World Happerings Briefly Today
Soviet Russia reports a 20 year old parachute death as Nadejia Babushkina dies from injuries after a jump. An angry crowd of 3000 stones a Sir Oswald Mosley fascist party car and smashes windows at a Hulme district rally. Edenton judge Lucien Dubuc is summoned for lacking a dog license. Robert A. Merritt Jr rises as American Legion commander in Windsor Ontario. Manitoba students may study Norse language and literature, curriculum expanded. Brother Henry of Christian Brothers dies in Montreal aged 68 after teaching across Toronto Yorkton and Gask Saskatchewan. Brandon railway board grants permission to abandon the Morden to international boundary line. Three Saskatchewan nurses and one each from Alberta and Manitoba pass Ontario nurse registration exams. Frances Adams Estevan Mae Brunelle Julia Corkery LaFleche listed among passers.
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Lucien Dubuc
Edanton
Robert A. Merritt, Jr
Winniper
Ameri- Uke Legion
Canada
Windsor
Henry
Christan Brothers
St. Brigid's
Ottawa
Montreal
Toronto
Yorkton
Gask
Board of Railway Commission
Ers
Brandon, Sas Setchewan and
Hudson Bay Railway Company
Morden
Mian
Saskatchewan
Sen
Alberta
Manitobe'ere
Ontario
Department of Health
Frances M. Adams
Estevan
Mae Brunelle
Julia Corkery
LaFleche
General Foods Offers Paid Vacations to Hourly Workers
General Foods announces a new annual vacation plan for hourly factory employees across Canada and the United States. Staff with two to less than five years of continuous service receive one week of paid vacation, while those with five years or more get two weeks. The program, approved by plant managers and announced by R K McIntosh, aims to reward attendance and provide recreation from routine duties. The company already offers retirement and group insurance, and notes the plan expands paid vacations to all eligible factory workers. Shorty the dog earns $35 daily performing fox parts in films.
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Empuyes
Emual Foods Fm
Planta
Canada
United States
General Foods
R. K Mcintosh
General Foods, Limited
Toronto
Jance
McIntoshex
Britain’s aviation boom drives record wartime orders
The article notes a historic surge in aviation spending in Britain with more than 132.5 million dollars slated for aviation, 2,000 workers at Short Brothers Rochester, 3,000 more building engines for flying boats and land planes, and a total order worth 10 million dollars for Imperial Airways. The government backs 390 million for RAF expansion. factories run at full capacity and no new orders are being taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Airways
Atlantic
Rochester Works
Short Brothers
Armstrong-Whitsworth
Royal Air Force
Custody and Earnings Settlement for Freddie Bartholomew
Judge Harry Archibald approves agreement ending the Bartholomew family dispute over custody and earnings of child actor Freddie Bartholomew. Custody given to his aunt Mary Bartholomew with visitation rights for the parents. Guardian Bank to manage earnings, allocating ten percent to the father five percent to each minor sister and the rest to Freddie’s estate for his education and needs.
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Freddie Bartholomew
Harry Archibald
Mary Bartholomew
Cecil Lieweltyn Bartholomew
Lilian May Bartholomew
Union Bank and Trust Company
Freddie
Eileen
Hilda
Readjust economic policy to expand trade and debt relief
Senator Tydings of Maryland argues for a broad shift from economic isolation. He warns that prolonged isolation would fail to restore jobs and prosperity. Greater trade with foreign markets would reduce taxes while spreading profits to support the unemployed.
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United States
Senator Tydings
Maryland
Mineral And Vitamins Diet Rules From Canadian Doctor
Dr. F. F. Tisdall of Toronto outlined daily mineral and vitamin intake at the Canadian Medical Association convention in Victoria. He urged 25 to 30 ounces of milk daily, with about a third used in cooking, plus eggs and meat in moderation, at least two vegetables besides potatoes, and some fruit or raw vegetables. More intake would not help if the body already had sufficient minerals and vitamins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. F. Tisdall
Toronto
Canadian Medical Association
Victoria
Prisons in Glasgow to Be Made Home Like For Favored
Glasgow plans to spend 3500 on prison cells to provide blankets pillows bolsters tuber mattresses collapsible tables and chairs while drunks will be barred from using them. Parliament questions arose on treatment of awaiting trial prisoners. King Edward lent to Birmingham a silver trowel used by him in laying the Hall of Memory foundation stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rsgow
Glasgow
Scotland
Parliament
Edward
Birmingham
England
Prince of Wales
Crochet sewing patterns and prices advertised
Pattern listings describe crocheted coat and skirt patterns S858 5653 and S363 with sizes 16-18 36-40 38-40 and illustrations. Materials and stitch details noted. Price 20 cents each or 40 cents for two. Send 20 to 40 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. There is no Alice Brooks pattern check.
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Ted
Spain
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Sunday School Lesson July 12
Golden text declares obedience to God over men. Acts chapters guide Peter’s healing of a lame beggar, bold public preaching, Sanhedrin arrest, and Peter’s sermon showing salvation through Jesus Christ. The tale frames faith, healing, and bold witness as central to early apostolic power.
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Peter
Christ
Solomons
John
Jeana
Caiaphas
Alexander
Annas
Jerusalem
Rome
Sanhedrin
Israel
Jesus Christ of Nazareth
Subterranean Sea Monster Report From Papua
Reports from Papua describe a 15 foot grey serpentine creature with tusk like boar teeth and a snake head. Natives supposedly captured one for a NSW zoo reveal but it escaped while near shore railing and two fishermen observed its round eyes and vast head before shots drove it away.
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Papua
New South Wales
England Imports Bold Clothing Worth Hundreds of Millions
People in England spent over 35 million dollars on imported clothing from foreign makers last year. The figure signals a strong demand for overseas apparel amid a global trade pattern affecting retailers and manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Employment In Canada Gains In June Amid Mixed Activity
Canada’s employment rose by 23 205 persons from May 1 to June 1, based on 9 690 firms, with a 47 721 year over year increase. Payrolls reached 963 513, while the employment index stood at 102.0. Improvement occurred in manufacturing especially food and lumber, and in logging mining communications transport highway and railway sectors, though building construction lagged. The prairie provinces recorded the largest gains across industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Bureau
Prairie Provinces
Smuts Urges South Africa to Stand With Britain
General Jan Smuts told Jan Afrikander day listeners that it would be sheerest lunacy for South Africa to quarrel with England and that the union would support the League of Nations. He opposed dropping sanctions on Italy over the Ethiopian crisis and warned of a growingly dangerous position as avaricious nations seek to exploit the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Laute
South Africa
Jan Smuts
Union of South Africa
Great Britain
Union
League of Nations
League
J.B. M. Hertzog
Italy
England
Smuts
Jan Afrikander
Longfamily Farm Prize Awarded By Italy
Giuseppe Pierantoni, a descendant of a family on the same Montelabate farm for 918 years, wins the Fedelia Alla Terra prize from the Italian government. Records trace the land back to 1018 when Pieranton reclaimed marshland later cultivated by his line. Last year Antonio Gastellani, with 19 children and grandchildren, earned the prize for working the Quericola land for 709 years.
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Guiseppe Pierantoni
Pieranton
Montelabate
Fedelia Alla Terra
Antonio Gastellani
Quericola
Bat Vision Beyond Night: Remarkable Daylight Sight Noted
Not only does a bat have exceptional powers of sight at night, but it also displays fairly good vision in daylight. This observation suggests broader visual capabilities than commonly believed.
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World Happerings Brefly Tod
Russia
Nadejia Babushkina
Tcahkarcle
Oswald Mosely Yeader
British Fascist Party
Hulme
Shorty
Uch
British Aviation
Swagger
Monsters
Praid
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