World Happenings Briefly Told Across Nations
The Supreme Court of Canada rules that insurance indemnities influence income tax. Sir Thomas White forecasts world gold reserves aiding future international banking. The Graf Zeppelin may make six trans Atlantic flights this summer per Martin Wronsky. Canada Grain Act unchanged in current session says H H Stevens. Cariboo holds gold worth 300 million dollars if workable. A Mrs Melita Aitken painting hung by the Royal Academy. Senate blocks a plan for national identification cards with photos. Dominion women plan a large League of Nations petition on war instrument reduction. Canada sold 184000 tons of wheat to China and Australia 400000 tons per H H Stevens. Buffalo Child Long Lance earns a commercial pilot license and plans fur trading by air in the North West.
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Thomas White
Graf Zeppelin
Martin Wronsky
Canada
H. H. Stevens
Cariboo
Melita Aitken
Victoria, B.C
Royal Academy
London
England
Senate
Dominion
League of Nations
China
Australia
Buffalo Child
Long Lance
Calgary
Alta
North West Territories
Canadian Airways absorbs Commercial Airways Edmonton
Announcement in Montreal states Canadian Airways Limited has absorbed Commercial Airways of Edmonton Limited. The air mail route Fort McMurray Alberta to Aklavik Northwest Territories continues under Canadian Airways with five smaller aircraft acquired. Captain R W Wop May joins Canadian Airways as a top western pilot.
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Montreal
Canadian Airways, Limited
Commercial Airways
Egmonton, Limited
Suzy
Fort McMurray
Alberta
Aklavik
North West Territories
Mackenzie River
G. C. Drury
Canadian Airways
R. W
May
Silver wires may replace horsehair in violin bows
A German violinist experiments with bows strung with hair-like silver wires slightly roughened on the surface to vibrate strings. He claims the approach yields heightened sensitivity and brilliance of tone surpassing horsehair bows.
Canadian Seed Grains ship to Chile for trial
A shipment from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon goes to a Chilean buyer for testing improved Canadian seed grains and grasses. The goal is to evaluate performance of new varieties in South American conditions.
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University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Chile
South America
Canada
New Bread Slicing Machine Cuts Waste in Bakeries
A machine is developed to slice hot loaves as they exit ovens and seal each slice in waxed paper. The system aims to reduce bread waste by keeping slices fresh and ready for sale.
Vacation Tours By Plain Light Aeroplanes
Amateur pilots will lead tours in Europe aboard lightly built planes. The trips mix travel with sightseeing as pilots stay with their craft yet join the group at each stop for guided tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Canada Russia Trade Ties Record Yearly Totals
Canada curtailed relations but still sold goods to Soviet Russia valued at 1.917,652 dollars in the fiscal year ending last March while Russia purchased 568,100 dollars worth of Canadian goods. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics released the report.
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Russia
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Glass From Natural Gas Emerges As New Invention
A novel glass making method uses natural gas as a feedstock, creating a potential alternative to traditional silica glass. The development promises simpler production steps and possible cost reductions for specialized glass applications.
Fashion patterns and sizes for spring styles in our magazine
Our Fashion Magazine shows Paris spring and summer styles for adults and children. It lists patterns No 723 No 285 No 283 No 928 No 187 with sizes bust measures yards of fabric and binding details. Includes sewing lessons and price 15 cents for the book and 25 cents per pattern in stamps or coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Sunday School Lesson Golden Text and Devotional Reading
The lesson centers on Luke 22 42 where Jesus prays for another path but submits to God's will. It covers Luke 22 24 71 and includes Psalm 150 as devotional reading to reinforce praise and worship in trial.
Agony in the Garden and Friends Who Failed
Text recalls Jesus praying in Gethsemane, facing the cup of suffering and two-wills tension, while disciples Peter James and John fail to keep vigil. It notes Jesus’ plea to pray against temptation and the disciples’ sleeping sorrow as the Last Supper foretold betrayal and denial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Mount of Olives
John
Gethsemane
W. J. Dawson
Christ
Matthew
Mark
Peter
James
Artificial worms mimic real bait for fishermen
Artificial worms that bear a remarkable resemblance to the genuine have been made for fishermen. They can be cut into desired lengths.
Norway May Block Wilkins Submarine North Pole Journey
An Oslo backed Telegraph report says Norway may stop Captain Sir Hubert Wilkins from using a submarine for his planned north pole voyage, deeming it an unnecessary risk to human life. If he passes through Norway en route, Oslo intends to exercise control over Arctic expeditions starting there.
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Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Oslo
Abeiderbladet
Wilkins
Norway
Pole
Mechanical Eye for Airmen Sees Through Fog 2 Miles
W F Westerndorp of General Electric Research Laboratory described a mechanical eye at the Engineers Club in Dayton Ohio. The device mounts on an airplane tail and transmits a synthetic beacon by sighting an air way light through fog. It has not flown yet but has operated through two miles of ground fog.
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Engineers’ Club
Dayton
Ohio
W. F. Westerndorp
General Electric Research Laboratory
Second century milestone and playful musings
Miss Ann Stanson of Mansfeld England marked her 101st birthday saying the second hundred years are the hardest. She notes first doctor visit first medicine and first laundry and the first vacation. A novelist asks why modern young men never serenade at dawn. A scientist estimates the earth’s atmosphere holds 4 quadrillion tons of nitrogen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Stanson
Mansfeld
England
Canada’s Two New Destroyers Complete Trials
The destroyers Skeena and Saguenay have finished power trials. Saguenay will depart Portsmouth for Canada in June under Commander Percy Nelles for eastern service. Skeena will follow about ten days later under Commander W G Brodeur for Pacific duties.
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Canada
Saguenay
Eastern
Seaboard
Portsmouth
Percy Nelles
British Columbia
Pacific
W. G. Brodeur
Champlain
Vancouver
Royal Navy
Jungle lion broadcasts via short wave in Kenya
British wireless audiences heard a lion roar broadcast from a microphone at a jungle drinking pool in Kenya. The Nairobi relay on 49.5 metres carried calls of birds and animal sounds forming a Weird chorus, proving the sounds came from the real jungle, not a zoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British East Africa
Kenya
Nairobi
Wallet reappears exchange ad draws terse reply
In Fore Street the man who picked up the wallet is asked to return it. The next day the recognized finder replies and asks the loser to call and collect the wallet at any time.
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Fore Street
Will leaves beloved goldfish to nephew Percy
A rich lady bequeaths her darling goldfish to her nephew Percy for weekly kindness in feeding them. The will note humorously mentions a precise annual loss of soil nutrients, stating twenty-one times as much plant food is removed by soil erosion as by crops.
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Percy
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Supreme Court of Canada
German States
W. N. VU
University
Robert Falconer
University of Toronto
Prince and Princess
Takamatsu
Soldier's Tower
Royal Honeymiboners
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Staal Decorator's Guide
Africa
Brooder
Chantler & Chantler Limited
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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