World Happenings Briefly Told
Sales of new motor vehicles in Canada in July totaled 7877 units worth 8487187 dollars compared with 8254 units valued at 9202691 the previous year. A judge in Indianapolis acquitted a man who tore a tinted Adolf Hitler photograph from a wall. The USS Annapolis visit to Halifax was cancelled without explanation. Judge T D Cumberland, former Manitoba jurist, died in Brandon. Canada’s aircraft production value rose sharply in 1938 to 6927105 dollars, from 1730724 the year before. Arthur Asquith died at 56, former trench warfare department controller and later director. Canada’s agricultural imports to Britain up over 140 percent in the last year, per trade commissioner Fredrick Hudd in London.
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Canada
Prince Albert
Adolf Hitler
Indianapolis
USS
Annapolis
Halifax
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Arthur Asquith
Earl of Oxford
Asquith
Trench Warfare Department
United Kingdom
Frederic Hudd
Great Britain
London
How a Fire Alarm System Traces Calls in Crises
A World Telegram analysis explains how a New York fire alarm system uses the telephone network to locate fires. When a caller cannot provide an address, central personnel reference the telephone line to identify the location and dispatch units. The process, developed by the Fire Alarm Telegraph Bureau and the New York Telephone Co, operates in seconds.
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New York World-Telegram
Fire Department
Fire Alarm Telegraph Bureau
New York Telephone Co
Fire Department Alarm Bureau
Telephone Company
Central Exchange
Telegraph Bureau
Plant Leave Rules Notice At Summer Start
Heads of the plant require all leave requests for illness and personal events to be handed to the department foreman before 10 am on game days. The notice cites toothache colds minor ailments church picnics weddings funerals and similar reasons.
Canada Exports to U S Rise Hinting at Prosperity
News of Canada’s exports to the United States in the last three months doubling the previous year signals potential revival across the continent if Europe’s turbulence abates. Canada in 1937 produced 3 percent more newsprint than the United States, equal to 73.7 percent of North America's total 4,943,000 tons. The text also oddly mentions a gingerbread palm of Egypt with seed in pulp tasting like gingerbread.
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Canada
United States
Europe
Glamorous spy heroine executed by People’s Tribunal in Berlin
The article tells of a beautiful British secret service agent in Berlin who spied against Nazi Germany. Betrayed by an associate, she and eight male coworkers were captured, transported to Berlin, tried by the People’s Tribunal, and executed swiftly. No names are given.
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Moabit
Berlin
Secret Service
Gestapo
Germany
Danzig
Britain
East Prussia
London
Correcting an Error on Tinkers Dam and Goat Origins
A Vancouver Province reader explains the origins of the phrases not worth a tinker's damn and getting his goat. He notes a plumber's dam by soldering and disposal led to the saying as useless as a tinker's dam, and recounts the horse race tale of goats stealing and causing a Metropolitan Handicap loss.
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New York
J.B
Vancouver
Radio accuracy versus newspapers in public opinion
Fortune Magazine reports many favor radio news over newspapers. Critics note radio sources echo newspaper outlets, with Orson Welles mars invasion tale pointing readers to newspaper offices for truth, while warning radio lacks printed accountability.
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Fortune Magazine
Orson Welles
Mars
Detroit Free Press
Has Thrilling Job Mrs Charles Miner Makes Steeplejack History
Mrs Charles Miner of Agincourt Ontario quit housewifery a year ago to become Canada's only woman steeplejack. She has since painted on tall steeples flag poles and water towers, preferring the heights to ground work and dishes.
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Charles Miner
Agincourt
Gershwin Lessons Spark Stravinsky Fee Debate
The Wall Street Journal recounts a tale of George Gershwin seeking composition lessons from Igor Stravinsky. When Stravinsky asked for Gershwin’s annual income and received about 250000 dollars, he replied with a wry remark that the pupil should be paying for his lessons.
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George Gershwin
Igor Stravinsky
Wall Street Journal
Stravinsky
Gershwin
Bulb planting tips and garden book offer
Home Service details bulb planting in beds and borders with depth guidance and soil tips. Secure booklet Plant and Care For Your Garden by sending 15c to Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg. Also lists other available booklets on finances and curtains.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Explorer Dr Auguste Piccard Plans Deep Sea Descent
Dr Auguste Piccard, famed for reaching the stratosphere a decade ago, now aims to descend five to seven miles to the sea floor in a steel spherical craft from the University of Brussels. He has prepared the metal shell and intends to attempt the dive next spring.
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Auguste Piccard
University of Brussels
London District Messengers End Fifty Year run
The city will continue to rely on its District Messengers whose work has become unprofitable but sentiment keeps them in operation despite rising costs and changing times.
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London
Dutch Girl Dress Pattern 4203 by Anne Adams
Smart Dutch style for vacation or school girls inspired dress pattern 4203 by Anne Adams. Features short flared skirt, eight decorative notches, button trimmed belt, wide collar, front bodice buttons, optional bow and pockets. Sizes 6 to 14. fabric requirements listed. 20 cents to order from Winnipeg pattern dept.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Selected Recipes for Stuffing with Shredded Wheat
Crushed Shredded Wheat forms the base with onion carrot and celery cooked until tender. Salt paprika cloves pineapple and optional raisins are stirred in. parsley and optional beaten egg bind. Stuff into roasted meat, ideal for pork goose veal or lamb.
Buttermilk Biscuit Recipe From Old-Fashioned Method
This card outlines a traditional biscuit method using Swans Down cake flour baking powder and soda with butter and buttermilk. The dough is mixed until damp, then kneaded briefly, rolled to 1/2 inch, cut into 2 inch rounds, baked at 450 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes to yield 12 biscuits.
New Poroscopy Method Seen Replacing Fingerprinting
Capt. Douglas E. Walsh of the Dallas police identification bureau says a new poroscopy method will replace fingerprinting as a precise criminal-ID tool. He notes sweat pores in fingerprint fragments are fallible and argues that about 1000 pores per fingerprint pattern can firmly identify a suspect.
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Douglas E. Walsh
Police Identification Bureau
Dallas
Texas
Walsh
International Association For Identification
Hezekiah Leads Passover Rededication in Jerusalem
Hezekiah directs couriers to summon all Judah and Israel to Jerusalem for the Passover. A great second month assembly cleanses priests and Levites, reforms altars, and extends the feast. The act rekindles zeal for Jehovah and renews the people’s social life with rejoicing.
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Hezekiah
Judah
Israel
Beersheba
Dan
Jerusalem
Jehovah
House of God
Weather Man Says Terms Mislead Public
James Osman a United States Government meteorologist in New York and colleagues say meteorological terms confuse the public. They argue forecasts reflect temperature humidity and air motion but laypeople judge by local comfort, noting warm dense days feel better with humidity and light wind.
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James Osman
United States
New York
Insansce
Osman
Den
Railways Boost Freight Speed Amid Public Demand
In the Windsor Star report, W. L. Clark notes 1920s delays when railways took freight and deliveries were uncertain. Freight trains averaged 247 miles per day, while the first half of 1939 saw an increase to 405 miles per day as patrons press for faster service and improved loading and unloading.
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W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
Windsor Star notes long history of COD payments
The Windsor Star recalls that cash on delivery is almost a century old with the Railway Express having adopted COD for cash on delivery transactions about nine years ago.
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C.O.D
W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
Railway Express
C.od
Sense of taste Across Species and Expert Tasters
The text compares taste across species from fish to cows and humans, noting taste buds counts and areas of the tongue for different flavors. It explains four basic tastes, how temperature affects sweetness perception, and that taste can be trained with examples from tea and wine tasters identifying origin and growing conditions.
Editorial Note on Dr McCullough Cancer Articles
Readers may obtain the complete set of Dr McCullough cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ont. This notice urges audience members to request the full series through the organization.
Women experts clash over U.S. winter wheat crop estimate
Miss E Cora Hind of the Winnipeg Free Press praises Mrs Fileen Hennington Miller of Chicago as the sole American woman grain authority. Miller and five Chicago crop experts debated the probable U S winter wheat yield, ending in a draw with Miller sticking to about 500 million bushels while government exports stand at 550 710 million. Government revisions are expected.
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E. Cora Hind
Winnipeg Free Press
Fileen Hennington Miller
Chicago
United States
Miller
Miss Hind
The
Free Press
Grammar Was Correct Judge N J Bonell’s Grammar
A judge stated that Him must serve 90 days in jail for Yee Yuen Him a Chicago dishwasher. Benjamin Joe, Him’s employer, charged Him with wrongfully buying liquor and charging it to the restaurant where Him worked.
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N. J. Bonell
Yee Yuen
Chicago
Benjamin Joe
Lions, Wildcats, and Buck in California Wildlife Talks
Californians question why Frank Buck travels to distant spots to bring creatures back alive. In the last year California killed 182 lions 306 wildcats and coyotes trapped 219 other predatory wild animals lured to death. Night blooming flowers are described as yellow or white.
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Frank Buck
California
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Manitoba
Western Judicial District
Brandon
Egypt
Steeplejack
Money
Home Service
Ench
Hpezeriah
God
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DR. J. W. S. McCullough
Chicago Grain Authority
Cora Hind
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