World Happenings Briefly Told
A UK style wire column notes diverse items including Lord Allenby’s 74th birthday on St George’s Day, a Bombay high court first use of microphone in chambers, and an Edmonton cheque case. It reports RCMP moves away from saddle horses in Macleod, a Stratford boy’s buggy accident, Belfast gunfire sentences, and Vancouver’s strong finances per Alderman Tisdal.
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Bombay High Court
Lord Allenby
St. George's Day
Edmonton
John Louis Stacey
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Forces
Macleod
Alta
Alberta
Joseph Eckert
Canada
Ald. C
Cane Sugar Looms as UK Beet Policy Threatens Caribbean Isles
British policy to subsidize beet sugar at home alarms cane grower colonies. Barbados faces potential collapse as 120000 local workers rely on cane plantations and planters debt. Grenada shifts to alternative crops like bananas under Canadian contract amid sugar losses.
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Barbados
Dole
Grenada
Edmonton Jasper Highway the long fight ends
Acting Premier Manning announced that arrangements to take over the abandoned railway grade for the Edmonton to Jasper highway are complete and funds secured to guarantee construction. The project will widen the grade and complete a fully standard all weather route connecting Edmonton and Jasper.
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Edmonton
Jasper
Manning
Grain Crops In Western Canada Value Set At Record High
Winnipeg Free Press estimates the 1935 grain crop will be worth 241,381,000 based on current prices, with wheat valued at 156,615,000 after adjustments. The report notes 1935 value surpasses 1931 by 52,186,000 and cites figures for 1932 1933 1934. Separate notes mention Shanghai Chinese with canaries and a claim that the average man speaks about 11,900,000 words annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Free Press
Fort William
Stratosphere Flight Practicality Questioned by Turner
Col Roscoe Turner, famed air cavalier, dismissed stratosphere flying as a practical impossibility during a Toronto visit. He warned that thin air requires supercharged engines and airtight cabins, making the cost prohibitive. Turner predicted commercial flights would operate at a mid altitude between stratosphere and current air lanes for economic viability.
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Roscoe Turner
America
Toronto
Turner
Unveiling of War Horse Monument at Budapest Cavalry Barracks
A statue honoring the Unknown War Horse was unveiled in the courtyard of the Francis Joseph Cavalry Barracks in Budapest Hungary. General Stephen Horthy sponsored the monument and after the ceremony the Regiment of Hussars rode past the statue led by their riders.
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Francis Joseph Cavalry
Budapest
Hungary
Stephen Horthy
Regiment of Hussars
Pattern S255 Toy Animals for Easy Handmade Gifts
A Winnipeg Union household article showcases pattern S255 for soft cuddly animals like Peter Rabbit a terrier and an elephant. It notes scraps of cottons suffice with two main pieces per toy plus ears and blanket, plus simple stitching and stuffing. Pattern 5255 includes transfer designs directions and material lists and costs 20 cents to obtain by mail.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
E. Winniper
Sunday School Lesson on John and Gaius in Epistles
Sunday School lesson reflects on John the elder writing to Gaius, praise for his conduct, and support for itinerant missionaries. It discusses hospitality to traveling brethren, the church’s unity, and supporting workers in spread of the Truth, citing early Christian practice and Moffatt translation notes.
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John
Gaius
Cazamel
Ephesus
David Smith
Moffatt
New York Exhibit Showcases Tadpole-Free Frogs
At the American Museum of Natural History three young eleutherodactylus johnsoni frogs, not larger than a housefly, were shown among hundreds of amphibians and fish at the Aquarum Society fair. Curator Dr G Kingsley Noble explained these frogs bypassed a tadpole stage, laying eggs on land after evolving from water-bound ancestors.
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New York
American Museum of Natural History
Aquarum Society
Johnsoni
G. Kingsley Noble
Museum
Noble
Stratosphere Honeymoon Trend Foreseen by Museum Chief
Colonel E B Mackintosh of the South Kensington Science Museum predicted that future honeymoons may occur in the stratosphere or ozonosphere. He received Professor Piccard’s balloon gondola after a 12 hour flight from Dubendorf near Zurich to Lake Garda, reaching a maximum altitude of about ten and a half miles.
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E. B. Mackintosh
South Kensington
England
Piccard
Dubendorf ‘Aerodrome
Zurich
Lake Garda
Abyssinia: Africa's ancient empire and its enduring gaze
Harold J. Shepstone surveys Abyssinia's long history, rulers, and culture. He notes Haile Selassie’s era, a lineage dating back thousands of years, isolated geography, the Danakil railbound life, attire, and courts at street corners. Trade routes, literacy limits, and Amharic script mark a society preserving tradition amid change.
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Harold J. Shepstone
FRGS
Solomon
Sheba
Menelik
Abyssiania
Addis Ababa
Djibouti
French Somaliland
Germany
Addis ‘Ababa
France Holdings Across Continents Decline Noted
The possessions of France consist mainly of small islands in the Atlantic Pacific and Indian oceans with continental territories in Africa South America and Asia.
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France
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian Oceans
Africa
South America
Asia
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United ‘Kingdom
United Kingdom
British West Indies
British Guiana
Jasper-Edmonton
Rome
Sargon
Ninevel
Sir Edward Beatty
G.B.E
Canadian Pacific Railway
Joyce Austin
W. T. Austin
Craigellachie
B.C
Sir Edward
Lord Strath- Cona
Ocean
Miss Austin
C.P.R
CPR
Lord Strathcona
Shanghai
Oys
Alice Brooks
Pate
Abysinia
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