World Happenings Briefly Told From Across the Globe
Lila Burke of Morrison New Jersey visits the World Fair in Chicago as the three month logth, while Great Britain reports unemployment down by 144771 and 206235 fewer unemployed than a month and a year ago. Justice William Alfred Galli of the British Columbia Court of Appeal retires on ill health after 24 years. Toronto diocese fund reaches 240061 dollars, about six percent of the three year goal. Experimenters at the University of California near absolute zero produced 450.1 degrees below Fahrenheit. President Roosevelt assigns Yale’s James H. Rogers and Cornell’s George Warren to study US budgeting. An interim report from joint Canada-US arbiters is expected. Soviet rail reforms push workers’ discipline. Empire marketing board fate undecided. Dominions secretary J H Thomas notes no expense split agreement.
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Lila Burke
Morrison
Chicago
Great Britain
Mar
William Alfred Galliher
British Columbia Court of Appeal
Toronto
Western Canada
University of California
Roosevelt
James H. Rogers
Yale
George Warren
Cornell
United States
Canada
Washington
Communist Party
Soviet Russia
Empire Marketing Board
Britain
J.-H.thomas
Dominions
United Kingdom
One Way To Decide tein Advances Novel Test
The article notes a test of fame for Professor Einstein, suggesting posterity will judge him by how Germans and French view his identity. It also mentions Einstein, a noted physicist of relativity, is to receive an LLD from Glasgow University and deliver public lectures.
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Tein
Einstein
Glasgow University
Telescope to be installed at Toronto University
A two and a half ton pearled disk has been ground for the great telescope to be placed at the University of Toronto. The piece imagines how useful the telescope would be in a Chicago flat during the World's Fair and jokes about relations visiting before crossing the county line.
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University of Toronto
Chicago
Europe
Chicago Tribune
Thief Aims for Roosevelts Gun At Century Exhibit
A thief who visited the North Dakota Century of Progress display sought a loud Fourth of July item. He stole a revolver Theodore Roosevelt used as a young rancher in Medora ND. The weapon is so treasured that no questions will be asked upon its return.
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North Dakota
Century of Progress
Theodore Roosevelt
Medora
Explaining Vessel Tonnage Types for the Uninformed Sailor
The Cunard Line explains five kinds of vessel tonnage to help readers distinguish cargo weight from cargo volume and other measures. It defines gross and net register tonnage, total deadweight, deadweight cargo capacity, and displacement tonnage, clarifying how space and weight limit ship carrying capacity.
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Cunard Line
Oil lamp trade revives as demand digits rise
Amid a slump since the horse and buggy era, oil lamp and lantern glass makers in Fort Smith Arkansas report a surge in demand. A company officer notes lamps are cheaper to operate than electric or gas lights and credits the back to the farm movement for renewed prosperity.
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Fort Smith
Arkansas
Trim and jaunty jacket dress pattern for spring wardrobe
Navy blue thin woolen jacket with coral plaid crepe silk contrast offers smart shoulders and back buttoned closing. Style No. 711 in sizes 4 to 40 includes yardage details. price 20 cents in stamps or coin. Pattern comment urges self improvement.
Sunday School Lesson July 3 Reflects on Greed and Land Rights
A Sunday school lesson discusses Isaiah 5 and the sin of greed, noting how land concentration harms the poor and citing Hebrew laws on land inheritance and the Jubilee. It contrasts ancient land trust with modern commercial development and ends with a note on a new Belfast to Glasgow air service taking 75 minutes.
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Isaiah
Israel
John Bayne Ascham
Deitzsch
Tractors Set Speed Record With New Low Pressure Tires
Enthusiasm for pneumatic tired tractors grows as manufacturers push speeds for hauling and travel. At the Wisconsin State Fair Grounds AAA race, a tractor driven by Albert Schroeder reached 35.4 mph for five miles, then 40 mph on straights with Frank Brisko piloting. A four speed transmission and low pressure tires powered this record, promising greater fuel economy traction and time savings for farmers.
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Tracy
AAA
Albert Schroeder
Wiscon- Joe Farmar
Firestone
Schroeder
Frank Brisko
Indianapolis
Chet Gardner
Bill Cummings
Rivers
Chalmers
Brisko
Canadian Bank Troubles Hit Maine Investors Hard
Canadians discuss bank closures in the United States where Maine banks have been shut for months. A Montreal native borrowed against his savings with Government bonds as security, only to see the bank sell the bonds to cover the loan while the savings vanished. Other stories cite a timber jet sale of 30,000 dollars anonymized as funds lost after a bank failure. Widows, orphans, schools, and churches suffer similar losses as the rush to liquidity harms many institutions.
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WL Clark
Border Citief Star
Maine
Portland
Montreal
Wap
Canada
Spain’s Cuatro Vientos pilots break Atlantic distance record
Spain celebrates the Cuatro Vientos crew Captain Barberan and Lieutenant Collar who set new Atlantic distance and time marks. The article recalls earlier Spanish aviation feats by Franco’s team across South America, Madrid to Manila, and Bahia crosses, highlighting Juan de la Cierva’s autogiro and its potential as a transport aircraft.
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Atlantic
Seville
Cubs
Cuatro Vientos
Barberan
Collar
Spain
Franco
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Loriga
Gallarza
Madrid
Manila
Jiminez
Iglesias
South Atlantic
Bahia
Juan de la Cierva
Thomas A. Edison
England
United States
Pacific Coast
New York Times
Cleveland Port of Call From Holland via Welland Canal
Cleveland has become a port of call for freighters from Rotterdam Netherlands using the Welland Canal. The steamships Harter and Vardeljell about 250 feet long with shallow drafts visit Great Lakes ports. Shipping rates Cleveland to Rotterdam by water equal those by rail toBaltimore.
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Holland
Welland Canal
Cleveland
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Aiah
Belfast
Glasgow
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