World Happenings Briefly Told
Fifty families in Deptford England were made homeless by house collapses from road subsidence after heavy rains. The Tass News Agency reports the Soviet wheat harvest covered 87,500,000 acres this year, up 32,000,000 from last year. The British Exchequer expects about 5.9 million dollars in death duties from Viscount Tredegar’s estate, valued at 11.845 million. Hillsborough Castle, seat of Northern Ireland’s governor the Duke of Abercorn, was destroyed by fire. United States exports to Canada in June rose notably from 1933 levels, while imports from Canada grew moderately. MacGill University announced a 1 million dollar Rockefeller Foundation gift endowing the neurology department. Dr. Albert W. Abbott, Red Cross leader and wartime labor official, died in Toronto. France refused to back Japan against the Washington naval treaty, sticking to its terms pending Europe’s shift. The UK air ministry plans geodetic radio stations around the coast to locate aircraft positions. Near Belcher Island, tribute was paid to Henry Hudson and his son, left adrift by mutinous crew three centuries ago, with the ceremony led aboard the Hudson’s Bay Company ship deck by P B S Ashley Cooper.
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Deptford
England
Soviet Union
Tass
Viscount Tredegar
Hillsborough Castle
Northern Ireland
Duke of Abercorn
Ulster
United States
Canada
Department of Commerce
Rockefeller Foundation
Mac-Gill University
Department of Neurology
Albert W. Abbott
Canadian Red Cross
Ontario
Imperial Munitions Board
Toronto
France
Japan
United Kingdom
Air Ministry
Belcher Island
Henry Hudson
Ashley Cooper
The
Hudson's Bay Company
Salt Dissolves in Water Theory and Oceanic Field Notes
In simple terms salt dissolves in water forming a salt solution with the salt as solute and water as solvent. Water is a universal solvent for solids, some liquids, and gases. oxygen dissolves only slightly yet supports fish life. The text also notes other solvents and how minerals in soil reach plants, while food digestion produces soluble substances for the bloodstream.
Thrills From An Outdoorsman Life Across Generations
A reflective piece charts lifelong hunting memories from childhood pigeon hunts and red foxes to deer, sea of stars, and Salvation Army Bible tracts. Arnold C. Herbert recounts aims to study nature, share faith, and inspire youth, ending with childhood lessons from Sunday school.
False Confidence of Rulers in Samaria and Jerusalem
Devotional lesson on Amos 5 1 7 14 highlights rulers at ease in Zion and Samaria, luxury and ease breeding negligence toward the afflicted. It contrasts their lavish beds and banquets with Joseph’s pit era suffering, urging awareness of social injustice and moral decay among leaders.
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Zion
Jerusalem
Samaria
Jehovah
Amos
Atkins
David
Joseph
Israel
Elmer A. Lealie
Unusual Record Woman Machinist Joins Graf Zeppelin Crew
Karin Mannesmann, a graduate engineer, becomes the first woman machinist aboard a Graf Zeppelin flight. She completes a Friedrichshafen to South America round trip, sharing two hour watches in the motor gondola with the crew. She wore grease stained overalls, having come from an aeroplane factory to gain heavy motor experience.
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Graf Zeppelin
Karin Mannesmann
Karin
Friedrichshafen
South America
Zep
Miss Mannesmann
Technical High School
Berlin
Lumber Shipment Planned From The Pas To Britain
About two and a half million feet of lumber will be sent this summer via the Hudson Bay Railway from The Pas through Churchill to Great Britain. The order is experimental but the company hopes to increase shipments in coming years.
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Hudson Bay
Churchill
Great Britain
Pas
Steel Office Furniture First Made in South Africa
A historical note records that steel office furniture was first manufactured in South Africa marking an early industrial milestone. The entry highlights the origin and significance of steel furniture production in the region.
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South Africa
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Gordon H. Guest
M.A
Quebec
Job
Anglican Mission
B.C.M.S
Port Harrison
Hudson Bay Co
McGill St
Montreal
Miner
Jack Miner
Father
Jack
Salvation Army
Arnold C. Herbert
Rile
R.Y.O
Ogden
P.S
H.B. Line
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