World Happenings Briefly Told From Across Nations
A digest of 1931 1932 events includes 4000 paying attendees at a Livingstone Memorial in Scotland, Lady Beatty passing in England, Greenland occupation by Norway, US firms pursuing Arctic trans Atlantic routes, Canada divorces down from 1930, BC seeking relief funds for land settlement, Soviet output up 196 percent in five months, Curie ray stopping with paraffin, a Croydon Paris airliner incident, and George Lansbury commenting on India Gandhi tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion Bureau
British Columbia
Curie
British Journal of Pure Science
Croydon
England
Paris
Lord Willingdon
Sicerey
India
Government of
Mahatma Gandhi
George Lansbury
Commons
Defensive Overcalls in Contract Bridge Tactics
The article explains defensive overcalls in contract bridge as a strategic, high-skill facet. It compares defense to a campaign where the defender uses camouflage and deception to disrupt opponents while avoiding deceiving a partner. It outlines three main objectives of an overcall and details when not vulnerable and vulnerable hands should overcall, plus guidance on delaying certain overcalls until the second bidding round to avoid premature doubles.
Attention Matrons Model For You Pattern No. 651
Vintage pattern notice describes a V neck dress for sizes 36 to 46 with busts up to 46 inches. Offers fabrics including blue and white batiste, white crinkle crepe silk, and novelty cotton meshes. Style No. 651 costs 25 cents. fabric yardage given for 35 inch width. coin preferred.
St Lawrence Waterway project details revealed
Early plans outline a seven year timeline for completing the St Lawrence deep waterway with a total cost between 750 million and 800 million. Canada to receive 210 million for existing canals, power of five million hp to be built, and international sharing of 2.2 million hp. The channel aims for 27 foot depth and three year lead to first power delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lawrence
Canada
Quebec
Beauharnois Develoment
United States
Ontario
First U.S. Woman Senator Martha Hughes Cannon Dies
Dr Martha Hughes Cannon 75 physician and first woman state senator in the United States died recently in Los Angeles. She was elected to the Utah Legislature in 1896 and served two terms, sponsoring laws on public health and women and children's welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Martha Hughes Cannon
United States
Los Angeles
Utah
Sunday School Lesson on Moses in Wilderness and Manna
Devotional study outlines Exodus 16 1 36 with commentary on murmuring by the Israelites after leaving Egypt. Notes Moses endured complaints, the promise of bread from heaven, and theories about manna including tamarisk tree exudate and edible lichen explanations.
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James
Egypt
Sin
Elim
Sinai
Moses
Jehovah
Rawlinson
Milton
Cunningham Geikie
New Fingerprint Method Revolutionizes Prints Without Photography
A French police project by Dr Leung introduces a gelatin film based on collodion and solvents to lift fingerprint images directly from surfaces. The film preserves all detail, reduces the need for photographs, and promises faster, economical, reliable prints for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr Leung
Lyons
France
A. N. Mirtaoff
New York
Leung
Royal gift of two ancient globes to Royal Geographical Society
The King and Queen visited the Royal Geographical Society and presented two small rare globes aged about 150 years. The society welcomed the gift as a valuable addition to its historic treasures. In Montreal a street in a congested district is opened two nights weekly in summer as a safe playground for local children under volunteer supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Geographical Society
Society
Montreal
Needed His Hat In Brown Size Question Confounds Youth
A youth in a downtown store is stunned by a customer’s request noting she asks for a brown hat in a certain size. The incident shows the worker’s surprise at being approached and the shopper’s persistence before he concludes with a cap purchase.
Right Contact Lord Wakefield on Generous Advertising
In an address on Generous Advertising Is True Economy Lord Wakefield states newspapers are essential to reach customers. He asserts that real contact with customers comes through the press, and he speaks with conviction about advertising effectiveness.
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Lord Wakefield
Polar Studies Form Arctic Circle Research Chain
Six countries plan a united Arctic study during the second International Polar Year. Seven Canadians plus 26 nations will work from Resoluti Island, Fort McMurray and Coppermine, and Fort Churchill. A British party heads to Fort Rae as the project begins August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic Circle
JE. Lily
Resoluti Island
Hudson Strait
R. C. Jackson
C. Kinnear
Fort McMurray
Alta
Coppermine
F. T. Davies
McGill University
Montreal
B. W. Currie
University of Saskatchewan
WeVeigh
Queen's University
John Rea
Cook
Fort Churchill
Fort Rae
Great Slave Lake
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Blantyne
Scotland
Lady Beatty
Earl David Beatty
Dingley
Leicestershire
Greenland
Denmark
Europe
By Hamlin B. Hatch, Cavendier
St. Lawrence Waterway
Len
Vart Bem
Stockholm
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Unday
Queen Mary
Funkstroms
Kame Yar
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