World Happenings Briefly Told
Britain to build 500 new military aircraft as part of rapid expansion. Mrs Amy Mollison crash lands at Croydon airfield escaping with injuries. Rosterguyeff and Baibur set a 26 hour 29 minute glider record at Koktabel Crimea. A bomb injures five during a wedding procession in Calcutta with no arrests. Women in Broderick Saskatchewan raise 19.25 for King George V cancer fund. 10,000 tons steel rails ordered from Sydney plant for South Africa. Malcolm Campbell fined for 30 mph speed limit in Daytona Beach. Queen Victoria 1897 Jubilee stamps still circulate. a 38 year old stamp used in Prince Albert district.
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Great Britain
Amy Mollison
Croydon
Rosterguyeff
Baibur
Koktabel
Crimea
Calcutta
Broderick
Sask
Sydney
Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation
Malcolm Campbell
Daytona Beach
Fla
England
Prince Albert
Planes Nine Added to China's National Air Force
Workers donate eight planes by government railway employees in China and one from Java, totaling 1,000 officials and 10,000 spectators at the Old Ming Palace Airdrome in Nanking. Wang Ching-wei accepts the planes for China and stresses aviation’s role in national consolidation. Aviators perform formation and stunt flying after christening.
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China
Java
Ming Palace
Nanking
Wang Ching-wei
Executive Yuan
Little Journeys In Science: Nickel and Cobalt Roles
Nickel and cobalt are key metals found together in ores with iron silver and copper. Cobalt deposits lie in Ontario and the Belgian Congo while nickel mines are in Sudbury Ontario. Both metals alloy with others to create hard durable materials used in steel armor cables reactor parts and cutting tools.
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Gordon H. Guest
Cobalt
Ontario
Belgian Congo
Sudbury
Nichrome
Invar
Gardening basics for successful Canadian plots by Gordon L Smith
An article on garden soil, sun exposure, and care. It covers choosing south or east aspects, building loose loam, using sand for warmth, and adding humus. Guidance includes drainage, manure, green manures, and soil amendments for sandy or clay soils. It also lists shrubs, evergreens, vines, seed sowing depths, and bulb planting tips.
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Canada
Boston
Sunday School Lesson on Early Church Unity and Fellowship
Biblical vestry reading discusses Romans 12 5 Ephesians 2 11 21 and Acts 2 41 45 detailing Pentecost baptism unity and sharing. It describes early believers meeting in homes praising Psalms praying and breaking bread, bound by love loyalty and stewarding wealth to aid the needy. John Wright Buckham frames the church as a living social spiritual organism and a branch of the Living Vine with Christ as its source.
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Christ
Jesus Christ
John Wright Buckham
Ban on War Materials Shows German Shortages
France bans bauxite exports, threatening Germany’s aluminum supply and its self sufficiency program. Hitler’s regime struggles to mobilize war materials as Berlin relies on foreign ore and substitutes aluminum for costly metals, seeking new sources to sustain arms production.
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Germany
Europe
Adolf Hitler
France
Masks as costly fashion craze for Riviera women
French Riviera fashion feature notes masks shaped to resemble wearers faces worn by stylish women. The masks allegedly relax facial muscles tired from perpetual smiling and come with a hefty price tag. The item highlights a trend among affluent Riviera society.
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Riviera
France
Handwriting Reading Promises Advice on Vocation and Life
A Winnipeg Newspaper Union notice invites readers to mail handwriting samples for personality analysis. It urges diligent effort to reach goals, offers individual comments from C G and Mrs A about perseverance and domestic issues, and explains costs and turnaround for responses.
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Lawrence Hibbert
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Surgeon Claim Promotes Growth by Thyroid Graft
A Russian surgeon reports he transplanted a thyroid gland from a 13 year old who had died into a 15 year old stunted child. The recipient supposedly resumed growth and began developing normally within months.
Trans Atlantic Air Service May See Experimental Flights
Experimental Atlantic flights may occur this summer if terminal aerodromes near Galway Ireland and Newfoundland are ready. The plan involves United States built seaplanes, including a Glenn Martin monoplane for 46 passengers plus crew and 1,500 nautical miles in about eight hours and 35 minutes, with Igor Sikorsky’s smaller seaplane also a possibility.
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Galway
Ireland
Newfoundland
Atlantic
C. H. Glendinning
Notre Dame Bay
Glendinning
Igor Sikorsky
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Edmonton
Regina
Ogden
Trans-Atlantic Air Service
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