World Happenings Briefly Told In Brief
Birmingham seeks work for unemployed youths aiding Liverpool. Aliens barred from voting in long established school districts. Alberta amends School Act in committee. Meteorological balloon found 80 miles west of Sudbury by two Indian trappers with no identifying marks. Windsor Ontario sends souvenir plaque to Windsor England for king's silver jubilee. Three Germans arrested in Algiers on orders from Marseilles over spy plot. Speaker Johnston honoured as legislature prorogues. Ontario to set up committee to review education finances. William “Bull” Brooks, Halifax war veteran, rests in Montreal on Vancouver hike after Toronto reunion trip.
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Alberta
Sudbury
Windsor
Ont
England
Windsor-Walkervile
Algiers
Marseilles
Algeria
France
George N. Johnston
Edmonton
Ontario
Paul Leduc
Ontario Education Association
William “Bull” Brooks
Halifax
Canadian Corps
Toronto
Nova Scotia
Montreal
Vancouver
Bill
Mosquito Amber Specimen Preserved in Saint John Collection
A fossil mosquito larger than modern relatives is preserved in pure amber owned by H C Page of Saint John. Geologists date the insect at over 2500 years old and note the crystal clear amber captures fine body fibers and hair. The amber likely came from timber along Europe’s Baltic shores and from the northern Russian coast where water covered vast areas for centuries.
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H.C. Page
Saint John
Baltic
Europe
Russia
Last Post To Be Sounded Daily At Menin Gate Ypres
The Last Post will be sounded daily at the Menin Gate in Ypres forever. Canadians who fought in the Great War recall the scene of fierce battles as Belgian firemen once played the lament. The British Legion has established an endowment to guarantee perpetual ceremonies.
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Menin
Ypres
British Legion
Legion
Oxford Scouts Recycle Bowler Hats Into Roman Helmets
Oxford Scouts answered a welfare request by staging a pageant as Roman soldiers. Known for resourcefulness, they supplied their own helmets built from 100 old Bowler hats minus rim plus one gallon of aluminium.
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Oxford
Scientific Expedition Leaves Cairo for Libyan Desert Study
A scientific team has departed Cairo to study bird migration across the desert and investigate related topics, heading toward the Glif Kebir plateau in the Libyan Desert.
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Cairo
Egypt
Glif Kebir
Libyan Desert
Gas Raid Defence: Britain Mobilizes Civilian First Aid
Great Britain quietly mobilizes civilian forces against gas and bombing. Colonel E M Cowell of the British Red Cross appeals for 1000 volunteers for first aid nursing at Croydon airport. More than 500 have already been recruited and trained under Red Cross auspices.
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Great Britain
E. M. Cowell
British
Red Cross
Surrey
Croydon
Tour handwriting reveals your character analysis
Readers replies on graphology assess personalities from handwriting. Miss B L is described as highly strung with quick emotions, cautioned about nursing suitability. AGT shows balanced judgment but cynicism about the future. P A D urges focus and energy. The note invites readers to send handwriting samples with birthdates for analysis.
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B.L
Agt
P.A.D
Lawrenst Hivbert
Winnipeg News‘union
McDermott Ave
Seagram Gold Cup Golf Seagram to Nation Teams
George R. Jacobus announces captains to be chosen from foreign and native United States pros for the $4,000 General Brock Hotel Open to be played at Lookout Point Country Club Fonthill Ont July 11 12 and 13. First Seagram Gold Cup entry from Japanese Golf Association lists six players.
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United Japan
George R. Jacobus
United States Professional Golfers’ Association
United States
Lookout Point Country Club
Fonthill Ont
Seagram
Prodigal Son Devotional Reflections on Sin and Forgiveness
A devotional reading analyzes Luke 15 11 24 and Psalm 51 1 10, tracing the prodigal’s rebellion and return. It discusses Jewish and Christian views of sin as personal offense against divine love, the father’s compassionate forgiveness, and the restoration of a son with honor.
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Moses
Jesus
Ian Maclaren
Washington State Signs Trail Sulphur Claims Accord
The Washington state department announces a convention for final settlement of damage from Trail BC sulphur fumes. Signed at Ottawa by Canada’s Prime Minister R B Bennett and US chargé d’affaires Pierre L Boal, it creates a joint arbitration tribunal to rule on damage to Washington forests crops and livestock since 1932. The accord awaits US senate and Canadian parliament approval. Canada to pay 300000 for damages up to 1932 and tribunal may recommend fume elimination measures.
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State Department
Washington
Trail
B.C
Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
Canada
Pierre L. Boal
United States
Canaada
United States Senate
Senate
International Joint Commission
Invention Lets Passengers Get Timetable at Victoria
A newly installed device at Victoria Station London lets passengers press a button to light a window and view a printed timetable. Each numbered key prints a card showing the complete schedule for trains between Victoria and the chosen station. Similar machines will be installed at all principal Southern Railway stations, the London Times reports.
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Victoria
London
Southern Railway
London Times
New York Sun
Distinctive World Scout visit on Thursday Island
During a world tour Lord and Lady Baden-Powell drew the largest Scouts and Guides gathering yet in an unlikely spot Thursday Island off Queensland. From about 700 residents 400 whites and 300 Mala and Japanese 200 Scouts and Guides greeted the World Chief Scout and Chief Guide.
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Lord
Lady Baden-Powell
Thursday Island
Queensland
Growing screens and quick gardens for sunny screens
Gardening tips describe two screen classes annual climbers and perennials, with annuals offering rapid effect and changeable screens by July using plants like African Marigolds and Nasturtiums. It also covers quick vegetable growth, cultivation to conserve moisture, water use, fertilizer, and sowing groups for hardy annuals versus frost-tender ones, noting bulbs like Dahlias and Gladiolus emerge after warm weather.
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Canada
Cosmos
California
Family farms dominate western Canada in 1930 labor
The text notes that in 1930 in Alberta and Saskatchewan, 82.7 percent of farm labor on 573 farms came from the farmer and his family, indicating most western Canadian farms operated as family businesses.
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Western
Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Rmer
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