World Happenings Briefly Told From The Times
More than 26 000 bicycles were manufactured in Canada during 1930. An experimental farm near Fort William is planned by Ontario Agriculture. Britain’s Royal Botanical Gardens to become public property after years of private ownership. General Cyraigue Cyprien Glilan, Yser commander in World War I, dies at 74. Four bushels of oats swapped for a shave and haircut in Tiffin Ohio. 3 cents still owed. Seven new aeroplanes built in Russia for the Soviet Air Force. Austrian autumn manoeuvres cancelled for economy. F C Hall studying navigation for a Pacific westward flight next year. Fifty five million acres sown to spring wheat in Russia by June 1. Siberia reports backward progress. James Birse, Jimmy Britt, Montreal boxer, killed near Quebec City in a highway crash. Saskatoon census projects population near 42 000, up 67 percent from 1921 and 38 percent from 1926 prairie total.
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Britain
Royal Botanical Gardens
Cyraigue Cyprien Glilan
Yser
Tiffin
Ohio
Russia
War Commissariat
F. C. Hall
Pacific
Hall
Ministry of Agriculture
Siberia
James Birse
Valois
Montreal
Jimmy Britt
Canada
Quebec
Saskatoon
Cancer Research Commission Finds Notable Treatment Progress
Dr W T Connell returns from Europe with Ontario cancer commission findings. A survey in the United States and Europe shows best patient outcomes when surgical, X ray and radium therapies are combined. The commission notes high recovery percentages from organized three-method treatment.
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W. T. Connell
Europe
Ontario Cancer Commission
Ontario
United States
Connell
National Jewish Party Planned in Canada Formation
Jewish organizations in Canada plan to form a national party blending social and political groups. A mass meeting in Toronto this fall will launch the effort with delegates expected from Montreal Ottawa Winnipeg and other cities.
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Canada
Toronto
Montreal
Ottawa
Winnipeg
Mount Rainier NP Hosts Wide Wild Flower Variety Claim
A park survey notes Mount Rainier National Park contains over 600 varieties of wild flowers and plants. Researchers catalog species across meadows and alpine zones, highlighting biodiversity and conservation value for visitors and scientific study.
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Mount Rainier National Park
Pittsburgh Suburb Forms All Female Fire Department
A Pittsburgh suburb establishes a fully staffed fire department composed entirely of women, marking a historic milestone in local emergency services and challenging traditional hiring norms. Fire officials highlight exceptional qualifications and community leadership among the new team as they prepare to serve.
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Pittsburgh
Manitoba Unemployed Rise Across Province Details
Manitoba reports 40 817 unemployed in the province plus dependents bringing total without means of support to 105 000. Winnipeg and suburbs show 20 767 unemployed, up 2 767 from June, with 50 000 in Greater Winnipeg including dependents. Other areas list 2 486 in St Boniface Brandon Portage la Prairie 4 033 in towns and villages and 13 531 in rural municipalities.
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Manitoba
Dominion
W. R. Clubb
Gideon Robertson
Labour
Winnipeg
Arthur MacNamara
Ottawa
St. Boniface
Brandon
Portage
Prairie
Manitoba Free Press
Cabbage Salad Recipe For This Week
Small cabbage shredded and 44 pimento chopped combined with 1 cup homemade style pickles chopped. Mix with mayonnaise to moisten and serve cold. The recipe suggests light mixing of cabbage pimento and pickles with enough mayonnaise.
Cocoanut Tumble Sherbet for Four
Combine 44 can cocoanut with juice of one orange one lemon and four tablespoons sugar. Dice three bananas and mix. Pile into sherbet glasses and chill. Serves four.
Peaches Marguerite Dessert Balls
Dates pecans and coconut are finely chopped with cream then lemon juice. Form into small balls and pack into peach halves. Serve with extra peach juice mixed with lemon juice. Makes six servings.
Strange Cave Dwellers of Matmata Tunisia
South of Gabes on the desert fringe, Matmata hosts cave dwellings dug in sand to beat the heat. Travelers hear laughter from wells and see sunken courtyards with tunnels to cool, clean homes and animal stables beneath the surface. A joke exchanges praise for poems about cinema and wireless.
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Tunisia
Gabes
Matmata
New Union Dress Pattern Details and Fabrics
The article describes a slimming straight slim line dress with a shawl collar in batiste, linen, or organza. It notes options for bias banding, self fabric collar, navy chiffon with white dots, and a blue grosgrain belt. Sizes range from 16 to 44 inches bust with fabric yardages and a 25 cent pattern price. Wrap coin carefully.
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Jersey
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Winnipeg Pattern No Name Size address reads How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Pattern No Name Size.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Dominion approves grape sugar for native Canadian wines
The Dominion Government grants consent to use grape sugar in place of cane sugar for the spirit content of native Canadian wines. It accepts the demand of grape growers for fortified wine and sets forth wine standards to be recommended by the Ontario wine standards committee and enforced federally.
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Dominion
Canada
Ontario
Farm near Fort William planned by provincial agriculture dept
A farm near Fort William is planned by the provincial department of agriculture. A policeman demands surrender of a sack and orders the tramp to town. The tramp offers to carry it but warns there will be no tip.
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Gates
Yveridon
Encouraging Report On Inspection Of Wheat
J D Fraser Winnipeg chief grain inspector reports 1931 western Canada wheat of exceptionally high quality. No 1 Hard and No 1 Northern grades dominate, with some No 2 Northern due to durum and barley mixtures. Despite poor spring to harvest conditions, prairie crops show high average quality and expected strong samples for the Worlds Grain Exhibition and Conference in Regina next year.
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Winnipeg
J. D. Fraser
Winnpeg
Canada
Fraser
Prairie Provinces
Western
Regina
Death of Toronto Publisher Charles Riordon at 84
Charles Riordon, a Toronto publisher and longtime head of the Toronto Daily Mail and the Mail and Empire, died at his Montreal home aged 84. He started in Merritton in 1863, built a major pulp and paper empire, led the Mail for 50 years, and helped shape Canada’s national policy with Sir John A. Macdonald after buying the Empire in 1891.
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Charles Riordon
Riordon Pulp and Paper
Toronto Daily Mail
The
Mail and Empire
Montreal
John Riordon
Merritton
Ont
Riordon
Canada
Canadian International Power and Paper Company
Riordan
John MacDonald
Empire
Toronto Mail
Banked Savings In Canada Despatch From St Thomas Ontario
A US couple visiting St Thomas Ontario deposited their entire savings in a Canadian bank after losing funds in a Pontiac Michigan bank failure. They feared for the remainder, noting bank failures are rare in Canada, where chartered banks and government savings offices are trusted. They contrast the heavy bank losses reported across the border with Canadian assurances of return of money.
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St. Thomas
Ontario
United States
Pontiac
Mich
Canada
Winnipeg's Oldest Resident Mary Roberts Dies at 94
Mary Roberts aged 94, longtime Winnipeg resident for 87 years, died. She recalled Old Fort Garry in her youth when few white people lived there. She left behind 13 children, one of whom fought in the Riel Rebellion.
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Winnipeg
Mary Roberts
Old Fort Garry
Riel
Deposed Chinese Emperor Takes Up Opera Singing
The Son of Heaven has begun lessons with a Peiping voice teacher and acquired Chinese instruments and stage gear. He is practicing Oriental scales as popularized by Mei Lanfang, boosting his fame on the world stage.
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China
Peiping
Mei Lanfang
Office Manager Conflicts Over Efficiency System
An Office Manager accuses Jones of ignoring the efficiency system while Jones defends the need to get the work done, arguing that action matters more than adherence to the system.
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Jones
Sunday School Lesson Golden Text and Scriptural Focus
The lesson centers on Romans 1.16 praising the gospel as God's power for salvation to all who believe. It covers Acts 12.25 to 13.12 and includes a devotional reading from Isaiah 42.6-10. The material emphasizes faith and mission as key themes for Sunday worship and study.
First Foreign Missionaries Chosen and Ordained
The Antioch church selects five Grecian Jews led by Barnabas and Paul for a bold forward movement into the Roman world. They pray and fast, waiting on God for guidance before sending Barnabas and Paul to set forth toward Cyprus. John Mark accompanies them as attendant.
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Antioch
Jerusalem
Barnabas
Paul
John Mark
Cyprus
Symeon
Lucius
Cyrene
Africa
Egypt
Manaea
Menahem
Herod the Tetrarch
Herod Antipas
Herod the Great
Tarsus
Antiochan Church
Roman Empire
Orontes
Seleucia
Mediterranean Sea
Basil Matthews
Paphos
Sergius Paulus
Two Psychologists Find Color Blindness Rate in Salesmen
Two psychologists tested 375 dry goods salesmen for color blindness and found 27 affected. The report notes that a man who is too busy to be happy is to be pitied, reflecting a humorous aside.
The Canned Professor at Summer School Talkie
A Boston Transcript note describes a “canned professor” appearing on a screen in Washington University summer school in St Louis. The lecture used charts while he spoke, presenting an educational talkie with potential for large scale replication across many institutions and even chain colleges.
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Washington University
St. Louis
Chain College
Boston
Transcript
Grower to Receive Full Wheat Bonus on Leased Land
A Saskatchewan report states tenant farmers on crop share wheat land will get the federal five cent per bushel bounty in full. Dr. William Allen of the university farm management department relayed Minister Robert Weir's assurance that actual growers will receive the entire bounty, not just a portion allocated to landowners.
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Saskatoon
William Allen
Farm Management Department
The
University
Robert Weir
Postage hike to Canada and Newfoundland announced
Washington announces higher rates effective September 1 with Second Assistant Postmaster General W. Irving Glover confirming increases on letters to Canada and Newfoundland from 2 to 3 cents per ounce and postcards from 1 to 2 cents. Air mail to Canada rises to 6 cents for the first ounce and 10 cents for each additional ounce.
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Canada
Newfoundland
Washington
W. Irving Glover
Farmers seek 45000 acre irrigation project in Alberta
United Farmers of Alberta calls for extension of irrigation works over 45,000 acres in the Purple Springs Grassy Lake Burdett and Bow Island districts in the south. The group urges a conference with interested farmers Canadian Pacific Railway officials and Dominion and provincial government representatives to inaugurate the scheme.
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United Farmers of Alberta
Purple Springs
Grassy Lake
Burdett
Bow Island
Alberta
Canadian Pacific Railway
Dominion
Ling Family Fish Dispute Sparks Jolly Madrid Debate
In Buen Humor Madrid a quarrel emerges as a fisherman asserts ownership of ling family fish, claiming the hard work of catching them, while others challenge the claim, reflecting a lighthearted but pointed clash over rightful possession.
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Buen Humor
Madrid
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Ontario Department of Agriculture
Cancer Research
Commission
Betty Barclay
Peaches
Marguerite
Tunis
Newspaper Union
By Annette
Fort William
Provincial Department of Agriculture
Death of Toronto
Chas. Riordon
Toronto Mail & Empire
Banked Savings In
London
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