World Happenings Briefly Told
Production of automobiles in Canada during November numbered 6617 cars. The Canadian Government will seek authority to purchase two new destroyers to be delivered within three years. The red flag of Soviet Russia was lowered at Shanghai and Soviet activities in Nationalist China ended. Direct all Canada telephone service will connect Vancouver and Calgary near spring. Famine threatens 4000 600 in Shantung and port of Chihli as winter comes. US patent issued to James Fleming for a new road machine. Canadian tobacco exports in 1927 were thirty times 1921. North Dakota seeks pure Marquis seed wheat from Canada. Mussolini raises extra pensions for Garibaldi survivors to 4000 lire. New York populations to exceed six million by mid year. For Rheumatic Pains Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil offers soothing relief. King Fuad's European visit includes a large retinue of staff and three butlers.
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Russia
Shanghai
China
Vancouver
Calgary
British Columbia Telephone Company
Alberta
Shantung
Port of
Chihli
Washington, D.C
United States Patent Office
James Fleming
Mountainside
Man
North Dakota
Italy
Mussolini
Garibaldi
United States
New York
The King of Pain Minards Liniment Controversy Cited
In Arkansas White River is described as a crooked stream being 1,200 miles long despite a 50 mile measured distance. The Jordan and Minard's liniment are mentioned as comparisons in the diverse waterways report.
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Pain
Minard
Jordan
White River
Arkansas
New Inventor Proposals From London Public Suggestions
The Wus Wented collection from the Institute of Patenters in London lists sought inventions to improve everyday living. Items include an unbreakable shoe face a folding umbrella a device to remove gases from rooms and a low cost oxygen generator for homes.
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Institute of Patenters
London
Grace Webster Leads Texas Wheat Growers in Grain Sales
Miss Grace Webster, secretary and treasurer of the Texas Wheat Growers Association, who already handled millions of bushels of wheat and millions of dollars, was chosen to market their coarse grains this winter. Her age is in the early 30s.
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Texas
Grace Webster
Texas Wheat Growers’ Association
Miss Webster
Alaska Survey Maps Blank Region Finds New River and Volcano
The United States Geological Survey completed mapping over 2000 square miles in Alaska and uncovered a new river Chatkatchatna with a 1100 square mile basin, a large lake Chakacharmna, and an active volcano near Mount Syurr where steam rises a thousand feet. The expedition was led by geologist S R Capps and noted rugged peaks and perpetual snow in the area.
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Alaska
United States Geological Survey
Alasixa Range
S. R. Capps
Chatkatchatna
Drainiga
Syurr
Byrd Plans South Pole Expedition With Arctic Experts
Commander Richard E. Byrd outlines a 早 exploration plan to Antarctica with a reinforced ship 12 Arctic specialists, six Eskimos, dog teams and motor toboggans. Flights will use mapping cameras at 190 miles per hour to chart the continent from a Ross barrier base.
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South Pole
Richard FE
Byrd
South Polar
United States
National Society
Washington
Great
Ross Barrier
Pole
Antarctic
Indian garment maker supplies president’s war bonnet
Robert F. Backus of Florence California, who crafts Native American garments, has filled hundreds of orders for western tribes. Last summer he provided the $2,500 headdress presented to President Coolidge in the Black Hills.
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Robert F. Backus
Florence
Cal
President Coolidge
Black Hills
Radio quips and large spruce shipment headlined
A jocular exchange about radio dials opens a brief item while a cargo of 3,000,000 feet of spruce lumber was shipped from Russia to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Russia
Buenos Aires
Argentina
France Builds Largest Submarine to Challenge Cruisers
The keel has been laid for a 3008 ton French submarine described as a sea fortress able to cruise on the surface or underwater and mine enemy ships. It aims to rival cruisers, with fuel tanks for long ocean crossings, part of France expanding a contested global submarine fleet.
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France
United States
Great Britain
Britain and Italy Withdraw From Contest
The Air Ministry announced Britain and Italy will not participate in the 1928 SOC der cup seaplane races if other competitors agree. They also said they will back a plan to hold races every two years instead of annually. The U S France Germany authorities were informally consulted and are understood to concur. The withdrawal was deemed necessary due to insufficient time to revise rules.
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Italy
Great Britain
Air Ministry
United States
Leather Prices Rise in Canada As Hides Costlier
Leather prices jump as per S. P. Beal, chair of the Tanners’ Section, Toronto Board of Trade. Canadian cattle numbers have fallen by about 12 million head while sheep and lambs are also reduced. Demand for export and higher costs for hides will push prices up despite weaker local consumption.
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S. P. Beal
Tanners
Toronto Board of Trade
Canada
Judge Questions Cause In Divorce Case
A wife tells the court her husband is a fiend in human form who knocks her down and pushes her, throws boiling water, tosses her from a window, and once wiped his hands on a guest towel as part of a plea for divorce.
Hidden Paris Caverns Reopen Under New Hotel
Explorers uncover forgotten caverns under central Paris once stone quarries now sealed. Workmen drilling for a new hotel discover a network of tunnels likely to serve as the wine cellar, linking past quarries to modern construction.
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Paris
The Authority of Jesus as a Teacher in the Synagogue
The lesson notes Jesus reading in the synagogue at Capernaum on a Sabbath. He taught with unique authority, unlike scribes who cited rabbinic authorities. Christ presents himself as the living truth, offering certitude to those seeking guidance.
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Jesus
Jerusalem
Christ
J. D. Jones
Reward Wheat Tops Trials At Royal Winter Fair
The Reward wheat, an Ottawa Experimental Farm variety, won the grain exhibit at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. It matures earlier than Marquis but later than Garnet, yields unblemished flour, and has the strongest straw. It also shows greater rust immunity than competitors.
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Ottawa
Reward
Toronto
Marquis
Garnet
Longevity Of Germs Shocks Medical Experts
Sir William Simpson tested germs from a South African tropical disease patient. Twenty six years later he opened the sealed test tube and found the germs alive and deadly. A guinea pig inoculated with them died soon after, fed only by Agar jelly.
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Sir William Simpson
William
Sir Wiliam
Egyptians Parchment Rewrites Ancient Math History
Credit goes to Egyptian researchers for studying a parchment they claim shows the ancient Egyptians solved the earth's surface and the globe around 1800 B.C. This challenges the traditional attribution of such math feats to Archimedes in the third century B.C. The study comes after years of work by Professors Turaleff and Sturve.
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B. B. Turaleff
Sturve
Achimedes
B.C
Cure for Pimples with Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Miss Jennie Ducharme of Norwood Man reports her facial pimples and hand eruptions healed after about two months using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The ad promotes Cuticura products for daily toilet and nursery use with sample race free mail order options and price mentions.
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Jennie Ducharme
Giroux St
Norwood, Man
Wenbouss Ltd
Mostra
Justice Plays No Favorites
An editorial asserts justice treats all criminals equally from petty thief to political embezzler. It argues crime is self-revealing and inevitable punishment follows wrongdoing, urging offenders to repent and turn to law. It also notes engineers must consider crowd excitement when building grandstands.
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Alwers
Crine
Ress
Parachute Jump Club Counts Forty Nine Members
The Caterpillar Club, a group of aviators who have made parachute jumps to save their lives, reports forty nine living members. Some people exchange brass for others gold in a once common trade.
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Caterpillar Club
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