World Happenings Briefly Told Across Nations
The Irish Free State accepted a British invitation to attend an international naval conference in December. The Queen Mary will begin her maiden voyage from the Clyde to Southampton on March 23. King Ibn Saud promotes strict neutrality in the Italo Ethiopian war and will not export camels or sheep to Italy. The Nobel Peace Prize for 1935 is not awarded. Cordell Hull and Haile Selassie were mentioned as possible contenders. Dust storms disrupted Kansas and nearby plains, while literature flourished amid low mood. Baron Tweedsmuir becomes patron of the Dominion Rifle Association. A German, Dr Hermann Gortz, was arrested in Hawrick under the Official Secrets Act.
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Irish Free State
Clyde
Southampton
Ibn Saud
Arabia
Italy
Nobel Committee
United States
Cordell Hull
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Bugaboo
Liberal
Elkhart
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandles
Dodge City
G. H. Scholfield
New Zealand
Winnipeg
R. J. Birdwhistle
Dominion of Canada Rifle Association
Baron Tweedsmuir
Hermann Gortz
Hawrick
England
Centuries-Old Spinning Wheel Preserved by Mrs Poirier
A spinning wheel over 100 years old remains in use by Mrs Joseph Poirier of Sydney New Brunswick. Named Alex MacIntosh and dated 1818 it has passed from her aunt Catherine McPhee of Grand Mira who used it from 1875 to 1910. The wheel is described as light strong and fast and not for sale.
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Joseph Poirier
Sydney
N.B
Alex MacIntosh
Poirier
Catherine McPhee
Grand Mira
Canada Gold Output Reaches New Highs Through August
In the first eight months of the year Canada produced 2,097 ounces of gold. August output topped previous records with 294,361 ounces produced. September yields show Manitoba and Saskatchewan mines contributing 13,583 ounces.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Can ada to send 120 athletes to Berlin Olympics
The Dominion of Canada plans to enter 120 athletes for the Berlin Olympic Games from August 1 to 16, 1936. A simple cleaning tip notes kerosene added to water makes a good wash for windows mirrors and glass.
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Dominion of Canada
Berlin
City Built In Three Months At Florya Sea Resort
Turkey's leader orders a coastal city near Istanbul built in three months with hotel casino beach and attractions. Eight thousand workers rushed the seaside project that sprang up in record time on the European Marmara shore thirty miles from Istanbul. Kemal Ataturk himself was the first to dive, signaling a push for open outdoor living and Western modernity.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Kamel Ataturk
Mustapha Kemal
Florya
Sea of Marmora
Kemal
British Columbia Gold Output Surges Ahead of Year
BC metals officials report gold production adds 17 million to three year total and expects over 45 million this year. First nine months grants another million to estimates as record recoveries boost output to at least 12 million dollars for the year. Compared to 1929 and 1932 levels the rise marks the province’s largest mining shift.
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British Columbia Metals and Minerals
British Columbia
B.C
Cows Open Milk Bar At Charing Cross Station
Two Jersey cows were stabled in the entrance hall of Char ing Cross station as part of a three week season. Milk was sold at a milk bar by four milkmaids for fourpence a glass, with options for flavor or plain milk.
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London
Charing Cross
Milk Marketing Boards
Divinity Fudge Recipe With Nuts and Candy Syrup
A Divinity fudge recipe uses sugar Crown Brand corn syrup water and salt to soft ball, then diverts part to hard ball stage. Egg whites are beaten, syrup poured, walnuts and vanilla added, then spread on a buttered sheet and cut while warm.
Water Essay Gets Witty Reply From Student
A student submitted a short composition on Water. The piece describes water as a light colored wet liquid that turns dark when you wash in it, reflecting a humorous misunderstanding of staining.
Russian incubator imitates natural hatching process
An incubator built in Russia for hatching rare bird eggs mimics natural warmth by heating the top more than the bottom and permitting occasional cooling, aiming to reproduce the birds' developmental conditions.
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Russia
Hole in Madonna portraits marks compass pivot point
Old Italian paintings of the Madonna reveal a tiny facial hole where the artist pivoted a compass to swing the halo circle. This technical detail shows a practical method used by painters to align halos with precision.
Canada October Business Index Edges Up Slightly
October business activity in Canada shows a small month to month rise per the McConnell Baxter Eastman index with a preliminary 185 percent below normal. Revised prior month at 18.8 percent below normal and year ago 21.1 percent under par. Gains in revenue freight loadings and construction contract awards offset declines in bank debits and electric energy output. The overall index rises nearly ten points from October 1933.
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Fac
Ezra Leads Exiles to Jerusalem Healing A Nation
Ezra the learned priest and scribe seeks and receives royal permission from Artaxerxes to lead a large company of exiles to Jerusalem. The caravan includes priests scribes singers porters and temple attendants. They depart in Nisan and arrive in Ab in four months, bearing gold silver and sacred vessels entrusted to 12 priests and 10 Levites for safekeeping until temple measures.
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Ezra
Jerusalem
Babylon
Moses
Artaxerxes
Moffatt
Israel
Horace Bushnell
Persia
Temple
Judea
Jehovah
God
Ahava
Vimy Pilgrimage a Major Canadian Legion Event
The Vimy Pilgrimage organized by the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League gathers ex service men. Captain Ben W. Allen reports over 2 400 applications by November 11 with plans for billets for five thousand in France and large ceremonies at Vimy Ridge and London.
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Canada
Legion
Battalion
Ypres
Plug Street
Armentieres
Vimy
Arras
Mons
Dumbells
Ben Allen
Ben
Canadian Legion
British Empire Service League
Ben W. Allen
Sparks Street
Ottawa
Captain Allen
Canadian Pacific Company
Cunard White Star Line
France
Canon Scott
London
C.ef
Vimy Ridge
British Broadcasting Company
Happiness is a state of mind not wealth says Dr Spemann
The Nobel Prize winner Hans Spemann, a zoology professor at the University of Freiburg, asks what to do with 42000 dollars. He remains content with his work and equipment, suggesting happiness comes from health and reasonable goals rather than riches.
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Hans Spemann
University of Freiburg
Germany
Dr. Spemann
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Women executives hold rail positions across the United States
The Canadian National Railways Magazine notes women in executive railroad roles including Ellen Raymond assistant general freight and passenger agent at Green Bay and Western, Frances Allen interior decorator for New York Central lines, Pearl Andrews cookery chief for New Haven dining cars, Catherine Lankford surgeon for Pennsylvania, Daryle Hockman counsel for Baltimore and Ohio, and several other lady passenger representatives.
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Ellen Raymond
Green Bay and Western Railway
Frances Dorothy Allen
New York Central
Pearl Andrews
New Haven
Catherine Lankford
Pennsylvania
Daryle Hockman
Baltimore and Ohio
United States
Canadian National Railways Magazine
Giant Globe Under Construction in Moscow Park
A fifteen foot diameter revolving globe is being erected by the Atlas Institute in Moscow's Central Park of Culture and Rest. It will display frontiers railways waterways and airways in relief and be illuminated by internal electric lamps and external projectors. The globe will revolve on its axis at six revolutions per hour.
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Atlas Institute
Central Park of Culture
Moscow
Quote on knowledge and danger posed by a man
A pithy question asks where is the man whose knowledge is so great that it makes him free from danger. The line evokes caution about intellect and risk in wielding learning.
Resting Three Days Treasure Weighed and Burnt Offerings
After a three day rest the treasure was weighed in the temple and burnt offerings were made. The ritual followed established practices with offerings presented to the deity and the treasure accounted for in sacred counts.
Reception Is Perfect Smallest Radio Set Claims Grisha Gronberg
A 17 year old inventor Grisha Gron berg of Vennetsa Russia built a claimed perfect reception radio set. It stands two-fifths of an inch high three tenths of an inch in diameter and weighs one twentieth of an ounce. Also notes shoe manufacturing arrived in America in 1629 via Thomas Beary aboard the Mayflower with hides.
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Grisha Gronberg
Vennetsa
Russia
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Subway
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McConnell, Baxter & East
Man Monthly Index
McOnnnell
Baxter
Lastman Limited Research Department
Giant Globe
Phosferine
America
Thomas Beary
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Alice Brooks
Calgary
Edmonton
Regina
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