World Happenings Briefly Told
Shown are brisk items from various regions: 675 carloads of wheat shipped for winter storage at Churchill elevator Hudson Bay Railway reports. Henry E Ewart named master of the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa. Alberta coal sale measures urged by the Dominion government. Invitations extend to over 70 delegates for the 1940 Empire Parliamentary Association conference in New Zealand. Duke of Gloucester tipped as India viceroy after Linlithgow term. Swiss permit for limited Jewish child entry from Germany frontier regions. Claude C Ponter re elected president of the Canadian Association of Tourist and Publicity Bureaux. 1939 convention in Vancouver. 60 80 giant airliners to deliver Christmas mail across empire. about 11 million letters. US poll finds Britain still best liked European country but popularity down seven percent over 18 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Hudson Bay
Henry E. Ewart
Royal Canadian Mint
Ottawa
Dominion
Alberta
Canada
Empire Parliamentary Association
New Zealand
London Sunday Pictorial
Duke of Gloucester
India
Marquess of
Great Britain
United States
American Institute of Public Opinion
Longevity Gaps Between Canadian and British Youths
Canada shows longer life expectancy at ages five and forty compared with Britain, with prairie provinces posting the lowest mortality. analysts attribute this to healthier migrants moving west, climate, wealth, and living standards, noting the pioneering spirit and recent settlement shape Manitoba and Saskatchewan mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Prairie Provinces
Quebec
Maritimes
Eiffel Tower Draws Big Crowds Despite Criticism
The Ottawa Citizen notes the Eiffel Tower, Europe’s tallest structure, is not loved by many architects yet remains France’s top draw with over 800,000 visitors last year. The Louvre trails with about 500,000 fewer visitors. New Guinea planes carry native passengers by weight at 10 to 25 cents per pound. Belgium averages 650 people per square mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eiffel Tower
Ottawa Citizen
Europe
Paris
Louvre Museum
Louvre
New Guinea
Glacier Collapse on Mount Hector Shocks Banff Park
An autumn 1938 event details the sudden release of Hector Glacier high on Mount Hector in Banff National Park Alberta. The ice avalanche traveled about two miles into Molar Creek valley uprooting trees creating a broad ice sheet and remained unseen until a guide spotted it weeks later near Lake Louise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hector
Banff National Park
Alberta
Canadian Rockies
Lake Louise
Mount Hector
Molar Creek Valley
Park
Banff-Jasper
Jasper
Banff Park
Hector Mountain
Bow Lake
Bow Pass
Mistaya River
Saskatchewan River
Courageous Scout Leader Stanley Ince Receives Cornwell Honor
Stanley Ince 53, stricken with incurable creeping paralysis, is awarded the Armistice Day Cornwell decoration for courage, capability and character. As warden of Roland House he remains driven to work daily, inspired by Roland Phillips who urged him to carry on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Ince
Ince
London
Boy Scout Organization
Sir Abe Bailey
Abe
Roland House
Roland Phillips
East End
Western Clydesdales win at Royal Winter Fair in Canada
A. M. Brownridge of Fortage la Prairie Man. won the Mark Duff memorial shield for the best Canadian bred Clydesdale female. Peggy Footprint placed first in its class. The Stewart brothers of Griswold Man won a special prize for the best Canadian bred female three years or over. Other Canadian bred winners and Get of Sire classes were noted with Dominion Experimental Farm and D. MacKay among participants. Policeman: Pull up to the curb, lady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Brownridge
Fortage la Prairie
Man
Mark Duff Memorial
Canada
Peggy Footprint
Clydesdale Horse Association of Canada
Stewart Brothers
Griswold
Alberta Agriculture Department of
Edmonton
Brownridge
Dominion Experimental Farm
Indian Head
Sask
D. MacKay
Aberdeen
Moors Prophesied Return Tied to Alhambra Gateway
A belief links the return of the Moors to Spain with the hand and key carved in stone over a gateway to the Alhambra touching. The idea reflects occult or prophetic folklore surrounding medieval Moorish presence in Spanish legend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Alhambra
Winnipeg First Western Canada Trackless Trolleys Begin Service
Trackless trolley buses began operation on a Winnipeg Electric Company west end line making Winnipeg the second Dominion city with this system Montreal already had trolley buses. President Anderson addressed officials noting past horse drawn and early electric cars with rising operating costs and declining ridership urging public authority partnership. The buses use a double trolley system with long flexible trolleys allowing movement in traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Winnipeg Electric Company
Portage
Winnipeg
Dominion
Montreal
Anderson
Civic and Company
Helium Possibility Explored in Canada Says Journal
The Quebec Medical Journal argues Canada can produce helium, refuting U S monopoly claims. It notes past and potential deposits in Ontario and Alberta, new medical uses, and helium’s roles in food preservation, fire proofing, radio tubes, and illuminated signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Quebec Medical Journal
United States
Ontario
Alberta
British Empire
What Is a Billion and Crete Road Still Useful
An authority explains that an American billion equals a thousand million and an English billion a thousand thousand million though most people will not see such sums. A Crete road built about 1500 B C remains usable by automobiles at 60 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island of
Crete
B.C
Spiders Build Colony Webs Link by Shared Lines
Some species construct multiple webs within a colony connected by shared threads. Prey captured moves to the first spider that reaches it, with entanglement arising from the collaborative network.
Two Prom A New Basic Design Pattern by Anne Adams
Anne Adams introduces Pattern 4960 a dress and housecoat pattern with a versatile silhouette. Features include a button front panel and a gathered move ment below the knees in the house coat version. Available in junior and misses sizes with fabric estimates and a 20 cent order requirement to the Winnipeg Pattern Dept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Sunday School Lesson on Truth and Obedience
Golden text Psalm 51 6 invites inward truth. Lesson references Exodus 20 16 II Kings 5 20 27 Proverbs 6 16 19 Matthew 15 19 20 John 8 42 47 Ephesians 4 25 Revelation 22 14 15 Devotional reading Revelation 21 21 27.
The Law of Truth and American Civic Trust
The passage cites Exodus 20 16 Jesus John 8 42 47 and Ephesians 4 25 urging truth telling as essential to democracy. It argues moral capacity to receive truth, mutual trust among citizens, and that honest dealing underpins a free commonwealth per Arthur Twining Hadley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
God
America
Arthur Twining Hadley
Music Improves Factory Work When Gentle Swing Is Played
Dr. John Hume of Pennsylvania State College reports experiments in a Pennsylvania factory showing workers needing fine hand and finger dexterity perform better with music, especially Bing Crosby or Guy Lombardo, provided the music avoids loud cacophonous swing. Spoilage rises when no music is played.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bing Crosby
Guy Lombardo
John Hume
Pennsylvania State College
Pennsylvania
Hume
Buffalo and elk shipment to Wellington Zoo under Canadian aid
A Canadian mission via the National Parks Bureau ships one pair of buffalo and one pair of elk from Elk Island National Park Alberta to Wellington Zoo New Zealand aboard rail to Vancouver and the M S Hauraki for a November 24 voyage. The animals were health cleared and will be tended on board. the effort aids conservation as the species recover from near extinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington Zoological Gardens
Wellington
New Zealand
National Parks Bureau
Department of Mines and Resources
Ottawa
Elk Island National Park
Alberta
Lamont
Vancouver
B.C
Canada
Radium Supply and Cancer Treatment in Canada
A doctor in New York reports five radium needles stolen containing 60 milligrams of radium worth about two thousand dollars. The article notes radium’s central role in cancer treatment, describes radon seeds and emanation plants, and highlights Canada’s expanding, price-reducing radium production from Northwest sites and the Port Hope refinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Canada
la Bines
Great Bear Lake
Port Hope
Ontario
Cancer articles offered by Health League of Canada
Readers may obtain a complete set of Dr McCullough cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ontario.
Eddie Smith Honored After 21 Years With Ontario Farm
Eddie Smith, a hired man on Dennis Sullivan’s Ontario farm, was honored with a farewell party after 21 years of continuous service. The Lindsay Post notes uncommon festivities amid widespread unemployment, praising mutual satisfaction between worker and employer and suggestion of merit in long tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Smith
Ontario
Dennis Sullivan
Lindsay Post
Sullivan Farm
Eddie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Belgium
Scout
Western Clydesdales
Wellington Zoo
Venezuela
Smith
Jones
DR. J. W. S. Mscullough
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!