World Happenings and Notable Global Events
A summary of diverse items from the era including a 115 person stat on deaf blindness in the US and Canada, Flower Port Inland purchase for a national park, George Eastman’s $1,000,000 dental and throat institute gift for Paris scout children, and US coast guard life-saving tax records. Also notes on Jack Miner’s wildlife experiments, Tomas A. Balson’s honorary German membership, Japan’s census figures, Jesse Ryme's rescue in James Bay, Port Dover sockeye industry in Lake Erie, future rocket plane travel forecasts, and Brazil Russia coffee wheat exchange plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Te Department of Interior
Georgial Bay
National Park Park
George Eastman
Scout Children
Paris
United States Coastguard
Prevenca
Jack Miner
Ontario
Hamburg
Tomas A. Balson
Erfinderhaus
Japan
Jesse Ryme
Quebec
James Bay
Port Dover
Lake Erie
Brightly Painted Self Propelled Cars Aims To Cut Accidents
The Canadian National Railways will trim rear and front ends of self propelled cars with bright yellow and red in winter months to attract motorists. A Mac Cowan, assistant general superintendent of car equipment, announced the move. The cars replace steam locomotives in some lines and feature bells and whistles to avoid misidentification. Services to Winnipeg Somerset Saskatoon Regina via Dunblane Moose Jaw and additional runs Victoria to Kessinger on Vancouver Island are among the routes to receive the new livery and ensure safer operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian National Railways
A. Mac Cowan
Western
Winnipeg
Somerset
Saskatoon
Regina
Dunblane
Moose Jaw
Victoria
Kessinger
Vancouver Island
Canadian dollar at par tops New York money market
The Canadian dollar has traded at par in New York since last August with brief above par spikes. Bankers attribute the stable premium to seasonal cross border fund movement as Canadians buy U S funds. Mexico mulls tax and freight rate cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Campaign Warns of Carbon Monoxide Dangers to Motorists
The Saskatchewan Department of Public Health launches a province wide campaign to educate the public on carbon monoxide hazards from car exhausts and other gas appliances. Campaign includes press publicity and pamphlets with each 1931 motor license plate, plus distribution to garages. It warns of deadly risks in closed spaces and urges ventilation, early doctor attention, and safe practices for drivers, garages, and basements.
Mexico Bans Death Penalty in New Penal Code
President Ortiz Rubio approves a penal code banning the death penalty in federal districts and territories. The measure also abolishes the jury system, criminalizes duelling, holds physicians liable for patient death errors, and detains vagrants for isolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ortiz Rubio
Restrictions Cut Russian Lumber Exports to Britain
The Department of Trade and Commerce in Ottawa advised that shipments of Russian lumber to Great Britain are limited to 300000 Russian standards for this year and 600000 standards for 1931, down from proposed 750000 and 850000 standards. Agreements follow talks between Russian sellers and the central soft wood buying corporation, representing about seventy leading British lumber importers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Department of Trade and Commerce
Ottawa
Central
Soft Wood Buying Corporation
World sheep population and wool clip figures
The global sheep population is about 700 million, roughly one for every three people. Russia leads with 116 million head, Australia has 90 million, and the United States about 47 million. The world wool clip totals around 3.5 billion pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Austraia
United States
A Wealth Of Knowledge At Cambridge Library Expansion
Cambridge University extended its library capacity with twenty miles of shelves housing a million and a quarter books, nearly 200000 maps, and over 107 thousand manuscripts. The feat reflects a vast growth in collections and access for researchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge University
84 Year Old Woman Believes Glass House Best Health
Miss Geraldine Fitzgerald of St James Square Bournemouth insists a glass house keeps her healthiest. At 84 she moved from brick to a garden glass house four years ago, claims better health and happiness. She notes past illnesses and says she can walk seven miles daily without fatigue, cooking on an oil stove and using candles for light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Fitzgerald
St. James Square
Bournemouth
England
Partridge Flocks Seen Moving Eastward in Manitoba
Western Manitoba reports indicate hundreds of Hungarian partridge flocks moving eastward from Saskatchewan and Alberta. B. J. Hales has kept observations documenting this notable migration trend this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
B. J. Hales
Canadian steam railway mileage in 1929 rise
The mileage of steam railways operated in Canada is 42381. During 1929 there was a net increase in the sites of railways operated of 286 and the total track mileage of 411 miles.
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Canada
Graf Zeppelin Flight Record Highlights Early 1930s Use
The Graf Zeppelin in 1930-31 logged 155 flights covering 14 275 miles carrying 278 passengers and 2 200 000 pounds of mail and freight. The airship will be sanitized and inspected after hoisting, to estimate normal airship length. A North Pole flight is hoped for 1931 depending on the economy. A new Zeppelin 12 128 will start in a larger hangar as helium inflation follows the R 101 disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rom Prem Graf Reppelin
Graf Ceppelin
Graf Zeppelin
Strange Ice Preserved Lizard Like Creature Found in Alaska
Reports from Valdez describe a giant lizard like carcass found on Glacier Island near Cordova Alaska. The creature is said to be 42 feet long with a 16 foot tail and a six foot head and 20 foot body. It purportedly remained encased in ice in the Columbia glacier since prehistoric times.
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Valdez
Alaska
Glacier Island
Cordova
Columbia Glacier
British air craft marvel rivals DO X with luxury liner
Work on Britain's rival to the German DO-X flying boat has begun. The monoplane will span 160 feet, carry 50 passengers in two decks with five saloons and sleeping berths, weigh 33 tons, and fly 1000 miles at over 120 mph. Furnishings will be luxurious.
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Britain
Had To Be Double On Train Tale
On a train a haggard man speaks with a carefree bachelor father of six daughters. The bachelor jokes about feeding six mouths, and the man replies that they actually have twelve mouths to feed because all the daughters are married.
Sunday School Lesson on Luke 2 and the Wise Men
A Sunday school text recounts Christmas narratives from Matthew and Luke. It highlights the Wise Men and angels, the shepherds’ reaction, and the journey to Bethlehem. The lesson urges obedience to divine visions and celebrates the newborn Christ as savior in humble surroundings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke
John Frekine
David
Heborn
Christ the Lord
Black Cat Delays Court All Three Defendants Cleared
A black cat wandered into Romford Police Court and sat on an omnibus conductor’s knee. The cat’s transfer of custody led to the dismissal of the conductor’s case. The cat then sat beside the magistrate and the next defendant, whose cases were also dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romford Police Court
London
England
Epic Of The Far North Reveals Thelon Sanctuary Tale
The Department of the Interior released a gripping day by day account by W H R Hoare of his 1925 and 1929 musk ox expeditions in the Thelon game sanctuary east of Great Slave Lake. A. S. Knox joined him as they faced blizzards, peat beds, caribou, and harsh northern life while detailing their solitary hardships and service to Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
W. H.R. Hoare
Dominion
Hoare
Knox
North ‘West Territories
Department
North
Ford Lake
Artillery’ Lake
Cariboo
Relance
Mr Knox
Mr. Knox
Mr. Hoare
American Pompeii Ruins Sought by Arizona Expedition
University of Pennsylvania Museum plans an expedition next year to locate an American Pompeii in Arizona near Flagstaff. Dr. Harold Colton, anthropology professor, says ruins lie beneath 18 to 20 feet of basaltic sand and centuries of drift deposits. Tests suggest primitive people had keener eyesight but poorer hearing than civilized whites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Harold 8. Colton
University
Museum
Flagstaff
Ariz
Colton
Also Mentioned on This Page
America
Europe
Fritz ‘von Opel
Germany
Brazilian Agricultural League
Sao Paulo
C.N.R
Mexico
Lustige Kolner Zeitung
Cologne
F. D. Munroe, M.D
Glass House
Rtridge
Canson
Davi Baviour
Bethlehem
Saul of
Tarsus
Damscus
Agrippa
Eninn
Pompeii
Brooder Houses
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
Eto
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