World Happenings Briefly Told
Germany claims a nearly diamond hard alloy for tools. Potatoes imports relaxed to ease shortages from Holland Belgium and Italy. Sir Hubert Wilkins sails from Croydon to join Ellsworth Antarctic expedition. Corinth opens a new antiquities museum from forty years of digs. Johannesburg building plans exceed 1933 totals by 800000 dollars in four months. The Prince of Wales hosts 360 South African war pilgrims at St James Palace. A box in the Kremlin reportedly holds 360 Napoleon letters from 1812. Helen Boucher sets a 1000 km light plane speed record at 254 kph. Customs duties rise in first five months of 1934. Canada’s Ferguson urges Britain’s leadership role at UK exhibit.
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Germany
Reich
Holland
Belgium
Italy
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Croydon
Singapore
Johannesburg
Prince of Wales
South Africa
St. James’ Palace
France
Flanders
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon
Moscow
Kremlin
Ingenious Use of Razor Blades Warms Hythe Borough
One man, M. J. Harvey the Hythe borough surveyor, devised a weed cutting device for the Royal Military canal. Safety razor blades are mounted on a long wire weighted with lead, dragged by workers from either side, clearing weeds more effectively than barges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Harvey
Hythe
England
Harvey
Royal Military Canal
Library Leads Cotton Town as Best Read Community
Great Harwood in Lancashire boasts 12 787 residents with over 6 000 registered readers at the county library branch. Membership grows weekly since opening three years ago, prompting talks of expanding the small wooden premises as queues form for book selections. In the past year 100 000 books were issued.
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Great Harwood
Blackburn
England
County Library
Canada butter use rises in April 1934
The estimated creamy butter consumption in Canada for April 1934 was 15,742,476 pounds, up 693,235 pounds or 4.60 percent from April 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Cells and life the mystery of protoplasm explored
Gordon Guest details the origin of cell discovery from Hooke to Brown and Dujardin and traces ideas about protoplasm. He notes cells contain a nucleus in viscous protoplasm, protected by a membrane, and lists elements found in cells while admitting the unknowns of how life arises and the uncertain cell count in an adult human.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hooke
Brown and Dujardin
Dawson Creek Votes for Large Airfield Amid North Country Aviation Drive
In Dawson Creek B C the town plans a permanent airport and landing field to accommodate the largest aircraft. Citizens vote to relocate the curling rink tennis court basketball court and baseball diamond to free space for a tri motored plane. Public streets take up one third of Manhattan Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson Creek
B.C
Manhattan Island
Vision Amplifying Optics Demonstrated in Toronto
Dr. William Feinbloom of New York unveiled a so called microscope spectacle at the international congress of the American Optometric Association in Toronto. He said the optical device increases visual acuity by 250 percent and uses a new principle to magnify the sight of the partially blind beyond all known devices.
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Toronto
William Fienbloom
New York
American Optometric Association
Feinbloom
Car powered punt tested on the Thames at Putney
A flat bottomed punt on the Thames at Putney carried a four seater car with a 12 hp engine. Paddles fixed to rear wheels turned by the car engine drive the craft through the water. The motorist simply drives onto the punt and couples up to operate it.
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Thames
Putney
England
Gas station attendants shape most auto mobile manners
A historical note asserts that gas station attendants largely determine manners in the automobile world, reflecting the influence of service station staff on driving etiquette and customer behavior.
Canoe Trips in Canada Offer Serene Vacation Escape
A National Parks booklet outlines routes for quiet drifting on rivers and lakes across Canada. From hundred mile canal journeys to rapid filled streams, it describes wilderness treks once used by Indigenous peoples and fur traders, with wildlife, fishing, and scenic landscapes awaiting paddlers.
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Canadas
National Parks of Canada
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Canada
Sunday School Lesson Highlight Speak Lord for Thy Servant
The devotional notice presents a Sunday school lesson centered on the call of Samuel from I Samuel 3:9 and compares it with I Kings 19:9-21. It includes a devotional reading from Psalm 57:1-5 calling believers to seek guidance and listen for divine voice.
Elijah at Horeb and the Cure of Despondency
Elijah arrives at Horeb and meets God in the cave seeking guidance. The dialogue reveals his inner doubts and the divine call to recommission him. God tasks Elijah with anointing Hazael Jehu and Elisha to carry forward prophetic leadership.
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Elijah
Horeb
Jehovah
Jesus
Satan
God
Jezebel
Hamlet
Moses
Damascus
Hazael
Benhadad
Syria
Jehu
Ahab
Israel
Elisha
Fiijat
Railroad Zeppelin Sets Ultra Fast Berlin Cologne Run
A Diesel engined Railroad Zeppelin completes 380 miles in 4 hours 19 minutes with two stops at over 90 mph on a Berlin to Cologne trial. Maximum speed exceeds 110 mph. Next year a Berlin Cologne regular service aims for a four hour schedule versus seven by steam trains. Hamburg link already runs 195 miles in 2 hours 20 minutes. Oregon penitentiary records show 44 graduates, 263 with high school, 613 with common school, 23 illiterate among 987 new prisoners.
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Zep
Berlin
Cologne
Hamburg
Oregon State Penitentiary
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Corinth
Helen Boucher
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
G. Howard Ferguson
United Kingdom
London
Britain
Ferguson
Eade
Fin
Soo
VOGUE
Gordon H. Guest
M.A
Ceene Allia
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