World Happenings Briefly Told
The survey shows 71S percent in the United States and Canada are both deaf and blind. Interior buys Flower Port Island for nations park. George Eastman donates 1,000,000 for a Paris school children dental and throat clinic. Coastguard records 6,004 lives saved last year. Government to spend 10,000 next fiscal year on exploring heart disease. Jack Miner tests marsh profits for bull frog farming in Ontario. Edison accepts honorary membership from Germany’s Erfinderhaus. Japan’s population 64,447,000 with 4,017,000 gains in five years. Jesse Ryme found in James Bay as a Northland hardship victim. Port Dover aims to be hub of fresh water sockeye salmon industry. Rocket planes may triple travel in three hours in future. Brazilian Agricultural League eyes exchange with Russia for Soviet wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Department of Interior
Flower Port Island
Georgian Bay For Nations
George Eastman
Paris
United States Coastguard
Hamburg
Thomas A. Edison
Erfinderhaus
Association of
Inventors
Japan
Jesse Ryme
Quebec
James Bay
Port Dover
Firle
America
Europe
Fritz von Opel
Germany
Brazilian Agricultural League
Russia
Sao Paulo
Rail cars to wear bright colors to curb crossing accidents
Canadian National Railways plans winter, eight self propelled cars will receive bright yellow and red fronts to attract motorists attention. The measure aims to reduce crossing accidents by making the new diesel cars more visible and distinguish them from standard railway coaches. Western routes include Winnipeg to Somerset, Saskatoon to Regina via Dunblane and Moose Jaw, and Victoria to Kessinger on Vancouver Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian National Railways
A. McCowan
Western Region
Winnipeg
Somerset
Saskatoon
Regina
Dunblane
Moose Jaw
Victoria
Kessinger
Vancouver Island
Canadian Dollar At Par Holds Since Last August In New York
The Canadian dollar stood at par in the New York money market Dec 1, lowest level since Aug 20. Quotes above par last June persisted with a small premium as cross border funds moved, bankers say. Mexico weighs tax and freight cuts. Also a German captioned joke note about insect powder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Carbon Monoxide Warning Campaign A Public Health Measure
Honourable F. D. Munroe announces a Saskatchewan Department of Public Health drive to warn motorists and households about carbon monoxide dangers. Pamphlets will accompany 1931 license plates, with garage distribution and press publicity. The advisory covers exhaust, furnaces, poor ventilation, and safe steps if exposure occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Munroe
Saskatchewan Department of Public Health
Department of Highways
Graf Zeppelin Flies Logged 155 Times In 1930
The Graf Zeppelin completed 155 flights totaling 14 275 miles and carried 6 278 passengers and 2 200 000 pieces of mail and freight weighing 12 166 pounds. It will be shored and gas removed for comprehensive inspection before tests. A North Pole flight is hoped for 1931 if economics allow. Meanwhile LZ-128 begins shaping in a larger hangar.
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North Pole
Sunday School Lesson Golden Text The Savior Born in David's City
The Sunday lesson centers on Luke 2 11 announcing the birth of Christ the Lord in Bethlehem with the shepherds receiving the angelic message and visiting the manger The lesson emphasizes the humble nativity and the proclamation that the savior is born to all people in God’s plan for salvation.
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David
Christ the
Lord
Heborn
Christ the Lord
Strange Ice Carcass Reported In Alaska Giant Lizard Creature
Reports from Valdez say a giant lizard like carcass, 42 feet long with a 16 foot tail and six foot head, was found on Glacier Island near Cordova. The creature, said to be preserved in ice since prehistoric times, allegedly lies in the upper Columbia glacier with the ice slowly moving toward the sea.
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Valdez
Alaska
Glacier Island
Cordova
Columbia Glacier
British air craft marvel flies to rival German DO-X
Work on Britain's rival to the German DO-X flying boat has begun. The monoplane will have wings 160 feet apart and a twin-deck hull with five passenger saloons for 50 people and sleeping berths. It will weigh 33 tons and fly 1000 miles at over 120 mph with luxurious furnishings.
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Britain
Doubled Down On Daughters On Train Journey
A hag garde man confides he is father to six daughters. The carefree bachelor laughs and asks about feeding six mouths. The man corrects that there are twelve mouths to feed because all six daughters are married, revealing a humorous misunderstanding.
Beconning the Lesson from the Christmas Gospel
This piece reflects on Christmas stories from Matthew and Luke, praising the Wise Men's gifts and the angels' message. It recounts shepherds and Wise Men following the vision to Bethlehem, finding the infant Jesus, and choosing obedience, thereby fixing the vision for all time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke
John Erskine
Bethlehem
Saul of
Tarsus
Damscus
Agrippa
Mexico Bans Death Penalty in New Penal Code
President Ortiz Rubio approves a penal code for federal districts and territories that abolishes capital punishment in those areas and moves to banish the death penalty in the army. The reform also abolishes the jury system, criminalizes dueling, holds physicians liable for malpractice related deaths, and orders detention and isolation for vagrants.
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Federal
Ortiz Rubio
84 Year Old Dorset Woman Prefers Glass House Living
Miss Geraldine Fitzgerald of St James Square Bournemouth at 84 lives in a glass house in her garden four years after losing faith in brick homes. She credits the sunlit greenhouse with improved health claiming she walks seven miles daily and feels fitter than at 18. Cooking on an oil stove, candles light the space and she favors this lifestyle over doctors.
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Bournemouth
Geraldine Fitzgerald
St. James Square
England
Restrictions on Russian Lumber Shipments to Britain
Ottawa reports limits on Russian lumber sent to Great Britain. For 1930 shipments are capped at 500000 standards and 600000 standards for 1931, instead of 750000 and 850000. The agreed limits come after talks between Russian sellers and the Central Soft Wood Buying Corporation, a group of about seventy major British importers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Department of Trade and Commerce
Ottawa
Central
Soft Wood Buying Corporation
World sheep population and wool clip figures
The world hosts about 700 million sheep, roughly one per three people. Russia leads with 116 million, followed by Australia with 90 million and the United States around 47 million. The global wool clip totals about 3.5 billion pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Australia
United States
Cambridge shelves hold a million and a quarter books
Cambridge University reports twenty miles of shelves housing about 1.25 million volumes, nearly 200000 maps, and over 100000 manuscripts.
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Cambridge University
Partridge Flocks Seen Moving East Across Manitoba
Hundreds of Hungarian partridge flocks are observed in western Manitoba this year, signaling an eastward shift from Saskatchewan and Alberta. Observations are compiled by B. J. Hales, Normal School principal and bird life expert, who notes persistent eastward movement.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
B. J. Hales
Normal School
Canadian Steam Railways Mileage in 1929 Increase
The mileage of steam railways operated in Canada stood at 42,381 miles. During 1929 there was a net increase of 386 miles in operated mileage and 411 miles in total track mileage, reflecting growth in the system.
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Canada
Black Cat Delays Romford Court Cases
A black cat wandered into Romford Police Court in London and sat on an omnibus conductor’s knee. The case against the first conductor was dismissed, then the cat moved to the magistrate and the next defendant’s case was dismissed as well.
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Romford Police Court
London
England
An Epic Of The Far North Musk ox sanctuary diary by Hoare and Knox
The Department of the Interior released a true day by day narrative by W H B Hoare about musk ox exploration in the Thelon game sanctuary east of Great Slave Lake, with A J Knox assisting. Covering 1928 29 the diary recounts blizzards peat beds wrecked camps and solo tracing journeys amid danger and hardship to serve Canada.
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Department of the Interior
W. H. B. Hoare
Thelon Game Sanctuary
Great Slave Lake
Thelon
Hanbury
Canada
Greenland
Dominion
Hoare
A. J. Knox
Northwest Territories
Department
Ford Lake
Artillery Lake
Cariboo
Reliance
Mr. Knox
Mr. Hoare
American Pompeii Expedition Aims for Arizona Site
University of Pennsylvania Museum will search near Flagstaff for ancient ruins beneath black basaltic sand and drift deposits. Dr. Harold S. Colton notes tests suggest primitive peoples had keener sight but poorer hearing than modern whites.
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Arizona
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Harold S. Colton
The
University
Flagstaff
Riz
Colton
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Jack Miner
Ontario
C.N.R
Mexico
Lustige Kolner Zeitung
Cologne
W. N. OU
F. D. Munroe, M.D
Graf Zeppelin
Glass House
Partridge
Pompeii
Brooder
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Wellington ST. W
Toronto, Ont
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