World Happenings Briefly Told
George Black appointed livestock promoter for Alberta dairy. infantile paralysis outbreak alarms Halstead Essex. Turkish submarine launched at Kiel in presence of Turkish officials. Mexican regional schools gain arms to resist attacks by armed bands. Arthur Bartholomew English famed hangman buried near Montreal. British Coal Campaign urges native coal use over imported oil in ships. 40000 Belgian war veterans honor King Albert memorial on Yser River. memorial cost fully covered by veterans. Vimy Ridge battle cat dies in Covehith Suffolk. owned by game-keeper Folkard. Mickey Ryan notes freight movement to Fort Fitzgerald Alberta and Fort Smith NWT as heaviest ever this year.
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George 5. Black
Grand Prairie
Alberta Department of Agriculture
Halstead
Essex
England
Germany
Krupp
Kiel
Arthur Bartholomew English
Mmost
Arthur Ellis
Canada
Montreal
Belgium
Albert
Yser
Vimy Ridge
France
Covehith
Suffolk
W. Folkard
M. L “Mickey” Ryan
Northern
Fort Fitzgerald
Alta
Fort Smith
N.W.T
North West Territories
Opinion On Art Walter Disney In The New York Times Magazine
Walt Disney states he has no favorite painters and knows little about painting. He attends exhibitions and envies painters who can render figures or landscapes but insists a picture must convey something beyond literal images. A true artist must see things uniquely and express emotion, yet must also master drawing and the grammar of art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Disney
New York ‘Times
Rembrandt
Pygmies Set High Jump Record in Belgian Congo
Rev Howard Bigelow returned to Calgary after nine years as a missionary. He said pygmies average four feet in height and once set a village high jump record four inches above Olympic standard. Natives work nine hours daily on roads for 50 cents a month. disease is a serious problem.
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Central Africa
Howard Bigelow
Calgary
Belgian Congo
Niagara Falls man gives surprise speech at Edinburgh luncheon
George Tuffs of Niagara Falls Ontario surprised guests at a civic luncheon in Edinburgh honoring the Duchess of Kent. More than 120 touring Canadian schoolboys attending received a late invitation, marking a memorable event in the observers' lives.
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George Tuffs
Niagara Falls
Ont
Edinburgh
Duchess of Kent
Red Fescue Grass Seen Ideal For Golf Courses North Of Calgary
A Czechoslovakian grass named Red Fescue, promoted by Alterta area farmers in Olds district, north of Calgary, is touted as ideal for golf course fairways with strong turf hold and spreading ability. Brought from Czechoslovakia by Canada’s Dominion Department of Agriculture, it proved uneven for forage yet suited to golf use. Some farmers have sold seed directly to U S golf clubs, others via dealers. seed market expanding in the United States.
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Alterta
Olds
Calgary
United States
Canada
Czechoslovakia
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Empire Unity Urged in Foreign Affairs Speech
Prime Minister Chamberlain urged Empire unity on foreign affairs at the Empire Parliamentary Association annual London meeting. Capt. Edward Algernon Fitzroy presided as speaker. Chamberlain warned that foreign affairs consume much of our time and stressed the need to present a united front to strengthen imperial influence.
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Chamberlain
Empire
London
Empire Parliamentary Association
Edward Algernon Fitzroy
House of Commons
Oldest Australian steamer Edina sails Port Philip Bay
The Edina, 171 feet long and 26 feet six inches wide, is the oldest steamer in the British Empire with port of registry at Australia. Built by Barclay, Curle, & Co on the Clyde, she survived three strandings and as many collisions, later serving as an excursion steamer in Port Philip Bay and having previously run Leith to Hull, carried stores to the Crimea, and operated as a Mediterranean fruiter and North Sea trader. Florence Nightingale possibly among her passengers. During the American Civil War she ran the blockade to bring cotton back to Lancashire. the Manchester Guardian reports.
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Arcuoussne
Australia
Edina
Barclay, Curle, & Co
Clyde
Port Philip Bay
Leith
Hull
Crimea
Florence Ightingale
Lancashire
Manchester Guardian
Fate of Britain Sinks Into Sea At Slow Rate
Scientists warn Britain is sinking at one inch per five years, with eight feet submerged in four centuries. In a century, bridges may need raising and embankments will obscure the river. Historic towns like Winchelsea and the two Dunwichs already lie submerged off the Norfolk coast.
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Britain
Isle
Thames
Old Winchelsea
Dunwiches
East Anglia
Norfolk
Guatemala Sets May Banana Export Record
Guatemala reported a new high monthly banana export total for May with 1,213,203 stems shipped. The figure underscores strong agricultural trade for the Central American nation.
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Guatemala
Popular juvenile jumper style sells with Anne Adams pattern
Anne Adams Pattern 4859 offers a jaunty panel jumper and blouse in cotton broadcloth for school wear with options in flannel or serge. Sizes 6 to 16 available. fabric needs noted. Send 20 cents to Winnipeg Pattern Dept for order form and instructions.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Adventurous Faith in Ruth and Naomi Faithful Pact
In a devotional reading on Ruth 1 16 the story follows Naomi in Moab and her daughters in law Ruth and Orpah. Ruth pledges to stay with Naomi, saying thy people shall be my people and thy God my God, even unto death in a foreign land.
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Ruth
Moab
Duina
Judea
Naomi
Bethlehem
Moabiterres
Orpah
Montreal hunter Snyder returns after record elephant shot
Bi Cane Hane Harry Snyder, a Montreal business man and big game hunter, sails to New York with museum specimens and film after shooting a world record elephant and photographing the first albino giraffe reported by a white man. He had hunted west of the Athabasca and Mackenzie rivers and on the northern Rockies, and was in Eldorado North West Territories last summer planning Africa travel.
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Harry Snyder
Montreal
Canada
Mr. Snyder
New York
Kenya
Arctic
Eldorado
North West Territories
Africa
Athabasca
Mackenzie Rivers
Rockies
Unusual Accident Buries Finger At Kirkland Lake Ball Game
Young Thomas Brady lost an index finger while watching a baseball game in Kirkland Lake Ontario. He sat atop an iron fence with friends and, while jumping down, reached to grip the fence as a fly ball approached. The ball struck his hand and severed the finger.
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Thomas Brady
Kirkland Lake
Ont
Corrected Arithme Father’s blunt reply to suitor
A father stops Mabel's young man at the door asking about his intentions. The suitor replies he hopes to become an addition to the family. The father quips that he will have to subtract, not add, highlighting a humorous mix up in intentions.
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Mabel
Reputable stores beat door to door rug sales
Peterborough Examiner notes Toronto buyers puzzled by door to door rug salesmen offering “genuine inlaid breadroom” bargains. An alleged gem turned out to be inferior jute. experts warn beware of quick one call offers.
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Toronto
Peterborough Examiner
Payment for Wet Weather Fund Approved in London
The National Joint Council for the Building Industry of Great Britain approved a plan at a special meeting in London to create a £2,000,000 fund. Craftsmen will pay sixpence weekly, apprentices two pence half-penny, with employers doubling contributions. When weather prevents work, operatives will receive 50 percent of wages. The scheme starts a year after fund payments begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
National Joint Council For the Building Industry of
Great Britain
Stone seekers scour shores for semi precious gems
In England searchers comb the seashores after winter gales seeking crystals carnelian amethyst quartz and other stones to be used in making jewelry.
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England
Loch Ness Monster Scheme Fails To Raise Funds In Scotland
Glasgow reports the 1500 pounds needed for Capt. D J Munro’s Loch Ness sea monster observation plan failed to attract public investment. Only 50 pounds was raised, showing little public love for a thorough scientific search by a committee of eminent scientists. The article laments scarce funding and playful regional adages about Scottish stubbornness.
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Glasgow
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Loch Ness
Asa Serpent
Highlands
D. J. Munro
Ian
Munro
Missouri
Miscalculated The Date Michigan Man Had Tombstone Marked
Willard Hyatt of Burlington Michigan bargained with death for years after arranging a tombstone inscription reading Willard Hyatt 1854 1934 He believed death would come on his 80th birthday but drifted past him in 1934 as his family history spanned early deaths Hyatt notes that dates were swapped yet he kept waiting for death to claim him in a long running watch over mortality
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Willard
Burlington
Mich
Hyatt
Arlo Mumaw
Marshall
Willard Hyatt
Grim Reaper
Northern Hemisphere Warmer on Average Than South
A concise climate comparison notes that the northern hemisphere maintains a higher average temperature than the southern hemisphere due to factors such as land distribution and solar exposure. The statement highlights a broad hemispheric contrast without detailing specific data.
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By Annne Adame
IDAY
DR. J.W. S. McCullough
Dr. McCullough
Tom
Health League of Canada
Bond St
Michigan
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