World Happenings Briefly Told
British plan to build 500 new military aeroplanes announced. Mrs Amy Mollison crashed her new plane at Croydon Airdrome but escaped with a severe shakeup. Rosterguyeff and Baibur set a 26 hour 29 minute glider record at Koktabel Crimea. A bomb injures five in Calcutta wedding crowd. no arrests. Broderick Saskatchewan villagers raise 19.25 for King George V jubilee cancer fund. 10 000 tons of steel rails ordered by South Africa from Sydney. Sir Malcolm Campbell fined for speeding at Daytona Beach. Victoria jubilee stamps still in circulation. a 38 year old stamp used from local post office.
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Great Britain
Amy Mollison
Croydon
Rosterguyeff
Baibur
Koktabel
Crimea
Calcutta
Broderick
Sask
Sydney
Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation
Malcolm Campbell
Daytona Beach
Fila
England
Prince Albert
China Adds Nine Planes To National Air Force
Workers donate nine airplanes to China’s air force eight from government owned railways in China and one from Java. The Old Ming Palace Airdrome in Nanking hosted Wang Ching wei as he accepted the planes and called aviation essential for national consolidation. A christening and aerial exhibition followed the ceremony.
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China
Java
Ming Palace
Nanking
Wang Ching-wei
Executive Yuan
Open Air Pool for Blind Opens Near Berlin
An open air swimming bath designed for blind bathers is under construction at Tegel lake near Berlin. Railings are being installed to prevent swimmers from going too far. It is slated to open in May and will set a model for other German towns.
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Tegel Lake
Berlin
Germany
Robert Bruce and
C.G
Mrs. A
No one understands me Declares a family career clash
A witty exchange pairs a young woman with a blunt disclosure about her parents. The mother is revealed as a telephone operator and the father as a train announcer, underscoring a theme of misunderstood identities.
Cobalt and Nickel Alloys Shine in Modern Industry
Cobalt and nickel occur together in ores with iron silver and copper. The main cobalt sources are Cobalt Ontario and the Belgian Congo while nickel mines lie in Sudbury Ontario. These metals form hard durable alloys used in steel armor Monel metal and permalloy expand cable capacity and resist corrosion. Cobalt alloys like stellite are prized for cutting tools.
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Gordon H. Guest
M.A
Cobalt
Ontario
Belgian Congo
Sudbury
Nichrome
Invar
Tristan da Cunha's lone settlers find lasting kinship
The tale follows Mr. Glass and two companions who, along with a growing island population, created a self governed community on Tristan da Cunha while Napoleon was in exile. solicitor Mr. Douglas Gane later funded rescue missions and left documents on the origin of the island to the British Museum.
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Robinson Crusoe
Glass
Artillery
Tristan da Cunha
Napoleon
St. Helena
Commonwealth
Douglas Gane
Gray’s Inn
William Glass
Gane
Prince of Wales forms fund to aid youth welfare
The Prince of Wales announces a national thank offering to celebrate the King's Jubilee. The fund aims to extend voluntary movements protecting boys and girls at the critical ages of fourteen to eighteen, highlighting action over words.
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Prince of Wales
Manchester Sunday Chronicle
Classic Brownie Recipe Noted with Cocoa and Nuts
Betty Barclay provides a brownie instructions with cup sifted cake flour two teaspoon double acting baking powder teaspoon salt butter unsweetened chocolate melted cup sugar two eggs beaten chopped walnut meats teaspoon vanilla Sift dry ingredients mix butter with chocolate and sugar with eggs then blend fold in flour nuts and vanilla Bake in greased 8x8x2 inch pan at 350 degrees for 35 minutes Cool and cut into two dozen squares
Rice a la 1935 dessert recipe
Recipe for Rice a la 1935 includes 114 cups cooked rice 5 tablespoons sugar 11 cups whipped cream 4 cups nuts 1 teaspoon maraschino. Mix rice with sugar fold in whipped cream flavored with maraschino. Chill. Serve in tall sherbets. Sprinkle with nuts garnish with whipped cream and red cherry.
Coldest place named in new Russian Arctic maps
The world's coldest location is now Oimekon in the Soviet Republic of Yakut, Siberia, with reported temperatures dropping to 75 degrees below Celsius. Formerly Verkhoyansk and Yakutsk held the title of the ice box.
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Oimekon
Soviet Republic
Yakut
Siberia
Verkhoyansk
Yakutsk
Jersey Traditions Tighten Cattle Standards Since 1763
Jersey island maintains a strict system standardizing its herds and banning cattle imports since 1763, a policy spanning about 40 generations. The measure solidifies local breeding and disease control practices across the island.
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Island of
Jersey
Woodpeckers Sleep Upside Down Clinging by Claws
During sleep woodpeckers hang head down from branches or tree cavities using their strong claws. This resting position helps balance and conserve energy while perched high in trees. No other actions occur during this quiet behavior.
Your Handwriting Reveals Your Character Advice Column
A Winnipeg newspaper note urges hard work over dabbling and urges readers to pursue a clear goal. It includes letters on handwriting analysis by Lawrence Hibbert, offering to assess specimens for a fee and return within about two weeks.
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Lawrence Hibbert
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Headgear Changes for Regiments Ahead of Jubilee
A British Army order designates busby as the full dress headgear for all artillery corps and Royal Engineers. Royal Horse Artillery retain the black sable busby with white ostrich feather, while other artillery units and engineers may wear a black coney skin busby with white goat's hair plume. The Royal Corps of Signals will don a black lynx busby with scarlet plume.
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Royal Engineers
Royal Artillery
Royal Corps of Signals
Russian surgeon claims growth through thyroid transplant
A Russian surgeon reports he promoted growth in a physically stunted boy by transplanting a thyroid gland from a 13 year old who had just died. The recipient, a 15 year old, supposedly resumed growth and developed normally within months.
Turtle Troubled by Beautifier Joke
A light exchange compares a beautifier to a turtle, noting it has not improved the creature. The remark uses playful humor to illustrate limited effect or progress.
Bride in Korea Gummed Eyelashes as Wedding Custom
A Korean bride endures a tribal wedding rite in which her eyelashes are glued together for the day. The practice symbolizes unity and shared fate as part of the ceremony. Local observers note the custom’s cultural significance and the bride’s compliance as part of traditional rites.
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Korea
Sunday School Lesson May 12 Explore Early Church Unity
Devotional guidance on Romans 12 5 and Acts 2 41 45 describes Pentecost baptisms marked by unity sharing and prayer. It explains breaking of bread as a meal blessing and notes early Christians met in homes, shared funds, and valued love loyalty and equal brotherhood under Christ. Buckham emphasizes the church as living organ of Christ spirit and a branch of the vine.
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Christ
Jesus Christ
John Wright Buckham
Trans Atlantic Air Service Plans for Galway to Newfoundland
C H Glendinning proposes terminal aerodromes at Galway Ireland and Newfoundland for an Ireland to Newfoundland airmail and passenger service. Experimental Atlantic flights may occur within six months using United States built seaplanes, including a Glenn Martin monoplane carrying 46 passengers and six crew across 1 500 nautical miles in about eight hours and 35 minutes. A smaller Sikorsky seaplane may also be used.
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Galway
Ireland
Newfoundland
Atlantic
C. H. Glendinning
Notre Dame Bay
Glendinning
Igor Sikorsky
Snake venom used to halt bleeding yields surprising results
Dr. MacFarlane of St Bartholomew's Hospital and Dr Barnett of the London Zoo report promising findings using Russell's viper venom to stop bleeding. Diluted to one part in 100 000, the venom induces blood coagulation in about one minute.
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MacFarlane
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Barnett
London Zoo
Russell
Masks as fashion accessories captivate Riviera women
Masks fashioned in own likeness captivate fashionable women on the Riviera in France. Report claims these costly masks let wearers rest facial muscles tired from a perpetual smile while posing as a stylish trend.
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Riviera
France
Weaker Silk and Stronger Iron Wire Compared
A writer notes iron wire holds 90 000 psi tensile strength while silk attains 64 000 psi, highlighting iron wire’s superior durability in tension.
Gardening Garden Soil And Care
An open position sloping south or east with well drained loam is ideal for gardens though any soil can be improved. Use south or east exposure if possible, add humus to retain moisture, and dig in strawy manure or green crops to improve sandy or clay soils. Manage drainage, choose evergreen screens for year round cover, and plant vines like Virginia Creepers Dutchman’s Pipe Boston Ivy Trumpet Vine Clematis.
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Canada
Ban on War Materials Hinders Nazi Self-Sufficiency
A French ban on bauxite exports aims to curb Germanys aluminum supply and military self sufficiency. Hitler’s regime struggles to marshal war materials as France halts shipments, forcing Germany to seek substitutes for costly metals and demanding new supply sources.
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Germany
Europe
Adolf Hitler
France
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Field Artillery
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THE
Christian Church
Trans-Atlantic Air Service
Lunenburg, N.S
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