World Happenings Briefly Told In Ottawa Rome And London
A roundup of international notes from Rome London and Ottawa. The Canadian Copyright Act may be revised at Parliament’s next session aligning with the Rome meeting. Sweden plans study trips for youth districts in Peace River and Canaan. Canada reports 864 accidental deaths in 1927 from automobile crashes up from 606 in 1926. Byrd receives $1000 from Lindbergh for the Antarctic Expedition fund. Lieutenant Colonel F J A Demers dies in Edmonton. A bronze equestrian statue of Marshal Foch unveiled at Cassel despite his wishes. London schoolchildren visit Shorncliffe Cemetery to decorate graves of Canadian soldiers. Fifty three million dollars of Dominion war loans mature in October and will be paid in cash. Finance Minister J A Robb says funds come from the treasury. British pension fears eased by Home Secretary Joynson-Hicks. Omnibus lines remain popular in London and other European cities.
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Rome
Sweden
Peace River
Canaan
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Richard K. Byrd
Charles A. Lindbergh
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
F. J. A. Demers
Edmonton
Marshal Foch
Cassel
France
Poincare
London
Shorncliffe Garrison
Dominion of Canada
J. A. Rolb
William Joynson-Hicks
Home Secretary
Dr Wallace Selected as New President at Alberta University
Dr Wallace of Manitoba University geology and mineralogy heads to Alberta to assume the presidency. An immigrant from Scotland in 1930 he became lecturer then professor and later held government and museum posts. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Geological Society of London.
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BR. ©. Wallace
Universnly
Alberta
Manitoba University
Pres Ieee
Dr. Wallace
Canada
Scotland
Orkney
Deerneas
Kirkwall Burgh School
Edinburgh University
Fiocttingen University
Manitoba
Pas
Man
Brary and Museum
Wallace
Canadian
Unusually attractive two piece pattern frock for youth
Describes a chic two piece Hared skirt with a joined foundation and gath ered bodice creating a bloused effect. Details include three bands of material at the hips, tucks at the neck, ribbon collar and sleeves, with optional evening variation. Sizes 16 18 20. View A and B give yardage and notions. price 25 cents.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern order guide from Winnipeg Pattern No Size Name Town listing requests and address details for customers at 17S McDermot Ave Winnipeg. It outlines how to place orders and what information to include for pattern selections.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Yucatan Becomes Leading Henequen Producer in World
The State of Yucatan in Mexico claims empire status as the world’s top henequen producer for binder twine. A worker quips about work and pay, while a note recalls Germany under Bismarck in 1881 as the pioneer of unemployment insurance.
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Yucatan
Mexico
Germany
Bismarck
Danish Farm Visits and Folk High School Reflections in Denmark
A Canadian farming tour in Teenmark includes a reception with Mr. Millingsen Drake and Danish leaders, a visit to a 125 acre farm, Frederikssund Bacon Factory, and Frederiksborg Castle. The tour highlights Danish agriculture, livestock grading, and the People’s High School philosophy emphasizing self development and national cohesion.
Paul in Arabia and the Making of His Ministry
The lesson links Paul’s three year retreat in Arabia after his Damascus road awakening to Jesus’ wilderness preparation. It notes Galatians 1 15 18 as a basis, suggests Sinai or desert near Damascus as Arabia, and cites Robertson Speer on solitude forging moral and mental character.
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Pau
Arabia
Paul
Jerusalem
Damascus
Mount Sinai
Jesus
Robertson
Damascus Road
God
Robert BE
Speer
Urge Early Adoption Of New 13 Month Calendar
A national committee led by George Eastman proposed a 13 month calendar with 28 days per month and 364 days a year, with Year Day and leap day every four years. A treaty for universal adoption would be drafted for world powers, with a five year horizon for implementation.
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National Committee of
Washington
George Eastman
Kodak Millionaire
Rochester
N.Y
Kellogg
League of Nations
League
Eastman
Industry
Commerce
Agriculture
Moses Cotsworth
Oldest Naval Officer Used Dummy Ships to Foil Submarines
War memoir recounts Captain Porkes of Ireland and Quenington Gloucestershire who at age 69 commanded dummy vessels in Loch Ewe and later a fleet of fake battleships in the Aegean. The decoy fleet appeared at Gallipoli in 1914, including a replica Tiger No 14. The ruse misled submarines. only four sailors died in the final explosion.
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W. Bl.’ Forbes
R.N
Quenington
Gloucestershire
Porkes
Ireland
Loch Ewe
Wonders of Radiium Showed in Medical Uses and History
The article traces radium from early mystery to modern medical use. It explains its radioactive nature, longevity, and occurrence in ore, notes its metallic form and salt preparations, recounts discovery via a scientist’s skin burns, and highlights the Medical Research Council’s pivotal, coordinated study improving cancer and related treatments.
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Belgian Congo
Jewelry left in New York taxicabs tops fifty nine thousand
The article notes that in four months this year more than $59,000 worth of jewelry was abandoned in New York taxicabs. Forty five jewelry packages, plus clothing and luggage, were recovered by drivers after fares ended.
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New York
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Firestone
Firestone Tire & Rubber CO. OF Canada
Hamilton, Ontario
Journal Armusant
Paris
Alberta University
Manittoba
Attalenenia
Canadian National Railways
Great Britain and
Denmark
Teenmark
Millingsen Drake
Madsen Mygdal
Prince Axel
Arkell
Botish
Canaria
Carl Jensen
Langager
Frederikssund
F.J. Sieck
Heis
Larsen
Frederiksborg Castle
Frederik Jr
Europe
Schleswig- Holstein
People’s High
Frederiksborg
Frederik Begtrup
Folk High School
Mr. Begtrup
British Columbia
Houston
Texas
Alfred E. Smith
Herbert Hoover
Coolidge
Harding
Saids Farly
England
Rem Oe
Radium
United States
Grover Cleveland
Mra
Harry Nesbitt
Shannon
N.B
Fowle
Wta
Rawber
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
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