World Happenings Briefly Told
Alberta bars further Hutterite immigration. H G Wells calls for national bankruptcy and debt write off. French air lines carried over 3.6 million pounds of freight last year. Graf Zeppelin completes third Brazil cruise in 79 hours. Britain probes powdered coal for ship fuel to ease unemployment. League disarmament committee prepares for possible November armistice. Canadian apples head to Paris vending machines. Einstein books passage to the United States to study at Mt Wilson. Canadian Club of New York opens a three floor Waldorf Astoria home. Fredericton officials greet Earl of Bessborough on first Maritime visit.
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George Hoadley
Alberta
H. G. Wells
Friedrichshafen
Brazil
Pernambuco
Britain
Disarmament Committee
League of Nations
Paris
France
Albert Einstein
United States
Mt. Wilson Observatory
California
Canadian Club of
New York
New Waldorf Astoria
Fredericton
N.B
Earl of Bessborough
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Grain and hen math hints at feeds and profits
The piece calculates that 84 pounds of grain plus one hen yield 12 dozen eggs with grain priced at 1 percent and eggs at 30 cents per dozen. It shows grain value at 3.60 dollars and feed profit of 2.32, with various egg-laying results and a caution to watch the danger line and remove boarders.
Laughing at Execution Sparks Vienna Exchange
In Vienna a quip sparks debate as a prisoner jokes about the electricity bill while facing execution. The exchange reveals tension between humor and punishment in a capital case.
How Egyptian Bird Protects Its Young
Observations reported in Ibis by A. L. Butler describe the Egyptian plover in upper Sudan protecting its chicks by burying them in sand. When danger or a hawk shadow appears the chicks flatten and are covered by the mother with sand, later sprinkled with water to cool. Eggs are incubated by soil heat during the day while the birds brood them at night.
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British Ornithological Association
A. L. Butler
Upper
Sudan
Butler
Importance of Food Clinics in Outpatient Hospitals
Miss Frances Stern of the Boston dispensary spoke at the American Hospital Association convention in Toronto about food clinics in out patient departments. She warned that hospital diet adherence is easy, but post discharge compliance is complex and requires patient and family education to sustain prescribed diets at home.
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Frances Stern
Boston
American Hospital Association
Toronto
America
Miss Stern
World Water Power Estimates From Survey
The United States Geological Survey estimates global developed water power at 46 million horsepower, up from 20 million in 1920. The United States holds 14,885,000 HP of current capacity, while world potential reaches 447 million HP. North America shows 69 million HP, with 38 million in the United States. Canada is notably rich. Africa leads global potential with 170 million HP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Geological Survey
United States
Canada
Africa
Greece Trade Talks Prompt BC Apple Exports
A conference between Okanagan apple growers and Canadian Trade Commissioner Henri Turcot led to plans to ship British Columbia Jonathans Spitzenbergs Winesaps Rome Beauties and Macs to Greece. The discussion also reviewed durable furs including otter beaver seal leopard and mink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Rome
Greece
Okanagan
Henri Turcot
New Discovery Lets Scientists Produce Gamma Rays at High Voltage
Regina Daily Star reports two German physicists announced they can generate gamma rays equal to 100,000 grams of radium using a 2,600,000 volt tube. The finding suggests unlimited, low cost production of ray therapy energy, highlighting advances in radium research and its medical potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Regina Daily Star
Cunning dress for girls with dotted dimities and bloomers
A dainty children’s pattern titled Style No. 506 offers a French blue dotted dimity dress with white organdie ruffles and a blue grosgrain bow. This set includes bloomers and a sturdier orchid and white gingham option with pique edging. Sizes 2 4 6 years, materials listed, patterns priced at 25 cents.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Pattern List
Pattern order guide from Winnipeg Newspaper Union lists address at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. Pattern No and Name fields indicate how to identify items for purchase.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan weed experimental farms shown to 1100 farmers
A Saskatchewan government weed control program at Lockwood and Regina aims to reduce soil drift and eradicate weeds through tillage trials, forage crops, crop rotations, and chemical controls. Field days drew over 1100 farmers, with praise from Minister Wat Buckle for progress and practical findings despite fiscal and climatic challenges.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
L. E. Kirk
University of Saskatchewan
Drinkwater
Dominion
Regina
Lockwood
Moose Jaw
Weed
Kirk
Wat. ¢ Buckle
Pirates in the China Sea Trigger Chung’s Quiet Fury
After rescuing Captain Jimmy and friends from a desert island the Madrigal crew chase pirates in the China Sea. Chung, normally quiet, bursts into fierce resolve as pirates threaten a ship, driven by a past tragedy and a vow for revenge. The plane heads toward battle as the note ends with a teaser.
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Jimmy
Desert Island
Madrigal
Chung
China Sea
Land Reclamation Efforts Transform Drifting Weedy Field
The report notes progress at a site once overrun by weeds and shifting sands. Officials highlight the team’s careful work turning difficult terrain into usable land while addressing ongoing drift and erosion challenges.
Madeira Cake Recipe by Betty Barclay
Betty Barclay presents a Madeira cake method using special cake flour and baking powder. Cream butter and sugar, beat in eggs, alternately add flour and milk, add lemon extract, bake in a greased leaf pan at 350 degrees for about one hour.
Grape Catsup Recipe Steps and Tips
Instructions for making grape catsup from stemmed and washed grapes. Includes pulping, cooking skins with water, pressing pulp, combining with pulp, boiling with gin ger for reduction, and adding sugar and spices. Advises juicy acid varieties and optional food chopper to speed skin cooking.
Enslaving a Nation Reading of Snowden Budget
The Chicago Tribune condemns Chancellor Snowden's budget plan as unfair. It argues workers from $10 to $15 weekly would pay income tax and the wealthy would lose 70 percent of income, risking lower living standards and collapsing private industry. It warns higher rates hasten economic decline.
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Philip Snowden
Great Britain
Snowden
Balaklava
Chicago Tribune
Special Birthday Wishes From Betty and Aunt Jane
Betty eagerly shares her upcoming birthday with friends and Aunt Jane promises a lovely, not merely useful, present. A household shopper’s life is sketched noting a housewife spends about ten years of a fifty year span on shopping.
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Betty
Aunt Jane
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B.C
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Chi
Noa
Captain Penne
Star Building
Borden
Betty Barclay
Heggs
Studdy
England
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