World Happenings Briefly Told
The Retail Merchants' Association of London Ontario pushes to make Boxing Day a legal holiday nationwide. Russia reports a 4 billion dollar war budget with defence spending up by over 1 billion from last year. Twenty one of 27 BC cities elected mayors by acclamation. A Tokyo metropolitan daily for children debuts from Nichi Nichi. The New York Paris air race delays to August. Spiders on display at London’s Natural History Museum formed by webs under powder and glass. Ontario workload costs rise with silicosis claims. health minister Faulkner addressed a labor delegation. Pelham Edgar notes Canadian Bookmen membership grows to 2300.
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Retail Merchants’ Association
London
Ont
Canada
Rusain
British Columbia
Nichi Nichi
Tokio
New York
Ontario Workmen's Compensation Board
J. A. Faulkner
Ontario
Pelham Edgar
Association of Canadian Bookmen
Sunken Hussar Treasure Hopes Fade For Simon Lake
Simon Lake, 70, explains three year search for the Hussar wreck in New York's East River. He shows $3.87 in modern coins found by suction pumps and a cache of junk items. He believes the frigate lies buried under mud and tar as expeditions seek the 1780 wreck and its potential treasure.
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Simon Lake
New York
East River
Lake
Hussar
New York City
Roosevelt asks 1938 budget for peacetime defense drive
The President proposes a total defense outlay of 950.8 million for naval and military establishments, up from 1937, to fund two new battleships and expanded air and ordinance programs. Navy budgets rise, as do Marine and Army pay, to cover larger crews and new ships.
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National Defence Fund
Roosevelt
United States Army
Navy
Congress
National Defence
Navy Department
Bureau of Aeronautics
Navy Marine
Army
Coronation Bible Omits Royal Portraits In New Issue
The King requests no portraits of himself and Queen Elizabeth in coronation Bible issues citing inappropriateness of reproducing living personages. Portrays of the sovereign appeared in prior reigns. England’s Bible printing remains a royal university monopoly. Some seek quick ways to earn a living instead of work.
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Elizabeth
England
Oxford
Cambridge
Calypso’s Quest for Jail Cells Stirs Curiosity
A North Carolina hamlet Calypso advertised in outside papers for two used jail cells seeking WPA aid for a brick municipal building that would serve as a jail and other services. No cells were provided, prompting questions about the unusual request.
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North Carolina
Calypso
Valuable Murillo painting returns to Vancouver from New York
An Este Murillo oil once offered to Vancouver city museum for 2000 is now valued at about 100000 and will be kept in a bank vault. Vancouver owner Hugh Maxwell says the work will not be loaned again to the city after its eight year display.
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Bartolome Estefan Murillo
Vancouver City Museum
Vancouver
New York
Hugh Maxwell
T. P. O. Menzies
Menzies
Kreisler Reluctant to Bring Violin to Dinner Joke
Hollywood anecdote recalls violinist Fritz Kreisler being invited to a producer’s dinner and asked to bring his fiddle. He quips that his violin never dines, turning the moment into a light musical humor.
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Fritz Kreisler
Hollywood
Kreisler
Nerve Thread Counts Measured in Human Spine
A report notes that about 17 000 nerve threads were counted in the spinal marrow with diameters measured down to a fraction of a millimeter, highlighting microscopic structure in the nervous system.
Blimming Frock Pattern 4295 Adorable Slim Version
Charming slender line frock Pattern 4295 promises a slim, young look with a deep V neckline and a trim vest. Features three sleeve lengths, up riser yoke and panel, varies in crepe, silk and georgette. sizes 36 to 48. 3 1/2 yards fabric for size 36. order to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Silk for coronation robes reeled at Lullingstone Castle
Silk for King George coronation robes is produced at Lullingstone Castle in Eynsford. 500000 miles of silk threads are reeled from silkworm cocoons behind the walls, the first large English yield since Charles II. Lady Hart Dyke runs the 50000-tree silk farm, Queen Mary has inspected and shown interest.
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George
Lullingstone Castle
Eynsford
England
Charles II
Lullingstone
Lady Hart Dyke
Mary
Serial Has No End In One Japanese Newspaper
A long running Japanese newspaper serial exceeds 7300 installments and shows no end in sight. Despite the original author’s death, the paper continues the tale with the author's son performing weekly installments. The author also has a living son who now continues the tradition.
Bank of England Opens for Business in 1695
The Bank of England began active operation on January 1 1695 marking the start of a new era in British financial history with the central bank taking charge of monetary stability and government funding.
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Bank of England
Cure at Bethesda and Feeding Five Thousand Lesson
Devotional notes cover John 5 1 14 Bethesda Pool miracle and John 6 1 14 the feeding of the five thousand. Emphasizes Jesus as source and sustainer of life with Sabbath tension and a call to spiritual renewal. Includes commentary on the healed man’s response and future-warning against sin.
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Bethesda
Jerusalem
Jesus
Temple
Sea of Galilee
John
Foreign Exchange Savings Cut Costs for Canada Post
Canada post office department reduced foreign exchange settlement costs by half through closer co operation with the Bank of Canada. Annual foreign exchange transactions exceeded 37 million dollars, easing money order expenses to the United States Britain and other markets. Orders now priced nearer market rates, shaving cents off sterling and US money orders.
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Canada
Post Office Department
Bank of Canada
Department
United States
Britain
New Industry Feeds Farmers With Lab-Grown Ladybugs
Dr Gordon W Haugh of Ohio State University told the Entomologists that ladybugs are cultured in laboratories to eat aphids on crops and then sent to farms. He said they are fed steadily through winter to produce large numbers ready for spring deployment.
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Entomological Society of America
Atlantic City
Gordon W. Haugh
Ohio State University
Leipzig Zoo Records Birth Of One Thousand Lions
The Leipzig Zoo announced a record birth of one thousand lions within its grounds. The zoo breeds wild animals for other zoos worldwide.
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Leipzig Zoo
Zoological Gardens
Relics Preserved at Canada’s New Aeronautical Museum
The National Research Council in Ottawa catalogs Canada’s aviation milestones in a new museum collection led by Major General A G L MacNaughton. The Silver Dart engine from Alexander Graham Bell’s Baddeck craft, flown by J A C McCurdy in 1909, anchors the exhibit alongside Baldwin and other pioneers. The display also features Bell’s carved propeller models and Col W A Barker’s wartime aircraft with bullet-pocked wings and fuselage.
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Canada
Aeronautical Museum
National Research Council
Ottawa
A. G. L. MacNaughton
British Empire
Alexander Graham Bell
Baddeck
N.S
J. A. C McCurdy
McCurdy
F. ‘W. “Casey Baldwin
Nova Scotia
Bras D'or Lakes
Petawawa Camp
Baldwin
New National Museum
Graham Bell
Col
W. A. Barker
V.C
Royal Flying Corps
Memorial statue of King George to face Parliament planned
Report suggests Sir William Reid Dick as sculptor and Sir Giles Gilbert Scott as architect for a King George memorial statue facing the House of Parliament. Dick, 57, made a portrait bust for King George recently and is known for the Menin Gate lion. Scott, 53, famed since his Liverpool cathedral design, once faced a dismissive remark from a passerby about his prominence.
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William Reid Dick
Giles Gilbert Scott
King George
William
George
Menin Gate
Ypres
Sir William
Liverpool
Scott
London Daily Sketch
Unusual Record as Lord Crewe Reflects on Service
The House of Lords hears Lord Crewe, 79, speak of serving three sovereigns. He notes his past roles including Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under Victoria’s last Liberal ministry ending in 1895. The speech recalls a long career with memories stretching fifty years back. London Spectator.
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Lord Crewe
House of Lords
Queen Victoria
Ireland
London Spectator
Copper Utensils Define Status Among Turkish Lower Class
In Turkey the lower classes invest savings in copper utensils, and community standing is judged by the quantity of these items. The measure of wealth centers on copper ware rather than money or land.
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Turkey
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