World Happenings Briefly Told
Debt figures cite Dominion totals and interest while a Pullman Company exhibit is planned for the Century of Progress in Chicago. Gregory Zinoview, twice expelled from the Communist Party, seeks reinstatement after confessing opposition to Stalin. A $150000 monthly payroll rise will boost 6000 workers in US Pacific Northwest plywood industry. Winnipeg tourism surges blamed on Mayor Ralph Webb’s optimism after US travel. Britannia sails for a 40th season, chasing a long maritime record. Royal Canadian Mounted Police vessel Ad vermus trims 16 days off Halifax to Vancouver trip. Western Europe’s four powers hold sway over global peace per Rome deputies. Tobacco trials begin at Headingly Prison Farm with harvest to aid inmate smoking needs.
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Pullman
Century of Progress
Chicago
Gregory M Zinoviel
Communist Party
Joseph V Stalin
United States
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Oregon
Western
Europe
Fulvio Sovich
Chamber of Deputies
Rome
Italy
Mussolini
Saskatchewan Cuts Hudson Bay Marine Insurance Rates
Saskatchewan announces lowered and extended marine insurance rates for exports via Hudson Bay. Negotiations with Lloyds and Bowring & Co. secure up to 12 months cover at tiered percentages, aiming to boost Churchill port traffic and reduce underwriter fears after the Bright Fan loss. The agreement spans Canada to UK Europe and world, with coverage against ice and fog risks and special provisions for grain cargo and refrigerated goods.
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Cp Trafic
Hudson's Bay
Bay
New York
Canada
Robert Walker Roylance
Boxford
Lloyds
London
James F Bryant
Arthur E Fisher
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
Hudson Bay
Government of
United Kingdom
Europe
Bowring & Company Insurance Limited
England
Bowring Syndicate
Hudson Bay Marine Insurance
Royal Exchange Assurance
British Traders Insurance Company, Limited
London Assurance
Sea Insurance Company, Limited
Provincial Insurance Company, Limited
Hull Underwriters Association Limited
Canton Insurance Office Limited
Switzerland General Insurance Company. Limited
Merchants Marine Insurance Company. Limited
General ‘Accident, Fire and Life Assurance Corporation
Federal Insurance Company
Yorkshire Insurance Company. Limited
British Foreign Issurance Company. Limited
Indemnity Mutual Marine Assurance Company Limited
Standard Marine Insurance Company
Churchill Pas
Churchill
Bay Port
Canadian
Vancouver
Prince Rupert
St. John
Hudson's Straits
Straitsne
Western Canada
Ottawa
Canadians Favor Ice Cream Consumption Rise in 1931
A Canadian government report shows 1931 ice cream consumption reached 8,234,272 gallons, up 2,783,138 gallons from 1921, with production valued at $11,161,595. Per capita use sits at 79 gallons, highest in Ontario, British Columbia and Nova Scotia at 109, 89 and 87 gallons respectively.
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Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Dominion
Ontario
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Powerful Generator at Mond Laboratory Splits Atom
The Cambridge Ludwig Mond Laboratory has opened a generator apparatus capable of tens of thousands of amperes. It can deliver a current rivaling London's largest stations, producing enough heat to melt copper if sustained for a tenth of a second. The experiment operates in 1/1000 of a second.
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Ludwig Mond
Cambridge
London
Employer Proposes Job Swap with Johnnie
Quip leads to a sharp exchange as the employer asks to swap jobs with Johnnie. The office boy retorts by proposing to first fire the office boy, highlighting a humorous power reversal.
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Johnnie
Six-Horse Drag Team Sold Ends Winnipeg Royal Winter Fair Era
The six-horse drag team from Shea’s Brewery, a Winnipeg feature at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, has been sold to Anheuser Busch of St Louis. The team’s driver Andy accompanies the shipment, while Pat Shea Sr reflects on a half-century rise from humble beginnings to a market-shattering sale. The note about laughing gas tests in cats at a London veterinary hospital is included in the clipped text.
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U.S
Andy
Pat Shea
Winnipeg
Royal Vetinary Hospital
London
Late to work man often arrives early at pay window
A saying notes that a man habitually late to work tends to be first at the pay window, suggesting a paradoxical efficiency at payday.
Sunday school lesson on the Passover betrayal and Judas
The devotional text outlines Jesus arranging a Passover room in Jerusalem, the preparation of lamb, unleavened bread, bitter herbs, and wine, and the betrayal by Judas as the defining moment at the Passover meal. It discusses Jesus’ foretelling of his betrayal, the disciples’ reactions, and Judas’ actions in the Garden of Gethsemane.
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Jesus
Jerusalem
C. R. Brown
Jesus Sociely
Jippeth
John
Judas
Gethsemane
Tulip Festival at Holland Michigan Grows in Fame
Modest four year start has blossomed into a major event with 3 000 000 bulbs on display drawing visitors from 19 states and Canada. The festival links Old World charm with civic pride as Holland develops a renowned floral spectacle rivaling Washington cherry blossoms.
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Holland
Michigan
Canada
Washington
Detroit Free Press
Service Invaluable To Canada Service Invaluable To Canada
A Canadian health of animals service is praised for protecting livestock and human health. The Veterinary Director-General Dr Geo Hilton is cited for successful campaigns against tuberculosis in cattle and dip in horses, with strict disease controls and ongoing research cited as key.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agricure
Geo. Hilton
Great Britain
Scotland
Dominion
Exclusive Hudson's Bay Club at Chesterfield Inlet
Four members form a rare golf club at Hudson's Bay in Chesterfield Inlet. Members include two Hudson Bay Company factors and an assistant. life membership may cost ten polar bear teeth. Only three holes exist, 400 250 and 300 yards, with nine holes totaling 36 par. Green practice uses beach sand and moss fairways. four Eskimo boys serve as caddies. Visitors admire a dome ball view of Rome but face heat and crowding.
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Canada
Hudson's Bay
Chesterfield Inlet
Hudson Bay Company
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Ralph Ho Webb
Wing George
Britannia
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Halifax
Hiedson Bay
James Foryant
Echewan
Hodwn Bay
Office
Isaiah
Federal Veterinary Service
Chesterfield
St. Peter's
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