World happenings brief summary digest
The 400th anniversary of the first printed English Bible will be celebrated next October 4. The US Agriculture Department pegs total wheat area for harvest in 26 nations at 190,954,000 acres, up from 185,276,000 in 1934. Britain accepts Sultan Johore’s £500,000 Jubilee gift to bolster the Singapore naval base. Ramsay MacDonald says the US Treasury ran a deficit of $3,133,471,295 in the first 11 months of the year ending June. Soviet Russia vows unbending steel like defense policy in the Far East per Karl Radek in Izvestia. The venom of the black widow spider claimed to relieve angina pains per Dr. Linn J. Boyd. Countess of Bessborough donates $237,799 to the King George Silver Jubilee fund, total gifts reaching $420,529. No immediate plans to amend the annuities program. maximum remains $1,200 with 4% interest. Alexander Korda secures sole official world rights to film Revolt in the Desert.
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US Bureau of Agricultural Economica
Britain
Singapore
Ramsay MacDonald
Commons
United States
Treasury
Russia
Far East
Karl Radek
Izvestia
American Institute of Homeopathy
Linn J. Boyd
The
Homeopathic College
W. A Gordon
House of Commons
Alexander Korda
London Film Productions
Col
T. E. Lawrence
London
Recovery Obstacle Critics Tariff Policy Amid World Recovery
Peter Molyneaux editor of the Texas weekly urges reciprocal trade to aid world recovery. He denounces the Hawley Smoot tariff, war debt policy, the Johnson Foreign Security Act, and U S commercial barriers. He praises Cordell Hulls reciprocal trade efforts and calls currency stabilization essential to lasting international exchange.
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United States
Peter Molyneaux
Texas Weekly
Carnegrave
de Valera
Administrapeace
International Conciliation
The
Endowment
Congress
Molyneaux
Cordell Hull
Reciprocal judgments extend across provinces in Canada
Ontario cabinet uses reciprocal judgments enforcement act to render Alberta and Ontario court judgments enforceable in each others provinces. Five provinces British Columbia Saskatchewan Alberta New Brunswick Ontario have utilized Dominion legislation covering supreme and county court decisions.
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Alberta
Ontario
Supreme Court
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
New Brunswick
Vieny Pilgrimage Becomes Great Peace Mover
The Vimy and Battlefields Pilgrimage of the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League attracts ex servicemen with 48 applications and 12 Civil Service requests. Sailing from Montreal July 15 or 16 1936, the trip costs 160 including rail and housing in France and England. The voyage offers ocean rates, insurance, passports, and commemorative gear, with all commissions used for veteran causes. The ceremony at Vimy Ridge on July 26 marks Canada's war memorial unveiling.
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Canadian Legion
Vimy
Battlefields
British Empire Service League
Canadian Corpu
Canon Scott
Quebec
Pilgrim No. 1
Cunard White Star
Canadian Pacific Lines
Montreal
Uth
Civil Service
France
Belgium
Vimy Ridge
England
London
Tilbury Docks
Ith
Canada
Ocean Line
Legion
National Pilgrimage Committee
Atlantic Conference of Steamship Lines
Ypres
Albert
Etaples
Mons
All Nations
Caada
Walter 8. Allward
Dominion of Canada
The
Mewburn
CMG
Backlefields Memorial Commission
Cleveland Sergeant Confronts Fortune Teller Tale
Police Sergeant Charles Mc Williams went to the home of Mrs Mary Krafick to question her about gypsies who stole $900 from her. He found she was not at home, having gone to another fortune-teller for tea leaves reading, per her husband.
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Charles McWilliams
Cleveland
Mary Krafick
Transporting wounded by air sling at Moscow test
A method of moving wounded persons on stretchers suspended under an aeroplane’s wings and fuselage was successfully tested in Moscow. Three Red Cross doctors participated in the trial, demonstrating air transport feasibility for medical evacuations.
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Moscow
Red Cross
New Dress Pattern No. 656 For Sizes 14 to 42 Bust
Advertisement details a easy to sew pattern by Winnipe g Newspaper Union offering Style No 656 for sizes 14 to 42 bust with 3 1 2 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 36. Front yoke sleeves cut in one piece and a panelled skirt with tie plaits are described. Patterns 15 cents each and mail orders to Pattern Department 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. Also promotes The Latest Fashion magazine priced 19 cents.
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Pattern Department
Winnipes Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Manuscript by Lawrence of Arabia Hidden Until 1950
A manuscript titled The Mint, attributed to Lawrence of Arabia, records his life in the Royal Air Force. Described as of forceful character with critical RAF comments, it was disclosed that publication before 1950 was not permitted.
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Lawrence of Arabia
Royal Air Force
the Mint
Sail Up the Amazon River Without Seeing Shorelines
A traveler notes the remarkable experience of navigating the Amazon River for days on end with no sight of either bank. The vast waterway stretches endlessly, shaping awe and wonder as forests drift by in a seemingly unending panorama.
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Amazon River
Well Qualified for Post Armour Named Minister to Canada
The United States appoints Norman Armour as Minister to Canada. Major newspapers praise his training and temperament, noting his diplomatic skill and ability to blend American cultural background with world affairs. The New York Herald Tribune commends him as a good mixer and warmly sympathetic to Canadians. The New York Times calls the appointment merited and national in significance, promising renewed Canada-U.S. relations.
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Norman Armour
Canada
United States
The
New York Herald Tribune
Armour
New York Times
Laureate of Canada Honored at Canadian Authors’ Convention
Sir Charles G D Roberts of Toronto hailed as Laureate of Canada by presidents and cheering writers at Montreal session of the Canadian Authors Association annual convention. Roberts, knight bachelor in birthday honors, elicits gratitude from Winnipeg professor Watson Kirkconnell and led poetry discussion. A resolution was adopted to sponsor a poetry magazine with executive committee authorized to pursue publication if financially feasible.
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Canada
Charles G. D. Roberts
Toronto
Montreal
Canadian Authors’ Association
Dominion
Watson Kirkconnell
Winnipeg
Charles
Kirkconnell
J. Murray Gibbon
Bradford schoolmistress trains boys to league runners-up
Miss Casey of Bradford School in England coached and trained a boys football team that won second place in the league for the second year running. She learned the game by watching her brothers and is a skilled hockey player. Her teaching uses blackboard sketches to illustrate plays as the team scored 55 goals while rivals managed only eight.
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Mas Mine
A. Case
Bradford School
Bradford
England
Miss Casey
Silver Jubilee Forest Park Proposed for Argyllshire
A plan to create a National Park in Scotland's Argyllshire is promoted in Edinburgh by a committee. The 30 000 acre Loch Long area would be named the Silver Jubilee Forest Park to memorialize King George VI's 25 year reign.
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Scotland
Argyllshire
Edinburgh
Loch Long
Silver Jubilee
Stewardship Focus for June Devotional and Lessons
A Sunday school lesson outlines key stewardship themes from Deuteronomy and Corinthians. It warns against pride from wealth and possessions, recalls wilderness wandering, and urges reliance on God. Generosity is linked to a blessed harvest and cheerful giving.
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Israel
Promised Land
Moses
God
Egypt
Paul
Oranges and coconut salad with carrot garnish
Betty Barclay presents a fruit salad using 4 to 6 small oranges and lettuce. Arrange orange slices on lettuce, top with grated coconut and carrot, then serve with mayonnaise blended with orange juice.
Almond Butter Milk Cookies from a Historic Recipe
A dessert procedure describes creaming butter with sugar and salt then gradually adding milk and flour with vanilla and almonds. The thin batter bakes slowly in an inverted pan, yields delicate squares that are rolled while warm and may be filled with whipped cream. A stray line mentions a tropical caterpillar with a whip-like tail as a scare device.
Poison gas chlorine and its varied industrial uses
Gordon A. Guest explains chlorine as a greenish yellow toxic gas with a sharp odor and deadly effect. It details its use in World War I, methods of deployment, and properties as a bleaching and disinfection agent, plus its role in water purification and chemical production including hydrochloric acid.
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North America
Man
Dominion drama festival charter announced in Canada
Hon C H Cahan says royal charter issued to perpetuate the Dominion Drama Festival after the Earl of Bessborough leaves. The Governors of the Dominion Drama Festival will hold estate up to 25,000, receive grants, and grant prizes, with officers appointed district by district.
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Dominion Drama Festival
Earl of Bessborough
C. H. Cahan
Dominion Drama Fes
Ina
Cahan
Canada
Kansas City Tot Symphony Eyes Japan Trip in 1936
Thomas Bruce leads the Kansas City tot symphony with 95 children aged four to nine. The group, praised for training youngsters from age two, performs challenging pieces like Rachmaninoff toots and even takes turns directing, with plans under way for a 1936 Japan tour.
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Kansas
Japan
Thomas Bruce
Kansas City
Bruce
Rachmaninoff
Tribute to MacBrien Honored by King Bath List
Sir James H. MacBrien, commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, receives the Knight Commander of the Bath in the King’s birthday honors list. He says the honor reflects the RCMP’s good work rather than personal praise.
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James H. MacBrien
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Bath
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