World happenings briefed: Mussolini Austria, pilots, diamonds
Raymond Polacare marks 74th birthday after “saving the franc” era. London bag price cuts noted. Alaska flight squadron lands in Washington after 10 000 mile trip. Kidnapping called heinous by B K Sandwell. A vegetable blood substitute reported at Toronto Vegetable Growers convention. Mussolini hints at restored monarchy in Austria or Austria Hungary. League of British Industries opposes 40 hour week. Amy Johnson Mollison to pilot Imperial Airways channel service. Diamonds prospecting planned in British Columbia by Hindmarsh and Ogaden. neВсhako leases approved.
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Benito Mussolini
Austria
Austria-Hungary
Otto von Hapeburg
Italy
League of British Industries
Amy Johnson Mollison
Imperial Airways
British Columbia
Thomas W. Hindmarsh
George Ogaden
Vanderhoof
B.C
Nechako
Wheat exports to United Kingdom fall from prior year
Wheat experts report total United Kingdom shipments for past twelve months reached 8,214,546 bushels valued at 6,575,382 dollars, down from 10,372,234 bushels worth 7,861,321 dollars. July exports to the United Kingdom were 364,595 barrels worth 935,326 dollars, versus 235,044 barrels worth 824,972 dollars a year earlier.
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United Kingdom
Bureau of Statistics
Change Pockets Decide Free Man in Rhyl Court
In a Rhyl Wales magistrates court a man argued over which trouser pocket holds his change after admitting placing a shaving brush in his right hand while his left pocket contained money. The magistrates found fault with the case but freed the man as both hands moved toward pockets. The report also notes a new radio typewriter speed in weather map transmission and a milkman quip about returning empty bottles.
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Rhyl
Wales
Viking Ends For Princess Royal on Pacific Coast
A British Columbia coast vessel, the Princess Royal, built at Esquimalt in 1907 and 981 tons, was stripped and burned as it grounded between Esquimalt lagoon and Albert Head. Remaining wreckage will be broken for scrap and shipped to Japan.
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Sean
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific
Princess Royal
Esquimalt Lagoon
Albert Head
Japa
Esquimalt
Canada Grain Act Amendment Aligns Wheat Grading Standards
The 1934 Dominion parliament enacted an amendment to the Canada Grain Act placing No 2 Manitoba Northern wheat on the same basis as No 1 Northern Hard and No 1 Manitoba Northern for milling quality. It also authorizes the Western Standard Committee to adjust grading for new grain varieties to optimize marketing without altering main Canadian standards.
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Dominion
Manitoba
Western Standard Committee
New Youthful Coat Dress Pattern For Early Fall
A smart wrap-around coat dress design offers a slim straight silhouette for youthful wear and plus sizes. It features a fever collar and removable white bengaline silk cuffs, with options in rosewood-brown rayon crepe or black crepe satin and other fabrics. Size range 16 to 44 inches bust, pattern No. 542, priced 20 cents.
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Tampa
Colon
Insecticides and Methods in Cotton Pest Control
Gordon H. Guest explains classification of insecticides into poison sprays and contact poisons. He details arsenate use against bollweevil and potato beetle, aerial calcium arsenate dusting, oil emulsions, nicotine, lime sulfur spray, and prussic acid as greenhouse fumigant. The article notes wartime gases tested for insect warfare and stresses ongoing science in pest control.
Crows abandon ancient tree and causewayed warning in Wales
In Ogmore Vale Wales crows for 90 years nested in a 200 year old tree then suddenly left. A week later the tree toppled in a breeze and crashed to the ground. The crows cawed triumphantly after the collapse. A proverb about wise men advising women closes the excerpt.
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Ogmore Vale
Wales
Poiret Dreaming of Comeback While Living in Poverty
Former Paris fashion king Paul Poiret, living in a Paris penthouse, survives on charity and a 70 cent daily unemployment dole. He says he keeps cutting fabrics and believes a dress sale could spark his return, though he has been out of work 18 months and clings to his last symbol of wealth.
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Sitt
Paul Poiret
Paria
Paris
Suchess
Porret
No Camping at St Pauls Cathedral Pews
St Pauls Cathedral bans picnics and camping in the pews by edict of the chapter. A verger recalls finding a man reading a paper and smoking a pipe inside the cathedral while seeking shelter from rain. Only devotions will be allowed now.
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St. Paul's Cathedral
Bea
St. Pauls’ Cathedral
May Erect Giant Tower Over Paris Defense Plan
A proposal outlines a reinforced concrete tower 6,600 feet tall six times the Eiffel Tower. It would defend Paris from aerial attacks with elevated platforms for aircraft launchers and air bases for anti air craft guns. The plan, framed in bold terms, contrasts with a proverb about a woman and a man.
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Eiffel Tower
Paris
France
Jack Miner And Religion
The Canadian naturalist Jack Miner discusses his religious beliefs and church attendance. He says he belongs to the Methodist Church now part of the United Church because his wife did, and he values shared worship. He favors church union to strengthen Christianity, noting people worship God, not the church, and suggests amalgamating churches for greater work.
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Jack Miner
Methodist Church
United Church
Church Union
God
What God Requires of Thee in Humble Justice
A devotional note cites Micah 6 8 and Amos Hosea and Isaiah to frame religion as justice kindness and humble walk with God. It presents God as plaintiff and Israel as defendant, urging to do justly love kindness and walk humbly, aligning with Deuteronomy 10 echoes.
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God
Micah
Israel
Jehovah
Prophet
Amos
Moses
Isaiah
Hosea
Orange Nut Biscuits From The Week Menu
A recipe yields 18 medium biscuits with orange nut flavor. Mix sifted flour baking powder salt and sugar, cut in shortening, add nuts. Beat egg with enough orange juice to make one cup, fold in marmalade, knead briefly, cut, and bake at 425 degrees F for 10 to 15 minutes. Adjust orange juice as needed for dough softness.
Carrots and Peas Recipe Method
A simple dish blends 2 cups cubed carrots with 1 cup cooked peas. Butter and flour form a sauce with milk sugar salt and pepper. Boil carrots till tender combine with peas reheat and serve.
Jack Miner on religion and community unity
The interview discusses uplifting religion and bettering humanity while stressing the need for a single central church to foster active Christianity. Miner favors church union, values varied services as education, and notes his own home as a sanctuary with two entrances and inscriptions praising home life and joy.
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United Church
Jack Miner
Scotland Yard Detective In Disguise Nets Wanted Man
A Scotland Yard detective posed as a retired sailor selling matches on a London sidewalk for six days to trap a wanted man. Passers by donated about 40 dollars, mostly copper coins. Authorities ordered the funds to police. Glass domes on British military aircraft protect machine gunners from wind and improve targeting.
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Scotland Yard
London
World agricultural notes brief 1934 trade data
Canada exported 37 live cattle to Hong Kong in early 1934 while 1934 Canadian grain stocks stood at 195 million bushels July 31. Meat and tomato imports rise in UK and Fiji margins favor Canadian goods. Moscow reports harvest machinery shortages. Japan's 1934 wheat crop near five-year self sufficiency goal. Wool production across major exporters suggests a 9 percent drop from 1932-33.
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Canada
Hong Kong
China
Fiji Islands
Moscow
London
England
Ontario
Egypt
Ganoa
Baldwin
Ben Davis
Ganos
Saya
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Argentina
Uruguay
South America
Open Cans With Claws Glacier Park Bears Use Tin as Tool
Dr George R Ruchie chief naturalist notes bears in Glacier Park open any tin can except spinach. Ranger’s cabin was found broken into with every can opened. Ruble explains bears ram claws through tin edge as effective as any can opener. Russian scientists study dry rot prevention in North Caucasus after Ivory King corn introduction in 1929.
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Glacier Park
George R. Ruchie
Petle
Ruble
Caucasua
Office Boy and Boas Exchange Dark Season Joke
A terse exchange between an office boy and Boas turns on a grim punchline about saving his grandmother dead for later in the season. The humor hinges on a macabre line misinterpreted as casual office banter.
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Office Boy
Boas
European Firm Turns Asparagus Waste Into Paper
A European manufacturer develops a process to convert asparagus refuse ends into paper products. The initiative aims to reduce waste and create sustainable packaging materials. By repurposing agricultural byproducts, the venture seeks to lower raw material costs and promote circular economy practices.
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Mitchell F. Hepburn
T Yen
United States Army
Alaska Fight Squadron
Bolling Seid
Washington
Orth
B. K. Sandwell
Toronto Saturday Night
Vegetable Growers’ Association of America
Toronto
Winnipes Newspape
Ry Rath Rogers
Epee Jewepaper Union
Potters Ne
Sim
Mame
Torr Este
Gordon H. Guest
W. E. McHillop
B.D
Betty Barclay
Orange Nut Biscuits
Detective Dreased
Mendicant
Agricultural Notes
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