World Happenings Briefly Told
Ontario considers higher crown timber rents. A. B. McLay of Toronto U crowned fellow with 1200 dollars. Col J Obed Smith sails for Canada to spend months in Mominton. Austen Chamberlain says Britain will not send troops to Tangier. Toronto reports eleven years of motor fatalities in June. 42 killed since 1911. Canada returns 1 dollar Canadians from U S. 71 other nationalities pass through. 196 rejections. Pr Forbes Godfrey tours Geneva tuberculosis work. Miners Federation predicts British coal nationalization to save industry. Prince of Wales aids firemen at Kafua Rhodesia. children rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
National Research Council At
Ottawa
A. B. McLay
University of Toronto
Col
J. Obed Smith
London
Canada
Col. Smith
Mominton
Austen Chamberlain
House of Commons
Tangier
Morocco
Toronto
Ont
Jane
Niagara Falls
United States
Pr. Forbes Godfrey
Geneva
Henri Spahlinger
England
The
Miners’ Federation
Scarborough
Urge Marines To Revolt In Oslo British Fleet Visit
Norwegian communists intensified protests during a British fleet visit to Oslo. Secret appeals urged bluejackets and Marines to revolt rather than obey orders to fight Russia. Norse Government and British officers resented the inflammatory propaganda linked to Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oslo
Bluejackets
Russia
Norway
Moscow
Victim of X ray Research English Doctor Forced to Give Up Practice
Dr T Hi Sanderson Wells of Weymouth an X ray martyr has given up practice and is to have an operation in a London nursing home life in danger. He suffered leg burns from early experimental X ray work and has endured years of pain and disability. Wells was a renowned surgeon in the area though few knew his struggles. Constantinople hears US signals clear transmission of signals to Constantinople 5300 miles away in a Lakehurst New Jersey navy experiment instruments heard previously at Honolulu 5000 miles distant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Hi
Sanderson Wells
Weymouth
London
Wells
Constantinople
U.S
Navy Department
Lakehurst
N.J
Honolulu
Six Year Old Answers About Party Etiquette
A child recalls parent questions at the table and says he helped himself after being unheard. The text notes a conversation with a mother about table manners. It then mentions British Museum staff dusting 2.9 million books and new South Africa air mail stamps for Capetown to Durban service. Delicacies like whate stesks seaweed jelly and sharks fes are listed from a Paris Zoological Society luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Wee
Capetown
Durban
Fes
Paris Zoological Society
British Dominions Land Settlement Plan Opens Alberta Scene
The Vermilion district in central Alberta hosts a new venture by the British Dominions Land Settlement Corporation Limited. Backed by British capital, the firm offers land on fifteen year terms with three years no cash, plus progressive support for equipment, shelter, food, and supervision to married settlers and farm laborers aiming to own land. The organization controls about 262000 acres near Vermilion and near Edmonton, with rail lines expanding to serve settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermilion
Alberta
British Dominions Land Settlement Corporation Limited
London
England
Dominion
Canada
Duke of Sutherland
Newton Moore
K.C.M.G
Western Australia
Arthur Grifith Boscawen
Edward Maryville
Great
Daimler Motor Car Organization
Robert Lynn
M.P
A. G. Cousins
O.B.E
Mervyn Brown
United Kingdom
Corporation
Robert McKay
Allan, Killam & McKay
Winnipeg
W. H. Carter
Carter, Hall & Aldinger
W. P. Dutton
Isaac Pitblado
K.C
W. T. Badger
British Dominions Corporation
Pius
Peculiar Skin Marks Boy For Identification At Dock Head
An English boy at Dock Head School exhibits skin that, though normal in color, retains for ten to fifteen minutes any mark or word written on it by a finger. A doctor notes marks appear when lightly stroked and suggests the skin can record names briefly. Various explanations are offered, including a quip that the person is "one skin short."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dockhead
Substitute For Glass From Organic Material For Optics
A new organic material serves as a substitute for glass with higher strength and machinability. It can be lathe-shaped and colored, and its refractive index varies widely. It promises use in optical instruments and could replace expensive glass in telescopes and microscopes. It also appears more transparent to ultraviolet and infrared light.
Planning Antarctic Flight by Australian Explorer Captain Wilkins
Captain G. H. Wilkins plans an Antarctic flight to photograph a continuous map of the coastline from King Edward VII Land to Graham's Land. The expedition aims to lay groundwork for an international Antarctic meteorology scheme. Wilkins, a wartime official photographer, is noted for bold feats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Wilkins
Australia
King Edward the Seventh Land
New Zealand
Graham's Land
Cape Horn
Wilkins
Will Build Big Flour Mill in Calgary
Spillers Overseas Limited announces plans to spend 800000 dollars to construct a flour mill in Calgary excluding machinery and equipment. Work will start as soon as possible, says managing director P. Lloyd Tanner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spillers Overseas Limited
Calgary
P. Lloyd Tanner
History of shorthand from Phoenicia to ancient Babylon
The text notes shorthand as an enduring art with roots before Greek emergence and suggests its practice in Phoenicia and possibly Babylon, indicating early and cross-cultural use of concise writing systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenica
Babylon
How To Order Patterns Pattern No Exel or E Size
A brief guide explains how to order sewing patterns labeled Exel or E Size. It outlines the pattern number, sizing, and ordering steps for customers seeking these patterns from the catalog.
White Indians of Brazil Impress Explorer in Jungle Find
Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice reports on a seventh Brazilian jungle expedition at the Parma River headwaters near 75 miles from the Orinoco. He describes small, pigment marked natives who appear white, live on plants, bananas, and avoid meat, moving noiselessly among trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Alexander Hamilton Rice
Brazilian
Parma River
Orinoco
Dr. Rice
Mistakes In London Statues Draw Fresh Comment
A magazine highlights errors in London statues. The Wellington statue at the Royal Exchange lacks spurs, Gladstone’s trousers show a seam, Cromwell near the Commons wears upside down spurs. It asks about the west side archers bow hand, a war memorial soldier at ease with hands over the rifle, and the Prince Consort in Holborn Circus tipping his hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duke of Wellington
Royal Exchange
Gladstone
Saville Row
Cromwell
House of Commons
New
County Hall
Prince Consort
Holborn Circus
Smart two piece blouses with lace trims and tucks
The article describes a white crepe de chine blouse with front and back narrow tucks and a center front opening. It features a round boyish collar, tailored cuffs, and perforated short sleeves with an attractive cuff. Sizes 34 to 42, pattern use listed, price 20 cents. Our Fashion Book offers the latest styles with a five cent pattern coupon.
Crossword Puzzle Clues Mixed List I Q
A long mixed list of crossword clues covering various parts of speech and topics. Entries include terms for people actions objects and concepts such as pronouns vegetables beverages and directions with multiple numbered clues and some misspellings or formatting errors.
Canada Sets Fixed Fish Day On Last Wednesday In October
The Canadian Fisheries Association resolved that the last Wednesday of October will be Canada’s Fish Day each year to standardize the date and aid dealers. It also seeks calendar alignment with other feast days and proposes creating a separate Department of Fisheries with a deputy minister in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Fisheries Association
Canada
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Rockefeller Sells Homes in Major Estate Transfer
John D. Rockefeller Sr sells his Pocantico Hills and Lakewood estates, plus a New York townhouse and Ormand Florida winter home, to John D. Rockefeller Jr. for over 3 million dollars. The move leaves the elder Rockefeller homeless while avoiding future heavy inheritance taxes, a claim denied by a family representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Pocantico Hills
Lakewood
N.J
New York
Ormand
Fla
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
John D., Jr
Primitive Human Skull Found in Tabgha Cave
A primitive human skull was unearthed in a Tabgha cave near Tiberias among Mousterian flint deposits. A British archaeologist and an Oxford student reported a skull with prominent supraorbital ridges and a low forehead, resembling Neanderthal features, marking a first Asian continent occurrence. Prof Garvand of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem witnessed the find and affirmed its scientific value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Tabgha
Tiberias
Oxford
Asia
Garvand
British School of Archaeology
Jerusalem
Insulin Tube at Wembley Exhibit Feeds Oxen Slaughter
Among the chemical section exhibits at the Wembley exhibition a small insulin tube is shown. To obtain it, 1,009 oxen were slaughtered as part of the display or procurement process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wembley
France Requisition Plan Aims To Mobilize All Resources
Premier Painleve presents a national defence plan allowing France to requisition all resources including intellectual and scientific assets. The council of national defence led by M Boncour outlines automatic measures for labor, materials, transport, and munitions production to avoid past wartime errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Premier Painleve
France
Chamber of Deputies
Council of National Defence
M. Boncour
Pageant of Canada planned for Montreal 1927 jubilee
Plans move forward for a Pageant of Canada in Montreal in 1927 to mark Confederation's diamond jubilee. Prominent citizens including railway chiefs and Hon. L W David favor the scheme and if plans solidify the Prince of Wales may be asked to open the pageant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Canada
Railways
L. W. David
Prince of Wales
Rich Deep Ore Strike Boosts Slocan Mining
In the Slocan district of British Columbia miners celebrate a discovery at the White Water mine. Ore has been struck at 1,600 feet, indicating deeper ore bodies than previously proven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slocan
British Columbia
White Water
Regina Civic Improvements Plan for Public Works
Regina plans to spend 420600 during the year on additions and extensions to public works. The program includes another electric light and power unit with a complete new turbine generator costing 130000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Regina
Icebergs Formed From Greenland Snow 5000 Years Ago
Scientists estimate that the snow compacted into ice 5,000 years ago in Greenland and later broke loose to become the icebergs now drifting in the North Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atlantic
Greenland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kafua
Rhodesia
Faafua
British Museum
British Dominions Land Settlement Corporation
Saskatchewan
Edmonton
Canadian National Railways
St. Paul de Mens
Canadian Pacific Railway
Lloydminster
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Biwi
Clipse
International Correspondence Association
Abbr
Syria
John D. Rockefeller
Plan Pageant of
B.C. Mining
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