World Happenings Briefly Told in December 1933
Queen Wilhelmina cancels winter royal banquets due to hard times in Holland. Parliament’s fifth session of the 11th Confederation era opens Jan 25 in Ottawa. Sydney Nova Scotia building permits in eight months 1933 exceed prior year. Lindberghs donate monoplane used in 29,000 mile aerial survey to the American Museum of Natural History. Manitoba unemployment relief projects approved for over 23000 dollars. British subject firearms surrendered under Home Secretary invitation total 17409, including pistols and rifles. Earl of Willingdon to take four months’ leave, travels home with Lady Willington. British Columbia liquor sales drop 27 percent to 8.6 million. Government profit from liquor at 2.22 million.
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Dominion
Manitoba
Winnipeg
G. C. MacLeod
John Gilmour
Earl of Willingdon
India
Canada
England
Lady Willington
British Columbia
Radio interruptions spark debate over news and ads
Readers complain as radio cuts funeral and premier Bennett speeches for commercials. CRCT Toronto broadcast breaks during Sir Arthur Currie funeral and Premier Bennett speech is interrupted by a jazz band and ads. Some listeners report finding the rest on other stations, fueling talk of radio supplanting newspapers.
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Arthhr Currie
CRCT
Toronto
Canadian Radio Commission
Bennett
Paul Whiteman
CKLW
Windsor
Niagara Falls Review
Miniature Zoo Arrives in Glasgow From Montreal
A small menagerie traveled from Montreal to Glasgow, including four young American black bears, four Canadian beavers, two porcupines, and six turtles. The consignment came from the Toronto Zoo to the Scottish Zoological Park in Edinburgh. The beavers were a gift from Captain Stewart of Ontario’s Colonization Department in Glangouw. The Health Congress chair praised the speaker as vigorous at 80, noting he could outwork many younger men. A member of the audience echoed the sentiment.
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Miniature
Glasgow
Montreal
Toronto Zoo
Scottish Zoological Park
Cor- Storphine
Edinburgh
Captain Stewart
Department of Colonization
Province of
Ontario
Glangouw
Health Congress
Charming Simple Dress Pattern for Silk Crepe Silk
Here is a simple to create dress pattern Style No. 359 designed for girls sizes 11 to 17 years. The Chinese red crepe silk option features a bow neck partial belt and a large back buckle with modish colors peacock blue copper and emerald green. Velvet option also available. Pattern costs 20 cents in stamps or coin. Wrap coin carefully.
How To Order Patterns in Winnipeg Newspaper
Winnipeg patterns order guide lists address at 175 McDermot Ave. It provides site name Town and instructions for placing orders.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Arctic Post Office Opens at Coppermine Northwest Territories
The post office department announces a new Arctic post office at Coppermine N W T on the Arctic shores. It will be served by air mail from Cameron Bay N W T twice yearly in January and July. Postage rates apply to first class second class and third class matter at ordinary first class rates from publishers and news dealers four cents a pound and parcel post at $1 50 a pound.
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Coppermine
N.W.T
Arctic
Post Office Department
Cameron Bay
Shortage of Schools For 1000 Portugal Teachers
One thousand teachers qualified at Lisbon Portugal find no schools to teach. They have caps gowns canes books and everything needed for their professions but no pupils. Education is compulsory in Portugal yet thousands of children lack instruction due to insufficient school buildings.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Wise Men Visit Jesus and Birth in Bethlehem
The Sunday School lesson outlines the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem during Jerod the Great's reign, the Magi who traveled from the East following a star, and their gifts. It references Matthew 1 21, Isaiah 9 2 7, and Matthew Henry and Eugene Field on wisdom and worship.
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Jesus
Jerod the Great
Judea
Bethlehem
Casper
Melchior
Balthazar
Kepler
Eugene Field
Rutherford Rejects Atom Power as Moonshine
Lord Rutherford of Cambridge dismissed the idea that atomic energy will supply mankind's needs. He noted that splitting the atom yields little usable energy and requires firing vast numbers of particles, with experiments aimed at understanding atomic structure rather than practical power.
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Lord Rutherford
Cambridge University
Pneumothorax Treatment Used At University Hospital
Dr. Alfred Stengel disclosed that artificial pneumothorax was used at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital to treat acute lobar pneumonia, marking the first such use in the United States. The method injects air into the chest to collapse a diseased lung, a technique historically used for tuberculosis.
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Alfred Stengel
University of Pennsylvania
University Hospital
United States
Lloyd George memoir claim on Antwerp landing questioned
The Lethe bridge Herald asks whether the British War Office misjudged the German advance and if the war might have changed course if the BEF had landed at Antwerp. It notes Lloyd George suggesting Belgian mud hindered rapid German movement and asks the broader counterfactual.
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Lloyd George
Antwerp
British
War Office
Lethebridge
Parts and Uses of the Eye A Teaching Note
The article explains the eye structure including the vitreous humor lens cornea and accommodation. It discusses how focusing occurs with a one inch axial length and how aging reduces accommodation leading to the need for reading glasses. It notes six external eye muscles and forthcoming discussion on their function.
Apples with junket syrup dessert
Prepare a syrup by boiling 1 cup sugar 3 cups water cinnamon and red dye for 5 minutes. Peel and cook apples in the syrup until tender then fill centers with syrup. Chill until firm, top with a cherry after adding a lemon flavored milk mixture and dissolving a junket tablet.
Cranberry Mold 1 Package Lemon Gelatin
Dissolve gelatin in boiling water then chill until slightly thickened. Stir in lemon juice celery pineapple and cranberry sauce. Pour into mold and chill until firm. Unmold and garnish with mayonnaise. Serves 6.
Advice For Skaters On Ice Thickness Rhyme
A rhymed safety guide warns skaters to check ice thickness before skating. It links numbers four to rules like stay off at one and two inches and allows solo or small group use at higher depths to avoid danger of ice breaking.
McGill’s Currie Urges Universities as Creators of Enlightened Thought
In his final report, the late Sir Arthur Currie calls McGill University a creator of forces shaping human destinies through sane enlightened thinking. He argues education should kindle imagination and invention, not merely decorate or utilitarian.
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Sir Arthur Currie
McGill University
Board of Governors
Sir Arthur
Governor-General of
Canada
League Stands Firm and Unites Nations in Geneva
The Geneva system draws nations closer amid common difficulties and dangers. The United States and Soviet Russia cooperate with others while direct talks between the two great powers proceed. Disarmament hinges on all signatories honoring pledges.
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Geneve
League
United States
Soviet Russia
London Spectator
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Wilhelmina
Ottawa
Sydney
Ns.w
American Museum of Natural History
Charles A. Lindbergh
Museum
Ruth Rogers
Christ
Matthew Henry
Rte
Herve Gue
F. M. Crowe
Optometrist-Optician
Calgary
Betty Barclay
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