World Happenings Briefly Told
Displays of 269 firms were shown at Leipzig fair. Amy Johnson prepares for a Europe Asia Tokyo trip. Feminist leaders urge equal nationality rights for men and women. Mrs. C. M. Strong dies in Winnipeg. Otto Knudsen reacts to first movie in Thorshavn. Samuel Weinstein receives Banting Foundation grant. R. B. Bennett receives antique silver dishes for 61st birthday. 200 foot flag pole to be erected at Canberra. Alaskan reindeer herd moves toward Mackenzie River. Vancouver wheat shipments exceed 70 million bushels for the year. Also notes on wheat totals and a playful joke from Stockholm.
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London Daily Herald
Amy Johnson
Australia
Europe
Asia
Tokyo
Assembly of the
League of Nations
C. M. Strong
Winnipeg
Civilization
Otto Knudsen
Lange Koch
Thorshavn
Faroe Island
Banting Research Foundation
Samuel Weinstein
University of Saskatchewan
R. B. Bennett
Australian Commonwealth
Canberra
British Columbia
Mackenzie River
T. G. Murphy
Interior
House of Commons
Cunard Week End Cruises Offer Brief Atlantic Getaways
Cunard Line introduces weekend cruises aboard the Berengaria Aquitania and Mauretania for four day trips from New York to Nassau Bermuda and Nova Scotia. Passengers enjoy sunbathing, decks games, indoor pools, lectures and dances with full ship access and top class dining. The trips include pilot drop and quarantine clearance at Staten Island before arrival at Sandy Hook and pier access where travelers plan future vacations.
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Pioneer Steamship Company
Cunard Line
Nassau
New York
Bermuda
Savannah
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Samuel Cunard
Cunard
Mauretania
Ambrose Channel
Columbus
West Indies
Sandy Hook
Staten Island
New York Bay
Customs and Immigration
Coast Guard
Sunday School Lesson PNLY 19
The lesson explores early Christian unity and sharing, noting the Jerusalem community’s all things in common and voluntary generosity. It covers Acts 4 32-35 and 6 1-7, linking deacon formation to serving needs, and emphasizes prayer as preparation for ministry.
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Dead Sea
Palestine
Egypt
Therapeutai
Jerusalem
Aristires
Hadrian
Jesus
Christ
Sheep Fed On Onion Diet To Reduce Surplus
On Colorado's western slope sheep flocks are fed hundreds of sacks of onions to curb last year's oversupply. F. D. Warren, a warehouse owner, stated that onion donations to sheep owners have been made due to the lack of a market for the produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
F. D. Warren
New Senators Appointed From Alberta and Saskatchewan
Patrick Burns of Calgary Alberta, a well known cattle man, is named to the senate to succeed the late Senator P E Lessard of Edmonton who died in April. Arthur Marcotte K C Ponteix Saskatchewan is also named to the Upper Chamber to fill the vacancy from the death of J G Turriff last fall. The party split will be Conservatives 47 Liberals 48 with one more vacancy to fill G G Foster died over two months ago in Montreal.
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Patrick Burns
Calgary
Alberta
Senate
Arthur Marcotte
K.C
Ponteix
Sask
P. E. Lessard
Edmonton
Saskatchewan
J. G. Turriff
G. G. Foster
Montreal
Amendment to Companies Act enables employee home loans
Hon. Cc. H. Cahan introduced the amending bill in the House of Commons for first reading. The measure allows companies to loan funds to employees for buying or building homes even if employees are shareholders. It also permits a company auditor to serve as director when bonds and shares are not publicly offered. A second note warns standing on damp concrete with an electric iron is dangerous due to possible electric shock.
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Cc. H. Cahan
House of Commons
Banting Foundation Grants Aid Western Researchers
Samuel Weinstein of the University of Saskatchewan received a long-term Banting Research Foundation grant. Prof F D White, P G Mar, and Dr R H Fraser of the University of Manitoba were awarded short-term grants. White is biochemistry assistant professor, Mar a medical student finishing year two, Fraser a physiology and pharmacology lecturer. The research runs through the present summer, begun after winter term. Mar holds a science degree.
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Banting Research Foundation
Samuel Weinstein
University of Saskatchewan
F. D. White
P. G. Mar
R. H. Fraser
University of Manitoba
White
Medical College
Peter Mar
Fraser
Gavel From Fort Malden Tells Editors to Keep Order
At the Canadian Week Newspapers Association Convention in Regina Saskatchewan the gavel used by President Malcolm Macbeth symbolized editor discipline. Made from Fort Malden wood circa 1800 its history recalls General Isaac Brock and Tecumseh. Presented to the association in 1930 by the Lake Erie and St. Clair Publishers' Association. Hugh Savage of Duncan B C was president then and received the gavel with the phrase From one Siv age to another. The gavel bears a silver plate noting its antiquity and uses.
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Duncan, B.C
War Hero General Bertrand Dies in Brussels Theatre
National hero General Bertrand, famed for his Liege defence and Yser campaign, collapsed in a Brussels theatre. He delayed German forces for ten days at Liege as Marshal Joffre reorganized the French army for Paris defense.
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Bertrand
Liege
Brussels
Marshal Joffre
Paris
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Bosden
George St Torento
Leipzig
Germany
Vancouver
Rollo
Sendagsnisse-Strix
Stockholm
N. U
Chrysostom
Diakonein
Paul
J. Stuart Holden
J. H. Jowett
Upper Chamber
Windows
England
Brooder
Chantler & Chantler Limited
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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