World Happenings Briefly Told
Brief roundup of diverse international and Canadian notes. Apple production in Okanagan reached 4.15 million boxes in 1830. Winnipeg dries eggs for a new industry using 15 million eggs yearly. Dr. Beaumont of White Star resigns after 1,002 Atlantic crossings. Soviet grain 95,000 tons passed Bosphorus to England in early August. Western Canada industrial output totals 629,017,000 dollars with rise from 1925 to 1929. Japanese aviator Yoshihara fails to fly Tokyo to America, plans Lindbergh route back. An aerial torpedo found in Greenwich garden measures Qin inches. Kamloops Ashcroft Nicola sheep shipments expected strong. Arcadia hydrographic ship charting in Church Harbour for grain season. Only 14,778 native-born Canadians entered the U.S. in the year to June 30 1931, vs 41,984 prior year.
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Black Sea
Bosphorous
England
Canada
Tokyo
America
Seiji Yoshihara
Norman Road
Greenwich
Kamloops
Ashcroft
Nicola
Vancouver
Arcadia
Montreal
Churchi
United States
State Department
Radium Ore Shipment Planned From Great Bear Lake
Great Bear Lake district radium ore totaling twenty tons will be exported from Edmonton and sent east. Eldorado Mining official Shirley R. Cragg stated the ore will travel by river steamer from Fort Norman to Waterways and then via northern railway. The trip follows an aeroplane survey of the discovery area. Sugar production in Egypt is to receive government aid.
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Great Bear Lake District
Edmonton
Shirley R. Cragg
Eldorado Mining Company
Cragg
Discovery Area
Fort Norman
Waterways
Northern Railway Centre
Exhibition Ship To Promote Canadian Goods In West Indies
The Montreal Star reports plans by the Canadian Manufacturers Association Canada West Indies League and the Department of Trade and Commerce to send an exhibition ship to cruise the West Indies starting late November. Hon H H Stevens Minister of Trade and Commerce has shown keen interest after visiting the Clarke Steamship Company vessel Northland. The plan remains tentative with cost and financial backing the key question, while British interests pursue similar trade advertising with an English display tour to the West Indies and South America.
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The
Montreal Star
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Canada-West Indies League
Department of Trade and Commerce
Canada
West Indies
H. H. Stevens
Trade and Commerce
New
Northland
Clarke Steamship Company, Limited
Argentina
South America
England
Experiment on dawn of reason at University of Oxford
Sir John Arthur Thomson, Aberdeen University regius professor, described a Scottish variant of Pavlov's experiment. He noted that Pavlov's mice needed 300 lessons for conditioning, while Aberdeen mice required 40, and the second generation the same, arguing that humans rely on learned experience rather than instinct.
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University of Oxford
John Arthur Thomson
Regius
Aberdeen University
Pavlov
Aberdeen
Feed Shortage Estimate From Saskatchewan Minister
Hon. W. C. Buckle, Minister of Agriculture, says at least 250000 tons of hay and fodder will be needed for stock in drought areas of southern Saskatchewan. Field crops branch survey of 13 municipalities nears completion to gauge feed requirements.
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W. C. Buckle
Saskatchewan
Alberta Canned Vegs Appeal Circulated by Retail Merchants
An appeal to about 4,000 Alberta retail merchants has been circulated by the Calgary office of the Retail Merchants Association of Canada on behalf of the canning industry urging shopkeepers to stock canned vegetables made in Alberta whenever possible. China now has 55 talkie theatres.
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Alberta
Calgary
Retail Merchants Association of Canada
Canning
Butter and cheese consumption in Canada last year
Canadians consumed 801,095,674 pounds of butter, 30.31 pounds per person. Creamery butter accounted for 187,151,247 pounds, home-made 85,000,000 pounds, imports 38,606,055 pounds. Cheese intake was 36,565,102 pounds, 3.68 per capita, with imports 1,787,776 pounds and factory and home-made output 118,919,558 and 475,000 pounds. Canada exported 80,163,700 pounds of cheese.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Proportionate Garment Patterns and Biblical Reflections
This fragment lists sizes for blouse shorts and a skirt with specifics on measurements and fabric, plus a 25 cent pattern price and coin wrap note. It shifts to a sermon overview from Acts detailing Peter defending his Gentile mission, vision of animals, and the Holy Spirit on Gentiles, with moral lessons on divine approval and openness.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern No.002 listing appears with address at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. It notes a Name Size detail for ordering patterns from the Winnipeg newspaper union.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Sunday School Lesson Golden Text and Biblical References
Devotional lesson notes includeRomans 10 12 Acts 10 1 to 11 18 Corinthians 1 23 25 and Isaiah 11 1 5. The focus on there being no distinction between Jew and Greek emphasizes the same Lord worthy of all who call on Him.
Record Grain Shipments From Alberta North Reach High Mark
Record grain shipments from the Alberta north country reached a new peak at year end July 31, totaling 12,564,756 bushels. The prior record for 1927-28 stood at 11,506,630 bushels, according to northern Alberta railways.
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Alberta North Country
Northern Alberta Railways
North
From High To Low Descent Marries Elevations Mile to Mile
Norman Clyde of the Sierra Mountain Club completed a one day trek from Mount Whitney at 14 501 feet to Death Valley at 276 feet below sea level in seven hours. He became the first person to achieve the feat between dawn and dusk.
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United States
Mount Whitney
Death Valley
Norman Clyde
Sierra Mountain Club
Minister's Wife Chooses Companionship Over Heaven
A humorous exchange unfolds as a friend suggests ministers' wives deserve a special place in heaven. The minister's wife gently counters, saying she would prefer to accompany her husband here on earth.
Adventures of cpee Penmy and his Dog Scottie Z
A dramatic rescue tale of Captain Jim and Lieut Jed Stone freeing Guy Stone from bandits in a desert camp. They raid in a dragon plane under heavy fire, pull Guy to safety, and escape through a thunderstorm to Shanghai. Readers are invited to write Captain Jimmy for a signed photo.
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Cpee Penmy
Scottie Z
Jimmy
Lieut Jed Stone
Guy Stone
Jad
Guy
Jed Stone
Jed
Black Mountain
Scottie
Spat
Thad
Seattle
Seattie
Stone
Shanghai
Star Building
Toronto
Jimmy Free
Telephone Line Planned From Paddockwood To Park Boundary
Prince Albert National Park officials plan a 22 mile telephone line from Paddockwood to the park boundary to serve residents and visitors. The project depends on a federal decision to extend a line from the park boundary to Waskesiu camp and transfer it to the province for operation.
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Paddockwood
Prince Albert National Park
Department of Telephones
J. F. Bryant
Public Works
Telephones
Waskasieu Camp
Bryant
Student minister loses big nickel on Blind River route
A student minister of the United Church on circuit along the Algoms Central Railway faced a tough day as his 17 person congregation began leaving after a service. After the handshakes, he found a five cent collection had vanished, the big nickel missing from the plate.
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United Church
Algoms Central
Blind River
Sheep in Good Condition Reported by Kamloops Raisers
Sheep raisers in Kamloops Ashcroft and Nicola districts report stock in good condition and shipments to the Vancouver market are expected to be as good or better than last year.
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Kamloops
Ashcroft
Nicola
Vancouver
Important Mineral Find In Lac des Isles Saskatchewan
G W Seeley of Flat Valley reports extensive gold silver and lead outcroppings in Lac des Isles district near the Alberta boundary Saskatchewan. Samples were sent to the University of Saskatchewan for assay with officials in Regina showing keen interest. Seeley believes the find is significant with a deep seam and ore-bearing lodes spanning about twenty by six or seven miles. Premier Anderson viewed samples during a Saskatoon visit.
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G. W. Seeley
Flat Valley
Lac Des Isles
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Seeley
University of Saskatchewan
Alberta
Department of Natural Resources
Regina
Anderson
Father Missing at Sea Triggers Insurance Prompt
A child pleads with a mother as a father sails far from shore. The mother reassures and cites life insurance as a factor in the decision to risk the water, highlighting a family dilemma and concern for safety.
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Ralph
Vermont towns lack doctors amid apple surplus
In Vermont 110 towns face no doctor available. A stark detail contrasts with the state’s apple surplus. The flirtatious exchange between Mistress and Maid underscores a broader concern about resource gaps.
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Vermont
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London
Okanagan
Dr. Beaumont
White Star Line
Atlantic
Webster
Egypt
Kari
W. N. UL
Russian
China
Tain
Jerusalem
Peter
Caesarea
Joppa
Stephen
Apostle
Péter
J. H. Jowett
Cornelius
Samuel King
Jesus
Borden
Studdy
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