World Happenings Briefly Told
Swiss study outlines France history 640 years with 371 war years noted. Chinese interests run fair mail and passenger service linking Chungking to Rangoon. Treachery Act imposes death penalty for certain acts against the public or aiding the remy. US New Zealand air mail link completed via Australia. Grimm Brewer elected president of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Lord Beaverbrook announces Britain has raised 9 156 888 for warplanes. Leiston senior school children raise 585 pounds during Savings Week. Kenneth A McLeod, Alberta promoter, dies in Vancouver after long Winnipeg-Edmonton journey in 1881.
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France
Chungking
China
Rangoon
Burma
Senate
United States
New Zealand
Way of
Australia
Grimm Brewer
Royal Aeronautical Society
Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
Leiston
England
Kenneth A. McLeod
Eamonton
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Alberta
Vancouver
Girls Style Waist Pattern Seeks Young Atelier
Anne Adams promotes Pattern 4495 for daughters and juniors with a waist pointed front, trim sew-ability, and cotton plaids. Choices include short or long sleeves, pockets, and lace edging with a collar option. Pattern 4405 offers available sizes and yardage details, 20 cents, mailed to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janue Adams
Anne Adaams
Winnipeg ‘Union
Sidewalk tintype photographers and vintage gear in the news
The piece notes sidewalk tintype photographers at Coney Island offering paper-backed prints for 15 to 30 cents. It touches on Byrd’s Antarctic snow cruiser, its weight and design by Charles Meyer, and issues with power and snow cover delaying its mission. It also covers Junior Achievement programs in Western Pennsylvania teaching youth to form student companies, Paganini’s centenary, and legends about his talents with dramatic anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney Island
Admiral Byrd
Antarctic
South Pole
Charles Meyer Meyer
Nicolo Paganini
Paganini
Europe
Satan
Filmni
Ernst
Austr
Rihis
Crier
Temporary silos use snow fence and roofing layers
Various quick made silos exist to store surplus crops and feed. Trench and pit silos with straw and soil have historical use. The latest method involves three or four rounds of snow fence lined with roofing or heavy building paper.
Farmer fences 15 acres to protect wild birds on North Dakota farm
A North Dakota farmer proposes fencing 15 acres to create a nesting area for wild Ife grouse Hungarian part Hage pheasants and other birds. He believes the birds will help control farm insects and reduce pests across his fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Dairy Production Declines Sharply in Canada 1939
Canada dairy output for 1939 is estimated at 2 716 020 dollars, a drop of 8 439 267 dollars or 37 percent from 1936. The decline affects multiple provinces with lower production and value across the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Torpedo description used by Brosh and Royal Canadian Navy
A type of torpedo used by the Brash and the Royal Canadian Navies features a hollow steel body with a fan explosive head. It is cylindrical, 22 feet long, 21 inches in diameter, weighs over 1.5 tons, and travels about 50 miles per hour.
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Brsh
Royal Canadian
Sunday School Lesson and Psalm Reflections
Sunday School sermon emphasizes the perfection of the law of Jehovah as described in Psalms and Genesis. It discusses how the law revives the soul, enlightens the mind, and restores righteousness, echoing Phillips Brooks on recognizing divine destiny and repentance through Christ's Incarnation rather than solely his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goa
Philips Brooks
Christ
R. Bruce Taylor
War effort drives scrap drives across Ontario towns
Scrap metal from German helmets and tin foil from cigarettes is collected and sold for the Red Cross. Children build houses and garages to aid ambulance funds while women invest in war savings stamps as fridge prizes. Men stage wrestling matches, Ontario public rallies surge with pro war activity. in Kitchener truck owners urged to transport soldiers home for weekends. Hamilton Boy Scouts raise funds, Toronto forms Save Your Scrap League, Port Credit women host canning bees nearing 8000 tins of jam for soldiers in Britain.
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Red Cross
Ontario
Kitchener
Jersed
Stratford
Hamilton
Home Guard
Save Your
Toronto
Port Credit
Britain
Jump Take-Off Plane Demonstrated At Willow Grove
The Pitcairn Autogiro Company demonstrated a runway free take-off at Willow Grove Pennsylvania. Harold F Pitcairn described the rotor aircraft as independent of ground obstacles with a jump take-off that rises about 20 feet before climbing. Officials see potential for military scouting and contact work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willow Grove
Pitcairn Autogiro Company
Harold F. Pitcaim
Giro
Safe Driving Night Hazards and Headlight Tips
Nineteen thousand two hundred people died in U S night motor vehicle crashes in 1938 with Canada totaling fifteen incidents. The Night Traffic Hazards committee notes reduced visibility is the main day night risk and urges proper headlight maintenance alignment and correct beam use to improve safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Health League of Canada offers cancer articles free of charge
A note invites headers to request Dr. McCullough's cancer articles by writing to the Health League of Canada in Toronto. Send a plain print of your name and address and say please send me the articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Health League of Canada
Dept. W.N.Y
111 Avenue Road
Toronto
McCullough
Halifax man wins case against tennis club damages awarded
C M DeYoung filed suit in Halifax Nova Scotia alleging continual tennis ball damage from the club embers hammered into his yard causing substantial discomfort and inconveniences. He won the case and was awarded one hundred dollars in damages.
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Tennis Club
C.M. DeYoung
Halifax
North China ban on shipments reshapes goat and sheep farming
Farmers suspend raising goats and sheep as a ban on shipping skins out of North China takes effect, altering livestock practices and regional markets. Restrictions force rethinking of breed selection, herd sizes, and future profitability amid state policy.
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North China
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By Anne Agains
Wester Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Junior Achievement
Gran Rutherford
Fay Holoe
Cianos Pfner
Stagai
Diana Lewis
Lewis Stone
Wisinss IN
Ner Coc
Aduest
Word
God
Temers
Uealth
Canapal
DR. J.W. $. McCullough
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