World Happenings Briefly Told
Francis John Savage a 16 year old Edmonton boy has left for London to join the British navy. John Red Kelly a 32 year old former hockey star died in St Boniface hospital Manitoba after a lengthy illness. Philatelists note new King Edward VIII stamps arousing interest in the United Kingdom. Ernest Bakewell BC MLA resigns from the Co operative Commonwealth Federation. Susan B Anthony is to appear on a new US postage stamp the second woman so honored. Bernard Shaw’s London testimonial dinner featured a special vegetarian menu. Wellcome trust estate inheritance taxes yield nearly 969 thousand pounds. Palestine sees 1500 troops of 15000 reinforcements ordered to quell unrest.
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London
England
Francis John Savage
Émonton
Edmonton
John “Red” Kelly
St. Boniface
Man
United Kingdom
Marvin Wolff
St. Lawrence
Susan R. Anthony
Henry Wellcome
Magate
Palestine
Duchess of York Once Disguised as Guide at Glamis
The Duchess of York recalled her girlhood at Glamis Castle where she once wore a maid’s cap and apron to guide visitors. Her disguise impressed American guests who tipped her handsomely, unaware of her true identity.
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Lrh
Duchess of York
Glamis Castle
Glamis
Rest Periods and Radium Jobs Prompt Worker Debate
A periodical rest idea is weighed by workers who face three month cycles of paid breaks. Some would welcome it, others would not. Meanwhile radium needle production exposes laborers to dangerous conditions behind leaded screens as tiny doses are manipulated for medical uses.
Record Flight Connects Ocean Liner to City Liner
Imperial Airways air liner met the Queen Mary at Cherbourg and carried passengers via Paris Munich Vienna to Budapest in five days, covering 1020 miles with stops including Paris Zurich and Munich. A radio service allows continuous contact but questions the human body’s capacity for such speed.
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York
Europe
Imperial Airways
Cherbourg
Paris
Munich
Vienna
Budapest
Zurich
Treasures From Japan Exhibit Arrives in Boston
The Japanese Emperor honors Boston Museum of Fine Arts and Harvard University with a loaned array of 136 Japanese art treasures. On view through October 25, the collection spans Buddhist art from the 7th century to the Tokugawa era in the mid-1800s, including paintings, sculpture, and items from imperial households and Japanese museums.
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Pricelees
Boston
United States
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Harvard University
Japan
Imperial Household
Boston Museum
Museum of Fine Arts
Harvard
Coronation Attendance Question For Queen Mary
Discussion centers on whether Queen Mary will attend King Edward VIII’s coronation next May. Personal wishes of Queen Mary and the King seem decisive, with no English precedent for a widowed queen attending her husband’s successor’s coronation. Previous examples show mixed signals from royal family lines.
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Baleed
Mary
Edward VIII
England
Ques Alexandra
Edward VII
George V
Queen Mary
Confort
His Favorite Song Inspires Three Encores in Vienna Club
King Edward enjoys a dialect song about rustic Austrian life in a Vienna night club. He requests three encores and tips the performer liberally, declaring it his favorite. The piece alludes to a death's head moth and its high squeaks, noted with local color.
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Faward
Vienna
Edward
Wake Up Your Liver Bile And You'll Jump Out of Bed
Fragmentary text appears to discuss waking the liver bile to spur activity, with garbled phrases suggesting a health or tonics note. No clear persons or organizations are readable, making specifics unavailable in the legible portion.
Circumstantial Evidence Dismisses Edward King Marriage Rumors
British author John Drinkwater in London magazine dismisses circulating rumors of King Edward VIII marrying, noting no such step is contemplated and that any official announcement would be made. He cites Buckingham Palace preparations as for a bachelor establishment and warns against listening to outside insiders.
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Edward
Edward VIII
England
Irene
Catherine
George II
Greece
John Drinkwater
London Magazine
Drinkwater
Buckingham Palace
Frat Cops Run Air Traffic Plan Across Cities
Bureau of Air Commerce rapidly establishes an Airways traffic control system directing planes at corner stations. Large map shows routes in and out of airports. Men study tubes and earphones as tiny tubes depict planes. watchers manage spacing by radio, stacking planes at lower to higher levels to ease congestion.
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United States
Bureau of Air Commerce
Toy guns blamed for bird deaths and blind children
A circular from the National Congress of Parents and Teachers cites toy airguns and BB guns as causing hundreds of bird losses and permanent eye injuries. It claims 300 blind children in one institution have lost sight from such toys, while a theatre queue joke mocks those who wait long.
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Confctenceleas
Mnola
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Yuna
Antasayist
Crochet Rug And Scarf Pattern 5289 From Winnipeg
This item promotes a two color rug crochet pattern with options white or black and color and includes a matching towel end. It references another pattern 6269 with full instructions charts materials and color ideas and directs readers to mail 20 cents to obtain it from Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Sunday School Lesson Golden Text and Readings
Bible lesson outlines a mission mandate from Matthew 28 19 to make disciples of all nations. References include Acts 15 36 16 15 Romans 15 18 21 and a devotional reading from Hebrews 11 w 10.
Pauls Pioneer Work and Early Church Founders
After 12 years of research an Iowan discovered 35 000 relatives. A new perpetual carnation variety was named after the Duchess of Gloucester. The text recounts Paul meeting Lydia at a riverside prayer place in Philippi, her baptism, and the spread of the gospel from Jerusalem to Illyricum, highlighting hospitality and mission strategy.
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Paul
Lydia
Moffatt
Christ
Jerusalem
Illyricum
Asis Minor
Aegean
Berea
Basil Mathews
Iowansas
Duchess of Gloucester
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Bernard Shaw
Ares
France
Neep
Alice Frocks
Bool
Cony
Rove
Calgary
Regina
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