World Happenings Briefly Told
Germans subjected to blood tests to prove sobriety or intoxication,Interior ministry announces. Extensions to UK telephone services worth 6 750 000 to be added this fall. July toll in Ontario highway crashes reaches 65, highest since 1929. Riverside Essex relief plea finds 22 recipients driving own cars. Western Canada wheat crop quality cited by grain inspector Frazer. US farm income to August falls 85 million dollars from July. Croydon Mothers and Infants Association declines to act on a Romford reception committee. US treasury enforcement bursts net nearly 1 000 arrests seizing hundreds of illicit stills in narcotics liquor drive.
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Ministry of the Interior
United Kingdom
Ontario
Ontario Highways Department
Riverside
Essex County
David Croll
Western Canada
James D. Frazer
Grain Standard Board
United States
Agriculture Department
Mothers and Infants Association
Croydon
England
Romford
Treasury
New Gold Strike Reported in Yellowknife District
Hon. T A Crerar received word from A L Cumming that a new gold strike lies on the east side of Gordon Lake about 50 miles northeast of Yellowknife River mouth where it meets Great Slave Lake. The find, first staked July 15 by Mining Corporation of Canada with 36 claims, prompted subsequent staking by A X Syndicate and Ventures Limited among others. The vein belt extends 15 miles with free gold showings. development planned during freeze up. about 600 claims staked to date.
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Yellowknife Mining
Northwest Territories
T. A. Crerar
Interior
A. L. Cumming
Fort Smith
N.W
Gordon Lake
Yellowknife River
Great Slave Lake
Mining Corporation of Canada
A.X. Syndicate
Ventures, Limited
Fred Connell
AE. Syndicate
Kari Springer
Wood-Brown Syndicate
Burwash Yellowknife Mines, Limited
The
Mining Corporation
AX Syndicate
Yellowknife
Cumming
A. W. Jolliffe
Dominion Department of Mines
House warming guest brings kindling and matches
A joke line notes Jake takes things literally by attending a house warming with kindling and a box of matches, illustrating his literal interpretation.
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Jake
Ladysmith Fires Bonds In Bonfire To Mark Debt Vanishing
The British Columbia town once burdened by 94326 in bonded debt after coal mines closed six years ago now shows revival through a logging company. A giant flagpole stands where the debt was burned and the community celebrated by a large bonfire as bonds were paid in full.
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Ladysmith
British Columbia
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Claims Liver Bile Flow
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a remedy to stimulate two pounds of daily bile flow, improve digestion, and avoid calomel or mercury, urging readers to insist on the product by name. The copy uses vivid phrases to describe bloating, sour mood, and general ill effects from poor bile flow.
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Carter
Second Convert in Philippi Becomes Believer after Jailhouse Miracle
A Sunday School lesson recounts Acts 16 verses where Paul and Silas heal a slave girl then are jailed. The jailer asks what to do to be saved, and Paul replies Believe on the Lord Jesus. The teaching links Philippians 3 10 14 to gain Christ and share salvation with his household.
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Jesus
Philippi
Philipp
Paul
Silas
Jesus Christ
Lynn H. Hough
Tertullian
Christ
Carry High Speed Cameras Aircraft Built for Northwest Missions
The second of three Montreal built aircraft for the Department of National Defence has passed tests. Designed for high speed photography and transport, it carries ample fuel and oil for five and a half hours at high altitude. It features three oblique cameras, float landing gear, optional wheel undercarriage, and a ski undercarriage for winter flying.
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Montreal
Department of National Defence
Northwest Territories
Selected Recipes for Butter Almond Tarts
Cream butter and sugar gradually with a well beaten egg. Sift flour with baking powder and mix into the creamed ingredients. Chill dough and roll to one eighth inch. Cut into rounds, brush with white of egg, sprinkle sugar and cinnamon, top with split blanched almonds. Bake on buttered sheet in a slow oven 8 to 10 minutes until delicately browned.
Alberta imposes closed season on red squirrels this fall and winter
Alberta Game Branch issues an order prohibiting any shooting or trapping of red squirrels this fall and winter due to general scarcity. The species has been placed on the protected list, ending the open seasons formerly run from November 1 to March 31 in prior years.
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Alberta
Game Branch
Montreal Quiet Hours Fine Toll on Horn Blasts
In Montreal authorities impose a $40 fine and one month jail for blowing auto horns between midnight and four AM. The rule targets noisy tooters and aims to curb late night disturbances.
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Montreal
Protege of Queen Mary Proposes Orphan Admission at Wanstead
A two and a half year old orphan boy Brian William Frank Roberts is presented for admission to the Royal Infant Orphanage Wanstead. The child will be maintained and educated there until age 16. His father was a chief steward on the Orient line boat the Otranto who died last year. his mother died at 24. An orphanage official says Queen Mary retains the right to nominate two children to the institution ensuring a perpetual protege.
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Queen Mary
Royal Infant Orphanage
Wanstead
Brian William Frank Roberts
Orient Line
Land Salvaged In India Forty Million Acres Reclaimed
The Central Irrigation Board of India reports India leads in land reclaimed or irrigated over fifty years. About 40 million acres reclaimed including 31 million in British India, with Italy next at under 6 million. Reclaimed land in India totals 7 million acres with irrigation for cultivation. When projects finish 5 million more acres will be irrigated. Current output supports about 375 million dollars in produce from crops like rice and beans, via 75 000 miles of canals, 50 large dams and many smaller works.
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British India
Central Irrigation Board of India
India Office
London
Italy
India
Commodore urges car drivers to take up sailing
Commodore Gooderham of Toronto urges motorists to learn courtesy by sailing, but notes the problem is too many drivers already handle speeds on the highways as if they were at sea.
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Commodore Gooderham
Toronto
Berlin Chief Of Police Paints Cars For Horn Noise
Berlin's police chief gains popularity by ordering noisy horn drivers to have their vehicles marked with a large yellow spot. The decoration curbed tooting, bringing peace to a city once famed as one of Europe's noisiest.
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Berlin
Europe
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Regina
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