World Happenings Briefly Told
A month saw 12 tons of freight by air from the Netherlands to London. Victoria BC debates beer parlors after the latest vote. Labor unrest spreads in northern France with a general textile strike affecting nearly 100000. CN Railways ten day earnings reach 6519504, down from 8224994 last year. Conrad Aiken sails to England possibly to stay, after winning the 1939 Pulitzer.
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Netherlands
London
England
Victoria
British Columbia
France
Roubaix
Hanquin
Canadian National Railways
Conrad Aiken
United States
Macquisten
House of Commons
Guardian
Arctic
Arctic Circle
Nationalize Coal Mines Aim Outlined by Durham Speech
Rt. Hon. William Graham, President of the Board of Trade, told a Durham audience that the coal bill is a Parliamentary step toward placing great collieries under public ownership. He pledged government aims to nationalize mining royalties and hoped for action in the next session.
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William Graham
Board of Trade
Durham
England
Graham
Mandatory Persian Manufacture Garb Law
A new Persian law requires all government officials from top to bottom to wear clothing made exclusively from Persian manufacture. Violations incur severe penalties.
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Persia
England
Dinner pun from Madrid sparks offbeat remark
A humorous exchange in Madrid features a man forgetting the waiter after paying for dinner. The reply turns the joke toward a clever misreading of instruction with a wry punchline.
Interesting Exhibits Goes on Tour as Antarctic Floating Museum
The City of New York flagship of Byrd's Antarctic expedition will tour as a floating museum to recoup over 100000 in deficits. Captain Ashley C. McKinley announced the exhibit from Ninety-sixth Street pier opening 10 am to 10 pm. It will travel to Boston and New England cities before continuing south.
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City of
New York
Byrd
Ashley C. McKinley
Admiral Byrd
Ninety-sixth Street
North River
Boston
New England
Atlantic Seaboard
McKinley
Little America
American Museum of National History
Floyd Bennett
South Pole
Printed crepe silk dress pattern shows slender silhouette
The design features a straight silhouette with low-flared fullness, hip yoke outline, circular skirt flounce, and an open V neckline. Short elbow-flare sleeves, rolled collar, and jabot pair with a plain crepe background print. Pattern No. 2574 offers sizes 14 through 42 bust with a 25 cent price.
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Shantung
Aviators Complete North Hudson Bay Flight After Engine Trouble
Royal Canadian Air Force pilots F Hickson and M B Barclay returned to base at Cormorant Lake after emergency repairs north of Churchill. They ferried A E Porsild to the far north to collect data on reindeer pasture, then improvised repairs at sea and made a final landing at Vavane before continuing to the barrens.
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Churchill
Royal Canadian Air Force
Cormorant Lake
Hudson Bay Railway
F Hickson
Fairchild
M B. Barclay
Bellanca
A. E. Porsild
Eskimo Point
Hudson Bay
Chesterfield Inlet
York
Vavane
Dominion Explorers
Barrens
Alex Nicholson
The
Radio telephone link sets long distance flight record
A radiophone talk from Captain Lewis Yancey in a plane 5,000 feet above Buenos Aires to Sydney, Australia established a distance record for in flight calls. The 14,000 mile connection was relayed from Buenos Aires to Madrid to Paris, then via English Channel land lines, undersea cables to England and finally beamed to Rugby for wireless transmission to Sydney.
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New York
Buenos Aires
Lewis Yancey
Sydney
Australia
Madrid
Spain
English Channel
England
Rugby
Lady Willingdon Accepts Honorary VP Role in Barnardo's Homes Canada
Lady Willingdon has accepted the honorary vice-presidency of the Canadian branch of Dr Barnardo's Homes. Daughter of the late Lord Brassey, she is tied to the Barnardo's family and to the organization by friendship and lineage. Her father supported migration of boys and girls to Canada.
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Lady Willingdon
Dr. Barnardo's Homes
Lord Brassey
Barnardo's Homes
England
Thomas John Barnardo
Canada
Fruit salad with citrus syrup and whipped cream
Betty Barclay offers a fruit centerpiece on crisp lettuce using oranges, pineapples, apples, grapes, peaches, and berries. Top with whipped cream and finish with a citrus syrup made from sugar dissolved in orange and lemon juice.
Swedish Spritz Cookie Recipe From Simple Ingredients
A compact cookie guide uses cupfuls of sugar butter and flour with eggs almond to create rings or S shapes. Mix sifted baking powder with flour then blend by hand, push through a pastry gun and bake in a quick oven.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Single handed cigar lighters have appeared in Germany. Pattern No Name.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Germany
The Great Light of Relativity by Logus Philosophus
W Donald Mitchell born Pembroke Ontario with Scottish roots claims to prove earth weighs less than an ounce and matter is weightless. He proposes new definitions of weight and energy force and reverses Newton and Fins tein theories while presenting axiomatic philosophy and a call for critical review to spur progress.
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W. Donald Mitchell
Logus Philotus
Mr. Mitchell
Pembroke
Ontario
Finstein
Second Peking Man Skull Found In Cave Discovery
Dr. Davidson Black, a Canadian scientist, announced a second ancient skull from the same cave as the first. He said the second skull belongs to an adolescent male, while measurements indicate the first belonged to a girl, dating about one million years ago.
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Davidson Black
Black
Sunday School Lesson Golden Text and Readings
The lesson centers on 1 Corinthians 10 12 warning to beware pride and a fall. It surveys 1 Samuel chapters 11 13 15 16 14 23 19 12 28 31 and Psalm 1 for devotional context. The devotional reading is Psalm 1.
Grape Juice Duty Imposed By Order In Council
A special issue of the Canada Gazette reports an order in council enacting a new tariff on concentrated grape juice. The duty starts at 25 cents per gallon plus 3 cents for each .01 rise in specific gravity above 1.074 and takes effect immediately.
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The
Canada Gazette
Anointing of Saul by Samuel and its significance
The text discusses Samuel's revelation of Saul as the chosen king of Israel and the symbolic oiling of Saul’s head. It connects the event to divine selection, humble reception, and the inaugurated monarchy as a sacred institution alongside the priesthood. It also notes a separate report on the Vancouver Forest Products Laboratory studying wood waste in British Columbia sawmills.
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Saul
Samuel
Benjamin
Israel
Alexander Whyte
Jehovah
God
Vancouver Forest Proucts
Forest Service
Department of the Interior
British Columbia
Salesmen Learn Not To Ask Shoe Size From Women
A half century of practice taught salesmen to avoid asking women their shoe size, signaling a shift toward respectful customer service and gender awareness in retail. The remark highlights evolving norms in selling and equal treatment.
No Loss From Pool Guarantees
Ottawa reports from Winnipeg that the Canadian Wheat Pool's prairie guarantees incurred no loss. Funds backed by three prairie provinces protected banks when the pool's 1929 year faced a price slump. Final returns show the pool sold enough wheat above the dollar price to cover below market sales, keeping guarantees uncalled. Andrew Cairns travels to Russia to assess wheat prospects.
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Toronto Mail and Empire
Ottawa
Canadian Wheat Pool
Winnipeg
Prairie
Wheat Pool
Canada
Andrew Cairns
Russia
Cairns
Mediterranean Service Inaugurates New Canadian-Mediterranean Run
The David Livingstone will sail from Montreal around September 10 to Gibraltar and Malta with a follow ship Benguela around October 10. The Department of Trade and Commerce says the service uses special motorships carrying cargo and 10 to 12 passengers. Canada has lacked direct steamship links to these ports, limiting access to markets. New York now fields four police airplanes for aerial patrols. and the pimento tree from Jamaica yields allspice as a key spice source.
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Gibraltar
Malta
Mediterranean
David Livingstone
Montreal
S.S
Benguela
Department of Trade and Commerce
Halifax
Canada
Dog Pussy Willow Thornton Listed in Chicago Directory
A bulldog named Pussy Willow Thornton is listed in a Chicago telephone directory under her own name. A line above her entry appears the name Mrs. B Thornton, her owner, who argues that animals deserve directory recognition just as people.
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Pussy Willow Thornton
Chicago
Pussy Willow
Pedestrian Recall Surfaces in Striking Car Incident
A motorist reports memory gaps about past pedestrian habits as investigators review a collision case. The diver had previously relied on foot traffic routines, now contrasted with recent driving events and safety concerns.
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Charles McRea
Hirth
Weller
Iceland
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Presting Museum of Byrd's
Antarctic
TsiRioya
Annebelle Worthington
Port Churchill
South America
Betty Barclay
China
Mediterranean Service
Jamaica
Brooder
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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