World Happenings Briefly Told
A resolution at the British Legion conference seeks reserving a percentage of English school vacancies for war veterans in anti aircraft training. A trade and international note lists Sweden hosting canoe championships in Vaxholm on Aug 6 and 7 with Britain the US and several European nations expected to send reps. Robert Perkins, an airman MP for Stroud, England, released a pigeon at Westminster then flew 100 miles home, arriving first by a minute. Sir James MacBrien, former RCMP commissioner, died March 5 leaving $35,331. The US Congress is urged to add 700000 to 2434617 for pest control. T Eaton Company to build an 800000 department store in Edmonton this year, two stories plus basement. Sir Edward Deny Bacon, noted stamp authority, died in South Croydon. Toronto University announces aerial navigation diploma course starting Oct 1, with matriculation honors required. A British bill proposes pensions for former MPs and widows, offering £3 weekly to ex MPs and 30 shillings to widows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Legion
Britain
United States
Vaxholm
Sweden
Robert Perkins
Stroud
England
Westminster
Heston
James MacBrien
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
United States Congress
T. Eaton Company (Western) Ltd
Edmonton
Calgary
Edward Deny Bacon
George V
South Croydon
University of Toronto
Canadian Agriculture 1938 Outlook Promising Says McLean
J. S. McLean, president of Canada Packers, Ltd., reports in the Toronto Stock Exchange Monthly Bulletin that hog prices remain high due to the British bacon quota, wheat prices are less assured with potential U S surpluses, and cattle prospects in 1938 look brighter than 1937 with hopes for better trade terms in any U S agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. McLean
Canada Packers, Ltd
Toronto Stock Exchange Monthly Bulletin
Ottawa
United States
Canada
Freud Flies to London for Exile Years as Psychoanalysis Icon
Sigmund Freud arrives in London at Victoria station with his wife amid preparations for a self imposed exile from Nazified Austria. The 82 year old author seeks a life in England while finishing a Bible study and awaits government permission to stay long term in a modern St. John’s Wood home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigmund Freud
London
Austria
Freud
Victoria Station
Ernest Jonsen
International Psychoanalytical Association
Martin Freud
St. John’s Wood
England
Kind Words Are Never Lost Yet Often Mislaid
A brief aphorism notes that kind expressions persist even when not immediately remembered. The saying emphasizes the enduring impact of kind speech despite occasional lapses in recall.
Restored To Favor Breakfast Thief Returns Blind
A Toronto letter-writer recalls a tale about a clergyman’s wife sharing food with a regular customer. The man steals a window blind, is accused by the housewife, later finds the missing item in a second-hand shop, pays 15 cents to reclaim it, and regains his weekly breakfast access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Street
Toronto
A Cool Breezy Young Frock By Anne Adams
Styles may come and go but the swing skirt frock endures for teens and twenty somethings. Pattern 4722 offers a waistline lift, ruffled sleeves, flattering bodice, and is suited to voile chiffon or silk crepe. Available in misses sizes 12 through 20, size 16 requires 3 1/2 yards of 39 inch fabric. Includes illustrated sewing instructions. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave. E Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Educational Research Council recommended to Halifax conference
A five man committee headed by Dr. H. F. Munro has drafted recommendations for a national education research council in Canada. The body would include representatives from British Columbia, the prairie provinces, Quebec and Ontario, the Maritimes, plus three co opted members. The proposal was announced after a Toronto meeting and follows the biennial Regina conference decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Council For Educational Research
Canadian Educational Association
Halifax
Canada
H. F. Munro
C.E.A
Toronto
Regina
British Columbia
Prairie Provinces
Quebec-Ontario
Maritimes
Not A Dependent Add Income Tax Oddities
A Providence bachelor who employed a housekeeper deducted $4 weekly wages and the cost of a bed and bed spring given to her. The U S Government ruled the housekeeper earned her livelihood and could not be treated as a dependent under tax law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R.I
U.S
Discovery of New Coal Seams at Bemish Eng
Discovery of two new seams of rich coal at Bemish England will provide twenty years of work for one thousand men and boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemish
Eng
Thousand Islands International Bridge to Open Aug 18
Governor Lehman of New York accepted the invitation to attend the Aug 18 opening of the Thousand Islands International Bridge system. The ceremony will feature leaders from the United States and Canada and marks the dedication of a $3,000,000 project spanning the St. Lawrence River with five spans and over eight miles of approaches connecting Collins Landing to Ivy Lea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehman
New York
Thousand Islands International Bridge
Frank J. Martin
Thousand Islands Bridge
U.S
Canada
St. Lawrence River
Thousand Islands
Collins Landing
N.Y
Clayton
Alexandria Bay
Ivy Lea
Ont
Gananoque
Good Man For Job General Sir W. Edmund Ironside
General Sir W. Edmund Ironside, named to succeed General Sir Charles Harrington as Governor and Commander-in-Chief at Gibraltar, is portrayed as a disciplined, linguistically skilled leader suited to oversee Gibraltar’s crucial seaward and landward artillery defenses amid changing Spanish conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Edmund Ironside
Charles Harrington
Gibraltar
Great Britain
Ironside
Burton
Anticosti Island Names and Origins
The article traces the island’s naming history from As somption and Ascension by early explorers to Anticosti, derived from an Indian term Naticousti meaning where bears are hunted. It discusses competing theories including a Spanish phrasing derivation but favors Indigenous origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anticosti
Assomption
Jacques Cartier
Ascension
Toronto Star
Neoprene: A synthetic rubber from four common minerals
The article explains how neoprene, a synthetic rubber, is made from limestone coal salt and water. It describes the chemical steps from calcium carbide to acetylene to monovinylacetylene to chloroprene and finally to neoprene. It also notes neoprene’s greater resistance to gasoline oils and weathering and its cost versus natural rubber.
Sounding Rocket brings safe return to earth with parachute
A new art in parachuting developed in the New Mexico desert enables Prof H Goddard's sounding rocket to descend safely. The aluminum 18 foot craft weighs 84 pounds after its exhaust tail. two parachutes deploy, with a 10 foot wide main chute. Maximum speeds reach 700 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Earth
Prof
H. Goddard
Clark University
Goddard
Crucifixion of Jesus as Mark 15 22 39 and the signs
Devotional outline covers Golgotha Calvary the crucifixion of Jesus with details on the nailing, garments claimed by guards the inscription King of the Jews the darkness the cry My God why hast thou forsaken me the sponge and sour wine the rent temple veil the earthquake and the centurion's verdict Truly this man was the Son of God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Jesus
Golgotha
Calvary
Pilate
Elijah
Eli
Eloi
Dr. Edersheim
Matthew
Holy of Holies
Holy Place
God
C. R. Erdman
Thomson wins Kelvin Medal for engineering science
Sir J. J. Thomson of Trinity Cambridge receives the Kelvin Medal for eminent services to engineering science. Entered Owens College at fourteen to study engineering, inspiring an age limit raise. later earned many degrees, fellowships, medals, an early Order of Merit, and a Nobel Prize in Physics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Thomson
Trinity College
Cambridge
Kelvin
Sir Joseph
Owens College
Manchester
Eat Cheese Parade Delights Berlin Residents
The German government urged cheese consumption to boost health as punishing odors wafted from floats marching through Berlin streets with eat cheese banners. The market shows a cheese glut, from pungent limburger to mild cream. The article notes Julius Caesar punished a baker for unequal bread served to him and his guests. It ends with a wander from hats to wives and a snapshot of James Bay's broad dimensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limburger
Berlin
Julius Caesar
Editorial Note on Dr McCullough Cancer Articles
Readers are directed to obtain the complete set of Dr McCulloughs cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ont. The notice provides a postal request option for full coverage.
Eskimos Cross North to Montreal for Congress Delegation
Three Eskimo missionaries from Chesterfield Inlet travel 1950 miles by dog train and rail to Montreal on the Continental Limited to attend the Eucharistic Congress in Quebec. Accompanied by Rev Father Ducharme. Leader Alphonse Koilitsierk, 35, nicknamed The Fat One. John Ayaruar, 27, supplies the group with seals and fish and hunted along Hudson Bay. Simon, John's seven year old son, joins the voyage. They describe berths as moving igloos and marvel at the locomotive and ice cream in the diner. They boarded at Churchill April 28 and plan to return by boat in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oblate
Chesterfield Inlet
Montreal
Continental Limited
Canadian National Railways
Quebec
Father L. Ducharme
O.M.I
Alphonse Koilitsierk
John Ayaruar
Arctic
Hudson Bay
Civilization
Simon
John
Father Ducharme
Churchill
Sensible Idea Wins Out in Small Town Contest
In a small American town a vacant office paying 500 dollars yearly drew keen bids. Candidate Ezekiel Hicks, a shrewd fundraiser, was defeated after confessing he chose farmland over expensive campaigning. He explained the logic of not overspending for a 500 dollar salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amercan
Ezekiel Hicks
Hicks
Ezekiel
Jamaica to Begin £500 000 Back to Land Plan
Acting Governor C. C. Woolley announces a government backed scheme to hire staff, buy land, and sell plots on easy terms with seeds tools and expert help to curb unemployment in Jamaica. The article notes vast polar ice sheets and an Earth Ice Age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Woolley
Jamaica
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House of Commons
Organization of Canadian Council
Dr.hg.littler
Columbus
Haiti
Brazil
Nature
Oldsters
Joseph Thomson
Germany
James Bay
Nealth League
DR. J. W. S. McCullough
Eskimos
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