World Happenings Briefly Told From The Mirror Incident
Convicted from fingerprints on a mirror they had stolen, three middle aged men were sentenced at Bombay to imprisonment of from one to three years. Ontario education orders compulsory civics teaching in public and high schools starting in October with a new text book ready soon. Canada reports better business and improved morale in the west. Robert O. McCulloch of Galt Ont president of Mutual Life Assurance Co of Canada spoke in Victoria. A pigeon egg sized pearl said to protect the wearer was looted from a Manchu prince’s tomb near Peking by grave robbers. Lady Byng of Vimy will take part in the Vimy pilgrimage in July next year. An instrument bores through the brain and burns away tissue to treat hydrocephalus. Dr Tracy J Putnam of Boston Children's Hospital reports. Canada and Newfoundland life insurance sales reach nearly 27 million dollars in August, with Saskatchewan at 996 thousand.
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Ontario
Peiping
Lady Byng
Canadian Corps
Lord Byng
Dominion
Canadian Legion
Tracy J. Putnan
Boston Children's Hospital
Canada
Newfoundland
Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau
Toronto
Saskatchewan
Relic Jewel Returns to Britain from Morgan Collection
England will receive the Armada Jewel, once part of Queen Elizabeth I era treasures from the Pierpont Morgan miniatures. It was bought in London for 2700 guineas and donated by Lord Wakefield to the National Art Collection Fund. The piece goes to the Victoria and Albert Museum in Kensington, London.
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Britain
London
Lord Wakefield
National Art Collection Fund
Pierpont Morgan
Victoria and Albert Museum
Kensington
Bible shortage at Detroit hotel recalls 1928 Gideon placement
A 1928 Gideon Bible drive in a Detroit hotel left 1,100 Bibles. a recent check finds only 25 remain in rooms. The note highlights small remaining count and historic effort.
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Detroit
Atlantic air ferry to cut transatlantic travel time
The Irish Free State plans a high speed Douglas type air service to intercept Atlantic liners off Galway and speed passengers to London. The scheme envisions amphibian aircraft and links from Dublin to London Paris Brussels and Berlin, promising a full day reduction in travel time.
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London
New York
Irish Free State
Ireland
Normandie
Galway
Southampton
Dublin
Paris
Brussels
Berlin
Mauretania Described As The Old Lady Of The Sea
The Mauretania, famed liner, is noted for its strong character and longtime appeal to mariners. On its farewell voyage she left New York with a pilot escort who took holiday to bid her farewell, recalling the ship’s maiden entry 28 years earlier.
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New York
New York Harbor
Hudson
Boston Post
Cosmopolitan Clubs Form Canadian Federation in Saskatoon
A district convention in Saskatoon formed the Canadian Federation of International Cosmopolitan Clubs with clubs in Saskatoon Winnipeg Calgary and Vancouver. Lovel Smith named first district governor Jack Bates Edmonton as lieutenant governor Walter Caswell Saskatoon as secretary Herman Stevens Calgary as treasurer and Jack Colbourne Edmonton as sergeant at arms. Delegates from Winnipeg Edmonton and Calgary attended with Vancouver expected to join.
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Saskatoon
Winnipeg
Calgary
Vancouver
Lovel Smith
Jack Bates
Edmonton
Walter Caswell
Herman Stevens
Jack Colbourne
Hunt for Beeston Castle Lost Fortune Keeps Interest Alive
A group of young Northwich chemists and engineers pursues a legendary treasure said to lie in a secret Beeston Castle passage beneath the ruins in Cheshire England. The tale places Edward II’s private riches in a 366 foot well before his voyage to Ireland. Some historians claim much was seized to fund Henry IV’s ascension.
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Beeston Castle
Cheshire
England
Northwich
Edward II
Ireland
Henry IV
Government to Install TV Station on Eiffel Tower
Georges Mandel announced France will build a television broadcasting station atop the Eiffel Tower. The system will start operating within six months on a 180 meter wavelength and will occupy the tower’s top platform.
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Georges Mandel
Alberta Coal Reserves Unearthed in Vast 1717 Square Miles
Sir Montague Barlow heads a one man commission examining collieries. Dr. J A Allan of the University of Alberta explains the province geology and topography as Alberta's coal reserves total 40 200 000 000 tons buried across 1717 square miles.
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Alberta
Montague Barlow
J. A. Allan
University of Alberta
Quiz from a Child and Father Money Lesson
A classroom vignette shows a teacher asking Tommy what his father could save if he put aside a dollar a week for four weeks. Tommy responds that the saved money would buy a radio a new suit and a set of furniture, illustrating budgeting in simple terms.
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Tommy
Soviet Scientists Build Third Largest Telescope Lens
Soviet researchers announce construction of a telescope with the world’s third largest lens. Officials say the project advances optical research and space observation capabilities. Dates and locations are not specified.
Harvesting Mineral Salt at Little Manitou Lake
In mid December Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources workers harvest mineral salt crystals from Little Manitou Lake at freeze up. The ten day collection uses rubber boots and shovels, storing crystals in Watrous warehouse for distribution. The saline lake’s medicinal reputation boosts the operation as a key provincial natural resource.
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North American
Little Manitou Lake
Watrous
Saskatchewan
Department of Natural Resources of Saskatchewan
Manitou Lake
U.S. Moves to Regulate War Munitions Industry
The National Munitions Control Board under Secretary Hull plans to register by November 30 all arms and munitions manufacturers and exporters, require licenses for future foreign shipments, define which products count as war implements, and provide arms data to the President for embargo decisions in hostilities.
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U.S. National Munitions Control Board
United States
Hull
Secretaries of the Treasury
War, Navy and Commerce
Roosevelt
Canada imports binder twine for grain harvest
The binder twine used in Canada for grain harvesting comes from multiple sources. Canadian made twine supplies most domestic needs with sizable exports, while imports from Great Britain Ireland Holland and recently Belgium and Germany share the market.
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Canada
Dominion
Great Britain
Ireland
Holland
Belgium
Germany
England sees wheat acreage surge after Wheat Act
England and Wales wheat cultivation rose from 1,288,000 acres in 1932 to 1,660,000 in 1933 and 1,771,000 in the present year. Oat crops meanwhile contracted by 205,000 acres.
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England
Wales
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Quote from Sir Charles Grant Robertson about a person who is intelligent yet useless and foolish.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sir Charles Grant Robertson
Courageous Clergymen Share Hard Times in Faith
A Windsor Star item praises a Presbyterian minister who accepted a Quebec call with 450 dollars a year plus whatever the congregation can raise to meet the 1600 dollar rate. The preacher shows Christian fortitude as Canada recovers and workers return to labor markets.
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Quebec
Dominion
Canada
Windsor Star
Grape Vine Cuttings Grown Into Large Plant Near Heidelberg
A Victorian doctor in Diamond Creek once rode near Heidelberg Germany leaving his riding switch at a smithy. The smithy apprentice planted the switch as a grape cutting. It grew into a vine 35 yards long spanning a fence and along the hotel wall.
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Diamond Creek
Victoria
Heidelberg
Germany
Publicity Fund Urged by Canadian Fisheries Meeting
At Montreal a one day meeting of the Canadian Fisheries Association unanimously approved a resolution urging the Dominion government to appropriate 100000 dollars for publicity in Canadian newspapers to promote domestic fish consumption.
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Dominion
Montreal
Canadian Fisheries’ Association
No pattern book by Alice Brooks published
A note states there is no pattern book published by Alice Brooks. It clarifies that no such volume is available or released by the author. The item seems to be a brief bibliographic update or correction in a local page.
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Alice Brooks
Sunday School Lesson on Jeremiah and Psalm 26
The lesson centers on Jeremiah 1 7 and the call to speak what God commands. It covers Jeremiah 11 10, 6 10 11 8 18, 26 1 2 4 chapters 36 37 38 and devotional reading Psalm 26 1 7 reinforcing trust and obedience.
Courageous Calling of Jeremiah in Josiah’s Reign
In 13th year of Josiah, Jeremiah, son of a priest, receives a divine call to prophecy. He resists as a youth in spirit, but is reassured that God will guide his speech. His mission blends destruction and building to reform Judah and avert doom.
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Jeremiah
Josiah
God
Jehovah
Judah
Jerusalem
Temple
Babylon
Busy Year With Five Eclipses Reported
The sun will host its greatest show of eclipses in 130 years with at least five solar eclipses this year. The moon will pass between the sun and earth and twice enter Earth's shadow, according to Professor Alfred H. Joy of Mount Wilson Observatory. Reuter's Pasadena correspondent notes this is the most eclipses in a year since 1805 and not seen again until 2485.
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Alfred H. Joy
Mount Wilson Observatory
Reuter
Pasadena
Sumatra Cyclists Start Ten Year World Tour From Sumatra
Two Sumatran cyclists avoid modern speed zeal and begin a ten year world tour. They left Sumatra in July 1931 and spent over three and a half years covering 5000 miles by bicycle. They halted in Indo China Siam Burma and various Indian regions to learn languages and study local people and religion.
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Bombay
Sumatra
Indo-China
Siam
Burma
India
Ford says he is not interested in politics or a Ford for president
Henry Ford told The Detroit News he is not a candidate or believer in a Ford for president boom. He commented on the business outlook predicting higher wages and said political campaigns next year would have little effect on business.
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Henry Ford
Detroit News
Ford
Boom
Motor Magnate
Debt Per Capita Reaches About 270 in 1936
By 1936 the United States public debt is projected to total 34 258 000 000 dollars, equating to roughly 270 dollars for each man woman and child in the country.
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United States
Sawtelle man claims title as most tattooed in America
D. E. Warford of Sawtelle California asserts he is the most tattooed man in the United States. He has reportedly covered large portions of his body with ink and seeks recognition for his extensive body art. The claim highlights a notable personal achievement in body modification.
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D. E. Warford
Sawtelle, Calif
America
Self-government Proposed for St Pierre and Miquelon
After nearly three centuries under distant rule, St Pierre and Miquelon may adopt self-government with elected representatives rather than a French-appointed governor. The plan allows the island's about 5,000 residents to decide acceptance or rejection.
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St. Pierre and Miquelon
Newfoundlnd
France
North America
Home Administration
A Dog's Day as Told by Tavistock Gazette
The Tavistock Ont Gazette imagines a dog’s 24 hour day of labor and sloth with one hour digging a rat two hours gnawing a bone one hour waiting for a cat to descend half an hour begging to enter and the remaining time sleeping by the door mat.
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Tavistock, Ont., Gazette
Gas lighting Endures in Westminster Streets
Fifty five miles of streets in Westminster, London, remain lit by gas. The note highlights the continued use of gas illumination in a historic borough as electric lighting debates persist.
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Borough of
Westminster
London
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