World Happenings Briefly Told
A compilation of scattered international notes from 1937 to 1996 mentions police bans on books, possible political appointments, naval honors, a 116 year old Mexican veteran, a royal marriage in 1908, a HMS Kenya launch with dignitaries, a Toronto hospital death after surgery, KLM’s continuing domestic routes, new Tree series minesweepers, and BC plans to deploy prospectors and geologists for a highway survey and route study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Kel Jer
Bertin
Luis Flores
Agripina Tovar Ramrez
Kenya
Clydebank
Scotland
Duchess of Gloucester
Frank Arthur Greenland
London
Toronto
KLM
Berlin
Paris
Stockholm
British Admiralty
British Columbia
Alaska
W. J. Anseltine
Practically Mispaired Chinese Weddings Amid Social Change
Two brides in sedan chairs were sheltered in a tea house during a storm and swapped chairs by mistake. The error went unnoticed until each husband learned of the switch at their homes. With equal status ruled, both marriages were accepted as fate and each husband kept the other bride.
Congress Poultry Show Sparks Strong Sales at Cleveland
Obie British Columbia Congress Committee breeders showcased at the 7th World Poultry Congress in Cleveland. The event yielded good sales of birds and hatching eggs, with about 200 birds booked for Denmark New Zealand Cuba and several U S. states. Display featured Buff Orpingtons Light Sussex White Wyandottes Silver Spangled Ham purrs Rhode Island Reds Barred Plymouth Rocks White Leghorns Pyle Game Bantams and Rose Comb Black Bantams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BAC. Congress Committee
Cleveland
Obie
British Columbia Congress Committee
Denmark
New Zealand
Cuba
United States
Sussex
Rhode Island
Plymouth
Longest range photo of Mt Shasta by air corps captain
A captain in the US Army Air Corps captured the world’s longest range photograph from 23,000 feet, spanning 331 miles. The single exposure covered the greatest expanse of Earth’s surface ever photographed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Shasta
Army Air Corps
A New Weather Instrument Measures Upper Air Temperature
The American Meteorological Society announced a delicate instrument by Dr. CH. Heck of North Carolina State College. It uses a cascade of mirrors to concentrate light onto a thermocouple, detecting thousandths of a degree changes in upper air temperature and moisture to forecast weather for the next 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Meteorological Society
CH. Heck
North Carolina State College
Heck
Anne Adams Pattern 4137 for a slim hipflared frock
Sewing pattern ad for Anne Adams 4137 features front buttons, side panels to slim hips and flare the skirt, back panel, scalloped collar, contrasts and ruffles. Available in misses and women sizes 14 to 42. size 16 uses 414 yards 35 inch fabric and 1/2 yard contrast. Send twenty cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Ance Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Etiquette booklet promotes proper introductions and hosting
A Winnipeg newspaper feature advertises a 32 page etiquette booklet from the Home Service Dept. It offers advice on introductions manners at events and how to be a gracious hostess. Additional leaflets include Effective Phrases for All Occasions and New Ideas in Making Curtains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Brown
Helen
Mr. Jameson
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Sunday School Lesson Vision and Calling in Isaiah 6
A devotional summary of Isaiah 6 scenes including the Lord’s vision, seraphim praise, Isaiah’s cry of unworthiness, and the divine commission “Here am I, send me.” It contrasts the vision’s majesty with Isaiah’s self awareness and readiness for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah
Vinton
Goa
Asiah
Teanat
Gol
Tranaigured
Gods Palace
Davidson
Sai
Ezekiel
Angele Philips Brooks
Hom
Nis
Taniah
Treasure ship burial found on Mrs. Pretty’s land
A burial ship of an East Anglian ruler from the sixth century was unearthed on Mrs. Faith May Pretty’s property. Excavation on August 3 revealed coins, gold ornaments, and utensils, believed to be the tomb of Raedward, King of the East Angles, with ownership awarded to Mrs. Pretty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eeees Areae
Great Britain
Faith May Pretty
Raedward
East Angles
Selected Recipes and Food Facts Mix in 1900s Style
A collection of recipes including pumpkin pie with rich spices and brown sugar, corn starch and syrup, and a baked pumpkin custard garnished with whipped cream. Also includes bran waffle batter with bacon, and a note on millet used for hay and silage and vodka replacing Vodka in Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson's
Canada
Slim and 30 horse drive to Vulcan in 1923
Norman inquiry recalls a man named Slim who in 1923 drove a wagon train of nine tanks loaded with 1,140 bushels of wheat over 16 miles to an elevator at Vulcan near MacLeod Alberta. A Prescott Ontario reader, S A Kingston, holds a photo of a man named Sim and claims similar feats for a 30 horse team. The record claimed as a championship feat sparked Western papers and a later tractor wagoncade surpassed it in bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Slim
S. A Kingston
Regina
Leader-Post
Prescott
Ont
Sim
Kingston
Vulcan
Sask
Alta
Saskatchewan
MacLeod
Lethbridge
Western Wheatlands
Weather Prophet Notes Dogs Predict Storms Far Off
Meteorologist Henry E. Hathaway of the Hartford Weather Bureau reports that a nervous dog can sense an approaching thunderstorm from great distances. The first thunderclap often appears in the Blue Hill area, as dogs alert owners with a peculiar bark and retreat to their doghouses until the danger passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry E. Hathaway
Hartford Conn
Weather Bureau
Blue Hilla
Mr. Hathaway
A Lemon a Day Fights Scurvy in Somaliland Army
Dr J W S McCullough explains scurvy’s cause from Vitamin C deficiency and notes Mussolini's Italian army kept it away with a lemon a day. The piece praises fresh fruits and vegetables as cures, cites James Cook’s practices, and remarks scurvy is becoming rare today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cook
Great Britain
Editorial Note on Access to Dr McCullough Cancer Articles
Readers are advised they can obtain the full set of Dr McCullough's cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St, Toronto Ontario. The notice directs interested readers to request the complete collection through that address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. McCullough
Dame
Health League of Canada
Bond St
Toronto
Ont
British Columbia Clydesdales Sweep San Francisco Show
British Columbia bred Clydesdales dominated the major awards at the Golden Gate show in San Francisco. From 70 head, BC exhibitors took most prizes, with 10 horses from Dominion Experimental Farm Agassiz and five mares from Colony Farm Essendale. The BC exhibit was organized by the BC Horse Breeders' Association led by W H Hicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
San Francisc
Golden Gate
Colony Farm
Essendale
B.C
Proper Door Entry Technique Demonstrated
A Popular Mechanics note advises crossing arms when a door is open to prevent contact with the face. It explains that locating with one hand is unreliable and suggests placing thumbs together and spreading fingers to cover a larger area, making it easier to sense obstacles four times as much as with a single hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim
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Ureaser
Royal Naval Hospital
Gosport
Adame
Home Service
Gop
Euph
Russia
Ontario
DR. J.W. S. McCullough
Ileague
Canapal
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