World Happenings Briefly Told
Canada appoints Maurice Dupre as Dominion King's Counsel. Veterans deaths include Charles Viney Helliwell, 84, a Red River and Fenian Raids veteran. Victoria leases Clover Point Rifle Range from national defence for a park. Henderson urges more spending to revive trade, says economy hurts. Gandhi rejects statuary tribute as aid for the poor. US auto fatalities rise with over 835,000 accidents and 32,500 deaths last year. Canada ice cream production up 179 percent in 13 years. 1929 output 9.797 million gallons valued at 13.605 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Dupre
Canada
Canada Gazette
Charles Viney Helliwell
Wolseley
Red River
Mahatma Gandhi
United States
Travellers’ Insurance Company
Resurrection Teachings in Sunday School Lesson
The lesson emphasizes the Resurrection as the central Christian doctrine. It outlines Paul’s preaching of Christ's death for sins, burial, and resurrection, and the appearance accounts to Peter, the Twelve, five hundred, James, and Paul. It also covers the future transformation at the last trumpet and the victorious, incorruptible life in God's Kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Paul
Corinthians
Moffatt
Peter
James
Jerusalem
Judas
Thomas
Galilee
Jesus
Lord Jesus Christ
Velocity gain in free fall rising by 32 feet per second
Experiments show that objects accelerate at 32 feet per second each second. A ball dropped from a tower reaches 32 ft per second after one second, 64 ft per second after two seconds, and 96 ft per second after three seconds.
Freight by Air Expands Role in English Aviation
Air freight grows as Croydon aerodrome handles nearly 2000 tons of cargo last year. Items ranged from a lion in a cage to a consignment of several hundred pounds of gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Croydon
All Europe Cruise Aboard Cunarder Lancastria From New York
A mid summer 51 day all Europe cruise aboard the Cunarder Lancastria sails from New York on June 30. Frank Tourist Company sponsors with calls at Rome Copenhagen and Kiel Canal, visiting western Europe except Switzerland with extended shore and inland excursions for families and Canadians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
New York
Cunard Line
Frank Tourist Company
Mediterranean
Sogne Fjord
Norway
Switzerland
Rome
Kiel Canal
Copenhagen
Denmark
New Stainless Steel Substitution Emerges for Domestic Fittings
A reported discovery claims a new form of stainless steel can replace brass copper and chromium plated metals for bathroom and door fittings. The material is described as difficult to work with and separate from cutlery grade stainless steel.
Best of Luck Letter Brings $60,000 From Paris
A French wounded soldier saved by an American doughboy during the 1918 push later sent news from Paris. The Frenchman’s father, in his will, left $60,000 to the rescuer, marking a rare fortune born from wartime aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poily
Paris
Hazardous Calling Makes Pictures Packing Thrills and Realism
The piece notes dangers in filmmaking with fifty five deaths and many injuries over five years among actors extras and crew. It reports the California Industrial Accident Commission paid 421 850 dollars for deaths and injuries in the motion picture industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California State Industrial Accident Commission
Motion Picture
Canada’s Poultry Industry Rapidly Forging Ahead
Canada’s poultry sector shows strong growth as the 1930 hen and chick population reaches 56,247,000, up about one million from 1929. The figures contrast with 12,696,701 in 1891, and indications suggest the current year will approach five times the level of forty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ivory Trade Figures At London Special Sale
At a London Mincing Lane sale a nearly forty ton batch of elephant ivory from Africa and Asia was offered. Over seven hundred elephants contributed tusks valued in the thousands of pounds. The average tusk weighs about fifty pounds and is worth roughly 150 dollars. London remains the ivory trade hub with Antwerp rising in importance, and sales occur quarterly in Mincing Lane and also in Liverpool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Asia
Mincing Lane
London
England
Antwerp
Liverpool
Rubber Tire Rail Cars Studied by French Road Experts
French road representatives study rubber dining car wheels on a branch line to St. Florent. Gasoline engines with rubber tires operated for months and experts believe adaptation could reduce noise shocks and rail wear for passenger cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
St. Florent
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chas. H. Fletcher
Castoria
Qld
Clover Point
Victoria
Federal
Department of National Defence
Arthur Henderson
Hull
Putnanwm
N. U
Ralph Connor
Dr. Thomas
Jules Simard Seothe
Atents
Ramsay Ca
Guy Trae
Ivory
King OF
Pain
Liniment
Brooder
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!