World Happenings Briefly Told
Miss A Crummack left Winnipeg for Kingston Jamaica to start the first deaf school in the country. Dr A J Douglas Winnipeg health chief since 1900 will retire on April 1. Nelsons column in Trafalgar Square taxed by coins to aid Jewish child refugees from Germany. A proclamation fixes May 20 as King George’s birthday celebration day in the Dominion. Young Quebec newsboys will receive schooling and shelter in spare time. A home for newsboys opened under Christian Brothers. Scotland Yard develops television for police use. Secret televiewing with long range cameras lets officers watch suspects miles away. Seventy Canadian railroad labor reps discuss a unified transport policy. Alberta northwest expansion and new highways discussed by Fallon and Crerar. The Dominican frog skips the tadpole egg to become a frog. In parts of Britain dragon’s blood remains a popular love potion. You’re as old as you look and as young as you feel.
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Miss A. Crummack
Winnipeg
Kingston
Jamaica
A. J. Douglas
Winnipeg Health Department
Nelson
Trafalgar Square
Germany
Canada Gazette
King George
Dominion
Quebec
Schowling
Christian Brothers
Scotland Yard
International Railroad Labor Organizations
Canada
Alberta
Northwest Territories
Ottawa
W. A. Fallon
T. A. Crerar
Mines and Resources
Scientist claims breakthrough conquers sea sickness
Harvard trained Dr Walter M Boothby of Mayo Clinic Rochester reports success from a West Indies cruise aboard the Lady Nelson. Experiments with pure oxygen administered by ship's doctor Richmond Goulden revived three seasick passengers, reducing symptoms and allowing them to keep food. A natal oxygen mask aided the process though not fully perfected.
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Harvard Medical School
Walter M. Boothby
Mayoch
Rochester
Minn
Boothby
West Indies
Dr. Boothby
Eccentric Old Cookbook Fragments Include Potatoes and Cherry Shortbread
Fragmented recipe snippet lists belected shortbread with whipped cream and cherries then a potato salad with bacon onion celery and hard boiled eggs. Mentions Jiffy mayonnaise and a remark about an optimist and pessimist plus Ireland sending high commissioners to Australia Canada and South Africa.
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Ireland
Australia
Canada
South Africa
Anné Adams Pattern 4635 for Shirtwaister Style
Anne Adams offers pattern 4635 for a flattering shirtwaister with optional pockets two collars and two sleeve options. Sizes 16 to 46 priced 4 dollars plus 20 cents postage, available from Winnipeg pattern dept. Includes simple step by step sewing guidance.
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Anné ‘Adama
Anne ‘Adams
Anne Géama
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot Ave
Fall Feretold devotional reading on Peter
A devotional excerpt cites Luke and 1 Corinthians verses and chronicles Peter’s denial before the cock crowed. It recalls Jesus warning Peter that Satan sought to sift him and that Peter would deny him thrice, ending with Peter’s penitence and sorrowful reflection on Jesus’ gaze.
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Peters
Simon
Satan
Peter
Implicity aboard The Repulse and mass burials
A fragmentary report describes widespread changes aboard the Repulse with 900 men buried at sea and senior officers rotated. The king’s dining room and captain’s area are noted as part of a broader shipboard routine while a parade and camp command reshaped leadership during a period of upheaval.
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Nice
Rapa
Campiant
Wits
Bombert Educator Blames Bad Spelling And Figuring
Paul Moser of Chicago, head of a business college and former president of the National Commercial Teachers' Federation, criticizes modern teaching for devaluing the three R’s. He says emphasis on reading sentences at a glance shortens alphabet drilling, leading to poor spelling and handwriting. The federation held its 41st annual convention in Chicago.
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America
Paul Moser
Chicago
National Commercial Teachers’ Federation
Manion Ninth Conservative Leader Since Confederation
The Brockville Recorder and Times notes that all prior Conservative leaders since Confederation became Prime Ministers, while Liberals had four leaders in the same span. Only Edward Blake among them never held the office.
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Dr. Manion
Conservative Party
Canada
Brockville Recorder and Times
Liberals
Edward Blake
Congress Allocates Funds to Rain-Bed Weather Scheme
In 1801 Congress appropriated 10,000 dollars to penchard the cuts in an earth to bring rain, illustrating early efforts to influence weather patterns with state support.
Science of Allergy Breakthrough Duels Public Health
During a peak holiday period American newspapers dominated science coverage. Dr Charles F Code of the Foundation reported progress in allergy, vitamins, hormones, and a new chemotherapy approach using a special blood cell test to identify reaction mechanisms enabling doctors to treat millions with food or dust triggered allergies.
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America
Newspapers of
Hitler
Mussolini
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Richmond
Charles F. Code
Foundation
Health Learne Bond St Toronto Notice
Inquiries or approvals may be secured by writing to The Health Learne Bond St Toronto. Final notice directs recipients to contact the specified address for action.
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Toronto
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