World Happenings Briefly Told
The king's cancer fund remains open through the jubilee season and has reached 300000 dollars. Manitoba will add a seaplane for the forestry patrol. Port Arthur jobless must break rock for relief. rock used for film projects. A hymn by John Masefield with music by Walford Davies to be sung by 500 Welsh regiment men at Aldershot tattoo. The Ashworth will sail to western Canada from England in July. Major Douglas in Ottawa supports social credit action in Alberta. Die Stunde fined 200 schillings for Hitler joke in May Day speech. Ramsay MacDonald observed a painting exhibit as the ceiling fell in the royal academy hall. no one was in the vestibule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Cancer Fund
Ottawa
Manitoba
Forestry Patrol Service
Port Arthur
John Masefield
Sir Walford Davies
Aldershot
Churchill
Ashworth
Newcastle
Antwerp
Canada
England
C. H. Douglas
Edmonton
Alberta
Die Stunde
Adolf Hitler
Ramsay MacDonald
Montreal Gas Light Era Began with Subsidy and Lamps
One hundred years ago Montreal relied on coal oil lamps. In April 1835 the city was asked for a 500 dollar yearly subsidy for a projected gas light company. Two years later 200 gas lamps illuminated city streets. In 1863 a new contract secured 700 gas lamps to burn 21 nights each month with the remaining nights moonlit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Gas Company
Canada Reports 1.508 Million Radio Sets In Use
R C Poulter of a radio trade paper told the Canadian Performing Rights Society Inquiry in Toronto that Canada now has 1 508 000 radio receiving sets in use. A previous wire quoted about 750 000 licensed sets. Ontario accounts for 697 083 sets—the largest provincial total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Poulter
Canadian Performing Rights Society
Toronto
Canada
Dominion
Ontario
Canada’s Trade Surplus Sparks Pessimism Question
For the year ending March, Canada exported 659 million and imported 522 million, totaling 1.181 billion in trade. The Ottawa Journal asks if this large surplus yields a message for pessimists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Journal
Canada
Moon Mountains May Reach 25000 Feet
The article notes some lunar mountains could reach 25 000 feet, nearing Earth’s highest peaks. It also reports rising global rice consumption and Cuba’s forecast sugar output of 2 315 000 tons for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Princess Louise of Quer Victoria Queen Victoria’s Daughter
Princess Louise of Kensington Palace is described as a long lived, well dressed figure at court. She resides at Mentington and Roseneath, supports art, and helped Queen Victoria relax marriage restrictions for widowed or annulled spouses. Her circle included Sir Edgar Boehm and Sir John Millais.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaghtee
Quer
Victoria
Sam
Kensington Palace
Princess Louie
Mennington Palace
Princess Lachee
Queen Victoria
Broad Walk
Kensington Palace Gardens
Barrie
Louise
Abe
Duke of Argyll
Roseneath
Scotland
Prince Consort
Edgar Boehm
John Millais
Royal Society
Manchester Guardian
Sterling Products Limited reports definite business improvement
Sterling Products Limited held its annual meeting in Windsor Ontario and announced a definite improvement in business. Advertising expenditures for the year were approved and officers re elected H L Schade president H L Kinnican vice president and H C Eastman secretary treasurer. Schade projected continued improvement for 1935. The company markets Dr Lyons Tooth Powder Watkins Mulsified Cocoanut Shampoo Oil Glostora Del A Tone and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Products (Limited
Windsor
Ont
H. L. Schade
H. L. Kinnican
H. C. Eastman
Schade
Sterling Company
Dr. Lyon
Watkins
Phillips’ Dental Magnesia
Little Journeys In Science Parasitism Across Animal Kingdoms
The article explains parasitism as living on or in other organisms and notes protozoa, arthropods, and worms as prolific parasite groups. It discusses parasite specialization, host impact, and the prevalence of parasitic diseases in the tropics, highlighting malaria and plague as major killers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Animal Kingdom
Tropics
Ice gate glaze promises crack proof antiseptic freezing for fish
New anti antiseptic ice glaze developed by Pacife Fisheries Experimental Station in Prince Rupert aims to cut rusting and discoloration, prevent glaze cracking, and stop gas penetration to keep fish from drying or losing palatability. The process, proven by a British Columbia firm, glazed 100000 pounds of fish successfully and cheaply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Rupert
Pacife Fisheries
British Columbia
Honey Bran Currant Biscuits From Betty Barclay
Recipe yields 12 biscuits two and a half inches wide. Mix all bran milk and honey, sift dry ingredients and cut in butter, then combine with the first mixture. Stir, knead lightly with currants, shape into biscuits, bake at 425 F for about 25 minutes.
Orange Moss Mold Dessert Recipe Steps
Dissolve gelatin in warm water add sugar orange juice and rind. Chill until cold and ayrupy Fold in whipped cream until thick and shiny but not stiff Chill until slightly thickened Turn into mold Chill until firm Unmold Serves 6 to 8.
Air Locarno Planned by Britain France and Italy
The governments of Great Britain France and Italy draft an air Locarno pact for swift reprisals against aerial aggression. Italy intends to join the five Locarno signatories Britain France Germany and Belgium. An aero plane flew 220 miles from Croydon to Amsterdam in about an hour aided by strong winds.
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Great Britain
France
Italy
London
Britain
Germany
Belgium
Croydon
England
Amsterdam
Holland
Tour handwriting reveals your character
A Winnipeg Manitoba newspaper reader asks about graphology and learns a writer can analyze character from handwriting. Lawrence Hibbert promotes a paid analysis service sending handwriting samples with a birthdate, 10 cent per sample, and a stamped return envelope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Hibbert
Winnipeg M Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Sunday School Lesson on the Great Commission Baptism Formula
The text explains Jesus command to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing into the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It outlines meanings of baptism and Christ’s promise to be with believers always, stressing baptism as identity with God and submission to Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baythe
Galilee
Jesus
Peter
Christ
God
Drought of 23 Years Revealed by Tree Ring Study
A 23 year drought from 1276 to 1299 in the southwestern Rocky Mountains forced Indians to abandon villages due to famine and thirst. The drought was presented by R A H E Douglass of the University of Arizona to the southwestern division of the AAAS in Santa Fe New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
America
Rocky Mountain
American Association For the Advance of Science
Santa Fe
N.M
R. A. HE. Douglass
The
University of Arizona
Praise from New York Times on Canada's new governor general
The New York Times calls John Buchan the best bridge between Canada and the United States, noting he completed earlier chapters of British America and will shape its next era. It lauds him as one of the Scotsmen representing the English-speaking race at its best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Canada
John Buchan
Scotland
British America
North America
New York Times
Salt Good Polish Method for Glassware Shine
A simple kitchen tip to keep glassware polished. Wash glasses in hot water with one tablespoonful of salt per quart, avoid soap, rinse in clean hot water, and the glassware will shine like crystal. Then a quoted exchange about sons’ letters follows.
Record Demand for Percheron Horses Hits Alberta High
The great demand for pure bred Percheron horses in Alberta breaks records as farmers pay $150 to $200 more than last year. The Percheron club notes continued rising interest and enrollment in breeding and purchase. Honey contains minerals including iron calcium magnesium copper manganese and silicon.
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Alberta
Percheron Club
Thinning and Planting Guidance for a Garden
This gardening note advises thinning flowers and vegetables after they reach about an inch tall. It details spacing by plant height, timing for warm weather crops, staking and training tomatoes, soil enrichment, and extending the growing season with multiple plantings and starter plants from nurseries.
Arctic Flier Sets Record With 900 Mile Arctic Flight
Walter Gilbert chief pilot for Canadian Airways Mackenzie delta division flew Cameron Bay N W T to Cambridge Bay and back 900 miles in one day. He carried 20 bales of Arctic white fox valued around 40 000 and refueled at Copper Mine. Flight took twelve hours against foggy Arctic seas assisted by Mrs B Paisley and child.
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Arctic
Walter Gilbert
Canadian Airways
Mackenzie Delta
Cameron Bay
N.W.T
Cambridge Bay
Canalaskan Trading Company
Arctic Ocean
Coppermine
Gilbert
B. Paisley
Royal Canadian Signal Corps
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Bally
Bert
Meee
Princess Louies
Sterling Products
Gordon H. Guest, M.A
Betty Barclay
Air Locarno
Lawrence Hirbert
Gor
Baftion
New York
Jackson
Johnson
Kent
V.a.d’s
V.A.D
British Red Cross
Chislehurst
Midat
Gardening Gordon L. Smith
Flonera
Arctic Flier
Paserts iYhe Ramsay Co
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