World Happenings Briefly Told
British novelist Wilam J. Locke dies in Paris at 67. Manitoba gains a pensions plan for the blind under discussion by the federal government. Poland to send official to Regina World Grain Exhibition 1992. World population exceeds two billion, per International Statistical Institute. Parachute jump record set at Roosevelt Field with 20 men from 2500 feet. Bernard Pelly honored with Order of the British Empire in Seattle. Saskatchewan pool elevators handle 87.2 percent of province grain this crop year. Max Valier fatally injured in rocket motor accident.
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Wilam J. Locke
Paris
W. J. Major
Manitoba
Iceland
D. G. McKenzie
Warsaw
Poland
Regina
Roosevelt Field
N.Y
Seattle
Bernard Pelly
E.G. Cable
Portland
Saskatchewan Pool Elevators, Limited
Max Valier
Walter
Uniform Codes For Pilots Across the U S Canada Border
Officials in Washington say uniform signal codes will guide aircraft crossing the border to improve safety. Talks between United States and Canada aim to coordinate radio navigation and communication practices on cross border routes, linking airways and standardizing devaluations and directional signals for both countries.
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Canada
United Statecoes
Washington
Wich
Algeaa
Unite States
Duncan
United States
Airplane Bremen Spotted by Two New York Women
Two elderly ladies at Grand Central Terminal caught their first close view of the airplane Bremen on an balcony. They studied it in awed silence and spoke of its birdlike design. A bystander quipped about the craftsman’s prize, noting it as a money prize or saver cup.
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New York Grand Central Terminal
Light Crop Sold Through Poultry Eggs At $5 A Bushel
The Dominion Department of Agriculture notes farmers shift to marketing grain via livestock amid wheat market uncertainty. An Alberta farmer with a light crop fed wheat to his poultry and sold eggs, recouping costs with an average $5 per bushel equivalent. A western farmer with 150 birds sustained his family all winter. his egg income averaged $200 monthly.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Alberta
One piece frock pattern for young girls ages 8 to 14
The pattern No. 3240 offers a wool crepe inspired frock with a pique collar and belted waist in several fabrics. Describes fabrics like tweed checks, hunter green knit, maroon covert cloth, and sport weight linen with color variants. Includes sizing details, pattern price of 25 cents, and Pattern Department address.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Winnipeg pattern sales item notes map availability at 175 McDermot Ave. It cites 151 Canada maps produced since 1917, with compiling costs of 060,890 dollars and Manitoba’s 98,247 square miles surveyed. Revenue from map sales since 1924 totals 16,590 dollars.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Canada
House of Commons
Manitoba
Plan To Encourage Community Progress Plan
The Canadian National Railway announces a five year program by Sir Henry Thornton and Dr. W. J. Black to fund annual $1000 $500 and $250 prizes for rural Western Canadian communities of European origin in Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Competitions will judge school attendance health and welfare measures music arts and crafts and agricultural progress, with three jurors per province and annual awards.
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Canadian National Railway
Canada
Canadian Railways
Sir Henry Thornton
Montreal
W. J. Black
Departments of Agriculture and Colonization
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Co-Operative
Black
Prairie Provinces
London Privilege Of Carrying Maces Upright In City
Privilege granted to the City of London in 1354 allows maces to be carried upright and swords borne similarly, as a sovereignty emblem before the King. A dialogue snippet shows a city man and an office boy debating whether a tailor should wait, reflecting urban bustle.
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London
Qty
Carter's Little Liver Pills Promise Quick Digestion Aid
A vintage ad claims Carter's Little Liver Pills after meals ease belching sour stomach pain and indigestion. It touts neutralizing acid, improving digestion, and providing a tonic effect while warning against relay of discomfort.
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Carter
Betty Barclay Tomato Relish Recipe Summary
Instructions describe boiling crushed tomatoes with sugar and pectin to create a hot relish. Include lemon juice and rind, scalded tomatoes, and step by step boiling, stirring, skimming, and sealing with hot paraffin. Yields about nine eight ounce glasses. adjusts with optional spices for meat use.
Orange Rind Butter Cookies Recipe By An Artist
Cream butter and sugar with orange rind until light then dissolve soda in cold water and mix with orange juice. Alternate additions of flour and the orange juice mixture into the creamed butter. Spread as the thinnest layer on a buttered sheet and bake. Cut into squares, roll hot each over a wooden spoon handle, and serve on a doily. An artist aims to paint beauty beyond life. He could design the labels on flower seed packets. London rain makes wood pavement streets impassable some days.
Day School Lesson Contrast Faithfulness and Slothfulness
A devotional outline on Matthew 25 14 46 and Psalm 40 1 8 contrasts the faithful servants who invest talents and gain increase with the slothful one who hides what he received. It explains the parable of the talents as Christ’s commission, the reward for diligence, and the judgment at the end.
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Matthew
Kingdom of Heaven
Jesus
Christ
A. Bruce
R-102 to Lead New Transatlantic Dirigible Fleet
Britain plans a third giant dirigible for regular trans Atlantic service named R 102. It will be larger faster and more economical than the R 100 and R 101 with plans already held by designers. Reclamation of 1096 square miles of The Pas Manitoba is planned. Ships from 24 nationalities carried goods through the Panama Canal last year.
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Britain
Pas
Manitoba
Panama Canal
Confederation Fast Train Connects Toronto To Vancouver
The Canadian National Railways inaugurated The Confederation fast train linking Toronto Winnipeg and Vancouver on May 18. It reduces total travel time by up to three and a half hours, with faster westbound and eastbound segments, and pairs with the new International Limited from Montreal to further cut Montreal Vancouver travel by 13 hours. The schedule shows westbound departures from Toronto at 8:30 p.m. and arrivals in Vancouver the next morning, with numerous stops including Regina Saskatoon Edmonton and Jasper. Eastbound departures from Vancouver occur at 1:35 p.m. with Winnipeg Toronto arrival times shown daily.
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Toronto
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Canadian National Railways
Confederation
Regina
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Winnipe
Fast International Limited
Montreal
Jasper
French Ministers Seek Regina Expo Details for 1932
Officers of the Regina world exhibition were asked to send information about the 1932 event to over 100 prominent French residents. The list includes deputy ministers of France among the named invitees.
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Regina
France
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Curis Oyirk
International Statistical Institute
Wood
Aden
Wane Newspaper Union
Annebelle Wort
Nam
Betty Barclay
IDAY
England
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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