World Happenings Briefly Told From Around The Globe
Itemized world notes report political resignations in Cairo and cabinet changes as of May 16. Observatories in Chile note weather and seismic data while a shipwreck near Bear Church, Kent, leads to casualties. A fossil crocodile‑like remains found two miles beneath the Atlantic in Nova Scotia is described as unusually well preserved.
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Lyuchee
Cairo
Bag
Egypthin Tolistry
Adly Yeghen Vasha
Glace Bay
Nova Scotia
Atlantic
Albertie
White Star Line
Menties
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Dioric
Regina
Shde
Corfe
Albertic
Ohio
St Lawrence
Alberta
Liverpool
Queenstown
China Faces Bolshevist Risk Amid Foreign Interests
Chang Tsedin welcomes a republican form in China but rejects Soviet interference. Money could sway factions, yet vast alien interests and treaty rights make a Bolshevist shift unlikely without a hard struggle. External powers might intervene to secure trade centers, avoiding large military conflict but hindering peaceful development.
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Chang Tsedin
China
Chang Tsolin
America
Britain
Alberta Irrigation Projects Reach 460 446 Acres In Operation
Alberta reports eight cooperative irrigation projects active in 1926 covering 460 446 acres with 185 930 irrigable. Manitoba lists 59 ranches and 228 members. Saskatchewan 33. Alberta 100. British Columbia 83. Edmonton Exhibition to feature historic pageant marking Dominion jubilee. New York skyscraper consumes coal to heat four homes daily. Jupiter diameter 6506 miles largest planet. Mercury 3630 miles smallest.
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Alberta
Alberta Irrigation and Drainage Council
Canadian National
Jupiter
Mercury
Bible School Lesson Echoes in Gethsemane Scene
A Sunday School excerpt reflects Mark's account of Jesus before the Sanhedrin and Peter's distant presence by the high priest's courtyard. It notes the inner palace, the cold Jerusalem night, and Peter warming himself as the trial unfolds.
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Jesus
Mark
Peter
Jerusalem
Christ
Television Spanning Ocean Demonstrated by British Inventor
British inventor John J. Baird claims to have established television between London and New York and plans a wireless telephone television demonstration from London to a New York store. A special receiving set exists, with tests between Coulsdon and near New York. If successful, Television, Limited will market a set priced at 1290 dollars.
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John J. Baird
London
New York
Baird
Coulsdon
America
Television, Limited
Plan Memorial at Ottawa by Canadian Club of New York
The Canadian Club of New York launches a fundraising campaign by popular subscription to erect a memorial or tablet on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. The effort marks the sixteenth anniversary of Confederation and expresses devotion to Canada by Canadians living in the United States.
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Canadian Club
New York
United States
Parliament Hill
Ottawa
The Changing West by Senator W A Buchanan
Senator W A Buchanan of the Lethbridge Herald spoke to the Toronto Young Men's Board of Trade on The Changing West. He outlined a shift from straight grain farming to mixed farming with growing industrial centers broadening the Wests economic and labor base.
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W. A. Buchanan
The
Lethbridge Herald
Toronto Young Men's Board of Trade
Frock design with braided skirt and varied views
A fashion pattern description features a frock with an inverted plait front and back seam, braid trimming on View A, long sleeves, and a left side belt bow. View B shows untrimmed version with dart sleeves and front buckle. Sizes 36 to 44, yardage and braid requirements listed. prices for pattern and fashion book given.
Canada to Modernize Air Force with Four New Planes
Parliament approves an Air Force plan to replace obsolete craft with four modern fighters. The Department of National Defence notes the total estimates at 3.892 million dollars, largely for military training and civil aviation work. The program funds forest fire patrols covering over 70 million acres in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, plus 3.5 million acres in Alberta foothills, and expands air surveys across all provinces to map northern resources and development.
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Aircraf
Department of National Defence
oThe
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Roroky Mountains
Miberta
Spain King withholds Good Friday pardons amid no death sentences
Report notes that for the first time, the Spanish King did not grant Good Friday pardons because no prisoners were condemned to death in any prison. Pardons historically count as many as a dozen convicts. The piece also mentions Sweden’s nationwide radio coverage and over 206,000 receiving sets in use, plus a brief medical Q and A about medicine efficacy with directions.
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Spain
Geneva session flags push for broader disarmament terms
A Geneva preparatory session saw Gerwaoy introduce an extra provision seeking a wide disarmament pledge. Signatories would remove land force armaments including rifles, machine guns, Howitzers, mortars, tanks, and armored units. The draft treaty remains unchanged at present.
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Gerwaoy
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