World Happenings Briefly Told
David Lloyd George completes 44 years as Carnarvon MP. Vienna to London express derailed near Linz with two dead and many injured. Sergeant Richard Wilkinson dies in Toronto hospital. Prime Minister Bennett denies air mail contract talks. Alberta bill to require lights on vehicles. RCMP to be stationed in rail yards to curb travel. Tax on certain officials extended for one year. US exports to Canada rise in February while imports grow.
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Dominion
Richard Wilkinson
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Amputation Association
Carlitie Street Veterans’ Hospital
Toronto
R. B. Bennett
House of Commons
Canadian Airways
Number of Private Automobiles Surpasses Two Hundred Thousand
The London area totals over 200000 registered private automobiles, reflecting a substantial scale of private vehicle ownership within the city.
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London
Backaches Indicate Kidney Trouble Says Gin Pills Ad
Advertises gin pills as a direct gentle relief for kidney trouble claiming prompt and permanent relief. Priced at 50 cents a box and sold at all druggists.
Princess Royal sets Liverpool to London speed record
The Princess Royal locomotive powered Britain’s fastest train on a 1934 mile Liverpool to London run in 3 hours 12 minutes at over 60 mph average. It hit a peak speed of 85 mph during the journey.
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Britain
Liverpool
London
Charming spring dress pattern with bow front sketch
Charming dress pattern description for spring wear without a topcoat. Details include bow tied centre-front, plaited inset, wind-blown effect, printed crepe silk and plain trims. Pattern No. 570 covers sizes 14 to 40 with yardage for size 16 and price of 20 cents in stamps or coin.
Wood Sugar From Ordinary Wood Promises New Sugar Source
German chemist Professor Friedrich Bergius reports a process turning wood into sugar and by products. A factory now yields 6 000 to 8 000 tons annually, producing glucose for candy and alcohol, with wood by products including glycerine and acetic acid.
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Friedrich Bergius
Baltic States
Roumania
United States
Canada
Germany
Favorite Prescription Relief Boosts Nervous Fatigue
A patient describes using Dr. ree's Favorite Preparation to ease nervous irritability and fatigue. The note mentions seeking free medical advice at Iveree's Clinic in Buffalo, New York, praising the product's strengthening effects.
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Fergusa Tilton
Giving Up All For The Kingdom In The Rich Young Ruler
A devotional study on the rich young ruler who asked Jesus how to inherit eternal life. Jesus cites the commandments and Leviticus to reveal the man’s flaw, then asks him to sell all he has and give to the poor to become perfect. The scene contrasts public faith with private devotion.
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Jesus
Luke
Joseph of
Arimathea
Joseph
Nicodemus
Christ
Ostriches Bred in Soviet Zoological Park for Meat
Russia raises ostriches at the Moscow Zoo and plans large scale breeding in the southern steppes. Each pair yields fifteen or sixteen chicks yearly, with birds reaching 100 to 135 pounds. The birds endure Russian winters due to a thick fat layer and lay eggs in fall mirroring the Southern Hemisphere spring.
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Moscow Zoological Park
Soviet Union
Moscow
Liver Pills Claim Quick Liver Fix Without Laxatives
An ad urges readers feeling sour or wretched to wake up the liver with Carter's Little Liver Pills. It claims the pills are purely vegetable, safe, and effective, and advises asking for them by name with prices 25c and up to $1.
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Carter
Income Tax Demanded From Gypsies in England
Tax assessors visited winter encampments of nomads in England and demanded income tax. They found a newly painted caravan with bright curtains and deemed personal income statement too low, collecting the tax before departure.
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England
French Professors Find Ancient Sahara Treasures
Professors Gautier and Reygasse of Algiers University report evidence of a lost civilization in the Tassili Des Ajer area, 30 miles south of Port Polignac. They describe excavations yielding rock paintings, carvings, and stone age axes and tools from the desert sands.
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Gautier and Reygasse
Algiers University
Sahara Desert
Tassili Des Ajer
Port Polignac
Aero-sleigh Set for 1500 Mile Northern Russia Test
A new aero-sleigh design, an aeroplane body on skis with a rear propeller and no wings, will be tested on a 1500 mile journey through harsh northern Russia. Twenty five machines depart Leningrad under the Soviet Society for the Promotion of Motor ing and the Improvement of Roads.
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Leningrad
Russia
Soviet Society For the
World Population Reaches 2.012 Billion Mark
Official estimates show world population at 2,012,000,800 with an increase of 20,000,000 from last year. Europe tops half a billion for the first time at 506,000,000, eight million more than in 1931.
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Europe
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