World happenings briefly told
Two groups of English schoolgirls will live in Toronto during the war while sixteen English schoolboys on a cricket tour stay in the city. Canada closes amateur radio stations. British labor ministry seizes control of all employment for the war duration.
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Canada
Toronto
Duchess of Kent
Australia
Auto Cycle Council
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Tientsin
Transport Department
Great Britain
Highland Park Fire Department Shows Off Firefighting Prowess
In Detroit the Highland Park fire department staged a demonstration to prove they could extinguish oil quickly. They tossed firebrands into a pit of oil and used their pump and hoses to show off, ending with a water shower for spectators.
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Highland Park Fire Department
Detroit
King John and the Magna Carta Seal Mystery
The passage notes that King John did not sign the Magna Carta because he could not write, but merely placed his seal on it. He likely could not read the document's contents, raising questions about his involvement and understanding of the charter.
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John
Geisha Girls in Tokyo Don Gold Jewelry to Government
Report from Tokyo shows geisha houses transferring their gold jewelry to authorities. The move reflects wartime pressures and government enforcement actions on luxury assets. Local officials confirm receipt of pieces and cataloging is underway.
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Tokyo
Japan
Speed records and sewing patterns in one column
The piece notes John Cobb’s Bonneville speed of 370.75 mph and Malcolm Campbell’s 142.85 mph boat record, comparing human limits with animals and aircraft. It then shifts to fashion, presenting Anne Adams Pattern 4197 for women, detailing sizing, yardage, and ordering from the Winnipeg pattern department.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot Ave. E
Tribute to the horse in the Ottawa Journal
The Ottawa Journal pays tribute to the horse describing it as human, wistful, loyal and lovable. It calls the horse a great stay of man in peace and war and notes its faithful companionship alongside the dog.
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Ottawa Journal
Good Excuse Anyway The Foreman Reprimands Workman
A workman explains a late arrival due to a house fire, prompting the foreman to respond. The humor hinges on the worker revealing the fire only after the reprimand and the delayed effort caused by wet wood failing to start.
Farm School to Use OConnor Estate as Catholic Farm School
In business circles the $1 300 000 Maryvale estate of the late Senator Frank P O Connor will be used as a Roman Catholic farm and school. Maryvale is located a few miles north of Toronto and was the home of the wealthy chocolate manufacturer who died August 21 1924.
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Toronto Daily Star
Maryvale
Frank P. O'Connor
Toronto
Tonga Islands Stamp Cover Celebrates Queen Charlotte
R H Trickey of Saskatoon received a Tonga Islands cover marking the 20th anniversary of Queen Charlotte's accession. Sent by tin can mail from Ninafoon Islands, it bears a 22d stamp showing Queen Charlotte beside her throne. The cover travels by native canoe to a steamer, then to New Zealand, England, or Canada, with four non English stamps on the reverse noting via tin can mail.
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R. H. Trickey
Saskatoon
Tonga Islands
Queen Charlotte
Ninafoon Islands
New Zealand
England
Canada
Booneville Savings Bank Closes Over Idle Deposits
The Booneville Iowa savings bank, solvent but unable to profit, shuts doors with $267000 in deposits. In a letter to depositors it cites inability to invest idle funds and notes 33 years in business. The principal reason for quitting is uncertainty on how to handle depositor cash.
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Savings Bank
Booneville
Iowa
Weather systems from Atlantic shape British Isles climate
A majority of the weather impacting the British Isles originates in the Atlantic Ocean. These systems bring fronts and varying conditions across the region, influencing temperatures winds and precipitation patterns.
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British Isles
Atlantic Ocean
Kennedy Named Editor in Chief of Family Herald and Weekly Star
Roderick Stuart Kennedy has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Family Herald and Weekly Star. Born in Montreal, educated in England, and with extensive farming and military service background, he brings broad national farm perspective and unity aims to the Dominion's only national farm magazine. Kennedy joined the paper as Promotion Manager in 1922 and is a longtime writer and member of Canadian agricultural and authors societies.
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Roderick Stuart Kennedy
B.S.A
Family Herald
Weekly Star
Canada
Dominion
Kennedy
Montreal
England
British Commonwealth
Macdonald College
McGill
Lacombe
C.E.F
Ottawa
London Times
United States
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Canadian Authors’ Association
Butterfly Story Wins National Short Story Prize
Marion J. Anderson, an eighteen year old blind writer from Seattle, crafted the fairy tale How the Butterfly Got Its Name and won first place in a national short story contest conducted by Braise Searchlight Magazine in New York.
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Seattle
Braise Searchlight
New York
Mounties Seize Freighter Koenigsberg in the St Lawrence
The Toronto Star notes that while the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are famed for catching criminals they also seized the freighter Koenigsberg in the St Lawrence a few weeks ago highlighting their broader enforcement reach.
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Koenigsberg
St. Lawrence
The
Toronto Star
Ice Age glacier covered Jasper area in Alberta park
Geologists estimate that Ice Age ice sheet reached over 1000 feet in the region now known as Jasper in Jasper National Park Alberta. The immense glacier shaped the landscape and left behind features still studied by scientists today.
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Jasper
Jasper National Park
Alberta
Asparagus Fern Not a True Fern Says Botany Guide
A botany note clarifies that asparagus fern is not a fern and that the term alligator pear does not indicate relation to pears or alligators, correcting common plant misnomers.
Sunday School Lesson Theme From Micah and Psalm
A devotional entry outlines a Sunday School lesson centered on Micah 6 8 and Micah 3 1 12 6 6 8 with a Golden Text “What doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God” and includes Psalm 50 1 8 44 as devotional reading guidance.
Indictment of Unjust Rulers and False Prophets
The text cites Micah 3 1 12 and Micah 6 6 8 to condemn rulers who extort and oppress, comparing cannibal feast imagery to the corrupt wealthy and urging true worship through just and kind living. It argues offerings cannot substitute for enlightened justice and a humble walk with God.
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Jehovah
Micah
Moses
Health League Exhibit Promotes Public Health at Canadian Exhibition
The Health League of Canada presents an expanded display at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. The exhibit covers pasteurization of milk, diphtheria toxoid prevention, venereal disease control, artificial respiration, and periodic health exams to curb cancer and heart disease, stressing that half of illness costs in Canada are preventable.
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Canada
Health League of Canada
Toronto
Health Education Agency
Health League
Luxury Bus Tourist Travels With Private Pullman Bus
B W Christie a Houston broker tours the United States in a $33 000 33 foot streamlined pullman bus while stopping at Table Rock House Niagara Falls Ont on a first Canada visit en route to the New York World's Fair. The vehicle features kitchenette gas stove Electrolux refrigerator bath lounge radio air conditioning and a rear room with a duplicate dashboard a private telephone and 1000 feet of cable to stay connected to his office. The bus can travel eighty miles per hour and averages five and a half miles per gallon. Christie spends much of his time touring in the luxurious mobile hotel.
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Table Rock House
Queen Victoria Park
Niagara Falls
Ont
Horseshoe Falls
Christie
United States
Canada
Electrolux
Portable folding printing outfit for quick photo copies
A folding portable printing device has been invented to make photographic copies of tracings drawings and manuscripts on sensitized paper in minutes. It folds like a suitcase and speeds duplication for users needing rapid reproductions.
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 Ontario.
Not Only One Thing A Barrymore Endorses Little Theatre
Not Only One Thing reports Ethel Barrymore's approval of the little theatre movement for giving opportunity to youths unseen on stage. It notes that many older residents have not experienced legitimate drama, while millions of young people have rarely ridden trains or seen traditional garments like gingham aprons, reflecting a shift in cultural exposure.
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Ethel Barrymore
Little Theatre
Christian Science Mentor
Shoes of many colors at spring fashion conference
Marketing Toronto lists 16 women color options and 13 men colors for spring shoes. Ladies face vivid shades such as pink blue lime turquoise coral yellow red violet fuchsia while men’s choices center on browns with green as the sole disruptive note.
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Toronto
Man Remembers Call Then Collides With Tank Car
A 61 year old railroad yard worker Pat Shiner delays calling fellow worker N A Nelson who is injured after a switch engine collision. Shiner then stumbles and is struck by a tank car. both men end up in the same hospital ward with Nelson already admitted.
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Pat Shiner
N. A. Nelson
Minneapolis
Pat
Nelson
Largest Power Sled Claimed By Fond du Lac Firm
The Michler company of Fond du Lac Wisconsin says it built the largest power sled ever at over 8 feet long and more than 9 000 pounds. A diesel engine will drive the sled for use by an Alaskan mining company.
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Michler Company
Fond du Lac
Wis
California Road Paved with Walnut Shells
A California road has been surfaced using walnut shells as a durable eco friendly paving medium. Officials say the unconventional method aims to reduce costs and promote recycled materials. Local residents report smoother surfaces and lower noise levels on the resurfaced stretch.
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Vky
Baad LT
John Cobb
Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Sir Malcolm Campbell
Coniston
Cobb
Mr. Campbell
Bluebird Sr
Ab Jenkins
Buffalo
Agello
Cunningham
Jesse Owens
New York Herald Tribune
Iowa Bank
Roderick Stuart Kennedy, B.S.A
Marion J. Anderson
BANFF
Ralph Whaley
Broadmoor Club
Edward Prince of Wales
E. J. Ketcham
Whaley
Joe Refsum
New Rochelle
N.Y
Eptember
J. W. S. McCullough
Texas Broker
B. W. Christie
Houston
Texas
California
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