World Happenings Briefly Told
Comeral Baptiste Ratienne, inventor of the French banksy, dies after wartime fame. The Canadian Wheat Board disposes of remaining U S wheat holdings in Toledo to an export house on April 6. Industrial workers fired for not voting in the March 29 Reichstag elections. King Edward approves keeping the day before Whitsun as the king’s birthday holiday in civil service. Bombay considers radio receivers in 380 municipal schools to educate via talkies. United States bans scrap tin exports from April 16 to July 3. Rudyard Kipling leaves an estate of £155,288 to his widow. In Hsuchow Province China children donate coins for a golden sword for Chiang Kai-shek. William C. Gussow of Boston Tech earns a 1936-37 geology fellowship in Ottawa.
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Comeral Baptiste Ratienne
Banksy
Canadian Wheat Board
United States
Ths
Toledo
Ohio
Edward
Bombay
India
Japan
Huil
Rudyard Kipling Teft
Burwash
Teft
Hsuchow
China
Costs Of Grain Shipping From Alberta To Vancouver
Transportation costs from Alberta country elevators to Vancouver ports total 30.5 cents per bushel covering handling insurance and transport. Breakdown includes 3.75 cents for country elevator handling and fire insurance, 15 days storage and inspection fees, 13.5 cents rail freight to Vancouver New Westminster terminals, and 1.5 cents terminal elevator handling with outward inspection and loading charges.
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Alberta
Vancouver
E. A. Ursell
Board of Grain Commisaion Era
New Westminster
Dandelions: From Welcome to Western City Pest
The Brandon Sun notes that dandelions arrived about forty years ago on western railway lines. Eastern homesick nostalgia gave the flowers little scrutiny, allowing spread to all cities. Each spring covers areas in yellow blooms and seed fog, prompting talks of cheap chemical controls that spare the grass.
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Brandon Sun
Finland's oldest flower girl Maria Anderson turns 107
Maria Anderson, famed as Finland's most popular flower girl, celebrated her 107th birthday as Helsingfors' oldest resident. She greets shoppers daily in the market square, remains active with her own shopping, cooking and washing, and keeps a lively spirit despite the weather.
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Finland
Maria Anderson
Helsingfors
Brazil Government Raises Salaries for Public Employees
The Brazilian government approved pay increases for government workers. Details on the affected categories and effective dates were not disclosed in the available text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Pilgrimage Fleet Expanded for Vimy Ridge Memorial
A Gotilta of five ships will convey home to 6 000 pilgrims to Vimy Ridge for the unveiling of Canada’s national memorial. Brig Gen Alex Rex and Canadian Legion leaders agreed to add one more liner, boosting troopship capacity to 5 950. Col D E McIntyre is appointed to lead pilgrimage movements with a dedicated staff to manage embarkation across a registration deadline of March 12.
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Vimy Ridge
Canada
Alex Rex
Dominion
Canadian Legion
Canadian Pacific
White Star-Cunard Steamship Companies
Ross
Legion
D. E. McIntyre
Ds.c
Owen Sound
Col. McIntyre
1.C
4Th
Glacier Priest Seeks New Arctic Expedition
Father Bernard Hubbard, the glacier priest famed for Arctic studies, plans a new expedition to Alaska’s Takue Glacier to test his theory that Greenland and Antarctic ice caps are no more than 2000 feet deep. He argues pressure from snow and ice causes perpetual melting, keeping the ice belt at that depth. The party will face the Takue and Inkjin rivers with rapids and ice hazards.
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Bernard R. Hubbard
Arctic
Greenland
Richard Byrd
Antarctic
Father Hubbard
Alaska
Takue
Taku
Inkjin Rivera
Grievance Over Welfare Worker's Shovel Absence
A River side Drive PWA worker complains he has no shovel while relief vouchers are at stake. The foreman replies no work is required without a shovel, prompting the man to admit not having anything to lean on like others.
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New York Mirror
PWA
Riverside Drive
Finns Learn English May Replace Swedish In Schools
The Finnish Board of Education proposes teaching English in all high and secondary schools of Finland in place of Swedish if Parliament adopts the plan. The petition stresses English as the most important language in the world and calls for thorough knowledge.
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Finland
Finnish Board of Education
Mackenzie River Longest Canadian Waterway at 2500 Miles
The Mackenzie River, Canada's longest river, runs about 2500 miles from its mouth to headwaters. The St. Lawrence, the second longest, spans roughly 1900 miles.
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Mackenzie River
Canada
St. Lawrence
Disaster toll rises after mass casualty event
A devastating incident causes numerous deaths among civilians, shocking observers worldwide. Authorities investigate causes while relief agencies mobilize to aid survivors and assess the broader impact on communities.
Selected Recipes Bread In Four Loaves
A detailed bread making method using Purity flour water shortening sugar salt and yeast. Steps cover dissolving yeast warming liquids shaping and two rises before baking at 400 to 425 degrees for 40 to 60 minutes with variations for potato water milk or liquid yeast. The recipe claims bread can be made in about forty one half hours.
French government sinks Sahara artesian wells
French authorities halted artesian wells in the Sahara while reports claim fish leaped into the air. The note explains bluings as a dye that neutralizes yellow in fabrics, producing a whiter appearance.
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Sahara Desert
Armaments Costs Across Nations Spark Peace Push
A London Morning Post piece tabulates armament costs per person by country, from Canada at $1.24 to Britain at $9.50 and the United States at $5.60. It notes US borrowing for arms marks a shift and warns that any arms race could raise these figures, while the typical British family of five spends nearly $50 yearly on defenses.
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George Bernard Shaw
London Morning Post
Canada
New Zealand
Denmark
Australia
Japan
Belgium
Italy
Great Britain
United States
Germany
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Toast to the King Orders on Royal Toast Etiquette
Navy orders prescribe drinking the royal toast seated in all messes except when the National Anthem is played in which case it is to be drunk standing. Foreign heads of state and the King should be toasted standing, regardless of music. The seated custom dates to wooden ships with limited headroom, a view noted by visitors at Nelson or the Victory in Portsmouth.
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Portsmouth
Keelvil Fellowships Awarded by Royal Society of Canada
Norman B Keevil of Harvard University Cambridge Mass formerly of the University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon received a Royal Society of Canada research fellowship in botany. The fellowship carries 1500 dollars funded by a Carnegie Corporation grant to the society.
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Wiliam C. Gussow
Boston Tech
Cambridge, Mass
Saskatchewan University, Barkatoon
Ottawa
Royal Society of Canada
Norman B. Keevil
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Royal Society
You Can Knit This Chair Set Quickly
Simple knitting project by Alice Brooks for a chair set designed to match a summer furniture look. Beginners learn a key design and knit three panels for the chair back and one for the arms using humble string. Pattern 5561 includes instructions illustrations and material requirements. send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Alice Brooks
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Sunday School Lesson April 19
Golden text from Psalm 103 and Luke 15 theme pitied by the Lord. Devotional reading Psalm 103 8 14 underscores mercy to those who fear him. Lesson centers on forgiveness and parental care as modeled by God.
Prodigal Son Parable Told With Loving Father Imagery
The reading of Luke 15 11 24 recounts the prodigal son tale and its lessons on repentance. It notes the publicans and sinners drawing near while Pharisees murmur and highlights the father's swift, lavish welcome with robe ring and shoes as the fatted calf is slain.
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Luke
Jesus
Marvin R. Vincent
Bruce Barton
Trench
Red Cross Responds in Peace Time to Flood Crises
The Red Cross operates worldwide in peace and war, providing aid during emergencies. It mobilized rapidly to flood conditions in the United States aiding about 400000 homeless, with 171000 sheltered in Pennsylvania. Municipal, state and federal authorities relied on its vast relief effort.
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Red Cross Society
Red Cross
United States
Pennsylvania
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Sleeping car seating tale and ancient Indian dental habit
The article explains why sleeping cars place passengers head first toward the engine to reduce soot and drafts. It notes an ambulance company prefers the opposite sleep orientation for comfort in motion. It also mentions Indians cleaning teeth with twigs as early as 1700 B C.
Perennial Garden Staples Boost Canadian Plant Variety
The article urges establishing permanent garden backbone with perennials to avoid bloom gaps. It lists crops and varieties to extend seasons, including head lettuce, Swiss chard, broad beans, broccoli, Kohli Rabi, red and yellow tomatoes, peppers, muskmelons, watermelons, acorn and Table Queen squash, leeks, radish, peas, corn, and advice on succession sowing and cutting gardens.
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Canada
Protection In England
The Detroit Free Press notes American reports misstate Lindberghs’ security. It argues England’s police presence is less visible but real, with organized forces and strict law shaping deterrence.
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Col. Lindbergh
England
Detroit
King Edward Visits Magdalen College Rooms During Boat Race Day
King Edward toured his old rooms at Magdalen College and acted as guide for three companions on the day his university trailed Cambridge in the annual boat race. He was driving north to spend a weekend at Himley Hall with the Earl of Dudley. He comments on a paper noting a wife can be bought for five dollars in some eastern sections.
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William IV
Upper Canada Academy
Cobourg
Ontario
Victoria University
Toronto
Victoria College
Edward
Cambridge
Magdalen College
Himley Hall
Earl of Dudley
East
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Glacier Priest
New York
Upper Canada
Emmanuel College
University of Toronto
God
Father
Heason
B.C
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