World Happenings Briefly Told
A digest of brief global items including Lindbergh’s home to become a child welfare centre. Westmount Quebec to spend 70 for mufflers on fire engines. Manitoba university arts building may be abandoned as economy measure. Missionaries evacuated in northeast Szechwan China due to incursions. Miss Jean Barnes rides 1700 miles to world fair in 68 days and trades horse for plane ride home taking about 1244 hours. Norris urges recognition of Russia with claims of meat and cotton trade. Britain to take hogs from Canada. D G McKenzie to Brandon trade delegates. W L Mackenzie King to visit Alberta in August. De Valera says Ireland will not wait for agreement and will press on with plans. Constable Norris Yates of RCMP covers 425 miles Chesterfield Inlet to Churchill in seven days.
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Hopewell
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Westmount
Quebec
University of Manitoba
Szechwa
China
Jean Barnes
Butte
Mont
Russia
Norris
Neb
America
Great Britain
Canada
D. G. McKenzie
Brandon
Western Manitoba Board of Trade
W. L. Mackenzie King
Liberal Party
House of Commons
Alberta
Calgary
Lambert
Ottawa
Liberal National Association
Euthanasia Debate At American Institute Of Homeopaths
The American Institute of Homeopaths hosted a debate on legal rights to end incurable patients. Dr. W A Guild urged a court of humanitarians to hear pleas to die citing a birth case while Dr Alonzo C Tenney argued legalized euthanasia would be abused.
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American Institute of Homeopaths
W. A. Guild
Largest military tattoo features 849 musicians in Aldershot
The world’s largest military band joined the Aldershot tattoo part of a national pageant in Rushmoor Valley. About 6 000 soldier actors performed before 56 000 children from London and home counties. An officer cited 41 bands 17 bandmasters 14 drum-majors and the tallest in the army in a massive living carpet of music.
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Aldershot
Rushmoor Valley
London
Home Counties
Air delivery used during New Zealand sea strike
During the recent seamen strike in New Zealand inter-island mail was carried by airplane. The disruption prompted the use of air transport to maintain mail service between islands.
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New Zealand
Cunard Line celebrates 93 years with Halifax cruise
The Cunard Line marks its 93rd anniversary on July 4 1840 starting with Britannia s maiden voyage from Liverpool to Boston via Halifax. The article traces Cunard beginnings from Savannah to Sirius and Great Western, noting key ships Campania Lucania Servia and Marconi experiments aboard Lucania.
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Cunard Line
Aquitania
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Cunard
America
Nova
Boston
trans-Atlantic Steamship Company
Atlantic
Britannia
Savannah
New York City
Georgia City
Livrpool
Royal William
Sirius
London
England
New York
Bristol
Great Western
Atlantic Passage
Samuel Cunard
Mr. Cunard
Robert Napier
Clyde
Glasgow
Napier
Great Britain
George Burns
Scotland
David Maciver
Liverpool
Columbia
Caledonia
Hibernia
Servia
Campania
Lucania
Queenstown
Marconi
History of shipping and Cunard’s era
The text traces shipping evolution from wooden side-wheelers to multi screw ships built for rapid mail service between Britain and America. It notes Samuel Cunard being knighted in 1859 for Crimean War service and his death in London in 1864 at age 77.
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Great Britain
America
Samuel Cunard
London
England
Thief With Expensive Taste Hits Dunhill Shop
A small agile thief forced entry through two transoms into Alfred Dunhill of London Inc at 514 Fifth Avenue New York and looted thirty showcases valued at nearly 25000 dollars. He selected gold cigarette and vanity cases and pipes from the Grade A rack but ignored silver items.
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Alfred Dunhill
London, Inc
Fifth Avenue
New York
Ottawa Conference Raises Canada's Exports to Britain
Hon. H. H. Stevens, Dominion Minister of Trade and Commerce, notes that in 1932 Canada’s exports to the United Kingdom rose by more than $10,000,000 due to conference trade agreements. He says global trade declined overall despite this gain.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
H. H. Stevens
Dominion
Miners Prospect Coal Over Firth of Forth
Thirty miners search the Firth of Forth coast for coal while Westcliff in England plans a 2 million dollar amusement pier project.
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Firth of Forth
Scotland
Westcliff
England
Sunday School Lesson July 8: The Division Of Canaan And Caleb
Golden Text from Psalm 40 4 teaches trust in Jehovah as Joshua and Caleb assert faith in God’s promises. The lesson covers Numbers 13 Joshua 14 and devotional reflection on memory and diligence. It contrasts dull expectations with visionary faith and notes Caleb’s claim supported by Judah, referencing Kenizzite heritage and the promise to conquer Canaan.
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Canaan
Joseph
Ephraim
Manasseh
Jacob
Levi
Judah
Simeon
Benjamin
C. R. Brown
Caleb
Joshua
Othniel
Kenaz
Kadesh-Barnea
Jehovah
Paul
Not Looking For Charity At Dundalk Bankers Scene
An old man in tattered clothes drew interest from civil guards in Dundalk Ireland who took him to the barracks for a meal. He produced $50,000 in cash from his pocket and refused to name himself claiming to have acted as his own banker during U S bank troubles before returning to Ireland after 46 years in the United States.
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Dundalk
Ireland
United States
Exposition plans 60000 hot dog stands at Chicago event
A headline notes a vast Chicago Exposition plan featuring 60 000 hot dog stands this summer to celebrate a century of progress while another update reports rising electric power consumption in Italy.
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Chicago Exposition
Italy
Saskatchewan Coal Subsidy Eases Freight to Manitoba
A federal order grants a subsidy of one seventh of a cent per mile on lignite coal shipped from Saskatchewan mines to Manitoba and western Ontario for industrial use, not exceeding 40 cents per ton. Applies to mines established before December 1931 and excludes carload lots, with railways refunded by the government and adjustments paid to mine operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Sioux Lookout
Saskatchewan Department of Railways, Labor and Industries
Ontario
Germany’s Socialist Party Loses Legal Status Under Hitler
The Social Democratic party is dissolved as Chancellor Hitler tightens grip on Germany. Nazi movements aim for total power while orders bar department and chain stores from operating barber shops to furniture factories. Secret police suspend the National Deutsche Zeitung, linked to Hugenberg.
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Germany
Social Democratic Party
Hitler
Otto Wagener
National Deustache Zeitung
Hugenberg
Mechanism Of the Ear Explained in Quiet Detail
The article discusses long known ear mechanics and questions how sound vibrations are translated into brain signals. It notes the drum and chain of bones and fibers, likening nerves to aerials catching ether waves, while admitting our understanding remains incomplete and automatic tympanum responses are mysterious.
Looks Like Prosperity in New Broadway Cafe Window
A New York Broadway cafe announces its windows will be paved with silver dollars to symbolize prosperity. The floors will be cemented to prevent theft, as the display aims to showcase wealth while deterring light-fingered visitors.
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Broadway
New York
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Eamon de Valera
Norris Yates
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Chesterfield Inlet
Churchill
Pioneer Steamship Company
Venizelos
Greece
Athens
Alfonso
Prince of the Asturias
Spain
Senorita Edelmira Sampedro
Cuba
Maria
Lausanne
Switzerland
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