World Happenings in Brief From Broad Topics
Brief items cover a Toronto reunions and a nobleman joining a foreign legion, Quebec policy votes, British Columbia labor act debates, Greek political forecasts, a Montreal chef’s duel with soda bottles, a Great Dane’s hospital pledge, distillation studies in Alberta, and Soviet arrests of aristocrats with exiles announced.
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Toronto
Edward Montagu
Spanish Foreign Legion
Quebec
British Columbia
Eleutherios Venizelos
J. E. Pageot
Montreal
Pageot
Coast to coast drive nets 1219 treasury arrests
United States treasury law enforcement agencies reported 1219 arrests in a nationwide crackdown on law violators. Narcotics peddlers addicts smugglers counterfeiters liquor tax evaders and others targeted in the enforcement push across the country.
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United States
United States Treasury
Treasury
Uncle Gives Nephew Pound Note Before Leaving
Uncle John warns Tommy to guard the money with the old saying about fools and money. Tommy replies that he intends to thank him for parting with it anyway, signaling a wry twist to family finances.
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John
Tommy
One thirteenth of body weight is blood
Historical note states blood makes up about one thirteenth of a person's body weight. This expression highlights early medical estimations of blood volume relative to overall mass.
Little Journeys in Science on Petroleum and its Fractions
The article outlines crude petroleum locations from California to Persia, notes the Drake well as America’s first in 1859, and describes petroleum processing by fractional distillation. It explains gases, naphthas, pentane hexane solvents, gasoline, kerosene, lubricants, paraffin, and asphalt coke derived from the residue.
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California
Oklahoma
Finsala
Mexico
Galicia
Persia
Rumania
America
Colonel Drake
Titusville
Pennsylvania
Baku
Caspian Sea
Lessons From Mistakes Teach Real Experience
A reflection on learning through error and risk. It argues that making mistakes yields growth and wisdom, while avoiding risk leads to stagnation and ignorance. The piece cites Blake on persistence in folly as pathway to wisdom, urging boldness over false modesty.
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Blake
O. T. Miller
Sugar Waste In Teacups Sparks Aberdeen Stir
An estimate claims hundreds of tons of sugar are wasted yearly in teacups, a finding set to provoke a major discussion in Aberdeen.
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Aberdeen
Canadian mining executive backs cooperative system over unions
Selwyn Gwillym Blaylock, VP and GM of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. in Trail British Columbia, invites 300 Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy members to study his firm's cooperative committee model as an alternative to traditional trade unionism. He condemns government labor laws as inadequate.
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Selwyn Gwillym Blaylock
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co
Trail
B.C
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Co-Operative Committee
Neighborly Aid and Public Relief in Hard Times
The Fort William Times Journal notes that simple acts like sharing bread or a pie for a laid off neighbor reflect private responsibility. It warns excessive formal public relief could erode a vital human impulse to help those next door.
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Fort William
Journal
Myth Sharks Fear Man Says Biology Professor
Dr Clinton L Baker of Southwestern University Memphis Tennessee declares man eating sharks a myth and states they will not attack unless cornered or provoked. He says such sharks attack only when provoked, not by nature. Also notes Canada dairy production and UK butter imports in 1934 with New Zealand as top supplier.
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Clinton L. Baker
Southwestern University
Memphis
Tennessee
Nong
Winnipeg institute calls for amicable employer employee cooperation
Mr. Blaylock closed a three day Winnipeg conference stressing cooperative committees to improve industry. He received a platinum medal for outstanding contribution to the mineral industry and urged pooling brains of workers and employers to advance commerce at the Trail BC smelter.
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Institute
Blaylock
Winnipeg
B.c. Smelter
Handwriting analysis on marriage strain and work
A letter from a middle aged wife asks advice on leaving her unemployed husband. The handwriting tips label her as self centered and the husband as steady and kind. Authors urge sympathy, mutual support, and tackling unemployment with practical work options. Letters promote Graphochart chart and analysis by Lawrence Hibbert in Winnipeg.
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Angpole
Lawrence Hibbert
Winnipeg
Confidential letters at Winnipeg Union urged two week reply
The Winnipeg Union at 175 McDermott Avenue says letters are confidential and will be answered as quickly as possible, requesting readers allow at least two weeks for a reply due to high mail volume.
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Newspaper Union
McDermott Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Antagonisms to Perfecting the Faith Sunday Lesson
A Sunday school sermon cautions against two religious perils to moral alertness. We confront sensationalism and moral stupor as dangers to faithful living. The preacher frames the devil in three guises a serpent an angel of light and a roaring lion amid Nero persecutions and Christian trials.
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T. Peter
Moffatt
the &Peatle
Jesus Christ
Apostle
Hon
Nero
Nazareth
J. M. Jowett
Duel Between Cat and Large Snake Ends in Fatality at Leeton Farm
A large cat and a six foot snake fought fiercely on a Leeton New South Wales farm. The cat slashed the serpent, the snake attacked, and after several minutes the snake died. The cat collapsed shortly after and also died.
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Leeton
New South Wales
Free Entry for Canadian Poultry and Dairy Into UK Extended
Canada supplied poultry and dairy enter the United Kingdom free of duty until November 1935 under Ottawa agreements. After that date the British government with Dominion partners may implement a regulated supply system for all sources.
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Canada
Ottawa
United Kingdom
Swift new government plane tests over Pacific
The new government plane with an improved radio compass flew twice over the Pacific from Oakland California to test equipment officials say could be the keystone of a water navigation system.
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Pacific Ocean
Oakland
Cal
U.S. Department of Commerce
Noiseless Pneumatic Railcar Near Success in England
A Coventry Pneumatic Railcar on the London Midland and Scottish railway ran nearly noiselessly from Euston. The 16 wheeled coach used pneumatic tires and a muted 12 cylinder petrol engine. Railways seek light economical units for branch lines and urban services, battling weight and noise.
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England
Euston Station
London
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Ines
New Style Italian Torpedo Invention Promises Silent Attack
A report describes Italian scientists developing a torpedo that leaves no track and provides no warning. Fueled by ammonia gas dissolving in water, it contrasts with present torpedoes that use compressed air and reveal a bubble trail, offering some chance to evade.
Travel Bureau Chief Predicts Banner Tourist Year
D Leo Dolan Ottawa director of the Canadian Travel Bureau told the Advertising Club of Montreal that 1935 would be a banner tourist year with spending near the 1929 peak of 309 million dollars. He said tourism would boost employment and help distribute farm and forest products.
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Travel Bureau
D. Leo Dolan
Canadian Travel Bureau
Ottawa
Advertising Club
Montreal
Dominion
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Sax
Cairndonia
York Mills
Dionne Quintuplets’ Hospital
Callander, Ont
George Hyslop
Edmonton
Soviet Union
Et le, Nee
Curton HL Guest
Maly
Dr.werneets
Werner
Ned Sever
New Zealand
Denmark
Ag. J. Blaylock
Tait McKenzie
Royal Mint
Mminard
Minard
AIS
Rowner Brand
Peter
Lord
Isaiah
Cat
Snake
RTE Leesa
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