World Happenings Briefly Told
Dr E T Lila Burke of Morrison New Jersey became the three millionth visitor at the Chicago World’s Fair. Britain reports 144771 fewer unemployed on June 26 vs last month and 809235 fewer than a year ago. Justice Gailiber of British Columbia retires due to ill health. Toronto diocese restoration fund reaches 240061 dollars about 96 percent of goal. Experiments approach absolute zero, 459.1 degrees below zero Fahrenheit at California. Roosevelt assigns Yale’s James H Rogers and Cornell’s George Warren to study budgeting. US Canada arbiters issue interim report on the I'm Alone case with next steps likely in Washington. Soviet railway boosts labor discipline via transport political sections. Empire Marketing Board future undecided. J H Thomas says no agreement on cost sharing among dominions.
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E. T. Lila Burke
Morrison, NJ
Chicago
Great Britain
Toronto Diocese Restoration Fund
Western Canada
University of California
Roosevelt
James H. Rogers
Yale
George Warren
Cornell
United States
Canada
Washington
The
Communist Party
Soviet Russia
Future of the
Empire Marketing Board
Britain
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
United Kingdom
Einstein Test For Fame Causes Public Debate
The article notes a witty criterion by Albert Einstein to judge his posterity. It also reports that the mathematician will soon receive an LL D from Glasgow University and give public lectures on mathematics.
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Einstein
Glasgow University
Glass disk prepared for Toronto telescope at World's Fair
A two and a half ton glass disk has been ground for the great telescope to be installed at the University of Toronto. The piece imagines a telescope so useful it could peer from a Chicago flat into visitors en route to the fair and even relay a humorous sign about Christmas departures.
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University of Toronto
Chicago
Europe
Chicago Tribune
Roosevelt Gun Theft At Century of Progress Thief Aims Loud Noise
A thief who visited the North Dakota exhibit at the Century of Progress took a revolver once used by Theodore Roosevelt as a young rancher in Medora North Dakota. The weapon is highly treasured and no questions will be asked upon its return.
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North Dakota
Century of Progress
Theodore Roosevelt
Medora
N.D
Steamship tonnage explained by Cunard Line
The article clarifies five vessel tonnage types and distinguishes them from cargo tonnage. It defines gross register, net register, total deadweight, deadweight cargo capacity, and displacement tonnage with measurements in cubic feet and pounds to show how ships' carrying limits are determined.
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Cunard Line
Oil lamp industry revival boosts Fort Smith glass firm
Amid hard times demand for lamp chimneys and lantern globes rose, doubling the work force at a Fort Smith glass company as industry officials note lamps cost less to operate than electric or gas. The “back to the farm” trend is linked to renewed prosperity in glass products.
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Fort Smith
Arkansas
711 Trim and Jaunty Jacket Dress for Spring Wardrobe
Fashion pattern 711 offers a navy blue woolen jacket dress with coral-red plaid crepe silk contrast and back buttoned closure. Sizes 14 16 18 20 36 38 40 bust. pattern price 20 cents in stamps or coin. wrap coin carefully.
The Greatest Trouble With the World Quote
A reflective maxim argues that most people focus on making something for themselves rather than making something of themselves, urging personal growth over self interest.
Sunday School Lesson on Righteousness and Land
Devotional text outlines Isaiah 5 1 30 and Proverbs 14 34, warning against greed and land concentration. It cites Hebrew law on land in trust for all people, jubilee resets, and consequences when leaders and merchants seize estates. The passage stresses divine justice and social ruin from inequality.
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Isaiah
Israel
John Bayne Ascham
Ireland Scotland air service starts Belfast to Glasgow
A regular Ireland Scotland air service has begun. Passengers can fly from Belfast to Glasgow in under three hours. The traditional steamer and train route takes about twelve hours, while the air journey lasts 75 minutes.
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Belfast
Glasgow
Tractor with Air Balloons Sets New Wisconsin Speed Record
Enthusiastic farmers embrace pneumatic low pressure tires on a standard farm tractor. Albert Schroeder set a 35.4 mph five mile AAA record at the Wisconsin State Fair Grounds with a Firestone low pressure tire equipped tractor, later handing controls to Frank Brisko who reached 40 mph on straights. A four speed transmission and the tires promise better fuel economy traction and ease of operation for multi purpose farm use.
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Albert Schroeder
Wisconsin
Firestone
Race Track
Schroeder
Frank Brisko
Indianapolis
Chet Gardner
Bill Cummings
Shorty Cantlon
Allis-Chalmers
Brisko
Bank holidays hit Maine savers with closures and losses
W L Clark in Border Cities Star notes Maine banks remain closed after a three month holiday. A Montreal man lost access to funds when his bank refused to apply his savings to a loan secured by Government bonds. A timber sale proceeds case leaves a $30,000 deposit inaccessible. Widows orphans and institutions suffer funds. Canadian mood contrasted with no similar events there.
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W. L. Clark
Border Cities Star
Maine
Portland
Montreal
Canada
Spain’s Aviation Record Flight From Seville to Cuba
Spain celebrated a record Atlantic crossing by Cuatro Vientos pilots Captain Barberan and Lieutenant Collar, signaling national aviation pride. The report recalls earlier Spanish feats by Franco and associates, Loriga and Gallarza, Jiminez and Iglesias, and notes Juan de la Cierva’s autogiro innovation and its uncertain future as a transport plane.
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Seville
Cuba
Cuatro Vientos
Barberan
Collar
Atlantic
Spain
Mie
Franco
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Loriga
Gallarza
Madrid
Manila
Jiminez
Iglesias
South Atlantic
Bahia
Juan de la Cierva
Thomas A. Edison
Cleveland Port Of Call For Rotterdam Freighters
The Welland Canal enables the freighters Harter and Vardeljell from Rotterdam to reach Great Lakes ports. Each ship is about 256 feet long and draws roughly 14 feet. A shipping manager notes Cleveland to Rotterdam water freight rates match Cleveland to Baltimore rail rates.
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Cleveland
Welland Canal
Harter
Vardeljell
Rotterdam
Holland
Great Lakes
Fterdam
Baltimore
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William Alfred Gailiber
British Columbia Court of Appeal
Toronto University
Winnipeg Newspape
Ruth Rogers
Delitzsch
I Ae
Cleveland Port-Of-Call
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