World Happenings Briefly Told
Languages of all races will be preserved on phono records for posterity in a new Museum of Languages collection. Canada Czecho Slovakia treaty talks near conclusion this winter. Sir Thomas Lipton completes his 60th US voyage arriving in New York and challenges American yachtsmen for 1929 races. Toronto publisher to release Mackenzie King book The Message of the Carillon in London and New York. Red Cross to hold Brussels meeting January 16 1928 on chemical warfare protection. Jewish telegrams exceed others in non business messages, Western Union reports. Prince of Wales and Premier Baldwin invited to Canada Club dinner November 21 in London. Canada royal visit possibly Duke of York in 1929 to open Toronto’s Royal York hotel. Four Western graduates pass October medical council exams. total thirty candidates succeed. Names Buell Jones Munn Ryan noted. Germany represented at London Salon of Photography for first time since 1914. Argentina’s economy enters new prosperity phase from rising world demand.
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Canada
Czzecho
Slovakia
Sir Thomas Lipton
United States
New York
Western Union Telegraph ‘Co
Prince of Wales
Stanley Baldwin
Canada Club
Bes
London
Toronto Telegram
Duke of York
Toronto
Royal York
Empress of Japan Wrecking Underway After Renowned Liner Decline
The Empress of Japan, once a famed trans Pacific liner, is being torn down in Burrard Inlet. The vessel, launched 37 years ago in Britain, will yield steel for new ships as a buyer profits from salvaged fittings. The ship's three sisters included the Empress of India and Empress of China, the latter lost on a reef near Japan over a decade ago.
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North Parish
Burrard Inlet
Canadian Pacific Mailway
Gaekwar
Baroda
Early Home Of Mankind Skull Brought To U S
Dr George L Collie Beloit College anthropology professor brought a 25000 year old male skull to the United States for study. He borrowed it from M A Dobruge the French discoverer during Algerian excavations. Collie says Africa likely the cradle of mankind not Asia based on these finds.
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United States
George L. Collie
Beloit College
Collie
1Ogan Museum
Beloit
M. A. Dobruge
Africa
Dr. Collie
Asia
Manitoba Aviation League formed to boost flying in province
The Avia tion League of Manitoba forms with J A Richardson as honorary president and J C Coleman as president to foster aeronautics, promote air routes, data, and cadet programs. Major General J J Mac Brien spoke to the Canadian Club at the Royal Alexandra Hotel on October 18.
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Avilation
Wiantpet
Aviation League of
Manitoba
J. A. Richardson
J.C Coleman
H. P. Crabb
Edward Anderson
T. €. Anderson
W. R Clutch
J. DB. Coyne
P. G. DuVal
Charles Gray
W. H. Gardner
J. Hunter
S. N. Jones
W. A. Kingsland
A. W. MecLimont
W. McCurdy
Hugh Osler
R. H. Parkhill
C. 8. Riley
J. A. Sully
W. A. Straith
R. H. Webb
F. O. Woodman
League
J. J. MacBrien
C.B
C.M.G
Canadian Club
Royal Alexandra Hotel
Wheat Rust Report Marks Forward Step in Western Crop Fight
J H Craigie of Manitoba Agricultural College Prominion Rust Research Lab completed a two year study on wheat rust in Western Canada and sent it to the National Research Council at Ottawa. Official release awaits council review but authorities say the work represents a significant advance for farmers facing the crop menace.
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Canada
J. H. Craigie
Manitoba Agricultural College
National Research Council
Ottawa
Craigie
Hill 60 For Sale
The news that Hill 60 is to be put up for sale evokes WWI memories of Ypres Salient. Those who followed daily bulletins recall its sniping tunnels and battles, with many buried wounded and later retaken, shaping a queer, somber affection. Spain's trade with France continues to grow.
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Ypres
Illomen
Dysentery Horror Prompted Alarm in Simcoe Woman
Mrs. Wallace Pepper of Simcoe Ontario describes a severe dysentery episode last summer that caused loss of appetite and intense abdominal pain. She sought urgent medical advice and was told the quickest remedy to recover.
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Wallace Pepper
Simcoe, Ont
Radio In Demand For All Purposes
Requests flood Chicago radio stations as listeners seek wedding march timing time zone answers travel help mail in tips and home how to guidance. A fan in St. Louis inquires about central time while anxious Iowa mothers seek train guidance and candy and mortgage advice.
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WHT
Chicago
Dot
St. Louis
Iowa
WMAQ
Detroit
Nebraska
Safe Route for Gold Uses Air Transport
A London to Amsterdam air shipment of 5 006 000 in gold demonstrates growing trust in air transport for valuable cargo. The gold was insured and the insurance rate was moderate, signaling air routes are viable for large monetary transfers and reflecting broader confidence in the safety of flight for transport.
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London
Amsterdam
Baird Demonstrates Fog Photo Invention For Cloud Vision
J Baird the young Scottish inventor of television showed photographs taken in opaque fog and a camera with a television ray at the British Association in London. The plates capture infrared spectrum rays invisible to the eye enabling pictures through thick clouds. He predicts future warfare will use aircraft high above clouds for unseen photography and observation.
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J. Baird
British Association
London
Baird
Red Oil Request At Dusk Sparks Confusion
A woman stops at a filling station and asks for a quart of red oil to fix a tail light. The attendant stumbles over the unusual request, and she repeats that her tail light is out prompting a puzzled reaction.
Sunday School Lesson on Amos Sins and Punishment
The lesson discusses Amos 2 4 to 3 15 and Amos 5 14, urging seekers to choose good over evil. It cites Judah’s repeated sins, rejection of Jehovah’s law, and the coming judgment with fire to consume Jerusalem’s palaces.
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Jehovah
Amos
Judah
Dummelow
Jerusalem
Two English twins start 6000 mile trek from London to Karachi
Donald and Douglas Burton twin brothers depart London on a long hike in search of travel romance. They plan to walk through France Italy Yugoslavia Bulgaria Turkey Arabia and Persia with no money, banking on roughing it until they reach France where funds begin.
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London
Karachi
India
Donald
Douglas Burton
France
Italy
Jugo- Slavia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Arabia
Persia
Canada
New Zealand
Danish Explorer Returns From Greenland Expedition
Danish explorer Koen and two assistants return to Copenhagen after a Greenland coast survey revealing evidence Greenland was once tropical. They brought back eight tons of fossils plants and animals spanning three geological periods with indications of palms and abundant tropical life.
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Savage Koen
Copenhagen
Greenland
Koch
North Scors Bysound
Denmarkhaven
North Greenland
Hac
Germans plan two 45000 ton coal burner ships
The text notes Germany intends to launch two ships of 45 000 tons each by 1329 as coal burners, signaling a trans Atlantic traffic bid. It claims this benefits England whose wealth rests on coal, and that England is regaining strength in the bunkers of German ships.
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England
Pedestrian Uses Motor Horn Cane in Southampton Crossing
In Southampton a pedestrian asserts cross street safety with a walking stick fitted with a tiny motor horn. He sounds warning blasts to passing drivers and says the device will stay until his time to leave, remarking that he has paid for this device.
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Southampton
England
German Aristocrats Seek Land in Canadian West Settlement
A party of landed German aristocrats searches the St Walburg district in Saskatchewan for land to form a German settlement. Dr Smidel von Seeberg of Berlin organized the group and has homesteaded there. Counts Otto von Dem Hagen and von Bulow, plus others, plan to report on land conditions and return in spring with families and relatives.
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St. Wailburg District
Saskatchewan
Germany
Smidel von Seeberg
Berlin
Hbimself
St. Walburg
Otto von Dem Haren
Frei Drusden
Herr Carl Schultz
University of Griecowald
Count von Dem Hagen
German East Africa
Count von Bulow
Prince von Bulow
Gunther von Arnim
General von Arnim
Blue Blood
Noble Beats World Wheat Yield Record in Alberta
S Noble of Nobbidford Alberta, a former American, set a new wheat yield benchmark this year on 1300 acres producing 74000 bushels at about 67 bushels per acre. He previously held 1915 record of 54330 bushels on 1000 acres. He grew winter wheat now using Macdonald College developed varieties.
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Marquis
Ottawa
Canada
Macdonald Agricultural College
Anne de Bellevue
Quebec
Alberta
Mr. Noble
Foreign warrant suspect identified by broadcast in New York
New York police detained a foreign warrant suspect who spoke an odd language. Interpreters struggled until linguists proposed using broadcasting. The captive spoke into a microphone and a fellow countryman identified him as a Lapp. Police cleared him to depart as explanations satisfied. Earlier in the year Canadian banks opened 40 branches and closed 21.
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New York
Luckleas
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Windsor
Ontario
Mnuseum of
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Mackenzie King
Geneva International Red Cross Committee
Brussels
Belgium
Medical Council of Canada
Aeea Buell
Vancouver
F. M. Jones
Victoria
W. H. Munn
Summerland
B.C
C. A. Ryan
Argentina
Minard
Pain
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Empress of Japan
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Tsai
Manitoba Aviation League
Organization !S
Spain
McDermott Ave
Winnipeg
Ray Oeacrord
Ild
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T. Miburn Co
Ted
Ont
Royal Hunters
Prince Michael Sturdza
Washington, D.C
Princess Sturdza
Rocky River
Canadian Rockies
Jasper National Park
Harg
Tered
Twin Brothers
Journaal Amusant
Paris
Will
Canadian West
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