World Happenings Briefly Told
The report covers diverse items from Canada and the United States. It notes six Communists killed during an attempted escape from Romania, a hotel chain accepting Canadian money on par with American, the death of Canon George Osborne Troop in Halifax, Dr. R. L. King elected president of the Saskatchewan College, a proposed tariff revision to aid oil producers, veteran groups presenting unified representations in Ottawa, and a rise in railway accidents in Canada with many at highway crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Govers
Seattle
George Osborne Troop
Church of England
Canada
Halifax
R. L. King
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons
Saskatchewan Council
Regina
Bclentife
United States
Veterans’ Organizations
Ottawa
Board of Railway Commissioners
Diploma for African native wins Chicago diploma count
Kamaru Banda, heir apparent to Nyassaland chieftainship, among 257 graduates at University of Chicago. He fled jungle home at nine, earned money in a South African diamond mine, funded studies by compiling a dictionary and grammar of his language and collecting folk tales. Banda, 24, aims for medicine and return to aid his people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nyassaland
University of Chicago
Maynard Hutchins
Kamaru Banda
South Africa
Anthropology Department
Banda
View from Empire State sparks Keller reflection
Helen Keller commented on a top of the Empire State Building journey noting imagination enhances her view. The Toronto Globe quoted her as asking if the other view is more beautiful than hers. The piece sits among varied archival notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Keller
Empire State Building
New York
Toronto Globe
Wheat export shares of major dominions revealed
A Dominion Bureau of Statistics report details wheat trade: Canada exports about 18 percent of world wheat, Australia 19.4 percent, and British India 22 percent. Great Britain consumes 244,339,000 bushels annually with 49,261,000 home produced and rest imported. Canada exports 257,863,000 bushels, Australia 64,176,000, British India 7,210,000, other Empire states 563,000. Canada exports nearly three times GB’s annual wheat flour imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Australia
Britain
India
Bureau
Great Britain
Dominions
British India
Slimming costume slip with French finish style noted
Paris designed slimming slip inspired frock features moulded bodice forming a deep point and a circular skirt that falls gracefully beneath a similar hem. Edging trim options include lace and picot edge. pattern No. 228 targets sizes 14 to 38 with crepe de chine components and edging requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Addressing Patterns in Winnipeg Newspaper Union Rules
Fragmentary OCR text discusses an address in Winnipeg and a decree from the Napoleonic era requiring French parents to pick children names from an official list. It also contains garbled notes about the Empire State Building and a police encounter with unclear context.
Recurrence Of Drought Periods In Western Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Commission on Conservation of Water and Afforestation, chaired by J F Bryant, announces a studied approach to climate and weather, seeking practical research and collaboration with U S authorities to forecast drought cycles. The report links settlement patterns to climatic cycles and urges land classification and cycle-based farming to reduce losses from recurring drought, floods, and soil blowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Bryant
Saskatchewan Commission On Conservation of Water and Afforestation
Saskatchewan
Canada
Commission On Conservation
T. A. Patrick
W. D. Cowan
A. J. Connor
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Montana
North Dakota
F. E. Clements
Katchewan
Brueckner
Huntington
West
Recipes For This Week From Betty Barelay
A compact baking note lists ingredients including sugar raisins syrup corn flour coffee and eggs. It describes beating eggs with sugar until light then folding in dry ingredients and raisins, adding coffee and Mazda, and baking quickly until the cake edges pull away from the pan.
Old Time Nut Batter Cookies From Pantry Notes
A vintage recipe lists ingredients such as eggs sugar and nuts for cookies. Directions describe creaming Mazola with sugar then adding eggs and heating until light, mixing with corn syrup and combining with dry ingredients before folding in nuts and raisins. Drop spoonfuls on buttered pans and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Living Water and the Samaritan Woman Sermon
The devotional recounts Jesus at Jacob's Well speaking with the Samaritan woman. He offers living water that leads to eternal life, revealing her life through a probing question about her husbands, and urging deeper conviction before faith can truly begin. The scene emphasizes thirsting for spiritual renewal and the prophet’s discernment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ur Sesus
Samaria
Sychar
Jesus
Jacob's Well
B.C. Gilles
Weil
Five Cent Nickel Dominates Ottawa Mint Output in 1931
The Royal Canadian Mint issued 11,618,690 coins in 1931 with five cent pieces leading the year at 5,620,000 coins. Pennies reached 5,140,000, dimes 2,294,000, and 50 cent pieces only 68,000 amid downturn. The two-bit coin totaled 84,000 pieces, worth 25 cents each, for $212,000. Total value of coinage and metals touched $35,038,176, with $25,176,551 delivered to the Finance Department. No $10 or $5 gold pieces were minted.
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Royal Canadian Mint
Department of Finance
Butterfly Visits Cold Saskatchewan Yukon
A butterfly emerged on a frigid January day in Lumsden Saskatchewan as Mr. Skeleton reports the unlikely sight. The British aviation insurance expert attributes half of flying accidents to judgment errors. The green emerald grass species hides in the Salzburg Alps. Honey stored in a fridge tends to granulate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Skeleton
Lumsden, Sask
Salzburg Alps
Life a Misery From Headaches
A reader describes severe headache pain and eye swelling, finding relief after trying Dr. Williams Pink Pills inspired by her mother's persistence. The account notes initial disbelief but eventual improvement with the treatment.
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Willams
Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People Advertising
An old timey advertisement urges readers to buy Dr Williams' Pink Pills as a blood restoring tonic. It claims benefits for iron deficiency and resulting headaches, urging mention of the doctor’s name to ensure correct identification. The price is shown as 90 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Willams
Soviet Plans for Large Wheat Acreage Increase for 1982
Soviet agriculture officials announced a plan to sow 348 million acres to crops in 1982, up from last year, with most gains in industrial crops like cotton and flax and spring wheat acreage near 1991 levels. The Berlin observer noted emphasis on quality over quantity, amid drought impacts and weaker spring crops.
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Soviets
Russia
States Agriculture Departmentso
Berlin
Jellicoe resigns British Legion post after illness
Earl Jellicoe, famed admiral, retires from the presidency of the British Legion after three years in office. He visited Canada last autumn and fell ill returning, remaining at home on the Isle of Wight for several weeks, though he continues as grand president of the British Empire Service League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Jellicoe
British Legion
Alle Nealth
Canada
Isle of Wight
British Empire Service League
Ontario spends large sum on unemployment relief
Hon. George S. Menry provincial premier told a Toronto service club that Ontario spent 15,728,000 on unemployment relief in 1930 and 1931. He said 43,000 persons had been given employment.
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Munceipasties
Ontario
George S. Menry
Toronto Service Club
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Brefly
Chicago University
China
London
Eng
Shefeld
England
By Annette
Winnipeg
Unio
McDermot Ave
Patern
New
Betty Barelay
Iesus
Christ Jesus
John
Isiah
Jellicoe
Legion Office
Castoria
Castomis
Catiieth
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