World Happenings Briefly Told
A homes for the Canadian Tokyo legation is expected soon. Jimmy Oates plans to motorcycle Ottawa to Churchill. Switzerland sent 2,200,000 pounds of silk and rayon to Britain last year. Thirty Doukhobor men moved to Piers Island, now about 100 on the island. Three Calgary boys left for China to join the Nationalist air force. Manchuria report urges Chinese autonomy under Japanese advisers. Britain has not heard US word on delaying the London world economic conference. Lord Wakefield of Miss England NL withdraws from speed contests. Greater Vancouver area population is 308 340 per 1931 census.
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Jimmy Oates
Canada
Ottawa
Churchill
Switzerland
Great Britain
Piers Island
Calgary
League of Nations
Manchuria
United States
London
Lord Wakefield
Honey Producers May Expect Good Prices
Reports by C B Gooderham Dominion apiarist show Ontario about 65 percent crop, Saskatchewan over 50 percent, Alberta around 60 percent. Red River Valley harvest softer due to dry weather. central and northern Manitoba predict better yield than last year. Manitoba apiarist L T Floyd notes Dominion yield about 80 percent normal, suggesting good prices ahead.
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C. B. Gooderham
Dominion
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Red River Valley
Manitoba
L. T. Floyd
Gift For King George Bequeaths Portuguese Vases
The will bequeaths two vases bearing the royal arms of Portugal from King Manuel's Fulwell Park residence to King George as a sign of deep gratitude. A British journalist quips about the king's death status, while news notes the Graf Zeppelin has completed its fourth round trip of the year to Pernambuco, Brazil, after arriving at Friedrichshafen.
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Portugal
Manuel
Fulwell Park
Twickenham
Middlesex
George
Friederichshafen
Germany
Pernambuco
Brazil
Carter's Little Liver Pills Offer Gentle Digestive Relief
A man reports relief from acidity and constipation after using Carter's Little Liver Pills. The tonic is described as purely vegetable and effective for liver and bowels, claiming to ease biliousness headaches and indigestion. Red, two-pack cartons sold widely by name.
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Frank C
Carter
Serena
Highland Society Bars Women From Membership
The Highland Society of London plans to ask the Prince of Wales to preside at next June’s festival, as Royal patronage must be secured months in advance. The 1816 and 1831 Acts that incorporate the society bar women from membership.
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Highland Society of London
Prince of Wales
Cunard Carinthia Plans 139 Day World Cruise
The Cunard liner Carinthia will embark New York January 7 on a 139 day world cruise, circumnavigating the Southern Hemisphere under the Southern Cross. It visits 35 ports including Jamaica, Tahiti, Seychelles, Mombasa, Cape Town, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo, returning May 25. Shore arrangements are by Thomas Cook & Son.
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Cunard
Carinthia
New York
Southern Cross
Corinthia
Kingston
Jamaica
Panama Canal
California
Hawaii
South Sea Islands
Tahiti
Rarotonga
Samoa
Fijis
New Zealand
Australia
New Guinea
Dutch East Indies
Bali
Java
Strait Settlements
Ceylon
Seychelles Islands
Port Victoria
Sunny East Africa
Mombasa
Cape Town
South Atlantic
Montevideo
Buenos Aires
Santos
Rio de Janeiro
Omaha
Seychelles
Kenya
Zanzibar
Union of South Africa
Barbadoes
Thos. Cook & Son
New Anti Aircraft Gun Claims High Altitude Destroys Target
Tests off the Riviera coast near La Seyne France claim a new anti aircraft gun can reach seven and a half miles up a plane towed 1000 feet below it. The firm guards its gun’s construction while European aviation and military observers watch the live shell firing.
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Riviera
la Seyne
France
Europe
Crisp Molasses Cookies Step by Step
Recipe notes for crisp molasses cookies with special cake flour baking powder salt ginger molasses shortening and soda. Sift flour twice then heat molasses remove from heat add shortening and soda and blend with flour. Chill roll thin cut bake at 350 F about 10 minutes yields three dozen cookies.
Stuffed Prune Salad Recipe Card
Cream cheese and coconut blend used to stuff 24 seeded prunes. Mix with mayonnaise then fill prunes and serve on crisp lettuce. Garnish with extra mayonnaise. Southern style appetizer serves 8.
Special Macaroni Salad Recipe Instructions
Recipe lists 2 cups cold cooked macaroni 14 green pepper chopped 2 raw carrots thinly sliced 1 medium onion chopped 42 cup French dressing Eggless mayonnaise Combine macaroni vegetables and French dressing Add sufficient Egg less Mayonnaise to bind ingredients Chill before serving Serves six Some of the standing orders still in force in the House of Commons are over two centuries old An old Norman French phrase Le Roy le veult used for Royal assent to a Bill Grapefruit trees flower age five years old but grapefruit seedlings after X ray treatment produced small flowers
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House of Commons
Two German liners install invisibility fog-penetrating beam
A new fog penetrating device is fitted on two German liners. The beam reportedly extends visibility twentyfold, working as effectively at night as during the day.
Revision of ancient British debt laws proposed
The piece notes crowded jails, with 59 debtors daily in Britain and about 15 000 sent last year for wilfully refusing to pay. Brixton Prison is full with debtors comprising about 20 percent of the national total, including cases under Married Women's Act maintenance orders and affiliation orders.
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Brixton
London
Mechanical cook to cook cakes and eggs with two buttons
An inventor showcases a mechanical cooker that can bake pan cakes or cook eggs and ham by pressing one of two buttons. A ham and egg machine is ready, promising instant meals and freeing couples from domestic cooking mishaps as Edwin plans a dainty menu with Angelina.
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Edwin
Angelina
Quotations From Shakespeare in Everyday Speech
Readers note that many familiar sayings come from Shakespeare. Phrases such as dead as a doornail and make hay while the sun shines appear in daily talk, illustrating how the Bard’s lines infuse common language.
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Bard of Avon
Ontario Aims For Strong Ontario Presence at World Grain Show
Ontario plans active representation at Regina World Grain Show July 24 to August 5 1933. Hon T A Kennedy provincial minister of agriculture urged intercollegiate and junior grain judging teams and outlined provincial competitions to select three representatives for a final at Guelph. An educational exhibit on Ontario natural resources is planned.
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Ontario
Regina
T. A. Kennedy
Toronto
Gueph
Baking Powder Sweet Bread Mix Recipe
A basic batter uses butter and sugar creamed together with eggs and vanilla. Milk adds moisture while pastry flour or a mix with bread flour forms the base. baking powder and salt provide rise and balance.
Madame Lacroix Endorses Magic Baking Powder in Schools
Assistant Director of the Provincial School of Domestic Science in Montreal promotes Magic Baking Powder for its uniform leavening and reliable results. The powder is favored by cooking schools and homemakers across the Dominion. A free Magic Cook Book offers dozens of home baking recipes from Standard Brands Ltd. in Toronto.
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Madame R. Lacroix
School of Domestic Science
Montreal
Dominion
Standard Brands Ltd
Fraser Ave
Liberty St
Toronto
Ontario
Survey Ship Ocean Eagle Sets Far North Sailing Record
Government vessel Ocean Eagle under Captain William Poolok completed a 17 day voyage into Foxe Basin returning to Churchill. The ship steamed near Cockburn Land near the magnetic pole in a record northern reach. Cork, Irish Free State, is eliminating its slums.
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William Poolok
Churchill
Foxe Basin
Cockburn Land
Magnetic Pole
Waffin Island
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Ogden
Tokyo
Greater Vancouver
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
King George
Daily Scoop
Highland Society
Ogdens
Liverpool
Plan World Cruise
Cunard Cruiser
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Ruth Rogers
Bettye Barclay
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Pyramid Mountain
Jasper National Park
Argentina
Countries
Madame Lacroix
School of Domestic
Science
Far North
Cork
Irish Free State
Dakiltons Mtt Es
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