World Happenings Briefly Told
Canada lifts import ban on love birds parrots and parakeets. The health board reports 242 Ottawans ill with rmumpa. A 7S acre Singapore tract yields high grade glass sand. Charles S. MacDonald elected director of Barclay's Bank of Canada. Lord Byng denies impending resignation. Hungarian officer Malanotti wins at Royal Winter Fair. UK subsidy funds 60 opera performances annually. Yachtsman Edward Sycamore dies in Brightlingsea. Pattullo urges trade harmony between nations. Consumers Council bill aims to inspect clothing fuels prices and common articles.
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Singapore
Straits Settlements
Charles S. MacDonald
Confederation Life Association
Barclay’s Bank of Canada
Lord Byng
Metropolitan Police
Canada
Il Health
L. G. M. Malanotti
British Broadcasting Company
England
Edward Sycamore
Brightlingsea
T. D. Pattullo
British Columbia
Consumers’ Council
New Map Of Canada Shows Nation Resources
A color map of Canada at one hundred miles to the inch, issued by the National Development Bureau, Department of the Interior at Ottawa, outlines mines water power forests fisheries farming and other resources. It serves as a ready reference for educationalists business people and others interested in Canada’s development and copies are free to adults from the bureau.
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Canada
National Development Bureau
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Hair grows on watch crystal in British test
British researchers at the Wool Industries Research Association Leeds graft guinea-pig skin onto inverted watch crystals and feed with blood plasma and extract. Hair then grows and often doubles or triples in length as part of studies on why hair and wool grow and how to accelerate growth. A note adds a method for keeping pan food from sticking.
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Leeds
Wool Industries Research Association
Clerk says others are always at work on arrival
Quote from Hum mel in Hamburg notes a clerk claiming that whenever arriving others are already busy at work. The remark captures workplace effort and punctuality in a concise human moment.
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Hummel
Hamburg
Will Award Scholarships For Grain Judging Winners
Scholarships valued from 300 to 700 dollars will be awarded to the five top students in the junior grain judging competition linked to the World Grain Exhibition in Regina 1932. The awards, chosen at a Toronto meeting chaired by C M Hamilton, replace a planned 2500 dollar team trophy and include post graduate study funds. Every Canadian province is represented on the judging committee, which now includes deputy ministers from each province.
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Regina
C. M. Hamilton
Toronto
Sol
Canada
Simulated vintage apron frock pattern style 904 details
The extreme hipline with a softened waist using a partial crushed girdle ties at the back. Front panel extends into the skirt for a slimming look while the back is single length. Girdle attaches at the front sides, front and back joined at shoulders. Sizes 36 to 46. Send 25 cents to Fashion Bureau with pattern number and size.
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Fashion Bureau
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
A brief instruction lists the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 MicDermot Ave for pattern orders. Pattern number details are incomplete but indicate a mailing or address reference for requesting patterns. The fragment suggests a procedural note rather than a full article.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
MicDermot Ave
Winnalpeg
Hedging As a Business Practice in Wheat Markets
The October Bulletin from National City Bank explains hedging in Chicago wheat markets. It notes large short sales by Russia and Canada, clarifies hedging mechanics, including elevator hedge activity, contract delivery rules, and how offsetting buys and sells cancel or offset positions. It argues hedging broadens the market and benefits producers.
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National City Bank of New York
Chicago
Gulf Ports
Buffalo
Seaboard
Canada
Argentina
Liverpool
Amsterdam
Genoa
Deep Purple Apples From Century-Old Niagara Tree
J C Frell of Niagara township Ontario dries deep purple apples from a tree over 120 years old. The fruit known as black chief is of very good quality and was planted from seed brought from the Old Country. Average circumference measures 127 inches.
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Dominion of Canada
J. C. Frell
Niagara Township
Ontario
Canada
Sand Paper Abrasives: Natural and Artificial Varieties
The term sand paper misleads as abrasive papers do not use sand. Natural abrasives include corundum emery garnet quartz and flint with pumice powder for some uses. Artificial abrasives comprise silicon carbide fused alumina and hard rouges.
Colored anti glare street pavement laid in England
A new anti glare pavement is being laid on streets in England. The work uses colored materials to reduce glare for drivers and pedestrians and aims to improve safety and visibility in urban areas. Project details on scope and dates were not disclosed.
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England
British Columbia Poultry Sells To Japan Imp Eases Stock Transfer
A BC pure bred poultry consignment worth 4590 dollars ships to Imperial farms in Japan. The batch includes a Maizie line progeny with 300 eggs yearly and a 351 egg record in 354 days. White Leghorns Rhode Island Reds and Barred Rocks form the core breeds. Japan’s emperor among recent buyers.
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Japan
British Columbia
Imperial Farms
Maizie
Ottawa
Rhode Island
Manitoba To Use Canadian Coal This Winter
Manitoba government institutions will use Canadian coal this winter and tenders for 30 000 tons will be awarded shortly.
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Manitoba
Stephen the Deacon Converts Fear to Faith in Jerusalem
Sunday school lesson on Acts 6 1 7 60 and Isaiah 53 7 12 highlights Stephen’s selection as a deacon, his faith and Holy Spirit power, and his evangelistic work. Enemies accuse him before the Sanhedrin, yet his face shines with heavenly beauty as he prays, reaffirming divine presence amid opposition.
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Stephen
Jerusalem
Italy
Pompey
Rome
Cyrene
Alexandria
Africa
Cilicia
Asia
Asia Minor
Moses
God
Jesus
Temple
Tennyson
Neptune First to Ship Annapolis Apples to London
The Neptune sailed April 2, 1881 as the first steamer to carry apples directly from Annapolis Royal Nova Scotia to London England. It carried 6800 barrels and reached London in fourteen days. The venture proved fairly successful and the business has since grown.
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Annapolis Royal
Nova Scotia
London
England
Neptune
Winnipeg Uses Radio to Detect Crime First in Canada
Winnipeg becomes the first Canadian city to outfit its police with radio telephone transmitters for crime detection. In London, a new machine cuts bread into slices of any thickness and wraps them in paper.
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Winnipeg
Canada
London
Guardians Call Out Pacific Guardians At Toronto Club
Prince Tokugawa told the Canadian Club in Toronto that the chief guardians of the Pacific are the British Commonwealth the United States and Japan and that their cooperation at London shaped recent results. He urged that all civilized nations depend on one another and actions affect others.
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United States
Japan
Prince Tokugawa
Toronto
Pacific
London
England
Recipes For This Week Biscuits
This week’s recipe yields twelve biscuits. Sift two cups special cake flour with two and a half teaspoons baking powder and a quarter teaspoon salt. Cut in butter and cheese then mix with equal parts milk and water until a soft dough forms. Roll and cut, bake at 450 degrees for fifteen minutes.
Coffee Carnival Dessert From Quick Cooking Tapioca
Recipe notes mix quick cooking tapioca with decaffeinated coffee sugar vanilla and raisins. Cook in double boiler fifteen minutes until clear then fold in whipped cream and serve in sherbet glasses. Serves six.
Planes At Vancouver Meeting Urges Proper Equipment
At a Vancouver meeting of the Air Pilots, Engineers and Navigators Association a proposal urged that planes near the fringes of civilization be required to carry proper equipment. A committee was named to explore steps including the use of a short wave radio set and to report back with recommendations.
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Air Pilots, Engineers and Navigators’ Association
Vancouver
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Health Board
Crystal
Annette
FRONT
Nemes
Niagara
Dominion
Flora Whitney Miller
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney
America
Pacific and Atlantic Photos, Inc
Guardians of the
British Commonwealth
Betty Barclay
Brooder
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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