World Happenings Briefly Told
A deal in Kent yields a 350 year old colored glass fragment. The Foreign Office says Keith Marquess of Lothian is appointed British ambassador to the United States. France empowers 18 fast despatch vessels, 12 minesweepers and a floating dock before 1940. Residential construction contracts rise 91.1 percent in early 1930. in 1938 the figure is lower. Finance Minister Dunning reports to the House of Commons on the French budget. France imposes a strict press law against foreign propaganda and attacks on race or religion with heavy penalties. Quebec plans moving allowances for unemployed families leaving the city. Clarence Mackay estate to sell valued art treasures accumulated over a lifetime.
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Dunning
House of Commons
Quebec City
Administrative Committee
Clarence H. Mackay
Egg with clock image baffles British parish hens
A Bradford England chicken run near a parish church clock tower drew attention when a Rhode Island Red laid an egg bearing a clear imprint of the clock face showing ten minutes past ten. The bemused writer warns such photographic eggs could alarm farmers and fuel absurd theft fears.
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Simeon Longbottom
Asngrove
Greengates
Bradford
England
Will Operate Ship Armea win a masters papers
Molly Kool of Alma New Brunswick 23 a sea captain’s daughter plans to command the ship Armea while seeking a better job. She is believed to be the second woman to obtain papers for master of steamships in coastal waters and has five years at sea including two as mate on her father’s barge.
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Armea
Molly Kool
Molly
British Columbia Product The Dominion Launched in Coal Harbor
The Dominion launched as a fishery patrol vessel Kitimat at Coal Harbor. It honors Vancouver craftsmen and BC materials with a hull of yellow cedar and fir from BC forests and a diesel engine and most fittings made in BC.
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Dominion
Kitimat
Coal Harbor
Vancouver
British Columbia
Vancouver Province
Not Only Atrerat According Some Anciety of British Aircraft
The fragment cites anxiety among British aircraft constructors about wartime wastage. Experts reportedly rate wastage as high as 100 percent per month, implying twelve complete replacements of Air Force equipment annually, with unclear further context about personnel.
Latvians Bestow High Honor on Miss Hamlin for Singing Baltic Songs
Miss Hamlin, British Council for Foreign Relations representative, earned Latvia's Order of the Stars for her dedication to Baltic music. She discovered Baltic songs in a library, wrote to Graham Carritt, learned Latvian and Estonian to sing authentically, and met Baltic officials in London who mentored her. Her aim was to share Baltic melodies with Britain, not to seek reward, but she now cherishes the gilt enamel medal.
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Latvia
Order of the Stars
Hastic
British Council For Foreign Relations
Estonia
Miss Hamlin
London
Miss
Gardening tips for spacing and selecting flowers and vegetables
The piece urges generous spacing for big seeds like corn and beets and explains mixing tiny seeds such as lettuce with a little sand to ensure even distribution. It advises pre planning beds, arranging taller blooms at the rear, balancing early and late flowers, and growing cut flowers with long stems. It also lists flowers for scent and recommends solid beds of annuals and a succession sowing schedule starting with peas lettuce radish spinach.
California Woman Makes Miniature Home Mailboxes
A California woman runs a small business crafting metal rural mail boxes that resemble owners homes as miniatures. The effort highlights her niche craft and local entrepreneurship.
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California
Fashionable spring petticoats pattern from Anne Adams
A pattern advertisement promotes Anne Adams Pattern 4070 for slips and taffeta petticoats in women's sizes up to 42. It highlights a high bodice point, flared hem for easy stride, and a non slip shoulder strap design. Instructions suggest cutting at the waist and notes fabric and lace edging requirements. Orders go to the Winnipeg Newspaper Union pattern department.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot Ave
Governor of Jamaica Introduced Coffee to Americas in 1718
A sentence notes that coffee cultivation entered the western hemisphere by the Jamaica governor in 1718. It also mentions US cheese production and a study in East London Africa about sheep wool yield with blanket protection.
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Hemisphere
Jamaica
London
Africa
Paul’s Mission in Corinth Encouraged by Divine Support
Sunday School lesson on Acts 18 1 Corinthians 1 21 5 describes Paul’s resolve amid discouragements as he preached in the synagogue and then to Gentiles in Corinth. Timely encouragement from Silas Timothy and a vision from God sustain his zeal and lead to Crispus and many Corinthians believing and being baptized.
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Nerse
Paul
Silas
Timothy
Macedonia
Philippi
Jesus
Christ
Matthew Henry
Moffatt
Titus Justus
Crispus
Royal Coat of Arms cross stitch pattern card
Colorful stitchery details a Royal Coat-of-Arms motif for pillows or pictures. Pattern 6300 offers easy cross stitch with England Ireland Scotland and Wales emblems, plus transfer motifs and color schemes. Send 20 cents to Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern Houehold Arts at 175 McDermot Ave. E. Winnipeg.
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England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Houehold Arts
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Spectacular new drug Dagenan offers hope for pneumonia
The drug Dagenan or M and B 693, derived from sulfanilamide, is touted for treating lobar pneumonia caused by pneumococcus. While early hospital and case evidence looks promising, full proof is pending as researchers await further data amid historical mortality figures of 7,725 deaths from pneumonia in Canada in 1937.
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Canada
McCullough Cancer Articles Offered By League
Readers seeking the complete set of Dr McCulloughs cancer articles may obtain them by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ontario.
Edmonton Tea Event Breaks Social Boundaries In Church Basement
Edmonton officials led by the mayor and police chief joined about 90 prominent men and 1,500 guests at a four hour tea event hosted by the Made Social History lens Association of Edmonton Church. The fundraiser supported a victory fund to reduce church debt as wives watched from the front row while 2,000 pieces of cake 500 gallons of tea and 3,000 sandwiches were consumed.
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Lens Association of Edmonton
Edmonton
Alberta
McDougal United Church
Visit Is Conditional Apanese Interviewer Politely Accepts Message
New York Post notes a Japanese movie magazine interview with Frederic March backstage at T American Way. The Japanese interviewer asks when March will visit Japan, and March replies he would like to go as soon as tensions with China subside. The exchange is described as polite and cordial.
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Apanese
New York
Frederic March
Italian wine industry reports near six hundred thousand pounds
Italian wine production last year converted nearly 600000 pounds of grapes into wine, reflecting steady output across the sector. The figure highlights strong grape processing and demand within Italy's agricultural and beverage economy.
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Italy
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Foreign Office
Keith Marquess of Lothian
United States
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Atrerat
Seager
TORKS
McCullough
Newt
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