World Happenings Briefly Told
A summary of global notes notes include 12 tons of Dutch air freight to London, BC vote on beer parlors, a northern France textile strike affecting about 100000 workers, Camilian National Railways ten day earnings 6518 504 versus 5221904 last year, poet Conrad Aiken sailing to England after a Pulitzer win, Macquisten in the House in a Shantung silk suit, plans for an all European news reel with Arctic talkies, Arctic sound-film cameras via dog sled and steamship, Sudbury city incorporation celebrated with a charter presentation, German aviators Hirth and Weller aborting their Iceland attempt and returning separately to Canada and Germany.
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Netherlands
London
England
Victoria
British Columbia
France
Roubaix
Hanquin
Camilian National Railways
Conrad Aiken
United States
Macquisten
House of Commons
The
Guardian
Arctic
Arctic Circle
Nationalized coal mines aim to place mines in public hands
In Durham England Mr William Graham President of the Board of Trade said Britain will nationalize the mining industry as a parliamentary step toward making the great collieries property of the people. The audience of farmers welcomed the pledge, and the government intends to push a mining royalties bill in the next session. A Persian wear law in Persia obligates officials to wear clothes made only from Persian manufacture under penalty.
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William Graham
Board of Trade
Durham
England
Gr Ham
Persa
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Instructions from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave outline pattern ordering. Pattern No Size details are provided in the fragment.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Exhibition Ship City of New Yorke Tours as Antarctic Museum
The City of New Yorke flagship of Rear-Admiral Byrd’s Antarctic expedition will tour as a floating museum to raise funds, opening at Ninety-sixth Street pier from 9 am to 10 pm before sailing to Boston and New England. Captain Ashley C. McKinley said the display will feature Antarctic specimens, Little America model, Floyd Bennett airplane replicas, and a camp scene with expedition parties.
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Fissting Mowram
Byrd
City of New Yorke
Ashley C. McKinley
Admiral Byrd
Ninety-sixth Street
North River
New York
Boston
New England
Seaboard
McKinley
Little America
American Museum of National History
Floyd Bennett
South Pole
City of
Aviators Endure Engine Trouble North of Churchill
Royal Canadian Air Force pilots EF Hickson and M B Barclay faced engine failure north of Churchill while transporting AE Porsild to the far north for data on reindeer pastures. After emergency repairs, they limped to Vavane near Eskimo Point, seeking spare parts from Dominion Explorers led by Alex Nicholson before resuming flight into the Hudson Bay barrens.
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Port Churchill
Churchill
Royal Canadian Air Force
Cormorant Lake
Mile
Hudson Bay Railway
EF. Hickson
Fairchild
M B Barclay
Bellanca
AE. Porsild
Churchal
Chesterfield Inlet
York
Vavane
Dominion Explorers
Eskimo Point
Barrens
Alex Nicholson
Record Telephonic Flight Contact Reaches 14000 Miles
A radiophone chat between Captain Lewis Yancey in an aeroplane and Sydney, Australia set a distance record for in flight telephone calls. Originating 5000 feet above Buenos Aires, the signal traveled 14000 miles via Buenos Aires to Madrid, overland to France, undersea cables to England, Rugby beam wireless, and finally to Sydney.
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New York
Buenos Aires
Lewis Yancey
Sydney
Australia
Madrid
Spain
English Channel
England
Rugby
Lady Willingdon Accepts Vice Presidency of Barnardo's Canada
Lady Willingdon, daughter of the late Lord Brassey, has accepted the honorary vice-presidency of the Canadian branch of Dr. Barnardo's Homes. The announcement came from the organization's Canadian headquarters. Her father supported migration of boys and girls to Canada, and he was a friend of Dr. Thomas John Barnardo.
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Lady Willingdon
Dr.Barnardo's Homes
Dr. Barnardo's Homes
Lord Brassey
Barnardo's Homes
England
Thomas John Barnardo
Canada
Fruit medley on cusp lettuce with citrus syrup
A vivid recipe to layer diced fruits such as oranges pineapples apples grapes and peaches on a cusp lettuce base. Top with sweet whipped cream and finish with a citrus syrup made by dissolving sugar in orange juice and lemon juice.
Swedish Spritz Cookie and Pussy Willow Thornton Tale
A Swedish spritz cookie recipe uses sugar butter eggs and flour with baking powder and almonds baked quickly in rings or S shapes. The column notes Pussy Willow Thornton a aristocratic bulldog listed in a Chicago telephone directory with her owner Mrs. B Thornton suggesting animals have human rights in listings.
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Pussy Willow Thornton
Chicago
Pussy Willow
B. Thornton
Weightless Earth Claim Stirs Philosophical Debate
Scientist W. Donald Mitchell under the pen name Logus Philosophus publishes The Great Light of Relativity arguing the earth weighs less than an ounce and offering a new definition of weight and energy. He claims to reverse Newton and Einstein concepts and presents axiomatic views on knowledge and reality.
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W. Donald Mitchell
Logus Philotus
Mr. Mitchell
Pembroke
Ontario
Newtom
Ein- In
Peking Man Theory Recasts Skull Find As Girl
Canadian paleontologist Dr. Davidson Black announced a new theory on the Peking Man discovery from China. He said the first skull belonged to a girl about a million years old and that a second skull, found in the same cave, is from an adolescent male with supporting measurements.
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China
Davidson Black
Black
Grape Juice Duty Tariff Implemented to Counter Imports
A Canada Gazette special issue notes an order in council bringing into effect a tariff item to curb foreign competition in concentrated grape juice. The duty starts at 2 cents per gallon plus 3 cents per gallon for each 0.001 rise above specific gravity 1.074 and takes immediate effect.
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Canada Vette
Saul and Samuel A Lesson On Hearing Gods Voice
A Sunday school lesson surveys First Samuel chapters on Saul’s search for his father’s donkeys, his anointing by Samuel, and the divine basis for monarchy. It contrasts Saul’s humility with divine selection, noting Samuel’s guidance at the high place and the concept that God’s voice speaks to the heart.
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Saul
Samuel
Benjam Tid
Israel
God
Tarael
Alexander Whyte
Jehovah
No Loss From Pool Guarantees
A Canadian Wheat Pool report from Winnipeg states no losses occurred from provincial guarantees backing bank advances to the pool. The 1929 pool year ended July 18 with the three prairie governments backing guarantees, but the pool sold above the dollar price enough to cover losses. Andrew Cairns, the pool’s statistician, travels to Russia to assess wheat production and potential impact on European export supply.
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Toronto
Mail
Dominion
Andrew Cairns
Pool
Ottawa
Ysago
Isi
Russia
Cairns
New Monthly Mediterranean Service From Canada
The David Livingstone will sail from Montreal on or about September 10 inaugurating a new monthly service to Gibraltar Malta and other Mediterranean ports. A second ship the Benguela will follow around October 19. The service will use special motorships carrying cargo and 10 to 12 passengers and fills a gap from Canada due to lack of a direct steamer link between Montreal Halifax and these ports.
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Canada
Gibraltar
Malta
Mediterranean
David Livingstone
Montreal
Benguela
Department of Trade and Commerce
Stea
Halifax
New York Receives Four Air Patrol Planes for Police Surveillance
New York acquires four airplanes to bolster police patrols from the air, enabling aerial oversight of lawbreaking. The article notes Jamaica native farmers contribute the pimento tree as the source of allspice, highlighting a colonial agricultural tie in the same piece.
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New York
Jamaica
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Sudbury
Charles McRea
Hirth
Weller
Iceland
Germany
Buen
E Winnipes Newspaper Union
Annebelle Worthington
South America
Betty Barclay
Foklep
Vancouver
Forest Service
Department of the Inns
Mediterranean Service
Brooder
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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