World Happenings Briefly Told From Far and Near
Silver to be flown from Great Bear Lake valued about 4000 dollars sent to Edmonton by pilot John Bythell. Kwantung ports traffic in Manchuria up in seven months, Capelan village finds 100 pounds ambergris from whale. Hugo Eckener signs Brazil all year Zeppelin service deal. Cody Bradford, Buffalo Bill kin, dies in Casper at 60 due to ill health. US may seek reciprocal tariff treaties with Canada and Latin America. Hubert Scott-Paine vows to win Harmsworth trophy from Gar Wood in 1934. Kitsilano Boys Band returns to Vancouver after Chicago World’s Fair triumph, welcomed at station and exhibition.
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Great Bear Lake
Edmonton
John Bythell
Tvo
Kwantung
Manchuria
Capelan
Ponta Dalgada
Hugo Eckener
Europe
Brazil
Wiliam Cody Bradford
William F
Buffalo Bill) Cody
Casper
Wyoming
Congress
Canada
Latin-America
Hubert Scott-Paine
Gar Wood
Sarnia
Kitsilano Boys
Vancouver
Sunshine Highway linked Canada to U S opens scenic route
A new international Sunshine Highway connects Alberta to Montana Nevada and California forming a 2500 mile all weather scenic path along the eastern Rockies from Peace River District to San Diego. Completion announced at the Sunshine Trail Convention in Lethbridge with Montana nearing final link.
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Peace River District
San Diego
Canada
United States
Rocky Mountains
Alberta
Montana
Nevada
California
Rockies
Lethbridge
Peace River
Edmonton
Matana
Salt Lake City
Rocky Mountain
Australia introduces new currency with royal portrait
The Prince of Wales head appears on upcoming Australian notes replacing the Commonwealth coat-of-arms watermark. Held to light, the heir and the King face each other. The gold payment promise is removed in the new notes.
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Prince of Wales
Australia
Clock from Empress of Japan returns to Regina radio room
The Empress of Japan’s wireless room timepiece, after 262 Pacific trips and 11 years in a Vancouver office, is now on CKCK Regina’s radio room wall. Bert Hooper, once Marconi operator aboard the ship, was presented the clock by his former boss L S Hawkins on a coast visit.
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Pacific Ocean
China
Vancouver
CKCK
Regina
Saskatchewan
Bert Hooper
Canadian
Marconi Company
Hooper
L. S. Hawkins
Pacific Coast
Amazing Youthful Home Frock Pattern in Rayon Print
A pattern description highlights a pretty rayon print frock with powder blue and navy borders, white pique collar and a bold air of youth. Style No. 526 targets sizes 16 to 42 inches bust with yardage details and a 25 cent price in stamps or coin.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper
Pattern no. details from Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 115 McDermot Ave, Winnipeg. Instructions indicate how to order patterns and provide a pattern number for reference.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Recipes For This Week Betty Barclay Jam Making
Instructions for making fruit preserves using prepared fruit sugar and pectin. Includes grape varieties and steps for preparing pulp seeds skins and rind, simmering juice adding lemon water and pectin, then boiling and sealing to yield about 11 jars.
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Malagas
Fruit Raisin Salad Serves Six
Arrange shredded lettuce on plates and circle peel and slice ranges. Fill center with steamed plump raisins. Serve with Sweet French dressing or orange juice honey jelly mix.
Wireless Pioneer Marconi Praises Signal Hill Station
Signor Guglielmo Marconi expresses extreme gratification at the erection of a modern wireless station on Signal Hill the site of his first trans Atlantic experiments He notes warm memories of Canada and the government’s support during early tests and celebrates the new station on the historic site.
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Signor Guglielmo Marconi
Signal Hill
F. C. Alderdice
First Chinese telephone subscriber listed in city directory
The San Francisco directory lists Quong Lee as the world's first Chinese telephone subscriber though he is long dead. Officials say his sons and grandsons likely keep his name for ancestral reverence, and the directory has appeared for 55 years.
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Quong Lee
San Francisco
Quong
Great Feast of Tabernacles Procession and Ark Ceremony
Readings on First Kings and Psalms describe the Feast of Tabernacles as elders and tribal leaders lead processions from Gibeon and Jerusalem. Solomon and a vast assembly sacrifice many animals as the ark enters the temple courts. The lesson ties the ark contents to God’s promise and Christ’s word, urging obedience for communion with God.
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Tabernacle
Tabernacles
Israel
City of David
Zion
House of Commons
House of Lords
R. C. Gillie
Gibeon
Mount Zion
Jerusalem
David
Temple
Solomon
Josephus
Stanley
God
Aaron
Christ
Indian with San Francisco trip after selling big silver claim
Indian Wants Gold Teeth Joe Dillon, a full blooded Slavey Indian, heads south past Fort Smith NWT bound for San Francisco on holiday after selling a $33,000 silver claim. He plans to buy gold teeth for himself and his companion to advertise his fortune. He quips about the value and pride in showing wealth despite warnings.
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Joe Dillon
Fort Smith
Nwt
San Francisco
Joe
Labrador Huskies Ready For Byrd Expedition
Fifty dog teams are selected to accompany Admiral Byrd on the next Antarctic voyage. Labrador and Quebec huskies will travel from Boston October 1 aboard the Pacific Fir and Bear of Oak, with aircraft to supplement the expedition's needs.
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Little America
Boston
United States
Quebec
Wonalancet
New Hampshire
Byrd
Arthur Walden
New England
Walden
Baldy
Boston Harbor
Panama Canal
Pacific Ocean
New Zealand
Fortieth World Trip Stopped in Paris by Veteran Traveler
Mrs. Jane Lee, an eighty-year-old Kansas City resident with snow white hair, makes her 40th annual circle around the globe stopping in Paris. She has journeyed to the Yukon and sailed the Antarctic Circle, and this year explores the Batkans as she refuses to stay in one place.
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Jane Lee
Kansas City
Paris
Advances In Television Berlin Show Marks Transmission Rise
A Berlin radio program demonstrates television advances with devices boosting picture transmission from 90 to 180 lines on a 15 by 15 centimeter surface. It renders 25 pictures per second with 1,000,000 points flashed, achieving near perfect reproduction.
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Berlin
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