World Happenings Briefly Told
A diverse digest notes a 350 year old flawless colored glass rum flagon found by a Kent bait digger. The King approves the 11th Marquess of Lothian as British ambassador to the United States. France empowers 18 speedy despatch vessels 12 minesweepers and a floating dock pre 1940. Residential construction contracts rise 91.1 percent in early 1939 per Dunning. France imposes strict press law against foreign propaganda and attacks on race or religion. Quebec moves funded for unemployed families to cover moving costs. Clarence Mackay estate to auction art treasures once bought for millions.
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Kent
Foreign Office
11Th Marquess of Lothian
United States
Finance
Dunning
House of Commons
Hen Egg With Clock Face Stirs Local Nonsense
In Ashgrove Bradford England a Rhode Island Red laid an egg bearing the clock face with hands showing ten minutes past ten atop a church tower. A British paper mocks the omen as dangerous and jokes about a future photographically labeled henhouse thief.
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Simeon Longbottom
Ashgrove
Greengates
Bradford
England
Mr Longbottom
Rhode Island
Molly Kool to Command Ship With Master Papers at 23
Molly Kool of Alma New Brunswick daughter of a sea captain will operate her father’s ship using master papers she earned becoming a navigator. She trained at Yarmouth for weeks and has five years at sea including two years as mate on her father's barge. Kool plans to work until a better job appears and says marriage will not interrupt her career.
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Molly Kool
Alma
N.B
Kool
Yarmouth
Molly
Crown's moral base boosts influence of British monarchy
Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare states the Crown in the British Commonwealth now wields greater influence as a constitutional monarch. He argues the Crown, reigning but not governing, symbolizes imperial unity and human dignity, its moral foundation growing in impact.
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Samuel Hoare
Great Britain
Wastage in Air War and Cheese Production Comparisons
Not Only Aircraft According to the Society of British Aircraft Constructors wastage in air war is heavy with some experts rating it as high as 100 per cent per month meaning 12 complete replacements yearly. And similarly of personnel. About four-fifths of the cheese produced in the United States is the relatively mild cheddar cheese.
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Society of British Aircraft Constructors
United States
British Singer Honored by Latvia with Three Stars Order
Miss Mary Hamlin, a British Council for Foreign Relations representative who has never visited Latvia, receives Latvia’s high civil award the Order of the Three Stars for singing Baltic songs. Her interest sparked after reading an article by Graham Carritt and meeting Baltic delegates in London.
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Latvia
Mary Hamlin
Hamlin
Baltic
British Council For Foreign Relations
Miss Hamlin
Graham Carritt
Estonia
London
Baltic Countries
Order of the Three Stars
Planning and spacing for a thriving garden bed
Gardeners should space seeds to reduce kneeling and thinning. Large seeded crops like corn beets and peas go at packet distances while tiny seeds such as lettuce and alyssum mix with sand to spread evenly. Plan beds with rear heavy flowers and balanced early mid and late bloom for continuous color and cut flower supply.
Patent for chalk mark to repel ants on furniture
On October 19 1880 a patent covered a simple chalk mark placed on a concave flange for chairs tables and other furniture to deter ants and other insects. Some authorities credit Thomas Rawlinson with originating the Scottish kilt in 1728.
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Thomas Rawlinson
California Woman Crafts Miniature Home Mailboxes
A California craftswoman runs a niche business making metal rural mail boxes shaped as miniature versions of customers homes. The custom pieces showcase intricate detail and reflect each owner’s residence style and address branding. The venture blends practical mail storage with personalized, decorative yard art.
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California
Slip Or Pretticoat From This
Anne Adams promotes Pattern 4070 a versatile spring undergarment and dress accessory. The design supports a slip or taffeta petticoat with waist emphasis and a flared hem for easy movement. Available in misses and women sizes 14 through 42, size 16 slip uses 21 yards 39 inch fabric and 6 yards lace edging. Send 20 cents and order to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Canadian Corps Association urges joint commission on immigration
Under Charles R. Hill the Canadian Corps Association asks Ottawa to invite Britain and Ireland to form a joint commission to study moving industry and people to Canada. The memorandum calls migration tied to industry, argues a British and Irish exodus would solve economic problems, and stresses preserving British racial origin for future citizens. It targets absorption of millions of workers and frames Canada as a secure second empire with rich resources and defense.
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Dominion
Charles R. Hill
Canadian Corps Association
Great Britain
Eire
Canada
British Isles
Paul and Silas Move From Synagogue to Gentiles in Corinth
The missioner Paul endures opposition in Corinth as he preaches to Jews and Greeks. With Silas and Timothy's return support, his vigor grows and Crispus the synagogue ruler and many Corinthians believe and are baptized. A night vision comforts him, promising God is with him and has many people in the city.
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Paul
Silas
Timothy
Macedonia
Philippi
Jesus
Christ
Matthew Henry
Moffatt
Titus Justus
Crispus
Judge's Humble Offer to Save Colleague at Sea
A past scene on a Supreme Court cruise shows Chief Justice Matthews offering help to Justice Gray as a stiff Chesapeake wind worsens his situation. Gray declines, saying only that the motion cannot be overruled.
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Matthews
Supreme Court
Washington
Chesapeake Bay
Gray
Christian Science Monitor
Foreign Visitors Dominated Canadian National Parks Attendance
The Montreal Gazette reports that most of the one million visitors to Canada’s nineteen national parks last year came from the United States and other countries outside Canada. It notes low Canadian patronage, suggesting people can enjoy nature close to home.
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The
Montreal Gazette
Canada
United States
Dominion
Canada has two St Johns and two Monctons claims
Ken notes two St Johns in Canada, one in Quebec and one in Newfoundland, and the Moncton Transcript adds two Monctons in Canada, one in New Brunswick and another in Maryland. The Jamaica governor introduced coffee cultivation to the western hemisphere in 1718.
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Ken
St. Johns
Canada
Quebec
Newfoundland
New Brunswick
Maryland
Moncton Transcript
Hemisphere
Jamaica
Italy Converts Nearly 600 Million Pounds of Grapes to Wine
Italian wine production last year reached nearly 600 million pounds of grapes processed into wine. The output highlights the country’s dominant role in the global wine industry and reflects robust vintner activity across regional producers.
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Italy
Dagenan Drug Promises In Lobar Pneumonia Treatment
The new drug Dagenan or M and B 693, derived from sulfanilamide, shows potential in treating lobar pneumonia. Pneumonia causes many deaths, with 7 725 Canadian fatalities in 1937, and early trials suggest the medicine may offer benefit though full proof is pending.
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Canada
Origin of sabotage traced to French sabot boots
The Word Sabotage Lexicographers link the term to the French sabot wooden boot. Some say it arose from workers cutting ties to sabotage rail lines, a practice noted by French railway strikers in 1910. Another theory ties sabotage to sabot wearers disrupting music, expanding to damage of any work by workers.
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Paris
France
Toronto Star
First Great Western Rule Book Details Dress and Duty
A Canadian National Railways copy of the early Great Western Railway rule book shows that engineers and firemen wore white uniforms on duty with new whites issued each Monday. It also required that on Sundays and other holy days non duty personnel attend worship, with promotion linked to attendance.
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Great Western Railway
England
Canadian National Railways
Sheep wrapped in blankets yield more and better wool
Tests near East London South Africa show sheep wearing blankets during the rainy season produce more wool of higher quality. A river deposits heavier silt near its mouth while finer mud is carried farther to sea.
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London
South Africa
Readers urged to secure full cancer article set
Editorial note invites readers to obtain Dr McCullough cancer articles in full by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ont.
Edmonton hosts male tea at church to aid debt
Edmonton officials led by the mayor and police chief plus three Alberta cabinet ministers and about 90 prominent men created social history at a McDougall United Church basement event. Over four hours 1,500 guests attended as hosts served and poured tea for a Victory fund supporting church debt reduction. Wives watched from the front row as the crowd consumed 2000 pieces of cake 500 gallons of tea and 3000 sandwiches.
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Edmonton
Alberta
McDougall United Church
Visit Is Conditional: Frederic March on Japan visit
New York Post reports Frederic March tells New York correspondent Leonard Lyons that Japanese readers admire him and want to know when he will visit Japan. March, a noted liberal, says he wishes to go soon once China tensions ease and politics quiets.
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New York
Frederic March
Leonard Lyons
New York Post
Japan
March
China
BC Vessel Kitimat Built From BC Materials
The Dominion Government fishery patrol vessel Kitimat was launched at Coal Harbor as a tribute to Vancouver craftsmen and to British Columbia resources. Her hull is built from yellow cedar and fir grown in BC forests and nearly all fittings and the powerful diesel engine are made in BC, as stated by the Vancouver Province.
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Dominion Government
Kitimat
Coal Harbor
Vancouver
British Columbia
B.C
Cornell Lab Studies Foods for Mink and Fox on Fur Farms
Researchers at a Cornell University animal nutrition laboratory are conducting studies to determine dietary needs for mink and fox on fur farms. The work focuses on optimizing feed composition to improve health and fur quality.
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Cornell University
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Clarence H. Mackay
Canadas
Empire
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Houehold Arts Department
Alice Brooks
J. W. S. McCullough
Great Western
Men's Association of
Falmonton Church
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