World Happenings Briefly Told At Ottawa Conference
British Columbia to submit briefs on import and export opportunities at the Ottawa Imperial Conference. Japan’s Bureau of Public Works spends nearly 9 million dollars on road projects in 1931 32. Sir Hubert Wilkins met Oslo experts to discuss another polar expedition with Harold A Iver Grup. US gunboat reportedly fired on Chinese soldiers attacking British steamers. Cochran bill to make interstate kidnapping a federal crime moves in House judiciary committee. Puget Sound College honors Premier Tolmie with Doctor of Laws. Amelia Earhart Putnam’s feat recognized with a gold medal at a reception in Harbor Grace to Ireland. Five Detroit flying boats in northern British Columbia prospecting survey area. Mrs C R Crowe re elected president of Dominion Board Women’s Missionary Society.
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British Columbia
Ottawa
Japan
Bureau of Public Works
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Oslo
Norway
Harold A. Iver- Grup
Exchange Telegraph
United States
House of Representatives Judiciary Committee
College of Puget
C. R. Crowe
Guelph
Ont
Dominion Board
Women's Missionary Society of the United Church
Toronto
Empire Shopping Week Proposed For Canada Revival
The Canadian Manufacturers Association reports plans to establish an Empire Shopping Week in autumn during Ottawa's economic conference. The idea recalls 1928 and 1929 shopping weeks and follows a push to revive the event, urged to the minister of trade and commerce.
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Canada
Ottawa
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Commercial Intelligence Committee
Cars Replace Camels At Marrakech Camel Sale
Automobiles now carry desert freight that camels once ferried. In Marrakech’s annual camel sale good animals sold for 550 to 1000 francs, reflecting a disastrous impact on the camel market as road transport replaces camel caravans.
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Marrekech
Scottish Lady Seeks Companions in Canada
Personal notice from a Scottish lady presently in Canada seeks one or more young ladies as companion or travel partner. She offers travel experience abroad, strong testimonials in Canada and Britain, and willingness to provide further details. Apply Box 30, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave, East. Winnipeg, Man.
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Canada
Britain
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Official System in Bridge: Key Differences from Approach-Forcing
Hamia B Hatch reviews the Official System devised by bridge experts to fix defects in the Approach-Forcing System. The article contrasts opening bids One Two and Three, notes the tradeoffs of the Two bid, and explains how both systems share Jump-Shift forcing bids and similar overcalling methods. It concludes that both systems are easy to learn and that players should adapt to their partner’s preferred system.
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Hamia B. Hatch
Olympic Chamlos
Cavendish Club
Toronte
Vanderbilt Club
Yukon Is Land Of Flowers In The Yukon Territory
Yukon Territory in Canada is described as a land of flowers with hundreds of plant types growing wild on hills and valleys. The text highlights the beauty of Dawson and its surrounding homes as well as the impression made by flowers in the capital. Astronomers note modern telescopes reveal a fact about the night sky, mentioning a fraction of stars observed.
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Yukon
Yukon Territory
Canada
Dawson
Lost Weight Story Ends In Kruschen Confidence
A reader recounts dropping 20 pounds over seven months using Kruschen salts with a half teaspoon daily in hot water before breakfast. She stresses steady use without dieting, alongside gentle activity, and notes improved vigor and health as the goal.
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Boyes
Delicate young ladies pajama pattern with basque fringe
Fashion pattern style No. 911 for ages 14 40 bust sizes presents a basque effect with a wide sash ties at back. Short puff sleeves or shoulder frill option. Trouser legs form a skirt when not in motion. Size 16 requires 3 yards 39 inch fabric plus 35 inch contrast. Price 25 cents in stamps or coin.
Journey of Jacob and Joseph to Egypt in a Beersheba caravan
Sunday School lesson outlines Genesis 46 1 7 28 30 and Luke 2 41 52 focusing on Jacob and his family journeying from Beersheba to Egypt. It recalls Joseph alive as ruler of Egypt and the reunion with his father, with Goshen as a setting for growth and learning. The piece uses Joseph Parker’s reflection on tenderness and home life guided by faith.
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Jacob
Goaben
Jair
Joseph
Egypt
Beersheba
Goshen
Joseph Parker
Britain Rejects Alliances in Pursuit of Liberty
The London Express argues that Britain must end costly conferences in Geneva and Lausanne and sever entangling alliances. It contends past European entanglements drained wealth and lives and calls for independent action and cautious, nonaligned foreign policy.
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Great Britain
Europe
Geneva
Lausanne
London Express
Patterns Measuring Creep Of Metal In University Study
Winnipeg newspaper item notes that University of Michigan engineers are measuring the creep of metal. They use instruments with readings accurate to a millionth of an inch, aiming to quantify changes in size and shape of supposedly rigid material.
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University of Michigan Engineers
Instru
Navigation Safe St Lawrence River: N B McLean to map Hudson Strait
The Canadian Government steamer N B McLean will spend the summer surveying Hudson Straits to Churchill port for 1932 navigation work. New lights will be installed at Button Island Resolution Island Whale Island east end Nottingham Island and Coats Island by the McLean crew. A light will be installed at Hubbard's Point by Churchill staff. First Lady quips about hospital stay and illness in a dialogue between First and Second Lady.
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Hudson Straits
Churchill
N. B. McLean
On. B. McLean
Button Island
Resolution Island
Whales Island
East End
Nottingham Island
Coats Island
Hubbard's Point
Queen Victoria Letters Reveal Calm Response to Kaiser
The Snal volume from London shows Queen Victoria in her last years keeping restraint toward Kaiser Wilhelm. She wrote it wouldn’t do to snub him, noting impulsiveness and conceit as faults. The Queen urged calm, duty over weariness, signing documents days before her death.
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Victoria
London
England
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Kaiser
Krueger
Transvaal
South Africa
William
New Cement Averts Alkali Damage In Western Soils
Dr. T Thorvaldson of the University of Saskatchewan closed the Canadian Chemical Association session in Hamilton Ontario with a report on a new type of cement that resists alkali destruction in western soils. The invention could save millions yearly for builders roadmakers and waterworks systems.
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T. Thorvaldton
University of Saskatchewan
Canadian Chemical Association
Hamilton
Ontario
Thorvaldson
Visiting director mocks dusty school globe incident
The visiting director of education laments the unclean school facility while tracing the globe and claiming dust hides the world. The school-keeper counters that the touched area depicts the Sahara Desert, turning the moment into a dusty, humorous exchange.
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Sahara Desert
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