World Happenings Briefly Told
Wheat crop in prairie provinces expected around 400 million bushels by Western Lines VP W M Neal at Vancouver. Canada sees 1935 divorces rising. Britain’s Saguenay wrecks Seaman Ernest Broom near Kingston Jamaica. pension inquiry launched with 28-member House committee. India sowing about 32.4 million acres of wheat. King George and Queen Mary window planned at Liverpool Cathedral. Labor Minister Rogers notes relief camps to close. no more men admitted.
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Prairie Provinces
W. M. Neal
Western Lines
Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver
Power
British India
International Institute of Agriculture
King George
Queen Mary
Liverpool
Labor
Rogers
House of Commons
Ernest Broom
Kingston
Jamaica
Italians in U S Aid Mother Country With Copper Letters
Italians in the United States send copper-engraved letters inside regular envelopes to Naples and other Italian ports. The copper is intended for use in munition manufacture. Wireless telephone service has been started between Canton and Hankow in China.
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United States
League of Nations
Naples
Canton
Hankow
China’s First Girl Flyer Returns in China Welcome
Miss Ya Ching-lee, 23, praised for completing Boeing School of Aeronautics course and planning to promote aviation in China. She recounts joining the Caterpillar Club reluctantly after a parachute escape from a barrel roll above San Francisco Bay, then being rescued by a naval vessel. She also tested Oakland to Reno blind flight and aims to tour China demonstrating air tricks to her people.
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China
Ya Ching-lee
Frerh
United States
Boeing School of Aeronautics
Coun
Miss Ya
Caterpillar Club
San Francisco Bay
Oakland
Reno
America
New AP Camera Eye Lets Flashlight Photos Hit Peak Light
H. M. Biele of the Associated Press introduces a new camera eye from the AP research lab. The photoelectric cell, placed behind the flash bulb, watches the flash rise and triggers the shutter at the exact moment of peak brightness. In tests, the eye missed in none of one thousand trials.
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H. M. Biele
Associated Press
A.P. Research and Development Laboratory
Ancient copper mine found in Kielce Poland
A 3000 year old copper mine has been uncovered in Kielce Poland. The site shows remarkable preservation with tools and implements recovered. Many galleries display engravings of the planetary system and inscriptions decorate the walls.
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Kielce
Poland
New Cancer Treatment Using Maggots Reported by LA Doctors
Three Los Angeles physicians credited with a novel use of maggots to treat a California surgeon's skin cancer. The larvae removed diseased tissue after orthodox surgery failed and violet rays proved useless, though the process was extremely painful and required rest. The maggots were applied in a cage attached to a plaster cast around the wound.
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Los Angeles
California
G. Mosser Taylor
Nelson Paul
Samuel Ayres
Substitutes for Wool Show Slow Global Uptake
Scientists in Germany and Italy report progress on materials touted as wool substitutes, but production and consumption advance slowly with little impact on world wool trade. An English church built in 1380 features a wall painting depicting bobbed hair.
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Germany
Italy
Forest product values rise in British Columbia in 1935
Forest products of British Columbia produced in 1935 were valued at 56,941,000 dollars, up nearly 11,500,000 from 1934. Production reached a 1930 high, up 60 percent from the 1932 slump. lumber and newsprint prices held steady, while shingle prices advanced.
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British Columbia
Germany Leads World in Motorcycle Production
Germany operates more motor cycles than any other country in the world. Television receiving sets were first shown to the German public at the radio show this year in Berlin.
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Germany
Berlin
Make Lovely Things with This Simple Knit Square
You can create useful items by knitting a basic square pattern learned quickly. Gather string and repeat the square to produce bedspreads scarves pillow covers and more. Pattern 5557 provides complete instructions an illustration and stitch requirements. send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Governor General to Donate Medals for Saskatchewan Schools
The Hon. J W Estey announces Lord Tweedsmuir will donate bronze medals for 1936 competition in Saskatchewan schools. Medals awarded to top performers in Regina Saskatoon Moose Jaw city colleges and in other provincial towns and rural zones with specific gender and school limits.
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J. W. Estey
Saskatchewan
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Ben
Regina
Saskatoon
Moose Jaw
Rare Surgery Reveals Gary Roethler’s Left-Lung Birth History
In Oakland California a 22 year old man named Gary Roethler born with organs in his left lung recovers after a delicate operation. A surgeon who wished to stay anonymous removed three ribs and repositioned the heart while freeing the stomach spleen and intestines that had occupied the left lung using connective tissue from the mother.
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Gary Roethler
Oakland
California
Gary
Third Largest Grain Crop Barley in Canada
Barley ranks as Canada's third largest grain, following wheat and oats, with production typically under one quarter of wheat. Barley has higher starch and crude fibre while a bushel weighs 48 pounds versus 60 for wheat. The straw from both crops shares similar composition.
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Canada
Expansive Power and Parables of the Kingdom Luke 13
Sunday school lesson notes explain Jesus teaching on the kingdom using the mustard seed parable and its growth into a tree, leaven that permeates all, and a warning against false hopes as Jesus travels toward Jerusalem. It cites Luke 13 18 19 20 to 21 and 19 22 30 and references Isaiah 62 1 7 and Corinthians 5 6 and Galatians 5 9.
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Jesus
Israel
New Guinea
Palestine
R. F. A. Horton
Jerusalem
Temporary Permanency and Hair Waves Explained
Doctors explain that proper lasting waves can be achieved without scalp injury. The piece notes foreigners struggle with English terms and reminds readers that a hair wave marketed as permanent may require two treatments annually.
BBC reveals license profits and public spending 1935
The BBC report for 1935 shows out of 18.4 million pounds in license fees the post office and treasury took 8.205 million. BBC profits rose by 2.10788 million, yet only 154,585 remained to carry forward, with 557,340 given to charities.
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Lsteners
Britain
Broadcasting Service
Treasury
Post-Office
B.B.C
Post Office
John Reith
BBC
Scientists Hail Eye Muscle Transposition Breakthrough
Dr. J M D Olmstead of the University of California reports year long experiments showing transplanted strong eye muscles in dogs and cats can assume the function of weakened muscles. The work aims to correct cross eyes, eye paralysis and other optical disorders with permanent effect.
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J. M. D. Olmstead
University of California
Dr. Olmstead
Electric tram astonishes country woman in town
An old country woman entering a large town sees an electric tram for the first time. She exclaims she has seen trams worked by horses and run by engines, but never one drawn by a clothes-prop, noting the odd sight with humor.
Prisoner Complains Walls Not Built to Scale
The Prison Governor asks for complaints and the prisoner replies that the prison walls are not built to scale, highlighting a sharp humor about confinement and limits.
Franciscan Missionary First Mentioned Petroleum in America
A 1632 letter by a Franciscan missionary records the first known mention of petroleum in the Americas. The note highlights early exploration texts and the curiosity of colonial scholars about natural resources.
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America
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