World Happenings Briefly Told From Global Events
Germanys reparations total for May reach 100190000 marks as population protests and the Olympic attendance tops 589256 spectators with 120681 dead.Ontario official Henry Cockstutt resigns as railway director. Sir Anthony MacDonnell remembered for his 1902 1908 Ireland tenure. Belgian debt talks and a Paris report on German youth officers are noted. James A Logan resigns from the Paris reparations commission. Radio in Sing Sing prisoners discussed. Canadian University of Saskatchewan elects Brown to a senate vacancy over Bryant.
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Henry Cockstutt
Ontario
Fie
MacPonnell
Swinton
London
Ireland
Anthony MacDonnell
Melasdtreles
Paris
Mor
Kellers
Brown
Regina
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
J. F. Bryant
Cty of
Decrease in Drug Addicts Spurred Medical Care Plan
Ottawa health department paper by F W Cowan cited at the Chief Constables' Association of Canada meeting argues narcotics users are less prone to crime and shows a definite drop in young women and men becoming addicts. Cowan urges medical care and treatment over prison for addicts.
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Canada
F. W. Cowan
Federal Health Department
Ottawa
W.C Crabb
Welland
Cowan
Imperfect British interest in British Columbia mines
Sir John Davies urged mine directors to present clear costs to bring minerals to market as the key to British capital in British Columbia property development. James Thompson, an invalid for ten years, tours the country in a wheelchair, averaging up to 35 miles a day with track lifts in foggy conditions.
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Ation
B.C
Sir John Davies
Swansea
Great Britain
British Columbia Chamber of Mines
British Columbia
James Thompson
Clovis
New York
Indianapolis
Practical Yet Dainty Home Sewing Pattern No.10
A sewing pattern notes dainty undergarments and easy gown finishing with narrow binding and ribbon bows. It specifies fabrics like nainsook silk crepe and crepe georgette, with bertha options and yardage for sizes 36 40 and 42. The Sunday School lesson from Acts covers Peter’s arrest and Herod’s actions during Passover, reflecting on public praise and moral decline.
Canada backs Washington conference to outlaw poison gas
Canada endorses a Washington hosted conference to ban poison gas in warfare. TE Barton proposes the move to US representatives at the arms control talks. Dr WA Riddell supports the plan citing Canada’s WWI gas attack history. A protocol for total prohibition would be open to all nations for signature.
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Canada
Washington
Geneva
Wea
TE. Barton
United States
WA Riddell
Burton
Unt
Ured- Sista
Location of Grain Commissioners Office Stir Winnipeg Debate
In Winnipeg a motion to move the board of grain commissioners from its current head office sparked heated discussion. Dr. R J Manion Fort William protested, arguing Winnipes is only a changeover point for inspection. supporters like Hon W R Motherwell and Hon T A Crerar urged keeping the board in Winnipeg where most disputes arise.
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Board of Grain Commissioners
R. J. Manion
Fort William
Winnipes
Kes
Manion
Bos
W. R. Motherwell
Moon
Motherwell
Winnipeg
T. A. Crerar
How To Order Patterns Pattern No Stes Name oF Town Provines
Pattern order notice explains sending 20 cents for pattern copies and stamps. Readers are instructed to mail details including pattern number and town or province with wrapped color stamps as directed by the publisher. The fragment indicates a simple mail-order method.
Unique Plan Proposes Motor Cars On Hudson Bay Line
A Canadian engineer proposes using railway lines for tourist motor cars with flanged rims to ride rails on Hudson Bay routes. He suggests northbound and southbound days, derailing shoes for safety, and argues revenue from freight cars would justify the investment.
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Northland
Rom. Houltain
Winnipeg
Houltain
Emer
Haultain
Hudson's Bay
North Country
Auihort
War Widow Reunited With Locket From Fallen Husband
A Winnipeg widow, Mrs S J Bevan of Winnipes, receives a long missing gold locket worn by her husband who fell at Vimy Ridge. The locket, weathered and missing its clasp, arrived by registered mail with photos of their baby Harriet, bearing the name Baby Bevan and Mr Bevan's regimental number from the 1st CARs.
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Winnipeg
France
Lnst
S.J. Bevan
Winnipes
Harriet
Baby Bevan
Mr. Bevan
Monoplane Turns Over In Alaska Landing
A monoplane operated by the Fairbanks Aircraft Corporation carrying three passengers and a crew of two tipped during a landing at Ruby Alaska. The aircraft was en route from Fairbanks to Nome. no injuries occurred and the passengers continued their journey by launch down the Yukon River.
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Fairbanks Aeroplane Corporation
Ruby
Alaska
Fairbanks
Nome
Yukon River
Census Shows US Born Residents in Canada by Region
Figures from the last Canadian census indicate 374,024 residents were born in the United States and are now naturalized Canadians. Of these American-born individuals, 244,066 reside in Western Canada. The notice also reports Newfoundland has abolished income tax.
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Canada
United State
Western
Newfoundland
Auto Plane Is New Racer In London Display
A hybrid miniature vehicle blends a car front with airplane tail features. It sits on two front wheels while a rear wheel supports a tail, lifting as air pressure under the elevators increases, allowing a brief airborne glide. The design aims to set world land speed records.
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London
Trade ties urged between Britain and Canada
FL W. Field, His Majesty's trade commissioner in Canada and Newfoundland, urged deeper business relations and greater British capital investment in the Dominion during a Victoria Square Empire Day speech.
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Britain
Canada
Dominion
FL W. Field
Newfoundland
Victoria Square
Australia orders two warships and two submarines
Contracts for two 10 000 ton excisers and two submarines have been placed in Great Britain, totaling £3 560 000. The note urges resolve, saying people never knock unless they envy and never ease these inferiors.
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Australia
Great Britain
Algarsson Abandons North Pole Flight for Spitzbergen Work
Commander Worsley announces a revised plan after Algarsson withdraws from the current North Pole flight due to late airski delivery. The team now aims to Spitzbergen for geographical and scientific data on currents as a prelude to a possible next year attempt, contingent on more funding for the project.
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Reithr Algarsson
North Pole
Worsley
Spitzbergen
Communists In Britain Claim Small British Movement
The article notes mixed press portrayals of a Glasgow Communist congress and argues that only about 5 000 professed adherents exist in Great Britain. It claims working men view it with amusement while old unions leaders scorn it, and recalls a Greenock boy of 12 leading a revolutionary image as a Vanguard.
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Glaskow
Great Britain
Spes
Greenock
Eating Up Our Income More Than One Quarter of Earnings Go For Food
North Americans eat up income with food costs rising from one fifth ten years ago to 27 percent now. Dr Paul Nytrom of the Retail Research Association notes 68 billion dollars spent continent-wide last year, with almost half on retail goods and more than 28 billion on food tobacco and soft drinks.
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Paul Nyttrom
Retail Research Association
Vancouver World
Northern Mounted Police Post Administers Law in Canada
P Mackenzie former Yukon commissioner leads new Arctic Mounted Police post administration. Teri will head the party visiting northern outposts this summer and carry patrols moved from the interior. The department continues northern administration with a likely new post on Elie anu and wider Arctic presence.
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Canada
P. MacKenzie
Yukon
Teri
Department of Th
Arctic
Norus
Elieanu
Federal Government Funds Fish Propagation and Research
A parliamentary vote approved 370000 dollars for fish culture with allocations for fishways and clearing 95000 to aid deep sea fisheries development. An additional 2000 dollars covers the fisheries intelligence bureau maintenance and 10000 funds investigations into practical and economic aspects connected with fisheries in the House of Commons.
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Sheries Intelligence Bureau
Ontario farmers face farm loan rate cut impact
A damaged OCR fragment notes a dispute over sharecropping yield with a renter and a 4th share, and mentions Ontario farmers losing about $42.50 yearly from a provincial rate cut on farm loans from 6 to 5 percent, affecting loans totaling $5,500,000. A French doctor also performed 16 successful transfusions of animal blood.
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Ontario
Venemt
T He
Max
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