World Happenings Briefly Told
South Africa mined output valued near 20.5 million dollars in a recent month. Canada had 26 milk plants in 1930 with output valued at 13.647 million dollars. British Columbia lumber circles push to exploit market openings from the Canadian Australian trade treaty. A hat fitting periscope will be shown at the Chicago patent exposition. A Paris air freighter brought a small bear an owl and 20 quails to Croydon from Paris. A copy of Chaucer’s 1532 first edition sold for 11250 dollars to a London dealer amid keen US bidding. The Saskatoon Exhibition awarded creamery butter honors to Manitoba Co operative Dairies Winnipeg with 193.8 points. Two Manshu Nippo and Dairen Shimbun dailies began Sunday editions in addition to morning and evening issues. Minister Manion said no policy yet on Peace River outlet. Miss Millie Orpen who sued a movie theatre renounced the award stating the suit was a test case.
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British Columbia
Chicago
Croydon
England
Paris
France
Chaucer
United States
London
Saskatoon
Manitoba Co-Operative Dairies
Winnipeg
Dairen
Manchuria
Manshu Nippo
Dairen Shimbun
Peace River
R. J. Manion
House of Commons
Millie Orpen
Philip Pilots Ethiopian Official to Faith and Baptism
After Stephen's martyrdom, Philip travels from Samaria toward Gaza. He meets the Ethiopian treasurer reading Isaiah, explains Jesus as fulfillment of prophecy, and the man asks for baptism. Philip baptizes him, then moves on via Azotus to Caesarea under divine guidance.
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Christ
Stephen
Jerusalem
Philip
Samaria
Gaza
Candace
Ethopians
Pharaoh
Egypt
Caesar
Rome
Ethopia
Indich
Trenaeus
Eusebius
Arabia Felix
Ethiopia
Isaiah
Jesus
Bengel
Azotus
Caesarea
Royal attendance marks St John centenary service at Westminster Abbey
In Westminster Abbey the Duke of Connaught Grand Prior and other royals attended a service commemorating 100 years since the revival of the Order of St John. The Archbishop of Canterbury gave the centenary address broadcast globally, with Royal and military contingents in ceremonial display.
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Westminster Abbey
Duke of Connaught
Duke and Duchess of York
Great Britain
Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem
Canterbury
Grenadier Guards
Duchess of York
Duke of York
Royal Air Force
Louise
Beatrice
Prince
Arthur of
Connaught
Alice
Countess of
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Sweden
Bennett
House of Commons
Buckingham Palace
London Times
England
The Cyclops Dipper Dredger Leaves Tyne For Havre
The strange craft Cyclops, a dipper dredger built with four 70 foot legs that raise the hull to lift material from the seabed, departed the Tyne for Havre France. It operates without propelling machinery and can scoop up to 10 tons of material per dig.
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Tyne
Havre
France
Turkish government blasts out Arabic script from official records
A special government commission toured Angora departments and burned books and papers in taboo Arabic characters. Only a few historical documents remain. This action demonstrates the state’s effort to stamp out the Arabic alphabet in official use.
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Turkey
Angora
Canada Wool Clip And Mill Use Highlight Industry Scale
Canada produces about 21 million pounds of wool annually while mills consume at least twice that amount and domestic consumption of manufactured wool equals about four times the clip. A quoted exchange from Der Gemutliche Sachse in Leipzig contrasts two personalities.
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Canada
Sachse
Leipzig
Mining Drilling Advances Near Great Bear Lake Arctic Circle
New mining history is being written in the northland as diamond drilling proceeds on the Hunter Bay shore near Great Bear Lake within ten miles of the Arctic Circle. Dominion Explorers and Ventures Ltd discovers a massive body of copper sulfide ore, with over 27,000 pounds of drill gear flown in by two pilots, and work continues 24 hours a day as sun never sets.
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Northland
Hunter Bay
Great Bear Lake
Arctic Circle
Dominion Explorers and Ventures, Ltd
London to China link via Siberia opens fastest travel
The new 7,000 mile air and rail route through Siberia will cut London to Shanghai travel time to eight days. The fastest surface route takes 89 days, and the service is already drawing strong patronage.
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Siberia
London
England
Shanghai
China
Heat Hits Fairbanks As Summer Thaws Arctic City
Fairbanks Alaska faces intense heat with residents overwhelmed by high temperatures well above seasonal norms. locals seek shade and hydration while officials monitor conditions and issue advisories as the city sits about 120 miles south of the Arctic Circle.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Arctic Circle
Simple Sirloin Stew With Vegetables
A straightforward recipe serves two. Start by melting fat, sweating onions, then brown sirloin chunks. Add water and simmer about an hour, then add potatoes carrots and finish with peas lemon juice and a flour slurry for thickening.
Chrysanthemum Salad with Oranges and Apples
Recipe instructs to cut three quarters through orange skin into thin strips without tearing, remove pulp, cut pieces, and assemble on lettuce with orange pieces and apple slivers. Serve with desired dressing.
Saskatoon seeks federal aid for public works plan
Saskatoon aims to obtain over 2,000,000 dollars in federal assistance to fund a twelve month unemployment relief programme. Mayor John W. Hair says a payroll of about 70,000 dollars monthly would provide work for all unemployed married men, with single unemployed considered a federal issue.
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Saskatoon
John W. Hair
Provinces to Exhibit at Regina World's Grain Show 1932
All Canadian provinces will display at Regina in 1932. The new World’s Grain Exhibition and Conference building will house 11 000 square feet of provincial exhibits.
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Regina
Hospital Opens at Chesterfield Inlet Arctic Hope Landmark
Bishop Turquetil and four Grey Nuns arrived by rail and boat en route to Chesterfield Inlet where the farthest north hospital on the continent opened last week. The mission, long dreamed, will serve nomadic trappers and Eskimo communities with hygiene courses for youth.
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Bishop Turquetil
Grey Nuns Sisterhood
Churchill
Quebec
Canadian National Railways
Chesterfield Inlet
Hudson Bay
Arctic
Canada
Interesting War Relics Show German Plaques From 1914 18
J H Halls of Regina displays a complete set of reproductions of German government plaques commemorating key 1914 1918 events. The items, aimed at boosting morale and stirring hate, depict the Lusitania sinking and Lord Northcliffe as a liar, plus a victorious German soldier over an Allied figure. The plaques are noted for artistic merit.
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J. H. Halls
Regina
Germany
England
Lusitania
Lord Northcliffe
Woman seeks retained nationality after marriage at Cheltenham congress
A delegate at the Women’s Co-Operative Guild Congress in Cheltenham appeals to the government to allow a woman to keep her nationality after marriage. She, married to a Swede who died three years ago, has no nationality since her husband’s loss of citizenship through long residence in England.
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Women’s Co-Operative Guild Congress
Cheltenham
England
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