World Happenings Briefly Told
A Royal Institute of British Architects delegate foresees 15 liner ships like the Queen Mary in dock at Southampton. T. H. Cunliffe, 65, longtime Montrese Gazette editor and advertising chief, died in Montreal. A Sheffield confectionery firm fined for 18 year old girl clocking 71 percent hours weekly. Fred R. Goodwin, after five hours solo, arrives in Croydon from India with wife. Three women magistrates hear motoring cases at Eastbourne before male colleague joins. A 7000 mile three minute telephone call between South Africa and Sweden is reported. J Selby Walker warns of Alberta duck losses as lakes dry. Spruce budworm invasion threatens Manitoba jack pines, says Col H I Stevenson. The largest private nursing home in the world to be built in Johannesburg for 250 patients.
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Royal Institute of British Architects
Southampton
T. H. Cunliffe
Montrese Gazette
Montreal
Sheffield
England
Fred R. Goodwin
Croydon
India
Eastbourne
South Africa
Sweden
Crouth
Alberta
Saya J. Selby Walker
Calgary
Manitoba
Col. H. I. Stevenson
Forestry Branch
Johannesburg
New York
Maharajah of Mysore Visits London on Unofficial Trip
The Maharajah of Mysore, with an estimated fortune of £80 million, is touring London in an unofficial visit. He abstains from smoking drinking and meat and a temple room with a golden Chamundeswari statue is prepared for daily rites. This marks his first Britain visit and departure from his kingdom since 1895.
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Maharajah of
Mysore
London
Great Britain
India Office
India
Should Hold Seed Wheat In Alberta Warns Minister Chant
Hon W N Chant Alberta minister of agriculture warns farmers against seed wheat export to gain premium prices across the border and urges conservation in dry areas where feed shortages may arise. He says relief seed grain will not be distributed if farmers have grain fit for seed.
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Alberta
W. N. Chant
Chant
New Ceramic Process At MIT Creates Nut Frost Porcelain
MIT announced a new porcelain type using a surface process called nut frost. Metallic frost forms crystals beneath glaze at high temperatures around 2000 degrees Fahrenheit, producing lustrous colors and flowerlike metallic patterns. Professor F H Norton led the research at MIT enabling controlled crystal formation to achieve vibrant effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technnology
F. H. Norton
Norton
South Africa census uses tick tally at dipping tanks
The recent South Africa census records tallying by notched tick tablets. Heads of families in Zululand gathered at dipping tanks to count males and females using carved ticks on a ticka. Over 8,000 enumerators conducted the ten year census, relying on horses and carts where roads were lacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Zululand
British Aviator Survives 70,000 Volt Wires Strike
British amateur pilot Mr. Phil Avery, delivering an aero plane at Basle Switzerland, struck high tension lines over Belfort Fortress near the French frontier. The 70,000 volt wires were severed, but Avery miraculously escaped unharmed and landed the crippled aircraft.
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Phil Avery
Basle
Switzerland
Belfort Fortress
Avery
One Thing Lacking Not for the first time the English man belittling Scotland
An English man insults Scotland while drinking, claiming to write as good as Walter Scott if he had the mind. A patient Scot retorts that all he lacks is the mind, implying critique of national literary achievement.
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Scotland
Walter Scott
Copper cylinder from Captain James Strange site found in inlands
W M Halliday and B A McKelvie report a small sheet copper cylinder unearthed inland on the Queen Charlotte Islands. The artifact is believed to have been left by Captain James Strange when Britain took possession about 150 years ago. The find was noted after their return to Victoria.
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James Strange
Queen Charlotte Islands
Great Britain
W. M. Halliday
Queen Charlottes
B. A. McKelvie
Victoria
Long Arctic Flight by Soviet Pilots Heralded as Historic Feat
Soviet pilots Chekaloff Baidukoff and navigator Beljakoff endured 56 hours 20 minutes aloft covering 5858 miles to land near Nicolaievsk Siberia. The mission, sponsored by the heavy industry commissariat, was described as one of the most difficult, with motor fuel shortages and head winds. The three men are to be titled heroes with cash grants from the government.
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Arctic
Moscow
Chekaloff
Baidukoff
Beliakoff
Nicolaievsk
Siberia
Commissariat For Heavy Industry
Glider Tours Japan Attracts Glider Aviation Interest
A German glider piloted by a famed Osaka flyer tours Japan to spark glider aviation interest. Trailed by an airplane, the craft covers 2,500 miles visiting major and many smaller cities. It mirrors Wolf Hirth’s design used to coach Japanese glider pilots last year and is among the best in the country behind only the army air forces machine.
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Osaka
Japan
Wolf Hirth
Army Air Forces
Lakes Named for Saskatchewan Victoria Cross Winners
Saskatchewan lakes to bear names of four Victoria Cross recipients Zengle Cairns Mullins and Combe, honoring their WWI service. Minister Kerr backs geographic board recommendation to perpetually name lakes 102 Zengle 108 Cairns 109 Mullins 114 Combe after these heroes.
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Saskatchewan
W. F. Kerr
Kerr
Geographic Board of Canada
Zengle
R. L. Zengle
Cairns Lake
Hugh Cairns
Saskatoon
Nudists Return to Clothes at Paris Island Colony
Back from Nature Nudists at the French Naturalist colony on Heliopolis Island in the Seine near Paris have returned to clothing. Only babies under three may be unclothed. The island hosts hundreds of tents and asbestos cabins built by the back-to-nature group. Nudists now wear more than typical seaside resort bathers.
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Heliopolis
Seine
Paris
Kittens Crochet Pattern 5672 Carriage Set Pillow Cover
Ad describes a baby carriage set pillow cover in white with blue or pink, or two shades of a single color. Childrens crochet guide uses Germantown wool, includes instructions and charts, requires postage to obtain, from Household Arts Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Household Arts
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Sunday School Lesson August 5 Devotional on Paul
Goldn text frames Acts 26 19 and explores Saul to Paul conversion. The lesson centers on Ananias guiding Paul at Damascus in Straight Street, restoring sight and fellowship, highlighting courage and brotherly support that propelled early Christian mission.
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Timothy
Isaiah
Philip
Paul
Jerusalem
Albert Barnes
Damascus
Saul
Jesus
Ananias
Self-Sufficiency Push Aims To Cut Imports In USSR
A Soviet conference outlines a self-sufficiency program to reduce imports during the third five year plan. Rozentglotz emphasizes defense needs and a growing gold reserve, noting fewer Soviet salesmen abroad as buyers flock to Moscow. He says the import reduction will intensify and that the country hopes to get by with almost no imports.
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Russia
Catandissar
Archibad Rozentglotz
Conference For Foreign Trade
Moscow
Rozentglotz
High Salaries for US Industrialists Spark Debate
The Toronto Star notes five major US industrial leaders earning $200,000 yearly and nineteen others over $100,000. It argues high compensation rewards large scale production and competitive global firms, yet questions justification when contrasted with standard wages in mass employment.
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United States
Toronto Star
St. Catharines
Aboriginal Population Figures Highlight Scarcity in Australia
Canberra census returns show 60,000 full blood Aborigines in Australia with 24,600 employed or in supervised camps. The remaining 36,000 are nomadic. Over 7,000,000 people are enrolled in athletic clubs in Gar.
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Australia
United States
Canberra
Gar
Strange Dishes Across Britain Then and Now
A survey of unusual foods from coast to coast shows snails in Swindon pubs, Wales seaweed soups, and Devonshire squab pies, alongside outlandish banquets like antelope cutlets and ostrich egg omelets. The piece cites old kingly feasts and exotic items such as toad in the hole and rye of curiosities.
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Swindon
Wiltshire
Lands End
John O' Groats
Radnorshire
Epicures
England
Devonshire
Wales
Ireland
Scotland
Duke of Gloucester
Odd Uses For Electricity In Rural Life
An exploration of electricity used beyond lighting and power shows farmers and electricians harnessing current to heat, cool, sterilize, control pests, thresh grain, and prevent crop freezing. It notes duck farm illumination reducing fear of the dark, soy beans as hog feed cooked by electric cookers, and electric irrigation from a hot spring. Electric coolers with thermostats maintain eggs at about 50 degrees to keep whites firm and yolks clear.
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Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Underground cable replaces wires with coaxial pipes
Dr. Oliver E Buckley of Bell Telephone laboratories told Denver workers that wires will be replaced by underground pipes for multi message transmission. The new development is the coaxial cable, enabling hundreds of messages simultaneously.
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Oliver E. Buckley
New York
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Denver
Col
Buckley
Time’s Flight Driven by Immediate Urge
A fragment suggests time’s passage is propelled by the pressure of the moment. The notion frames time as a sensory tightening caused by present cues and urgent needs rather than a fixed, steady flow.
Swiss Expert Warns Of 35 Plus Poison Gas Types Ready
A Swiss expert announces that more than 35 kinds of poisonous gases are ready for use in the next war, signaling heightened danger and urging precaution amid rising chemical warfare concerns.
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Biles
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Alice Brooks
Ales Greeks
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