World Happenings Briefly Told
Hay may be imported duty free from Canada for Growth areas in the United States. Clyde Pangborn aims circumnavigation of the world by air in 114 hours. Bolivia declares general mobilization including 1936 conscripts and 1911 1914 reservists. Austria reports near balance with no tax rises or salary cuts. Britain and Dominions lift mood. Sir Maurice Hankey speaks in Ottawa. Russia plans monthly stratospheric flights at 60000 feet in 1935. Gladstone Murray named acting program controller of the BBC replacing Col. Dawnay on sick leave.
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Canada
United States
Clyde Pangborn
Bolivia
Austria
Karl Buresch
Great Britain
Dominions
Maurice Hankey
Ottawa
Russia
Prokovieff Eaid
August Piccard
Max Cosyns
Piccard
Gladstone Murray
British Broadcasting Corporation
Col
Alan Dawnay
Light Waves Heat and Luminescence across Temperatures
The article explains light as wave pulses from vibrating electrons in atoms. It details how heating a solid alters emitted wavelengths from heat waves to visible light and beyond, noting key temperatures for red, white hot, and blue white states. It covers ultraviolet and infrared rays, X rays, and wireless Hertzian waves, plus luminescence and chemiluminescence with phosphorus as an example.
Alberta Honey Output Reaches New Heights in 1934
Alberta agricultural department figures show honey production rose to 1,264,000 pounds in 1934, worth 128,493 dollars at ten cents per pound. The prior year yielded 1,000,000 pounds valued at nine cents per pound.
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Alberta
Alberta Agricultural Department
Explosives Commonly Used In Markets Cited
A note discusses the prevalence of over a hundred commercial explosives in use and remarks that a person can stride a mile with minimal physical exertion, reflecting a practical observation from the era.
Most Elaborate Home Made Clock Celebrates 20th Birthday
G W Barstrop of Newtown New Zealand marked the 20th anniversary of his elaborate home made clock begun after 30 years of work and started in 1914. The mechanism uses odds and ends including old clocks tins belts lead pendulum and fishing line and displays minutes hours days of month moon phase and time in major world cities.
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G. W. Barstrop
Newtown
New Zealand
Barstrop
Circus accepts codfish instead of money in Sweden
The circus manager in Sweden faced a cash shortage and allowed audiences to pay with codfish. Tickets were exchanged for cod, with the only issue when a patron brought a seat and sought change. The manager then sold his takings to a wholesale market.
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Sweden
Tunic dress with tied neckline and cuffed sleeves
Fashion feature by Ellen Worth presents pattern No. 733 for a tunic dress with a tied neckline and upper sleeves cut in one with a shoulder yoke. Design suits sizes 14 to 40 bust with multiple fabric options and pattern prices. mail orders to Winnipeg Pattern Department.
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Ellen Worth
Pattern Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Iter
Worth While Bequest Helps Kenney Home Residents
In a 24 year old will by Mrs. Caroline McGilvra Burke a Christmas trust fund of 25000 was created for Kenney home residents. The trust paid 43 dollar checks to all 56 residents at a dinner marking the first distribution in W34.
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Caroline McGilvra Burke
Seattle
Kenney Home
Seeing Again After Blindness Two Women Leave London Hospitals
Two women who had been blind for years learn to see again after operations by Dr Tudor Thomas in Cardiff and a Welsh surgeon. They relearn perception through drawings on a blackboard and progressive detailing, aided by mutual support before parting. Separate notes mention Canadian grain variety tests by the Dominion Department of Agriculture and Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa.
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London
Daphne Muir
Raydon Muir
Cape Town
United States
Tudor Thomas
Cardiff
Dominion Department of Agricultural
Canada
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Valley of 10,000 Smokes Expedition Readies Photo Mission
Hollywood director Ewing Scott announces a bold motion picture expedition to the Aleutian Islands. Four specially designed airplanes will carry trained specialists using modern photographic gear to capture stunning volcanic scenes never before seen by humanity.
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Aleutian Islands
Ewing Scott
Hog slaughter totals in Canada fall from 1933 to 1934
Hog grading in Canada for the 50 weeks ending December 13, 1934 reached 2,870,041 head, down from 3,049,526 in the same period of 1933. The drop reflects a decline in production year over year.
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Canada
Surf foam more dangerous to swimmers than waves
A report notes surf water foam poses greater danger to swimmers than the swirling waves. It states every bubble lowers water density and may affect buoyancy. In Stockholm Sweden residents spent an average ten dollars per movie ticket over the past year.
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Stockholm
Sweden
British Trans-Green land expedition traverses vast polar trek
The expedition traveled 1,500 miles by dog sledge through uncharted Green land territory covering 700 miles never before traversed by man.
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Greenland
Enlarge Your Snapshots for Meaningful Gifts this Christmas
John Van Guilder explains enlarging negatives creates larger realistic images and permits masking of unwanted parts. Any negative can be blown up to several times its size, with landscapes and family scenes making strong gift subjects.
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Fido
Cleo
Big Brother
Cynthia
John van Guilder
Andrew the quiet brother who brought Peter to Jesus
The article describes Andrew as Simon Peter’s brother, a quiet, unassuming man who eagerly shared the Messiah with Peter and brought him to Jesus. It notes Jesus calling Peter Cephas, meaning a rock, and suggests Peter’s impulsiveness hid his potential to become the church’s foundation.
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Jeeons
Jesus
Andrew
Simon Peter
Peter
Christ
Simon
A. T. Robertson
John
Cephas
Serum Declared Success In Denver tuberculosis trials
Governor Johnson said two Colorado convicts, Carl Erickson and Mike Schmidt, who received injections of a tuberculosis serum after being exposed to bacilli, are in good health and may receive pardons. Doctors from the National Jewish Hospital noted the tests, begun 15 years ago, show no disease signs, with a formal public announcement expected soon.
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Denver
E. C. Johnson
Colorado
National Jewish Hospital
Johnson
Carl Erickson
Mike Schmidt
Prince Edward Island Shows Reduced Field Crop Value
Prince Edward Island records a drop in field crop value for 1934 compared with 1933, estimated at 8.8 million dollars versus 8.841 million in 1932. The data highlight PEI as the sole province showing a decrease in this agricultural metric.
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Prince Edward Island
Canada
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