World Happenings Briefly Told
The survey shows 715 deaf and blind in US and Canada. Interior buys Flower Port Island for national park. Eastman donates 1 million dollars for Paris school children dental and throat clinic. Coast Guard records 6004 rescues. US gov plans 10000 to study heart death causes. Jack Miner tests bull frogs in Ontario marshes. Edison accepts honorary German inventor membership. Japan census: 64,447,000 population with 4,017,000 gains. Quebecer Jesse Ryme found near James Bay after demented voyage. Port Dover aims to host first freshwater sockeye salmon industry in Lake Erie. Rocket planes may cut travel to Europe to three hours for fare under train cost. Brazilian Agricultural League eye Russia deal to swap coffee surplus for Soviet wheat.
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Hamburg
Thomas A. Edison
Erfinderhaus
Association of
Inventors
Japan
Jesse Ryme
Quebec
James Bay
Port Dover
Lake Erie
America
Europe
Fritz von Opel
Germany
Brazilian Agricultural League
Russia
Sao Paulo
Canadian Railways to paint cars to curb crossing accidents
The Canadian National Railways will paint eight self propelled cars in bright yellow and red during winter to attract motorists’ attention and reduce crossing accidents. The cars replace steam locomotives in some areas and will run on Winnipeg to Somerset, Saskatoon to Regina via Dunblane and Moose Jaw, and between Victoria and Kessinger on Vancouver Island. The transition aims to avoid service interruptions.
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Canadian National Railways
A. McCowan
Western Region
Winnipeg
Somerset
Saskatoon
Regina
Dunblane
Moose Jaw
Victoria
Kessinger
Vancouver Island
Canadian Dollar At Par In New York Market
The Canadian dollar was quoted near par in New York on December 1st, its lowest since August. Quoted above par last June, it has stayed at a fractional premium as bankers cite cross border fund movements. Mexico weighs tax and freight reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Carbon Monoxide Warning Campaign For Saskatchewan Motorists
Public Health Minister F D Munroe announces a province wide drive to educate drivers about carbon monoxide dangers. Pamphlets will accompany 1931 license plates and garages receive materials. emphasis on ventilation and safe operation of cars and gas appliances.
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F D. Munroe
Saskatchewan Department of Public Health
Department of Highways
Graf Zeppelin 1930 Flights Track Economic Value
The Graf Zeppelin completed 155 flights in 1930 covering 14 275 miles while carrying 6 278 passengers and 2 200 000 pieces of mail and freight weighing 12 166 pounds. It will be shored up for gas removal and a full inspection to estimate the airship’s normal life. A 1931 North Pole attempt is hoped, if economics allow, as LZ 128 starts in a larger hangar.
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North Pole
Sunday School Lesson on Luke 2 11–20
The golden text from Luke 2 11 proclaims there is born to you a savior who is Christ the Lord in the city of David. The lesson from Luke 2 1–20 guides readers through the nativity narrative, shepherds, angels, and the shepherds' response of wonder and praise.
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David
Christ the
Lord
Christ the Lord
Strange Alaska discovery of giant lizard creature in ice
Reports from Valdez and Cordova describe a 42 foot long lizard like carcass found on Glacier Island near Cordova. The creature, with a six foot head and twenty foot body, supposedly preserved in ice atop the Columbia Glacier with a tail of 16 feet.
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Valdez
Alaska
Glacier Island
Cordova
Columbia Glacier
Beginning the Lesson on Christmas Witnesses
The sermon contrasts the Gospels Matthew and Luke with a poetic retelling by John Erskine. It recalls the shepherds and wise men, urged to act on divine vision, and notes the shepherds’ faith and haste to Bethlehem. The piece links obedience to angels’ message with a lasting spiritual debt to future ages.
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Luke
John Erskine
Britain’s Air Craft Marvel Enters Early Construction
Work has begun on Britain's rival to the DO-X flying boat. The new monoplane features a 160 foot wingspan, a two deck hull with five passenger saloons for 50 passengers and berths, a 33 ton weight, and a 1000 mile range at over 120 mph with luxurious furnishings.
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Britain
Father of six daughters doubles the mouths to feed
A haggard man on a train to the North recounts that his six daughters are now married, while he and his wife must provide for twelve mouths, revealing the surprising family ties in a humorous exchange with a carefree bachelor.
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Haggard
Mexico Bans Death Penalty in New Penal Code
President Ortiz Rubio approves a penal code for federal districts and territories that bans capital punishment in civil law and signals similar steps for the army. The reform also abolishes the jury system, outlaws dueling, imposes liability on physicians for fatal medical errors, and permits detention of vagrants.
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Ortiz Rubio
84 Year Old Believes Glass House Fits Health
Miss Geraldine Fitzgerald of St James Square Bournemouth says living in a glass house keeps her healthier and happier at 84. She built a garden glass house four years ago after losing faith in brick houses and now walks seven miles daily. She attributes her good health to sunlight and avoids doctors, cooking on an oil stove with candles for light.
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Geraldine Fitzgerald
St. James Square
Bournemouth
England
Miss Fitzgerald
British restrict Russian lumber shipments for 1930 and 1931
The Department of Trade and Commerce in Ottawa advised that imports of Russian lumber to Great Britain are limited to 500 000 standards for 1930 and 600 000 standards for 1931, instead of 750 000 and 850 000 respectively. The restriction results from negotiations between Russian sellers and the central soft wood buying corporation, a group of about seventy major British lumber importers.
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Great Britain
Department of Trade and Commerce
Ottawa
Central
Soft Wood Buying Corporation
Lucky Cat Clears All In London Court
A black cat wandered into Romford Police Court in London and sat on an omnibus conductor’s knee. The cat’s case was dismissed after being passed to another conductor. The magistrate’s next defendant also had his case dismissed as the cat settled beside him.
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Romford Police Court
London
England
An Epic Of The Far North Reveals Thelon Musk Ox Quest
A Department of the Interior release chronicles W. H. B. Hoare and A. J. Knox exploring the Thelon game sanctuary east of Great Slave Lake during 1928 and 1929. The diary details blizzards, peat beds, caribou contact, and the dangers and hardships faced in search of musk oxen.
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Department of the Interior
W. H. B. Hoare
Thelon Game Sanctuary
Great Slave Lake
Thelon
Hanbury
Canada
Greenland
Dominion
Hoare
A. J. Knox
Northwest Territories
Department
North
Thelon Sanctuary
Ford Lake
Artillery Lake
Reliance
Mr. Knox
Mr. Hoare
American Pompeii Near Flagstaff Arizona An Expedition
University of Pennsylvania Museum plans an Arizona search for an American Pompeii near Flagstaff. Dr. Harold S. Colton says ruins lie under 18 to 20 feet of basaltic sand with centuries of drift sand atop. Tests suggest primitive people had keener eyesight but hearing was poorer than civilized whites.
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Arizona
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Harold S. Colton
The
University
Flagstaff
Ariz
Colton
Global sheep population and wool clip figures
The world hosts about 700 million sheep, roughly one for every three people. Russia leads with 116 million, Australia 90 million, and the United States 47 million. The global wool clip totals about 3.5 billion pounds.
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Russia
Australia
United States
Partridge Flocks Move East Through Manitoba Again
Hundreds of Hungarian partridge observed in western Manitoba this year show birds shifting east from Saskatchewan and Alberta. B. J. Hales, Normal School principal and bird life expert, has tracked the movements with regular observations.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
B. J. Hales
Normal School
Cambridge Library Repository Expands With Rich Holdings
Cambridge University Library now houses about 1.25 million books along with nearly 200000 maps and more than 100000 manuscripts spread across twenty miles of shelves.
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Cambridge University
Railway Mileage In Canada 1929 Net Increases
The mileage of steam railways operated in Canada stood at 42,381 miles. During 1929 a net increase of 386 miles occurred in operated railway mileage and a total track mileage gain of 411 miles.
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Canada
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Department of Interior
Flower Port Island
Georgian Bay
George Eastman
Paris
United States Coastguard
Jack Miner
Ontario
C.N.R
Mexico
Lustige Kolner Zeitung
Cologne
F. D. Munroe, M.D
Graf Zeppelin
Bethlehem
Saul of
Tarsus
Damscus
Agrippa
Glass House
Pompeii
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Toronto, Ont
Wellington ST. W
Brooder
Partridge
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