World Happenings Briefly Told
A roundup notes Lieut William Ronald Harley of the Royal Air Force died in a Moray Firth crash during naval maneuvers off northeastern Scotland. Calgary bronc rider Jerry Ambler won the 12th annual world championship rodeo at Madison Square Garden riding Tea Trader. Soviet Russia announced a secret national legislative election will be held December 12 to name a new supreme Soviet. Commander D A Grey, London aged 48, known as Daredevil Grey, died from a ninth floor fall while repairing a radio aerial. General Erhard Milch praised France’s air power after observing Rheims operations. Northern Ireland may add one battalion to each of the Inniskilling Fusiliers Irish Fusiliers and Ulster Rifles. Canada will have a 24000 square foot pavilion at the 1938 Scottish Empire Exhibition in Glasgow. Ramsay MacDonald, back in London after a long Scottish holiday, turns 71 with doctors advising against resuming heavy work soon.
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William Ronald Harley
Royal Air Force
Moray Firth
Jerry Ambler
Madigan Square Garden
New York
Soviet Russia
Supreme Soviet
Erhard Milch
German
Air Ministry
France
Rheims
Territorial Army
Northern Ireland
Inniskiling Fusiliers
Irish Fusiliers
Ulster Rifles
Canada
Glasgow
James G. Parmelee
Trade and Commerce
Europe
Ramsay MacDonald
London
Scotland
The Greatest Danger On Open Roads Injuries Rise With Speed
The Montreal Star argues that accidents cluster on straightaways due to excessive speed. It suggests drivers overestimate safety on modern roads and fail to slow in advance, causing most crashes where excuses are few.
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Montreal Star
Berries Grown on Desert Near Caspian Sea
Soviet scientists report raspberries and other fruit grown in Kara Kum a black desert east of the Caspian Sea in soil once thought barren. Coyotes are noted to change meeting spots, never using the same site twice in a row.
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Kara Kum
Black Desert
Caspian Sea
Russia
Moscow
Oklahoma Reports Six Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Seven Rail Miles
Oklahoma state records indicate a railway network totaling 6 657 miles within its borders. The figure reflects the scope of rail transportation infrastructure across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Oklahoma
Medical Smoke Test Reveals Coal Smoke Harms Lungs
A study in the American Journal of Public Health reports that soft coal smoke worsens pneumonia and bronchitis risk in animals. Anthracite and coke show far less harm, while bituminous smoke reduces weight gain in rats by 25 percent compared with controls.
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American Journal of Public Health
American Public Health Association
Lucy Schnarer
M.D
Allegheny General Hospital
Britain’s Peace Drive in a Changed Empire
In a San Francisco Argonaut view, Britain today seeks peace at high cost to deter war while preserving naval supremacy. The piece notes Britain’s diplomacy in the Mediterranean and Far East, the Italian invasion fracas, and a recent Japan incident, praising steady leadership toward nonbelligerent solutions amid growing armaments.
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Great Britain
Britain
Ethiopia
England
London
Mediterranean
Far East
Italy
Orient
Japan
Tokyo
Great Briain
United States
San Francisco
Wealthy Benefactor Delivers Second Gift to Oxford Infirmary
Lord Nuffield announces a second endowment fund of £300,000 for Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford to raise service standards. He previously gave £150,000 to the hospital and has recently donated £50,000 to a London sick children fund and £15,000 to Exeter orthopaedic hospital. His gifts in 11 years total about £4,000,000 including £2,000,000 to Oxford University for a medical research post graduate school and £2,000,000 for relief of distressed areas.
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Lord Nuffield
Radcliffe Infirmary
Oxford
Hospital For
London
Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital
Exeter
Oxford University
Clever Retriever Finds Missed Comb in Hay Field
A lady misplaced a valued comb in a hay field. A retriever, unknown to the owner, was brought in. After smelling the lady’s hand, the dog was directed to search and located the missing comb after about half an hour of persistent effort.
Return of Hon. Alastair Buchan to Oxford Studies
The Hon. Alastair Buchan sails from Montreal aboard the Duchess of York to England to resume studies at Oxford University after visiting his parents, Their Excellencies the Governor-General and the Lady Tweedsmuir for several months.
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Alastair Buchan
Governor-General
Lady Tweedsmuir
Duchess of York
Montreal
England
Mr. Buchan
Oxford University
Ten Minute Warning for London Air Attacks
London would receive ten minutes actual warning before air attacks if war starts. Major H Stuart Blackmore says general area warns possible with 20 minute lead from observation posts. He notes actual imminent warning would be shorter perhaps ten minutes. William E Mosher urges governments to advertise plans and inform public using methods learned from advertising.
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London
H. Stuart Blackmore
Air Raids Precautions Department
British Home Office
Brighton
William E. Mosher
School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Syracuse University
Civil Service Assembly
United States
Canada
Ottawa
Mosher
Syracuse
Versatile Anne Adams Pattern 4524 Frock With Collar
A pattern for a multifaceted ladies frock, Pattern 4524 by Anne Adams offers a tailored dress with a gay collar or optional scarf. It suggests wearing with a vestee and cuffs or a neck scarf, available in misses and womens sizes, with fabric yardages listed and step by step instructions. Send 20 cents to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept. in Winnipeg to order.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Sunday School Lesson on Grace and Civic Duty
The lesson cites Titus 2 11 and Titus 3 1 11 stressing obedience to government and readiness for good works. It from Paul shows believers should be gentle to all and respect the Roman state, noting salvation by grace and renewal through the Holy Spirit as central to social conduct.
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Paul
Apostle
John Gardner
Moffatt
God
Jesus Christ
Christ
Titus
Jesus
Christ Jesus
Child Voice Exchange About Cake Ends in Teasing
A mother and child exchange quips about a crying boy as Bob admits eating his own cake and another cake, with the mother noting the first cake is finished and the boy crying again. The dialogue captures a domestic moment of playful frustration and siblings.
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Bob
St John’s College to Slow Pace of Meals in Dining Hall
Miss Georgia Smith, the college dietitian at St. John’s in Annapolis, plans slow music for meals to slow students’ pace. Breakfasts will feature languid waltzes, lunches leisurely foxtrots, and dinners measured military marches as part of the dining hall change.
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St. John's _ college
Annapolis
Georgia Smith
Remarkable Machine Grads 20000 Freshman Exams
A mechanical professor robot, built by a national company and educational foundations, graded 20,000 Georgia university system freshman placement papers in ten days. University examiner F S Beers described how Rob reads pencil marks on true false forms, sorts papers, and records scores, a task formerly done by 200 staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob
Georgia
National Machine Company
Educational Foundations
Toto
F. S. Beers
Priceless Flemish Triptych Believed 500 Years Old
E. E. Callen of Sydney owns a Flemish triptych valued by experts as priceless, with a Melbourne gallery piece estimated up to 500000 dollars. Callen says his altar picture has been in his family for 50 years and likely stolen from a church 256 years ago, though no valuation is set.
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E. E. Callen
Sydney
New South Wales
Melbourne National Gallery
Callen
Karlsruhe Gretel Dog At Center Of Rabies Observation
Buffalo authorities keep 4-year-old Doberman Pinscher Karlsruhe Gretel under observation after a bite incident. The dog known for a loud bark has had its vocal cords snipped and now communicates by a tiny squeak since last December.
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Karlsruhe
Gretel
Buffalo
Treatment Of Cancer No 2 Explains X rays and radium roles
The article discusses combining X rays and radium with surgery for cancer, stressing early treatment and careful X ray use. It describes Roentgen rays, their penetrating power, how X ray equipment works, and safety when handled by skilled radiologists. Next installment promises Treatment of Cancer No 3.
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University of Wurzburg
Bavaria
Coolidge
Editorial Note on Accessing Dr McCullough Cancer Articles
Readers are advised they can obtain the complete Dr McCullough cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ontario. The notice invites readers to request the full set through the organization.
Look Up Your Ancestors If You Are 40
Dr J O Hertzler of the sociology department at Nebraska University estimates in a Detroit Free Press piece that adults living today may have 15 ancestors who were adults during the American Revolution 512 who were alive at the Mayflower landing 524288 who walked the earth at the signing of the Great Charter and over eight million contemporaries of William the Conqueror, highlighting how widespread ancestry can be.
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J O. Hertzler
Nebraska University
John
William the Conqueror
Detroit Free Press
Prayer Opens Hutchinson Church League Playoff
Before the play off began Rev. Claude J. Miller led a prayer at home plate asking for no bickering between players and umpires. Rev. J. J. Prevol offered an omen. The Christians won 5 to 4 in a amicable game in Hutchinson Kansas.
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Church League
Hutchingon
Kansas
Claude J. Miller
J. J. Prevol
The
Baptist Church
Disney Receives Most Awards Among Early Movie Figures
A historical roll of film awards from 1921 shows Walt Disney as the most frequently remembered figure. The text recalls Mr Disney as the creator who invented a better mouse.
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Walt Disney
Mr. Disney
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D. A. Grey
Daredevil Grey
Retriever
Syracuse University of Air Attack
Christian Renewal
Johnny
Ing
Pace
Oriental War Area
Johnnie Nomura
Cliff Tonouye
Regina
Tonouye
Moose Jaw
Nomura
Alberta
DR. J. W. S. Mscullough
Georgia University
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