World Happenings Briefly Told
British Columbia reclaims unemployed youth with forestry training led by E. W. Manning. Earl Baldwin to visit Canada for University of Toronto lectureship honoring Sir Robert Falconer. Lord Mayor Bowater speaks with Mayor La Guardia via wireless from the Mansion House. Germany to switch to synthetic rubber tires in 1939. Buna factories expand production. Ontario to host children’s demonstrations for the King and Queen’s visit. Swedish parliamentarians urge Chamberlain Nobel prize for 1939 peace efforts.
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British Columbia
E. W. Manning
Maid
Ottawa
Earl Baldwin
Canada
University of Toronto
Sir Robert Falcone
Frank Bowater
London
Mansion House
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
H.C. Nicol
Toronto
Ontario
Chamberlain
When Mechanism Failed Prisoners Opened Safe
At Jackson prison Deputy Wanden Ryan selected prisoners with mechanical skill to open a stubborn safe. In minutes the safe was unlocked as the group discussed the best method. Also notes a patient travels 30 billion miles around Earth and Britain’s fruit and ash per person.
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Jackson Prison
Wanden Ryan
Ryan
Old Time Prospector Rettinh Brown of Barkerville Dies at 99
Rettinh Brown, a famed Cariboo prospector and Barkerville pioneer born December 26 1839 near Westport Ontario, died in his Williams Creek cabin aged about 99. He mined mostly alone, once stoking a snow tender with a shovel twice as large as any in the area, and remembered Confederation debates spoken by D Arcy McGee. His cabin sits downstream from the 1863 John A Cameron claim that yielded three packhorse loads of gold, and a sister remains in Westport.
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Rettinh Columbia
el Brown
Barkerville
Ontario
British Columbia
Cariboo
Devil's Canyon
Smiths Falls
Kingston
D'Arcy McGee
Bowles
Westport
Brown
Williams Creek
John A
Cariboo) Cameron
Cornwall
Bill
Walla
Toronto
Globe
Holiday's Corners
Selected Recipes: Sitten Cake Nour and Spiced Butter Glaze
Recipe lists ingredients such as flour sugar molasses eggs and spices for a cake and a soft mocha frosting. Directions describe sifting measuring mixing adding liquids and beating until damp, then baking in greased layer pans at 375 degrees F for about 25 minutes.
Frosting Recipe for Layer Cakes and Cakes
Recipe instructions describe making frosting by heating butter in coffee then pouring over agar with dissolved sugar. Add salt and vanilla, beat until smooth and spreadable. Yields enough frosting for two 9 inch layers or an 8x8x2 inch cake.
Blind pupils form first hockey league at Brantford school
At Ontario School for the Blind in Brantford pupils organized what appears to be the first hockey league for blind players. Overseen by principal H. J. Vallentyne, the program evolved from skating in the curriculum. Totally blind players use a tin puck and sound cues, while those with light vision use a regulation puck. Two teams compete in each class, with games on alternate days, and observers note the vigor of play.
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Ranke
Ontario School For the Blind
Brantford
H. J. Vallentyne
Vallentyne
Healed Knee Pain Through Kruschen Salts Then Walked Four Miles
A married woman from Masgai nd who suffered ten years with rheumatic knee pains describes trying many medicines before Kruschen Salts. After a slow start, perseverance led to near normal knees and she comfortably walked four miles the other day, declaring she is not the same woman.
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Masgaind
Dairy Cows From Canada for British War Self Sufficiency
Canada dairy cattle to join Britain in a large self sufficiency push if war erupts in Europe within a year. Cows from Middlesex Ontario area purchased by British buyers, with several car loads sent from the London Woodstock dairy district.
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England
Ireland
Scotland
Middlesex
Ontario
Government of
Great Britain
London
Woodstock
Winter jumper frock pattern 4947 by Anne Adams
A pattern description for jumper frock pattern 4947 from Anne Adams with new Falsed waistline and button trimmed Sack. Notes fabric options including mossy wool novelty silk and challis for jumper and peasant cottons and pastel silks for blouse. Sizes 12 to 40 with 1% yards fabric guidance and 20 cent price. orders to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg. Also a Canada flour export ranking note.
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Anne Adams
ABC
Winnipeg
Peter's sermon triumphs in Acts 2 with fiery zeal
A Sunday school lesson reflects on Peter's Pentecost preaching as he proclaims Jesus as Lord and Christ. Peter argues the miraculous events fulfill Joel's prophecy and Psalms, urging repentance and baptism while noting the Spirit's outpouring upon all ages and statuses.
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Cristian Semon
Peter
Joel
Jesus
Christ
Ike Luther
Wesley
Galilee
God
Scaling Everest Faces Cold, Snow and Crevasses
Eric Shipton, who has attempted Everest four times, predicts the world’s highest peak will be conquered but only after enduring extreme cold winds and monsoon–spray dust. The chief dangers include avalanches, crevasses, and brief weather windows, while geologists note rivers cut through rising peaks as mountains grow.
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Everest
Eric Shipton
Mr. Shipton
Amateur groups praised at Dominion drama festival talk
In Saint John New Brunswick George Skullan praised amateur groups as he noted the Beace of a professional stage in Canada. An English actor-producer lauded the growth of dramatic art among amateurs linking people in a shared interest.
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George Skullan
Dominion
Saint John
N.B
Canada
Missing Cow Found After Station Walk in Predsted
A train carrying cattle arrived at Predsted in Jutland. An open car door allowed a cow to escape and be absent for hours, but the bossy animal walked back into the station unhurt without aid.
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Predsted
Jutland
Hang
The Hague Conference Debates Codeine Addiction Risk
At the 1912 Hague Conference experts argued codeine was largely harmless for addiction. U S investigations show few primary cases, but codeine use has risen, with higher per capita rates in Canada and France than Britain. Morphine substitutes appear in injections, while oral use rarely causes addiction. Avoid codeine in patients with morphine addiction history.
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Hague
League of Nations
United States
Wolff
Canada
France
Great Britain
Editorial note on Dr McCullough cancer articles access
Readers are informed they can obtain the complete set of Dr McCulloughs cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ontario. The notice directs readers to request the full collection by mail.
Must Be On Time Moscow Workers Watch Their Step
A new Soviet labor drive in Moscow enforces punctuality with stricter rules and on the spot checks. Foreman PV Kudelin faces trial for alleged laxity and shielding a regularly absent and drunk worker, highlighting harsh discipline in labor brigades.
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Moscow
PV. Kudelin
People's Court
Light Cavalry
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