World Happenings Briefly Told
King George of Greece will visit London Paris and Rome his first foreign tour since his restoration two years ago. Straw is a money crop for southwestern Alberta farmers with government agents buying straw for relief fodder at 3.50 a ton for wheat straw and 4.50 for oat and barley straw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Greece
London
Paris
Rome
Canada
Reims
John D. Rockefeller
R. Scott
Royal Navy
Ottawa
G. Rivers-Smith
England
Alberta
Modern Noahs Ark sails from Montreal to England
The Canadian Pacific freighter Beaverburn cleared port with a small menagerie including two buffalo, two bears, and two beavers destined for Dudley Zoological Gardens in England. The six animals were packed in crates on deck under watchful longshoremen, with cautious notes on the two 900 pound bison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Beaverburn
Dudley Zoological Gardens
England
John F. McKellar
Elk Island Park
Edmonton
Lil
Mr. McKellar
McKellar
Plowed Straightest Furrow Sets Record at Fergus Match
A crowd estimated at 45,000 attended the 24th international ploughing match in Fergus Ontario. Major attraction was 94 year old John Hammond of Hagersville who ploughed with a furrow made when he was nine drawn by oxen and officials credited no straighter furrow in the competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fergus
Ont
John Hammond
Hagersville
Rochester woman recalls perilous insect hunt in Sierra Madre
Elvira Rosenbauer, 24, of Rochester New York, quit her secretarial job and joined a solo expedition to a 10 000 foot camp in Mexico to collect insects. She survived malaria and a coral snake encounter while crossing a rough trail on the Sierra Madre, returning with 30 boxes of specimens sought by Ward’s Natural History Museum and the University of Rochester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvira Rosenbauer
Rochester
N.Y
Sierra Madre
Mexico
Ward
Natural History Museum
University of Rochester
New Multifactor to Teach Deaf Blind Girl at Northwestern
An eight year old girl, deaf and blind, arrives at Northwestern University Chicago for trial of a three finger multifactor to awaken walking talking and hearing. Dr. Robert H. Gault leads the effort to unlock dormant faculties via vibration fed through the fingers. The goal is to convert touch to sound and enable self motion and speech despite her still limited vision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern University
Chicago
Robert H. Gault
Leopard attack on train passenger shocks Mouzanpur Narain station
A leopard mauled two men aboard the Hardwar Dehra Dun railway at Mouzzan pur Narain station when a passenger opened the door thinking it a knock. The beast sprang at a third person, then leaped from the window into the jungle as a spear aimed at it appeared.
Getting Even Nighttime Duel Over a Poisoned Dog
A hostess pressures a famed basso to sing after hours. He resists claiming disturbance, but she insists neighbors won’t mind because they poisoned their dog last week, prompting a darkly comic confrontation.
And once married most of your troubles are relative
A brief wry remark on marriage noting that many problems seem smaller after vows. The line suggests humor about marital life and perspective rather than a news event or report.
Slim wrap around housefrock pattern by Anne Adams
Victorian style sewing note promotes Pattern 4580 a wrap around housefrock with slim bodice darts and shoulder yokes. Available in five odde sizes up to 48, fabric 36 inch width yardage 44 yards plus 1½ yards ruffling. Include pattern instructions and order details from Winnipeg Pattern Dept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Harmful To Children The Case For Good Music Education
Sir Ernest MacMillan told the Ontario Music Teachers Association in Toronto that exposure to bad music harms children’s musical education. He compared poor music to dirt in the wrong place and suggested some jazz might be bad. He urged cooperation between professionals and school teachers to avoid overlap and insist on thoroughly good music as the foundation of education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Ernest MacMillan
Ontario Music Teachers’ Association
Royal York Hotel
Toronto
Sir Ernest
Name Change Petition in Cambridge Court
23-year-old Ludwik Rzeznickiewicz of Somerville asked Middlesex Probate Court in Cambridge Massachusetts for authority to change his name to Edward Resnik stating his employer and friends cannot pronounce the original name and he cannot pronounce it himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludwik Rzeznickiewicz
Sommerville Automobile
Middlesex Probate Court
Cambridge
Mass
Edward Resnik
Paths For Dogs Proposal By New York Group
Martin Nussbaum president of the Dog Owners' Protective Association proposes dedicated paths for dogs. The group has no dues or profits and urges city planners to consider dog friendly routes alongside bridle and cycle paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Martin Nussbaum
Dog Owners’ Protective Association
Walk by the Spirit and Avoid the Flesh in Galatians
Bible study outlines a Sunday lesson on walking decorously as Christians, citing Romans 13 12 14 Corinthians 6 9 11 and Galatians 5 16 24. It explains the conflict between fleshly desires and the Spirit, urging believers to put on Christ and reject drunkenness strife jealousy and sexual immorality.
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Paul
James Stifler
Dr. Moffatt
Jesus Christ
Corinth
God
Dummelow
Jesus
Galatia
Asia Minor
Moffatt
Might Be Awkward Giant Warder At Eddyville Penitentiary
The Eddyville penitentiary warden Jess Buchanan is described as a mountain of a man over six feet tall and 310 pounds with unusually large feet. He explains to a confidant that he breaks in new shoes one at a time by wearing one old and one new until both are comfortable, a habit noted with a touch of humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Buchanan
Eddyville Penitentiary
Buchanan
Louisville
Rover World Moves To Pocket Size Format In London
The Rover World, a London based magazine for senior boy scouts, is issued in a new pocket size form. It features articles aimed at advancing rover scouting and reports on rover activities worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rover World
Boy Scout Movement
London
England
Rover
Flatworm Reverts To Younger Form By Starvation
An adult flatworm can be induced to revert to a younger form through a regimen of starvation, demonstrating remarkable developmental reversibility in simple organisms.
Treatment of Cancer and Marie Curie Discovery Highlight
The article recounts Pierre and Marie Curie discovering radium in 1898 and its impact on cancer treatment. It explains radium sources, production at Port Hope, Ontario, and costs. It describes radium and radon therapies, their delivery methods, and how radiation targets rapidly dividing cancer cells. The piece ends noting the next article on quack remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Pierre
Madame Marie Curie
Poland
Marie Schlondowski
Marie Curie
Great Bear Lake
Canada
Port Hope
Ontario
Editorial Note on Dr McCullough Cancer Articles
Readers may secure the complete set of Dr McCullough cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ontario.
Trying To Revive Ostrich Feather Market Song Aims to Boost
The piece notes a plan to revive the ostrich feather market and promote South Africa with travelers. F A Smyth of the American Express Travel Service cites a South African composer who wrote a song to aid this effort. The refrain imitates ostrich hooting. Ostrich farmers hope the promotion increases feather sales from about 1.5 million dollars today toward the 1913 level of 10 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Tt F. A. Smyth
American Express Travel Service
Early 17th Century Rise of English Dictionary
The text notes that only at the start of the 17th century was there recognized need for a dictionary to aid English speakers in improving their understanding of the language.
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Crystal Palace
British Honduras
Tokyo
Alberta Park
Farmer
Sierra Madre Mountains
Leopard
India
Ernest MacMillan
Tober
DR. J. W. S. McCullough
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