World Happenings Briefly Told In Isvestia And Beyond
Unqualified approval of Turkey’s request to fortify the Dardanelles appears in Isvestia. Halifax reports that Canadian National steamships Prince Henry and Prince David may resume cruises from New York. In the Empire Day program May 24 the Nizam of Hyderabad, richest man in the world, will speak for the BBC. The British destroyer Scout carried the body of Dr. Leopold Von Hoesch from Dover to Wilhelmshaven. Soviet industrial output rose 13 percent in Q1 1936 vs year-earlier. Mellon Institute reports pneumonia advances and a tuberculin for TB diagnosis. German railways load entire freight cars onto motor trucks for delivery. Napier Denison of Gonzales Heights retires after 37 years in the meteorological service. The King agrees to patronize the National Rifle Association, the Duke of Gloucester becomes president. King Edward continues gifting £250 for the king’s prize.
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Turkey
Dardanelles
Isvestia
Halifax
Prince Henry
Prince David
New York
Nizam of
Hyderabad
British Broadcasting Corporation
Scout
Leopold von Hoesch
Britain
Dover
Wilhelmshaven
Napier Denison
Dominion Meteorological Observatory
Gonzales Heights
Government Meteorological Department
National Rifle Association
Duke of Gloucester
King Edward
Chinese Art Treasures Returned From London Exhibition
Priceless Chinese art treasures lent to Britain for an exhibition at Burlington House were convoyed home by British destroyers like a wartime troopship. The several thousand pieces, some dating before Christ, were sent back to China aboard HMS Suffolk after years of negotiations with the government and private collectors contributing gifts from the royal family.
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Britain
China
London
Burlington House
England
H.M.S. Suffolk
Parachute Medical Service Formed by 34 Soviet Doctors
A group of 34 surgeons and physicians from the Soviet parachute school organize a parachute medical service to answer urgent calls by plane and descend by parachute where landing areas are unavailable. Headquarters are at the Moscow civil airfield.
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Moscow
Origin of Cambridge University Traced to 12th Century Rise
The origin of Cambridge University in England remains obscure. scholars suggest it arose from a local educational movement during the twelfth century, shaping its early development and growth.
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Cambridge University
England
Jack Miner Birthday Revered Naturalist At 71
Sack Miner's Birthday Famed Naturalist At 71, Counta His Wealth In Friends Jack Miner celebrated his Tist! birthday April 10th. Edgar A. Guest, the Detroit poet, terms him "the best beloved Christian in America', while Irvin 5. Cobb, writer and hum orist, says "Jack Miner is the great est practical naturaliat on the planet." An editorial in the "Ottawa Citizen" says: "Not Watt, but a succession of inventors made the steam engine, not Bell, but many electrical experiments made the tele phone. Jack Miner, in this sense, has given up the bird sanctuary." In other words, popularized the sanctu ary idea. While his hair is turning some what white, otherwise no one can, notice the years creeping on him, be cause he is as active and as enthusi astic in his study of bird life as he was twenty years ago.
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Jack Miner
Edgar A. Guest
Detroit
America
Irvin
Cobb
Ottawa Citizen
Watt
Bell
World figure shares enduring wisdom in birthday interview
In a birthday sitdown the figure reflects on friendship as wealth, living with purpose, and world affairs. He values health, children, music, and education while condemning excess church politics and urging action despite potential criticism. He emphasizes integrity, courage, and thoughtful leadership.
Ring of electric current surrounds earth to cause storms
A theory by two English scientists proposes that magnetic storms disrupting telegraph and cable service are produced by a ring of electric current encircling the Earth like Saturn’s rings.
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Earth
Saturn
Explorer Finds Rapid-Growth Bean in Southern Asia
An explorer reports discovering a bean in Southern Asia that grows at an astounding rate. The usual procedure is to plant the bean in the ground and then jump clear to avoid being struck by its fast ascent.
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Asia
Million Dollar Wrigley Sign Lights Times Square
A new one million dollar Wrigley Spearmint Gum sign dominates Times Square from 44th to 45th Street. The ten story super structure features 21 uncoordinated flashing units, 1084 feet of neon tubing, and nearly seventy miles of wire.
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Times Square
New York
Broadway
44Th
45Th Street
Wrighley
Toronto
Freedom for Spanish Women Quietly Reaches New Milestones
The long sheltered women of Spain are emerging from isolation with more enrolled in faculties like philosophy at Madrid University than men. After universal suffrage, Madrid notes more female voters than male. Once escorted and confined, Spanish girls now roam public spaces with independence. Part of South Africa’s Pretoria mint may be repurposed as an ammunition factory.
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Spain
University of Madrid
The
Republic
Madrid
South Africa
Pretoria
Dividing Of Territory Countries Face Two Classes
Major-General W. A. Griesbach of Edmonton warned at the United Services Institute of Nova Scotia that nations split into haves and have nots. He cited Great Britain Russia and France with vast productive lands versus Germany Japan and Italy lacking room for population growth. He warned Britain could be challenged and possibly at risk of war.
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W. A. Griesbach
Edmonton
United Services Institute of Nova Scotia
Halifax
Great Britain
Russia
France
Germany
Japan
Italy
Griesbach
Ancient tomb found near Hsuchow in northern China
A vast tomb dating to around 900 A.D. was uncovered near Hsuchow in northern China. Its numerous vaulted underground chambers are described as large enough for a house for the living, with expectations that the discovery will clear up obscure points in China's history.
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China
Hsuchow
Gardening for hardy fruits and alpine rock gardens
The article notes fruit can be grown far north with protection, listing hardy selections like strawberries gooseberries currants Saskatoon berries and cherries. It advises grafted apples pears on one tree, early varieties such as Richmond Yellow Transparent St Lawrence Red Astrachan, and outlines rock garden use with boulders and alpine plants. Climbers enhance landscapes without damaging brick or stone and are historically used on old walls.
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Canada
Arctic Circle
Saskatoon
Richmond
St. Lawrence
Latin American Proposals Urge Inter American Peace Conference
Three Latin American governments proposed forming a league of American nations to safeguard Western Hemisphere peace. The ideas were released by the State Department in Washington and come from heads of 17 South and Central American states in their formal acceptance of the United States invitation to the inter American peace conference.
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League of American Nations
Western Hemisphere
State Department
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Spring crochet pattern 5559 hats and purse set
Pattern 5559 offers instructions for a guimpe crochet hat and purse with rib stitch brim and braided cord trim. Includes illustration, stitch list, and material requirements. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union for this pattern. no pattern book exists by Alice Brooks.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Proposal for Pacific power split by Ishimaru navy commander
Commander Tota Ishimaru of the Japanese navy promotes dividing Pacific power among Great Britain the United States and Japan in a newly published book America in the eastern Japan in the western England in the southern Pacific is the proposed arrangement with each nation ruling its own domain.
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Pacific
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Tota Ishimaru
Ishimaru
America
England
Parable of Dives and Lazarus Sunday Lesson
A Sunday school lesson outlines the parable of the rich man Dives and the beggar Lazarus from Luke 16. It contrasts extreme luxury with poverty, explains name origins like Eleazar, and notes both die with Lazarus carried to Abraham's bosom while Dives suffers in Hades.
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Vives
Lazarus
Dives
Ashelfiah Murex
Lydia
Europe
Nile
Eleazar
God
Abraham
Hades
Air travel aids mining work in distant regions
In remote mining areas aeroplanes expand transportation for valuable minerals. A statistician warns that two thirds of the about 12,000 annual maternal deaths in the United States are unnecessary, underscoring health risks linked to isolation.
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Unite States
Brown County Opens 1500 Acre Archery Hunting Area
A 1500 acre tract in Brown County Indiana has been designated as an archery hunting area allowing bow and arrow hunting of game within its boundaries.
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Brown County
Indiana
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