World Happenings Briefly Told
A roundup of global notes: the Duke and Duchess of Tork welcomed home in Portamouth on June 27 after six months in Australia. the League of Nav Doms invites the United States to Geneva for an international trail conference on Aug 2. Canada reports improved employment in June with 2,496 thousand more workers than May. Noblemen with Czarist ties banished and their assets seized. An aviator Bouttabachich plans a Cook Strait style flight from Telgrade to New York. Ontario’s 1925 population tallies show 3,108,000 residents with turban and rural groups specified. In the US, 207 taxpayers report incomes of 1.6 million dollars or more in 1925. Rodolphe Temlens elected foreign member of Paris Academy. Western Canada dairy convention slated for Rexina Feb 7–10, 1928. Saskatchewan Dairy Association board approves plan at recent meeting.
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Jogo Slavia
Bouttabachich
Telgrade
New York
Ontario
United States
Rodolphe Temlens
House of Commons
Paris Academy of Moral and Political Science
Academy
Cardinal Mercier of
Marines
Rexina
Western Canada
The
Saskatchewan Dairy Association
Gift for Lady Willingdon at Winnipeg Hospital
Directors of the Winnipeg Hospital and provincial government present a carved silhouette model of a 15th century Spanish caravel to Viscountess Willingdon. The El Rayo De Sol replica was crafted by staff at the Winnipeg Psychopathic Hospital under Miss J. M. Stewart. The gift honors her visit and marks a city memory.
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Winnipeg General Hospital
Winnipeg Hospital
Willingdon
Winnipeg
el Rayo de Sol
Government and Hospital Board
Mount Fawcett and Mount Wilbert Named on BC Alaska Boundary
United States Geographic Board officially recognizes two new mountain names on the British Columbia Alaska boundary. Mount Fawcett honors Thomas Fawcett of the Canadian section, located 16 miles southeast of the Elbow of the Stikine River. Mount Wilbert honors Willibert Simpson, another Canadian boundary commission member, 12 miles northwest of the Unak River, with a height of 6 782 feet.
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Fawcett
Simpeon
British Columbia
Alaska
United Sates Geographic Board
Thomas Fawcett
DTS
British Coloumbia
Ternational Boundary Commission
Mount Wilbert
Woatheast
Unak River
World's Poultry Congress Delegates Tour Canada
Delegates from forty nations attending the World's Poultry Congress in Ottawa will tour Canada by special train after the congress. The eight thousand mile journey starts August 9 from Ottawa, visits Quebec, the Maritime provinces, Western Canada, Rocky Mountain stops, Vancouver, Victoria, Niagara, and ends at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto on August 21. The tour, arranged with Canadian government departments and railways, aims to show Canada's vast resources. About three hundred delegates from the United States are expected to join some to be part of the tour.
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Worle
Dominions
Ottawa
Sii
Canada
Poultry Congress
Quebec
Mart Aume
Halifax
Nova Scota
United
Britain May Guide Egypt to Protect Suez Route
Sir Cecil Hurst told the Engiish Speaking Union and Chicago Council of Foreign Affairs that Egypt must be guided by a foreign nation, asserting Britain must control Egypt as the Suez Canal is vital to Australia, the Dominions, and the Far East.
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Suez Canal
Hurst
Egypt
Cecil Hurst
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Chicago Council of Foreign Affairs
Chicago
Far East
Deeil
Ite
Charming pattern for girls dress with two views
The pattern No 1560 for ages 6 8 10 and 12 years offers View A plate trimmed with braid and View B voile trimmed. It requires 2 yards 3 inch or 1 yard 14 inch plus 7 yards trimming for View A. Price 20 cents pattern and 10 cents for the Fashion Book sold with each pattern.
How To Order Patterns Address Win nipeg Newspaper Union
Winnipeg notices outline pattern orders from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union located at 175 McDermot Ave. The communication details how patrons may request patterns and pay for mail order services through the union’s established process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Miracles in Crime Detection by Seattle Criminologist at Canada Convention
Luke May, Seattle criminologist and president of the North West Association of Sheriffs and Police, wowed Chief Constables Association of Canada delegates with a lecture on laboratory crime detection miracles. He described using clues from a dropped match to knife blade nicks and pistol internals, urging centralized agencies for coordinated enforcement and citing Nelson the Strangler as an example of successful cooperation. The talk underscored scientific methods and interjurisdictional cooperation in solving crimes.
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Seattle
Chief Constables Association
Chief Constables Assocation of
Canada
Luke May
Dominion
Nelson
May
Saskatchewan Pure Bred Sire Area Act Gains Province Wide Support
Advanced legislation known as the Saskatchewan Pure Bred Sire Area Act took effect May 1 and is touted as the most advanced scrub sire elimination measure in the Dominion. It mirrors the Irish Live Stock Breeders act and aims to improve provincial livestock quality, with petitions already received from rural municipalities to join the pure bred sire area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Coffee and spice industry in Canada outlined
A Dominion Bureau of Statistics report notes capital investment of 8 and 65,438 dollars in Canada’s coffee and spice sector. It reports a gross annual production value of 14,469,009 dollars with 3,012,720 dollars added by manufacture. Imports under this heading total 6,791,091 dollars and exports in coffee and imitation amount to 18,065 dollars annually.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statstica
Biscuit Factory to Rise in Calgary This Summer
The Independent Biscuit Company plans a Calgary Alberta factory this summer with operation by September. The plant will employ about 100 workers and is capitalized at $250000, signaling growth in local industry.
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Calgary
Independent
Biscuit Company
Alberta
Samuel’s Trial Over Duty and Deception Before Israel
A devotional reading on 1 Samuel details Samuel’s examination of elders and judges, exposing oppression by Eli’s sons and the people’s demand for a king. It contrasts truth with deceit as Samuel reminds them God is witness and insists on integrity in leadership.
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Esau
Samuel
Haself
Sehovah
Aul
Pat
Uldresa
Atieton
Nea
Malatess
God
Is Still a Problem Getting Prince of Wales Married
The Prince of Wales Edward Windsor faces ongoing rumors about a suitable English wife after years of speculation since 1911. Reported past matches with Victoria Louise and Grand Duchess Olga gave way to a belief he will wed within England's own aristocracy to satisfy public sentiment and national identity.
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Prince of Wales
Edward
Albert Christian George Andrew
Patrick David Windsor
Ting
Victoria Louise
Prussia
Kaiser
Kaiserin
Buckingham Palace
Olga
Russia
Beame
England
Largest Elevator in the World at Port Arthur
The United Grain Growers plan a 5,500,000 bushel grain elevator at Port Arthur on Lake Superior. With a $2,000,000 budget, completion is slated for next February and it will be the largest single working elevator built in one unit. The 600 foot Thunder Bay frontage includes a 1,000 foot dock to handle ships.
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United Grain Growers
Port Arthur
Lake Superior
Thunder Bay
Redbreast the C.P.R. Sentinel at Meadowdale Station
A robin builds a nest atop the CPR Train Bulletin Board at Meadowdale station near Toronto. The perched bird is within reach of passing trains yet safe for its brood, symbolizing Canadian Pacific as a sign of safety and good treatment for travelers.
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CPR
Meadowdale
Toronto
Robin
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Railways reports influx of capital and settlers
W D Robb of the Canadian National Railways and Dr W J Black arrived in Winnipeg from Montreal on June 23. Robb notes settlers bringing more than a million dollars in ready cash and says the flow has grown. He cites settlers from Denmark Holland Britain and the United States and announces marketing tours to Europe to develop farm produce markets. The company says it can absorb more settlers, with 150 farm labor requests on file in Saskatoon.
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W. D Rebb
Canadian National Railways
WJ. Black
Winnipeg
Montreal
Robb
United States
Canada
Canadi National Railways
Denmark
Holland
Britain
Whfel
Europe
Department of Natural Repened
London
Rothb Eard
Saskatoon
West
Canada’s Future Assured Highlighted by Minister Motherwell
Hon. W. R. Motherwell, minister of agriculture, urged Canadians to count blessings and pursue optimistic development coast to coast. He said men seek a hopeful view, advancing for the country’s growth and resource realization amid a reforming outlook. Detectives in Canada report eye to eye communication with criminals being tested as a new investigative method.
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Canada
W. R. Motherwell
New Wireless Facsimile Telegraphy Promises Rapid Messaging
Experiments by GML Wright of the Marconi Company show wireless and cable transmission of an exact facsimile of a full message. The system would allow entire newspaper pages to be sent as photographs, enabling rapid cross continental editions and real time battlefield pictures from aircraft observers.
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Gml Wright
Marconi Company
Wright
Montreal
Vancouver
London
Canada
Wartte
Saskatchewan Livestock Board seeks $5,000 grant boost
The Saskatchewan Livestock Board approved asking the provincial government for a $5,000 annual grant increase, raising total funding from $10,000. The extra funds would cover board expenses and divide $4,000 between Regina and Saskatoon winter fairs, seen as essential to livestock and poultry industry growth. The board also plans to send a livestock judging team to Toronto and coordinate stock selection committees for major shows.
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Saskatchewan Livestock Board
Regina
C. M. Hamilton
I. T. Elderkin
R.W. Johns
Saskatoon
Eldersda
Jenna
Fle Bays
Toronto
Chicago
Plan Radio Station For Hudson Straits
Commander Edwards announced the summer installation of the first radio broadcasting station on the Hudson Straits. A party of radio men will join the air force expedition heading north to erect a long range station, intended to provide daily connections with Ottawa and destinations to the south, west, and east including Greenland and Iceland. The station is expected to be permanent.
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WII
Hudson Straits
Edwards
Marine Department
Air Force x
Straits
Ste Hon
Ottawa
Fort Simpson
Norwa House
Greenland
Iceland
Coal Mining Output in British Columbia Surges in 1927
British Columbia coal mines produced 54 236 long tons in the first four months, a rise of 154 929 tons from 1926. The report notes the Corliss engine at the Philadelphia Centennial of 1876 as the era’s largest, rated at 1 409 horsepower, later surpassed by steam turbine generators achieving 60 000 horsepower.
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British Columbia
Corliss
Philadelphi
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Brefly
Tork
Portamouth
Viet
Austral
League of Nav Doms
United Sates
Geneva
Maree
Lady Willingdon
Alaske
Amunisn Nnks
Arrah
Panama Canal
Destice
Aen
Canadian National Railway
Brandon
Atene
Buffalo National Park
C.P.R
Qemarks
W. D. Robb
Plan
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