World Happenings Briefly Told
Anna Ilyinichna Yelizarova Ulyanova Lenin's sister died in Moscow at 71. Montreal cartoonist Joseph Charlebois died in hospital. U.S. agricultural exports rose about 15 percent from Sept to Aug. A longshoreman was shot to death at Port Arthur amid fighting with nonunion workers. Canada may be designated to occupy a vacant seat in the League of Nations labor bureau. China imported 10,579,518 bushels of wheat in four months. Australia supplied most, Argentina the rest. Grasshopper poison stations condemned in Manitoba after workers were poisoned. Ontario car buyers can delay 1935 license, use 1936 plates through end of 1936. South Africa 1935 maize crop estimated at 17,941,000 bags.
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Anna Ilyinichna Yelizarova-Ulyanova
Nikolai Lenin
Moscow
Joseph Charlebois
la Presse
Montreal
Commerce Department
United States
Port Arthur
Council of the International Ague of Nalabor Bureau of the Legions
Canada
Germany
League
China
Australia
Manitoba
Famous Cartoonist Sidney Smith Killed in Illinois Car Crash
Sidney Smith renowned cartoonist of The Gumps Old Doc Yak and Ching Chow died after a car wreck in Illinois at age 58. A Chicago Tribune staffer since 1911 he began cartooning in 1895 and recently renewed a syndication deal worth 750000 for five years.
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Illinois
Sidney Smith
the Gumps
Doc Yak
Andy
Min Gump
Little Chester
Bim
Smith
Ching Chow
Orien
Gus” Herriman
Bud Fisher
Matt
Jeff
Yak
Andy Gump
The
Chicago Tribune
Bloomington Eye
Tal
Milk of Magnesia for Your Child Phillips Brand
Doctors advise never give a remedy without knowing it first. For over 60 years Phillips Milk of Magnesia has been trusted for children. Always choose Phillips when buying. Made in Canada.
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Phillips
Canada
New Gold Discovery Reported in Northwest Ontario Claims
Ontario minister of mines Hon. Paul Leduc announced a new gold discovery in the northwest corner of Ontario. Prospector David Foster, representing a Winnipeg group, is credited with the find. The area shows quartz exposures in three spots along a 300 foot stretch, about 40 miles east of the Manitoba boundary and over 200 miles north of the Red Lake district near the Sachigo river.
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Ontario
Paul Leduc
David Foster
Winnipeg
T Toba
Red Lake
Sachigo River
Roof of the World grows vegetables at 7200 feet
Professor M Baranov reports Soviet experiments in the Pamirs show truck gardening is possible at high altitude. Potatoes grown from seeds and tomato cabbage pepper and eggplant seeds are flourishing.
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Pamirs
M. Baranov
Lofty
Port plans to establish at Cochin in India
Efforts are underway to establish Cochin as the principal port in India with emphasis on developing its harbor facilities and trade role. The move aims to bolster regional commerce and national logistics capacity.
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Beilish Cochin
Principal India
Siege of Jerusalem Outlines Babylonian Destruction
Sunday school lesson recounts Nebuchadnezzar’s 586 B C siege of Jerusalem in Zedekiah’s ninth year. It covers the fall of the city, the temple’s destruction, deportations, and the remaining peasants left to toil the land.
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Jerusalem
Zedekiah
Nebuchadnezzar
Babylon
Chaldea
Ezekiel
Tebeth
Dean Stanley
Nebuzaradan
Moffatt
Proposer Persists Amid Balding Hairdresser Warning
A woman refuses a proposal from a red headed man claiming she could not marry him. He asks again next year but she jokes it will fail as she will be bald in a year per her hairdresser. The exchange ends with playful, hopeful note.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
First North American Brass Making Effort Reported
John Winthrop Jr began a brass production trial at his Lynn Massachusetts iron foundry in 1644, marking an early attempt at metalworking in the continent.
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North America
John Winthrop, Jr
Lynn
Mass
Sydney NS selected for North American ocean air terminus
Base For Ocean Hops near Sydney four miles from NS has been chosen for a 1.75 million dollar North American terminus of projected ocean air service. Irish Transatlantic Air Corp chairman C C H Clendining announced the Nova Scotia site deeded to the company. Plan mirrors Londonderry Ireland terminal with leasing to other lines and routes between Old Country and America. Planes will carry 45 passengers plus mail handling facilities on 900 acres.
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Sydney
Cc. H. Clendining
Irish Transatlantic Air Corporation
Nova Scotia
The
Ment
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
America
United States
Bible known as Vine gar Parble restored to Eastry Church
A rare Bible described as the Vine gar Parble, noting the misprint where vineyard appears, has been restored to Eastry Church in Kent, returning to its original home and highlights in local church heritage.
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Eastry Church
Kent
Canada Larger Than United States by About Five Hundred Thousand Square Miles
A comparative note states Canada exceeds the continental United States by roughly 500 000 square miles in land area. The fact emphasizes the vast expanse of Canada relative to its southern neighbor.
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Canada
Continental
United States
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Camoue
Canada Starch Co., Limited
South Africa
Judah
Vicki VapoRvea
Alice
Alice Brooks
Scott
Calgary
Edmonton
Regina
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