World Happenings Briefly Told
Arthur Gray a blind Birmingham newspaper seller studies for the Alabama bar exam. A possible King Edward visit to Scotland after a May coronation is under review. Free State bans arms exports to Spain amid non intervention policy. Surgeon Commander Henry Ellis Yeo White named honorary surgeon to the king. Canadian cheese exports in July rise about 1 million dollars from last year. Lord Mayor Sir Percy Vincent says he would move to the Dominion if younger and able to borrow. Jewish tourists in Austria report swastika cuts on car tops in Poertschach. Hardy Bent, bootblack to the late King Edward VII, dies in Digby Nova Scotia. Sixty Gallas in western Ethiopia petition Britain for a mandate over 50 000 square miles. US Navy transport Vega brings Beason take of Pribilof Island pearskins valued at 1 750 000 to Seattle for division among US Britain and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Free State
Henry Ellis Yeo White
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Percy Vincent
London
Victoria
Dominion
Poertschach
Austria
London News Chronicle
Ethiopia
Great Britain
United States Navy
Vega
Seattle
Beason
United States
Japan
Underground coal fires fuel gas as Russia experiments
Engineers in Russia ignited an underground coal vein near Lishchansk, capped shafts, and routed the produced gas via long pipes to cities. The fire created a large underground retort yielding gas whose heating value rose as the fire intensified, despite early low quality samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Lishchansk
Popular Science
Sorry He Spoke
A humorous scene unfolds as a young woman asks to see the manager. The secretary politely notes the manager is busy yet glad to see attractive visitors, then the visitor asks to convey that his wife wishes to see him. The exchange blends wit and social banter.
Gaumont unit films eagle flight for The Great Barrier in Canada
Sepp Algeier and Rudolf Remmer spent a full day in the Canadian mountains near the Kootenay Central line south of Golden BC to capture two eagles in one take and another in a second negative. The team traveled 6000 miles from London to shoot on location for the railway drama set during the CPR era, tying the flying eagle to Major Hell’s Bells Rogers’s route finding sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaumont
British Columbia
Alberta
Sepp Algeier
Rudolf Remmer
Kootenay Central Line
Golden
Great Barrier
Gaumont British
London
Hell's Bells Rogers
Farrell Macdonald
Eagle Pass
C.P.R
Believes In Control and Wildlife Policy by Jack Miner
The text argues that Jack Miner rejects protection for hawks owls and vermin that threaten poultry and game while punishing humans for similar acts. It asserts Miner favors control over wildlife and humanity, opposes state or federal conservation costs, and would not exterminate but seeks dominion over birds insects and plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Miner
German parish council adopts dog lead rule
In a small German town the parish council drafted a dog leash regulation. The first draft threatened to shoot owners seen without a lead, but was corrected to target the dog instead, clarifying the punishment.
Science Scores A Simple Fix For Destructible Brick
Prof J O Everhart of Ohio State University reports a solution to the long standing problem of refractory brick made from flinty clay. By grinding the clay into finer particles the brick behaves consistently during manufacture and use, easing issues in blast furnaces incinerators and kiln operations. About eighty percent of fire clay products use this flinty material found in coal regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
J. O. Everhart
Ohio State University
Engineering Experiment Station
Everhart
Civilization Has It. Superstitions Across Nations Compared
Claudia de Lys, world traveler, argues modern societies share widespread superstitions with rural and tribal communities. She cites United States practices such as horseshoes above doors and mascots, alongside beliefs like bells to ward off spirits and ritual bonfires.
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New York
Iowa
Africa
Tibet
Claudia de Lys
Miss de Lys
United States
Milky Way Formed by Combined Light of Distant Stars
The Milky Way appears as a glow produced by the collective light of countless stars too far apart to be seen individually. The new insight emphasizes that the galaxy's brightness emerges from aggregated starlight rather than solitary bright sources.
Acts 13 28 Missionary Work at Lystra and Gospel Call
Devotional lesson outlines Paul and Barnabas in Lystra where no synagogue exists. A lame man is healed revealing spiritual power over weakness. The crowd misreads the miracle as divine, the missionaries deny divinity and urge worship of the true God, stressing God’s gifts and mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lystra
Barnabas
Paul
Moffatt
Roman Empire
Maurice Jones
Jupiter
World’s Largest Telescope to Lose Four Tons in Grind
Capt. Clyde S. McDowell, supervising engineer, estimates the 201 inch eye for the Palomar Mountain telescope will lose four tons during grinding at California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde S. McDowell
U.S.N
Palomar Mountain
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Simple Crochet Beret and Bag Pattern 5681
Crochet enthusiasts can make a puff stitch beret and matching bag using pattern 5681. The guide includes an illustrated layout, stitch instructions, and material requirements. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermott Ave
Australian sheep stations described by Mrs Hedley Hardman
Mrs Hedley Hardman, widow of a NSW sheep station owner, says life on Australian stations is comfortable with cottages gardens and community recreation. Merino flocks on 23000 and 4500 acre freeholds are shorn by electric machines under contract. She notes social life pleasant and travels from Vancouver toward Sydney.
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Australia
Down Under
Hedley Hardman
New England
New South Wales
Hardman
Sydney
Canada
Vancouver
Rare water plant sought in Queensland swamp by McGill professor
Professor F E Lloyd of McGill University arrived in Australia to locate Utriculata Tubulata a rare carnivorous water plant. Discovered in 1875 by Armitt the species has not been found elsewhere feeding on minute insects trapped by waving tendrils. Lloyd plans to spend about a year in Australia in this botanical quest.
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Queensland
F. E. Lloyd
Emerius
McGill University
Montreal
Australia
Armitt
Lloyd
Dutch East Indies
China
Central America
Authenticated record of Hugh Williams surviving shipwrecks
Neal O Hara notes multiple maritime disasters across centuries with a single survivor named Hugh Williams appearing in 1663 1785 1820 and 1589. Each event reports one or two survivors by the same name amid nautical tragedies along the English Channel Isle of Man Thames and Leeds ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal O Hara
New York Post
Hugh Williams
Menai
Englsh
Isle of Man
Thames
London
Leeds
Dining Room Lighting and Knife Preference Note
A dining room needs better lighting for carving and the preferred tool is a sharp knife. The statement contrasts lighting quality with the choice of knife for proper carving tasks.
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Buckingham
Arthur Gray
Birmingham
Alabama
Edward
Scotland
Hardy Bent
Edward VII
Toronto
Prince of Wales
Digby
N.S
Seenes
Barrier
Earth
Alice Brooks
Beret
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