World Happenings Briefly Told
Two army aviators escaped injury when their planes collided at 3006 feet over Langley Field Virginia both aircraft were destroyed. A Dutch Swedish doctor duo say they found a cure after years of experiments. The Thames will host its first international river race on June 26 for the Duke of York’s trophy. The federal government will not fund an Indian hospital in Central Saskatchewan. Paris reports 147 unemployed, London 800 600, Munich 450 000 at a festival. State's Attorney Crowe in Chicago offers 5000 reward for info on machine gun slayings and beer runners. French troops buried 3606 slain comrades from a Druse siege near Soueida nine months after the relief attempt. Poland forms a new cabinet led by Premier Witos with Morawski remaining foreign minister.
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Barcin Kitet
Hegeland
Sweden
River Thames
Chicago
Rolt
Crowe
William H. McSwiggin
Soueida
Poland
Witos
Morawski
England leads in optic progress at South Kensington show
The Imperial College of Science and Technology hosts an optical convention marking Britain’s rise to the top in lens making and instrument construction. The war era spurred advances in range finders periscopes and field glasses, shaping modern optics as Britain regains prewar supremacy.
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Imperial College of Science of Technology
South Kensington
England
Germany
Trade in Canadian Cars Grows in Far East Markets
A. B. Muddiman, former Canadian trade commissioner, notes brisk sales of Canadian automobiles in Singapore Java Siam and other Far East locations. He cites good roads built by British French and Dutch governments as a key driver of this expanding trade.
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Far East
Singapore
Java
Siam
A. B. Muddiman
BC Air Patrol Seeks Joint NATO Style Coast Guard Support
The federal departments of marine and fisheries and national defence negotiate for cooperation to extend this summer's air patrol of British Columbia fisheries.
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Federal
Department of Marine and Fsheries
Department of National Defence
British Columbia
Rotor ship Baden Baden completes 6200 mile Hamburg voyage
The Baden Baden, Germany’s rotor ship, finished an experimental 6200 mile voyage to New York in 38 days under wind power and rotor propulsion. Anton Flettner hailed rotor efficiency with 70 percent rotor operation and diesel savings as the vessel carried building stone to sea.
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New York Harbor
Anton Flettner
Baden- Baden
Inspecting Hudson Bay Railway Renewal Work Progress
D R Campbell of Canadian National Railways joins J W Porter and Thomas Turnbull on an inspection of the Hudson Bay Railway. The party plans a detailed mileage survey to Kettle Rapids and aims to complete track reshaping to carry heavy trains by fall. Over 100 men are replacing ties as 80 pound rails are relaid and the 232 mile line is readied for main-line service.
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D. R. Campbell
Canadian National Railways
Western Lines
C.N.R
J. W. Porter
Thomas Turnbull
Hudson Bay
Kettle Rapids
Campbell
Canada
Money In the West Revenue Rise in Prairie Provinces
The Financial Post estimates last year’s revenue of the prairie provinces at 1.05 billion dollars from all sources, up from 860 million the year before. Agricultural led with 725.6 million, followed by industrial at 150 million, tourist 50 million, and mines and fisheries 49 million, with increases in every division since 1924.
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Prairie Provinces
Financial Post
Allotment of Canadian air stations under consideration
The question of air stations in Canada is under consideration. Honourable E. M. MacDonald, minister of national defence, told the House at Ottawa that the matter follows complaints about air service conditions at points in British Columbia and Alberta.
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Canada
E. M. MacDonald
National Defence
Ottawa
British Columbia
Alberta
If Some People Stop Climbing Hills Before They Reach Them
A quip noting that avoiding needless effort would reduce fatigue in the world. The saying contrasts exertion with unnecessary striving.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg
A brief notice outlines pattern ordering at the Winnipeg address 175 McDermot Ave. The item provides Instructions for obtaining sewing patterns through the local pattern office and notes the postal or in person ordering options.
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Winnipeg Newspaper
Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Immigration costs rise as federal aid funds fares and settlement
In the eleven months ended February 28 the Federal Government spent 247,530 on ocean and railway fares for immigrants. Of this amount 130,703 are recoverable loans. Land settlement aid totaled 284,725 and immigrant maintenance cost 13,161.
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House of Commons
Heavy Cargoes for the Orient Signal Trade Recovery
Vancouver merchants report heavy cargoes aboard recent liners to Japan and China. The partial recovery in China trade is seen as a sign of normal business returning, with strong bookings on Canadian Pacific steamers amid the Orient cargo surge.
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Japan
China
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
Largest Lumber Cargo on a Ship Reported at Port of Portland
The Monticello carried 6,356,612 board feet of lumber the largest cargo ever loaded on a sea voyage. The load equates to lumber used in 365 standard houses.
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Oregon
Monticello
Portland
French Climbers Scale 12 065 Foot Peak in Alps Feat
Two French mountaineers reached the summit of a 12 065 foot peak in the French Alps after crossing lower slopes to Promontoire Refure 16 335 feet high. They found a snowburied hut, slept there, and endured perilous ice walls on the ascent. A flagstaff left by a previous climber aided the return. Captain Donald B. MacMillan leads a Field Museum expedition to Labrador and Greenland with a crew of landsmen and scientists including the first woman to enter the territory, promising rugged training and hard work.
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Moent Mele
Alpe
M. Daloz
Donald B. MacMillan
Field Museum
Labrador
Greenland
MacMillan
Ralph Robinson
Russians face alcohol crisis as 6000 workers die yearly
Professor Alexander Sholomvitch of Moscow reports that 6,000 Russian workers die from alcohol each year and 65 percent are addicted. He notes 13 percent of annual earnings go to alcohol, based on official data, excluding peasants who brew at home. He compares consumption to a line of freight cars 6,000 miles long.
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Alexander Sholomvitch
Department of Health
Moscow
Sholomvitch
Vladivostock
Leningrad
Russia
Germany Cannot Engage In Military Aviation Accord Ends Talks
Negotiations on modifying the Versailles Treaty as it affects German aviation have produced an accord between France Belgium and Germany. German military flight remains prohibited though horsepower and climbing limits are changed. Separate pacts allow cross border flights for aviators among the three nations.
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France
Germany
Belgium
Davis demonstrates successful farming in Champion district
Clarence Davis, who moved from Geneseo Illinois in 1905 with 1200 dollars, now owns 969 acres in Champion district Southern Alberta. All land is paid for and valued at about 50000 dollars.
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Champion
Alberta
Clarence Davis
Geneseo
Ilinois
Davis
Canada Faces Two Billion War Debt Compared To US History
The Toronto Star notes Canada books a two billion dollar war debt and compares it to the U S Civil War era debt under Lincoln. It argues Canada’s debt reflects large national finance and mirrors the country’s growing foreign trade of about two point two five billion dollars last year.
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Canada
United States
Lincoln
Toronto Star
Changing Names Of Cities in Russia
More than sixty Russian cities have been renamed by Bolshevik authorities as the old names tied to czars nobility or church were dropped. Petrograd became Leningrad and Tsaritsin transformed into Stalingrad. Other shifts include Gatshina to Trotsky Zinovievsk from Elizabethgrad and Alexandropol to Leninkan in Armenia.
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Russia
Petrograd
Peter the Great
Leningrad
Lenin
Tsaritsin
Volga
Stalingrad
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
Gatshina
Trotsk
Leon Trotsky
Elizabethgrad
Zinovievsk
Surge in Automobile Tourists to Canada Accelerates
A rapid rise in car entries into Canada is noted with 1925 registering 1,945,035 arrivals in one day, up from 1,534,885 in 1924 and 966,499 in 1923. Ontario accounted for 1,209,090 visitors, New Brunswick for 467,555, and Quebec for 111,983.
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Canada
Ontario
New Brunswick
Quebec
Great Paul Bell Weighs Seventeen Tons at St Paul’s
England’s largest bell named Great Paul weighs seventeen tons and is housed in a tower of St Paul’s Cathedral, Germany’s era. The massive bell remains a landmark within the London church.
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England
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Life of Christ by Lord Beaverbrook announced
The Morning Post reports Canadian peer and Daily Express proprietor Lord Beaverbrook is composing a life of Christ. Readers describe the manuscript as vividly arresting and note its great and reverent sincerity.
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Lord Beaverbrook
The
Daily Express
Christ
Morning Post
Plants Have Minds Hearts and Feelings Says Indian Psychologist
Indian plant psychologist Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose conducts experiments claiming plants possess consciousness and a “brain.” He reports a carrot drinks water becomes intoxicated, chloroform renders it unconscious, and alcohol effects plants like animals with mood changes and stun from gases.
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Jagadis Chandra Bose
Sir Jagadis
Farms Hands Placed Quickly In Canada Immigrant Batch
A party of forty three young men trained at Claydon England arrived in Toronto and were placed on Ontario farms within an hour. H. K. Bluck, assistant manager of the farm, led the effort and has kept in contact with all the workers, reporting outcomes far beyond expectations.
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Canada
Claydon
England
H. K. Bluck
Toronto
Ontario
Bluck
Auto Industry In Canada Sees Record 1925 Output
The bureau of statistics says 11 Canadian auto factories produced 161 970 vehicles in 1925 an up 22 percent from 1924 and 10 percent from 1923. Production value reached 110 835 380 dollars up from 88 480 418 dollars in 1924 including parts and repair work.
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Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Nevada editors plan national Mark Twain memorial site
Editors allied with the State Editorial Association push a national memorial for Mark Twain. They seek to place a building or relocate the old Territorial Enterprise office at Virginia City where Twain began his cub reporting beside the cabin where he drafted Huckleberry Finn.
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Nevada
State
Mark Twain
Mississippi River
Territorial Enterprise
Virginia City
Twale
Huge turtle landed at Kalk Bay pier weighing near 700 pounds
The skipper of the Sophia hauled a gigantic turtle ashore in Kalk Bay South Africa using simple line and tackle. The behemoth was put on display at Kalk Bay Pier and weighed about 700 pounds.
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Kalk Bay
South Africa
Sophia
Kalk Bay Pier
Nine-Tenths of the born leaders of men are women
An aphoristic line notes that most natural leaders in society are women, implying women possess superior leadership traits across eras. The remark frames gendered possibilities in public life and influence.
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