World Happenings Briskly Summarized From Far Places
Jerusalem gains its first taxi as curiosity peaks. Lindbergh may visit China for aviation promotion. Canada plans more immigration in 1928 per Deputy Minister Egan. Viscount Ceek resigns as chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Earl of Gansborough dies at 43. Soldiers Settlement Board to join Land Settlement Bureau. Mountain jailed for arson in Ontario. Toronto grants Doctor of Laws to Atlen Lord Hewart. Hindu Muslim clashes in India cited with high casualties. John B. Simpson to live on an iceberg for a book project with a Samoyede dog.
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Arthur Joseph Noel
Earl of
Gansborough
Sword
Cape
Benedict XV
Pope Pius XI
Washington
Soldiers Settlement Board
Land Settlement Board
Department of Immigration
Robert Forke
Immigration and Colonization
Mountain
Winchester
Ont
Guelph Reformatory
University of Toronto
Len
Lord Hewart
Bury
England
Convocation
Toronto
India
Lord Irwin
Legislative Assembly
Simla
John B. Simpson
Edinburgh
Scotland
Simpson
University of British Columbia rejects breeder value of famous hen
The university declined a 1000 dollar bid for a renowned hen and 3000 dollars for ten birds, citing the bird's high breeding value. The piece notes that wooden buildings better reproduce sound than other materials and that a blush is hard to counterfeit.
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University of British Columbia
Queen of the Sahara Unearthed in Ancient Desert Tomb
A sensational discovery on the western Sahara reveals the burial of an ancient queen buried in desert sands. The tomb contained eighteen bracelets nine gold nine silver five jewel necklaces a gold diadem carved furniture and piles of emeralds rubies and onyx. a stone statue of a woman was also found. The tomb dates to at least a thousand years before the Christian era.
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Sahara Desert
Desert
Sahara
Smart blouse and skirt patterns for misses No 1641 and No 1349
The article describes two pattern designs No 1641 for misses in sizes 16 18 20 with a two point front blouse and long or short sleeves, and No 1349 skirt with two box pleats. It lists fabric yardages for size 18 (36 bust) and notes both patterns priced 20 cents each along with a Fashion Book priced 10 cents.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Union
Pattern orders guidance appears with an address at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. The note references a Winnipeg union and a town size term that is unclear.
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Winnipeg
Newengper Union
McDermot Ave
Far North motor feat nears North Cape record
Mrs. Victor Bruce and her husband completed a 6 060 mile northern Europe trip to Finland and Lapland. They reached about 40 miles from the North Cape, averaging 270 miles daily over 28 days. Obstacles included Arctic swamps and rough tracks, but the journey marked unprecedented access for car tourists toward the Arctic coast.
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Hem
Victor Bruce
Jurty
London
Europe
Finland
Lapland
North Pole
Sotorist
North Cape
Scandnavia
Sweden
Automobile Association
Irish Free State Accepts Metcalfe Coin Design
The Irish Free State selected Percy Metcalfe as the designer for its new coinage. The set includes eight designs from half crown to farthing, featuring symbols like a ben son hare n salmon and a legend about the sacred well. Competitors included the Serbian sculptor Mestroyvic.
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Percy Metcalfe
Ben
Metcalfe
Fuad
Mestroyvic
Dancer Julia Parker Wears Fur Piece in Summer
Broad way sighting notes Julia Parker in a fur neckpiece during warm weather. A friend exclaims the oddity of wearing fur in summer, and Parker replies that the original animal wore it in summer, too.
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Julia Parker
Broadway
First Shipment Of Antelope From Canada Arrives Soon
Canadian antelope shipment planned for early date. Charles Blazer, rancher at Lake Newell, contracted to deliver 22 head to a Texas banker.
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Canada
U.S
Charles Blazer
Lake Newell
Texas
Aluminum praised as ideal tea container by Red Rose Tea
The article extols aluminum as the wonder metal for its lightness brightness and rust resistance calling it a perfect container for Red Rose Tea proving the modern metal package is superior for tea storage and presentation.
Japanese Plan To Fly Across Pacific
The article surveys Japan's aviation status and the imagined prospects of a non stop Pacific flight within 12 months. It notes Japan lacks capable aircraft and trained pilots, cites limited record times, and cites cultural and regulatory hurdles as obstacles to a future Seattle flight.
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Pacific
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Tondon
Siberia
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Erwin
Seattle
Mining Men Go To Europe to Study Coal By-Products
Minister of mines Carles Stewart and Dr. Charles Camsell depart for Europe to represent Canada at the League of Nations conference in Geneva. After Geneva they will tour German and Maeland industrial centers to inspect advances in processing ignited and bituminous coal into by products. German producers claim coal can yield oil more cheaply than crude oil.
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Lron
Carles Stewart
Charles Camsell
Europe
Stewart
Geneva
Camsell
Germany
Maeland
Adversity Turns Coward to Hero Says Old Tale of India
It recalls John Lawrence, once ruler of Punjab and later Viceroy of India, who advised moving a young Britisher in the civil service with a wife and a piano from station to station. The lesson: adversity sometimes transforms a coward into a hero.
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John Lawrence
Punjab
India
India Civil Service
Great Dreecession With the Ark and the Tabernacle
Devotional reading on the Feast of Tabernacles narrates the arrival of the ark to Jerusalem and the temple rites led by David and Solomon. It describes two processions from Gibeon and Zion, sacrifices, incense, and the crowd, acknowledging both the barbaric and devotional aspects of ancient worship.
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Tabernacle
Tabernacles
Israel
Tavid
Zion
House of Commons
House of Lords
Gibeon
Mount Zion
Jerusalem
David
Temple
Solomon
Stanley
God
R. C. Gillie
Tulips in Paris Die From Car Exhaust Fumes
The famous Tuileries tulips, planted five years ago as a gift from Dutch growers, have withered due to air pollution from passing automobiles. Prevailing winds carried a low wave of mephitic gas onto the bulbs, demonstrating the harmful atmospheric impact of Paris's growing car traffic.
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Tuileries
Rue de Rivoli
Paris
Tuileries Gardens
Advertising Canadian Bacon and Teetotaler Emperor
Empire Marketing Board promotes Canadian bacon as a mild quality breakfast choice with ads in leading UK papers. The piece notes Japan’s Emperor is a teetotaler, with toasts made in water at royal banquets and wine only served to guests.
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Empire Marketing Board
United Kingdom
Empire
Canada
Japan
Judge Links Distinctive Demeanor To Criminal Prospect
A New York judge states that a man with a receding chin protruding jaw wide unwinking stare droop in the eyelid a low brow a bumpy brow and ears set at right angles to the head would clearly arouse grave suspicion as a criminal. In another exchange Myers jokes about wavelengths noting stations split across two others.
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New York
Elephant’s Bath Demands Soap and Indian Oil
A historical note records that an elephant’s bath requires 150 pounds of soap and more than $100 worth of purest Indian oil, illustrating the scale of grooming supplies used.
Penalty Proposals Include Whipping for Auto Theft
The Canadian Bar Association committee on administration of justice urges major updates to the criminal code. Judge E. Coatsworth presented the report calling for two months in prison plus a strap whipping in the second month for motor car theft and for provincial supervision of suspended sentences and parole.
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Canadian Bar Association
Committee On Administration of Justice
E. Coatsworth
Toronto
Coatsworth
World's Finest Airship Station Aims to Wow Croydon Visitors
London based project promises the finest air station with hotel guests watching three motor planes take off for Paris Berlin Moscow or Constantinople. A glass walled control chamber will guide 100 mile an hour passenger flights and slower air freighters as routes extend toward Pekin.
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London
Croydon
Paris
Berlin
Moscow
Constantinople
Noted tribute to Fathers of Confederation by Sir Arthur Currie
Sir Arthur Currie praised the Fathers of Confederation as great statesmen. He lauded their keen practical mentality sagacity self effacement and idealistic vision. He said they overcame provincial rivalries and differences for a greater Canada in an address at the Military Institute in Vancouver.
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Council of Statesmen
Fathers of Confederation
Canada
Sir Arthur Currie
Military Institute
Vancouver
Energy From the Sun
Charles F. Kettering argues that solar energy will soon power society directly instead of relying on coal and oil. He laments billions of horsepower wasted daily and notes how a college degree and wealth equate to success in common thinking.
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Charles F. Kettering
New York
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris Flier
W J. Egan
Viscount Ceek
Chetwood
Duchy of Lancaster
League of Nations Assembly
Pete Trawber
SB F McGregor
Lennar Alta
T. Mibura Co., Limited
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Lenee
Cape Desire
Arctic
Aretie
Perth
Arctic Circle
Irish Free State
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P. Ashby
C. E. King
Uxbridge
Cunard
Ausonia
Montreal
Mass
Golad
Leeson
Wickham
Myers
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Borden Co. Limited
Bordens
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