World Happenings Briefly Told From Various Fronts
Two naval airmen died when their plane crashed and sank during U S fleet war games in the Pacific. Girt Pat, Grimsby trader, has returned to Portamouth from Georgetown British Guiana. William Spears named keeper of Flower Pot Island light house succeeding his father. Frances Perkins says minimum working conditions legislation tops labor program. Alpha Warner named beauty queen at Sabetha Kansas farm fair and declines stage offer to milk. Hugh de Tenebrokes Glazebrook dies in Italy at 82. painter once lived in Toronto. his Lady in Black is in Ottawa’s national gallery. Alberta licenses show near 10 000 more cars sold in first four months. total 54 300 by May 1 1937. Colonel Mario Pezzi sets new altitude record 15 655 metres surpassing Swain. Manitoba chemists work on dandelion killer for lawns. method not revealed.
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Pacific Ocean
United States
Girt Pat
Portamouth
Georgetown
British Guiana
Frances Perkins
Miss Alpha Warner
New York Times
Italy
Hugh de Tenebrokes Glazebrook
Toronto
Lady In Black
National Gallery
Ottawa
Mario Pezzi
F. R. D. Swain
Royal Air Force
University of Manitoba
Manitoba
Printing press typewriter with 3500 keys shocks San Francisco
Kathleen Tsuchiya of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco types Japanese letters on a machine with 3500 keys. An Oriental inventor designed the device which officials oddly classified as a printing press. Tsuchiya is the only California born typist fluent in both English and Japanese.
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Kathleen Tsuchiya
Japanese Chamber of Commerce
San Francisco
Kathleen
Japan
Tsuchiya
St. Thomas
Rise of a Midland self made woman in industry
The article chronicles a Wolverhampton factory project for dry cleaning and dyeing on a four acre site. It highlights Mrs. Marshall as the driving force behind a firm that began sixteen years ago with one shop and now operates two factories plus sixty two branches across six Midland counties.
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Wolverhampton
England
Marshall
Air Wells Extract Water From Humid Air In Europe
Dome shaped air wells pull moisture from warm dry air as it enters the cooled interior. Large structures in European deserts collect water by condensation inside the domes.
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Europe
News by radio can’t replace a newspaper
A brief note argues that radio news can’t substitute for printed papers and cannot be checked later to settle disputes, emphasizing the value of newspaper records for accurate reference.
Basques of Spain A Nation Within A Nation
The Basques live in three northeast Spanish provinces and hold distinct language and customs. Though loyal Catholics and not Communist, they are strong nationalists wary of fascist influences and Moorish support for Franco. They are noted for apples, cider, wine, fishing, mining, and iron ore riches.
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Spain
Lloyd George
Hitler
Mussolini
Franco
Ottawa Journal
History in coronation rites show enduring national symbolism
The Archbishop of Canterbury defends ancient coronation rites against claims of obsolescence. He argues the rituals are “out of date” yet remain central to Britain’s stability, continuity, and the continuity of monarchy as kings are crowned with your predecessors for over a millennium.
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Archbishop of Canterbury
Britain’s Budget Shows Resolve For Rearmament
Kitchener Record notes Britain under Neville Chamberlain is taxing heavily to fund rearmament. Direct income tax reportedly reaches 221 percent plus nuisance levies on motorists, including gasoline taxes and horse power licenses, signaling strong national effort.
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Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Kitchener Record
Talking as a healthy pastime and Edinburgh's founding
A French lung specialist links talking with stronger lungs and longer life for women, suggesting gossip prolongs widowhood. The University of Edinburgh traces its founding to 1582 by a charter from King James VI of Scotland.
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The
University of Edinburgh
King
James VI. of
Scotland
Johnson names in United States count notes
A brief statistic notes that there are 1 024 000 persons named Johnson in the United States. The source presents a numeric demographic tally without additional context or regional breakdown.
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Johnson
United States
World Wheat Field Size and Global Distribution
The World’s Wheat Field details a Stanford food research view noting about 400 million acres under wheat, roughly 1 percent of total world land and 17 percent of arable land in use. It cites Russia as the largest wheat producer with 78.4 million acres, followed by the British Empire, Canada, the United States, China, the French Empire, and the Italian Empire in descending order.
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Food Research Bureau
Stanford University
Equator
Asia
Europe
North America
Russia
British Empire
Canada
United States
China
French Empire
Italian Empire
The Average Driver Warns of Sudden Hazards
A Harvard University traffic research spokesman says the average driver is well meaning and skilled yet often at fault in accidents due to minor failings that become major under hurry. The piece urges motorists to confront these tendencies to avoid manslaughter and serious damage.
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Harvard University Bureau For
Harvard Bureau
Galt
Coronation Menu Shows Kalakaua Not On Diet
The recently discovered original menu for Kalakaua's coronation at Iolani Palace lists a lavish feast. It features three soups six fish options crabs lobsters seven roasted meats two curries multiple vegetables seven wines six desserts fruit and assorted liquor and beer.
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Kalakaua
Hawaii
Iolani Palace
Territorial
New Frock Pattern 4413 Shirtfrock for All Occasions
Anne Adams Pattern 4413 offers a tailored shirtfrock with slashed sleeves notched collar and button front. Available in sizes 14 through 44 with fabric options like percale seersucker and linen. Includes illustrated sewing steps and instructions. send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
A Lucky Purchase Reveals Hidden Diamonds
A Geelong woman bought an old bureau at auction for 35 dollars and found a hidden drawer containing diamonds valued at 15000 dollars. The discovery occurred as she dusted and inspected the furniture after bringing it home.
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Geelong
Australia
Circular room with dome planetarium description
A circular room houses a stainless steel dome acting as a screen for a projector to display stars and sky objects visible to the naked eye. The text also notes Hiawatha as a Mohawk Indian and claims Daimler built the first V type engine in 1888 and that Japan produced 496 motion picture films last year.
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Daimler
Japan
Signpost experiment in Fort Tyron Park contrasts with Keep Off the Grass
A park department trial in Fort Tyron Park features a signpost with the message Let no one say, and say it to your shame. Elsewhere, Shell-Mex House in London shows a vast office complex with 1486 windows 365 steel doors 700 wooden doors and over 20 miles of pipes and elevators capable of moving 10 000 people per hour.
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Park Department
Fort Tyron Park
New York
London
Esau and Jacob Contrasted in Sunday School Lesson
The lesson contrasts Esau the outdoorsman and Jacob the homebody, showing parental favoritism. Jacob persuades Esau for red pottage, Esau’s folly about the birthright, Jacob’s treachery, and Esau’s later intent to slay Jacob. It anchors with references to Genesis 25 27 28 and devotional Hebrews 12 14 17.
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Fsau
Jacob
Isaac
Rebekah
Esau
Syria
Paddan-aram
Helium Gas From Amarillo Plant Powers Global Supply
The Amarillo Texas government plant west of the city refines most of the world’s helium from natural gas. Helium, discovered in 1868, is light and non explosive, making it valuable to nations including Germany. Capacity is 20 million cubic feet yearly. prices fell from 2500 dollars per cubic foot in 1918 to two-fifths cent. Other sources include Canada and Kansas.
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United States
Amarillo
Texas
Germany
Hindenburg
Canada
Kansas
Unusual Deathless Years In San Gottardo Italy
San Gottardo reports three years with no deaths and no births among its 400 residents, some over 100, as described by the village priest to a visiting bishop. The note contrasts local longevity with a celestial aside about Jupiter and mentions Romania's 7,407 miles of railways.
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San Gottardo
Italy
Gardening sowing rules for vegetables and flowers
The guide advises sowing in multiple batches to avoid a harvest feast or famine. It explains seed depth roughly three times the seed diameter, thinning to proper spacing, and allowance of space for mature size to prevent spindly plants. It notes large plants need several inches and recommends half as much space between as the plant will be when grown.
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Hugh
Mystery of Stonehenge Revealed As Roofed Temple
The article reports a theory by Prof A Wayson de Pradenne that Stonehenge was once enclosed by a roof and walls of timber and earth plaster over a stone skeleton. The design resembles a North American earth lodge rather than an open air circle.
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Britain
Stonehenge
England
A. Wayson de Pradenne
University of Paris
Antiquity
Great Plains
Victoria Times
Widow Frances N Richardson dies recalls Marie Celeste mystery
Frances N Richardson 91 widow of Marie Celeste first mate Albert Richardson died in New York. The couple sailed from New York for Genoa in 1873 with alcohol in casks. the ship was found adrift near the Azores with no crew aboard and no sign of struggle. The captain’s gold watch remained on his berth.
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Frances N. Richardson
New York
Azores
B. S. Briggs
Sound travels far to echo distant events
Long distance sound waves carried historic detonations and natural events across vast distances. The Kraokatoa eruption of 1583 was heard 1400 miles away in Bangkok while a 1933 Arctic dynamite blast echoed 2000 miles away in Berlin. The piece notes silent zones near blasts and adds other facts about ancient tuberculosis in skeletons and parrots living decades.
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Arctic
Krakatoa
Bangkok
Siam
Berlin
Christian Science Monitor
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Flower Pot Island
Georgian Bay
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Hiawatha
Longfellow
FSA
I. Corinthians
Jupiter
Rumania
Quebec
Ernier Rondeau
Rouleau Sask
Dr. V
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