World Happenings Briefly Told Colonie Study noted in a early column
Colonie reports Lindbergh invited to Alaska for a goodwill tour next summer. Clarence D. Chamberlin plans to attempt endurance and al ing. Canada denies planning a Tokio legation. Kellogg to visit Ottawa in February. A Scotland anti Brevin racing drive backs J M MacDun aid. Submarine ban proposed by world powers. Ford plans aeroplane to inspect rubber plants. Mingle died suddenly in Medicine Hat from a stroke. Fifteen Russian residents convicted for espionage. three to die. National Conference of the British Empire Service League opens June 11 at St NB. Major Tien Let aviator to fly Las Ang as China project. Lindbergh may pilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonie
Charles A. Lindbergh
Alaska
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Department of External Affairs
Canada
Tokio
Frank Kellogg
Ottawa
Washington
Scotland
J. Mamsay MacDunaid
Representative Fotheringham
Henry Ford
Anne
Planta Ihis
Develo Enterprise
Charles Stewart
Alberta Floure
Stewart
Revolutionary Tribunal
British Empire Service League
St NB
Tien Let
Las Ang
China
Col
Charles 4. Lindbergh
The Laziest Man Dead in Lurgan Ireland
George Thompson long called the laziest man in the world died at Lurgan County Armagh. He refused to leave his home for years until his mother, who supported him, was forced to enter the work house with him. He stayed with them until death. Also noted, Breton coast seaweed yields about five million dollars yearly for iodine manufacture and the U.S toy industry has grown over four thousand percent in twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lnd
George Thompson
Lurgan
County Armagh
George
Heart and nerve troubles linked to change of life in letter
McKenzie from Campbell Ont describes intense heart and nerve distress during menopause. He notes seeking treatment with quinine or similar drugs, reporting temporary relief but ongoing weakness and melancholy as the change progresses. Sold by druggists and mail order on receipt of price.
Airship Link Promises Regular Atlantic Service
Commander Burney reveals plans for daily airship service between England and Montreal and New York with a mid Atlantic meeting. Fares set 80 to 125 pounds. Montreal to anchor ship traffic after mooring mast erection, with launch hoped next July and regular sailings soon after.
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Montreal
Britain
Burnes
England
New York
Burney
British Air Authority
British United
United States
Canada
Atlantic Ocean
U States
mid-Atlantic
Biing
W Wehcome
Things That Make Life Using Our Initiative Is Noted
The passage argues that reliance on others undermines personal responsibility and initiative. It contends many lives are wasted as people wait for guidance instead of boldly pursuing their own fate, noting that self-help actions shape genuine life.
Frock Pattern No 1698 for Misses in Size 18
A fashion pattern description highlights an inverted plait centre-front skirt, a pointed bodice, and a left side fastening with a one-piece back. Contrasting cuffs and collar offered. Available in sizes 16 18 and 29 years with yardage details and a 20 cent price.
Televocal System Demonstrated for Operatorless Machinery
Westinghouse engineer R J Wensley unveiled the Televocal System in New York City enabling remote supervision of electric plants and substations via telephone. Unattended machines can be started stopped or controlled by reports and commands, with potential household uses as well as industrial applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Us.a
Westinghouse “Lectric and Manufacturing Company
R. J. Wensley
Westinghouse
Spirit of St Louis potato shocks Pentleton community
W. T. Patton of Pentleton Gre has unearthed a huge potato that resembles an airplane in shape and features a pilot in its fuselage. He christened it The Spirit of St Louis, noting the potato’s wings and body resemble a monoplane and measuring about seventeen inches from wing tip to wing tip. A neighbor cites Lindbergh’s flight as influence, while the state agricultural college has not offered a scientific opinion.
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St. Touts
Lindbergh
W. T. Patton
Pentleton
Gre
Pathfinder
Patton
St. Louis
State Agricultural College
Sunday School Lesson on Fulfilling the Law and Joyful Faith
The lesson centers on Matthew 5.17 and Mark 2, 18 22, exploring Jesus fulfilling the law, the Pharisees and John's disciples questions, and the call for cheerful followers. It notes fasting, covenant imagery of marriage, and the bridegroom motif guiding disciples toward joyful worship.
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John the Baptist
John
Joans
Uieir
Spalding
Canadian National Railways
Vancouver
Jesus
Bing
Lore McCutcheon
Baptist
George A. Barton
Hosea
Ezekiel
Israel
Englishman Pardoned From Foreign Legion Speaks Out
John Harvey, recently pardoned by the French Foreign Legion after desertion with an eight year sentence, describes brutal life in desert campaigns and prisons. He recalls officers striking him and chained lims, and endures thirst and barbarity before release via British Foreign Office intervention.
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John Harvey
French Foreign Legion
Ndard
Foreign Legion
Harvey
British Foreign Office
Bennett J
Buffalo Meat Reserved for Eskimos by Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories branch of the Department of the Interior in Ottawa has reserved about 1000 buffalo carcasses slaughtered at a tract near Wainwright Park Alberta. The meat will be sliced and dried for shipment to Eskimos in the far northern Dominion to replenish their food supply as caribou herds dwindle. A Briton in the Solomon Islands oversees a cocoanut plantation and cites ten month delays for letters from home. Butterflies in England turn dull brown from manganese and factory smoke on plant leaves.
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Wainwright Park
Alta
Northwest Territories
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Dominion
Butterflee
England
Changed His Mind British Newspaper Man Found Canada Easy Of Access
Mr Gratian, managing director of the Hull Mail and Hull Times, said Canada once seemed inaccessible but now feels easy to reach. He urges others with travel opportunity to share knowledge gained. Hull Daily Mail report notes his views after a recent trip.
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Canada
Gratian
Hull Mail
Hull Times
Hull
Eng
Daily Mail
Ginger Cocktail and Egg Nest Bake Recipe Items
A mixed reader item lists a ginger cocktail with orange juice water salt and Canton ginger syrup prep, then a ham or bacon parsley potato dish with buttered nests and eggs baked until just set. The piece reads like Betty Barclay recipes with rough measurements and step notes.
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Canton
Laurier's Arthabaska home to become Laurier museum
The 1877 built house of Sir Wilfrid Laurier in Arthabaska will pass to the Government of Quebec as a permanent memorial museum. Two Montreal men Noah Timmins and F. Kirk Cameron arranged the sale and will donate the property to the province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statesman
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Arthabaska
Province of
Quebec
Sir Wilfrid
Noah Timmins
Kirk Cameron
Montreal
Build More Elevators In Western Canada Grain Pool Plan
The Western Canada Grain Pool plans extensions worth 5 001 000 for country elevators and terminals in Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The programme envisions 100 to 150 new country elevators in Alberta 150 in Saskatchewan and 40 in Manitoba, with current totals of 160 720 and 50 respectively. A music writer says Jazz is dead art. He's doubly wrong. It isn't dead and it feat art.
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Western Canada Grain Pool
Western Canada
George H. Melver
Bulding
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Canada Sets Good Example in Industrial Disputes
Canada has set a positive example over the past years by using conciliation rather than compulsion in resolving industrial disputes. Russell Sage Foundation official Van Kleek notes the Industrial Disputes Act's success in railways and public utilities, given its framework that avoids strikes or lockouts pending a three member board including employee and employer designations and a ministerial appointee as chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United 5 Jury
van Kleek
Department of Industrial Studies
Russell Sage Foundation
Sperry Promises Diesel-Driven Airplane Engine
Elmer A Sperry, inventor of the gyroscope compass, announces a perfected aeroplane engine on the Diesel principle. He expects a 1000 hp motor within a year weighing two pounds per horsepower and using crude oil instead of gasoline, with far lower fuel costs. The invention aims to boost airliners and reduce fuel costs, with experiments already showing effective fire safety.
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Elmer A. Sperry
Sperry
RCAF Plans New Churchill Air Base In Hudson Bay Region
The Royal Canadian Air Force contemplates establishing an air base at Churchill Manitoba on Hudson Bay shores. Indications suggest completion by early spring with two airplanes to undertake similar duties as those at Nottingham Island base in Hudson Strait.
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Fort Churchill
Churchill
Man
Hudson Bay
Royal Canadian Air Force
Sprint
Nottingham Island
Hudson's Strait
Tudor style house shown to prospective buyer
Builder explains the Tudor style house while the buyer shows indifference. The builder then calls out George to fetch water to wash the oak beams. A separate note lists six states without capital punishment: Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas, Minnesota, Maine, and South Dakota.
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George
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kansas
Minnesota
Maine
South Dakota
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McKenzie
Campbells Ont
Jesus and the Law
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
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Aan Trelle
California
Herman Trelle
Peace River
Betty Barclay
Laurier's
Pat
J. H. Guild CO
Rupert
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Hamnsey
TE Eis
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