World Happenings Briefly Told
Five percent wage rise for General Electric workers takes effect July 1. Miss M Cooper aged 83 retires after long service as organist in England. Ko Ishii named Japanese consul for western Canada based in Vancouver arriving this month. Clara Zetkin, German feminist and Communist, dies near Moscow. Toronto library to hire detective agency to recover loans at 25 cents per book. Lieut Colonel P R Laurie named assistant Metropolitan Police commissioner in London. Princess Florence Colleries and Nova Scotia Steel and Coal workers resume coal mining at pay-cut compromise. US Commerce offices in Canada reduced. Ottawa remains open. Canadian cattle market to reopen in New York state under Bangs disease rules. Senate vacancies reach nine with multiple provinces awaiting appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Church, Highbury
England
M. Cooper
Ko Ishii
Canada
Vancouver
Tachiya
Tokyo
Japan
Clara Zetkie
Archangelskoye
Moscow
Toronto Library Board
P. R Laurie
Metropolitan Police
Maurice Tomlin
Princess
Florence
Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company
United States Department of Commerce
Commerce Department
Commerce
Ottawa
Adventure In North Boys From Honolulu On Scientific Quest
Ten boys aged fourteen to seventeen sail from Vancouver for a summer scientific program in northern Canada and Alaska. Led by Bayne Beauchamp, they will travel to Skagway Whitehorse and build boats to run the Yukon River to Dawson Fort Yukon and Tanana. The voyage covers about 1600 miles with botany collections for University of California and prospecting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Alaska
Rom Mononmu
Vancouver
Canada
Skagway
Whitehorse
Yukon
Dawson
Fort Yukon
Tannana
University of California
Bayne Beauchamp
US Auto Production Hits 22 Month High In May
May production by members of the United States Automobile Chamber of Commerce reached 172 883 units, up 23 percent from April and 51 percent from May 1932. First five months total 605 739 units versus 584 505 a year earlier. Ford not included. London factories resume operations as more join reopening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Ford Company
Strange Africa Exhibit For Chicago World Fair
Dr Owen R ONeil, Chicago, returned from Africa aboard the Cunard liner Autapia then Alaunia with a 22 native collection and assorted primitive art. He toured Abyssinia to the Cape gathering tribesmen for exhibition, aided by French authorities but with limited permission from other governments. Greene, the tallest passenger, at sx feet eight inches, travels to Canada. born in Brazil, he serves in British Diplomate Service in Russia and owns a garage in England.
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O'Neil
Africa
Owen R O'Neil
Chicago
Montreal
Cunard
Dr O'Neil
Alaunia
Cameroons
Portuguese Africa
Central Africa
London
England
Cape Town
Imperial Airways
Paris
Bulawayo
Nairobi
Addis Abeba
Abyssinia
Oher
Aurania
B. Greene
Canada
Greene
Mr. Greene
Althoug
Brazil
Russia
British Post Office Receives Odd Requests and Letters
A collection of bizarre mail to the British Post Office shows varied concerns from readers. An Indian native asks for information while blessing the king and emperor. A messenger complains about a missing dotted line for character. A depositor notes signature changes after ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Dominion Steamship sails for Cardiff with Canadian cattle
At the request of the Department of Trade and Commerce the Dominion Steamship line has equipped the steamer for the ice cattle trade. The vessel, first of her line to engage in the Canadian trade for over eight years, sailed from Montreal with 536 head of Canadian cattle for Cardiff together with 190000 bushels of Canadian grain and a general cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Trade and Commerce
Dominion Steamship Line
Er Line
Montreal
Cardiff
Millions Of Tourists Cross Canada US Border In 1992
The United States and Canada border saw 52,519,000 crossings in 1992, with 23,165,782 travelers on bridges, ferries, and tunnels and 14,000,000 US tourists visiting Canada. The Windsor-Detroit/Battle Creek area remained a peak crossing point, while the land and water boundaries totaled over 5,000 miles.
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Canada
United States
Windsor
Ontario
Detroit
Michigan
Walkerville
Detroit River
Peace Bridge
Niagara River
Fort Erie
Niagara Falls
Queenston
Ont
Deaf Children Hear Light Sound Microphone Wave Research
A Saskatoon designed microphone system using light and sound waves helps deaf students hear voices in a School for the Deaf. Pupils wear headphones with an amplifier, enabling previously inaudible voices to reach them. The inventor Sigurd Sanda notes large research potential in this area. Also mentioned: British milk suppliers require 65 million new milk bottles annually to replace losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School For the Deaf
Sigurd Sanda
Skatoon
Saskatoon
Trail Blazers Toast at Churchill Pilgrimage to Northward Wealth
Four present day trail blazers of pioneering spirit visited Churchill to honor early Franklin trail history and toast a future Northward wealth. The group included John Callaghan W A Brown John Blue and Frank Pike with accompanying officials from Hudson Bay Railway Bank of Montreal and Canadian financial and civic bodies. They attended the official opening of a Bank of Montreal branch on June 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Hudson Bay
Churchill Harbor
Churchill
John Callaghan
Northern Alberta Railways
W. A. Brown
Canadian National Railways
Edmonton
Canadian Pacific Railway
Winnipeg
John Blue
Alberta
Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Pike
Bank of Montreal
J. G. MacLachlan
Hudson Bay Railway
T. W. Tod
H. L. McKay
Shingle Industry Revives on Fraser River Boom
The shingle industry on the Fraser River is booming with big plants running double shifts and about 1,000 men employed in the New Westminster district. Prices have risen sharply and production in the lower Fraser Valley is expected to reach 1.2 billion pieces worth about $2,000,000, up from 770 million pieces in 1932, spurring more woods activity.
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Fraser River
New Westminer District
Fraser Valley
Singing Color Fountain at Chicago World’s Fair Firestone exhibit
The Firestone Singing Color Fountain draws crowds at the Chicago World’s Fair. Magnetic lights and fountains rise in harmony with music from hidden loudspeakers, in front of the Firestone factory building within the garden area. The pool spans 100 feet by 15 feet, with dome fountains shooting water twenty feet high in tune with the score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firestone Factory
Chicago
Firestone
Great “Hall of Science
Milion Acre Firestone Rubber Planta
Liberia
Joshua Leads Israel With Courage and Faith
A Sunday school lesson on Joshua stresses divine support as he steps into Moses’ role. The text highlights Joshua’s leadership, God's promise to be with him, and the call to be strong and courageous amid daunting tasks. It notes biblical references from Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and Psalms.
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Jehovah
Joshua
Moses
Canaan
Kadeshome
Jordan
Israel
Jos
God
Westminster Abbey
John
Charles We
J. H. Jowett
Ezeki
Egypt
Unemployment Relief Machine Tested at London Exchanges
A new device at Fast Ham and Holloway labor exchanges pays out unemployment relief and insurance money automatically. Instead of clerks counting money, a button release drops the correct amount into a recipient’s receptacle. A ministry official says the machine is experimental and will be evaluated over ten weeks before wider use is decided.
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London Labor Exchange
London
Ham
Holloway
Ministry of Labor
Amazing Aberdeen fish filleting machine demo
An amazing machine demonstrated in Aberdeen filleted haddocks of any size. It chopped heads removed fins cleaned and trimmed bones without damage and delivered ready for smoking or packing at thirty fish per minute.
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Aberdeen
Starling Found in Ireland After July 1931 Mark
A starling banded in July 1931 on Mellum, a North Sea island, has been located in Ireland. The find links the bird migration to Atlantic routes and highlights long distance travel by marked birds.
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North Sea
Ireland
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General Electric Company
Agricultural Department
New York State
Bang
Raradis
Red Chamber
Saskatchewan
New Brunswick
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Adventure In
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Catte Trade
U. S
Trail Blazers
Atreal
Port of Churchill
AML
Fraser River Valley
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