World Happenings Briefly Told
Great Britain allocates over 26 million dollars to strengthen air defence. Quebec settles over 1 000 colonists under a 10 million plan led by Minister Brenee Vautrin. Hamilton mayor warns single men risk losing city relief for not helping harvest. Judge Parker criticizes tariff info on protected music. Stem rust found in University of Saskatchewan wheat fields. Garnet wheat shows high infection. World shipbuilding tops 1932 levels. Germany leads outside Britain with 237,000 tons under construction. Manitoba marks 65 years since creation in 1870. Vancouver Island lumber orders from Japan restrict Canadian mills.
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Quebec
Brenee Vautrin
G. Wilton
Hamilton
Toronto
James Parker
Canadian
Performing Right Society
University of Saskatchewan
Boyd
Germany
Great Britain
Manitoba
Dominion
Dominion of Canada
Vancouver Island
Japan
Canada
China’s Peiping Eyes Footbinding Ban Under Blue Law
Mayor Yuan Liang launches a Peiping campaign against footbinding. Six regulations set age based rules for unbinding and fines. Under 15 ban binding. 15–30 must unbind within three months. over 30 may unbind at leisure. First warning fines up to 10 Chinese dollars, second warning up to 100 dollars.
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Peiping
Yuan Liang
China
Bird Refuses Pardon Stays With Convict At Stateville
Squegee the horned lark in Joliet prison chose to remain with John Post a 65 year old convict who cared for him since 1933. Post bought seed spent his last dollar and urged a pardon for the bird. The warden witnessed Squegee fly over the yard then return to Post keeping him as a companion in cell block C.
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Squegee
Stateville
Joliet
John Post
Lark
Post
Stir
Whipp
Iron piece from Pyramid date 400 B.C. and Egyptian axe head
The British Museum holds an iron fragment from the Pyramid of Gizeh believed to date to 400 B.C. and an Egyptian axe head dating from 1370 B.C. The artifacts illuminate ancient metalworking and trade contacts across regions.
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British Museum
Pyramid of
Gizeh
Sunday School Lesson July 23 Amos Chapters 4 and 7
The reading centers on the golden text Amos 5 24 justice and righteousness with lesson focus on Amos chapters 4 and 7 and a psalm reading Psalm 85 7 ithanatane appears as a fragmentary note and is not fully readable but the main theme is divine justice and guidance for worshipers.
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Amos
Three Visions of Judgment in Amos 71 9
The prophet Amos visits Bethel to warn Israel of divine judgment. Visions include a plague of locusts, a drought, and a plumb line testing Israel’s crooked ways. Amaziah accuses him to Jeroboam II, but Amos condemns Bethel’s sanctuary and predicts exile for Israel.
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Amos
Judea
Bethel
Kingdom of
Israel
Jehovah
Moffatt
Isaac
Jeroboam
Amaziah
Jeroboam II
Robot mathematician nears completion at Victoria University
A device at Victoria University, Manchester, claims to surpass 50 top mathematicians by solving problems in ten minutes that would take two days. It never tires or misreads figures and aims to tackle atomics, radio wave travel, and aeroplane flight with Professor Hartree steering the project.
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Victoria University
Manchester
Hartree
Cuckoo Signal Could Allow Callers To End Hold Time
The British Post Office tests a new signal to let callers lay aside the phone while waiting for the callee. A distinctive double click, named the cuckoo, would indicate the connection is resumed. A London Times letter complains holding on is tedious and wastes hours, urging a voice return mechanism.
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London Times
Rock of Gibraltar Secured With Chains to Prevent Summit Collapse
The Rock of Gibraltar is being chained to stabilize its summit and prevent erosion and potential collapse into the sea. Engineers and authorities report this measure aims to safeguard the famed promontory and surrounding infrastructure amid rising cliff instability.
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Rock of Gibraltar
Ruled By Foreigners Retains His Popularity
Most of Europe is ruled by dictators who are not natives of the countries they govern. Hitler, Kemal, Stalin, De Valera, Pilsudski, and others are foreign-born leaders, with Mussolini as the sole native ruler. The Prince of Wales remains popular for his duties and travel, though unmarried.
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Europe
Prince of Wales
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Mustapha Kemal
Turkey
Salonika
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Georgia
Eamon de Valera
Ireland
New York City
Josef Pilsudski
Poland
Mussolini
Dovia
Italy
Man Delivers Roses for Wife Surprise
During the day Mrs Brown dismissed the old maid and hired a new one who answered the door when Mr Brown returned home with roses. He told the maid to give them to Mrs Brown and say he wanted to see her at once. The maid warned him she expected the old man soon.
Royal Business Man Lord Carisbrooke Career
News of the World reports Lord Carisbrooke, son of Princess Beatrice and grandson of Queen Victoria, does not receive a state pension. He earns his livelihood as a director of several companies including Lever Bros and trained as a clerk at Lazard Bros with the standard nine to six workday.
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Lord Carisbrooke
Princess Beatrice
Queen Victoria
News of the World
Lever Bros
Lazard Bros
Knit blouse and skirt pattern details for Winnipeg
The notice explains a quick jiffy knit blouse using large needles and heavy thread with an openwork yoke and stripe-like stitches. It includes pattern 5395 offering blouse and skirt instructions in sizes 16-18 and 36-40, pricing, materials, and an illustration, with requests to send 20 cents to the Household Arts Dept in Winnipeg.
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Candlewick
Germantown
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Little Journeys In Science by Gordon H Guest
Scientists explain chemical elements as indivisible substances found in nature. They describe decomposition tests, radioactive elements like radium, and how elements form compounds such as common salt. The piece notes common elements, their states, and the spectroscope's role in identifying elements in the sun.
Recipes For This Week Strawberries and Coconut Tarts
Cream and egg white are whipped with sugar vanilla and coconut. Fill tart shells with strawberries, top with cream mixture, and finish with more coconut. Optionally place a whole strawberry on each tart. Serve immediately. Serves 6.
Red Raspberry Jam Making Instructions from a Historic Recipe
This recipe describes making red raspberry jam by crushing two quarts of ripe berries, combining with sugar and fruit pectin in a large kettle, boiling hard for one minute, then adding pectin and stirring for five minutes. It yields about ten glasses and notes rapid pouring and paraffin sealing.
Leprosy Reaches America From Europe and Africa
Leprosy arrived in the Americas via two routes from Europe and Africa, marking a transatlantic spread of the disease and prompting public health concerns and international exchange on medical responses.
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America
Europe
Africa
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