World Happenings Briefly Told
Superintendent C H Hill announced the RCMP in Vancouver is now fully mechanized and will no longer ride horses. The lord mayor of London received white gloves at Mansion House with no trials. Durban show features orchids from Surrey and Sussex. Archibald Sinclair led 244 columns in Hansard. Chamberlain 195. Traffic in Czechoslovakia will drive on the right from May 1 under Nazi influence. Dr. George Gamow predicted life on earth will vanish in a few million years as the sun heats. Charles Riches was wounded duck hunting near Dalemead after years of a bullet in his nose. Japan forms Central China Development Company to rebuild war-devastated areas. Winnipeg’s Dr J C Pincock plans bedside teachers for crippled children and a central clinic for simultaneous treatment and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Hill
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Vancouver
London
Mansion House
Durban and Coast Horticultural Society
South Africa
Surrey
Sussex
House of Commons
Archibald Sinclair
Hansard
Chamberlain
Czechoslovakia
Nazi Germany
George Gamow
George Washington University
Charles Riches
Dalemead
Asta
Central China
Central China Development Company
North China Development Company
J. C. Pincock
Winnipeg
Winnipeg woman salutes Carlsbad housekeeping praise
Miss Alison Warner, a University of Manitoba graduate returning from Europe, praises Carlsbad in the Sudeten area for spotless streets scrubbed thrice daily and mountain paths swept likewise. The Canadian party was serenaded in Prague, with musicians playing in hotel feather beds, prompting coins tossed in good humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alison Warner
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg
England
Scotland
Germany
France
Czechoslovakia
Carlsbad
Sudeten
Miss Warner
Prague
Power in the Jaws of Alligator Close
A man learns that once alligator jaws are shut the power to open them lies in the closing phase. He notes that with the jaws closed a person can hold them shut with bare hands.
We Invariably Impose on Friends and Enemies Stance
A concise reflection notes that social boundaries and pressure are applied universally, affecting both friends and adversaries. The line suggests a shared dynamic of expectations, power, and resistance within human relationships.
Chinch Bugs Migrate On Foot Despite Wings
Report notes chinch bugs possess wings but primarily travel by foot. The observation highlights that flight is uncommon for these insects as they move between plants. No additional details on location or date are provided.
Skilled European Technicians Help Grow Canadian Industry
Immigration officials in Ottawa report that highly skilled technicians flee central European oppression and increasingly enter Canada. Special cabinet orders allow individual entrants, mainly engineers and chemists, to bolster Canadian industry while lawyers face barriers since practicing law requires British subject status and lengthy steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Ottawa
Canada
France
England
United Kingdom
Department of Mines and Resources
Belief That Women In Industry Are Not a Threat
The United States Industrial Conference Board warns against blaming unemployment on women in industry calling such thinking a myth. It cites data showing male share in the population stable since 1870 and that rising female employment did not reduce male jobs. The board notes women filled new service roles enabling industrial production through 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Industrial Conference Board
Egrets Protected By Law In Canada And U S
The snow egret, protected in Canada and the United States for years, has begun migrating to swamps and marshes of southwestern Ontario. A lone bird nests near Jack Miner’s sanctuary at Kingsville. Egret plumes once drove hunting but laws urged by the Audubon Society helped curb slaughter, and the species is now increasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Ontario
Jack Miner's Bird Sanctuary
Kingsville
Dominion of Canada
Audubon Society
Knows His Sheep in Rural School Boy Tale
An agricultural piece contrasts a rural schoolboy’s understanding of sheep with a city pupil’s. It notes the city pupil would say four if one sheep jumped the fence, while the rural pupil would say none, asserting the rural boy knows sheep better.
French scientists say planes less efficient than insects
The French Academy of Sciences asserts modern airplanes are far less efficient than insects while noting nickel mining concentrates in Ontario where 95 percent of the world's supply is extracted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Academy of Sciences
Province of
Ontario
Relief From Gastric Acidity With Kruschen Salts
Mrs KME writes her husband found relief from a wretched form of gastric acidity after taking Kruschen Salts. She notes meals no longer misery him, he sleeps better, and he can say I am hungry again. The ad emphasizes a natural digestive juice flow and daily small dose leading to sustained relief.
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Kme
Canada farm livestock totals rise and fall with drought
Cattle on Canadian farms June 1 1938 total 8 541 200 head down 329 300 from 1937 led by Saskatchewan crop failures. Hogs 3 486 900 down 476 400 with declines across provinces. Sheep 3 last June 3 415 000 up 75 100 from 1937. Horses 2 820 700 up in most provinces except Saskatchewan and Alberta. Ontario Alberta Quebec remain top sheep provinces.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
Prince Edward Island
Ontario
Alberta
Quebec
Dominion
Ottawa Man Pickets Tire Firm Over Blown Tire Incident
A man in Ottawa conducts a solitary picket line driving slowly through city streets. A large banner on his car declares a defective tire and tube caused his vehicle to blow out and wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
A Judge of Worth Through Three Hearts
A wry adage compares a man's value to the average of opinions from his mother his wife and his stenographer, proposing a playful measure of character through intimate views from three key roles.
Erosion Softens Outlines of Young Mountains
As time passes, erosion gradually erodes mountain outlines. Young mountains retain rough, jagged features while gradual weathering smooths их edges. The passage notes mountains’ evolving silhouettes under natural forces.
Anne Adams Pattern 4956 for self help jumper dresses
Bright youngsters praise a new self help jumper dress pattern 4956 by Anne Adams. The design features a button front jumper with matching cotton blouses and minimal seams, available in children's sizes 2 4 6 8 and 10. Send 20 cents to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Wheat Bonus Policy Voices in Western Canada
The Edmonton Journal argues the federal wheat minimum price program cannot persist at 40 million dollars yearly. It urges reliance on improved world demand and market channels to raise farmers’ returns, warning the policy should not be treated as permanent and that alternate safeguards may be needed if demand does not improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton Journal
Cat Naps Linked to Longevity Says Vancouver Doctor
Dr. Stewart Curray Vancouver Medical Health Officer says daytime naps improve longevity. He told a meeting that cat naps during the day even in meetings are as helpful as good food for health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Curray
Vancouver
Sunday School Lesson On Purity And Commandments
The lesson centers on keeping oneself pure with reference to First Timothy 5 22 and Exodus 20 14 along with Matthew 5 27 30 Mark 10 2 16 and Ephesians 5 22 33 Devotional readings include Psalm 92 1 4 12 15, highlighting moral conduct and devotion for believers.
The Seventh Commandment and Christ’s Enlargement
Discussion of adultery from Exodus and Matthew, noting ancient Hebrew penalties and Jesus extending the law to unlawful desires. Includes view on the sanctity of childhood from Mark, where Jesus blesses children and disciples question parents bringing babies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Luke
Crown Prince Michael Sought A Pencil In England
A careful pencil drawing by Crown Prince Michael of Romania reveals his wish for a simple pencil not available in Romania. He owns a cruiser and many cars but could not obtain the pencil domestically, so he sent the drawing to the Romanian Legation in London for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Prince Michael
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Benes
Rumania
London
Legation
Auto Crash Delivers Injured to Niagara Falls Doctor
An out of control automobile crashed into the curb and the front porch of Dr. Edward H. Morgat's home in Niagara Falls New York. The car pinned the doorbell and rang constantly. Dr. Morgat and Dr. Borgat treated two men in the vehicle for cuts and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Edward H. Morgat
Borgat
Early Gramophone Records Star Patti Sings for Sir Landon Ronald
Sir Landon Ronald secured first English gramophone engagements for great artists. Patti, upon recording, was overwhelmed by the beauty of her voice, expressing genuine rapture at the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landon Ronald
England
Gramophone
Patti
Insulator Legacy From Brown Paper to Modern Cables
Inventor Fer ranty in 1890 used oil soaked brown paper as insulation for primitive electrical cables. That method, though evolved, remains a foundational idea in cable insulation today.
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Ferranty
Wood Fueled Polish Railways Consume 1.6 Million Cubic Meters in 1937
In Poland railway locomotives predominantly burned wood with an estimated 1,600,000 cubic metres used during the year 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Olive trees can live for about a thousand years
The article notes that olive trees have remarkable longevity with lifespans reaching around 1000 years, highlighting their ancient survival and enduring presence in landscapes.
Editorial Note on Dr McCullough Cancer Articles
Readers seeking the complete set of Dr McCulloughs cancer articles may obtain all at once by writing to The Health League of Canada 103 Bond St Toronto Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. McCullough
Health League of Canada
Bond St
Toronto
Migration From Asia Reveals Ancient North American Remains
Smithsonian anthropologist Dr. Ales Hrdlicka reports finding bones skulls mummies and utensils on Umnak Island in the Aleutians. He says the remains belong to a race predating Eskimo Aleut and Indian peoples and represent the ancestral stem of many American Indian tribes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ales Hrdlicka
Smithsonian Institution
Asia
American
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Umnak
Aleutians
Hrdlicka
Canada
United States
South America
North America
Stamps From Europe Bring Large Sums to London Auctioneers
A Bond Street philatelic firm reports a flood of Central European stamps into London due to European unrest. The value received is about £100,000 with some collections sold for as much as £10,000 in London. Refugees often use stamps as portable assets amid flight taxes of 25 to 30 percent. among prized holdings is the Rothschild collection from Austria.
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Bond-street Philatelic
Europe
London
Daily Sketch
Holland
Austria
Rothschild
Value of research told through Gladstone and Tyndall
The Vancouver Province cites a tale about Gladstone attending a Tyndall lecture and examining an electrical gadget. The skeptic asks about its use, and the reply notes future development could lead to taxing the gadget, illustrating research value.
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Gladstone
Tyndall
Tyndalll
Vancouver Province
Britain’s Civil Air Guard draws flood of applicants
Enthusiasm for Britain's new Civil Air Guard brings a rush of would be flyers with 26 000 applicants for instruction in flying in just one week.
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Britain
Civil Air Guard
Highway tolls on America rise in perilous figure
About 30,000 people die and 1,000,000 are injured each year on American highways. Roughly $2 billion in property is damaged or destroyed annually.
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Bode
U.S. Conference Board
Miner Sanctuary
Prock
Allers
Norway
Crown Prince
Michael
DR. J. W. S. Mscullough
Central
The
Lydia E. Pinkham
Withydia E. Pinkham
Lydia FE. Pinkham
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