World Happenings Briefly Told
George Simpson aged 69 long known in newspaper circles and editor of House of Commons Debates died in hospital at Ottawa. Civic census puts Edmonton population at 85 470 up 4 000 from last year, a city record. A Cape Town road safety stunt destroyed 58 old cars valued at 7 500. The Soviet Union reportedly builds about 6 000 airplanes yearly in a vast program. An Indian skeleton was unearthed at Mount Hope cemetery Brantford Ontario thought buried nearly two centuries. Southern Alberta farmers hold back wheat awaiting higher prices as line elevator deliveries lag. Hughenden Park, once home of Benjamin Disraeli, bought by High Wycombe council as a George memorial. Italy imposes bachelor tax ranging 9 20 to 12 40. RAF Lt G K Harvey who crashed on the Normandie faced court martial and retardation of promotion.
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George Simpson
Ottawa
Edmonton
Cape Town
Soviet Union
Louis Breguet
Russia
Hughenden Park
Buckinghamshire
Benjamin Disraeli
High Wycombe
King George
East ‘Africa
G. K. Harvey
Royal Air Force
Normandie
Southampton Docks
Grizzly Attack Halts Vancouver Alpinists in Rockies
Mr and Mrs Don Munday, Vancouver based alpinists, recount a dangerous encounter with a mother grizzly protecting her cub in interior British Columbia. After spotting a cub on a ledge they were charged, yelled to deter, and Mrs Munday grabbed an axe to fend off the attacking bear as Mr Munday tripped.
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Vantain
Rockies
Grizly Bear
British Columbia
Don ‘Munday
Vancouver
Coast Range
Bearpaw Canyon
Mount Bilver
Mundays
Mr. Munay
Plant Out Of Place Weed Menace To Agriculture
A weed described as out of place due to unsightly appearance pernicious growth and spreading by root stalks and seed becomes a menace to agriculture whether on highways byways public or private property.
International Trade Views On War Prevention
Sir Keith Murdoch urged loosening trade barriers as the best war prevention in a Montreal interview. On returning from Europe he noted English brains backing bank credits for nations in need and freeing trade channels to revive commerce. The note mentions a porpoise devouring its weight in fish every 48 hours.
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Keith Murdoch
Montreal
Spain
France
Germany
England
Music boosts factory spirit at Standard Motor Co
The Standard Motor Co Limited in Canley Coventry finds that broadcasting music in part of its factory improves worker morale without hurting efficiency or workmanship. A linked Oshawa Times note and a light dialogue about love and money appear in the excerpt, illustrating social contrasts.
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Magish Motor Company
Standard Motor Co., Limited
Canley
Coventry
England
Oshawa Times
Crochet Your Way to Flattery Pattern Advert
Readable crochet advertisement from the Winnipeg newspaper union detailing pattern 6353-a blouse with jabot and net lace stitch in sizes 16-18 and 38-40, pattern 5353 skirt in same sizes, both with instructions and material lists. Priced 20 cents each, 40 cents for both, order from Household Arts Dept. Winnipeg News Paper Union. There is no Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Day School Lesson On Acts 15 Guardian of Gentile Faith
A devotional reading discusses Acts 15 1 35, Galatians Romans and the Antioch Jerusalem controversy over circumcision For Gentiles to become Christians the Jerusalem church delegates urged restraint while acknowledging God opened a door of faith to the Gentiles The Antioch church rejoiced when the decision was read and agreed to abstain from food offered to idols and from blood and strangled things
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antioch
Syria
Paul
Jerusalem
Peter
Joppa
Jesus
James
Judas
Silas
Barnabas
Gols
Gillett's Pure Flake Lye promises quick dirt removal
The advertisement claims dirt dissolves in a quart of cold water with one teaspoonful, enabling cleaning without rubbing. It touts use on toilets and drains while killing odors and not harming metals or plumbing, urging readers to buy at their grocer.
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Gillett
World Speed Record By Stream-Lined Jubilee Ex press
The stream lined silver Jubilee express of the London and North Eastern railway from Castle-on-Tyne to London set a new British train speed record at 113 miles per hour. Weighing 270 tons excluding engine, passengers and baggage, the figure is believed to be a world record for a streamlined passenger train.
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England
London and Northeastrn
castle-on-Tyne
London
Motoring Glasses Aim to Let View Land Without Disturbing Details
Aimed at beauty lovers, engineers develop glasses that let drivers admire scenery while filtering out distracting elements such as signs and vendors. The project focuses on maintaining landscape visibility while reducing visual clutter on the road.
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Grizzly
Iro
European
Edmonton “Greds
Canada
Europe
Britain
Quebec
Helen Northup
Doris Heals
Babe Belanger
Etta Dann
Sophie Brows
Mabel Bunton
Gildys Fry
J. P. Page
Moss Macdonald
Ie Council
Arag
Rube
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