World Happenings Briefly Told Timeline of Global Events
Reports say Japan and the United States reached an amicable solution on Japanese fishing in Alaskan waters. Premier Angus Macdonald announced Nova Scotia had a net revenue surplus of 62386 for the year ending November 30, 1937. Rouyn Quebec will host a new $500000 sulphur plant with mine department confirmation. The United States and Czechoslovakia signed a trade pact, the 17th with tariff reductions on many products. Air France plans seaplane and landplane trials across the North Atlantic in June. Peter Sinclair, 50, Liberal MP for Queen’s, P.E.I., died of a heart attack in hospital. elected in 1935. Louis A. Johnson said the U S Army has an automatic landing device to remove fog risk at air ports. Paul Vincent Carroll, a Glasgow teacher earning 37 weekly, arrives in New York to see Broadway show earning 800 weekly after tax. Col O M Biggar, Ottawa lawyer, to draft legislation to stiffen the Election Act against corruption. he is former chief electoral officer for the Domin- county
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Japan
United States
Angus Macdonald
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Rouyn
Que
Mines Department
Czechoslovakia
U.S
Air France
North Atlantic
Peter Sinclair
House of Commons
Queen's
Pel
Louis A. Johnson
United States Army
Paul Vincent Carroll
Glasgow
New York
Ford of Edmonton Wins Expert Shield with Perfect Score
Dominion Marksmen Association officials announce Sgt. Andy Fort of the RCMP Edmonton division won the expert shield with a perfect score of 6000 on a 22 sporting rifle. Fort fired 200 consecutive bulls-eyes from standing, then repeated the feat from sitting and prone positions.
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Ford
Edmonton
Dominion Marksmen Association
Andy Fort
Royal Man Mounted Police
RCMP
Croydon Airport Growth Surpasses Liverpool and London
Croydon airport stands as the sixth largest in the United Kingdom, carrying more passengers than Liverpool or London airports. At North Dakota Agricultural College a flax crop is grown in a water solution with no soil.
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Croydon
United Kingdom
Eithe
Liverpool
London
North Dakota Agricultural College
Sunday School Lesson Emphasizes Temperance and Health
A devotional summary cites Mark 6 53 55 and Romans 12 1 2 stressing Jesus healing in the Gennesaret plain and the body as a temple. It highlights temperance as a scriptural duty from 1 Corinthians 3 16 17 and urges living sacrifice to discern God’s will.
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Jesus
Sea of Galilee
Gennesaret
Capernaum
Paul
God
Fog Abatement Campaign Aims to Cut London Fog Costs
London faces costly fogs with estimates of annual losses up to 200 million dollars. The Ministry of Health plans stricter smoke abatement laws following improved combustion methods over the past two decades. A conference of local authorities will discuss tightening regulations to reduce the pea soup fogs and protect public health.
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London
Ministry of Health
Lion's
Reindeer Lake Construction and Trading Notes From Flin Flon
From Island Falls to Reindeer Lake crews build cribbing to control water flow toward Churchill River as Canada’s Fraser Brace Co engineers oversee work. Del Wisnas the flying trapper mentors crews while Turnbull operates commercial fishing on the lake near Hudson Bay Post with natives and trappers trading furs.
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Island Falls
Jeff Hom
Rocky Falls
Reindeer Cake
Reindeer Lake
Reindeer River
Churchill
C. L. Flanigan
Toronto
Fraser Brace Co
del Wmisns
Stand Falla
al Hudson
Turnbull
Flin Flon
Ex-Governor of Bengal Sir John Anderson Known For Calm Humor
Sir John Anderson, former Bengal governor now back in England, endured threats from Irish and Indian terrorists yet remained unfazed and humorous. He met Gandhi, visited Bhutan at the Maharahah of Bhutan's invitation, and faced a remarkable security watch as Paro Penlop observed visitors with costly field glasses and a fine camera.
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Bengal
John Anderson
England
Ireland
India
Mahatma
Sir Johns
Gandhi
Sir John
Barrackpore
Bhutan
Tibet
Jigme Wangchuk
KCLE
Daily Sketch
Rats use rafts as base for their homes
Muskrats in water are observed exploiting floating rafts as bases for building homes. The article notes the behavior and cites a figure of over 6 000 tons of medicinal products shipped by Germany to other countries last year as a separate data point.
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Germany
Cancer and Race Professor Walther report on cancer and race
The Rostock pathologist reports no uniform racial differences in overall cancer mortality across European populations. In the United States cancer incidence is similar among white and black women, higher in white men, and lower in Black men. Yellow races show varied sites. liver cancer common with cirrhosis, stomach cancer rare among Malays. sarcomas more in colored races. Environmental factors, not inbreeding, likely explain differences.
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Walther Misener
University of Rostock
Germany
Europe
United States
South Africa
Fischer
Holland
Dr Tough cancer articles offered by Health League of Canada
Readers are advised to request the complete set of Dr Tough's cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St, Toronto, Ont. The notice promotes securing the full collection.
England Reports Decline in Pawnshop Numbers
In England the number of pawnbrokers falls to fewer than 3,070 nationwide, down from 3,496 in 1931, reflecting a shrinking market across the country.
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England
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