World Happenings Briefly Told from Across Oceans and Skies
Brazil proposes trading coffee for wheat with Canada while a large radio station rises in Koyama Japan for South Lease area communications. Manitoba shares of prizes at Canada fairs totals 49.7 percent for butter in 1930 and 42 percent overall. The French Chamber votes 29560000 for pensions to veterans over 50. Arsene Henry Sr. dies at 83 in Paris. A Japanese dirigible sets a claimed endurance record at 60 hours aloft. Armistice Day is set for November 11 pending new law. Canada sav deposits January total 1428736686, loans outside Canada 214800752. Col S C Robinson backs Export Act repeal to allow liquor exports to the United States.
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South Lease
Koyama
Japan
Manitoba
Canada
French Chamber of Deputies
Arsene Henry
Paris
United States
Col. S.C. Robinson
Essex West
Sunday School Lesson and Questions for All Ages
Devotional text centered on Acts 10 38 and Isaiah 35 5 10. Includes questions covering Jesus John the Baptist Palestine birthplace and ministry Jesus temptations the Golden Rule parables hearing and sharing with the needy and a vocabulary review. Provides guidance for parents and students on religious themes and moral standards.
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Jesus of Nazareth
God
Jesus
John the Baptist
Jerusalem
Palestine
Canada ranked fourth best customer of Britain in 1930
The Department of Trade and Commerce announced Canada’s position as Britain’s fourth best customer in 1930, up one place from 1929, based on a report from the British Board of Trade. The note also defends Miller's Worm Powders as pleasant to take and effective, with vomiting only in a weak stomach as a cleansing effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Great Britain
Department of Trade and Commerce
British Board of Trade
Canadian Geographical Society elects new officers
Dr. Charles Camsell was re elected president of the Canadian Geographical Society at the annual meeting. C. G. Gowan and Dr. J Macintosh Bell named first and second vice presidents. Quick action saves trouble. Douglas Egyptian Liniment claims quick relief for wounds and bleeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Camsell
Canadian Geographical Society
C. G. Gowan
J. Macintosh Bell
Douglas
Altitude Reduces Airplane Engine Power Significantly
United States Bureau of Standards experiments show engine power drops with height. A motor rated at 410 horsepower on the ground produced only 100 horsepower at 25,000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Standards
New baggage device for in flight loading
A device enables unloading baggage from a plane in flight. A chute drops the luggage while the aircraft’s trail line is hooked and the baggage is shot forward automatically at the plane’s speed.
Pen with built in flashlight for writing in darkness
A fountain pen designed for use in dark places includes a small flashlight integrated into the body. The light aids visibility for writing, eliminating the need for separate illumination.
New Cunard Liner Interior to Be Most Elaborate Ever
Rapid work continues on the 73 000 ton Cunarder under construction at John Brown & Co Clydebank Scotland. Plans reveal a grand interior with an eight deck structure a vast dining room between funnels a large boat deck 650 feet long and a 720 foot promenade deck. An ornate English ecclesiastical style church is planned plus highly elaborate decoration overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunard
John Brown & Company
Cyldebank
Scotland
Eric Reford
Robert Reford
Cunard Line
Canada
Reford
Nerviline Promoted as Flu Home Remedy
Advertisement touts Nerviline as a safe home plan for flu and cold symptoms. It claims throat gargling prevents germ spread and rubs relieve chest tightness, urging mothers to use Nerviline for coughs and sore throats with a 35 cent price.
Saskatchewan Poultry Pool reports six percent rise in 1930 volume
The Saskatchewan Poultry Pool Limited shows a nine percent increase in product volume for the year ending January 31 1931 versus the prior year. President Mrs Bertha Holmes notes a large membership gain with 2418 new contracts secured in twelve months. Also mentions health warning on worms in children and Mother's Graves Worm Exterminator as protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan Poultry Pool, Limited
Bertha Holmes
Language and labels change how women and men are treated
The passage contrasts positive and negative reactions to terms applied to women and men, noting how age and gender affect responses. It ends with a warning that nitroglycerin can explode when struck, implying volatility in labels and materials.
British Firm Wins U.S. Machinery Contract for Weldless Tube
Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corporation of Victoria Station House London wins a contract to deliver 1,000 tons of machinery to Pittsburgh PA for weldless steel tube production. The project will employ 600 English workers for six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman Smith &Owen Engineering Corporation, Ltd
Victoria Station House
S.W
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
England
Birchtown Woman Praises Pinkham Medicines
Mrs Richard Charlton of Birchtown Quebec says she lives 13 miles from town on a farm and when going through Change of Life became nervous and run down. The Vegetable Compound improved her nerves appetite and energy. She also used Blood Medicine and Liver Pills and saw help. She will answer letters from women asking about your medicines.
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Birchtown
Quebec
Richard Charlton
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Western Canada Flour Mills Co. Limited
Toronto
Buskley
Ash
Brazil
House of Commons
W. Neill
Putnam's
Putnam's Corn
Putnams
N. U
la Grippe
Saskatchewan Poultry Pool
U.S
Pinkham Medicines
Brooder
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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