World Happenings Briefly Told
Alarmed by opium use in Manchukuo the government opens clinics in Mukden Changchun Kirin Harbin Antung Newchwang and Jebol City for free treatment. Torontos per capita tea consumption among the highest outside the United Kingdom says C E Lough. Over 10 percent of the male population color blind per a Royal Navy committee. A hollow Mussolini statue will rise on Rome's hill with an elevator to a platform for viewing the world through his eyes. Two anomalous extensions in the Northwest Territories will inaugurate Coppermine and Camsell River as new postal stations this winter. Lord Willingdon to be in London in spring on personal leave lasting about four months. A Perley leaves $125,000 to Calgary hospital from his estate. Vancouver trade shows gains in first nine months of 1933 per Port Superintendent J Burns. Dr Donald John Armour, famed brain and nerve specialist, dies at a London Medical Society meeting.
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Manchuri
Mukden
Changchun
Kirin
Harbin
Antung
Newchwang
Jebol City
United Kingdom
Toronto
C. E. Lough
Royal Navy
Mussolini
Rome
Anr
North West Territories
Coppermine
Camsell River
Lord Willingdon
Ina
Canada
London
Perley
Pioneer
Calgary
J. Burns
Harbor Board
Donald John Armour
Cobourg
Ont
Great Britain
Medical Society of London
England
Peat as Income for Fraser Valley Farms
Farmers in the Fraser Valley British Columbia diversify income with sun dried peat piled in stacks, later dried in barns and processed by machinery for poultry litter, agricultural and nursery use, and building insulation. Large peat farms operate in Surrey Burnaby Pitt Meadows and Lulu Island.
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Fraser Valley
British Columbia
Lower
Fraser Valey
Surrey
Burnaby
Pitt Meadows
Lalu Island
Grasshopper Outbreaks and Life Cycle Overview
The article explains grasshopper life history from egg in soil through hatching in May to July, noting economic species in the Great Plains. It details how warm, dry springs and summers increase egg laying and hopper survival, leading to outbreaks, while cool wet seasons curb numbers. It cautions that outbreaks occur after eggs are in the ground and decline mainly due to summer conditions, disease, and predators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Plains
Prairie
Natural Resources Commission urged by Saskatchewan and Alberta
The Natural Resources Commission to determine compensation for lands alienation since 1905 was urged by Saskatchewan and Alberta. Justice Nsigelow joins Saskatchewan and Justice Tweede for Alberta. Hon M A McPherson announced joint provincial representations, with the commission likely five members and a shared adjudicative role among the two provinces and federal government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Alberta
R. B. Bennett
Natural Resources Commission
Air
Nsigelow
Veen
Tweede
M.A. McPherson
Pleads For Stronger Navy By Lora Beatty
Lora Beatty former emer of the far staff urged Britain to expand shipbuilding to curb unemployment and avoid an unsafe limit after the London naval treaty expires in 1935. He argued the aim is not parity with the United States but matching demand with capacity and warned against the 50 cruiser ceiling. He noted US navy personnel at 107,000, a 60 percent rise since 1914, Japan at about 88,000 in 1931 likely higher today, while Britain stands at 90,300, down 35 percent from 1914.
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Lora Beatty
Emer
Far
Great Britain
Navy League
Britain
United States
United States Navy
Japan
Prince of Wales Height Mark Noted in Danish Cathedral
During a visit to Roskilde Cathedral regarded as Denmark's Westminster Abbey, the Prince of Wales stood against a height pillar and marked 5 ft 7 in from the floor. Other tall figures etched there include Peter the Great at 6 ft 11 in and Tsar Alexander III at 6 ft 2 in. The Prince laid flowers on the tombs of his great grandparents King Christian IX and Queen Louise.
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Denmark
Prince of Wales
Roskide
Westminster Abbey
Peter the Great
Christian
Alexander III
Russia
Christian IX
Louise
Alexandra
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound for young women
An advertisement urges mothers to give Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound to daughters approaching womanhood. It promotes the tonic as a regulator for teen girls and suggests teaching health practices during this critical period for a healthy wife and mother future.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Gentile Inclusion Debated At Antioch And Jerusalem
Sunday school lesson reviews Paul and Barnabas’ mission to the Gentiles, the Jerusalem dispute over circumcision, and Peter’s stand that God accepts all who fear Him. It covers the Antioch church’s joy, the council’s deliberations, and the decision to extend faith beyond Jewish proselytes.
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Antioch
Jerualem
Lystra
Iconum
Derbe
Syria
Jerusalem
Paul
Barnabas
Phoenicia
Samaria
Peter
Joppa
Cornelius
Preventative Remedies Against Cancer Suggested by English Surgeon
Dr H Beckwith Whitehouse, eminent English surgeon and gynecologist, told Toronto physicians that cancer may be preventable through chemical or animal substances boosting natural resistance. In a later interview he denied nicotine irritation as a cause and urged that cancer is not hereditary, suggesting an unseen organism as a possible cause and noting recurring cancer clusters in so called cancer houses.
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H. Beckwith Whitehouse
Academy of Medicine
Toronto
Whitehouse
Armament Dispute Reported Between British German Ministers
A government white paper outlines an ongoing dispute between Sir John Simon and Konstantin von Neurath over disarmament talks. It reissues reports from the Geneva disarmament bureau meeting on October 14 and telegram exchanges about Germany’s withdrawal from the arms parley. The core question is whether Sir John accurately interpreted Anglo-German discussions in London on October 6 to American delegates and others.
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John Simon
Konstantin von Ueurath
Sir John
London
Liver Sickness Wrecks Paonia Event
A garbled note from Paonia describes illness blamed on liver issues. The fragment lists seven items or tickets, but the readable text conveys a sense of widespread discomfort attributed to liver health. No further concrete details are available.
New NRA Code Stops Sale of Most Machine Guns
United States manufacturers agree to amend the NRA code banning sale of machine guns and sub machine guns to private buyers. The code limits sales to governments banks corporations with private police departments and foreign buyers. Once effective, widespread gangster gun trafficking will be cut off though bootleg channels may still exist.
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United States
NRA
Underworld
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Scotts
Opinio Lord Beatty
Paonia
Cy Parr
Fratz
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