World Happenings Briefly Told
The RCMP took over policing of Prince Edward Island on May 1. Italy surfaced over 4000 miles of national highway with bituminous dressing in the last year. Duke of Connaught, uncle of the King, turned 82 on May 1 in his Riviera villa. Prime Minister Ramsay McDonald ill health may keep Baldwin from attending the Empire Economic Conference. Canada New Zealand trade treaty ratified in New Zealand Parliament. President Hoover signed a bill to protect the halibut fishery via a Canada United States convention. Australian drive against Communism sinks children from Communist homes into state care. Ottawa held a large military funeral for Inspector Alfred J. Joy of the RCMP. he was to be married the day after his death.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Prince Edward Island
E.C. Cox
Limerick
Sask
Alexander Laird
Queen's University
Italy
Duke of Connaught
Canada
The
Riviera
New Zealand
United States
Hoover
Ottawa
Alfred J. Joy
Global land use distribution eyed by scientists
Scientists estimate land on earth as forty percent desert, thirty percent productive, and thirty percent poor grazing land, forest, high mountains, and waste. They note no consensus on the exact share that is inhabitable.
Starving in China Prompt League Action on Food Crisis
Reports to the League of Nations Manchurian Commission describe 6,000,000 people in the Hwei River Valley north of Anhwel starving amid grass and bark diets. Relief wheat from the United States is blocked by Shanghai conflicts, with 4,000 tons delivered so far and June wheat harvest expected. Refugees face rising market prices with a human market for sale of people, from $1 per year of age to $10 for a child, escalating to 25.
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League of Nations Mancherian Commission
Hwei River
Anhwel
League of Nations
Peiping
New York State
United States
Shanghai
Hwei Valley
Shaowu Peter Chuan
National Flood Relief Commission
North Anhwel
Mil Nona
Chuan
Pretty Dress for Little Girls With Navy Beading
Tiny girls love easy wear dresses with skirts that swish. The yoke and hem feature nautical blue plain batiste on white fabric with blue spots. Styles include dimity, voile, gingham, candy stripe, pique. pattern No. 430 fits sizes 2 4 6 years, costs 25 cents with required fabric amounts.
Kruschen Salts Ad Claims Cure and Wellness
An old advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a quick remedy for pain and sluggish elimination. It features a customer testimonial about improved mobility after using the product and urges readers to prove its benefits by buying a bottle.
Coffee Ginger Cookies From Betty Barclay
Betty Barclay offers a coffee flavor cookie recipe requiring strong hot coffee molasses brown sugar shortening and spices. Dissolve soda in boiling water stir into molasses mix with shortening and coffee then add sugar and seasonings. Add flour to form a stiff dough roll cut shapes and bake.
Orange Candied Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Orange Candied Sweet Potatoes serves 6. Combine orange juice rind water sugar corn syrup salt and butter then pour over 68 peeled uncooked sweet potatoes arranged in a dish. Bake 375 to 400 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes until tender basting occasionally. Optional marshmallows added last 10 minutes.
What the automobile has taught women about lubrication
The piece argues that moving parts in cars and home devices must be protected by oil to prevent wear. It promotes 3-In-One Oil as a superior, triple blend solution that cleans and protects mechanical equipment, claiming it lasts longer and costs little more, available at stores with the red 3-In-One mark.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Winnipeg source lists order instructions for patterns from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union located at 175 McDermot Ave. Details include contact method and mailing address for pattern orders. No other individuals or organizations are named.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Missouri editor prefers cow to saxophones
A Missouri editor favors a cow over four saxophones noting the animal makes the same noise and offers no additional value. The remark contrasts animal sound with instrument noise and implies the cow’s lack of added utility.
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Missouri
Bethel Ladder Dream and Gods Everlasting Care
A Sunday School lesson on Jacob's Bethel dream from Genesis 28 15 and 27 28 explores the ladder imagery as a bridge between heaven and earth with God promising to be with Jacob and guide his journey. Reflects on Providence prepare revelation and the presence of God in lonely places, citing Psalm 4 8 and moral interpretations by multiple theologians.
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Euce
Jacob
Esau
Haran
Bethel
Ralph Connor
Bishop Taylor
Heaven
Earth
God
John
Aegean
David
Judea
B. F. Meyert
Bethele
Rufus M. Jones
J. E. McFadyen
Man
Rebekah
Jehovah
Isaagim
Abraham
Fame in Ottawa Corridor Echoes Prime Ministers on Wall
Two American visitors in Ottawa stopped before etched portraits of Great Britain's prime ministers in a parliamentary corridor. One man, pointing at Disraeli, quipped that the figure resembled George Arliss, linking screen fame to political history.
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Ottawa
Great Britain
Disraeli
George Arliss
Bishop Claim Sparks Comic Film Star Marriage Quip
A bishop asserts he officiated a marriage for a film actress, who quips she cannot recall marrying a bishop. The moment sparked lighthearted humor as bystanders awaited introductions, highlighting a playful exchange over a historic ceremony claim.
Dont Be Robbed of Youth Ad Improves Complexions
An advertisement by Ralph Graves promotes Lux Toilet Soap as a beauty secret for aging gracefully. It claims women use the soap to maintain a youthful complexion, with Hollywood studios embracing the product. The pitch highlights the soap’s affordability at one dollar per cake and wide global usage.
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Hollywood
Ralph Graves
Plane Leaves Dayaks Wondering If Airplane Lays Eggs
Richard Halliburton, Memphis, on a world flight, reported from Manila a stopover in Borneo where Dayaks marveled at their first aeroplane the Flying Carpet. They asked if the aircraft laid eggs and invited the chief to fly in native attire with goggles, while war boats gathered to witness the event.
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Borneo
Dayaks
Barneo
Richard Halliburton
Memphis
New York
Manila
Tennessee Flyer
UN 8
Dayak
Quebec forests span over 155 million acres estimates
The report states Quebec's forests cover more than 155,000,000 acres. Separate data notes Argentina's limited plant use of steam for power. Porto Rico's 1931 imports totaled about $1,000,000 in jute bags.
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Quebec
Porto Rico
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