World Happenings Briefly Told
Raymond Poincare, former French premier, observed his 74th birthday. Flour prices in London fell one shilling per 280 pound bag to 31s 6d including wheat quota relief. Premier Hepburn of Ontario welcomed unemployment insurance. Ten US bombing planes completed a 10,000 mile round trip to Washington. A Toronto editorial called kidnapping the era’s most heinous crime. A Vegetable Growers’ Association of America delegates in Toronto heard of a potential blood substitute. Mussolini hinted at monarchy in Austria or Austria-Hungary. A 40-hour week plan was rejected by the British Industries League inquiry. Amy Mollison to join Imperial Airways as commercial pilot. Diamonds prospecting planned in British Columbia near Vanderhoof on two 10-acre Nechako river leases.
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Raymond Poincare
France
London
Benito Mussolini
Austria
Austria-Hungary
Otto von Hapsburg
Italy
League of British Industries
Amy Johnson Mollison
Imperial Airways
British Columbia
Thomas W. Hindmarsh
George Ogsden
Vanderhoof
B.C
Nechako
Wheat Exports To United Kingdom In July Fall From Last Year
July wheat shipments to the United Kingdom totaled 8,214,546 bushels worth 6,575,382 dollars, down from 10,372,234 bushels and 7,861,521 dollars a year earlier. Wheat flour exports to the UK reached 264,595 barrels valued at 935,326 dollars, up from 235,044 barrels and 524,972 dollars. Over the past year the UK accounted for about half of all exports.
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United Kingdom
Bureau of Statistics
Habit of trouser pockets in Rhyl case prompts joke
A Rhyl Wales court case questioned where a man kept change. The accused hid a shaving brush in his right hand while his left pocket held money. After the druggist showed a cheaper brush the man bought, he found the cheaper brush in his right hand and was arrested. Magistrates joked by placing hands in their pockets before freeing him.
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Rhyl Wales
Poiret Returns Dream To Fashion After Poverty
The former Paris dress designer Paul Poiret, once ruling the fashion world, lives in a Paris penthouse relying on charity and unemployment aid. He spends days with scissors and cloth hoping to rebuild his career, stating he has not given up despite 18 months without work. His faded wealth included chateaux and three yachts once drawing aristocrats.
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Poiret
Paria
Dole
Paul Poiret
Paris
Scotland Yard Detective Dressed As Mendicant
A Scotland Yard detective posed as an ex sailor selling matches on a London sidewalk for six days to trap a wanted man. He collected about 40 from passers by, with most giving copper coins and declining matches. Police directive required the money go to police funds. Glass domes were placed on British military aircraft to shield machine gunners from wind and improve firing accuracy.
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Scotland Yard
London
Insecticides and their uses in crop protection
Gordon H Guest outlines insecticides by class including contact and stomach poisons, with calcium arsenate and lead arsenate for boll weevils, potato beetles, and greenhouse fumigants. Aeroplanes dust cotton fields, emulsions with fish-oil soaps, nicotine and lime sulfur sprays, and chloropicrin as a promising gas. A concluding note remarks on science and the challenge of pests.
Jack Miner and Religion
Canadian naturalist Jack Miner discusses faith and church unity in a lecture. He says he belongs to the Methodist Church, notes the value of couples attending same worship, and supports optional church amalgamation to advance Christianity while stressing worship of God rather than loyalty to a single church.
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Jack Miner
Miner talks religion and unity in community life
The interview centers on Jack Miner’s views that religions should uplift humanity while he favors church union for harmony. He emphasizes daily devotional balance, home Sunday routines, and a unique home sanctuary with two entrances. A cement motto path from the baseball diamond leads to the home.
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United Church
Jack Miner
Sunday School Lesson on Micah 6 8 and Humble Walk with God
The lesson centers on Micah 6 8 Do justly love kindness and walk humbly with thy God The devotional reading is James 1 22 27 Explanations present God as plaintiff in a divine court with Israel as defendant and mountains as judges Then Micah’s call for true religion equals justice love and humble fellowship with God, tying to Amos Hosea and Deuteronomy concepts
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God
Micah
Delares
Israel
Jehovah
Moun
Aina
Tenovah
Amos
Hosea
Isaiah
Orange Nut Biscuits From Betty Barclay
Betty Barclay presents Orange Nut Biscuits yielding 18 medium treats. Mix sifted flour baking powder salt sugar and nuts, cut in shortening, blend in orange marmalade, add orange juice to make a cup then knead briefly. Roll cut bake in hot 425F oven 10 to 15 minutes, adjust juice for dough softness.
Carrots and Peas Recipe and Office Boy Joke
A kitchen snippet provides a carrots and peas dish with carrots, peas, butter, flour, milk, salt, pepper, sugar, and optional sauce. It hints at serving with melted butter or a flour milk sauce. The remainder is a humorousOffice Boy dialogue about taking an afternoon off and a grandmother as a punchline.
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Office Boy
Agricultural Notes on 1934 Trade and Production Trends
Canada exported 37 live cattle to Hong Kong in Q1 1934 and hog shipments to 1933-34 periods show declines. Fiji customs raise import margins for Canada. Tomato products lead British imports from Canada in H1 1934. Moscow reports harvesting machinery shortages impact harvests. Canadian wheat stocks July 31 1984 fell vs 1933 but rose vs 1932. Western to Eastern Canada livestock shipments for 31 weeks include cattle calves hogs sheep. London market canned fruits and Ontario apples to Egypt show growing export activity. Japanese wheat output nears the five year plan target. Wool production for five major exporters drops about 9 percent year to year.
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Canada
Hong Kong
China
Moscow
Ontario
Egypt
Ganos
Baldwin
Ben Davis
Dominion Department of Agriculture Bulletin
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Argentina
Uruguay
South America
Bears open cans at Glacier Park study says bears plunge edges with claws
Dr George K Ruble chief naturalist notes Glacier Park bears raid a ranger cabin scattering cans. Every can opened with claws leaving spinach uneaten. Ruble explains bears bite, twist and pull edges off like a can opener, debunking doubts about their tool use.
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Glacier Park
George K. Ruble
Ruble
New Ratio Typewriter Transmits Weather Map Faster
A ratio typewriter has transmitted a weather map in 772 minutes, contrasting with about 15 minutes required by wire machines currently in service. The claim highlights efficiency gains in data transmission for meteorological outputs.
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Mitchell F. Hepburn
Dominion Administration
United States Army
Alaska Fight Squadron
Bollingfield
Washington
Orth
B. K. Sandwell
Toronto Saturday Night
The
Vegetable Growers’ Association of America
Toronto
Litle
Science
Gordon H Guest
W. E. McKillop
D.D
Church Union
Betty Barclay
Tome
Fiji Islands
Empire Countries
Britsh Isles
England
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