World happenings briefly told in a rough digest
The Hour of Commons in committee of ways and means approved the grantment to the gold tax moved by John E Rhodes France minister. The disarmament conference adjourned June 12 for a space to breathe while governments seek settlements. Britain plans 30 new air force squadrons and about 600 extra machines. A fire of unknown origin destroyed the Quaker Oats elevator at Delisle Saskatchewan, ruining over 9 000 bushels. John Duncan, veteran railway telegrapher, died in Toronto aged 91, succeeding the late Thomas Alva Edison. The Victoria Daily Times celebrated its golden jubilee with a special edition. founded by John Grant MLA for Cassar. Afrikaans Bible sales reach 150 000 copies in South Africa and Rhodesia. Soviet crop sowing by early June reached 98.2 percent, with 228 328 000 acres seeded, the largest area ever cultivated by the Union.
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Hour of Commons
Committee of Ways and Means
Jon E. Rhodes
France
Victoria Daily Times
John Grant
Cassar
South Africa
South African Union
Rhodesia
Soviet
Russia
Societ Union
Timothy Seed Market Seen As Western Growers Opportunity
A Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture report notes domestic timothy seed production in Canada lags behind consumption, suggesting Western growers can seize a growing internal market. Timothy yields reach 200 to 300 pounds per acre with about 61 cents per pound for No.1 grade. Canada imports roughly 9 to 10 million pounds annually, though domestic output rose since 1931 due to education and market prospects.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
United States
Melons Save Bank Notes In Constantinople Fire
A Constantinople fire leveled the Law Courts damaging a cashier’s safe holding £8000. The safe was buried in debris but two large melons inside released steam, saving the bank notes. The State Bank accepted the recovered funds despite some damage.
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Constantinople
Lord Londonderry Praises Press In Lethbridge Herald
In remarks on the British press Secretary for Air Lord Londonderry said reporters are fair and helpful, sparing in criticism and generous in praise. He noted the press deserve to be treated with respect.
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Lethbridge Herald
Lord Londonderry
Air
Air Mail Across Canada Planned For Fast Service
Squadron Leader A. T. Cowley outlined plans for a rapid Canadian air mail route from Montreal to Vancouver during a Calgary visit. The scheme envisions a western aerial trail via Regina Lethbridge and the Crow's Nest pass reaching Vancouver with a Calgary to Lethbridge branch.
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Montreal
Vancouver
A. T. Cowley
Calgary
Regina
Lethbridge
Crow's Nest Pass
Manitoba Fair Wage Schedule Reduces Rates Provincewide
Hon W R Clapp Manitoba minister of public works announced a new fair wage schedule applying to private and public works. Rates cut by five to ten percent from last year after two months study by the fair wage board. Effective June 15, two zones: Winnipeg and within 30 miles, and rest of province. Stone masons allotted two rates 80 cents and 1 dollar per hour, down from 1.05.
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W. R. Clapp
Manitoba
India
Fair Wage Board
Winipeg
Sunday School Lesson on The Gospel of Matthew
Devotional queries cover the Gospel according to Matthew including its purpose audience language time and outline. Questions ask about authorship origin main themes structure and key Jewish phrases while contrasting with Luke and Micah reference points forthcoming for study.
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Christ
Jesus
Ancestor Debts Tarnish Posterity Says Countessel
A haughty woman asks if ancestors did things to be remembered. Farmer Countessel replies yes, citing his grandfather who placed mortgages on the family estate that remain unpaid. The exchange hints at lasting burden from prior generations.
India reports rain of gold dust from seismic shocks
In India distant districts endured seismic disturbances that stirred a shower of fine powdered gold sand. Scientists analyzed samples and found tiny gold particles in the dust, likely lifted into the air by earth shocks that cracked rock fissures.
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India
Canada designates exchequer court as Admiralty Court
The House of Commons gave third reading to a bill designating the exchequer court of Canada as an Admiralty Court. The bill, sponsored by Justice Minister Hugh Guthrie, grants Canada control over admiralty courts and outlines the required regulations. Passage occurred quickly with rapid committee work and no opposition.
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Caraga
House of Commons
Exchequer Court of
Canada
Dominions
Hugh Guthrie
House
Unenviable Murder Rates Across Nations in 1932
The report ranks nations by murder rates and totals. Holland leads with the lowest share, Great Britain close behind, while Chile shows the highest percentage but the United States records the largest total murders at 10,617 from 1932 data. Belgium has the highest European percentage with 186 murders, and Germany records 1,223 total but 1.88 per 10,000 population. In nine countries the combined total reaches 16,108 murders.
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Holland
Great Britain
Chile
United States
Europe
Belgium
Germany
Black Undertaker and Rastus mock funeral choices
A phone conversation between a Black undertaker and Rastus features crude humor about death practices. The undertaker jokes about burying or embalming, and Rastus insists on cremation, revealing insensitive stereotypes in a dated mock exchange.
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Rastus
Oxford Group at Banff North American House Party
Members of the International Team of the Oxford Group led by Dr Frank Buchman gathered at the Banff Springs Hotel in Banff Alberta June 5 12 photographed on the terrace. The group includes many named participants from Ottawa York Oxford and Boston with officials and accompanying spouses and guests from Europe Britain and North America.
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Oxford Group
Frank Buchman
Banff Springs Hotel
Banf
Alberta
Tose
Pleasanton
New York
Ella Lee
Edinburgh
H. A. Armitstead
London
Mary Ferrabye
Montreal
Ellen la Forde
Bishop Roots
Hankow
Richmond
Princess Risborough
R. R. Coush
Lowdon Hamilton
Oxford
Nanton
Winnipeg
Bourdillon
Charles Gold
Slattery
Boston
Robert Green-Price
Wales
Madame Curie and the Radium Legacy in 1910
A historical overview of Marie Curie and radium, detailing isolation of radium, the Radium Institute in Paris, and the global impact of radioactivity. It notes pitchblende sources, the world supply, and uses in cancer therapy and industry, with commentary on Canadian pitchblende deposits near Great Bear Lake.
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Magame
Pierre Curie
Sorborme
Paris
Curie
Madame Curie
Belgian Congo
Radium Institute
America
Canada
Great Bear Lake
Arctic Circle
Panama Canal Rates Proposal Sparks International Debate
Arthur Brisbane in Hearst papers condemns Britain's failure to repay US debt and urges doubling canal rates. The Panama Canal was built under an international pact ensuring equal rates for British and American ships, a point highlighted amid British concessions that made the project possible.
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Arthur Brisbane
Hearst
Great
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Delisle
Sask
John Duncan
Toronto
Thomas Alva Edison
Northern Railway
Air Mail
st-To
Matthew
Banff
Mick
Bob Bow
York
Roger Hicks
Roger Faure
Ferdinand Laun
Eugene von Teuber
Czecho-Slovakia
Victor Kitchen
Mrs. Wood
Frederick Lawrence
Kathleen Lawrence
Howard Rose
Paul Petrocekine
Edward Hill
Audrey Fough
Mary Gaddie
Victor Turnbull
Joyce Machin
Kate Cress
Jack Smith
Reggie Hulme
Edward Goulding
Howie Blake Washington
D.C
Hanford Twitchell
Brandon Blake Richmond
Fred Dougall
Witness
Jack Crecy
Roland Wilson
Marjorie Haynes
Philadelphia
Charlie Haynes
Lawson Wood
Aberdeen
Ray Purdy
Princeton
Madame . Beaubien
Quebec
Goodwin
Panama Canal
Denicotea
Tabscoe Amoke
Simpoce Co
T. Eaton Co
Mestley's
G. Wooddy Rutherford
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