World Happenings Briefly Told
New York air travel costs less than taxi fare for the same route with a five dollar air trip versus a four dollar ten cent taxi. Wayne B. Wheeler, anti saloon league counsel, died at Battle Creek sanitarium from a heart attack. Immigration to Canada in July 1927 totaled 12 288 with 6 432 from the British Isles and 2 161 from the United States. Ernst Vierkwetter, Marathon winner at the Canadian National Exhibition, plans a vaudeville tour then motion pictures. A Nebraskan and Kansas land seeker party bought 16 quarter sections for 56 225 in Saskatchewan. Rioting at Nagpur in central British India leaves 15 dead as families flee. Commander Byrd plans to leave New York in August for a South Pole expedition with Floyd Bennett second in command. The Aero Club rejects Jean Callizo record claim and bars him for life after a hearing. French Foreign Minister Briand, acting as president of allied ambassadors, says Rhineland occupation will drop from 70 000 to 60 000 soldiers. Samuel L. Kydd dies in Montreal after a long illness. he served as editor of The Montreal Gazette after a long journalism career.
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New York
Wayne B. Wheeler
Kaute
America
Battle Creek Sanitarium
Canada
British Isles
United States
Ernst Vierkwetter
Nebraska
Kansas
Eston
Tyner Valley
Snipe Lake
Saskatchewan
Nagpur
Central Provinces
British India
Bombay
Exchange Telegraph
Richard F. Byrd
South Pole
Floyd Bennett
North Pole
The
Aero Club Committee
Jean Callizo
Callizo
M. Briand
Allied Conference of Ambassadors
M. Stresemann
Germany
Rhineland
Montreal
Samuel L. Kydd
Montreal Gazette
Kydd
Fatal Automobile Accidents in Canada 1926
The Dowinion Bureau of Statistics reports 606 road deaths across Canada's nine provinces in 1926. Ontario leads with 242 fatalities, Quebec 182, and BC 60. males account for 445 deaths while females total 161. Children under 15 contributed 186 deaths, split 123 male and 63 female, with a national death rate of 6.5 per 100000.
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Dowinion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Provinces
Bay Route Support Endorsed by St John Telegraph Journal
The St John Telegraph Journal urges fairness to the west and backs opening the Hudson Bay route. It calls for the plan to proceed with haste and hopes Manitoba and Saskatchewan will see results meet their aims, praising their determined effort.
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Hudson Bay
St. John
New Wireless Beams Expand Links Between Empires
New beam wireless stations are rising to join England and the United States in operations and additional links are planned between England and South Africa and between Canada and Australia. Marconi completes the British Government contract with the Indian beam stations while promising faster cross Dominion calls and the prospect of wireless telephone conversations alongside high speed telegraph service within the next year.
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England
United States
South Africa
Canada
Australia
Marconi Company
Dominions
Marconi
Canada’s Mineral Resources Highlight Canada’s Prospecting Wave
Sir Robert Horne returned to England from Canada where he attended the Mining and Metallurgical Congress of the British Empire. He spoke with confidence about Canada’s vast mineral resources and the likelihood of lucrative development, noting that mining areas have only been scratched and a wave of enthusiasm for prospecting is widespread.
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Robert Horne
England
Canada
British Empire
Dominion
Jackman Named Canada Wheat Pool South America Representative
W. J. Jackman of Clover Bar Alberta sails to Buenos Ayres to head the Canadian Wheat Pool's South American operations. A longtime Alberta Wheat Pool director since its formation, he has 22 years in the province and strong farming, organizational and Spanish skills.
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W. J. Jackman
Clover Bar
Alberta
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Canadian Wheat Pool
South America
Jackman
Alberta Wheat Pool
Old Country
Gerns for experiments at London National Collection
A London Pearsons Weekly report describes the National Collection of Type Cultures at the Lister Institute. Dr R St John Brooks leads a staff bottling and labeling over two thousand bacterial varieties for study, including disease-causing, dairy, beer and plant pathogens.
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Lister Institute
London
Pearson's Weekly
R. St. John Brooks
Dr. Brooks
Congo Natives Use Fish Glue for Waterproofing
Popular Mechanics reports that Congo region natives make waterproof glue from fish scales and plant twigs by boiling the mix. They dip fabrics and canoes in the glue and let them dry to seal against moisture.
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Congo
Africa
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Heat from underground proposed as coal replacement
J I Hodgson argues heat stored in vast underground spheres can exceed coal reserves. He suggests drilling five mile apart shafts to access hot rock about 33 miles deep, with heat proof suits for workers and liquid air cooling. A cubic mile could match 200 million tons of coal.
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British Association of Service
J. I. Hodgson
Texas's lone rubber tree found in Orange premises
A single rubber tree reportedly discovered on onetime Orange property draws inquiries after the owner began cutting it down. Neighbors recall a prior owner planted the tree years ago, and the specimen now measures about a foot in diameter and remains thriving.
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Texas
Orange
Winnipeg Patterns Order S Our Quiet Town Letter
A brief column references ordering patterns from the Winnipeg newspaper’s Union at 175 McDermot Ave. A local reader, Bobby, jokes about gender words in hymns, quipping about why they say Amen rather than Awomen.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Bobby
Missing Aviators Highlight Toll in Transoceanic Trials
The 62-year-old Princess Anne Loewestein-Wertheim vanishes in an attempted ocean crossing, one of several recent losses in the era’s planeless race to span the Atlantic. Other missing include Mildred Doran and Captain Leslie Hamilton, with several crews from the Dole prize and Orteig prize attempts reported missing or presumed lost.
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Anne Loewestein-Wertheim
Mildred Deran
Oakland
Calif
Hawaii
Miers
Leslie Hamilton
F. F. Minchin
Charles Nungesser
Francis Coll
le Bourget
May
New York
Charles A. Lindberg
Saint-Roman
Mouneyres
St. Louis
Senegal
Perpambuco
William P. Erwin
Dallas
Texas
Alvin H. Fichwaldt
Rene Fonck
France
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Women in Railroads Surpass Fifty Percent Growth by 1926
The Illinois Central Magazine shows women on Class I steam railroads grew over 50 percent in seven years, totaling 61 302 in 1926. Clerical roles led with 51 127, followed by shopwork 290 and train service two. Other notable groups include cleaning 3 332 and telegraph 1 427, reflecting broad female participation in railroad work.
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Illinois Central Magazine
New Narcotic Gas Aims to Change Surgical Anesthesia
At the Berlin Medical Society meeting Professor Unger described FL 107 a narcotic gas administered via syringe into the intestines. In eight to fifteen minutes patients sleep for hours with no pain and minimal after effects while ether and chloroform remain standard. About a thousand procedures have used E 107 though the profession awaits more evidence before broad adoption.
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Medical Society
Berlin
Unger
Gauss
Advertising Helps Credit for Merchants
Advertising improves a merchant's credit by keeping goods before the public. Bankers favor advertising because it signals steady sales and prompt payments. Discriminating buyers seek fresh goods from advertisers, reducing shop-worn stock and boosting credit with banks and customers.
Naval Men Excluded From Active Politics
Admiralty issues order barring naval officers and men from political activity. They may not address electors, stand as candidates, or serve on election committees. Permission from naval authorities is required to enter politics.
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Admiralty
Northern Ireland
Free State
Malta
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Algonquin Park
E. 3. Fellowes-Farrow
M.A
F.rg.s
Cambridge University
Howard J. Rose
Oxford University
Fulham
Mr. Dumme
Abie
Sam
Sar
Liza
John
Palm Beach
Wyoming
Tilly
Billy
Great Britain
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