World Happenings Briefly Told
Lord Baden-Powell founder of the Boy Scout movement is named Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell. Britain may legislate food prices as parliament reassembles and a Canada US migration report notes 12190 entering Canada from the United States in June. Peru resumes League of Nations participation and Sir Horace Plunkett learns to fly at 75 in Surrey. Two Western Canada candidates pass Royal College of Surgeons exams in Toronto. A Toronto coroner investigates 121 July deaths, 79 violent. Saunders offers self fly planes in Kansas City with $15–20 hourly rent. Dr Hartley Smith, former Toronto Medical president and Italian consul, dies in Toronto.
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Lord Baden-Powell
Gilwell
Robert Paden-Powell
Boy Scout Movement
Britain
Sault Ste.Marie
Canada
United States
Peru
League of Nations
Horace Plunkett
Brooklands
Sirdrome
Surrey
England
Western Canada
Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons
Toronto
Kansas City
Minouri
Saunders
Hartley Smith
Toronto Academy of Medicine
Toronto General Hospital
Smith
Exports Of Pulp And Paper Rise In First Half Of Year
The Canadian Pulp and Paper Association reports first half exports valued at 97,199,980 dollars, up from 94,104,081 in the same period 1928. Wood pulp shipments total 21,470,506. paper exports 75,720,475, versus 22,339,890 and 71,764,201 last year. Pulp wood exports total 5,942,623, down from 6,926,000.
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Canadian. Pulp and Paper Association
Canada’s Forests and Timber Areas Report
The total Canadian forest area is 1.181454 square miles with 865,580 square miles productive and accessible. About one third yields merchantable timber while the rest has young growth not yet usable. Also notes a watchmaker’s selections and a moral proverb about imitation versus wickedness.
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Canada
Aviation safety urged to limit low flights over towns
A Daily Post report argues pilots should avoid flying low over cities to protect ground residents after a Kentucky crash killed three people. It calls for regulations on altitude and knowledge of local power and telecommunication lines, urging cooperation with aviation authorities to prevent repeat tragedies.
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Kentucky
Regulatoris
Daily Post
Gina
Paris Cotton Frock Displayed In Summer Style
Paris presents a sheer printed cotton frock for summer wear, Style No. 562 in cotton voile with a Modern inspired bodice yoke and swathed hip line. Available in sizes 16 to 46 bust with pattern price 25 cents, plus various fabrics listed.
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Paris
Shantung
Wrap
Women explorers plan three year global journey from New York
Three young women in khaki outfits depart New York in a light motor truck heading for Alaska and beyond. Baroness Christa Von Prandenstein Miss Nada De Namur and Miss Margaret DAngelo vow to travel to remote corners of the earth by car aeroplane dog teams and ships to circle the globe in about three years.
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New York
Alaska
Christa von Prandenstein
Nada de Namur
Margaret D'Angelo
Ottawa
Gobi Desert
Australia
Iceland
No Batter Shortage Production In Prairie Province
Prairie provinces show higher creamery butter output in 1929 than 1928. Alberta receipts rose 18 percent for the first five months, Saskatchewan produced 3,831,236 pounds versus 2,082,620 pounds last year, up 1,748,618 pounds or 84 percent. Manitoba output reached 2,507,849 pounds, down from 2,608,828 but up 34.5 percent in the period.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Obstinacy Recalled in Humorous Aged Tale
A wife and friend recount More Than Obstine as stubborn and unlikely to act on requests. They share a boat anecdote from boyhood where he was thrown overboard with the saying Sink or swim. he neither sank nor swam, simply lay on his back.
The Cross of Snow Highlighted in Holy Cross Range
The famous cross of snow in Holy Cross National Forest Colorado is formed by two snow filled crevices on the mountain side and remains visible for miles. The United States imports 3,000,000,000 pounds of bananas annually.
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Holy Cross National Forest
Colorado
United States
Recipes For This Week Coffee Preparation
Coffee should be brewed extra strong and poured hot into glasses filled with cracked ice. Ice melting reduces strength. Pour cream into the glass to sweeten the taste and, if desired, add whipped cream.
South African envoy named to Washington under Hertzog policy
Eric Louw appointed minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary to Washington in London. The move aligns with Premier Hertzog’s policy to establish separate diplomatic representation for the Union in key capitals.
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Eric Louw
London
Washington
Hertzog
Erection of the Alter and Temple Foundations Echoes in Psalm Readings
The devotional discusses Ezra’s restoration of the altar and temple in Jerusalem after return from Babylon, noting months of rebuilding, cedar imports from Lebanon, and musically reinforced worship. It contrasts the temple with major world monuments and highlights Psalms 106 118 and 136 in praise.
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Ezra
Babylon
Sidon
Tyre
Lebanon
Joppa
Jerusalem
Temple
Parthenon
Coliseum
St. Peter's
Wiliam S. Mitchell
61St Temple
Solomon
Second Temple
Israel
Dean Stanley
Increasing Elevator Capacity Adds Over 25 Million Bushes This Year
Canada expands elevator capacity this year with new additions mainly in Ontario Vancouver and Halifax. Planned increases include Prescott 5.5 million Kingston 8 million Sarnia 2 million Midland 2 million Collingwood 2 million Port Colborne 2 million Goderich 1 million Owen Sound 2 million Vancouver 3 million and Halifax 1.9 million.
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Canada
Ontario
Vancouver
Halifax
Prescott
Kingston
Sarnia
Midland
Collingwood
Port Colborne
Goderich
Owen Souund
Cypress Hills Gas Plan To Supply Southern Sask City Markets
H. 1 Cowham, representative for Roth and Faurot, visited Moose Jaw to arrange gas and oil well development in Cypress Hills. He aims to supply Moose Jaw and southern Saskatchewan cities with natural gas from Cypress Hills fields.
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Saskatchewan
Cowham
Messrs. Roth
Faurot
Moose Jaw
Cypress Hills
Brandon Fair Exhibit Sets Canadian Machinery Record
Machinery exhibit at the Brandon Fair claimed the largest in Canada and larger than any state fair. This year 618 machines including tractors and threshers were shown, up from 490 last year, with exhibitors rising from 51 to 74 firms.
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Brandon Fair
Canada
New Industries Established in Winnipeg
Winnipeg welcomes several new manufacturing sectors including furniture and metal products makers, a packing-house producer, an electric fixtures plant, a children's hat manufacturer, and sash and door works, signaling diversified industrial growth in the city.
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Winnipeg
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W. H. Hodgins
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F. G. Sanderson
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Dominion
London Advertiser
Ontaris
the Cross of Snow
Betty Barclay
South Africa
Field Museum of Natural History
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