World Happenings Briefly Told
Canada led U S trade through June with others shrinking in exports and imports. Erich Remarque may win the Nobel Prize in literature per Stockholm reports. Bettiah Columnia Government posts six months profits of 582 dollars ending March 31. John Gooding Taresker Company trims its Western Canada operations by a third. Judge Ruley Morrison earned a Doctor of Laws at Dalhousie University convocation. Britain and France discuss closer transport cooperation at a meeting of Lord Thomson and Laurent Eynac. Miss K Bloomfield, age 24, becomes Victoria Australia’s first female air pilot after rigorous tests. Graf Zeppelin flight sparks a 29 million dollar plan for a German Russian Japanese air service with three terminals. Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor resigns as Bank of Montreal general manager to become vice president. H B MacKenzie becomes general manager.
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Canada
United States
Erich Remarque
Farnia
John Gooding
Air
K. Bloomfield
Victoria
Australia
Friedrichshafen
Frederick Williams-Taylor
Montreal
Bank of Montreal
H. B. MacKenzie
Sir Frederick
Great World Scout Jamboree Ends in England After Camp
Tens of thousands of Boy Scouts from about fifty countries left Arrowe Park England as the world jamboree ended. About fifty thousand boys toured the camp and bid farewell. A farewell message from the chief scout spoke of the scout symbol of peace as a golden emblem for the future. The total visitors reached 214 422. The next jamboree is planned for 1983 at a site to be chosen at a conference in Balsburg Austria.
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of Arrowe Park
England
Balsburg
Austria
Development Of Peace River Progress In Years Of Growth
The Peace River district has rapidly transformed from a three-car wheat haulage with limited roads and two rural schools to a vast cultivation area of 1 650 000 acres with a 15 000 000 bushel crop. Population rose from 8 000 to 50 000 as schools churches stores mills and utilities expanded. Farmers now use electricity for hatchery lighting and cooking with electric ranges.
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Peace River District
Vanrena
Reno
Fluttering Gaited Skirt Styles For Young Girls Pattern 605
Style No 605 presents a gaited skirt for girls aged 6 to 14 with a fat hipline and simple bodice. Options include red and white printed imity, gingham voile, maize shade fabric, and orchid linen with contrasting trims. Navy blue wool crepe version features a red pleated collar and cuffs. price 25 cents.
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Imity
Church at Jasper Dedicated to War Losses by English Benefactor
A new St Mary and St George church in Jasper is consecrated by the Bishop of Edmonton. Built of stone and stucco, it cost 17.00 from A. H. Calderon and was a gift from an English lady in memory of her son killed in war. A testament found on the soldier lay beneath the cornerstone laid by the Governor-General. The furnishings, seating, and bell were gifts from the anonymous donor and Viscount Willingdon contributed the bell.
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Canada
St Mary and
St George
Jasper
Eamonton
A. H. Calderon
Edmonton
England
Jon Wh
No Man's Land
Viscount Willingdon
May Kill His Art Boruchotr Fears Hairshortage For Paintings
Russian artist G. Boruchotr warns that dwindling long hair supplies could ruin his art. He blends hair on silk or linen using a fine needle like an oil painter with colors. His works resemble oil paintings and he began at age ten during an apprenticeship and wartime imprisonment in Germany.
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G. Boruchotr
Boruchoff
Germany
Strathmore cows at Calgary Exhibition wow visitors
Hon J D McGregor praises Strathmore dairy exhibit at Rotary linked Calgary Exhibition and Stampede. Five cows averaged high yearly production 127 583 pounds milk with 32 Alberta dairy cows output, tied to Holstein herd glory and Gold Medal queens, as Dowager Lady Pentland and Lord Pentland look on.
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Rotary Club
Calgary
J.D. McGregor
Manitoba
Canada
CPR
Strathmore
McGregor
S Tn
Strath
Sylvia
Canaada
Alberta
Union Fk Co
Strathmore Sylvia
Holstein-Freisian Association of Canada
Lady Pentland
Miss Sinclair
Lord Pentland
George H. Jones
Strathmore Farm
Chiffon Pie Filling and Meringue Method
A historical recipe outlines preparing a chiffon pie with a sugar flour and salt base, adds boiling water, lemon juice, and citrus rind, cooks to a thick custard, then folds in beaten egg yolks. Whipped egg white meringue with sugar and lemon juice tops the pie before browning in a moderate oven.
Preserving Tomatoes with Ginger and Lemons Method
A home canning snippet outlines proportions for tomatoes lemons sugar and preserved ginger. Wash tomatoes weigh before canning layer tomatoes lemon slices sugar and ginger in a kettle. Let stand overnight then boil syrup ten minutes, add tomatoes, cook until clear, then jar and seal.
First Private Telephones Link London And Sydney
A long distance call bridged 13000 miles as London to Sydney connected private phones. Jack Sigrist, an 18 year old cadet aboard the Valencie in Australian waters, spoke to his mother in delirium and learned he was improving. The event marks a rare early proof of concept for transcontinental radio telephone links.
Eskimo Snow House Myth Disputed By Explorer
Arctic explorer Mr. Stefansson told a Cambridge audience that Eskimos rarely see snow houses and seldom sweat under sun. He described Arctic wildflowers as exquisite and noted snow houses are known mainly from school lore rather than daily life.
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Arctic Circle
Stefansson
Cambridge
Arctic
Tiny stomach camera captures sixteen interior images
Imsine Information Science has developed a tiny camera that can be lowered into the stomach to take sixteen pictures of the interior from cut angles. Afterward the pictures may be enlarged and circulated.
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Imsine Information Science
Interior Department
Test For Your Eyes M Vision Sees Objects Cleary
The passage discusses distance vision benchmarks from fifty to four hundred yards. It notes that clear days improve visibility and that normal eyesight allows seeing a man's eyes at fifty yards and distinguishing clothing colors at greater distances.
Vancouver exhibition opens with farmer trade push
Hon. Motherwell, Federal Minister of Agriculture, says larger production of high quality crops is essential for Canada to remain a top agricultural exporter as Vancouver hosts its 26th annual exhibition. A remark on tact and appearance contrasts with the event atmosphere.
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Canada
Hon
Motherwell
Vancouver
Sunday School Lesson September 1
Golden Text: The hand of our God is upon all them that seek Him for good. Ezra Lesson: Far a 71 to 836. Devotional Reading Paaim 63.1.8.
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Fara
Ezra Obtains King Artaxerxes Permission to Return to Jerusalem
Ezra, descendant of Aaron and scribe of the law, secures royal permission from Artaxerxes to go to Jerusalem with priests, scribes, and temple servants. He travels from Babylon in Nisan to Ab, nearly four months, to teach and enforce the Law, aided by royal support and gifts for the temple.
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Artaxeres
Ezra
Jerusalem
Serafan
Judah
Aaron
Gxt
Israel
Artaxerxes
Judea
Nethinim
Temple
Babylon
Nisan
Artax Rxes
Horace Bushnell
Palestine
Jehovah
Trapper Ivan Christie Frozen in Arctic Blizzard
Ivan McKay Christie of Bathurst Inlet perished when a blizzard from the Arctic swept down on June 21. His husky dog survived and was found alive by the search party at Herschel Island. Christie was buried at Bathurst Inlet.
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Bilizara
Arctic
Ivan McKay Christie
Bathurst Inlet
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Herschel Island
Christie
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VOGUE
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Wlan
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McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Brandon
Saskatoon
Regina
Valley Farm
Betty Barclay
Chiffon
London
Sydney
Museum of the American Indian
New York
George G. Heye
France
Madagascar
Sahara Desert
Blonde
MADE
Ulane
Toronto
John A. Chantler
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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