World happenings briefly told in brief
Allegations of dumping Russian clothing in Canada spur calls for higher tariff protection for Canadian suit makers. Donald B MacMillan questions plans to fly Labrador to London this summer. Admiral Sir Roger Keyes retires. Antoine Paillard dies in Paris at 35 after appendicitis operation. Graf Zeppelin–Nautilus polar rendezvous canceled due to undersea craft breakdown. Hon. Herbert Marler’s Far East trade report won’t be presented. Felix A. Sullivan, embalmer to Queen Victoria and presidents, dies in St Louis at 88. Bank of Montreal in New York receives $3,006,000 in gold from Canada. Clayton Leott, chief pilot for worst air transport, lands Amphibian plane in Elliott Bay after night non stop to Alaska.
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Canada
Donald B MacMillan
Labrador
London
Roger Keyes
Zeebrugge
Straits of Dover
Royal Navy
Antoine Paillard
Paris
Polar
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Herbert Marler
Japan
Far East
House of Commons
Felix A. Sullivan
Queen Victoria
Grant
Garfield
St. Louis
Bank of Montreal
New York
Clayton Leott
Elliott Bay
Juneau
Alaska
Canada shows strong faith in industry and investment
Mon G. Ferguson, Canadian high commissioner to Great Britain, notes in a foreword that Canadian investments in industry exceed 6.35 billion dollars. He adds foreign contributions come 61 percent from the United States and 35 percent from Great Britain, and cites 1930 building contracts totaling 400 million as evidence of resilience during a deep depression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mon G. Howard Ferguson
Great Britain
Financial Times of
London
England
United States
Ferguson
Canada
Parliament Grants Third Reading to Copyright Act Amendment
The bill aims to align Canada with the Rome convention of 1928 by extending copyright to radio broadcasting and cinematograph works. It requires registration for legal action and assigns rights only to registered assignments. The act would regulate organizations charging excessive fees after a commission inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
C. H. Cahan
Canada
Simpson Proclaims Pride in Being One Hundred Percent American
On a sunny Sunday morning Simpson and his wife attend a meeting at a local house of worship in Palestine. He reflects on the land’s beauty discovered by an Italian for a Spanish queen and liberated by a French navy, then proclaims in a British Isles language, Thank God I am a one hundred percent American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson
Germany
Palestine
British Isles
Sunday School Lesson Allusions And The Cross
Review of religious quotes and allusions tied to Christian themes with a closing note on forest service officers examining spark arresters to prevent locomotive fires. The collection includes lines from Christina Rossetti Henry Drummond and Whittier among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Service
Gandhi to stay in humble lodgings in London
Mahatma Gandhi plans toleave India mid August to attend meetings of the federal structures committee in London. He will live among the poor at Kingsley Hall in the east end and wear his traditional white attire unless cold then homespun suit. He aims to appear before the King and Queen in Indian dress with shaven head and bare feet and seeks fresh goat milk or condensed milk for the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahatma Gandhi
India
Federal Structures Committee
London
England
Kingsley Hall
Round Table
Miss Slade
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Abraham
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