World Happenings Briefly Told
Tentative plans for an extension of the fight of the Spanish traneAtlantic aviator under Commander Ramon France have been abandoned. Robert Maitland died by suffocation at a Vancouver lumber mill. Edward Notte, 88, prominent British Columbia Orangeman, died Feb 21 at Cedar Cottage. A Quebec lumber dealers convention carried a resolution to abolish the stamp tax. France plans to form a Syrian government resembling Irak under British guidance. Count Robert De Calx addressed the League of Nations dates commission. H W Newlands KC reappointed Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. Germany faces industrial crisis with rising Ruhr unemployment. A British air service for Cairo Burma and possibly Australia is in the works. W L Mackenzie King elected to the Canadian House of Commons for Prince Albert. Diplomats paid respects at the King’s levee at St James’s Palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Maitland
Vancouver
Edward Notte
British Columbia
Cedar Cottage
Quebec
France
Irak
Robert de Calx
Mandates Commission
The
League of Nation
Cairo
Egypt
Burma
Australia
Sifton W. Bratcher
British Air Ministry
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
House of Commons
Prince Albert
St. James’ Palace
Political Trickery Menace to Democracy
Sir Arthur Currie at Montreal denounces political trickery as a danger to democracy. He admires Abraham Lincoln as above party lines, contrasts Lincoln with agitators who appeal to passions to win votes, and warns of east versus west and creed versus creed tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Arthur Currie
G.M.G
McGill University
Montreal
John A. Macdonald
Wilfred Laurier
United States
Arthur
Lincoln
Canada Denies Disassociation From Locarno Pact
Rumors of Canadian action to leave the Locarno Treaty are officially denied. The Dominion would remain outside the treaty unless it accepts it, and a government announcement on Canada’s position is anticipated. Ernest Lapointe signaled no step will be taken before Parliament is consulted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ernest Lapointe
Meighen
First iron trans Atlantic steamer Heval William credited to Canada
The Heval William, built in Canada in 1831, was the first iron trans Atlantic steamer. The Dominion earns the honor for this historic feat, with a commemorative tablet in Parliament Buildings Ottawa marking the event.
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Atlantic Ocean
Canada
Dominion
Parliament Buildings
Ottawa
Sunday School Teacher Question Sparks Grim Reply
A Sunday School teacher asks which boys go to heaven. Small Arthur replies that only dead ones go. This terse exchange reflects a dark, old newspaper snippet with blunt humor and stark contrasts in phrasing.
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Dette
Small Arthur
Branch Line Spending Plans Reveal 44 Miles of Track
The report states about 44 miles of branch lines will be laid with 3,571,000 expended. Dunblane Central Butte Sask branch gets 1,000,000. Rosedate Sask branch 915,000. two more branches, St Paul Alta and Acadia Valley, each near half a billion. Total branch track 3,643 miles planned this year. Last year branch work cost 9,532,060 with Kamloops Kelowna BC leading.
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Dunblane Central Bette, Sask
Rosedate, Sask
St. Paul SE. Alta
Acadia Valley
Kingelear-Vanceboro
N.B
Grande Fresnier
Railway Department
Kamiloops- Kelowna
B.C
Dunblane-Central Butte
Western Members Push Six Per Cent Rural Credits Drive
Western Liberals and Progressives press for six percent long term Rural Credits Act loans to farmers via government channel. Experts say without guarantee and tax exemption bonds must yield around five to seven percent, forcing farmers to pay seven percent after administration costs. with a government guarantee bonds could run under six percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Credits Organization
United States
Brain Can Store Vast Vocabularies Says Scientist
Sir Denison Ross argues the human brain can hold many vocabularies through language study and cannot be overtaxed by work or study. He joins Arthur Keith in dismissing brain fever as caused by overwork, noting physical neglect rather than mental load as the fatal factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison Ross
School of Oriental Studies
Arthur Keith
Britain
Keith
Hunsah Brato
Oil from crickets eyed for aviation use in Algiers
United States consular agents in Algiers report a cricket oil discovery suitable for airplanes as it resists congealing at high altitudes. Eighteen tons of crickets were shipped from Algiers to Holland for oil extraction, while crickets are also gathered for chicken feed in other regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Agenas
Algiers
Holland
Britain Drops Helicopter Steed in Windmill Plans
The ministry plans four or more machines based on the Spanish Windmill concept praised by William Brancker at Parnborough as a landmark. After five years of secret experiments experts now say the autogyro type matches the potential of a perfected helicopter with simpler principles.
Russia Plans Big Export Push to United States
Russian officials say six billion eggs 80 million pounds of butter 40 million poultry will be exported to the United States in six months. The U S could absorb about seven million dollars of sausage casings and ten million dollars of wool for carpets horse hair and bone sugar refining materials. They urge Russian producers to compete for the trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commandiat of Agriculture
Russia
United States
England
Germany
Tailored breakfast coat dazzles Paris fashions of the season
A Paris season fashion note highlights a tailored breakfast coat in heavy crepe de chine with puffed edges and side fastening. The design No 1225 comes in four sizes 36 40 44 48 with 444 yards material for size 40 and a 20 cent price. The new Fashion Book offers more designs at 10 cents a copy.
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Paris
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern details show request for a 20c coin or stamps with wrap, including names and city Manitoba. Note offers from BL Collector and Young Lawyer about customer counts and appeal to readers.
Crossword Puzzle Clue List From Historic Page
A long word puzzle listing horizontal and vertical clues with numbers and definitions covering items from small casks to directions and titles. The page compiles many crossword entries including synonyms, anatomical hints, and object names across two directions.
Radio Sightings and Experiments Stir Questions Across Theaters
A Hamilton Spectator note questions radio training for actors, while an Austrian college begins evening lectures via radio from Vienna. A London light broadcasts daily programs and a postman listens on rounds. Radio tube wear and a Montreal CKAC fire caused by a mouse short out 14 fuses. Frank Neill in Whitehead claims a 12 000 mile wireless link to Australia with a 35 metre wavelength.
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Lsten
Vienna
Austria
Montreal
CKAC
Australia
Frank Neill
Whitehead
Belfast
Ireland
Melbourne
Howden
Eskimos Strive to Save Winter Coal from Sea
Desperate effort reported by Dr. W A Newhall details Eskimos near Point Barrow racing to save a winter coal supply after a fierce storm. Rain snow hail and wind battered the shore as the sea rose and began washing over a large pile of sacks. Men carried sacks on their backs while women and children dragged them to safety, moving over one hundred tons out of reach of the waves.
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W. A. Newhall
Point Barrow
Alaska
Disease Decimates Indians at Fort Good Hope
News received by L. Romanet of the Hudson's Bay Company reports 12 Indian hunters dead at Fort Good Hope on the lower McKenzie River from an epidemic whose exact nature is unknown. Illness appeared in the fall and has disrupted the fur trade there in early winter.
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Fort Good Hope
McKenzie River
L. Romanet
Athabasca
McKenzie
Hudson’s Bay Company
French Women Offer Gold for Bank of France Aid
Thirty seven women from a St Denis factory offer to help France ease financial troubles. They propose melting wedding rings into gold coins for the Bank of France, noting no gold exists except in jewelers' shops and urging government action. They believe millions will follow.
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St. Denis
France
Intransigeant
Notien
Bank of France
Calippus Predicted Ancient Eclipses in 336 B.C.
The Greek astronomer Calippus is credited with predicting solar and lunar eclipses in 336 B.C. Ptolemy records the first eclipse on March 19 721 B.C. A lunar eclipse was observed with accuracy at Babylon in Mesopotamia.
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Calippus
Ptolemy
Babylon
Mesopotamia
War Veteran Offers Body for Deafness Research Canadian Soldier Leonard Charman
Leonard George Charman a 30 year old former member of the 18th and 142nd Canadian Battalions is deaf and nearing blindness yet offers to submit his body to scientific laboratories or hospitals for experiments to aid others. He says life holds nothing for him but hopes flowers bring joy and he may plant a small plot if his offer is not accepted before spring.
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Leonard George Charman
Charman
Lfe
Prince Responds to Paris Request on Umbrella Fashion
The Prince of Wales quickly answered a Paris newspaper request by leading the way for umbrellas to be fashionable again. He attended Bath Club with a crook-handled folded umbrella, inspiring imitation by France’s gilded youth on Bone Street.
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Prince of Wales
Paris
France
Bath Club
Bone Street
Britain to Build World’s Largest Flying Boats
Super flying boats are under construction for British authorities. One will have two 1,000 horsepower engines and weigh over 15 tons when loaded. Another will use three engines delivering 2,100 horsepower and carry thirty passengers in a luxurious saloon.
Figures Explain Slow Recovery Of France
France lost 1,363,000 men in World War I, with 669,000 of them farmers and land workers. Cadoux’s tables show industry losses of 235,000 and 159,000 in commerce from 2,000,000 and 1,327,000 workers respectively. One in twenty eight French males died. even after Alsace Lorraine’s return, population remains below 1914 levels, slowing economic recovery due to high agricultural losses.
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France
Gaston Cadoux
Paris Statistical Society
Civil Service
Germany
England
Alsace
Lorraine
Invention Advances Radio Transmitter Overlap Claim
Engineers report a possible advance in allowing two or more radio transmitters to share identical wavelengths. L William Skala, a Prague University engineer graduate, announced a new wavelength fundamental. His device reportedly worked in a Berwyn lab and could enable wireless telephony for uses now served by wire.
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L. William Skala
University of Prague
Skala
Berwyn
Daughter and Father Debate Marriage Timing
A daughter asks her father about marrying her fiancé after nearly two years of engagement. The father advises letting him remain happy and questions whether the couple should wed now.
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Ramon France
H. W. Newlands
K.C
Saskatchewan
Newlands
Richard Lake
Ruhr
W. N. U. 1618
CNR
Liere
U. S
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Isis
Eurytus
Occhalia
G. B. Shaw
Hamilton Spectator
Eskimos
Prince
Great Britain
aiRi
Yimleé
Inio
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