great Britain
Imperial Defence
Something Old Something New Something Borrowed and Blue
A discussion of wedding superstitions notes how brides typically include the old new borrowed and blue in bridal regalia. It recalls the line about sunshine blessing a Saturday ceremony and observes these medieval whims persist among modern sensible brides.
Canada United States Good Neighbor Celebration Proposed
The United States Good Neighbor League proposes a coast to coast Canadian American Good Neighbor Celebration in the fall to mark 125 years of peace. Dr Charles Stelzle says Canadian leaders may join an international committee of 500 to advance the plan with dinners and speaker exchanges in at least 100 cities on both sides of the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Good Neighbor League
Canada
Charles Stelzle
League
Monument for Ukrainian poet Markian Shashkevich Planned in Winnipeg
Ukrainians of Winnipeg receive city approval for a small plot to erect a monument for Markian Shashkevich, the Ukrainian poet who died in 1843. His anthology The Dniesters Mermaid was released a century ago, the first Ukrainian language collection of its kind.
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Winnipeg
Markian Shashkevich
Ukraine
Welland County WCTU Delegates Unite in Song
At the Welland county convention the master of ceremonies urged delegates to sing No 7 from their song book. They opened to There Is a Tavern In The Town and gasped before settling on another song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welland
Women's Christian Temperance Union
World’s Largest Bell At Osaka Temple Described
The 1,300-year-old Osaka temple houses the world’s largest bronze bell. It measures 16 feet across the mouth and stands 26 feet high and is rung only for special rites. Its deep tone can be heard up to two miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osaka
Japan
Oxford Group founder Frank Buchman praised as world statesman
The article lauds Dr. Frank Buchman founder of the Oxford Group on his 60th birthday. It cites international influence in Europe and Canada, notes his role as a consultant to world statesmen, and recounts praise from editorials and officials as he promotes a moral spiritual awakening across nations. Belgium reportedly forbids new department stores.
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Europe
Frank Buchman
Oxford Group
Pennsburg
London Sunday Times
America
Scandinavia
C. J. Hambro
Norway
Geneva
Dr. Buchman
University of Oslo
James Fairlie
London “Times
East End
London
Cambridge
Canada
Regina
Patterson
Saskatchewan
Atlantic
England
Washington
Ernest Brown
Buchman
Revival of bread and cheese custom by Six Nations at Ohsweken
About 2000 Six Nations residents gathered at the Fair Grounds in Ohsweken near Brantford Ontario to receive bread and cheese in memory of Sir William Johnson. The event revived a practice once linked to Queen Victoria’s accession, with 700 loaves and 560 pounds of cheese distributed and consumed.
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Six Nations Reserve
Ohsweken
Brantford
Ont
Wiliam Johnson
Queen Victoria
Six Naons Council
Secon
Blind guide helps Winnipeg newspaperman across street
A Winnipeg newspaperman, troubled by spring sun, is guided across a street by a sturdy citizen. After the walk, the expected thanks fall flat as the guide reveals he is blind himself, a humorous twist from Canadian Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Stret
Reading library hits nine hundred titles and large sales
The Everyman’s Library from J. M. Dent and Son now has 940 titles and total sales around 30,000,000. About 1,000,000 volumes are sold yearly with an average of over 30,000 per title, though some sell as few as 4,000 and others up to 300,000. Dick ens and Shakespeare are among top sellers. The New Outlook notes this and adds a quip about gadgets to stop junior from blowing the family horn while dad shops.
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Everyman's Library
J. M. Dent and Son
So Graciously Slenderizing Pattern 4821 For Anne Adams
Anne Adams offers pattern 4821 with a long pointed bodice fashion featuring a cape like swing skirt front panels. Available in seven women's sizes from 34 to 48, requires about 35 39 inch fabric for size 36, and includes illustrated step by step instructions. Send 20 cents to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for this pattern with name address size and style number. A deadly poison can be extracted from milk.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
True stories of chemistry in everyday life
A compact overview of how chemists transform nature’s raw materials into synthetic products. It explains why natural supplies are insufficient, how building blocks from nature yield rubber, dyes, perfumes, plastics, fibers like rayon, finishes for cars, lubricants, safety glass, and other materials, and how chemists use these blocks to create useful goods.
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Nature
Fron
Formosa
Drought May Aid Peace By Cutting War Funds in Europe
European drought threatens wheat and pasture across Britain France Switzerland Central Europe the Balkans and northern Italy with some regions less affected like Holland Belgium and Scandinavia. Economists in London and Geneva say shortages could curb armaments spending as states face famine pressure while totalitarian regimes risk self sufficiency crises if crops fail.
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Europe
London
Geneva
Old World
Britain
France
Switzerland
Balkans
Italy
Morocco
Holland
Belgium
Scandinavia
Germany
Tish
Major Protocol Decision Before King George Visit to Paris
Experts resolved a state visit dilemma by deciding that King George VI and President Lebrun should enter the presidential car simultaneously from opposite sides. The same timing applies to Mme Lebrun and Queen Elizabeth for the second automobile in the procession.
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King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
France
Albert Lebrun
King George
Paris
Mme, Lebrun
Simple Savage Digging in Kentucky Burial Found
Mrs Blanche B King an ethnologist uncovers a prehistoric skeleton in western Kentucky buried with 625 beads and five copper axes. The finds hint at copper mined near Lake Superior she suggests the simple savage may have spent his life gathering the metal before burial.
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Kentucky
Blanche B. King
Lake Superior
New Yok World-Telegram
Missing Link Found By Dr. Broom In Sterkfontein Caves
Dr. Robert Broom reports the discovery of the right upper jaw of a primeval man in Sterkfontein caves near Krugersdorp Transvaal. He notes the enlarged canine like apes yet smaller than typical human jaws and a continuous incisor to canine sequence.
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Robert Broom
Sterkfontein
Krugersdorp
Transvaal
Hard To Explain Bavarian Plan for Canadian State
The Port Arthur News-Chronicle questions why migrants seek Canada for a better life yet push for harsh conditions. It notes a Bavarian man in Sas katchewan with an authoritarian blueprint and remarks on a British chimney sweep, William Holderness, who has worked 66 years in Gravesend, England.
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Saskatchewan
Canada
The
Port Arthur
William Holderness
Gravesend
England
Readers urged to request full cancer article set from Health League
An editorial note invites readers to obtain the complete series on Dr. McCullough's cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St, Toronto Ontario.
Sunday School Lesson on Mark 14 Not what I will but what thou wilt
Devotional lesson draws from Mark 14 32 46 and Psalm 42 6 11 highlighting surrender to God’s will over personal desire. Focuses on Jesus in Gethsemane choosing obedience and faith amid fear. Encourages readers to trust divine purpose in trials and seek God’s guidance.
Betrayal and Prayer in Gethsemane Featured in Mark
A meditation on Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane with Peter James and John watching, his plea to God to remove the cup of suffering, and the betrayal by Judas with a kiss as soldiers seize Jesus. The account contrasts human fear with divine resolve and notes the betrayal leading to Jesus' arrest.
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Gethsemane
Jesus
Peter
James
John
Judas
Jerusalem
Paying The Crew An English Engine Driver Joke
An engine driver ill at home asks his wife to collect his weekly wages from the depot. She learns the pay is substantial and he quips that after settling the fireman and the guard little will remain.
Chef identifies 400 degree heat as roast flavor trigger
An eminent chef notes that cooking methods such as broiling grilling baking frying and roasting above the boiling point at 400 degrees and higher develop a distinct roast flavor.
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Daddy
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George
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Nealth League
DR. J. W. S. Mscullough
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Hitler
Leonard Lyons
New York Post
Puzzi
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