World Happenings Briefly Told
Col Rene P G Weiser air attache of the French embassy reveals France has ordered 715 American made fighter planes. South Africa will spend over 23 500 a day on defence in 1939 40. The British government says the admiralty sought to abolish the centuries old punishment of flogging in the Royal Navy. Legislation to limit locality to air crashes planned. C D Howe notes the House committee recommended an appeal board for civil servant grievances. Naturalist Jack Miner reports the death of a robin tagged at the Miner sanctuary in 1994. An unemployment relief loan to British Columbia for 1 938 881 renewed for another year. A totem pole carved by Siwash Indians is acquired by the British Museum. Exports through British Columbia ports in January February total 28 460 299.
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Rene PG Weiser
France
South Africa
C.D. Howe
House of Commo
Jack Miner
CC. Atwood
Lakeland
Fla
British Columbia
House of Commons
Vancouver
British Museum
Victoria
Provincial Bureau of Economics Land Statistics Civil Ser
Vancouver Blind Children School Founding Sparks From Chance Talk
Thomas Burke 80, a newspaper seller who became blind in a Portland Canal mine explosion, recounts how a stranger, C R Piltness, inspired officials to grant official status to a Vancouver school for blind children. Burke’s wife, Australian by birth and blind since birth, taught reading and life skills. early classes were at the Burke home with about 20 children. After recognition, Mrs Burke was appointed instructress and a sighted matron cared for children outside school hours, leading to larger quarters as enrollment grew. The Burke home hosted classes until 1933.
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f@ stranger
Vancouver
Thomas Burke
Portland Canal BC
C. R. Piltness
Burke
Burke Home
British Columbia
Silver Dollars Debate Shapes Bank Policy in Canada
Graham Towers of the Bank of Canada testified before the House of Commons on silver backing. He warned against issuing too many silver dollars and possible depreciation, noting Bank notes are backed by 25 cents in gold versus 7 cents for silver. In other notes, auto makers see bright car colors rise in good years while chemists dispute the chemistry of milk turning to butter.
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Graham Towers
Bank of Canada
Banking and Commerce Committee
House of Commons
Ottawa
Towers
Firestone Exhibit Showcases Three and a Half Acre Farm at World Fair
At the New York World's Fair the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company reveals a major exhibit spanning three and a half acres. A live farm scene displays cattle sheep pigs and poultry with a life size reproduction and a working tire factory. The exhibit links rubber use to modern farming and highlights Harvey S Firestone's role in pioneering rubber tires for farm equipment.
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New York
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Harvey Firestone
World-Wide Organization
Firestone
Harvey S. Firestone
Selected recipes for salmon loaf with egg and crackers
Flake salmon and mix with eggs parsley juice mustard crackers salt and pepper and butter. Press into a greased bread pan and bake at 425 degrees F for 30 to 40 minutes. Serve with a cream sauce and chopped hard boiled egg. Makes six to eight portions.
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Christies
Devilled Shredded Wheat Biscuits Recipe and Fact
A recipe outlines devilled shredded wheat biscuits with butter cheese and spices. Biscuits heat at 375 degrees F for 10 minutes then topped with a cheese mixture and paprika before broiling until melted. Serves four to five with two halves per person. An unconnected fact notes Asia Minor hosts the world’s longest pipeline at 1 150 miles.
Astronomical looking glass to prevent hilltop collisions
A new device described by the Greater New York Safety Council uses 17 prism bars to bend light and show motorists the opposite side of a hill from a bridge above the roadway. The glass measures 13 by four feet, offers about 2000 feet of forward visibility, and is touted as effective at night. Sun spots ranging from 300 to 60,000 miles in diameter were noted, and a historical remark mentions the first mail on the American continent from City to Boston on January 1.
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Greater New York Safety Council
Unusual filet crochet doilies pattern 6309
Pattern 6309 offers round and round filet crochet doilies in three sizes with centerpieces for large doilies. Instructions include charts, illustrations, and materials. send 20 cents to Household Arts Winnipeg for pattern.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Sunday School Lesson on Resurrection and Hope
A devotional study of Paul’s sermon in Acts 13 and I Corinthians 15 traces the resurrection as essential hope for both this life and the next. It explains Christ as firstfruits, the pledge of believers’ future resurrection, and contrasts death in Adam with life in Christ.
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Paul
Israel
Abraham
Moses
David
God
Stephen
Christ
Gardening First Vegetables and Easy Flowers
Early spring plantings include spinach lettuce radish and peas with peas sown in early three kinds for a continuous mid June to late July harvest. Pruning opens center growth for sun and air while thinning and fertilizing keep quick growth and tenderness. Easy to grow flowers thrive with minimal care and include Alyssum Marigolds Portulaca California Poppies for borders and edging.
Population count marks US on July first 1938
The Continental United States reached a population of 130,215,000 as of July 1, 1938. Sap from bottle trees is noted as quenching thirst among Australian natives during a drought.
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Continental
United States
Slim Down with Home Service Diet Plan
An issue promotes weight loss through a bland luncheon plan and calorie counting. It markets a 32 page booklet with menus, a calorie chart, and weight loss tips from the Home Service Dept of the Winnipeg newspaper union, listing additional booklets for 15 cents each.
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Mrs. Stout
Home Service Dept
Winnpeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
New Bird Sanctuary Established Near James Bay Ontario
A joint Ontario Dominion effort creates a bird sanctuary around Hannan Bay south of James Bay. The 19 mile square area includes mainland and tidal waters. Site chosen by Ontario Game and Fisheries and Dominion Mines and Resources last autumn hosts migratory blue geese en route between the Gulf of Mexico and the Canadian Arctic. Toys shipped from Germany to the United States last year valued at $443,248, down 20 percent from 1937.
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James Bay
Dominion
New Bird Sanctuary
Ontario
Hannan Bay
Ontario Department of Game and Fisheries
Dominion Department of Mines and Resources
Gulf of Mexico
Canadian Arctic
Germany
United States
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Admiralty
Royal Navy
How
Jose
Rim
Hibits Farm
Asia Minor
City
Boston
Alice Bros
Arte
Home Service
PLA Sour
Reseer
TonsoMre Barden Salad
Canada
S. McUllough
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