World Happenings Briefly Told In 1930s News Snapshot
Carymon Bellairs handed Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald an affidavit alleging 652 200 Soviet prisoners worked in lumber camps last May. UK wheat imports from Russia in 1930 reached 35 466 000 bushels. Viscount Willingdon to become Earl and take India post after Irwin tenure. Bermuda council opposes auto use by physicians. Italian seaplanes sold to Brazil for 870 000 lire each. Soviet Russia to join European Federation commission with caveat. USSR may shape stance later.
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Carymon Bellairs
Ramsay Macdonald
Russia
United States
The
Treasury
Viscount Willingdon
India
Lord Irwin
Lord Willingdon
Canada
Bermuda
Legislative Council
Brazil
Rome
Portuguese Guinea
Soviet
Commission
League of Nations
House of Commons
Walter Robert Smith
Board of Trade
United Kingdom
Saskatchewan Adopts Holograph Will Law Change
New Wills Act passage in Saskatchewan allows individuals to draft a will entirely in their own handwriting without witnesses. The legislation passed after a tight committee debate, final division 21 to 20 against removing the clause.
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Saskatchewan
T. C. Davis
K.C
Prince Albert
Canada Promotes Low Cost Power for Industrial Growth
The World Power Conference brings 48 nations to discuss power issues with Canada displaying leadership in low priced power and potential for expansion. A separate anecdote recalls a forgetful professor at a dinner with a charming woman. The Khyber Pass in Afghanistan is noted as a main corridor from India, about 30 miles long.
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Canada
Khyber Pass
Afghanistan
India
Fashion patterns offer sizes for children and misses
The notice lists several pattern numbers 115 661 951 and 29 with sizes from 2 to 42 inches bust. It details yardage for 35 and 39 inch materials and includes binding ribbon requirements. It promotes a Fashion Magazine and Pattern Book available for 15 and 25 cents respectively. Send materials and addresses to Fashion Bureau.
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Sevich
Fashion Bureau
World Lands Move: Landslides and Tilts Reported
The article notes dynamic Earth surfaces with land areas shifting. Lake Superior tilting southeast, southern Denmark sinking, Baltic coasts of Sweden and Russia rising, and islands appearing and vanishing in the South Pacific. Pacific coast landmarks like Point Reyes Lighthouse moved ten feet north in thirty years and Mt Hamilton shifted five feet southeast.
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Earth
Lake Superior
Jouthen
Denmark
Baltic
Sweden
Russia
South Pacific Ocean
Point Peyes
Golden Gate
San Francisco Bay
Point Arena
Mt. Hamilton
Lick Observatory
Canada’s 1930 Wheat Yield Totals 397 Million Bushels
The Canadian Government Bureau of Statistics estimates Canada’s 1930 wheat production at 397,872,000 bushels, up 2,000,000 from prior, with Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta collectively yielding 374,500,000 bushels. Other grains in these provinces include 254,011,000 oats, 109,495,000 barley, 20,641,000 rye and 4,293,000 flaxweed. London touts being the cleanest city as 48 miles of streets are washed nightly at a cost of 5,000 dollars per night.
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Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
London
Three Questions For Peace From Viscount Cecil
Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, Britain’s League of Nations disarmament envoy, asked Germans three questions about war and peace. He urged letting the young avoid death in future wars, questioned daily armament spending of over ten million dollars, and pressed for peaceful settlement of disputes through cooperation and prudent government policy.
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Viscount Cecil of
Chelwood
League of Nations Preparatory Disarmament Commission
Geneva
Boersen Courier
The Great Missionary Flight and Women Helpers
Luke 8 describes Jesus traveling through cities with the twelve disciples preaching the kingdom of God. Women such as Mary Magdalene Joanna Susanna and others ministered to Jesus and his followers, supporting with their means as He relied on hospitality.
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Luke
Jesus
Mary Magdalene
Magdala
Sea of Galilee
Susanna
Parable of the Sower Seen Through Historical Field Imagery
The text recalls Jesus teaching the Parable of the Sower with Dean Stanley noting an unfenced corn field. It describes seed on a beaten path, shallow soil, thorns, and rich soil yielding thirty sixty or a hundredfold, ending with the refrain He that hath ears I hear. Germany has 5 360 movie theatres.
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Jesus
Dean Stanley
Palestine
the Sun
Aerial Progress In the North Highlights Air Travel Growth
The North sees rapid aerial growth with air mail, transport fleets from three mineral firms, and Royal Canadian Air Force involvement. A post along the Mackenzie River reported as many as twelve planes in a single day, underscoring aviation becoming a common travel means.
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Northwest Territories
Royal Canadian Air Force
MacKenzie River
Coffee Exports Drive U.S. Demand from Colombia
In a conversation about household governance a man recalls telling his wife to run the house as she pleased. He notes coffee exports from Colombia to the United States account for roughly nine of every ten pounds.
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Colombia
United States
Carter's Little Liver Pills Benefit Testimony Recipe
Mr Prank Chatburn of Blackburn writes that after taking Carter's Little Liver Pills for acid stomach and constipation he can now eat anything and enjoy meals without disagreeable after effects. Ail druggists 25¢ and red pies.
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Prank Chatburn
Blackburn
Carter
Prosperous London Newsdealers Earn Large Incomes
Alexander MacLaren, secretary of the National Federation of Retail Newsagents and Stationers, testified before a House of Commons committee that many London newsdealers earn substantial sums. He cited a street seller at 15,000 dollars a year, another at 10,000, and several with 12,500 yearly profits.
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London
England
Alexander MacLaren
National Federation of Retail Newsagents and Stationers
House of Commons Select Committee
Eller
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Germany
Islow
Poe
Tidical CO
Caen
Ramsay Co
Sap
Paris Specialty Co
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Adies
Rational Manufacturing Company
Montreal
Krooder
NROOM
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