World Happenings Briefly Told
The text reports varied items including Canada banning import of love birds and cockatoos removal, Ottawa mumps cases, Singapore sand find, Confed Life’s MacDonald named Barclay’s Bank director, Lord Byng health note, Malanotti victory at Royal Winter Fair, BBC subsidy for opera, yachtsman Captain Edward Sycamore dies, Pattullo on trade, and Consumer Council bill details on price investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Straits Settlements
Charles 8. MacDonald
Confederation Life Association
Barclay’s Bank of Canada
Lord Byng
Metropolitan Police
Canada
L. G. M. Malanotti
British Broadcasting Company
England
Edward Sycamore
Brightlingsea
T. D. Pattullo
British Columbia
Consumers’ Council
New Map of Canada Released by National Development Bureau
A color map at one hundred miles to the inch issued by the National Development Bureau, Department of the Interior in Ottawa shows Canada's mines, water power, fisheries, forests, farming areas, and railways. It highlights developed and undeveloped resources and aims to aid educators, business people, and those interested in Canada’s development. copies are free to adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
National Development Bureau
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Hair Growing on Watch Crystal by British Scientists
Leeds Woo Industries Research Association reports a woman scientist grafted guinea pig skin onto an inverted watch crystal and nourished roots with plasma and extract. Hair grew, often doubling or tripling length, part of tests on why hair and wool grow and how to accelerate growth. Boiled potato peelings in a new pan make food not stick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
Woo! Industries Research Association
Time at Work Joke From Hum mel Hamburg
A humorous exchange from Hum mel Hamburg features a chief scolding a clerk for not knowing start time while the clerk notes the team is already at work upon his arrival. The vignette captures workplace humor and the contrast between authority and routine.
Sewing Pattern and Hedging in Market Briefs
Style notes describe a tight hipline gown with a soft waist and partial girdle, front panel extension, and side joins. The piece lists sizes 36 to 46 and yardage for size 36, plus a separate note on hedging in the Chicago wheat market with explanations of short sales, contracts, and how hedges offset risk for producers.
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Fashion Bureau
National City Bank of New York
Chicago
Gulf Ports
Buffalo
Seaboard
Canada
Argentina
Liverpool
Amsterdam
Genoa
Will Award Scholarship For Grain Judging Winners
Five top juniors in the grain judging contest at the World Grain Exhibition in Regina 1932 will receive scholarships ranging from 300 to 700 dollars in post graduate awards. The plan retains a trophy in the inter college section but emphasizes scholarships to high placers. The Toronto meeting under C M Hamilton expanded the committee to include province deputy ministers and officials in charge of boys and girls club work from each province.
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Regina
C. M. Hamilton
Toronto
Canada
How To Order Patterns Winnipeg Pattern No
Winnipeg newspaper notices offer pattern ordering details from the Winnipeg Pattern office. Address at 175 McDermot Ave is listed for inquiries and orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Purple Chief Apples From Century-Old Tree in Ontario
J. C. Frell of Niagara township Ontario harvests deep purple apples called the black chief from a tree over 120 years old that dates back to Confederation. The seed came from the Old Country by sailing vessel and the fruit averages a circumference of 12 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion of Canada
J. C. Frell
Niagara Township
Ontario
Canada
Sand Paper’s True Abrasives and England Street Pavement
The piece explains that sand paper is misnamed since natural abrasives like corundum emery garnet quartz and flint are used along with pumice powder. It notes artificial abrasives such as silicon carbide fused alumina and hard rouges and mentions colored anti glare street pavement being laid in England.
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England
Flora Whitney Miller to share in vast estate
Mrs Flora Whitney Miller daughter of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and widow of Harry Payne Whitney will share in a $200000000 estate. The connection to America's sportsmen and the Whitney family is noted in this report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Whitney Miller
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney
America
Pacific and Atlantic Photos, Inc
British Columbia Poultry Shipment To Japan Sells For 4590
A BC consign ment of pure bred poultry valued at 4590 is headed to Imperial farms in Japan. The birds, including a son and five sisters of Maizie the 1927 world egg record holder, have 300 eggs per year or more and represent White Leghorns Rhode Island Reds and Barred Rocks.
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Japan
British Columbia
Imperial Farms
Maizie
Ottawa
Rhode Island
Manitoba to Use Canadian Coal This Winter
Government institutions will use Canadian coal this winter and tenders for 30 000 tons will be awarded shortly.
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Manitoba
Stephen the Deacon Faithful in Spirit and Wisdom
Stephen a deacon of the early church is praised for faith and the Holy Spirit. He preached powerfully, wrought miracles, and faced intense opposition from Hellenistic Jews aided by false witnesses. In the Sanhedrin his face appeared radiant as he looked to God, awaiting divine glory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen
Jerusalem
Italy
Pompey
Rome
Cyrene
Alexandria
Africa
Cilicia
Asia
Asia Minor
Moses
God
Jesus
Temple
Tennyson
Neptune Sailed to London with Annapolis Apples in 1881
The Neptune became the first steamer to ship apples directly from Annapolis Royal Nova Scotia to London England. It sailed April 2 1881 with 6800 barrels and reached London in fourteen days. The venture proved fairly successful and the business has since grown.
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Annapolis Royal
Nova Scotia
London
England
Neptune
Winnipeg equips police with crime detection radios
Winnipeg becomes Canada’s first city to outfit its police department with radio telephone transmitters used solely for crime detection, signaling a shift toward modern investigative tools and faster communication.
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Winnipeg
Canada
New London Device Slices Bread by Machine
A London invention enables bread to be cut into slices of any thickness and wrapped in paper by machinery. The device promises uniform slices and automated packaging for bakeries.
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London
Guardians of the Pacific named by Japanese statesman
Prince Tokugawa told the Canadian Club in Toronto that the British Commonwealth, the United States, and Japan are the chief guardians of the Pacific. He praised their cooperation at the London conference and stressed that all civilized nations depend on one another and actions abroad affect others.
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Pacific
British Commonwealth
United States
Japan
Prince Tokugawa
Toronto
London
England
Recipes For This Week Biscuit Dough Method
A simple biscuit recipe uses 2 cups special cake flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon butter 1 1 4 cup grated cheese 3 4 cup milk and water equal parts Sift flour with powder and salt cut in shortening and cheese add liquid to form soft dough roll 1 4 inch thick cut with biscuit cutter bake 450 degrees for 15 minutes yields 12 biscuits.
Coffee Carnival Dessert Recipe Note
This excerpt provides a dessert preparation using decaffeinated coffee and tapioca. It lists ingredients such as raisins sugar vanilla and cream and describes cooking steps in a double boiler for about 15 minutes until tapioca is clear, then chilling and serving in sherbet glasses. The recipe yields six servings.
Proper Equipment for Planes Advocated at Vancouver Meeting
At a Vancouver meeting of the Air Pilots Engineers and Navigators Association a proposal urged steps to ensure planes on the fringes of civilization carry proper equipment. A short wave radio transmitting and receiving set was proposed and a committee was formed to act and report back.
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Air Pilots, Engineers and Navigators’ Association
Vancouver
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Health Board
Crystal
Hummel
Hamburg
Tafaox A
Annette
Niagara
Dominion
Guardians of the
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Brooder
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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