World Happenings Briefly Told
Jewish newspapers barred from reporting Jewish Olympic team activities. Exhibits from King Edward and the National Gallery shown in Amsterdam. The Duke of York elected president of Christ's Hospital and given the charge of faithfulness dating to 1557. Harvard Observatory notes two naked eye comets visible. called an extremely rare occurrence. Beit fellowship at Imperial College for 1936 37 awarded to E K Woodford of University of Alberta. End of 1935 Canada totals 212 767 motor cars and taxis, up 15 29 percent from 1924. Drouth damages crops in Ontario Manitoba and Quebec. J A W Lemon dies at 62, first to introduce polo to western Canada. Canadian railways modernize with trucks and aeroplanes. Sir Edward Beatty comments on arrival in Saint John.
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Duke of York
Christ's Hospital
Harvard University Observatory
Beit
Imperial College of Science
E. K. Woodford
University of Alberta
Edmonton
Western Canada
Guelph
Ont
Radio helps fishermen detect shoals with luminous spot
Radio aids over 1000 British trawlers by projecting waves to the seabed. A moving light spot on a graduated scale shows water depth and, when a shoal passes, a second movement marks its position and exact depth.
Russia's first woman locomotive engineer trains all female crew
Zinaida Troitskaya twenty three year old Moscow resident and Kazan Z-104 throttle expert received the Order of Lenin for exemplary work. She plans to form an all female engine crew selecting top girl mechanics to join the brigade. Her story highlights pioneering women in railroading.
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Zinaida Troitskaya
Russia
Kazan
Zinaida
Moscow
Arctic expedition finds high quality coal in Pechora region
An expedition prospecting mineral resources along the Pechora region near the Vorkuta river north of the Urals reports high quality coal in thick layers.
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Arctic
Pechora
Vorkuta
Ural Mountains
Polar Circle
Television war weapon signals new era in broadcasting
The article reports RCA and Farnsworth advancing television with a New York experimental station atop the Empire State Building and rival efforts in Philadelphia. It notes FCC hearings to standardize interoperability, the slow overall develop ment compared with sound broadcasting, limited initial receiver distribution, and a tentative public offering next year. It also mentions a separate British antiaircraft gun with eight barrels and 1000 shells per minute designed for high altitude defense, discussing factors affecting effectiveness and rivals to traditional guns.
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Empire State Building
New York City
Radio Corporation of America
R.C.A
Farnsworth Television
Philadelphia
Federal Communications Commission
Farnsworth
New Republic
New York
Halifax Chronicle
Wrigley Pension Plan Initiated With Large Cash Gift
Wrigley company creates a pension plan for 3,200 workers in Canada and the United States. Canada starts July 1 1936 with a $100 000 cash contribution to cover prior service. Plan pays pensions based on wage and years with the company and includes withdrawal rights with 3 percent interest.
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Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. Limited
Canada
United States
Wriigley Company
Wrigley’s
Wrigley Company
Man who runs things at home jokes about chores
A humorous remark centers on home management skills, highlighting the lawnmower, the mangle, and daily errands as the speaker’s domain. The quote captures a lighthearted view of household duties and control.
Goes To Italy First U.S. Minister To Canada Selected To Go To Rome
William Phillips, United States under secretary of state and first U.S. minister to Canada, is named ambassador to Rome. He faces tension over Italy’s Ethiopian conquest and the need to chart Italy’s future European course for U.S. interests in the Far East.
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U.S
Canada
Rome
William Phillips
United States
Phillips
Ethiopia
Italy
Europe
Far East
Johannesburg Civic Employment Bureau Adds Laundry Help
The City of Johannesburg announces it can provide native washerwomen and janitresses. At the Native Women's Hostel 120 women live and work washing and cleaning. The city has installed electric irons and a telephone to aid their laundry enterprise.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
First African Convert Philip Baptizes Ethiopian
The lesson recounts Philip guided by an angel to the Ethiopian treasurer, who was reading Isaiah. Philip explains Jesus from Scripture, baptizes him in a pool, and the Ethiopian rejoices. Philip continues preaching in towns, later hosted in Caesarea by Philip and his four daughters.
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Samaria
Philip
Jerusalem
Gaza
Candace
Jesus
Azotus
Casarea
Christ
Paul
Cassarea
Building Permits Fall Across Canada Despite Some Gains
Value of building permits in 58 Canadian cities dropped over 10 percent in June compared with June 1935, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports. First six months total at 17,500,420 is far below 24,640,511 year prior. Several cities showed improvement over May 1936 and June 1935 including Regina Saskatoon Edmonton Lethbridge Nanaimo New Westminster and North Vancouver.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Regina
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Nanaimo
New Westminster
North Vancouver
Pattern 5655 blouse and skirt pattern request
Take a timely tip and knit a year round blouse with a pointed yoke and snug ribbed hips. The pattern offers sizes 16-18 and 38-40 with an illustration and stitch instructions. Send 20 cents to the Winnipeg Household Arts Dept at 175 McDermott Ave. E. Winnipeg. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermott
Canada celebrates rail centenary with prime ministerial praise
Transport Minister C D Howe and Premier Mackenzie King congratulated Canadian railways on completing 100 years of operation. The Montreal event marked the first line between La Prairie and St Johns now part of the Canadian National system.
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C. D. Howe
Mackenzie King
Railways of
Canada
Montreal
la Prairie
St. Johns
Quebec
Transportation
Canadian National Railways
Dominion
Canadian National
Transport
Canadian National System
Mobile darkroom aids Scotland Yard crime work
Scotland Yard experts anticipate a new mobile dark room van that will speed crime scene processing by developing photos on site. The vehicle includes a fingerprint compartment and a strong chassis for rough ground, with a springing system to operate while moving.
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Scotland Yard
Glass Train tops German railway novelty for travelers
Germany unveils a glass enclosed upper section train offering uninterrupted views for passengers. The concept aims to attract touristic trips from Munich to varying destinations, marking a third major design shift after streamlined locomotives and double deck carriages.
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Munich
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National Gallery
Amsterdam
Canadian Railways
Edward Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railways
Saint John, N.B
Britain
Wrigley
Civic Employment Bureau
Goden
Alice Brooks
Germany
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