Extradition Pact With Poland Signed in Warsaw
World happenings brief notes a new extradition treaty between the United States and Poland signed in Warsaw after years of talks. Canada's twelve month US trade totals 1.18 billion dollars, surpassing imperial trade by 427 million. Frances Wilson Grayson plans another Atlantic crossing using the amphibian Dawn this winter. Sir Harry Lauder receives the freedom of his native city, a never before granted honor to a comedian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Poland
Warsaw
Canada
Frances Wilson Grayson
Europe
Atlantic Ocean
Harry Lauder
Scotland
Halifax
George Sawyer
St. Noras Lake
Haliburton
Ont
Yukon Territory
Yukon
Mexico
W. F. Montaven
National Catholic Welfare Conference of
Washington
Monday Club
New York
May Day Chosen as Radio Distress Call Equal to SOS
An International Radio Conference adopts May Day as the standard distress call for radio telephony to parallel the SOS telegraph signal. The phrase, spoken over broadcasting equipment, will cue immediate location details of the distress origin. May Day derives from the French m aider meaning help me. Also noted is a new calculation invention predicting tides two years ahead for any world region.
Teaching Hatred Of Britain Reds Spending Unlimited Fundraising in China
General F A Sutton told Ottawa engineers that Bolsheviks fund and direct agents in Southern China to incite anti British sentiment. He claimed most Chinese are poverty stricken and hungry, and blamed British policy for Bolshevik influence in the region.
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Reds
China
General Sutton
Morgolia
Great Britain
F. A. Sutton
Ottawa
Engineering Institute of Canada
Chang Tso-Lin
Pekin
Moscow
Sutton
Britain
New Ruling For Settlers To Be Examined In Britain
Interview in London outlines Canadian Government plan to send medical officers to Britain to examine intending settlers free of charge before departure. The move aims to prevent wasted time and costs, and to avoid arrival rejections by ensuring compliance with Canadian medical rules. A final predeparture check would negate further examinations on arrival.
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London
Great Britain
Dominion
George McLaren Brown
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada
Question Of Naval Limitation Shelved
The Canadian Press reports no negotiations or plans for a new naval limitation conference in the near future. British diplomacy, however, sees potential gains from a conference around 1929 to influence the cruiser program ahead of the Washington conference review. Britain delays two of three cruisers this fiscal year as a gesture to keep momentum on arms reduction proposals.
Predicts Dominion Rule For Scotland
Jeremiah MacVeigh Irish Nationalist and ex MP predicts Scotland will win home rule within ten years. He says the nationalist spirit is sweeping Scotland as in Ireland and that freedom will come automatically as demands rise, not by the same means as Ireland.
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Scotland
Jeremiah MacVeigh
Ireland
MacVeigh
Free State
Lady Cobham Joins Pilot on Noted Flight as Crew Secretary
Lady Cobham travels with her husband on an important flight not as a passenger but as crew. Her duties include acting as secretary to Sir Alan, serving as cook, and providing first aid if needed. The aircraft carries in-flight cooking gear which she will supervise.
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Lady Cobham
Sir Alan
Cobham
Rattle-Head Ed Sparks Playful Exchange
In a light exchange Marjorie ribbed Neggie about his quirks calling him a rattle-head, while he asks what she likes most about him. The banter echoes a playful domestic moment.
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Marjorie
Why Chinese Are Fightin War Lords Robbing Chinese For Enrichment
A writer argues China is misgoverned and plundered by brigand war lords who borrow from Western powers, grant concessions, and rob the people to pay foreign debts. Civil uprising against war lord rule grows while public eyes Western interests shifting toward constitutional government.
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China
Remarkable Story From London Hospital
A London messenger boy, Alfred Garcia, 12, earned money by entering a circus lion's cage in Sheffield to raise funds for his crippled sister Esta's operation at the Royal National Orthopedic Hospital. His £1,259 cheque covered part of the bill, while a Harley Street surgeon donated services, leaving hospital authorities unwilling to accept payment from him.
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Prince Henry
Royal National Orthopedic Hospital
London
Alfred Garcia
Sheffield
Arthur
Esta
Harley Street
Relics From An Ancient Battle Unearthed Near Hastings
Four miles from Harold’s standard site near Hastings England excavators find near Battle road an ancient battle axe horseshoes of old pattern and some bones. A copper drum with 2000 Edward the Confessor pennies was previously found nearby.
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Senlac
Harold
Hastings
England
Edward the Confessor
Battle Road
Unlocking North Wealth and the Prairie Northland
Mr Dunning argues northern Manitoba holds key mineral wealth for Saskatchewan and Alberta. He predicts a twenty year industrial expansion in the north balancing agriculture in the south and offering opportunities for youth. He urges an energetic policy to open hinterland resources and leverage two provincial railways for development. Edmont on Journal.
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Dunning
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairie
Dominion
Edmonton Journal
Hopes League Can Avert War in Europe
Henri de Jouvenel, former French League delegate, warned at London that the United States would not share sides with Great Britain in another European war. He urged stronger League authority by 1935 as naval and land armaments rise and warned that naval rivalry fuels potential state conflicts.
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United States
Great Britain
Henri de Jouvenel
League of Nations
London
M. de Jouvenel
League
Geneva
Neonaleum Alloy Promises Lighter Planes, Says Munich Professor
Dr Max Wurmbach, metallurgy professor at the University of Munich, introduces neonaleum as a revolutionary metal alloy claimed to be three times as strong as iron and as light as aluminum. He asserts the invention, rivaling duraluminum, could yield planes so light a small boy could lift them.
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Max Wurmbach
University of Munich
Wurmbach
BC Lands Leases Plot to Grow Trees for Timber Renewal
The Land Department of British Columbia leases a plot near Victoria to cultivate trees from seeds and plant them artificially to renew timber supplies for a future generation. The young trees will be planted in government timber reserves across the province.
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Land Department of
British Columbia
Victoria City
Distress Signal Broadcaster For Ships And Planes Debuts
An automatic distress signal broadcaster for ships and aircraft has been invented. It transmits SOS signals, the ship's call letters and the location. Watches and clocks produced in the past year in the country totaled nearly $2,000,000, setting record production. China has as many languages as there are days in the year.
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China
Vienna’s Socialist rule hailed as successful after a decade
A decade under Vienna’s Socialist mayority is praised by observers as a tested system despite harsh criticism from abroad. The article notes wide access to goods for those who can pay, tax schemes such as per horsepower charges, and taxes for music and other services, while acknowledging ongoing adjustments after nine years since the revolution.
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Vienna
Russia
Vienna Town Hall
Karl Seitz
Children's Hospital
Earty
Laundry Princess Markets a Loyal Set in Mayfair
A Mayfair society peeress Lady Ossulston promotes a new laundry service by calling her friends in early mornings. She assures clients that buckles stay intact and cloths stay clean, inviting patronage among West End circles. Her husband is noted as the heir to an earldom and a taxi driver in London.
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Mayfair
Lady Ossulston
West End Society
Tankerville
London
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Rhides
Oxford
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Tsrion
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
W. E. Watson
Saskatoon
Canaan National Railways
Srng
London Hospital
Montreal
Toronto
A. E. Warren
National Railway
North
Prairie Northland
Buckley
W. K. Beckley
Mutual St. Terente
Buckleys
Peeress
Government Railway Administration of India
Arctic Zone
Antarctic
Gales
Yverdon
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