World Happenings Briefly Told From 1834 Convention In Winnipeg
Directors of the Canadian Fisheries Administration announced Winnipeg hosted its 1834 convention in early December. The Norwegian navy bids for British shipyards to build rapid torpedo craft. The Dominion forces schedule a biannual review due in two years. The US Navy awarded a low bid of 2 937 060 dollars for three more submarines. Canadian air mail will travel from New York at 39 cents per half ounce. A Toronto home found with 1140 dollars in old notes in a deceased Mrs Kostinsky’s stockings. Elizabeth Rice of Auburn Massachusetts won the United States spelling bee with a 500 dollar prize. US Army plans the most intensive recruitment since the Great War aiming 115000 reenlistments in 12 months. British buyers ingest large Canadian wheat exports. Winnipeg’s George McIyer announced wheat board talks. Jack Cameron commented from outside for the first time in 21 years on Edmoonton street motorcar scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Fisheries Agrodhtion
Wenleries
Winnipeg
Erlery Geith British Shipyards
United States Navy
New York
Post Office
Rachal Kostinsky
Toronto
Canenir
George McIyer
Canadian Wheat Board
Great Britain
Jack Cameron
Northland
Edmoonton
Tribute to Queen Mary on birthday anniversaries
New York Times lauds Queen Mary for courage dignity and kindness noting her calm in crises and popular regard as Queen Mother and Princess May of Teck. The piece highlights her charitable work etiquette and democratic friendliness and wishes her continued health and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Princess May of
Teck
Victoria
Queen Mary
New York Times
Yukon Work Crisis Seen By Mrs Black In Commons
Mrs George Black told the House of Commons that only older workers remain idle in the Yukon while many veterans from 1898 grow feeble. She urged Mines Minister Crerar to visit the territory to grasp local conditions. Also noted were high tungsten melting point and Peru importing 7000 cattle to avert a meat shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukon
George Black
House of Commons
Ottawa
Crerar
Peru
Nicaragus
Pattern 4149 Anne Adams Frock Adorns Flared Skirt
Simple lines and new fabric tricks define pattern 4149 by Anne Adams. The yoke pockets bias-cut stripes and a six-gore skirt showcase modern style. available in misses and women's sizes with size 16 requiring 41 1/2 yards. Order to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
World’s Best Loved Poems booklet offer
A Winnipeg newspaper union notices a 32 page booklet featuring poems by Browning Longfellow and others. It invites readers to send 15 cents for copies and lists additional booklets available for 15 cents each including How to Travel on Little Money Etiquette and Ballroom Dances.
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Elizabeth Browning
Longfellow
Sam Foss
Eugene Field
Tennyson
Wordsworth
Walt Whitman
Scott
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Made in the West Emphasis Pushes Western Industry Growth
The Industrial Development Board of Manitoba urges Buy Western to boost jobs and prosperity. It recalls St Andrews flour mill history near Winnipeg and notes modern mills turning Western wheat into world class flour. A Winnipeg firm started 1935 grows to 42 workers with $38,000 yearly local spending, supporting families and communities.
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Industrial Development Board of
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Akir
Red River
St. Andrew's
Western Canada
E. H.G. G. Hay
Breas
West
Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Hay
British Isles
Canada
America
Industrial Development Board of Manitoba
Confederation Life Building
Why King George VI Visits Columbia University History
The New York Sun recalls Columbia University origins as King's College begun in 1754 under a royal charter from George II. It notes the college’s wartime interruption and 1784 reopening, the iron crown emblem, the King's Crown student honors, the Lion's Den gathering place, and the royal link that drew the visit of King George VI.
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New York City
Columbia University
Columbia
George VI
New York
Holland
England
George IV
Trinity Parish
King's College
Samuel Johnson
Committee of Safety
Columbia College
Morningside Heights
King’s College
University
King's Crown Board
New York Sun
Sunday School Lesson on Duties of Church Members
Sunday School lesson for June 21 emphasizes church unity, love, and mutual edification. It urges respect for leaders, admonishes disorder, and promotes speaking the truth in love while building up the weak and following after good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thessalomang
Moffatt
Paul
Christ
Trans-Canada Air Lines expands modern fleet and routes
Minister of transport C D Howe reported strong business from Trans Canada Air Lines passenger service. Five additional Lockheed planes were ordered for early delivery to standardize equipment on Vancouver to Seattle and trans Canada runs. Extensions planned linking Toronto Detroit Buffalo with more than daily service and doubled Toronto Montreal to Winnipeg with daylight and night flights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trans-Canada Air Lines
C. D. Howe
trans-Canada
Vancouver
Seattle
Toronto
Detroit
Buffalo
Montreal
Winnipeg
Howe
Fortune telling by Nepal royalty at New York World's Fair
A near sighted customer dropped four quarters into a dignified Hindu dressed pair at the Indian bazaar. The Maharahah and Maharanee of Nepal received the coins and, after a tense exchange, handed them back and left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stu
Maharajah and Maharanee
Nepal
French Defenses and Rayon Exports Highlight War Era Views
In a reflective note the author compares the Maginot line with a rival German line and laments the lack of a single strong barrier. France increases rayon shipments to the United States threefold from the previous year, while calling for charity without tolerating sin.
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France
United States
Night driving risks rise as darkness increases fatalities
The article notes motor vehicle deaths surge more than threefold at night and dark hours show a 43 percent rise since 1836. It cites alcohol-related crashes from 6 PM to 6 AM, highway lighting improvements in Michigan reducing crashes by 78 percent, and advises pedestrians and cyclists to use lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Michigan
Lansing
Detroit
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Readers urged to request complete cancer articles set
Editorial note directs readers seeking Dr McCullough cancer articles to contact The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ontario for a complete set. The implored correspondence aims to distribute the full collection to interested readers.
Calling for stricter laws to curb hitch-hiking
The Regina Leader-Post argues for stronger laws to curb hitch-hiking and ride sharing on highways claiming hitch-hikers pose a public safety menace. It notes motorists risk unpredictable individuals and slowed traffic causing potential accidents.
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Whith
Regina
Buffalo rotorcycle patrols use chalk tipped lances in joust like defense
Police discuss a new riding method with chalk tipped lances for tire outreach while on patrol. Union College expedition returns with 2000 large ants and 2000 small ants from British Guiana. Transatlantic air fare is tentatively set at 375 dollars.
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Union College
Schenectady, N.Y
Britieh Guiana
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