World Happenings Highlights From Around the World
Summary of scattered items including John Buchan joining Edmonton Hudsons Bay staff in Canada. Crown lands for the Duke of Richmond’s castle area purchased as investment. Record depth drilled near Potchefstroom in Transvaal. Debtor at Jog races in Manchester ordered to pay one shilling monthly, later reduced. Durban to host 1940 World Sunday School convention with 56 nations. Automobile crash in Butler Indiana injures seven youths. Winnipeg celebrates 99th birthday of George Brooks who served in both world wars. Obituary notes for A H Scouten veteran of Riel Rebellion and Fenian Raids born Kingston Ont and early RNWMP member.
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Mon John Buchan
Lord Tweedamuir
Canada
Edmonton
Hudson's Bay Company
Duke of Richmond
Crown Lands
Manchester
Durban
South Africa
Butler
Indiana
George Brooks
Winnipeg
France
A. H. Scouten
Kingston
Ont
Cit Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Taxicab Good Samaritan Helps Lost Girl In LA
A Los Angeles taxi driver stopped for a six year old girl crying on a street corner after she got lost on her way home from school. He gave her a ride without asking for payment and brought her home. Grateful parents later paid him generously and arranged daily rides for other children, inspiring neighbors to follow.
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Los Angeles
Hudson's Bay Plans Broad Game Conservation
The Hudson's Bay Company will push northward game conservation to aid the Indian population and rebuild the fur trade. Fur trade commissioner Ralph Parsons said the firm will press for government plans in 1935 to set aside large areas for exclusive hunting and trapping by Indians Bakimos and half-bred people.
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Hudson's Bay Company
Ralph Parsons
Company
Fur Trade
Two Pioneers of Fingerprint Identification
The article recalls Sir Francis Galton of England and Sir William Herschel of India as early pioneers in fingerprint use for identification. Herschel aimed to fingerprint members of the Hugh courts, while Galton sought fingerprints for Chinese immigrants.
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Sir Francis Galton
England
Sir William Herschel
India
Herschel
Hugh Courts
Galton
Flin Flon Mines and Open Pit Adventure Tour
A correspondent tours the Flin Flon complex noting safety checks by inspectors and engineers, the open pit lake edge sports area, and the shift from steam to electric locomotives. The piece describes ore composition, the stone crusher, and magnetized gear sorting metal from ore.
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Lake Bottom
Four Men Called to Discipleship in Mark’s Gospel
A Sunday school lesson on Mark 1 14 28 describes Jesus beginning his ministry in Galilee after John the Baptist's arrest He preaches the gospel proclaiming the kingdom of God is at hand and calls Peter James John and others to follow He emphasizes a life of repentance belief and transformed living through discipleship.
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God
Jesus
John
Galilee
Mar
Th Baptist
Herod
Peter
Augustine
Anip
Panag
Qouli Fanorn
Games
Jobe
Zebedee
Jesus Christ
Giant aerial signpost rises at King's Langley
More than 150 tons of concrete form a circular signpost 200 feet across in the Ovaline Dairy Farm meadows at King's Langley Herts. The circle bears the legend To Croydon 27 Miles. A writer notes the wartime yen figures and the Japanese taxpayer likely bears the postwar cost.
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Great
Mouth Cancer and Tobacco Risks Highlighted by Dr MCCullough
Dr J W S MCCULLOUGH discusses cancer of the lip and mouth, linking tobacco use and poor dental health to cancer risk. He cites betel nut chewing in Asia and notes higher mouth cancer rates in men, with warnings about ignoring early signs such as sores on the lip or inside the mouth. He recalls a case where radium treatment cured a lip sore.
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Fastern Landa
Ceylon
Philippines
Ternatefon
Readers urged to request full cancer articles from Health League
A colonial notice invites readers to obtain the complete set of Dr McCullough cancer articles by writing to the Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ont. The call emphasizes postal request for access to the full series.
War Minister admits single status over cooking standards
The Ite Minister for War, Mr Hore, reveals he has never married, citing exacting culinary requirements as the reason. He told army cooks at an exhibition that his meals must meet high standards, noting the banishment of the King's bill of fare and his taste for French names and greenery. The report mentions fifty kinds of pudding at the event.
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Hore Teensna
Ite
Alders
Lee
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World Happenings Party
Potchefstroom
Transvaal
Caulfield
Flin Flon
Tom Creighton
Mostar
Delon
Manitoba
DR. J W. S. McCullough
Yealth
Canapal
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