World Happenings Briefly Told
Yomn Tamar aged 12 dies on a farm near Debreczin Hungary after 101 years of service. Thomas A. Efison, noted scientist, nears full recovery from illness. Vancouver relief work for unemployed with dependents may cost about 450000 dollars monthly. Excavations in London reveal an 1800 year old jig saw puzzle in a Roman pavement. Germany reports 114000 job losses in two weeks, total unemployed 4104000. About 10000 cattle shipped from Canada to UK this season. Vancouver grain shipments for year end July 31 total 75154053 bushels, up 25480745 from last year. May to July fog horn usage at Cape Forchu, Nova Scotia totaled 772 hours. Canadian birth rate down two percent in first seven months. 50851 births vs 52057 last year.
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Yomn Tamar
Debreczin
Hunary
Thomas A. Efison
Hubert
Hows
Vancouver
Royal Bank of Canada
London
England
Germany
Canada
United Kingdom
Robert Weir
Yarmouth
Cape Forchu
Nova Scotia
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Five Year Moratorium On War Debts Proposed
Dr Louis L Lorwin outlined a five year global plan at the Amsterdam world social economic congress. He urged a moratorium on war debts and reparations to ease post war strain, addressing 300 economists industrialists labour leaders and officials. An editor noted a scheduling mishap due to a storm and illness.
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Amsterdam
Louis L. Lorwin
Brook- Inge Institution
Washington, D.C
Industria Ista
Dress Pattern Description With Bloomers and Measurements
Pattern directions describe a short-sleeved dress with collar and cuffs, attached yoke, gathered bloomers with kneeband, elastic hem, and perforated cuff options. Includes sizes 32, 35, and 39 inches, piece count ten, yardage and material notes, and price of pattern.
Bear Cub Sent From Canada to London Zoo
A three month old grizzly cub from the Canadian Rockies is shipped by Canadian National Express from Jasper Park Lodge to London England. The cub, offspring of a mighty mother grizzly, was captured last spring by Angus D Vickers, son of Vickers Limited, who shot the mother on a hunting trip. The cub was left with guide George Harrgreaves at Jackman BC and was recently ordered sent to Mr Vickers in London.
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B.C
London Zoo
Canadian Rockies
Jasper Park Lodge
Canadian National Express
England
Angus D. Vickers
Vickers, Limited
Vickers
George Hargreaves
Jackman
London
Saskatchewan Asks Drought Plan With Dams And Reforestation
A Saskatchewan Canadian notice urges municipalities to aid a drought relief plan. Hon J F Bryant chairs a committee proposing dam sites and a 10 year forestry program to boost rainfall, farm water supply, and regional wealth, with farmers asked to report land trees water and dugouts.
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Newkatchewan
Mae Fx
J F Bryant
Kvesugere
Peter
Bryant Nico Covinman
Wat Peta Tase
W. DiCowan
Dean MacKenzie
Uaivtraty
Richewss Foxpatrick
Decticot
Rsoti
Ottawa
Department of Agriculture
Saskatchewan
Rivera
South Saskatchewan
Wood River
Notakeu
Swift Current
Wascana Creek
Souris River
Moose Jaw Creek
Pipestone Creek
Slack Times Co
Nebraska
Great American Desert
Sand Hills
Ril
Sweden
Mnarvels
Wwell
Port of Montreal grain deliveries top fifty million bushels
Grain deliveries at the Port of Montreal reached 50,003,867 bushels by August 4, surpassing last year’s 40,260,982 bushels. Receipts had already crossed the 50 million mark days earlier, signaling a strong season for shipments and port activity. A filament for a new type of electric lamp is one fifth the thickness of a wire.
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Montreal
Canada Exhibit Commission Keeps Timely World Fairs Record
J Oscar Turcotte, chairman of The Canadian Government Exhibition Commission, notes Canada's on time staging earns premier sites at world expositions. The London headquarters in Blackbird Road West Hampstead draws visitors seeking the secret of Canada’s 31 years of exhibition experience.
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Canadian Government Exhibition Commission
London
England
Canada
J. Oscar Turcotte
Blackburn Road
West Hampstead
N. W
Taking No Chances Scotch Boy Wore Two Overcoats
John D Williamson 5, returns to New York from Scotland aboard the Caledonia. He wore a heavy suit two heavy shirts a sweater a light overcoat and a heavy overcoat with heavy socks and shoes to ward off cold. His mother and siblings in light clothing cured by heat met him on the gang plank.
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John D. Williamson
Caledonia
New York
Stone Haven
Scotland
George Williamson
Brooklyn
Langford M Godfrey named assistant at Windermere station
Langford M Godfrey a UMBC graduate is appointed assistant in charge of illustration station work at the Windermere Experimental Station. He will oversee arions in the Okanagan including Salmon Arm Armstrong Sumby and Grand Forks and the Fernie station. Future stations planned in Arrow Lakes Kootenay Lake and East Kootenay districts are noted. Godfrey previously worked at Indian Head and Beaverlodge experimental farms.
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Langford M. Godfrey
University of British
Godfrey
Indian Head
Sask
Beaverlodge
Peace River Country
Alberta
Cannibals In Australia Report From North West Tribes
The Culmis and Cullaris tribes are said to practice cannibalism with the heart and shoulders first offered, flesh of white men a dainty morsel. Nomadic, clothed only at missions, women as slaves, murder as arbiter of disputes per Rev E Ale saléee’s 1908 missionary account.
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North-Western Australia
Catholic Anthropologcal Conference
E Alesaléee
Oace
Egg Market Prospects Strengthen Dominion Producers Faith
The Egg and Poultry Market Review from Ottawa reports a clear upturn in the egg market across the Dominion. It notes that earlier warnings against flock reductions have faded as pullet demand rises and producers renew confidence, aiming to enlarge flocks beyond spring plans.
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Egg and Poultry Market Review
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Dominion
Sacrificed Life To Science Wilfred Douchette Dies Of Fever
Wilfred Douchette died at New Haven Connecticut after lingering illnesses from trench fever contracted in France during World War I. He aided war doctors by inoculating with fever germs, returning home in frail health and spending years in hospitals. He lived with his brother and was buried with military honors.
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Wilfred Douchette
France
New Haven
Conn
Douchette
Montreal crowd views early moving pictures on television
A small Montreal gathering witnessed what was likely Canada’s first TV broadcast of a moving image. Shown on a department store’s fourth floor and viewed via a horn-like receiver, the tiny black and white silhouette depicted the adventures of Fat Fanny, Pulling Fastland, and Furious He with lines about ancestry. The report notes five methods of making artificial silk by chemists.
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Montreal
Canada
Ofth
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Ies
Lee Tee
Tan
Wy J
J. T. Mollison
Glasgow
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Victor Bruce
John D
Agriculturist
Lont
Pete
Mukden
Harbin
Manchuria
Nanking
British Malaya
Black Men of
North Western Section
Fat Human Freed
Egg Market
Dragon
Hummel
Hamburg
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