World Happenings Briefly Told
The Soviet Government plans to end rationing of food and clothes. Britain will avoid binding trade deals until the Imperial Conference outcome is known. Central heating is proposed for Churchill in Manitoba’s Hudson Bay seaport. Captain Tikhon N Agapeyeff, former Russian Imperial Navy commander, died in Halifax. Churchill is touring the United States on a lecture circuit. Peace River area calls for improved train facilities. Russia’s 1950 population is estimated at 240,000,000 by Moscow Academy of Sciences. The Vatican broadcast reports the peal of St Peter’s bells across nations. Ethel Catherwood, Saskatoon Olympic champion, relocates to San Francisco until after the 1932 Games. Dairy industry problems threaten 40,000 Quebec farms. Ottawa approves a Port Mann bridge project linking highway and railway across Fraser River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Churchill
Manitoba
Hudson Bay
Tikhon N. Agapeyeff
Halifax
Winston Churchill
United States
Peace River
E. H. Kieth
Alberta
Russia
Academy of Sciences
Moscow
St. Peter's
Vatican
Ethel Catherwood
Saskatoon
San Francisco
Quebec
Means Valuable Saving Canada's Energy Requirements Met By Water Power
The water power industry in Canada supplies almost all national energy excluding steam railways and vehicles. Capital investment nears 1.5 billion dollars with 1930 output over twenty billion kWh, saving about 17.5 million tons of coal. Across 2,000 miles there are no coal mines, underscoring water power's value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion Water Power and Hydrometric Bureau
Department of the Interior
United States
Special Soviet stamp marks tenth anniversary of Red Army cavalry unit
The Soviet government issued a stamp commemorating ten years since the first regular cavalry detachment of the Red Army. Four riders race across the stamp with a map outline of the European Soviet Union, the leading rider bearing a large red banner and the others lifting weapons aloft. An adjacent clipping from Lustige Kolner Zeitung notes a quiz line about a daughter learning to sing and tenant reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Army
Soviet Union
North Country Brought Close To Civilization
A historical overview notes wireless stations built from Edmonton, linking Fort Smith to Simpson, Aklavik, Herschel Island, Coppermine, and Chesterfield Inlet. The network expanded from a summer delay of weeks to near real time communication, with some northern offices broadcasting daily news bulletins to remote settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North West Territories
Department of the Interior
Yukon
North Country
Edmonton
Simpson
Mackenzie River
Dawson and
Mayo
Yukon Territory
Fort Smith Resolution
Norman
Aklavik
Herschel Island
Coppermine
Chesterfield Inlet
Wyoming congressman buys hats by accident for Alaska hospital
Vincent Carter, a U.S. Representative from Wyoming, entered a shop and admired a display of odds and ends. He placed his hat down and, before long, saleswomen sold the hat for a hospital in Ketchikan, Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Carter
United States House of Representatives
Wyoming
Ketchikan
Alaska
Grain Show At Prince Albert Highlights High Quality Wheat And Oats
Prince Albert Board of Trade hosted a grain show to select grain for the 1933 World Grain Show in Regina. Fifteen lots of Reward wheat and ten lots of Marvelous oats were judged by Professor Manley Champlain. Exhibitors totaled 20 with prizes of flour sacks awarded to top finishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Sask
Prince Albert Board of Trade
Manley Champlain
Knew His Horse
An old gentleman decides to buy a horse after his mare falters. He asks the dealer for a lead. The dealer says Bill Davis has a suitable animal or will have one soon, noting he sold him a horse yesterday.
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John
Bill Davis
Darling Costume Slip and Youthful Pajamas Patterns
Catalog page lists sewing patterns with sizes and fabric yardage. No 415 Darling Costume Slip for ages 4 6 8 30 12 14 requires 1 1/2 yards 32 inch material. No 467 Youthful Pajamas in sizes 12 14 16 18 20 and 36 38 inch bust. yardage specified for 16 and separate jacket. No 664 Complete Outfit for ages 2 4 6 needs 3 yards 36 inch. No 501 Making Dad a Shirt for necks 12 42 to 19 inches with various yardage. No 145 For Smart Matrons sizes 16 18 20 36 38 40 42 44 inches. No 287 Smart Sophistication sizes 11 13 15 17 includes yardage and ribbon. All patterns 25c in stamps or coin.
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Dad
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern order guidance from Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. Pattern No appears on the notice but without full details. The item semble to instruct readers on pattern requests and mailing steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Sunday School Lesson Golden Text and Lesson Focus
The devotional note centers on 1 John 4 11 and the lesson from 1 John 4 7 19. It emphasizes loving one another as evidence of God’s love and includes a devotional reading from John 15 12 17.
Love and Faith in John The Apostle’s Teaching
Excerpted reflections on 1 John emphasizing that God is love and believers prove sonship by love. It cites verses on God’s love as the ground of loving one another, the Spirit’s testimony, and the day of judgment, with quoted lines from McKenzie Black and James I. Vance.
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John
God
Jesus
Christ
Jesus of Nazareth
Alexander McKenzie
Hugh Black
James I. Vance
Toronto May Float Loan Following Dominion Service Float
Toronto may issue the next municipal bond on an internal basis rather than in US and Canadian money. Civic Finance Commissioner George Wilson supports financing internally or in England when appropriate, but the city is not planning an immediate market offering.
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Dominion Service
Toronto
United States
Civic Finance
George Wilson
England
Scientific shipment tests Humboldt current from Peru
A shipment of one and a half tons of sea water in many glass bottles travelled 7 418 miles from Callao Peru to Liverpool for London chemical analysis. Water drawn from the Humboldt current along South America’s western sea board will be tested to determine its properties.
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Callao
Peru
Liverpool
South America
London
Forest Product Laboratories Expand Across Canada and Ottawa Move
The Forest Products Laboratories of the Forest Service face growing demand from Canada’s wood using industries, with centers in Ottawa Montreal and Vancouver. A 1918 Vancouver branch serves Pacific Coast needs, while Montreal facilities moved to Ottawa in 1927 to more ample pulp and paper research spaces. The Ottawa main labs include eight divisions: Wood Preservation, Timber Mechanics, Lumber Seasoning, Timber Pathology, Timber Physics, Wood Utilization, Markets and Exhibits, and Office Administration.
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Forest Service
Department of the Interior
Canada
Montreal
Ottawa
Vancouver
University of British Columbia
Pulp and Paper Industry
Pulp and Paper Division
Pulp and Paper Research Institute
London dealer seals fortune with Abyssinian stamps
A London dealer has invested his entire fortune in a single block of Abyssinian stamps pre dating Ras Tafari approved designs. Catalogue value surpasses twenty five thousand pounds. The collection includes Lion of Judah symbols and stamps marking Ras Tafari’s coronation plus three air mail surcharge sets.
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London
Ras Tafari
Abyssinia
Postal Union
Judah
Charlady Fashion Paris Adapts With Varied Costumes
Since 1890 Charlady Fashion Paris has featured a black knitted pelerine a small cape for shoulders. The house stays vague with all costumes offering options with furs to match or velvet and satin for special occasions.
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Paris
Charlady
British Candy Consumption and Exports Report
British people consume over 250 million dollars worth of candies annually with about half spent on chocolates. Britain also exports over 10 million dollars of candies each year.
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British Isles
Great Britain
Good Health Saying Sparks Public Discord in Munich
A whimsical remark from Meggendorfer Plaetier in Munich prompts public reaction as residents debate manners and decorum. The exchange highlights cultural attitudes toward propriety and social conduct in the city.
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Meggendorfer Plaetter
Munich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Department of Public Works
Fraser River Bridge Company
Port Mann
British Columbia
Lustige Kolner Zeitung
Cologne
Chain of Wirelex
Prince Albert
Forest Products Laboratories Canada
Charlady Fashion
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