World Happenings Briefly Told
Sister Emma Durham age 88 who nursed Alfred Lord Tennyson died in London. Viscount Halifax said Britain ready to return to friendly relations with Italy. Canadian Daily Newspapers Association held semi annual meeting in Ottawa with 25 directors. Germany nears completion of its second 26 000 ton battleship due to launch this year. Jerusalem court sentenced three Arabs to death for killings of a British officer and a British policeman. Montreal port expects 10 000 000 bushels Argentine corn transhipped to the United States by season end. Gazet Van Ghent will cease publication Jan 1 1937 after 270 years.
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Emma Durham
Alfred Lord Tennyson
London
Viscount Halifax
Privy Seal
House of Lords
Italy
Jerusalem
Montreal
United States
Gazet van Ghent
Ghent
Belgium
Animals and brutality amid civil strife in Spain
A brief reflection notes that repeated cruelty to animals, seen or practiced in bullfighting, may dull the average Spaniard’s sensitivity during civil strife, suggesting cruelty erodes finer human characteristics. Our Dumb Animals.
Royal Mounted Patrol Near North Pole Faces Harsh Arctic Duties
Two Royal Mounted Police officers patrol from Craig Harbor to the Bache Peninsula on Ellesmere Island. They live cut off until July handling weather reports, ice conditions, and wildlife data while risking rescues and encounters with trapper madness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellesmere Island
North Pole
Canadian Royal Mounted Police
Craig Harbor
Bache Peninsula
Civilization
Mining Recorder
White Wastes
Lord Nuffield Offers Millions for Oxford Medical Research
Lord Nuffield, former Sir William Morris and maker of popular low price English cars, has offered Oxford University more than six million dollars to extend its medical research. The Ottawa Journal questions whether the State could spend its fortunes more wisely with a similar amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Nuffield
William Morris
Oxford University
Ottawa Journal
Shortage of glycerine affects auto anti freeze solutions
Trade sources say rising armament demands and reduced production cut glycerine supply. The note adds that Stradivari’s violin varnish is famed for its unmatched formula, a secret never duplicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stradivari
Russia to boost commercial vehicle output by 130000 units
Russia plans to raise production of commercial vehicles by 130000 units this year. The nation has built 16 oil refineries this year with a yearly crude capacity of 3 220 000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Strange Case Baffles Doctors in Decade-Long Coma
H William Lord of Springfield Massachusetts remains largely unresponsive to all but his wife after waking briefly in 1980. He lapsed into a coma on October 26, 1926 and has slept four years then six more after fleeting awakenings. He and his wife read and write little and rely on card games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rip van Winkle
Springfield
Mass
H. William Lord
Lord
Canada
Editor for a Day at McGill Daily Notes Founder’s Return
Major W. E. Gladstone Murray, founder and first editor of the McGill Daily, edited a special issue published by McGill graduates for the Grad uates Quintennial Reunion. The issue features Murray’s editorial and material by former undergraduates. T. W. Fuller, long-time chief architect of Canada’s federal public works, retires effective November 3. C. D. Sutherland named acting chief architect.
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W. E. Gladstone Murray
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
McGill
McGill Daily
Canada
Major Murray
T. W. Fuller
Public Works Department
Department
C.D. Sutherland
Reich bans real rubber under four year plan
A decree by the Reich commissioner for rubber prohibits the use of real rubber in a wide range of articles. German children will not have rubber balloons and women of the Third Reich will be unable to wear rubber garters as part of the self sufficiency program.
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Hitler
Third Reich
Reich Commissioner For
Man lives on embankment with £2,000 fortune
Edward Merrill, heir to £2,000 capital from his uncle James Linkerson, spends nights on the Thames Embankment in an old coat and days roaming the streets. He signs for his annual £2 interest with his solicitors, then wanders again on his £2 daily for food and cigarettes. After years of cash indifference, he was found penniless in Kensington Gardens last July and now lives on interest. Separate note says world coal reserves may last about 500 years at current use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames Embankment
Edward Merrill
James Linkerson
Islington
Merrill
Kensington Gardens
Overseas Daily Mail
Paul in Jerusalem Faces Acid Test Over Law Observance
The Jerusalem elders urge Paul to finance a Nazirite vow for four men to show he keeps the law, but riots erupt as Asia-based Jews accuse him of undermining Jewish customs. Claudius Lysias intervenes, rescuing Paul from a mob as tensions rise during Pentecost. An aside notes eight TV receivers on sale in London.
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Paul
Jerusalem
God
Luke
Thiay
Temple
Asia
Israel
Antonia
Claudius Lysias
Bears Destroy Park Signs In Smokies
In Great Smoky Mountains National Park bears damage new wooden trail signs. The animals rip boards and splinter the green on white mounted markers, while old carved signs remain untouched. One theory blames oil in the paint for attracting the bears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Washington
Brain
Wives Honored as husbands do housework in town rite
In a Japan wide custom husbands took over chores for a day as wives relaxed. In Tarmatsu near Kobe the town hall hosted the event with men scrubbing floors washing dishes and doing laundry while wives enjoyed meals and drinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tarmatsu
Kobe
Missionary Shot by Bandits En Route to Chengtu
Mrs. L. M. Hockin a United Church of Canada missionary based at Kiating about 100 miles south of Chengtu China was shot in the left arm when bandits held up the motorbus she rode toward Chengtu Her home is in Nova Scotia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Hockin
United Church of Canada
Kiating
Chengtu
China
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McGill College
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