World Happenings in Brief from the Royal Institute conference
Reports from the period include a forecast that ships 15 times the Queen Mary could dock at Southampton. Montreal editor T H Cunliffe, 65, longtime financial editor of the Gazette, died in Montreal. A Sheemeld confectionery firm was fined 8 for employing an 18 year old 71 hours weekly with improper meal breaks. Fred R Goodwin returned to Croydon after a round-trip via India, accompanied by his wife. Three women magistrates presided on Eastbourne beach during motorist cases, joined by a male colleague. A 7000 mile three minute telephone link between South Africa and Sweden marked the first commercial call. Alberta bird life suffers as ponds dry. J Selby Walker notes wildfowl losses. In Manitoba vast pine stands face spruce bud worm invasion. Col H I Stevenson warns. The world’s largest private nursing home is planned for Johannesburg, accommodating 250 patients.
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Royal Institute of British Architects
Southampton
T. H. Cunliffe
Ansnstant
Montreal Gazette
Montreal
SheMeld
England
Fred R. Goodwin
Croydon
India
Eastbourne
South Africa
Sweden
Crouth
Alberta
Saya J. Selby
Walker
Calgary
Manitoba
Col. H. I. Stevenson
Johannesburg
New York
Maharajah of Mysore Visits London on First British Trip
The Maharajah of Mysore, fortune about 80 million pounds, makes his first trip to Great Britain. A temple room with Chamundeswari goddess is prepared in his hotel. He may meet the King. he left India in 1895 as a child and plans a short continental sojourn before returning in September.
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Maharajah of
Mysore
London
Aysore
Indian Prince's Hotel
Chamundeswari
Great Britain
Prince of Wales
India Office
India
Should Hold Seed Wheat In Alberta Warns Minister Chant
Hon W N Chant minister of agriculture cautioned Alberta farmers against cross border seed wheat sales despite high prices and urged dry area farmers to conserve grain for seed. He said relief seed grain distribution cannot occur if farmers have threshed grain suitable for seed.
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Alberta
W. N. Chant
Mr. Chant
New Ceramic Process Brings Frost Like Porcelain Color
MIT researchers unveil a metallic frost porcelain created under Professor F. H. Norton. The glaze forms crystals beneath the surface that reflect light to yield rainbow colors and lustrous patterns.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
F. H. Norton
Norton
South Africa Census Uses Notched Stick Counting Method
The South Africa census recounts tallying by notches carved on sticks. Zululand family heads gathered at dipping tanks to have members counted by ticka tally, male and female sides. Some areas still required horse and ox drawn transport due to poor roads. Over 8000 enumerators conducted the first census in a decade.
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South Africa
Zululand
Narrow Escape After Contact With 70000 Volt Wires
British amateur aviator Phil Avery encountered a violent storm while delivering aero plans to Basle Switzerland. He struck high tension wires over Belfort Fortress on the French frontier, severing them but miraculously escaped unharmed and landed the crippled aeroplane safely.
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Phil Avery
Basle
Switzerland
Belfort Fortress
Avery
One Thing Lacking Not for the First Time
An Englishman mocks Scotland as he drinks, claiming no great men but Walter Scott. The Scot responds that what’s missing is the mind, delivering a biting retort about literary greatness.
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Scotland
Walter Scott
Paul
Scot
Copper cylinder linked to Captain James Strange found on Queen Charlotte Island
W. M. Halliday and B. A. McKelvie report a small cylinder of sheet copper unearthed on a Queen Charlotte Island site. They say it may have been left by Captain James Strange when Britain claimed possession of the islands 1500 years ago.
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James Strange
Queen Charlotte Islands
Great Britain
W. M. Halliday
Queen Charlottes
B.A. McKelvie
Victoria
Arctic Flight Earns Hero Title for Soviet Pilots
Soviet pilots Chekalof Baidukoff and navigator Beliaoff completed a 56 hours 20 minute Arctic flight covering 5858 miles to Nicolaievsk Siberia. The trip was praised as a major achievement likely to confound enemies. They will be awarded hero title and cash government grants.
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Arctic
Moscow
Chekalof
Baidukoff
Beliakoff
Nicolaievsk
Siberia
Commissariat For Heavy Industry
Glider Tour of Japan Sparks Interest in Soaring
A German glider piloted by a famed Osaka flyer tours Japan by plane tow and covers 2500 miles visiting major and many smaller cities. The craft closely mirrors Wolf Hirths design used to train Japanese glider pilots last year and is second only to the army air forces machine in the country.
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Aviaion
Osaka
Japan
Wolf Hirth
Army Air Forces
Perpetually Honored Lakes Could Bear Victoria Cross Names
Saskatchewan lakes may be renamed to honor four Victoria Cross winners. Hon. W F Kerr says the geographic board should rename lakes 102 Zengle 108 Cairns 108 Mullins and 114 Combe after V C recipients R L Zengle Hugh Cairns Henry Mullins and R G Combe with Saskatchewan battalions.
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Saskatchewan
W. F. Kerr
Kerr
Geographic Board of Canada
Zengle Lake
R. L. Zengie
Cairns
Hugh Cairns
Saskatoon
Mullins
Nudists Return Clad After Nature Colony Stay
Report from Heliopolis Island in the Seine describes the back-to-nature colony's return to clothes while allowing only babies under three to remain unclothed. The site hosts hundreds of tents and asbestos cabins built by the group, with participants now wearing more attire than typical seaside bathers.
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Heliopolis
Seine
Paria
Kittens Crochet Pattern 5672 for Baby Carriage Set
Advertisement for a crochet pattern showing a kitten themed carriage act pillow and cover. Describes yarn in white with blue or pink or two shades, with simple stitches and charts. Offers pattern 6672 with instructions and material lists, priced at 20 cents by mail from Winnipeg publisher.
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Germantown
Colin
Boia Arts Pt
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
The Persecutor Becomes a Convert in Damascus
This Sunday lesson centers on Paul’s road to conversion and Ananias’s courage. It draws from Acts 9 1 19 Acts 22 12 16 and Galatians 1 17 24, highlighting the heavenly vision and the transformation from persecutor to apostle. The devotional notes reflect on faith, fellowship, and early church boldness.
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Isaiah
Philip
Paul
Jerusalem
Albert Barnes
Damascus
Saul
Jesus
Ananias
Httle
Self-Sufficiency Drive Aims For Fewer Imports
Soviet official Archibad Rozentglotz outlined a plan to cut imports during the third and current five year period. He said Moscow will rely less on foreign salesmen as buyers come to the capital and emphasized defense needs and gold reserves.
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Rtussia
Russia
Archibad Rozentglotz
Conference For Foreign Trade
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Rozentglotz
High Salaries Among US Industrial Leaders Cited
The Toronto Star notes five top US industrialists earning $200000+ annually and nineteen more over $100000. It argues such pay rewards mass employment but questions if wages in other industries are fair, contrasting with movie and baseball stars. The piece weighs the ethics of high executive pay against broader labor welfare.
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United States
Toronto Star
St. Catharines
Aborigines Population Decline Reported in Australia
Canberra census figures show about 60 000 full blood Aborigines remaining in Australia with 24 000 in work or in supervised camps and 36 000 nomadic. The report notes scarce numbers compared with past decades and contrasts with demographic patterns elsewhere.
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Australia
United States
Canberra
Strange Foods Around Britain and Beyond
A nostalgic tour lists unusual dishes across the UK and Ireland. Snails in Wiltshire taverns, radnorshire rabbits and fish eyes, trouts cheeks, Cornish pasties, pilchard pie, and Devonshire squab pie appear alongside candied rose leaves and cockles with cream. Jellied eels, toad in the hole, seaweed in Wales, and sea-shig soup are noted, with quirky aliases like Singin Hinney and Fat Rascal. References to American ice cream in hot chocolate and exotic tables of antelope, bear, ostrich, and locusts close the piece.
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Swindon
Wiltshire
Lands End
Radnorshire
Epicures
England
Devonshire
Wales
Ireland
Scotland
Duke of Gloucester
Odd Uses For Electricity In Rural Work
The article highlights electric uses for farming including lighting duck farms to calm birds, heating and cooling crops, and powering equipment. It notes electricity can cook soy beans for hog feed at low cost, water warm springs for irrigation, and thermostatically controlled electric coolers keep egg whites firm at about 50 degrees.
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Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Coaxial Cable Aims to Replace Telephone Wires
Dr. Oliver Buckley of Bell Labs announced a major telephony advance in Denver. The coaxial underground pipe system could carry hundreds of messages simultaneously, replacing aerial birds and wires with buried cables.
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Oliver FE. Buckley
New York
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Denver
Col
Buckley
Time’s Light Driven by Spur of the Moment
Fragmentary quotes ponder what fuels time's glow and how impulse pushes moments forward. The exchange touches on causation and inspiration as light seems linked to immediate urges rather than grand design.
Swiss Expert Warns Of Over 35 Poison Gas Types Ready
A Swiss expert states that over 35 kinds of poisonous gases are prepared for use in the next war, signaling a growing threat to international security and prompting calls for restraint and disarmament.
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