World Happenings Briefly Told
A scan of varied items from Burma quake damage to payroll robberies in New York. British police arrest twenty in Palestine unrest. Weather expert Willis Moore dies in Pasadena aged 71. Paris motor race record attempt ends after 15,000 miles. Quebec Labour Party excludes all Communists at Montreal convention.
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Columbia River
British Columbia
London Daily Express
Jerusalem
I & Rot
Petah Tikveh
Palestine
Jaffa
Willis Luther Moore
United States Weather Bureau
Pasadena
Cal
Victor Bruce
Janet
Paris
GS Ualles
Quebec
Labor Party of Canada
Montreal
Crude Farming In Spain Warns Of Economic Crisis
A memo warns Castile must abandon the ok Roman plow to avert Spain’s looming agricultural crisis. Spain’s wheat crop value around 100 million dollars covers 19 million acres mostly tilled by hand, with sunburned labor and backward methods harming global competitiveness. The note urges tractors, deeper plowing, and fertilization to save the economy.
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Castile
Spain
America
Argentina
Power site shift eyed for Pitt River project in Ottawa debate
Ottawa discussions center on moving the Pitt Flow river power site from White Mud Falls to James Falls on the Chavedtit River. Whitneys and Sherritt Gordon interests favor the first option, citing potential profits, while financiers' uncertainty and anticipated rate controls cloud the choice. Interior Department seeks a quick decision.
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Whitneys
New York
Capital
Pitt Flow
Jsmey Falls
Chavedtit
Aeland Falls
White Sud
Interior Department
Fashion pattern for two piece middish frock No 1700
Decoded description of a two piece flared skirt frock pattern No 1700 with vestee neck and long sleeves. Sizes 54 through 42 inch bust, fabric yardage for 38 and 36 inch widths, price 20 cents for the pattern and 10 cents for the Fashion Book copy.
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Decideday Smars
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Ontos
In Winnipeg at 175 McDermot Ave a city program offers recreation grounds for children labeled vacation parks. For thirty six cents weekly, kids are transported daily to these parks and provided meals. Yokohama aims to remove earthquake traces within a month as wealthy Chinese relocate to Shanghai amid turmoil.
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Winnipeg
Ontos
McDermot Ave
Berlin
Water as a Lubricant
A new discovery suggests plain water can lubricate rubber bearings as well as oil, enabling high speed operation with grit removal by water flowing through fine grooves. Tested on heavy machines at 5000 revolutions per minute, this system, developed by two English engineers, could alter high speed machinery costs including ship turbines.
Sugar from waste wood becomes edible sugar product
Dr W R Ormandy reports to the Society of Chemical Industry that dried sawdust treated with hydrochloric acid yields significant sugars, including glue sugar or corn sugar, some of which are fit for human food. Impure sugar may be fermented into alcohol for motor fuel.
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W R. Ormandy
Society of Chemcal Industry
England
Britain’s Holiday Romance in Fields Causes Embarrassment
A tale from a London holiday in the country ends in risqué humor as a young farmer and four girls stroll the fields. A calf rubbing nose scene prompts the farmer to joke about joining in, and the girl casually encourages him to proceed with a cow.
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London
Vowed Fate of Ship Ryo Yei Mart Ended In Blaze
A burned Japanese fishing smack named Ryo Yei Mart, abandoned after 42 crew members died from sickness and starvation during a Pacific voyage, was set afire and drifted to shore. It was later found off the Washington coast after a long ill fortune and passengers hoped to return it to Japan but family fears halted plans.
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Pacific
Pug
Ryo Yei
Japan
Misaki
Jepen
Washton
Doukhobors plan expansion under Veregin leadership
Peter Veregin Jr leading a Saskatchewan expansion plan for the Doukhobors aiming at a central Veregin hub with a population of 30 000 to 50 000 immigrants from central Russia. The scheme preserves existing colonies while creating a new Veregin settlement to actively contribute to Canada’s development. initial steps include debt liquidation and readiness for land cultivation as cropland is cleared for crops.
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Saskatchewan
Peter Veregin, Jr
Canada
Veregin
Russia
Patrick Fitzgerald A Staten Island Watchman Joins Board
Patrick Fitzgerald, veteran gate watchman at Proctor and Gamble’s Staten Island plant, was named a member of the company’s board of directors. Despite the honor, he remains grounded and focused on his duties as a trusted watchman, earning broad respect from fellow employees and the community.
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Patrick Fitzgerald
Proctor Audble
Staten Island
Fitzgerald
le Surels
Tax Skirt Dictates Women’s Pay in Almandranco
In Almandranco Spain the sengthette skirt governs women’s taxation. A woman revealing only her ankles pays the minimum tax while longer hems incur higher rates.
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Almandranco
Spain
Western Breeder Triumph at Chicago International Exposition 1927
From Glencarpock Stock Farms Brandon Manitoba four animals earned top honors at the Chicago International Exposition 1927. Revolution 7th Ast prize aged bull senior and Grand Champion Bull Black Lass Glencarnock first prize cow senior champion Edella of Glencarnock first prize two year old beefier Clencarnock Jessie 9th first prize junior yearling and junior and grand champion female. In the background notable figures include ILO Harriss Harrison Ryan San Francisco Harlan Iowa W A McGregor Briarcuf Farms Pine Plains New York Jack Brown Glencarnock Farms Kenneth McGregor Hartley Stock Farms Page North Dakota Prof W H Pew Priarcuff Farms Pine Plains Oakleigh Thorne Brierclif Farms Pine Plains and Prof Kildee Aberdeen Angus judge.
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Revolution
Black Lass
Glencarnock
Edella
Clencarnock Jessie
Glencarpock Stock Farms
Brandon
Man
Ilo. Harriss
Harrison & Ryan
San
Sunday School Lesson January 1
The lesson centers on John 3 30 and Mark 11 13 with the golden text He must increase but I must decrease. It discusses the gospel as good tidings about Jesus the Christ and John the Baptist as God's messenger preparing the way. It urges a spiritual revival affecting daily life and social righteousness.
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Jesus Christ
God
Jesua
Christ
Mark
John
Bethlehem
J. D. Jones
Luke
Malachi
Matthew
John the Baptist
Jesus
Son of God
Charles Reynolds Brown
Canada claims lowest world divorce rate ever
A Mothers Union London meeting cites figures showing Canada with one divorce per 161 marriages, Britain 66, Sweden 83, Norway 20, Germany 24, New Zealand 21, Switzerland and Japan eight and one in eight respectively, noting U S divorce rise to 7.6 per 17 in 22 years with 250,080 divorces between 1916 and 1016.
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Canada
London
United States
Greatritain
Sweden
Norway
Germany
New Zea
Switzerland
Japan
Highland crofter refuses 22 rules for home loan
A Scottish Land Court member at the Caithness Association dinner recalls a crofter who, asked to sign a 22-condition loan document, replied he would not sign. He quips that God’s Ten Commandments grant him a mansion in the skies, not earthly rules.
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Scottish Land Court
Caithness Association
Earth
Amusing South Africa Governor General Tale
Toruttt Brieny Prince recounts his journey up the Zambesi to paramount chiefs. A speech of welcome lasted about thirty minutes and was followed by a native interpreter who summed it up in one line: times pleased to see you. The piece notes Germany’s driver license cost and strict tests, Britain’s speed records, and Hawaii’s auto ownership compared to the United States.
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Prince Artour
Comauga
South Africa
Zambesi
A Most Dangerous Practice
A French police man warns that a European war is likely in 1959 and criticizes advocates of war for stirring fear. The piece calls for decrying war and condemns those who push doom and war profiteering, urging authorities to silence what it treats as next-war prophets.
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Inter States
Ure
Immense Crane Built For London Railway
A massive crane for the Metropolitan Hallway project rises as the world’s largest of its kind. It features a 150 foot tall single leg with a 190 foot steel lattice jib, a central pivot, and a self rotating weather vane design to adjust to wind. The area covered exceeds 20 000 square feet and is of English construction with electric operation.
Democrats Seek Donkey Symbol After Philadelphia Vote
A Philadelphia Democrats group endorsed keeping the donkey as the party symbol in response to a Women’s Democratic club urging a shift to the American eagle. The resolution praises the donkey as loyal, capable of strength when provoked, and reflective of Democratic values.
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Democratic Party
Democratic Autary
Philadelphia
Democratic Club
Canadian per capita spirits consumption falls in 1926
Statistics from the Department of National Revenue show per capita liquor use in Canada for the fiscal year ending March 31 1926 at 32 percent of the long term average of 56 one gallon units. The result marks a sharp decline from the historical norm over the past sixty years.
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Canada
Department of National Revenue
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