World Happenings Briefly Told
An annual license of 100 dollars will be used to truckers taking large quantities of produce into Calgary from British Columbia and selling direct to retailers. Col and Mr Charles Lindbergh visited the colonel’s cousin in Barbey and planned to continue a flight, which may take them to Soviet Russia. Barbey is in southern Sweden. An aerial motorcycle can ascend from and alight on a tennis lawn or the flat roof of a large building and has been making trial flights at Hanworth, Middlesex. Robert Augustus Chesebrough, inventor of vaseline, is dead at 96 after a short illness. Spillers Limited will close its Calgary flour mill due to falling export trade. After a dramatic race in response to SOS calls, the London vessel British Hope reached the Hungarian cargo steamer the Magyarl and rescued the entire crew as the ship sank. Macleod and Aldersyde districts expect about 4 000 000 bushels this season, down from 12 000 000 last year. Sir Alexander Clegg, 85, prominent British industrialist, died in London. He was president of Barry and Staines Linoleum Canada Limited. The Toronto central presbytery of the United Church of Canada unanimously passed a motion requesting an investigation into conditions in federal penitentiaries.
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Charles Lindbergh
Barbey
Soviet Russia
Sweden
Hanworth
Middlesex
England
Robert Augustus Chesebrough
London
British Hope
Magya Land
Alberta
Macleod
Aldersyde
Alexander Clegg
Alexander
Barry and Staines Linoleum (Canada) Limited
Farnham
Que
Toronto Central
School Administration guide for trustees and teachers
A Saskatchewan edition guide by A H Ball and N L Reid published by W J Gage & Co Ltd Toronto outlines sixteen chapters on education history, system development, school organization and duties. It covers school law, trustee and teacher questions, cases, and an appendix with statutes. It aims as a practical resource for trustees, officials, and ratepayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Ball
Saskatchewan
N. L. Reid
W. J. Gage & Co. Ltd
Toronto
North West Territories
John 8. Huff
Angling Club in Surrey Publishes Bachelor Girls Rule
An angling club in Surrey, England admits only bachelor girls as members. On occasion two members resign after returning a caught fish that fails to meet club standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surrey
England
Saskatchewan Grasshopper Control Plan Outlined
The joint Provincial Dominion Agriculture Departments issue an emergency program for grasshopper control in Saskatchewan. It urges cultural practices like summerfallow, early seeding, avoiding stubble, and shallow tillage to reduce hatching and spread. It details guard strips around fields, trap strips, baiting of strips, and timing to minimize next year’s outbreaks, noting fall rye and certain wheats show relative resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Dominion Departments of Agriculture
Emergency Grasshopper Control Program Details
Municipal councils advised of developments may obtain the full Emergency Program For Grasshopper Control from KM King Esq Entomologist in Charge Dominion Entomological Laboratory University of Saskatchewan Regina or St Vigor Esq Field Crops Commissioner Department of Agriculture Regina Saskatchewan.
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Saskatchewan
KM King
Dominion Entomological Laborator University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
St. Vigor Esq
Department of Agriculture
Regina
Fusion of Civil Service Employees In Canada Foreseen
The Montreal report states a fusion of all civil service connected employees groups is under way to form the United Association of Civil Service Employees. It aims to restore pre depression salaries and unify unions across Winnipeg Vancouver Regina Ottawa Quebec Toronto Montreal and other centres.
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Montreal
Reraa
Civil Service of Canada
Union of Postmen
Amalgamated Civil Service Association
United Association of Civil Service Employees
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Regina
Ottawa
Quebec
Toronto
Ultraviolet Light Reaches Cancer Detection Claims
Dr. Disraeli Kobak of Chicago reports that cancer emits a yellow glow under ultraviolet light, allowing early diagnosis and verification of complete tissue removal after surgery. He notes that malignant tissue fluoresces distinctly, aiding differentiation from normal tissue and benign tumors.
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Disraeli Kobak
Chicago
American Congress of Physical Therapy
Kobak
Cook County Hospital Staf
Alberta Scholarships Awarded To Three High School Students
Calgary Medicine Hat and Claresholm students Miss Bercov ary Melvin Donald and Gordon L Burton won University of Alberta scholarships for top 21 unit matriculation exam scores. Scholarships cover three years tuition and student union fees. Employment in Australia rises 25 percent from last year. A new 100 lire air mail stamp to be issued in Italy.
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Calgary
Medicine Hat
Claresholm
University of Alberta
Bercov
Ary
Melvin Donald
Gordon L. Burton
Italy
Pauls Training For Leadership From Hebrew Home Life
The lesson emphasizes Paul's leadership training rooted in his Hebrew home. It highlights parental duty, home influence, and family rituals shaping a child’s consciousness. The ideal teacher qualities are outlined, stressing character, memory, inquiry, openness, and humility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Purim
Sons of Israel
Golden wedding amid old insurance dispute in London
A sixty year old case recalls when an insurer refused life cover for Mr. M Cummins of West Ealing London. He and his wife have just celebrated their golden wedding, marking six decades together.
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Lfe
M. Cummins
West Ealing
London
Sound carries in the Arctic regions
In the Arctic regions people can talk to one another quite well when they are as much as a mile apart. The cold, dense air and the smooth surface of ice and snow both aid the carrying of sound.
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Arctic
Ivy Poisoning Death Question Reconsidered
A remark notes that whether ivy poisoning ever causes death is a question doctors have not settled. The comment reflects ongoing medical uncertainty about the lethal potential of ivy exposure.
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British Columbia
Spillers, Limited
J. Gichrist
Marquis
Teshie
Civil Service Association
Canada
Fighting Cancer Menace
Australia
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