World Happenings Briefly Told
Keele will be laid soon for three minelayers to be built under the Bri igh 1938 naval construction program. The executive committee of the World Jewish Congress accused Danig of organizing a pogrom to drive Jews from the Nazified free city. Effective Dec. 28 the fixed value for duty on celery imported into Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia has been suspended. A windstorm caused $1,000,000 damage on the outskirts of Sydney Australia. one killed, 18 injured, 240 houses wrecked. Tass reports Soviet Russia will close its consulate at Milan after a fascist attack during an anti-French demonstration. British Columbia shipped about 2,000,000 Christmas trees to the continent this month. last year 1,725,000 exported. Three little girls and a boy killed by leopards terrorizing villages on Mount Garhwal, India, driven by hunger from the snow heights. Saint John Common Council calls to arm the port against hostilities involving Canada. Cinema screens will flash world news at hourly intervals during the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition.
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World Jewish Congress
Danig
Russia
Milan
Italy
British Columbia
Mount Garhwal
India
Iunger
Department of National Defence
Saint John
Canada
Common Council
Christian Science Monitor
Spring bolero pattern 4952 offered for misses and women
Folio style pattern 4952 presents a bolero and skirt dress for spring with neckline height sleeve length options and trim choices. Sizes 11 16 18 20 34 36 38 40 42. fabric 3 3/4 yards of 39 inch. send twenty cents to Adams pattern via Anne Leepaper Union Winnipeg.
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Nee Adams
Anne Leepaper Union
TS Webereet ‘Winniper
Christ the Son of the living God lesson at Day Dawn
Devotional reading centers on Matthew 16 13 to 16 Peter’s confession Thou art the Christ the Son of the living God Jesus affirms Peter’s faith then speaks of his coming death and the keys of heaven Peter’s rebuke demonstrates the conflict between divine plan and human doubt within the disciples and Jesus response Get behind me you Satan reflects the spiritual tension of the moment
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Christ
God
Peter
Jesus
Simon Bar-Jonah
John
Kingdom of Heaven
Emus
Jerusalem
Peter Jeux
Messiah
Satan
Goda
Moffatt
Western Canada Dominates Macdonalds Brier Curling History
Western Canada claims supremacy in curling since 1927 when inter-provincial playdowns began for the Macdonalds Brier Tankard. Manitoba leads with eight dominion titles, Alberta twice, while Saskatchewan now emphasizes district playdowns to send champions to Toronto. The system has expanded regional play, artificial ice adoption, and equal provincial representation across the Dominion.
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Western Canada
Canada
Great Lakes
Manitoba
Alberta
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Dominion of Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Toronto
Macdonald Tobacco Company
British Council
Calgary
Alberta Curlings Association
Edmonton
Alberta Association
Peace River
Grande Prairie
Dominion
Macdonald
Halifax
Sinc
Prairies
Tink
Ontario Curling Association
Bomplels
Regina
Saskatoon
Northern Ontario
Northern Ontario Association
Temiskaming
Coktiapin
Macdonal
Western
Immunization Triumph in Yarmouth Diphtheria Campaign
Dr L M Morton details his 1929 immunization drive in Yarmouth Nova Scotia after a council protest. Despite initial rejection, a Saturday clinic and school consent led to 495 children receiving three toxoid doses by September. Since then, diphtheria became rare locally, with only one case in 1987.
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Yarmouth
Morton
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Yarmut
Selected Recipes For Whipping Cream Marshmallow Dates And Nuts
Whip cream, fold in cut marshmallows and refrigerate an hour. Add dates and chopped nuts. Stir in two tablespoons of Graham wafer crumbs. Shape into teaspoon sized balls, roll in wafer crumbs, and place on waxed paper in a cool place.
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Christie's Graham Waters
Apple Tart with Cinnamon and Nut Topping
Prepare tart with 1 cup water 4 oz sugar 1% teaspoon cinnamon 3 cups light brown sugar 1/4 cup butter 10 Christie's Graham crumbs 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind 3 tablespoons chopped pecans. Pare core and quarter apples. Add water and cook covered until tender. Stir in sugar and cinnamon. Bake in buttered dish until top browns. Sprinkle crumbs sugar rind and nuts. Dot with butter and bake about 30 minutes at 400F. Serve hot or cold with whipped cream. Six portions.
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Christie's
Germany recalls helium bottles from US shipment
Germany has recalled 200 empty steel bottles intended to return to Germany filled with helium, the gas that could aid lighter-than-air ships. The bottles traveled to Germany aboard the Nazi freighter Idarwald, seen as evidence that the United States would not sell helium for German commercial dirigibles.
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Germany
United States
Spectacles worn by men twice as often as women
A historical observation notes that men wear glasses at roughly double the rate of women, reflecting early gender differences in eyewear adoption and access to vision care. The statement summarizes a social pattern rather than a specific study or dataset, highlighting broader implications for gender norms and health.
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Keele
Briigh
Naval Construction
Asatile Bolero
WRDAY
Saskatchewan Curling Association
British Consols
L. M. Morton
Canadian Public Health Journal
Bac
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