World Happenings Briefly Told
Gene Tunney quits globe trotter life to pursue a far off prospector. Col T. E. Lawrence income noted at £100 in recent years. Canada spent 146,478,320 on military from 1921 to February year end. Haile Selassie asks League to halt Italy in northeast Africa. Since July 1930, 97 judges earned $5,000 plus salaries. Radio certificates awarded to Baker and Marshall. BC bans use of Allah on broadcasts. Canadian tour of Russia to study justice led by Prof. Frank Scott. Ontario dentists favor state medicine for low incomes, 93% support.
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Gene Tunney
Globe Trotter
T. E Lawrence
Arabia
Canada
House of Common
Emperor Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Italy
Africa
House of Commons
Department of Marine
Baker
Meota
Sask
Marshall
Saskatoon
British Broadcasting Corporation
Allah
God
Montreal
Russia
Frank Scott
McGill University
J. 8
Lapp
The
Ontario Dental Association
Ontario
Gift For Chief Guide Lady Baden-Powell Receives Standard
Lady Baden-Powell head of the World Girl Guides is granted a personal standard. A 1922 plan by English county commissioners and international volunteers produced an emblem rich with symbolism including the Guide emblem and sea dolphins. The标记 features flags, green and white tents, and Baden Powell and crest lions, underscoring devotion to the founder and movement.
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Baden-Powell
Girl Guides
Powell
Baden and Powell
Scout and Guide Movement
Wouldn't Wish For Two Willie
Dialogue between Willie and Jimmie about wishing for money to go to picture shows every day. Jimmie asks to come along. Willie declines saying stay home if too lazy to wish for yourself.
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Willie
Milnon
Jimmie
New German Vest Pocket Warships Reveal Lethal Tiny Craft
Foreign experts say Germany has built 450 speed boat torpedo craft capable of 60 knots, with five crew and four torpedoes each. A second larger model carries 10 men, has almost 2000 mile range. These small vessels boast low cost, economical operation, tiny crews, high maneuverability, and potent four torpedoes, posing a new strategic challenge alongside 250 ton submarines.
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Germany
Reich
Young Scientist Returns From Arctic Solo Mission
T P Manning, a youthful British scientist with the British Geographical Society, ends two lonely years in the Arctic. He spent most of his time on Southampton Island near a Hudson’s Bay Company post, gathering fauna studies and supplies, traveling south with four dogs after crossing 40 miles of ice floe to Chesterfield inlet and Churchill without incident.
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North
Arctic
T. P. Manning
British Geographical Society
Churchill
Southampton Island
Manning
Hudson's Bay Company
Chesterfield Inlet
Best Advertising Medium Newspapers In 1934 Share Of Allotments
The 1934 report from the Bureau of Advertising shows newspapers receiving 18 percent of $223,216,520 from 367 national advertisers, magazines 25 percent, and chain broadcasting 13.2 percent. Compared with 1933 the study notes more national advertisers and higher per advertiser spend.
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Bureau of Advertising
Sewspaper
American
Chain Broadcasting
Bureau
Treasured Naval Jubilee Gift From Queen Victoria
Harry Davis of Victoria BC holds a tiny brown beer jug made for Queen Victoria’s golden jubilee in 1887. One of a limited number given to Royal Navy officers, the mould is destroyed. Side reliefs show Queen Victoria on her throne and imperial divisions.
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Queen Victoria
Harry Davis
Victoria
Royal Navy
Amherst Jail Sale Prompts Ontario Auction Rumor
A strange report notes Mooretown Ontario aims to auction the Amherst Burgeour jail after forty years of prisoner confinement. Separate items claim Sandwich Turn-Keys washed diaries due to no prisoners, and Winnipeg reports a 00 cook idle amid prisoner shortages.
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Amherst
Mooretown
Ontario
Sandwich
Winnipeg
Strange Customs of Won yamwesi Christenings in Sneezes
Ethnologist Frederick G. Carnochan describes Won yamwesi birth rites in New York explaining how a sneeze at christening names the ancestor and how a hunter's injury leads to the wife receiving a back of head reprimand as amends.
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Frederick G. Camnochan
New York
Fan Africa
Caped dress for larger figure for warm days
Ellen Worth describes a versatile cape dress designed for larger figures, with wrap-over styling to slim the silhouette and plaited skirt for ease of movement. It suggests fabric options from maize eyelet to chiffon cotton voile and linen prints, with sizes 36 to 48 inches bust and pattern price 20 cents, mail orders to Pattern Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Pattern Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Nenana Ice Classic Winner Tied Time to Minute
Wiam werigan won the annual contest at Nenana 50 miles west of Fairbanks on the Nenana River. The winning ice time was 1:32 pm on May 15. Ber- Figen guessed the time to the exact minute in a statewide Alaska event drawing participants from across the state.
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Wiam Werigan
Nenana
Fairbanks
Nenanaiver
Ber- Figen
Alaska
Moon has about 90 300 craters from meteoric impacts
The visible lunar hemisphere bears roughly 90 300 craters formed by meteoric bombardment, shaping the face of the moon as seen from Earth.
Sunday School Lesson June 2
The piece leans on worship as joyous praise to God, citing John 4 24 and Psalm 100. It quotes F B Meyer on the missionary hymn and stresses congregational praise, the Old Hundredth, and active, joyful participation in public worship with thanks and blessing for the moment.
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God
John
F. B. Meyer
Church
J. M. Willoughby
Color Blindness in Pupils Sparks Road Safety Alarm
Dr James Drever of the University of Edinburgh reports color vision tests in public school pupils show 12 of 120 boys confused stop and go signals. He notes higher transmission from mothers, and limited correction by spectacles may worsen confusion with other colors.
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James Drever
University of Edinburgh
Cows Attend Banquet At New York Luncheon
Members of the American Guernsey Cattle Club hosted a midtown New York luncheon with two honored guests Iceberg and Foremost Southern Maid. Iceberg, born near the Antarctic with Admiral Byrd, marked his first civilization glimpse while Foremost Southern Maid, among Byrd’s milk team, joined the celebration. Lieutenant-Commander G O Neville accepted a Byrd gold medal for distinguished service to dairy.
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New York
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Iceberg
Southern Maid
Antarctic Circle
Admiral Byrd
G. O. Neville
Canadian macarons reach near Italian and French supplies
A Canadian import of macarons has surged in popularity in the British Isles nearing the level of established Italian and French exports. The piece highlights rising demand and regional availability across markets, signaling a notable shift in confectionery trade within the region.
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Islea
Italy
France
Gold Its Properties and Mining Methods Through History
Native gold appears in quartz veins and river sands, mined by placer and hydraulic methods. It is refined by amalgamation or cyanide processes, then purified. gold is heavy, malleable, and ductile, with 24 carat purest form and 18 carat common for fine jewelry.
Cheap Sea Trip Offers Three-Week Berlin Workers Cruise
Three thousand German workers and their families will depart Berlin for a Madira cruise priced at six dollars and twenty five cents per week. The voyage includes fare food trips and tips and is organized by the Strength Through Joy movement aboard German liners. Last year the program sent sixty thousand workers at sea and this year aims for one hundred sixty thousand.
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Madira
Berlin
Salvage Plan Uplifts Twenty White Sea Ships
A special team of engineers plans to refloat, salvage cargo, and raise sunken vessels in the White Sea. Of 114 ships known to rest there since the Great War, only twenty are deemed salvageable under the new schedule.
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White Sea
Archangel
Population doubling and world count projection
The text notes that Earth's population is doubling roughly every 30 years, predicting about 3.8 billion people by the year 2000 AD. It also mentions a belief that the Earth is about 2,000 years old.
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Earth
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Tella
Ellen Worth
Gordon H. Guest
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