World Happenings Briefly Told From The Globe Page
The Duke of Windsor buys a Canadian car shipped to him in France for a second time. Elizabeth Seitert of Missouri wins 10,000 for her first novel Young Doctor Galahad. German pilot H W Von Bagel sets a seaplane distance record landing in Brazil. Canada to limit oriental immigration per Premier Pattullo. Baron Ashburton, a famed yachtsman, dies on the Queen Mary voyage home. Premier Hodza says Czechoslovakia is stronger post crisis. British advisory talks consider Bechuanaland Swaziland Basutoland transfer to South Africa. Franz von Papen named German ambassador to Turkey. Roosevelt advocates asylum for refugees in Germany Austria and oppressed groups elsewhere. Baron Shu Tomii and Baron Tomii named Japanese embassy and Ottawa postings.
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Duke of Windsor
France
Flizabeth Seitert
Moberly
Galahad
H.W. von Bagel
Caravellas
Brazil
England
Dominion
Canada
T. D. Pattullo
Victoria
Baron Ashburton
New York
Milan Hodza
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Austria
Bechuanaland
Swazland
Basutoland
Union of South Africa
Franz von Papen
Turkey
von Papen
Roosevelt
United States
Russia
Spain
Italy
Shu Tomii
London
Ottawa
Baron Tomii
Satomatsu Kato
Legation
Hohenzollerns and the Nazi Era A Sixth Sense
The Hohenzollerns kept out of the limelight as the Nazis rose to power. They offered lip service to the regime, avoided revolt, and waited and watched. After the 1933 takeover they appeared to drift with the flood, awaiting a turn of events.
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Germany
Hohenzollerns
William
Holland
Hitler
National Review
London
Airmen in the Sky Stir a Street Crossing
A pedestrian crosses a street while gazing at an airplane overhead. Three buses come remarkably close, shaving his beard and stirring the last year’s suit nap. The wind from six cars roughens his coat as seven drivers race to miss him and curse in silence. He mutters, Those airmen lead dangerous lives.
Flin Flon rink and hockey rise in Manitoba’s north
The Flin Flon rink, powered by Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co, opened in 1934 35 on Hamilton plans with iron construction and no artificial ice. It seats 1540. steam heated. outside thermometer reaches 40 below. Flin Flon competes in Northern Saskatchewan League and Saskatchewan championship runs. Curling flourishes with six sheets plus extras. bonspiels draw 248 curlers last winter including outside rinks.
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Betson
Flin Flon
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Hamilton
Ontario
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co
Saskatoon
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
Grass Seed and Lawn Care for Canada Gardens
Experts advise sowing grass seed in cool weather and completing lawn work before June. Choose high quality seed blends for lasting, cost effective results. double sowing ensures even distribution then firm the soil. First cut at three inches, regular mowing, rolling, and annual lawn fertilizer recommended. Perennials like chrysanthemums and hollyhocks add lasting bloom and structure. Seed catalogs detail planting times frost resistance height color and bloom season to guide planning.
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Canada
Denmark's oldest bachelor dies at 163 in Horsens
Anders Sorensen, Denmark's oldest bachelor, dies in Horsens at 163. On his 100th birthday he cited never marrying as the reason for his longevity. The odd claim links his long life to remaining single and was noted in a British Guiana coverage.
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Anders Sorensen
Denmark
Horsens
Sorensen
Ben Disv
British Guiana
Pun Flon The Town Thats An Lit U
A damaged OCR style piece praises Flin Flon for its lights and curling culture. It notes electric power limits, local commerce gaps, and town pride. It credits Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. as owners and highlights schools, rinks, and community facilities while signaling possible ore reserves to sustain decades ahead.
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Stretc
Rantiey
Tate
Hudson Bay Mining de Smelting Co
Fin Flom
Tte
Arabian prince dies at 108 after long U S life
Prince Hadji Tahar ben Mohammed ibn Saud Wahabi of Arabia, son of Nejd’s emir, dies in Roosevelt Hospital New York at 108 after a two year illness. He first came to the United States in 1876 to lead an Oriental exhibit at the Centennial Exposition, arriving with 75 performers. He helped build the Oriental city for the Chicago Fair of 1893 and later for the Century of Progress. He attributed longevity to sun and desert training. His daughter Gazelle Ali of West Forty Street survived him.
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Hadji Tahar Ben Mohammed Ibn Saud Wahabi
Arabia
Emir
Nejd
Roosevelt Hospital
New York
Gazelle Ali
Sab West Fortieth Street
United States
Philadelphia
Selected recipes and sports quips from old paper
A fragmentary page shows a recipe section for orange cake and orange cream icing with ingredients like pastry flour, sugar, orange rind, eggs, and Crown Brand Corn Syrup. It also includes a joke line about the best paid occupations being sports and a light chat on youth sports enthusiasm and schooling.
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Orang
Henson's
Crown
Visitation Plan for Lord Tweedsmuir in Saskatchewan
Lord Tweedsmuir, governor-general of Canada, will spend about a week in Saskatchewan around mid May. He plans visits to the University of Saskatchewan on May 9 or 10, Saskatoon, Swift Current for two to three days visiting arm rehabilitation work, then Regina arriving May 13 or 14 and leaving May 15.
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Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Saskatchewan
University of
Saskatoon
Uni
Swift Current
Regina
University of Saskatchewan
East
What doth it profit to gain the world and lose life
Sunday School lesson on Mark 8:27-37 and the question What is a man profited if he gain the whole world and lose his soul. Jesus asks who others say he is, Peter proclaims Christ, the Messiah, and discipleship entails suffering and sacrifice for eternal gain.
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Jesus
Casatea Philipp
Thm
Jon
Eliah
Peter
Christ
Messiah
Ukewine
Luke
Lyman Abbott
Belgium Defences Testing Precautions Against Threats
Belgium tested both line and reserve defences for hostile threats amid international tensions. The Seventh Reserve Division paraded before the Defence Minister at Bexerton camp in northeast Belgium as plans reviewed last January. Military authorities shifted focus to Luxembourg border fortifications and mobile units, aiming to counter infiltration between forts as in past incidents.
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Anyon
Liege
Moscow Families Share Community Kitchen Then Cook Together
In Moscow, several families commonly use a shared community kitchen for cooking. The text notes tobacco’s discovery in San Domingo in 1496 and later in Yucatan in 1520, reflecting early historical claims mentioned in the source.
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Moscow
San Domingo
Yucatan
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