World Happenings Briefly Told
Shipmenta of lower grade cattle under the drought relief plan total more than 12 000 head. Hon W N Chant Alberta minister of agriculture said In an interview Lord Wigram has been appointed a director of the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company. Sharks brought money to Halifax fishermen as they drove about 40 000 mackerel inshore for an unusually late catch. Massachusetts beauty parlors reported receipts of 7 405 000 in 1935, or 1 700 000 more than in 1933, as is The Boston Transcript dilating on the permanent wave as recovery. Dr J W Browning Exeter Ont the oldest practicing physician in Canada celebrated his 63rd birthday recently. Dr Browning is also the oldest Morse telegrapher in this country. Strikes and recovery are spreading together throughout the British Isles. Economists refuse to believe either one breeds the other. Astride his seven year old mare H E Gore Alberta farmer is en route to London to see the coronation of King Edward next summer. He will sail from Halifax and expect the trip across the Dominion will take six months.
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W. N. Chant
Alberta
Lord Wigram
King George V
London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company
Halifax
Masachusetts
Boston Transcript
J. W. Browning
Exeter
Ont
Canada
Browning
Morse
British Isles
H. E. Gore
London
Edward
Dominion
Restoration Fund Rebounds After $758000 Loss for Church
Rev Canon Sidney Gould reports the Church of England in Canada fully recovered the $758,000 loss from maladministered Rupert's Land funds. Windsor's All Saints' Church heard how congregations and clergy united to restore honor of Anglicans and the Master. Notable acts include an Indian woman donating $2 from treaty money and an English-born widow gifting her life savings to the fund.
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Church of England
Canada
Rupert's Land
Canon Sidney Gould
All Saints’ Church
Windsor
Ont
Canon Gould
England
Massive sunspots loom on solar face in dramatic display
A row of sunspots over 1,250,000 miles long appears on the sun's disk. Dr Dinamore Alter of Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles calls the formation the most impressive seen at the observatory. Such spots are often linked to periodic weather changes on Earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinamore Alter
Griffith Observatory
Los Angeles
Earth
Labor Scarcity Seen by Canadian Minister on West Tour
Hon Norman Rogers Canada’s labor minister warns of a skilled labor shortage that will intensify as he travels to Ottawa after his west tour. He cites the national impact while noting a distant historical fact about Egypt and a technical detail about the San Francisco Oakland bridge cables.
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Canada
Norman Rogers
Ottawa
West
Rogers
Winnipeg
San Francisco-Oakland Bridge
May Rival The Meen Star Brightens To Rival The Moon
Perkin's Observatory in Delaware Ohio reports star Gamma Caminpaise has suddenly brightened to twice its normal illumination. Dr Ernest Cherrington notes the change began October 5 and has continued to grow. Prof N T Bobrovnikoff of Ohio Wesleyan adds that Gamma Cassiapalae is part of an unusual star group with extensive unstable atmospheres.
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Perkin
Delaware
Ohio
Ernest Cherrington
N. T. Bobrovnikoff
Ohio Wesleyan
Seis The Fashion Junior Two-Piecer Pattern 4216
Anne Adams announces Pattern 4216 Seis The Fashion a jaunty two piece for teens with long or short sleeves and blouse worn outside or tucked in. Options include cotton-tweed velveteen crepe or chalis with a wool skirt. Sizes 8 10 12 14 16 cost 20 cents ordered from Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Miner Haggles Over Medicine Price in Western Australia
A Western Australian miner visits a doctor and then the chemist to buy medicine. The miner quibbles over costs, asking the price of the cork and insisting on the worst possible price, reflecting hard times in a small town.
Canadian apples' long history grows to world stage
Apple growing in Canada traces to early settlers in Nova Scotia and Quebec, with Ontario and British Columbia planting by mid eighteenth and mid nineteenth centuries. By 1935 Canada produced about 4.43 million barrels, exporting to 44 nations, as the industry shifted from home use to international markets with improved varieties and storage.
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Canada
Liverpool
England
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Annapolis Valley
Longfellow
North America
Directors Of Jersey Cattle Club Select 1937 Directors
The Canadian Jersey Cattle Club announced the mail ballot election of 1937 directors. W. S. Wainwright represents British Columbia, A. M. McKay for the prairie provinces, Robert G. Davidson M.P. for North Hatley Que, W. Elmo Ashton Foster Que for Quebec, and Earl E. Lister Harvey Station N B for the Maritimes. Ontario directors to be elected at the annual meeting.
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Calgary
Western Canada
Canadian Jersey Cattle Club
W.S. Wainwright
British Columbia
A. M. McKay
Prairie Provinces
Robert G. Davidson
M.P
North Hatley
Que
W. Elmo Ashton
Foster
Quebec
Earl E. Lister
Harvey Station
N.B
Maritimes
Ontario
Timothy 6 11 16 moral virtues and Paul’s crown
Sunday school lesson centers on 1 Timothy 6 11 16 and 2 Timothy 4 6 8 as Paul urges Timothy to pursue integrity piety faith love and meekness while resisting earthly riches. It emphasizes striving for the crown of righteousness granted by Christ and the example of Jesus as the path to true riches.
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Timothy
Paul
Moffatt
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Lord Jesus Christ
Moffat
Canadian fish and shellfish as nutritional safeguard
The article urges including abundant Canadian fish and shellfish in regular menus to prevent deficiencies in minerals like lime phosphorous iodine iron and other essentials. It praises their high protein vitamin content and year round availability in fresh frozen canned dried pickled smoked forms for households.
Friday the Thirteenth through the calendar years
Readers are reminded that Friday the 13th has no proven misfortune attached to it and occurs with irregular frequency. The piece traces origins of the superstition to Babylonian astrology, Norse myth, and Judas at the Last Supper, noting future occurrences in 1937 1938 and 1940 with pattern details.
Value Of Boy Scout Training Survey Cited In Court Records
A University of Michigan staff member reports that Boy Scouts are about one third as likely to become delinquents, with non Scouting youths at 28 to 1. The Kingston Whig Standard notes belief in Scout training’s value. The article also cites a feats test showing mileage differences with clean versus dirty spark plugs and mentions Portugal’s naval supply business.
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University of Michigan
Kingston Whig-Standard
Huge Medieval Vaults Under Prague Palace Shelter Thousands
Gigantic medieval vaults beneath the Prague palace of the Czechoslovakian Senate are being converted into a vast air raid shelter. The former ice cellars near the ancient meat market will also serve as anti aircraft refuges for ten thousand people in case of attack.
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Senate
Kingdom of Bohemia
Prague
Scottish Ballad Found in Kentucky by London Scholar
Marjorie Gullan, chairman and director of studies at the Speech Institute in London, reports the discovery of an Old Scottish ballad in Kentucky. She notes the Kentucky version preserves the ballad without any change in text or accent and matches an exact counterpart in modern Scotland.
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Kentucky
Marjorie Gullan
The
Speech Institute of
London
England
Scotland
Great Men and Their Influence on the Viewer
A reflective passage extols how great men, approached in any manner, profit the observer. Each great figure is described as a living light fountain whose radiance makes souls feel blessed and inspired. Admiration for a higher person inspires noble feeling and purpose.
A Cyclist's Paradise in Holland Roads and Bicycles
The article paints the Netherlands as a cyclist's paradise with 2,500,000 bicycles among 8,000,000 people. It notes roads are relatively free of cars and cycle paths are everywhere, while a closing line hints at human physical potential and muscle development.
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Holland
Poker will long survive or lage as a card game
Professor Ramsey Traquair head of architecture at Weill University told Montreal Electrical Club members that poker will endure as a card game. He compared it with catchball, the oldest simple ball game, predicting it will be played long after tennis and rugby. He also defined white gold as an alloy of one part gold to five parts silver.
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Ramsey Traquair
Apartment of Architecture
Weill University
Electrical Club
Montreal
Traquair
Public Libraries in Canada in 1935 Costs and Reach
In 1935 Canadian public libraries cost under two percent of public school budgets and about ten percent of university expenses. They operated 642 libraries, spending around two million dollars, lending over two million volumes for home use and substantial additional use in reading rooms and reference areas. Travelling libraries aided small school libraries, with Acadia, Dalhousie, St Francis Xavier in Nova Scotia and McGill aiding Quebec and the Maritimes, plus provincial systems in the five western provinces.
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Canada
Acadia
Dalhousie
St. Francis Xavier
Nova Scotia
McGill University
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Manitoba Winter Short Courses For Farmers Start Jan 4
The University of Manitoba will run winter courses for farmers starting after the New Year. The Dairy School begins January 4 along with farm equipment repairs and poultry husbandry. January 18 marks bee keeping and milk production courses, with fruit growing and nursery practice starting February 1 and egg grading and marketing on February 15.
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University of Manitoba
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