World Happenings Briefly Told
The tri centenary of Champlain’s death observed in Paris emphasized Franco Canadian friendship. Princess Mary, daughter of the King and Queen, left the hospital after an operation on June 4. Hitler grants the war ministry power to enlist foreigners. Imperial Airways plan a north trans Atlantic service with government support. Germany reportedly holds a fleet of tanks despite Versailles terms. Fanning Islands Ltd offers two British islands for sale to British subjects only. France moves to cut a seven to eight billion franc deficit with drastic economies. USSR accuses Japan and Germany of provocations risking war in Europe. W J Roche resigns as civil service commission chairman with a $7,500 retirement gratuity.
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Champlain
Paris
Mary
Adolf Hitler
Ministry of War
The
Daily Mail
Imperial Airways
London Daily Express
Germany
Fanning Islands, Ltd
Fanning
Washington Islands
Honolulu
U.S.S
Fort Knox to Burrow Vast Vault for U.S. Gold
The United States plans a massive underground vault at Fort Knox Kentucky with 1,300 soldiers on duty to guard national gold stocks worth over nine billion dollars. Much gold stored in New York and Philadelphia will move to the fort as draftsmen rush construction to shield bullion from coastal threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Fort Knox
Treasury
New York
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Denver
Rocky Mountains
Appalachians
Meeks
Making Tour Of World Dr. Hind Sails For 18 Months
Dr E Cora Hind a renowned newspaper woman and crop and livestock judge sails from Montreal aboard the Duchess of York for an eighteen month world tour. She will visit European agricultural centers and newer farming lands writing dispatches for the Winnipeg Free Press, with which she has long been associated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Cora Hind
University of Manitoba
Montreal
Duchess of York
Miss Hind
Europe
Winnipeg Free Press
Comic singer under Mussolini hat shocks Braila theatre
An entertainer in Braila Roumania performed an ironic song about Mussolini wearing a Benito Mussolini style hat. The act drew large crowds until the Italian consul objected. Police closed the theatre the next day.
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Mussolini
Braila
Roumania
Signor Mussolini
Salvatore Bracco Death Highlights Italian Seaman Hero
Italian born sailor Salvatore Bracco died in New Jersey in poverty after a lifetime of heroism at sea. He won medals from five cities and a congressional honor for rescuing crews during two 1925 and 1929 incidents aboard the S S President Harding and S S America. He lamented that those who praised him would not offer work to support his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvatore Bracco
S.S
Harding
Ignazio Florio
Bracco
Benito Mussolini
S.S. America
Florida
Virginia Capes
James J. Walker
New York
Italy
Seaman Bracco
New Jersey
Cavell Grave Neglect Provokes Public Outcry
In England complaints rise over Edith Cavell's grave in Life's Green Norwich Cathedral area. Visitors report poor upkeep as authorities including the Dean and Chapter address renewed criticism. The site, near Swardeston born nurse, shows rough gravel and dog damage with worn wreath remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Cavell
England
Norwich
Nurse Cavell
Swardeston
Life’s Green
Cherry Juice Jam Recipe From Betty Barclay
Betty Barclay shares a cherry juice canning method using three pounds ripe cherries water and sugar with bottled fruit pectin. The process involves boiling, straining the juice, measuring juice and sugar, boiling with pectin, skimming, pouring, and sealing with paraffin to yield about ten glasses of jam.
Strawberry Frosting Recipe From Old Home Journal
Mix sifted confectioners sugar into sweetened condensed milk. Force 4% cup strawberry pulp through a sieve and add with lemon juice to the mixture. Beat until smooth and creamy. Spread on a cold cake. Yields frosting for a leaf cake top and sides, two 9 inch layers, or about 18 cupcakes.
Hall wins First War Memorial Fellowship in Toronto
Cecil Edwin Hall of Edmonton won the First War Memorial Fellowship valued at $500 announced by the Alumni Federation of the University of Toronto. Hall is an honor graduate in physics from the University of Alberta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Edwin Hall
Edmonton
Toronto
University of Toronto
Hall
University of Alberta
Naomi A Woman Of Faith And Courage
Sunday school lesson on Naomi from the Book of Ruth. Elimelech and Naomi flee famine from Bethlehem to Moab, sons die, Naomi returns with Ruth, and bitterness gives way to renewed hope as the community recognizes her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi
Elimelech
Bethlehem
Moab
Ruth
Canaan
Midan
Israel
Orpah
Jehovah
Moffatt
God
Mara
Platform compares to a bunker in golf in politics
A statesman says a party platform is a mighty important consideration. The companion adds that a platform is like a bunker in golf, required by rules but exposing skill in how one avoids it.
Roosevelt Creates National Youth Administration to Aid Unemployed Youth
President Roosevelt announced a National Youth Administration under the work relief program with $50 million to provide jobs apprenticeships and training for youths aged 16 to 25. Miss Josephine Roche and Aubrey Williams will direct the new agency which aims to help about 500000 young men and women with an average $15 monthly on work relief and $6 for high school students and $15 for college students.
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Roosevelt
National Youth Administration
United States
Josephine Roche
the Treasury
Aubrey Williams
Harry L. Hopkins
Leprosy Cure Claim Boosts Historic Find by French Team
Dr Albert Vaudremer and assistant Mlle Brun reported to the French Academy of Medicine that seven years of work yielded a positive culture of the leprosy bacillus for the first time since 1871. The cultured bacillus was agglutinated by serum from leprosy patients and was killed within 24 hours by that serum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Academy of Medicine
Albert Vaudremer
Mlle. Brun
Armaner Hansen
Vandremer
Pessimistic farm comment on autos replacing horses
A pessimistic observer notes farming hardships since autos replaced horses and laments loss of the hay day. Within fifty miles of Spokane Washington, over 90 fresh water lakes exist in the area.
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Spokane, Wash
No Pattern Book Published by Alice Brooks
A notice states that no pattern book authored by Alice Brooks has been published. The statement clarifies absence of a planned release or existing edition. No further authors or publishers are listed in the accessible text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Brooks
Little Journeys In Science by Gordon A Guest
Gordon A Guest explains the atomic theory of matter from Dalton to modern ideas. He outlines atoms elements electrons protons and the nucleus with comparisons to planets and the sun and notes the tools like spectroscopes and X rays used to study atomic structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dalton
Canes
Dalton
Secret Of Magic Sword Found In Ancient Serbia
A mining prospector in old Serbia believes he discovered the secret of medieval magic swords. The object, a piece of nickel steel, may be the oldest special steel known, dating at least 1,000 years and predating nickel steel’s rediscovery by about 950 years. The metal resisted boring and baffled analysis in Vienna.
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Old
Serbia
Vienna
Atlanta Doctor Says Boys Sleep Worse Than Girls
An Atlanta physician based on 150000 hours of monitoring children's sleep with electrical instruments concludes that boys are not as good sleepers as girls. The extensive study covered many children and aimed to identify gender differences in sleep patterns.
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Atlanta
All men are born free and equal but most marry
A compact aphorism on marriage noting that while all people have equal birthright freedom, the common path leads many to wed.
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. J. Roche
Civil Service Commission
Cavell
Betty Barclay
War Memorial Fellowship
National Youth Administraton
Perlecutton
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice
Crochet
Gordon A. Guest
Mla
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