World Happenings Briefly Told
The London horse show is abandoned for the year. Guelph records a motor fatality free year 1932. Camp No 3 in Dewdney B C reopens for export logging. Alexander Sangster dies in New Westminster at 80. W A Crawford-Ross reelected Alberta Hereford president in Calgary. Major W H Gladstone Murray arrives in Ottawa as CBC adviser. Calgary to host a $75 000 oil refinery at 250 barrels daily. Alberta urges soon see conference on British North American Act. England likely to skip Canadian Bisley due to costs.
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London
Dominion
Guelph
Ontario
Camp No
P. Bain
Dewdney
B.C
Alexander Sangster
W. H. Gladstone Murray
M.C
British Broadcasting Company
Ottawa
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission
Calgary
Federated Oil Consumers, Ltd
Harold J. Maloney
Alberta
J. E. Brownlee
England
Connaught Ranges
Lord Cottesloe
National Rifle Association
Broadcasting Not New in Halifax Three Decades Ago
The Halifax Herald recalls early broadcasting origins over 30 years ago at the old academy of music. Creighton Mitchell, then with the Nova Scotia Telephone Company, rigged a funnel microphone and sent the Baker Opera Company program via telephone wires to the telephone company building for staff to hear.
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Halifax Herald
Halifax
Academy of Music
Baker Opera Company
Creighton Mitchell
Wolfville
Nova Scotia Telephone Company
Halifax Records Unusual Freak Winter Low Temps
Halifax logged a freak winter with no zero days for December February and a February mean of 29.3 degrees, six degrees above the 29 year average. The coldest day was February 11 at seven degrees above zero and snow was scarce with 5.31 inches of combined snow and rain in February, far below last year’s 17 inches.
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Halifax
Frederick R. Roman
Paris jacket dress offers youthful boxy style for spring
The fashion item features a cross over bodice with a trim vest and panelled skirt designed to elongate the figure. It showcases scalloped seaming to slim hips with a ros y beige sheer wool model and white pique vest. Styles No 579 comes in multiple sizes with a 20 cent pattern price.
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Paris
Dramatic Escape of Ex King George of Greece
Ex king George of Greece lives in modest circumstances after banishment nearly 11 years ago. He reigned 18 months amid Greece Italy tension, Mussolini’s Corfu bombardment, and a republic proclamation. A royal escape tale includes a 5000 dollar aid from Mrs Gary that helped bribe passage out of Greece.
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George
Greece
Constantine
Italy
Mussolini
Corfu
Gary
America
Europe
Polar Eye Color Claim Debunked By Arctic Explorer
Dr. Vilhjalmur Stefansson denies that brown eyes turn blue after polar nights. Science Service notes he rejects a magazine claim that prolonged sun absence makes eyes blue in expeditions. He recalls no such observation after extensive Arctic experience and reports skepticism from Captain Scott’s circle.
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Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Science Service
Science
Stefansson
Captain Scott
South Pole
England crowds calm without firearms say Halifax Chronicle
The Halifax Chronicle notes that in London a crowd over a hundred thousand was controlled without firearms or fatalities. Police used baton force only, maintaining order amid disorder and some violence, with no machine guns or revolvers observed.
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England
London
Halifax Chronicle
Global gold hoard climbs past a billion dollars
League experts estimate that over the last eighteen months more than 1.009 billion dollars in gold has been hoarded worldwide. Each month, statisticians report several million dollars more missing from global circulation. The hoarding movement began late in 1931 after England abandoned the gold standard.
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League
England
Sunday School Lesson Golden Text and Topics
Sunday School lesson notes cite Mark 8 34 denial cross follow Jesus and cover Mark chapters 1 through 9 and Romans 8 31 39 as devotional reading guidance for the lesson.
Denying Self for Christ’s Call and Cross
The passage reflects Jesus declaring the cost of following him. The Twelve glimpse the Messiah, then move toward public teaching. Deny yourself take up your cross and follow me, losing the lower life to gain the higher eternal life.
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Jesus
Jerusalem
Calvary
Theodore H. Robinson
Christ
Young scientist wins U S science prize for lattice vision
Frank H. Spedding a 30 year old Hamilton Ontario native uses reflected and emitted light from solids to reveal their lattice structure. He analyzes light with a spectroscope then records the results as vertical lines on a photographic plate for the American Chemical Society prize.
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Frank H. Spedding
Hamilton
Ont
American Chemical Society
Spedding
Postoffice retirement limits on Ogden Mills career move
The Baltimore Sun notes that upon retiring as Secretary of the Treasury Ogden Mills may work freely except in any Federal Reserve System member bank. The Federal Reserve Act bars Mills and the Comptroller of the Currency from such employment during and two years after office. Appointive Fed Board members face similar limits unless they complete their term.
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Ogden Y. Mills
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Currency
Federal Reserve Board
Baltimore Sun
Canadian Farm Poultry Values Rise in 1932
The total value of all farm poultry descriptions in Canada for 1932 is officially estimated at 24,738,000 dollars, down from 43,138,000 dollars in the prior year.
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Canada
Silence in the Skies and Seas of Quiet
The piece contrasts air liner noise with air travel, noting engine din drowns speech and ear protection aids exist. It contrasts this with sailing ships in a dead calm where stillness is felt and sailors sing to break oppressive silence.
Priceless Canadian Relics Shown at McCord Museum
A display at the McCord National Museum at McGill in Montreal features 1770 to 1870 relics including General Sir Isaac Brock’s tunic and other military items tied to James McGill. The exhibit covers events from the 1775 Quebec assault through the War of 1812 and 1837 rebellion to the 1847 burning of Montreal parliament buildings and further steps toward Confederation.
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McCord National Museum
McGill University
Montreal
Sir Isaac Brock
James McGill
University
Quebec
Brussels Plans Exposition to Mark Congo Birth and Rail Link
Brussels will host an international colonial and industrial exposition this year with Prince Leopold as honorary president. Twelve nations including Brazil Chile China Egypt Estonia France Morocco Peru Siam Switzerland Czechoslovakia and Tunisia will participate. The event spans 400 acres and highlights transportation electricity and related topics with a colonial section as a key focus.
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Belgian Congo
Brussels
Malines
Prince Leopold
Brazil
Chile
China
Egypt
Esthenia
France
Morocco
Peru
Siam
Switzerland
Czechoslovakia
Tunisia
Historic church fundraiser aims to save Cobham landmark
Men who were boys when Chari Dickens visited Cobham rally younger villagers to save the village church. A death-watch has damaged the landmark and funds are being raised for a new roof to restore the church Dick ens knew well.
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Chari
Dickens
Cobham
Sassafras Leaves Exhibit Three Distinct Forms on One Twig
Botanists note sassafras trees display three leaf forms on a single twig. The variation includes mitten shaped, three lobed and unlobed leaves, often coexisting along the same branch. This diversity highlights the plant's adaptive leaf morphology.
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