World Happenings Briefly Told
Poland gains a post office for every 6300 inhabitants as postal reform takes effect. Central Bank of Shanghai shipped 5.1 million dollars in gold to Vancouver aboard the Empress of Asia. The Irish Free State rejects a Bray casino plan. Thirty one French veterans visit London as honorary British Legion members. Copenhagen hosts an international radio conference ending June 9 with draft proposals for Madrid 1932. Delegates to Toronto World’s WCTU return with wheat phials from Alberta. Senator Davis cites trade depressions as US business ills. Viscount Halifax turns 92, father of Lord Irwin. Dickens tribute wreaths laid at Westminster Abbey on June 9.
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Poland
Central Bank of
Shanghai
Vancouver
Copenhagen
Denmark
Madrid
Toronto
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Four Corners
Alberta
Charles Lindley Wood
Viscount Halifax
Great Britain
Lord Irwin
India
Charles Dickens
Boston
Westminster Abbey
Dickens
Sunday School Lesson on Romans 14 13 23 Theme
Sunday School lesson for June 21 centers Romans 14 13 23 and Romans 14 17 19 stressing that believers should avoid judging others over scruples about meat and drink. Paul urges respecting a brother's conscience, pursuing peace, edifying one another, and living by faith without causing another to stumble.
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Stumpleth
Paul
Jesus
Peter
Christ
Church of
Rome
Soviet School Opens in London for Club Members Children
A Soviet school with Russian teachers opens at a London club for children of members who are Soviet employees in the city. Twenty pupils study standard subjects in English and Russian, with no religious instruction.
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London
England
Vital Statistics Eight Annual Report for 1928 Issued
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics releases its eighth annual Vital Statistics report for 1928. It covers births deaths and marriages with detailed tables by age origin birthplace occupation and conjugal status, plus special Indian Yukon and Northwest Territories data and a comprehensive introduction.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Yukon
North West Territories
Great Lakes Water Levels Drop Ahead of Fall
Hydrographic experts at Ottawa report exceptionally low Great Lakes levels and below average readings on the St Lawrence River. Ontario Manitoba and midwestern United States rainfall are needed to reverse the shortfall for next fall’s grain movement.
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Great Lakes
Ontario
Manitoba
Middle
United States
Department of Marine
Ottawa
St. Lawrence River
Department
Gardening Rule Reverses Plant Bulb Order
In horticulture the bulb precedes the plant while in electric lighting the plant comes first. The saying contrasts the sequence of items across two fields to illustrate differing priorities. The remark humorously notes how bulbs anchor growth in gardens versus how plants drive electric light installations.
British Scientist Links War to Nature at Aberdeen
Sir Arthur Keith, rector at Aberdeen University, argues nature uses war to prune humanity. He calls war nature’s pruning hook and says a world without war remains a dream though its peace-cherishing future may be hoped.
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Arthur Keith
Aberdeen University
Train Crash Sparks Escape From Outlaws Adventure
Aa Captain geamy and Jed flee Chinese outlaws after a railroad wreck. Jed recounts his brother Guy’s capture and a daring rescue plan. They uncouple the engine and cut telegraph wires to reach their plane and the safety of enemy terrain as pursuit closes in.
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Geamy
Jed Tone
Jed
Jed Stone
Shanghai
Guy
Wang
New Experimental Farm Opens Near Regina
The new Dominion Government experimental farm, two miles south of Regina and near No 6 Highway, will serve the Regina Moose Jaw Weyburn district. It will study soil drift, weed control, methods of summer fallow, stubble land preparation, forage crop value, and regional weed problems across about 3,000,000 acres of heavy clay soil. The piece closes with a proverb about the average man losing his head when he is lit up.
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Dominion Government
Regina
No. 6 Highway
Moose Jaw-Weyburn
Plane speed record claimed as broken in training flights
The world air speed record of 357 mph set by Squadron Leader August H. Orlebar in 1929 was reported as broken several times by pilots training for the Schneider Cup. No official figures were released, but pilots were said to exceed 360 mph in seaplane trial flights.
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August H. Orlebar
Army of Canadian teachers in 1930 schools
In 1930 Canada trained 9 640 students as teachers in 46 normal schools and 12 universities. About 70 000 men and women are employed annually as teachers in Canadian schools.
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Canada
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Jimmy
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Borden
Saskatchewan
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Toronto, Ont
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