Five Year Plan Fulfilled Early and Global Briefs
Russia reports fulfilment of its second five year plan ahead of schedule. Merchants in Safed Palestine fined £150 for attacking a Jew who bought a watch despite an Arab boycott. A German army jet training crash near Berlin kills all aboard. death toll not released. Germans abroad must sign consulate recruiting lists. Dowager Duchess of Roxburghe dies in London after inheriting $3,000,000 in 1929. Canada fixes 32 cent rate on German mark under trade pact. Canada to study penal systems in England in July. Earl of Clarendon knighted at Windsor. former governor general of South Africa returns. Earl of Bessborough to lead League of Nations loans committee.
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Russia
Safed
Palestine
Berlin
Air Ministry
Duchess of
Joseph Archambault
Earl of Clarendon
Order of the Garter
Windsor Castle
South Africa
Earl of Bessborough
Canada
Austen Chamberlain
League of Nations
Four Grey Haired Women Steal From U S Treasury
Four veteran women of the U S Treasury Department stole small sums over years by pilfering dollar bills from the treasury. Secret Service traced marked notes to them. officials dismissed the case citing long federal service and small total thefts. Names remained undisclosed.
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United States Treasury Department
Secret Service
Treasury
Strange Sunday Morning Golf Bet Across London Streets
Two Londoners wager a putter only match from Piccadilly Circus to the Bank with time kept secret to avoid crowds. They must finish in under fifty strokes, with broken windows and any mishap ending the bet. Hazards include downhill side streets toward the Embankment, a gutter-golf idea revived after 1919.
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Piccadilly Circus
London
New York Times
Sweden to Open 400 Year Jubilee at Gripsholm Castle
Sweden plans a two day festival around Gripsholm Castle near Stockholm to celebrate a 400 year jubilee. The region will become a giant pageant with boats on the lake, floodlit scenes, three regiments in full dress, and an amphitheatre seating 40000. King Gustav and royal family will attend as trumpets herald the opening.
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Gripsholm
Stockholm
Sweden
Gustavus Vasa
Europe
Gustav
Heart-Lung Machine Demonstrated For Physicians At College
Dr. William B. Kouitz of Washington University described reviving more than 100 hearts after six hours of stoppage and restoring rhythmic beating. He contrasted his apparatus with the Carrel Lindbergh device and explained the heart as the pump, circulating through a body-like system. A recent modification allows connecting whole organs for study, though duration of revived hearts remains undetermined.
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American College of Physicians
William B. Kouitz
Washington University
Alexis Carrel
Charles A. Lindbergh
Konitz
U S House Appropriations Panel Reviews War Department Bill
The U S House Appropriations Committee approved a 416 413 382 war department appropriation while warning defences were unprepared against modern weapons. They said larger future budgets would be needed and note gaps in tanks armored cars rifles anti aircraft guns and ammunition amid pending housing and air force expansion costs. The first corkscrew patent was issued in 1860 to P Blake.
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U.S. House Appropriations Committee
War Department
Roosevelt
Air Corps
Slenderizing frock pattern for matrons wardrobe
A fashion pattern ad promotes Anne Adams Pattern 4371 a summer frock with open V bodice capelet sleeves and slender front panel. Available sizes 34 to 46 in cotton or silk prints. size 36 requires 4 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send 20 cents with size name address and pattern number to Winnipeg Pattern Dept.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Memorial Unveiled at Windsor Castle by King
In Windsor Berkshire the king unveiled a cenotaph memorial to George V, the house of Windsor’s first sovereign. He called it a link between the royal family and his royal borough and another Windsor in Canada. The gift is from the people of Windsor and Windsor Ontario.
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Windsor Castle
George V
House of Windsor
Royal
Windsor
Dominion of
Canada
Berkshire
Ontario
Canadian Quarries Now Meet Most Domestic Stone Demand
Canada’s stone supply meets most domestic needs with limestone making up 80 percent of quarry output. Ontario leads production, followed by Quebec, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. Impure Niagara limestone enables rock wool insulation, boosting a growing industry with five firms in production.
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Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Dominion
Tyndall
Manitoba
Queenston
Canada
Department of Mines and Resources
Niagara Peninsula
Scientists warn Great Lakes may face major earthquakes
Dr. William H Hobbs of Michigan and Dr. A P Coleman of Toronto discuss the likelihood of earthquakes rivaling San Francisco and Japan in the Great Lakes region. Hobbs cites 1663 tremors and glacial rebound as causes while Coleman calls the projections alarmist yet worth consideration.
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San Francisco
Japan
William H. Hobbs
University of Michigan
Great Lakes
A. P. Coleman
Toronto
Hobbs
North America
Coleman
Hallowe'en
Abraham Hosts Angels and Pleads for Sodom's Escape
Sunday School lesson outlines Genesis 18 where Abraham entertains three visitors in Hebron and pleads with Jehovah to spare Sodom for the sake of the righteous. It covers the dialogue about finding fifty to ten righteous and the fate of Sodom, Lot, and his family, noting Lot's wife is lost.
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Abraham
Abrahan
Hebron
Sodom
Gomorrah
Dummelow
Ull
Lot
God
Not Immune To Attack Senator Molloy Says Canada Faces War
Senator Molloy argues 90 percent oppose Canada joining another European war but warns Britain's entry draws Canada in. He cites Britain and the Empire as stability bulwark and notes Canada’s population and frontier openness raise future security stakes. Toronto Telegram. L. E. Groppel notes beavers damming his Jerseyville farm, threatening a 40 foot deep lake over 30 acres, while Orkney Shetland wool comes from England and birds like robins and sparrows live long lives.
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Molloy
Canada
Great Britain
Britain
Ethiopia
Italy
Mussolini
Toronto Telegram
L. E. Groppel
Jerseyville
Illinois
Gardening in Canada: hardy edgers and bright bloom choices
The article lists easily grown flowers for edging such as alyssum and portulaca, plus nasturtiums marigolds calendulas petunias and zinnias in varied colors. It notes large bloom plants reaching 18 inches to over two feet and recommends vegetables like Swiss chard broad beans broccoli kohl rabi red cabbage and yellow tomatoes, with early indoor starts for peppers and eggplants and mentions muskmelon watermelon acorn and table queen squash as region-friendly additions.
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Canada
Health Officials Warn Of Dangers From Trailer Tourism
Health authorities urge safe water and milk handling for travelers living in trailers. Dr McCullough of the Health League of Canada recommends boiling doubtful water, heating milk to 142 to 145 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes, or using pasteurized dairy sources. He notes sanitary disposal as the main risk and calls for provincial accommodation and a general tourist regulation policy.
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J. W. S. McCullough
Health League of Canada
Health Department
Health League
Old Plot Revealed Napoleon Balloon Escape Dreamed on Saint Helena
Cranston Rhode Island official James B Bagley says exiled Napoleon Bonaparte was to escape Saint Helena by balloon hidden in cheeses sent from France. A house servant reportedly found a letter revealing the plan, which British guards did not uncover. The obituary note ends with a stray anecdote about Woolworths and compasses for drawing circles.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
St. Helena Island
James B. Bagley
Cranston
Rhode Island
St. Helena
Napoleon
France
Bagley
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Golf
U.S. Defences
United States
P. Blake
George
England
Leonardo da Vinci
Earth
Ocean
Stone Quarries of
Great Lakes Region
Big Bill Bowes
Lord’s Club
America
Woolworth
Galea
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