World Happenings Briefly Told Canada Dominates June Trade
Canada was the principal trading partner of the United States in June in both exports and imports. Erich Remarque may be the next Nobel prize for literature recipient per Stockholm reports. BC treasurer profits totaling 6482.19 are distributed for the six months ended March 21. The John Gooding Thresher Co. cut staff by one third due to a small crop. Dalhousie convocation August 26 saw Chief Justice Ruley Morrison receive his Doctor of Laws. Britain and France discussed closer air transport cooperation between Lord Thomson and Laurent Eynac. Miss K Bloomfield, 24, becomes Victoria Australia’s first female pilot. Graf Zeppelin’s Friedrichshafen flight spurs a 20 million project for German Russian Japanese air service. Frederick Williams-Taylor resigns as Bank of Montreal general manager to become vice president. H B MacKenzie succeeds him.
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Canada
United States
Erich Reparque
Stockholm
British Columbia
Sarnia
John Gooding Thresher Company
Ruley Morrison
Dalhousie University
Great Britain
France
Lord Thomson
Laurent Eynac
Air
Miss K. Bloomfield
Victoria
Australia
Friedrichshafen
Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor
Montreal
Bank of Montreal
Bank
H. B. MacKenzie
Sir Frederick
Great World Scout Jamboree Ends at Arrowe Park
Tens of thousands of Boy Scouts departed Arrowe Park England marking the end of the great world jamboree. About fifty thousand boys left for homes in nearly fifty countries after farewell leave takings. The total visitors reached 214 422 and the next jamboree is planned for 1933 with the site to be chosen at a conference in Salzburg Austria.
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Arrowe Park
England
Salsburg
Austria
Development Of Peace River Grain Shipments And Growth
The first grain shipment from Peace River District carried three cars of wheat hauled 85 miles from Vanrena to Reno with no highways or telephones and two small rural schools. Today 1,659,000 acres are cultivated with a 15,000,000 bushel crop potential and population has grown from 3,000 to 50,000 as schools churches stores elevators electric lights highways and telephones expand.
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Peace River District
Vanrena
Reno
Electric Poultry and Lions Quip Roundup
The excerpt jokes about using electricity on poultry from hatching to cooking, then mocks circus safety with a lion cage door left open. It includes a Prague press quip about a lion handler and a banter on theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prayer Presse
Prague
Church At Jasper Is Sobher's Monument
The little St. Mary and St. George church at Jasper, a stone and stucco building with a tiled roof, was consecrated by the Bishop of Edmonton. Built for 17000 from a design by A H Calderon, it was a gift to the parish from an anonymous English donor in memory of her son killed in war. The cornerstone message included the body’s testament found on the soldier at No Man's Land. The bell came from Viscount Willingdon.
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Canada
St. Mary and
St. George
Jasper
Edmonton
A. H. Calderon
England
No Man's Land
Viscourt Willingdon
May Kill His Art G Boruchoff Fears Hair Shortage
Russian artist G. Boruchoff, famed for pictures woven from human hair, warns that the bobbed hair fashion threatens his work. He needs long strands, blends hair like oils, and uses silk or linen as canvas with a knitting needle as brush. He began art at age ten under a hairdresser and practiced as a prisoner in Germany.
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G. Boruchoff
Borucho
Boruchoff
Germany
Plaited Collar Fashions for Girls Pattern No 605
A Winnipeg fashion feature reviews Style No 605 children patterns for girls ages 6 to 14 with plaited collars and cuffs. Describes dress variations in dimity, voile, shantung, and linen fabrics, plus a navy wool crepe Fall option. Pattern price 25 cents in stamps or coin.
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Shantung
How To Order Patterns Pattern No Name Town
Pattern no name listing shows steps to order velvet patterns. Reading indicates town matching velvet patterns are exclusive and tied to supplier catalog. The notice stresses selection of exclusive velvet pattern and ordering process through catalog channels.
Remarkable Strathmore Dairy Show Cows Highlight Alberta Exhibit
At the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Hon J D McGregor lauded a CPR Supply Farm display. Five cows from Strathmore demonstrated 365 day production of 127,583 lbs milk and 4,700+ dollars profit above feed costs, with individual cows breaking several provincial records. Notable attendees included Dowager Lady Pentland and Miss Sinclair, Lord Pentland, and farm manager George H Jones.
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Rotary Club
Calgary
J. D. McGregor
Manitoba
Canada
C.P.R. Supply
Strathmore
McGregor
Strathmore Sylvia
Province of
Alberta
Union Milk Co
Holstein-Freisian Association of Canada
Lady Pentland
Miss Sinclair
Lord Pentland
George H. Jones
Strathmore Farm
Eskimo Myths Busted on Arctic Life lessons
Arctic explorer Mr Stefansson told a Cambridge audience that Eskimos rarely see snow houses and live in warmer conditions than the common belief. He praised Arctic wildflowers and noted most inhabitants have not seen snow houses outside of school.
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Arctic Circle
Stefansson
Cambridge
Arctic
Test For Your Eyes
You are asked how well you judge distances. With normal eyesight you can see a man’s eyes at fifty yards. At one hundred yards you may discern buttons on his coat. At three hundred yards you may see his face and at four hundred yards distinguish clothing color. Weather affects perceived distance.
Recipes For This Week Chiffon Pie
A vintage recipe describes chiffon pie with 14 cups sugar cup flour teaspoon salt and cups boiling water plus juice and rind of lemon and orange. Eggs provide yolks and whites for custard and meringue. Bake with browned top.
Tomato Preserve Method With Ginger And Lemons
A kitchen note describes preserving green tomatoes with sugar lemon slices and preserved ginger. Wash and trim tomatoes then blanch, layer with lemon and sugar, salt, and let stand overnight. Boil syrup ten minutes, add tomatoes, cook until clear, then jar and seal.
First private telephone bridge London to Sydney tested
A Hamp shire widow spoke with a Sydney hospital matron via a private telephone, marking the first bridging call of 13 000 miles between London and Sydney. Cadet Jack Sigrist, 18, aboard the Valencia in Australian waters, spoke to his mother in delirium and learned he was improving as the postal department arranged a 10 minute connection despite radio links still in experimental stages.
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Hampshire
Sydney
Australia
London
Jack Sigrist
Valencia
Australian
Post Office Department
C. G. Sigrist
Museum purchases Navajo shirt by George G Heye
The Museum of the American Indian in New York bought a Navajo Indian shirt from George G Heye. Barns are painted red with oxide of iron paint due to its low cost and durability.
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The
Museum of the American Indian
New York
Eren
George G. Heye
Inside camera lowers into stomach to take sixteen images
A compact camera built by Inside Information Science can be inserted into the human stomach to capture sixteen interior views from multiple angles. The images can then be enlarged for detailed examination.
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Interior Department
Airmail to Madagascar Plans Sahara Night Route
A weekly airmail service between France and Madagascar will cross the Sahara Desert by night once the desert route is lighted. The service will start as soon as lighting is completed.
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France
Madagascar
Sahara Desert
Vancouver Exhibition Opens With Call for Bigger Agriculture
Hon. Motherwell, federal Minister of Agriculture, urged larger production of high quality agricultural goods to keep Canada as an exporter as he informally opened Vancouver's 20th annual exhibition.
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Canada
Hon
Motherwell
Vancouver
The Tactful Woman and a Flighty Blonde
A brief note contrasts the steady tact of a composed woman with the light frivolity of a flighty blonde, implying different temperaments in social behavior.
Ezra Goes To Jerusalem A Sunday School Lesson
This devotional piece describes Ezra the scribe’s journey from Babylon to Jerusalem in Artaxerxes seventh year, seeking to teach and enforce the Law. It notes his lineage to Aaron, his mission to reform, the king’s approval, and the generous gifts for the temple, with a call to act on good intentions.
Trapper Ivan Christie Died in June Blizzard at Bathurst Inlet
June blizzard from the Arctic claimed Bathurst Inlet trapper Ivan McKay Christie who perished frozen. His husky survived, found by a search party and taken to Herschel Island RCMP headquarters. Christie was buried at Bathurst Inlet.
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Arctic
Ivan McKay Christie
Bathurst Inlet
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Herschel Island
Christie
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Betty Barclay
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Aaron
Israel
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Toronto
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