World Happenings Briefly Told
Internal troubles in B C seek resolution as Crestovia to be handed to the Sons of Freedom. Queen Mary turns 64 on May 26 with broad felicitations. Canada expands trade drive with Tokyo urged by Herbert Marler. Cattle shipments to Britain allowed on open decks in summer. 20 to 30 trade treaties to be revised next year per H H Stevens. Canadian whisky exports slump in April to 169000 versus 2178000 last year. W G Duncan transferred to Calgary office of Soldier Settlement Board. Gold claims staked near Holmfield Manitoba after revival of prior interest. Ontario Dental Association announces Toronto July convention with British Dental Association. Russian civil aviation to open August 1 longest world airline from Moscow to Irkutsk and Vladivostok.
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B.C
Peter Veregin
Crestovia
Sons of Freedom
Mary
Herbert Marler
Tokyo
Canada
Great Britain
House of Commons
Hon
H. H. Stevens
W. G. Duncan
Prince Albert
Soldier Settlement Board
Calgary
Alberta
Long River
Badger Creek
Holmfield
Man
British Dental Association
Canadian Dental Association
Toronto
Ontario Dental Association
Moscow
Irkutsk
Vladivostok
Special yearly test for German locomotives on stand
Each year German locomotives undergo stability and performance tests on a special stand. Engines run for many hours simulating actual service while performance is carefully checked. The stationary wheels sometimes reach speeds equivalent to eighty miles per hour.
Alberta angling haul tops two million pounds in 1930
Alberta fisheries authorities estimate that more than 2,211,000 pounds of fish were caught by anglers in the province in 1930, a several hundred thousand pound rise from 1929, with pike comprising about half of the catch.
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Alberta
London Times and Telegraph react to grain conference adjournment
The London Times editorially laments the adjournment of the world grain conference saying prices may rise only via less wheat, a costly adjustment for producers and consumers, while the committee's existence may curb excessive competition. The Telegraph sees failure to remedy over production and calls for mixed husbandry in wheat heavy countries.
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London Times
World Grain Conference
the Times
London Telegraph
Ogopogo Vanishes from Okanagan Valley Legend Ends
The Ogopogo, famous for spotlighting British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley fruit lands, has died unseen after two years. Locals believe natural causes ended the creature, and officials hope its carcass washes ashore for museum display. The beast supposedly bore a sheep’s head and a 50 foot serpent body.
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Okanagan Valley
B.C
Lake Okanagan
National Museum
Froth Blowers Disband After Charity Legacy
The Froth Blowers announce voluntary disbandment per a London Gazette notice. Founded in 1924 by Sir Alfred Fripp the organization raised over $500,000 for children's charities in four years, endowed 50 hospital cots with 2500 dollars each and donated seventy thousand dollars for Boy Scouts and Girl Guide troop development in poorer areas.
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Order of Froth Blowers
Organization of
Merry Souls
London Gazette
Sir Alfred Fripp
Froth Blowers
Porr
Estimates of livestock values by western provinces
Values show Manitoba 53741000 Saskatchewan 112846000 Alberta 94065000 and British Columbia. notes on including Western Provinces in latest estimates. Pedestrian safety comment referenced. Poland's 1930 steel output to Soviet Russia noted.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Poland
Soviet Russia
British Girls Ride to Promote Rubber Footwear Trade
British girls walking daily twelve miles to reach five hundred miles on pedometers showcase a Liverpool firm effort to win one million dollars in annual rubber footwear trade against Canadian Polish German and French competitors. The push promises six thousand Liverpool factory jobs if successful and includes a second firm planning a caravan through Asia Minor and Central Africa to popularize European dress with girls as mannequins.
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Liverpool
Britain
Asia Minor
Central Africa
Authors Rights Not Recognized By Soviet Russia
The USSR will publish works from any author without acknowledgment or royalties unless a special agreement exists, a practice raised by a New York technical publisher to Amtorg the Soviet trade agency. The piece notes Soviet appropriation of intellectual property, comparing it to seizing kulak farms without compensation.
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Soviet Republic of
Russia
New York
Fast Freight Service Cuts Transcontinental Time
Canadian Pacific Railway announces a fast transcontinental freight service reducing the Vancouver to Montreal journey from nine to eight days and Winnipeg to Montreal from four to three days. The 24 hour earlier delivery benefits exporters by longer shipment prep and assured Montreal steamship connections.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Pacific
Atlantic Seaboards
Transportation Department
Montreal
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Middle West
McLean Icebreaker to Start Prolonged Hudson Bay Cruise
The big icebreaker N. B. McLean, now overhauled in Lauzon docks Quebec, will soon embark on a long Hudson Bay cruise under Capt. Balcom. Departure date not fixed yet but expected shortly. The ship will patrol from Belle Isle Straits to Hudson Bay until October.
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N. B. McLean
Lauzon
Quebec
Hudson Bay
McLean
Capt
Balcom
Straits of Belle Isle
New Uses For Wheat In National Survey
The National Research Council announces an exhaustive survey on new uses for surplus wheat and other grains. Additional studies aim to develop processes that convert waste materials into commercially valuable products.
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National Research Council
Balsa Wood Buoyancy and TB Toll by Age Stated
The note explains that balsa wood can float with nearly ten times its own weight. It also states that tuberculosis most affects people between ages 15 and 25, highlighting the peak risk window.
Advocate backs mixed marriages to curb race war says intermarriage could create superior race
Vancouver anthropologist Dr. Charles Hill Tout argues in Toronto that full intermarriage among Japanese Chinese and white races in British Columbia could resolve racial tensions. He predicts a new superior race in ten generations if prejudice fades and cross-breeding continues. He warns without breaking race prejudice India could align with Europe’s enemies and race war looms.
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British Columbia
Charles Hill-Tout
Vancouver
Toronto
Hill-Tout
Royal Society of Canada
India
Europe
Western
Canada
Russia keeps it up with record wheat and oil
Russia maintains momentum in agriculture and energy with a wheat crop surpassing a billion bushels and oil output beating all rivals. By 1927, it has hit a five year oil target early and displaced Venezuela as the world’s second largest producer while the US remains first. The British war secretary notes Russia’s war preparations have risen 184 percent since 1924 and Russia has ordered 100 tanks from a British firm. Russia’s army grows more formidable.
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Russia
Venezuela
United States
Airship Mooring Mast Cost Reported for St Hubert Quebec
In a Commons reply, Minister Donald Sutherland states the total cost of the St Hubert airship mooring mast including land buildings and equipment up to March 31, 1931 reached 1 846 569 16 dollars. The figure excludes operating costs. The oldest bells in the United States dating 1682 are housed in the Moorish belfry of the Spanish Cathedral in St Augustine Florida.
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St. Hubert
Que
House of Commons
Donald Sutherland
National Defence
United States
St. Augustine
Fla
Escape Plan With Interpreter Seeks Rest at Camp
A narrative recounts Fu Hsu the interpreter aiding an escape from bandits. The narrator frees him by cutting bonds, cools him with spring water, and devises a decoy mule trail by tying a dozen burros together to mislead pursuers. Fu guides the escape through a mountain valley.
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Fu Hsu
Feo Soo
Scottie
Blandit
Durant’s picks name great thinkers and poets
Dr. Will Durant lists Confucius Plato Aristotle and nine others as the ten greatest thinkers, noting Jesus as influential but not in the list. He classes Shakespeare as an artist first, and places him among ten greatest poets with Homer David Euripides Lucretius Li Po Dante Keats Shelley Whitman.
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Will Durant
World
Confucius
Plato
Aristotle
St. Thomas Aquinas Copernicus
Francis Bacon
Sir Isaac Newton
Voltaire
Immanuel Kant
Charles Darwin
Shakespeare
Hats Off in the Commons a Habit of Several MPs
Three MPs in the House of Commons are noted for removing hats only when speaking. W. R. Motherwell, Jean Francois Pouliot, and T. H. Lennox are highlighted, with Lt. Col. Reginald Geary often joining. Lennox's hat features a bright red and sand band, complemented by a bright red tie. The Pisa tower note appears as a separate aside.
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House of Commons
W. R. Motherwell
Jean Francois Pouliot
Temiscouta
Quebec
T. H. Lennox
North York
Reginald Geary
South Toronto
Col
Lennox
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Pele Mele
Paris
Ogopogo
Little Johnny
Jimmy
Jmmy
Captain Jimmy
Star Building
Tendens
Pisa
England
Brooder
Chantler & Chantler Limited
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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