World Happenings Briefly Told
Sir Esme Howard has become Baron Howard of Penrith on the king's birthday. Ludwig Stein, famed philosopher, dies at 70 in Salzburg after an operation. Canadian wheat shipments dominate Great Lakes trade last month. France Italy shipbuilding holiday praised by Premier MacDonald. Chicago teachers face acute pay backlog totaling 6.5 million dollars. Massachusetts marks 300 years with Sir Ronald Lindsay delivering greetings. G W Jones arrives in Canberra to advise on sales tax. British unemployment climbs with 1,933,500 out of work on July 7, up 42,925 from last week.
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Esme Howard
United States
Baron Howard
Penrith
Ludwig Stein
Interna
Salzburg
Austria
Great Lakes
Lake Shippers’ Clearance Association
France
Italy
J. Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Chicago
Massachusetts
Ronald Lindsay
G. W. Jones
Canberra
Australia
Government of
Commonwealth
Ministry of Labor
Canada Overtakes U S in Gold Production Growth
Canada has accelerated gold mining output surpassing the United States in total production last year. Experts say U S mines in Alaska and the Philippines lag as Canadian properties expand, with Canada on track to exceed U S production sooner than expected.
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Canada
United States
Alaska
Philippine Islands
Linoleum inventor Lord Ashton built fortune from cork-backed cloth
News of the World notes Lord Ashton amassed between thirty and forty million pounds from linoleum developed by his father a Lancaster painter who ran a shop with a picture-framing side business. The cork backed oil cloth innovation made linoleum a success and Ashton rose as a remarkable businessman. A separate note compares a toad’s feeding tongue to a sticky grip catching prey.
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Lord Ashton
News of the World
Lancaster
America
Electrical finger tests aid safety in steel construction
A tiny two part device the size of a finger records bending and twisting in rails and wheels under load to improve safety in construction. Described to the American Society of Testing Materials, it ather senses minute movements and translates them into readable wear measures.
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American Society of Testing Materials
J. P. Shamberger
Pittsburgh
J. G. Ritter
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Churchill Sees Largest Female Influx To Hudson Bay Port
On Hudson Bay at Churchill the town reports its largest female contingent yet. Three new residents arrived on the Muskeg Limited in May: Mrs S Martin and her daughter Margaret, and Mrs Claude Johnson, wife of the CN Railways division engineer. They join Mrs A Gibson who has lived there five years. The three will stay until autumn. A hay fever quip closes the item.
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Hudson Bay
Churchill
A. Gibson
Church of England
Muskeg Limited
S. Martin
United Church Missionary
Margaret
Claude Johnson
Canadian National Railways
Californian girl fire warden in San Jacinto high watch
A young California girl works as a forest fire watcher at Black Mountain in the San Jacinto range, perched 8 000 feet up in a log cabin on stilts. She signals smoke and flame by day and night from her remote post, with Mina the Alsatian dog as companion and food ferried by mule.
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London Daily Mail
Black Mountain
San Jacinto Range
Mina
Forestry Service
Dominion Grain Stocks Report Shows Decline for Week
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports a 3 77 506 bushel drop in grain stocks for the week ending June 27 1930. Total stores stood at 172 155 698 bushels with declines in Wheat Oats Barley Flax and Rye from the prior week and a year ago total of 148 620 622 bushels.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
California man attacked after ceremony amid family dispute
After a ceremony, Smith visited his father-in-law Daniel Roney's house where his mother-in-law struck him on the nose and drew first blood, and Roney fired twice with a shotgun. Police say the Roneys opposed the match. Candy making is noted as a safe specialty industry. British airplanes now in regular use carry 22 passengers.
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California
Smith
Daniel Roney
Roneys
Fashionable cotton shanting dress in Buddha yellow
A chic summer dress pattern in Buddha yellow cotton shanting with white pique collar, inverted front insets, belt, pocket flaps, and turn back cuffs. Style No. 3489 offers sizes 16 to 46 inch bust, uses minimal material, and can be made from printed pique or various fabrics with a 25 cent pattern price.
Sunday School Lesson on Fear Not and Strength
The lesson centers on Isaiah 35.4 and Judges 4.1-15, urging a fearful heart to be strong and not fear. Devotional reading centers on Psalm 68.4-11, highlighting praise and divine protection.
Deborah and Barak Unite to Defeat Sisera in Canaan
In Judges 4 5 the oppression of Israel by Jabin's Canaanites ends as Deborah the prophetess sits under the palm tree at Ramah and Barak, urged by Deborah, leads the army against Sisera. Jael later kills Sisera, ensuring victory and divine deliverance.
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Jabin
Ehud
Shamgar
Sisera
Canaan
Israel
Jehovah
Jobin
Deborah
Barak
Matthew Henry
Lapidoth
Tabernacle
Ramah
Bethel
Ephraim
Deborah Barak
Jael
Why They Are Flying Air Travellers Questioned
A survey of 568 passengers asks reasons for flying. 253 on business, 146 for the joy ride, 103 because they preferred the air, 53 to visit friends theatres etc., 12 on a tour, and 1 to participate in a sporting event.
Intelligent Perfume Filler Refuses Imperfect Bottles
A new perfume filling device is described as intelligent enough to refuse dispensing liquid into any bottle judged imperfect. The contraption tests each bottle before filling to ensure only sound containers receive perfume.
More Meat Consumed by Canadians in 1929
The Live Stock Branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture reports a rise in home market meat intake for 1929. Beef intake increased by about 28 million pounds to 676.8 million, adding roughly 2 pounds per person, while lamb and mutton rose by 8.3 million pounds to 70.5 million, about 1 extra pound per capita.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Pat Hurley’s take on oil operators and wealth paths
Col Pat Hurley of Oklahoma, a lawyer with oil and real estate ties, defines an oil operator as a man unsure if he stands four feet from a million dollars or a million feet from four dollars, illustrating the uncertain odds in the oil game.
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Pat’’ Hurley
Oklahoma
Durham Property Held For Three Grains Of Pepper Yearly
A historic Durham property is noted as being held in exchange for a rent of three grains of pepper each year. The unusual feudal rent reflects medieval legal traditions cited in local records.
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Durham
England
Airplane clears Texas eagle raid with shotgun passenger
A Texas ranch near El Paso reports a flock of eagles raiding sheep. An airplane with a shotgun-equipped passenger killed nine birds in eight hours, ending a yearlong effort by a rancher to shoot them from the ground.
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Paso
Texas
White Pine Preferred for North American Pattern Making
White pine accounts for about 90 percent of patterns in North America due to easy workability soft texture relative strength durability and minimal shrinkage that preserves shape after fabrication. Sir Harry Lauder’s final annual farewell tour of 1931 will be seen by future generations who recall his early appearances.
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North America
Harry Lauder
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Northern Port
Mary
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The
Prairies
Bene Bowers
Vegr
Ameka Clan
Wome
Aracer
Autoric
Regime Cielo
Ne Rt
Regina Fnicz
White Pine
Brooder
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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