World Happenings Briefly Told
Germans to undergo special blood tests to prove sobriety or intoxication as interior ministry announces. July highway deaths in Ontario reach 63, highest July total since 1929. Riverside plea for provincial relief finds 22 recipients driving own cars. Western Canada wheat quality reported high by grain inspector Frazer. US farm cash income drops by 85 million dollars from July to August. Mothers and Infants Association in Croydon balks at a national baby show due to jealousy. US law enforcement conducts near 1000 narcotics and illicit still seizures nationwide.
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Ontario
Ontario Highways Department
Riverside
Essex County
David Crol
Public Welfare
Western Canada
James D. Frazer
Grain Standard Board
United States
Agriculture Department
Mothers and Infants Association
Croydon
England
Romford
Treasury
India Leads World in Land Reclaimed and Irrigated
A Central Irrigation Board report shows India has reclaimed 40 million acres, with 31 million in British India, and 7 million more irrigated. Italy is second with about 6 million acres in ten years. Projected completion will push irrigation to 50 million acres, supporting many workers and crops worth 375 million dollars, drawn from 75,000 miles of canals and 50 major dams.
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British India
Central Irrigation Board of India
India Office
London
Britah India
Italy
India
Ladysmith Revisits Debt Burn For New Logging Prosperity
Ladysmith British Columbia celebrated paying off its 94336 bond debt with a giant bonfire of bonds. The town rose from mining decline after a logging company started up, marking a rebirth signaled by a flagpole at the debt burning site.
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British Columbia
Ladysmith
Squirrel hunting banned in Al Derta for fall and winter
An order from the game branch bans all shooting or trapping of red squirrels in Al Derta this fall and winter due to scarcity. The species was placed on the protected list after prior seasons, with Al Derta previously open from Nov to March 31.
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al- Derta
Marchioness of Reading Ends 10000 Mile Tour Incognito
The Marchioness of Reading returns to England after a 10000 mile transcontinental motor tour with one companion. She visited Canada and the United States incognito, spoke with workers and youths, praised American vitality and democracy, and observed relief work and public sponsorship of education and civic projects.
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Marchioness of Reading
United States
Canada
Marchioness of
Reading
England
United State
New York
Roosevelt
White Houze
Lady Keating
W.P.A
Berlin Chief of Police Promotes Quiet Roads with Yellow Horn Mark
Berlin's police chief, once popular for his plan to calm traffic, ordered loud horn use punished by painting cars with a yellow spot. The tactic produced quicker compliance and quiet streets. Commodore Gooderham of Toronto suggests sailors take up driving to learn courtesy, but motorists already sail along highways too fast.
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Berlin
Europe
Commodore Gooderham
Toronto
Traversing depth in photography via trivision process
A Madison photographic engineer Douging F. Winnek demonstrates the Arat trivision system that renders three dimensional images. He explains grooves on embossed cellulose acetate plates create two-eye depth, enabling live-like perspective in photographs and promising broad applications in motion pictures and printing. A color fruit display proves the depth effect.
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Douging F. Winnek
Madison, Wis
Winnek
Protege of the Queen Granted Place at Wanstead Orphanage
The two and a half year old Brian William Frank Roberta becomes an inmate of the Royal Infant Orphanage Wanstead. He will be cared for and educated there until age 16. His father was chief steward on the Orient line boat Otranto and died last year. his mother died at 24. Queen Mary has the right of nomination to the institution ensuring a royal protege remains at the home.
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Queen Mary
Royal Infant Orphanage
Wanstead
Brian William Frank Roberta
Orient Line
Rising Sun Afghan Square Pattern for Crochet
Crochet pattern for an afghan titled Rising Sun using three shades on a dark background. Describes block construction, color options, and a pillow adaptation. Includes material needs and stitch guidance, with ordering details for pattern 5668 at the Winnipeg Newspaper Union Arts Dept.
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Es Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
New Gold Strike Reported in Northwest Territories Region
A new gold strike in the Yellowknife mining division near Gordon Lake was confirmed to Minister Crerar. The find involves multiple companies staking hundreds of claims since July and shows veins and lenses with free gold across a 15 mile belt, suggesting potential commercial tonnage if assays confirm.
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Yellowknife Mining
Northwest Territories
T. A. Crerar
A. L. Cumming
Fort Smith
N.W.T
Gordon Lake
Yellowknife River
Great Brave Chief
Mining Corporation of Canada
AX Syndicate
Ventures, Limited
Fred Connell
A.E. Syndicate
Karl Springer
Wood-Brown Syndicate
Spurwash Yellowknife Mines, Limited
Mining Corporation
A.X. Syndicate
Yellowknife
Cumming
A. W. Jolliffe
Dominion Department of Mines
Sanctity Of Contracts Warned By Maritime Board
The Maritime Board of Trade warned of a rising departure from rigid honesty in honoring all contracts and obligations. A resolution from the annual convention urged the federal government to act to preserve Canada’s credit and reputation amid this trend.
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Maritime Board of Trade
Canada
Record Butter Production Set in Saskatchewan in 1935
A new record for creamery butter production was set in Saskatchewan in 1935 with an output of 22,853,859 pounds, nearly two million pounds above the 1934 high.
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Saskatchewan
Sunday School Lesson October Designation and Story Summary
The lesson recounts Paul and Silas in Philippi, the slave girl’s exorcism, their imprisonment and the miraculous earthquake, and the jailer’s family conversion. It reflects on faith, salvation, and Paul’s pursuit of Christ, citing Acts 16 25 34 and Philippians 3 10 14 for guidance.
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Philippi
Paul
Silas
Jesus Christ
Lynn H. Hough
Tertullian
Jesus
Christ
Montreal built high speed aircraft for Northwest Territories
The second of three planes in Montreal for the Department of National Defence has been tested. Designed for high speed photographic and transport work, the aircraft carries fuel and oil for five and a half hours at high altitude and features three oblique cameras. It can use float gear, wheel undercarriage, or a ski system for winter flying. The Netherlands faces a 30,000 worker shortfall and many nations monetize post offices as advertising platforms.
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Montreal
Department of National Defence
Northwest Territories
Germans issued wartime call order fears and details
Millions of Germans aged 25 to 45 carry a briegsbeorderung that lists when and where to report for war. The blue eight by five inch sheet specifies barracks dress codes and actions if residence changes. It warns of martial law from the day it becomes effective.
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Briegsbeorderung
Practice Stopped Allowing Philippine Prisoners Home Meals
Prisoners in provincial Philippine jails may no longer return home unescorted for meals or to sleep. Interior Secretary Elpidio Quirino, back from a provinces tour, calls the practice illegal and bad and orders an immediate stop to curb government costs.
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Philippine
Philippine Islands
Elpidio Quirina
Interior
A Shilling Sticks To Floor In Store Caper
A man named Smith spotted a shilling on the floor of a large shop and, after glancing around, pressed a handkerchief onto the coin. The coin adhered to the floor as he lifted the fabric and a shop assistant neared.
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Smith
Montreal Noise Rule Imposes Fine and Jail Time
Montreal enacts a nighttime horn ban from midnight to four in the morning. Anyone blowing an automobile horn faces a $40 fine and a month in jail. The measure aims to curb noise and curb enthusiasm of tooters.
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Montreal
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Ministry of the Interior
United Kingdom
Jake
By Brooks
Alice Brooks
Roria
Yellowknife Mining Division
Corinthians
Carty
Netherlands
Calgary
Edmonton
Regina
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