World Happenings By Tod World Happenings By Tod
The excerpts list varied items from 1932 world events including Scottish church plans, Canadian Pacific dividend status, Japanese Olympic team purchases, Newton Mass car ownership, Florenz Ziegfeld estate, Imperial Airways charter, John Erskine quotes, San Francisco opera house dedication, and British Columbia lumber export disputes, reflecting a collage of international notes and cultural tidbits.
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Fee Church of Scotland
Scotland
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Newton
Mass
Boston
John Erskine
San Francisco
United States
British Columbia
Seven and a Half Million Rely On Government Aid Crisis
A wandering army of jobless youths appears in Great Britain as unemployment climbs to 2,811,702. About one quarter of the population depends on government or local relief, with roughly 7.5 million people living wholly or partly on aid. July’s relief rise is 64,438 and yearly rise 96,432, stressing the relief system. A material resembling glass and metal that protects from ultraviolet rays has been developed from natural sources.
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United States
Bonus Army
Great Britain
Britain
Lemoyne Opens Welland Canal as Canada's Grain Pride
The SS Lemoyne of Canada Steamship Lines, the largest grain carrier on the Great Lakes, officially opened the Welland Canal on August 6 with Governor General Earl of Bessborough and Imperial Conference delegates in attendance. The 633 foot vessel set grain and coal records, surpassing 1929 wheat and 1930 coal milestones, while broadening Canada’s inland waterways reach toward Kingston and beyond.
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SS. Lemoyne
Canada
Welland Canal
Inland Waterways
Great Lake
Canada Steamship Lines
Welland Ship Canal
Earl of Bessborough
Empire
Ottawa
Canada ‘Steamship Lines
Midland
Ontario
Lemoyne
Upper Great Lakes
Lake Ontario
Prairies
Kingston
Upper Lake
Northern Feet
Toronto
Hamilton
Noronic
Eagles
Lake Erie
Gleneagles
Invention Aims to Stop Student Flight Panic
Engineers from the department of national defence test a new control stick that automatically disconnects under excessive student pressure but reconnects when grip relaxes. The instructor retains full control via a separate stick and can override the student as needed during flight.
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Department of National Defence
Ap Mga
Limit To Cattle Exports Less Than 25 000 Head May Be Shipped
Canada would ship less than 25 000 head of cattle to the United Kingdom next year even if Britain lifted the landing ban. Minister of Agriculture Robert Weir dismissed reports claiming 300 000 to 400 000 head would flow to Britain, warning such figures alarm farmers without justification.
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England
United Kingdom
Canada
Britain
Robert Weir
Weir
Ancient Babylonia mixed medicine in beer often
In ancient Babylonia, medical substances were commonly blended into beer, reflecting historical practices of using beer as a vehicle for remedies. This method linked brewing with early pharmacology and daily life.
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Babylonia
Sunday School Lesson Golden Text Ex 33 11
Devotional lesson notes Jehovah spoke to Moses face to face as a man to his friend. Covers Exodus chapters 32 and 33 with a devotional reading from Psalm 51.
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Moses
Tent of Meeting and the voice of prayer conversations
The essay reviews Moses priestly service at the Tent of Meeting, its sacred role beyond encampments, and the dynamic between divine speech and human prayer. It cites McFadyen on speaking with God face to face and notes shifting Hebrew conceptions of God from form to presence, urging prayer as dialogue rather than monologue.
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Moses
Canaan
Joshua
Mount Sinai
Aaron
Egypt
Jehovah
John E. McFad
John E. McFadyen
God
Robert F. Hor
Andrew Bonarz
Doctor’s lecture sparks quip on sulfur in girls
A doctor lectures a class of girls and jokes that the human body contains sulfur. A girl responds with a pun about matching, and the doctor smiles, saying the amount varies with the wind. The exchange ends with a light remark on suitability.
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Algo
Naval Armaments Debate on Offensive and Defensive Roles
A Montreal Star column argues weapon use dictates offensive or defensive classification. It questions submarines and U boats as defensive tools, noting perceptions shift with wartime experience and asking who bears the true offense in naval arms.
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Geneva
Montreal Star
McGill Scientists Claim Breakthrough On Stellar Fields
Professors J. B. Foster and A. Vibert Douglas return from the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria with notes of potentially world changing findings on stellar electrical fields. They note restudy required but anticipate European reaction could be strong. Observations were split between Victoria and Pasadena with only one day in California.
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J. 8. Foster
A. Vibert Douglas
McGill
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
Victoria
Foster
Douglas
Pasadena
Cal
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Essex
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Vienna
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