World Happenings Briefly Told From A Dated Dispatch
A column of scattered international items notes Britain's prime minister to Britain and India, Belgium's debt proposal to the United States, Lord Beaverbrook suggesting Earl Beatty as Canada governor general, and Soviet contracts for cotton with Lancashire firms. Also reported are a fatal crash at Packard Field, a Chinese navy appeal for freedom of seas, Berlin to Moscow air link, a fatal plane mishap after a lesson in Los Angeles, an attempted assassination of King Alfonso in Spain, pianist Mona Bates in Vienna, and Park Goff’s invitation to a Washington disarmament conference lecture.
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Gwitterland
Lndla
Belgium
United States
Usted States Commission
Daily Express
Lord Beaver- Brook
Earl Beatty
Lord Byng
Canada
Austin A. Nelson
Worthington BR
Air Hne
Berlin
Moscow
London
Hampton Zeigler
W. R. Coe
Los Angeles
Aber
Coe
Zeigler
King Alfonso
Spain
Saint Sebastian
Paris
Mias Mona Bates
Anom Setab
Vienna
Dresden
Germany
Franz Liszt
Bir Park Goff
House of Commons
Washington
Tam
Two Orations From Phonograph at Lau Funeral
Charles W. Lau, Davenport farmer and former school official, died after arranging two addresses on phonograph records. The messages were played at his funeral home services and later at the crematorium, delivering farewell talks and social commentary.
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Farmer
Davenport
Iowa
Charles W. Lau
Frewell
Lau
Chicago
Dutch Engineer Claims Capsize Proof Lifeboat
Rotterdam naval engineer Herr Schutteren announces a lifeboat design that cannot capsize and offers full weather protection. The first small tests were successful as the inventor and friends prepare a model to cross from Rotterdam to London and then to New York for final testing. The craft measures about 1 feet long, eight feet wide, and 4% feet deep.
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Herr Schutteren
Rotterdam
London
New York
Churchill Defends Book Critics Of His Father
Winston Churchill denounces a revived controversy over Captain Peter Wright’s Portraits and Cribbams in which Uncensored Recollections mocks Lord Randolph Churchill. The chancellor notes the work attacks Churchill’s father while praising his son’s abilities and patriotism.
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Churchill
Wiliam Gladstone
Peter Wright
Ufc
Winston Churchill
Lord Randolph Churchill
Winston
Remarkable Moros Plead for Roads and Schools in Manila
The New York Evening Post notes Moros, battle-scarred tribesmen in Mindanao, ask the Manila Government for more roads and schools. It recalls how thirty years ago they lived in nipa shacks with few comforts, valuing a rifle over education, while civilization brings roads and schools and a peaceful American presence.
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Manilla
Philippines
New York Evening Post
Governor General Returns From Northern Mission
Baron Byng, governor general of Canada, completed the first ever northern voyage of a governor general. The party met Eskimos and Indians, inspected settlements at Akiayik, visited an Eskimo fishing camp near Kittigarnit, and received native gifts, with speeches of welcome. The journey highlighted northern hardships and regional potential. A fashion notice follows detailing children’s wash-salt outfits with Devonshire cloth and percale suits, sizing 2 to 6 years and pricing.
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Canada
Byng
Dominion
Loor
Akiayik
Haron Byng
Kittigarnit
Bin
Dave
Hite
Haig Seeks Governor General Post After Canada Visit
Field Marshal Earl Haig arrived in Glasgow after a Canada trip and was asked about possibly becoming governor general of the Dominion. At 65 he would rest first but said he would be greatly honored if offered the position. He praised Canada as a wonderful country with good prospects for hard workers and enjoyed the Jubilee in Calgary.
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Earl Haig
Canada
Glasgow
Dominion
Calgary
Post Office Plans Zone System Start in Toronto
Canada will trial metropolitan postal districts in Toronto to speed mail. If successful, Montreal will follow. Ten districts will carry numbers two through thirteen, skipping seven and eleven. Addressing letters will include the district number, as in John Smith Toronto 2.
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Canada
Jno. Nicholl
Regina
Toronto
Montreal
John ‘Smith
John Smith
College Street
Ontario
Lady Byng’s English Gardens Hold Four Hundred Varieties
Lady Brog, wife of the governor-general of Canada, favors outdoor life and gardens over indoor receptions. Since arriving in Canada she has collected 400 distinct flower varieties for her English home gardens. Some plants travel with care instructions to ensure thriving growth in England after transfer from Canada.
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Lady Byng
Victoria
Canada
Lady Brog
England
Relief Conference to Meet in Philadelphia September 12
A nationwide call issued by David A Brown of the General Necessities Corporation invites Jews to Philadelphia on September 12 to plan relief for co-religionists in Europe and Palestine. The agenda includes a project to settle 100,000 Jews in Russia as farmers by 1927 and estimates a $15 million funding need to carry out proposed relief programs.
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Philadelphia
Steam engines in aeroplanes foreseen by British expert
Dr Joan S Haldane spoken at the Institute of Mining Engineers in Carait Wales predicted steam propulsion will replace internal combustion engines in near future airplanes and cars with smaller lighter engines and higher pressure. Sir John Cadman added oil’s role would pass as coal reclaims certain uses.
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Joan S. Haldane
Institute of Mining Engineers
Carait
Wales
Cas
Mallane
John Cadman
Austrian engineer’s rotor monoplane aims for transatlantic flight
An Austrian engineer credits a rotor principle monoplane with 300 mph speed and vertical takeoff. He claims it could cross the Atlantic in 12 hours. The British air ministry shows interest and may fund an experimental model per his specs.
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British
Air Ministry
Prince Accepts 12 Carat Diamond From Toronto Star
The Prince of Wales declined an 86 carat diamond from Kimberley but accepted a 12 carat gem. The 12 carat stone is rare in Toronto and available in New York or London. A 2 to 3 carat diamond runs about $600 per carat, while the 12 carat piece could be worth around $16,000, with valuation for the 65 carat stone deemed impractical.
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Prince
Prince of Wales
Kimberley
Toronto
New York
London
Toronto Star
Taller British schoolchildren drive desk upgrades in London
The average British child has grown due to outdoor exercise so desks in schools prove too small. Five foot ten inch boys and five foot eight inch girls are common in London, prompting HK to supply larger desks. Also a kitchen mishap scene with a strict housemaid and a calm servant ends the excerpt.
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London
California Breakwater Pipe Idea Tests Wave Stopper
A new breakwater concept in California uses perforated pipes placed beneath the water. Compressed air is pumped into the pipes, creating bubbles that supposedly break up wave action effectively.
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California
Crossword Puzzle Clues Pack Text Improperly Formatted
A scrambled OCR style listing shows crossword clues with numerous typos and misreads. The fragment includes horizontal and vertical entries with numerous errors, partial words, and unclear numbering, indicating a damaged puzzle page segment.
Greetings Sent From Mackenzie Arctic Expedition Leader
A message from Baron Byng of Vimy aboard the steamer Distributor conveyed greetings to an eastern Arctic explorer. Deputy Minister W. W. Cory received the dispatch via O. S. Finnie and relayed it to George P. Mackenzie, who leads the annual expedition up the eastern Arctic coast on the Arctic. The note wished success to the Governor General’s party and crew north of Labrador.
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Baron Byng
Canada
Arctic
Ottawa
W. W. Cory
Interior
Isis
Baron Byng of
Vimy
Mackenzie River
Mr. Cory
O. S. Finnie
North-West Territories
George P. Mackenzie
Wieamer Arctic
S.8
Avetic Circle
Aretic
Labrador
Annoyed Halifax Woman Recalls Third Truck Crash In Parlor
Mrs. Julia Poole in a two story Halifax dwelling is visited by a motor truck crashing through the side and stopping in her dining room. The driver was arrested, marking a third repeat incident in years as she endures such unwelcome visitors.
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Halifax
Julia Poole
Blowers Street
Auto Tags as Shingles Top Seattle Cottage
Oscar Lemdahl of Seattle shingles his summer cottage with discarded license plates from nearly every state. Two thousand three hundred plates were used in the exterior covering.
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Oscar Lemdahl
Seattle
German Firms Offer Ships to Soviet Union on Credit
Ornis companies including Krupp Wharf and Dontdere Wharf proposed building commercial and passenger ships for the Soviet naval department on credit for 15 to 16 years with 10 percent cash on order. The department considered terms acceptable and planned to order several tank steamers and passenger ships. They argued foreign orders would not harm Soviet shipbuilding since government funds cover the overall costs, with abroad-built ships funded by profits from other ships.
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Ornis
Krupp
Soviet Commercial Navy Department
Commerceial Naval Department
Moscow
Commercial Navy Department
Nurse hurled bottle at Dublin cinema during royal tour screening
In a Dublin theatre, nurse Dora Maguire threw a bottle at a Prince of Wales film, ruining the picture. Police court fined her £8 and she must compensate a girl musician whose clothes were damaged. She claimed no personal objection to the Prince but opposed cheering the Black and Tans. A separate item notes the unveiling of the Angell Scott Memorial near Devonport for polar expedition members. Also listed are China’s area and population figures.
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Dublin- Nuras
Prince of Wales
South Africa
Dublin
Dora Maguire
Bhs
Ireland
Inh Free State
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Free State
Europe
Student ‘Federation
Ark
North
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Eee
Sarah
Grasny Plain
Payes
El-City Mghwas
Mackenzie
Russia
Angell Scott
Beatt
South Pole
Devonport
Captain Scott
China
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