World Happenings Briefly Told
A summary of international items includes a Royal Institute of British Architects delegate predicting 15 liner ships the size of the Queen Mary in dock at Southampton. Montreal editor H Cunliffe is named in a personal note. A Sheffield confectionery firm was fined eight dollars for employing an 18 year old girl 71 hours weekly with poor meals. An English flyer Fred R Goodwin and his wife arrived Croydon after a India trip. Three women magistrates heard motoring cases at Eastbourne before a male colleague joined them. A 7000 mile three minute telephone call linked South Africa and Sweden. Alberta wildlife toll cited by J Selby Walker about ducks dying as lakes dry. Jack pine stands in Manitoba face spruce budworm invasion. Col H I Stevenson notes a private nursing home planned in Johannesburg to house 250 patients.
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Royal Institute of British Architects
Southampton
H. Cunliffe
Montreal Gazette
Snce
Fed
Montreal
Sheffeld
England
Fred R. Goodwin
Croydon
India
Eastbourne
South Africa
Sweden
Crouth
Alberta
J. Selby Walker
Calgary
Manitoba
Col. H. I. Stevenson
Johannesburg
New York
Maharajah of Mysore Makes Unofficial London Visit
The Maharajah of Mysore, valued at about £80 million, visits London unofficially with an 80 member entourage. He abstains from smoking drinking and meat and a temple room with a goddess statue is prepared at his hotel. This marks his first trip outside India since 1896. He may meet the King and will return to India in September.
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Mysore
London
Great Britain
Equash
India Office
India
Scots Toasted and Toured in Whiskey Wager Tale
A fragment from a humorous exchange shows an Englishman belittling Scotland while boasting he could produce as good writing as Walter Scott. The Scottish companion retorts with laconic wit about “getting better” and influencing the mind of Ge mint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Walter Scott
New Ceramic Method Showcases 3000 Year Art Progress
MIT researchers under Professor F. H. Norton unveiled a new porcelain type with a surface finish called nut frost. Metallic crystals form beneath glaze at high temperatures around 2000 degrees, yielding lustrous rainbow colors and plantlike metal images.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
F. H. Norton
Norton
South Africa Census Uses Notched Sticks in Zululand
The census counted families by tallying males and females with notched sticks at dipping tanks. Over 8,000 enumerators worked across the country, using cars where possible but relying on horses donkeys and Cape carts where roads were absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jed
South Africa
Zululand
Nudists Return to Clothing at French Island Colony
Back from Nature reports that the Naturalist colony on Heliopolis Island in the Seine near Paris has resumed clothes. Only babies under three may go unclad. The island hosts numerous tents and asbestos cabins built by the back-to-nature settlers, and current attire is more than seen at fashionable resorts.
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Heliopolis
Seine
Paris
Copper Cylinder Said to Belong to Captain James Strange
Report of a small cylinder of anneal copper found on one of the Queen Charlotte Islands. The artifact is believed to have been left by Captain James Strange when Britain claimed the area 150 years ago. Detected by W M Halliday and B A Mel Kelvie and reported in Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Strange
Queen Charlotte Islands
Great Britain
W. M. Halliday
Queen Charlottes
B.A. MelKelvie
Victoria
Lakes to be named for Victoria Cross winners
Saskatchewan minister announces permanent lakes named after Victoria Cross recipients RL Zengle Hugh Cairns Henry Mullins and R G Combe proposed to the Canadian Geographic Board Each lake would honor a northern Saskatchewan veteran for service in World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Saskatchewan
W. F. Kerr
Zengle
Soviet Pilots Complete 5858 Mile Arctic Flight Without Stop
A long Arctic flight by Chekaloff Baidukoff and navigator Beliakoff covered 5858 miles in 56 hours 20 minutes landing near Nicolaievak Siberia. The mission, sponsored by the heavy industry commissariat, faced head winds and fuel shortages. Officials recommended awarding the title hero and granting cash government prizes.
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Seviet
Arctic
Moscow
Chekaloff
Baidukoff
Beliakoff
Nicolaievak
Siberia
Commissariat For Heavy Industry
German glider tour plots 2500 mile Japan flight
A German glider manned by a famed Osaka pilot tours Japan to arouse interest in glider aviation. Towed by a plane, the craft covers about 2,500 miles touching major and many small cities. The glider mirrors Wolf Hirth’s design and ranks among the country’s best, rivaled only by the army air forces machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aviaion
Osaka
Japan
Wolf Hirth
Army Air Forces
Athletic clubs engage over seven million members in Ger
A report indicates more than 7 million people participate in athletic clubs across Germany highlighting widespread fitness engagement. It notes clubs offer varied sports and community programs, reflecting a robust leisure culture and potential economic impact on local sports facilities.
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Ger
The Persecutor Becomes a Convert in Damascus
Sunday School lesson recounts Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus, Ananias’ bold aid, and the moment Jesus identifies himself to Saul. The piece notes Paul’s prior persecution, his dramatic encounter, and the immediate call to fellowship and baptism to begin his ministry.
Coaxial Cable Seen Replacing Telephone Wires
Dr. Oliver E Buckley of Bell Labs told Denver telephone workers that research will move communications underground using coaxial cables. The new system uses underground pipes able to carry hundreds of messages at once, eliminating birds roosting on wires.
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Oliver E. Buckley
New York
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Denver
Col
Buckley
Kittens Crochet Cover Pattern S672
Ad reads a crochet pattern for a kitten themed cover for Baby and a matching plow and cover set. Mentions white with blue or pink options and two color styles. Includes references to Germantown wool and related pattern 6672 with instructions, materials, and an illustration. Winnipeg newspaper union listing and address included.
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Germantown
Loasehold Arts ‘Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Strange Foods Across Britain and Beyond
A survey of unusual dishes notes snails in Swindon bars, seaweed in Wales, rabbit eyes in Radnorshire, and delicacies like pilchard pie and squab pie. It mentions candied rose leaves, cockles and cream, tipped eels, and legendary kingly lion chops, with a safari banquet of antelope and ostrich among historic totems.
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Swindon
Wiltshire
Lands End
John O' Groats
Radnorshire
Epicures
England
Devonshire
Wales
Ireland
Scotland
King
Duke of Gloucester
Odd Uses For Electricity In Farm Work And Storage
The article notes electricity powering farm tasks such as heating cooling lighting and grain cutting. It highlights duck farm illumination reducing fear and stampedes, soy bean cooking for hog feed, electric pumping to warm creeks for vegetable irrigation, and egg storage via thermostatic electric coolers maintaining about 50 degrees to protect egg quality.
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Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Aboriginal population figures spark debate at Canberra
Canberra census results show 60,000 full blooded Aborigines in Australia with 24,000 in employment or in supervised camps and 36,000 nomadic. A Swiss expert warns over 35 poisonous gases ready for use in the next war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
United States
Canberra
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Britain
Glider Touring
Saul
Galasina
Timothy
Philip
Paul
Jerusalem
Albert Barnes
Damascus
Saul Saul
Jesus
Ananias
Inati
Cate
Duck
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