World Happenings Briefly Told
Census shows Yeased Java density at 21 people per square mile. Prince Albert of Schleswig Holstein dies in Berlin sanatorium after short illness. British Empire Trade Exhibition opened by the Prince of Wales closes with attendance over 1.44 million. Kingsford-Smith awarded Britannia trophy for 1930. Prince of Wales planning industrial city visits after return. Mrs Bankes donates 100 year old handkerchief to Queen Mary. Toronto convocation grants Doctor of Laws to Lord Ressborough. May Stephen pilots 2000 miles across Sahara toward circumnavigation. Plymouth citizens present Drake ship model to Viscount and Lady Astor on 25th wedding anniversary. Lady Astor serves in Parliament since 1919.
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Java
Albert Johann
Schleswig
Holstein
George V
Great Britain
Berlin
Prince of Wales
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Royal Aero Club
South Africa
Citie
M. Bankes
Kingstown-Thames
Queen Mary of England
University of Toronto
Canada
Lord Ressborough
Richard Halliturton
United States
May E. Stephen
Sahara
Globe
Plymouth
England
Viscount
Lady Astor
Sir Francis Drake
Zeppelin May Visit Arctic Polar flight financing in view says Eckener
Berlin talks between Dr. Hugo Eckener and interested parties raise hopes for a Zeppelin North Pole flight. Eckener says financing remains the main obstacle but he is hopeful this will be overcome and a polar voyage may be arranged.
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Eckener
Berlin
Hugo Eckener
Graf
Scotland fish gathering method during hard winter
Steaguila Beaguils of Scotland adopt systematic food gathering. At Aberdeen they arrive before the fish rain to collect scraps. In Edinburgh they gather George Watson's College at noon to assist students in choosing their lunch.
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Beaguils
Scotland
Aberdeen
Edinburgh
George Watson's College
Mental Health in Canada Calls for More Care Facilities
A Canadian analysis shows 29,529 patients in mental hospitals with rising numbers each year. The Canadian National Committee for Mental Hygiene urges paychopathic hospitals and out patient clinics to treat cases early. The report distinguishes insanity from mental deficiency and calls for broader public funding and community support.
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John Burke Ingram
Canada
Kingston
Kitchener
Canadian National Committee For Mental Hygiene
Pancer
Labrador Vision of Wealth from Falls and Air Telegram
Sir Wilfred Grenfell, speaking in Montreal, claimed four million horsepower of electricity could be produced at Grand Falls Labrador and Northern Newfoundland. He argued Labrador hides mineral wealth and natural resources while noting air telegrams can be sent from German Luftansa planes to ground stations on long trips. He criticized men for wasting time and urged better time use.
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Grand Falls
Labrador
Sir Wilfred Grenfell
Nefoundland
Montreal
Wilfred
Luft Dansa
Berlin
Vienna
Magic Soap Fairy Queen’s Gift to a Baby Princess
A Fairy Queen tasks five Elves to gather scents and rare perfumes from France Algeria Bulgaria Africa India Messina Abyssinia Cochin China East Indies and beyond. Each Elf returns with precious materials then a soap maker blends them into a magical soap for the christening and for all people to share, making all grow lovely.
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France
Algeria
Bulgaria
Africa
India
Patchouli
Italy
Messina
Fif
Cochin China
East Indies
Abyssinia
Civit
Blind Village in Oaxaca News From Pan American Health Meet
Dr Niguel Bustamente, Mexican delegate, described Tiltepec in Oaxaca as a village of 909 blind or partially blind residents who stay in huts until after sundown. He linked the blindness to a malady called en chocercocis caused by an insect and noted eradication efforts offer hope amid Mexico reporting 20 600 such cases.
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Niguel Bustamente
Conference of Directors of Health
Washington
Tiltepec
Oaxaca
Mexico
Bustamente
Aviators Offer Stunning Parachute Jump Exhibition in Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force officers and NCOs jumped from 2000 feet in Ottawa in one of Canada's most spectacular parachute displays. All 12 airmen completed the hazardous ascent with near perfect landings, ten making their first jumps.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canada
Air Force
Kruschen Salts Promises Skin Health and Vitality
A vintage health ad touts Kruschen Salts for clear skin and overall wellness. It claims the product cleans harmful acids, improves skin, and enhances appearance with a daily dose in hot water.
Planning Bacon Plant For Saskatchewan
A Prince Edward Island syndicate buys a three-quarter section near Long Lake Strasbourg Saskatchewan to raise hogs and cure bacon for shipping to England. Buildings for 5,000 hogs are under construction and machinery secured. Purebred Yorkshire stock shipped in. 2,500 Wiltshire bacon sides expected to ship this fall. A Danish expert leads hog production and marketing efforts.
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Saskatchewan
Prince Edward Island
Long Lake
Strasbourg
Sask
England
Denmark
Parable of the Pounds Sunday School Lesson May 10
The lesson, based on Luke 19 12 26, explains a nobleman’s voyage and return as Jesus warns against forcing a revolution. It stresses faithful use of entrusted resources, likening the talents to a sacred trust and noting the rewards for faithfulness and the rebuke for inaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Jerusalem
Wycliffe
Ahre
Sugar from weeds yields new high value sugars
The Bureau of Standards announces discovery of sugars from inulin in plants like dandelions and chicory. Dr. R F Jackson and Emma McDonald found inulin is 92 percent levulose with three percent glucose and five percent remaining, totaling a new sugar family valued at $50,000 per pound.
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Burrau of Standards
R. F. Jackson
Bureau
Emma McDonald
Jerusalem
Vaccine For Common Colds Report Of Experiments At Columbia
Researchers at Presbyterian hospital and Columbia University medical center report progress toward a cold vaccine. Using artificial and real colds, they show 50 percent infection in chimpanzees and humans from purified viral material, suggesting a sub microscopic virus as the cause and outlining next steps to grow the virus in vitro for vaccine development.
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Presbyterian Hospital of Columb University Medical Centre
A.B. Dochez
K. C. Milla
3. Shirley
Yale Kneeland, Jr
Courier
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Zeppelin
Arctic
St Meere Na
Trane
Brom Abel
Iataneten
Childrem
Eagle Brand
Morden
Sime
Bacon
John Oxenham
Columbia
BABYS
Brooder
Chantler & Chantler Limited
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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