World Happenings Briefly Told
A draft of compact items notes two aeroplanes collided near Kielce Poland killing four. T A Love of Grand Forks B C was elected president of the British Columbia Yukon Weekly Newspapers Association. Robert Van Rosieghem demonstrated a miniature fireproof aeroplane in Brussels. Brazil enforces a pure coffee law limiting sales to beans fresh from the roaster after ten days. The World Jewish Conference urged a boycott of German goods until Jewish rights are restored. Cameron Bay radio station was destroyed by fire. no details yet. Samuel Brisbin chief engineer of the Noronic marked 52 years in service. Calgary plans invite the Prince of Wales to attend the June 1934 Canadian Medical Association Convention. Calgary Fish and Game Association probes disease killing ducks in southern Alberta. Sir Gilbert Wyle, financier and engineer and adviser at Ottawa Imperial Conference, dies in Birmingham at 63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert van Rosieghem
Brussels
Germany
Brazil
Cameron Bay
Churchill
Samuel Brisbin
Noronic
Northern Navigation
Calgary Fish and Game Association
Alberta
Stobart Lake
Calgary
Gilbert Christopher Wyle
United Kingdom
Ottawa
Birmingham
England
Edmonton Men Launch Pedal Powered Boat Voyage to Varna
Two Edmonton, England men start a queer voyage toward the Black Sea in a collapsible aluminum boat propelled by pedals and hand propellers. The craft weighs about a quarter ton and travels an estimated four knots. They depart Southampton, sail Bay of Biscay Gibraltar to the Mediterranean, then along North African coast toward Varna with a planned stop at Constantinople before returning via the European Mediterranean coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
England
Black Sea
Southampton
Bay of Biscay
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Varna
Constantinople
Mystery Sounds From Yellowstone Lake Still Unsolved
After 50 years rangers and scientists remain puzzled by morning noises heard over Yellowstone Lake in late summer. The sounds start like muffled bird wings, rise in crescendo, and end with a sustained rhythmic note. All existing theories have been discarded by observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone Lake
Method to predict honey spoilage devised by agriculture division
The division of bacteriology of the Dominion Department of Agriculture has developed a test on freshly extracted honey to indicate whether it will stay fermentation free for a year. Finland requires employers to insure domestic servants against accidents. About 600 cabs are under repair in London at any given time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Bacteriology
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Finland
London
Einstein at English coast retreat fears Nazi threat
Professor Albert Einstein, sheltered by host guards on a Norfolk coast hideaway, works on a new mathematical theory while denying responsibility for the so called Brown Book. He says he seeks peace and questions where he could find a safer refuge than England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Einstein
Norfolk
Oliver Locker Lampson
Professor Einstein
London
North Sea
England
Debt settlement ideas for Britain paying US war debt
Hamilton Herald discusses Sir Harry G Armstrong's view on Britain’s debt to the United States. He suggests a settlement: reduce the nominal debt to about 200 million pounds paid in a single sterling gold bond issue bearing interest, effectively about 22 cents on the dollar, cashable in Europe to transfer gold to the US.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry G. Armstrong
New York
Great Britain
United States
Britain
Europe
Hamilton Herald
World meteor observation network guides Byrd expedition
One hundred twenty sky observers worldwide will monitor meteors during Commander Byrd's south pole mission. Prof. J. Poulter of Mount Pleasant Iowa organizes three north to south observation lines from Toronto to South America, Norway to Africa, and Tokyo to Australia, tracking speed and direction of meteor fall. Poulter will run the southernmost station at Little America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
South Pole
J. Poulter
Mount Pleasant
Toronto
Canada
South America
British Astronomical Association
Norway
Africa
Tokio
Japan
Australia
Poulter
Little America
Sunday School Inspiration and Verse Souvenir
A devotional collection featuring Golden Text from Ephesians 6 10 and Hebrews 11 2 to 12 2, with reflections on charity, patience, and faith. It aspires to awaken reverence through quoted poets and preachers including Lucy Larcom Paul M Hayne William Carey and Milton, Concluding with lines from Lowell and a nod to Gideon.
Cheese Biscuits From The Week’s Recipes
Simple cheddar cheese biscuits with flour baking powder salt and shortening. Mix sift the dry ingredients cut in shortening add cheese and liquid to form a soft dough. Roll to 1 12 inch thickness cut rounds bake hot at 450 degrees for 15 minutes yields twelve biscuits.
California Prune Pie With Orange Meringue
A recipe for prune pie with orange pieces, brown sugar and butter in a pastry shell. Prunes and orange are simmered with sugar salt and prune juice, thickened with cornstarch, then filled and topped with lemon flavored meringue and browned. Notes mention Danish crop trade improving due to excellent harvests.
Pattern 438 For Ladies Bust Sizes 36 To 46 Inches
The instruction describes a sewn bodice design with a broken line created by a partial belt for added height. It notes an inset center panel and belt shaping to slenderize the figure, with Style No 438 offered in sizes 36 through 46 inches and requiring fabric amounts. Plain crepe silks in beige gray or dark blue are recommended with a 25 cent pattern price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Clark
High River
King Boris Uses Car Test to Spur Bulgaria Road Work
A Bulgarian ruler trains his roads program with a novel method. He marks rough spots, invites the minister by lunch, then drives to the site while the minister endures a ride, remarking the roads are fine afterward. The next day crews repair the patchwork.
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Boris
Bulgaria
Charles Clark elected president of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Assn
Charles Clark of High River Alberta was chosen president at the conclu ding session of the conventions in Vancouver. Delegates wound up their business on a boat trip from Vancouver to Powell River British Columbia seventy miles up the coast. Directors include Donald Dunbar Estevan John Scott Whitewood S J Dornan Alameda Andrew King Rouleau Cameron McIntosh North Battleford Sam Wynn Yorkton.
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Charles Clark
High River
Alta
Vancouver
Powell River
B.C
Saskatchewan
Donald Dunbar
Estevan
John Scott
Whitewood
S. J. Dornan
Alameda
Andrew King
Rouleau
Cameron McIntosh
North Battleford
Sam Wynn
Yorkton
If sleep is conducive of beauty some people must suffer
A quirky remark notes that the idea sleep enhances beauty implies some individuals endure chronic insomnia as a counterpoint to that belief.
Problem For British Banks
British bankers face a flood of unwanted United States money deposited in UK banks. Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, chair of the UK delegation at the Bills Commonwealth Relations Conference in Toronto, cites the low bank rate and the 24 hour withdrawal risk as core issues. He notes England’s economic recovery with wide building and road construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United Kingdom
Viscount Cecil
England
Byrd Plans Second Antarctic Expedition With 70 Crew
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd announces a twofold goal for his second Antarctic voyage. He seeks to chart and claim new ice recession areas for the United States and assess deposits of oil coal and other resources. Byrd estimates up to 500 000 square miles of land lies near the South Pole, largely between the pole and South America near Evelyn Byrd Land named for his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
United States
South Pole
Byrd
South America
Evelyn Byrd
Power Of Hypnotism A Telephonic Demonstration by Dr Hildred Carlill
London doctor describes hypnotizing a patient over the telephone and claims long lasting domination can guide actions without the subject being present. He warns against becoming subjects but notes hypnotism can cure in a day under certain conditions with careful guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hildred Carlill
Westminster Hospital
Paris
Radio links tractors brighten Soviet farms near Leningrad
The Institute of Electrification of Agriculture reports installing radio receivers and transmitters on tractors at a farm near Leningrad to coordinate work. The boys and girls now plow merrily along and chat over a distance of many miles, solving communication gaps on the collective farm.
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Ussr
Institute of Electrification of Agriculture
Leniingrad
Mutual Interests on a Northbound Train
Two men aboard a northbound train spar over business. One asks the other for his line of work and learns he is a pepper traveller, prompting a handshake from the first man who reveals he sells salt.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kielce
Poland
T. A. Love
Grand Forks
The
British Columbia-Yukon
Canadian Medical Association
Prince of Wales
Einstein
Norfolk Coast
Sir Harry Armstrong
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Tahoe
Ruth Rogers
Israel
Lucy Larcom
Paul M. Hayne
William Carey
Christ
Samuel
Jessie
Wonder
God
Milton
Gideon
Lowell
Betty Barclay
Ening
California
Denmark
C.W.N.A. Officers
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Mene
Rear Admiral Byrd
U.S
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