World Happenings Briefly Told
Gene Tunney retires from globe trotting to prospecting duties. Col T E Lawrence's income in recent years was about £100 yearly. Canada spent 146,478,220 on military aims through February. Haile Selassie asks League to halt Italian military prep in NE Africa. Since 1920, 97 judges earned $5,000 yearly or more. Radio pros awarded certificates to Baker and Marshall. BBC bans the word Allah on its programs. Fifteen Canadians head to Russia to study Soviet justice administration. Ontario dentists largely favor state medicine for low income groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Lawrence
Arabia
Canada
House of Commons
Emperor Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Italy
Africa
Department of Marine
Baker
Media
Sask
B. L. Marshall
Saskatoon
British Broadcasting Corporation
Allah
God
Montreal
Russia
Frank Scott
McGill University
J. S. Lapp
Ontario Dental Association
Ontario
Gift for Chief Guide Lady Baden Powell Crest Emblems Unveiled
The 1922 plan by English County Commissioners to create a standard for the Chief Guide progressed with overseas councils joining. Emblems include a gold trefoil on blue, silver sea waves with three ships, a gold fish, red motto bands with Be Prepared and Welsh motto, green and white triangle tents, and Baden Powell crests in the fly. The standard honors the Chief Guide and her founder through symbols of loyalty and global reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baden-Powell
Girl Guides
Powell
Scout and Guide Movement
Canadian High Commissioner Ferguson Recovers. Not Replaced
Prime Minister Bennet stated that Hon. G. Howard Ferguson in London had been seriously ill but recovered and there was no plan to replace him. Bennet praised Ferguson as one of Canada's greatest high commissioners, rivaling Sir Charles Tupper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Howard Ferguson
London
R. B. Bennet
Bennett
Charles Tupper
Wish for a Million Dollars Fantasy Exchange
A playful dialogue compares wishing for money to everyday pleasures. Willie dismisses Jimmie’s suggestion to join in the fantasy, teasing that if Jimmie is too lazy to wish, he can stay home.
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Willie
Jimmie
Color blindness found in ten percent of schoolboys
Dr James Drever of the University of Edinburgh reports tests in public schools showing about 12 of 120 boys color blind. He warns misreading traffic lights could endanger future drivers and notes color blindness is more often inherited from mothers, with few affected girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Drever
University of Edinburgh
Spring Fashion Patterns for All Sizes Promote Versatile Cape
Ellen Worth describes a cape with wrap over design that flatters plus size figures, includes sleeve illusion, and flexible skirt plaits for ease of movement. It suggests fabric options like maize eyelet batiste chiffon cotton voile and silks, with Pattern No 381 offered in sizes 36 to 48 and 34 yards of 39 inch material for size 36. Patterns cost 20 cents with mail orders to Winnipeg Pattern Department. The Spring Fashion Magazine offers illustrated color pages and more patterns for all family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pattern Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
World Improving as Jails Sell for Lack of Prisons
The Amherstburg Echo reports Mooretown Ontario plans an auction of the jail after forty years with no prisoners. Sandwich says turn keys washed dishes for want of inmates and Winnipeg jail had no cook due to no prisoners.
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Amherstburg Echo
Mooretown
Ontario
Sandwich
Winnipeg
Moon's near side shows about thirty thousand craters
The visible lunar hemisphere bears roughly 30 000 impact craters attributed to meteoric activity in 2100 era.
Young British Scientist Returns From Two Arctic Years
T. P. Manning, a youthful British scientist, ends two years alone in the Arctic. He studied fauna and other regions for the British Geographical Society, trekking from Southampton Island with four dogs across ice floes to Chesterfield Inlet and Churchill without incident.
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Arctic
T. P. Manning
British Geographical Society
Churchill
Southampton Island
Manning
Hudson's Bay Company
Chesterfield Inlet
Best Advertising Medium Newspapers In 1934 Share Lead
The 1934 analysis by the Bureau of Advertising of the American Newspaper Publishers Association shows newspapers received 61.8 percent of $223,216,520 allotted by 367 national advertisers. Magazines took 25 percent and chain broadcasting 13.2 percent. Compared to 1933, the number of national advertisers and per advertiser spend rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Chain Broadcasting
William Berrigan Wins Nenana Ice Toll Contest
William Berrigan won $61,600 in the Nenana Ice Classic after the ice on the Nenana River broke near Fairbanks at 1 32 p m on May 15. Participants from across Alaska joined the annual event to guess the breaking time.
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William Berrigan
Nenana
Fairbanks
Berrigan
Alaska
Whale lesson sparks girl’s royal question in classroom
A teacher asks about whales and a small girl questions how a prince is connected. The exchange highlights curiosity in a classroom setting as students link wildlife topics to distant figures.
New German Vest Pocket Torpedo Boats Debut
Foreign naval experts say Germany has 450 tiny speed boats capable of 60 knots, crew of five, four torpedoes each. A larger variant would carry 10 men and reach about 2000 miles. Analysts cite low cost, small crew, speed, and evasive maneuvering as key advantages alongside plans for 250 ton submarines.
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Germany
Reich
Recipes For This Week Chocolate Nut Squares
Combine ingredients except nuts and vanilla in given order and cook to a soft ball at 238 degrees F. Cool to tepid, add vanilla and nuts, then heat until thick and creamy. Pour into an oiled pan, cool almost completely, and cut into squares.
Pineapple Coffee Cooler With Orange Rind
A tropical coffee drink blends iced coffee with pineapple juice and cream. Boil sugar water and orange rind ten minutes then cool and strain into cold coffee. Just before serving add pineapple juice and cream. Serve over cracked ice in tall glasses.
Sunday School Lesson on Worship and Old Hundredth
The piece urges joyful worship as core to service, citing Psalm 100 and John 4 24. It praises communal praise over deputized choirs, notes Old Hundredth as a living hymn, and urges public worship with thanksgiving, describing God as Creator and shepherd of His people.
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F. B. Meyer
Church
J. M. Willoughby
Cows Attend Banquet for Guernsey Club Luncheon
Members of the American Guernsey Cattle Club hosted a noon luncheon in New York with honored guests Iceberg and Foremost Southern Maid. Iceberg, born near Antarctica with the Byrd expedition, and Foremost Southern Maid, milk supplier for the crew, modeled for the crowd as bellhops hustled about. The Byrd gold dairy service medal was accepted by Lieutenant-Commander G. O. Neville in the chief’s absence.
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American Guernsey Cattle Club
New York
Cheap three week sea cruise for Berlin workers
About 3000 German workers and their families will depart Berlin for a Madeira cruise costing 6.25 marks per week. Organized by Strength Through Joy, the voyage includes fare meals trips and tips on German liners. Last year 80,000 workers voyaged at sea and 160,000 are hoped this year.
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Madeira
Berlin
Population doubling rate and future world total
A projection states that the global population doubles approximately every 30 years. If this trend continues, the earth would reach about 3.8 billion people before the year 2000 A.D.
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Earth
Ancient dugout canoe found at Goshimura Japan
A canoe believed to be about 2000 years old was discovered at Goshimura in Japan. Researchers assess its age and origin while surveying the site for archaeological significance.
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Goshimura
Japan
Little Journeys In Science Gold History and Extraction
The article surveys ancient and modern gold use from native deposits to production. It explains placer and hydraulic mining, stamping mills, amalgamation with mercury, and cyanide extraction, then defines gold’s density, malleability, and ductility. It notes gold leaf use, alloying with silver or copper, and carat fineness.
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South Africa
Strange Wan yamwesi Customs Revealed by Carnochan
Frederick G. Carnochan returns from Africa and describes Wan yamwesi baby christening by sneeze signaling ancestor spirits and a wife blamed with a backhanded blow when a husband is hurt during a hunt.
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Frederick G. Carnochan
New York
Africa
Salvage Plan for White Sea Fleet Reveals 20 Salvage Targets
A special squad of engineers schedules refloatation and salvage of twenty ships from the White Sea. Archangel maps record 114 ships sunk in the Great War era, but only twenty are deemed technically salvageable for salvage, cargo recovery, or junking.
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White Sea
Archangel
Macaroni Import Gains Ground in British Isles
Canadian macaroni imports grow in popularity nearing the levels of traditional Italian and French supplies, reflecting shifting tastes in the British Isles.
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British Isles
Italy
France
Ferryboat Pun Seized by Timely Humor
A light quip about ferryboats and punishment for lateness circulates as a brief joke. The exchange plays on the word dock and its double meaning to amuse readers without factual reporting.
King George Kept Diary Since Boyhood
A historical note reports that King George maintained a personal diary from his boyhood onward, chronicling personal thoughts and daily experiences across many years.
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King George
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Globe Trotter
Ots Prospector
Ellen Worth
Simon
Ramsay MacDonald
Sir John Simon
Centre
Sir John
MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
North
Betty Barclay
Smith’s Weekly
Sydney
Australia
Bovines
Iceberg
Gordon H. Guest
M.A
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