World Happenings Briefly Told
Brief items from different regions note Sunday golf bans in The Brief Belt England and Wales wheat production up 11 percent with 6 percent more wheat acres. Yorkton council bans slot machines. Bank robbery in Budapest ends in cashier death. one bandit killed. Petrie departs London to northern Syria to seek 5000 year old ruins. Other notes: Chacon found dead in New York. Gandhi warned by British on civil disobedience. exile of Zinovieff Kameneff families to Solovki island. Hon. MacLean comments on Alberta works. West better shape this year.
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England
Yorkton
Wales
Ministry of Agriculture
Budapest
Flinders Petrie
London
Syria
Ernesto Chacon
Germany
New York
West
John J. MacLean
Alberta
Sydney
M. H. Gandhi
India
An Express
Warsaw
Gregory Zinovieff
Leon Kameneff
Solovetski Island
Russia
Devil's Island
White Sea
Old Human Relation Patients Like Doctor To Show Care
The London Daily Telegraph notes doctors should show personal interest in patients. Sir John Rose Bradford urged medical students to remember patients are human beings amid modern specialization and scientific complexity, warning against becoming impersonal.
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John Rose Bradford
London Daily Telegraph
Fort Blunder to Fort Montgomery at Fort Montgomery
In 1816 the octagonal fort at Rouses Point New York began as Fort Blunder known for years, planned to cover three fourths of an acre with 30 foot walls. Abandoned in 1818 after discovery inside Canada’s limits, it was renamed Fort Montgomery by 1842 under the Webster treaty ceding the fort to the United States.
Discovery of 20 giant infrared stars hints at hidden suns
Infrared photographic plates used to detect 20 long period variable stars reveal a clan of supergiant bodies unseen by visible light. Researchers say the stars, dwelling in the heavens, glow dull and large, likely outshining ordinary suns, yet were known for years only through heat signatures.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
Greenland Hare Hops Distances Up to Eight Feet
The Greenland hare travels on its hind legs like a kangaroo, hopping up to six to eight feet per bound for about 100 yards. When frightened, it tends to crouch or stand upright rather than dive down.
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Greenland
Man and dog share bond amid quiet woods
A man values his dog as they wander the woods. The dog appears content and loyal, following closely as they walk through the trees.
Lest We Forget film title chosen by cabinet
Cabinet ministers agreed on the title Lest We Forget for a government sanctioned feature film using war footage from overseas. The Canadian Legion presents the production early next year, framing the war in three periods to show its costs and futility.
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Hollywood
Privy Council
Canada
Canadian Legion
Betty Barcleyy’s Weekly Recipes for Ham Custards and Spiced Cookies
Betty Barcleyy presents a ham custard bake with butter crumbs milk and seasonings in cups set in hot water. A white sauce partners the dish. Also a spiced cookie mix with molasses sour milk rising, cinnamon nutmeg cloves and raisins baked twenty five minutes in a medium oven.
Plan Was A Success Western Lambs For Finishing
The experiment of bringing western range lambs to Ontario for finishing is repeated this year on a larger scale. About 7,000 lambs are on feed with 65 farmers involved. Twenty four carlcads of lambs from 19 western ranchers are scattered across central and eastern Ontario and will be marketed when they reach proper weights.
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Ontario
Direction changes observed in Cassquiare stream
Scientists note that the Cassquiare, a Brazilian watercourse, alternates its flow direction over time. The phenomenon reflects complex hydrological dynamics and seasonal influences affecting sediment transport and river connectivity in the region.
Notable Progress by Royal Bank of Canada 1934 Report
The Royal Bank of Canada shows improved business conditions in the year ended November 30 1934 with total assets of 759 423 904 and liquid assets of 382 172 857. Deposits rise by 40 554 510 led by Canada 41 347 334 abroad. Commercial loans rebound 10 092 494 and profits after taxes reach 1 506 804 carried forward. Annual meeting set for January 10 at Montreal head office.
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Royal Bank of Canada
Canada
Royal Bank
Dominion
Montreal
Fashion Fancies patterns from Winnipeg union
Ellen Worth describes a two piece dress pattern in navy wool crepe with red accents. Includes size 8 to 14, yardage for skirt blouse ribbon and belt, pattern cost 20 cents, mail order address in Winnipeg. Optional Fall and Winter Fashion Magazine add on with 20 cents. Sewing guide booklet offered for 20 cents.
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Pattern Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
England Seeks Pied Piper to Curb Rodent Invasion
The article notes England needs a pied piper as modern science fails to curb a rodent surge. Authorities warn rat numbers have grown by about 20 million in the last five decades, with estimated 40 odd million rodents now in the country.
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England
Hamlin
Marriages Often Fail For Better Or Worse Not For Good
A remark on modern marriages noting they frequently end rather than endure, suggesting couples marry for benefit yet fail to sustain lasting commitment.
Knudsen Wins AAAS Prize For Sound Research
Prof. Vern Oliver Knudsen of UCLA physics department wins the $1,000 AAAS prize for a paper titled The Absorption of Sound in Gases. He reports oxygen drives sound decay and moist air aids transmission, with a method to calculate acoustic transparency across temperatures and humidity levels.
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American Association
Vern Oliver Knudsen
Department of Physics
University of California At
Los Angeles
Association
Ats
Prof
Knudsen
Oldest Canadian Resident Links to Dionne Quintuplets
In Callander Ontario the Dionne quintuplets gain fame as they near seven months old while near North Bay John Birch, a 111 year old veteran of the Crimean War, marks his birthday on June 4. Birch, born in Sebistopel and in Canada since 1866, still threads a needle and walks unaided. Across Canada, centenarians rise, with Nova Scotia reporting 10 pensioners aged 109 or more.
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Canagas
Dionne Quintuplets
Callander
Ont
John Birch
North Bay
Canada
Sebistopel
Nova Scotia
Indian elephant ranks third among intelligent animals
The Indian elephant is described as the third most intelligent creature after the chimpanzee and the orangutan, while scientific belief holds that temperatures seven miles above the earth stay nearly constant.
Peter Declares Jesus the Christ in Faith
Sunday School lesson focuses on Peter's bold confession in Matthew 16 16 proclaiming Jesus as the Christ the Son of the living God. The reading contrasts doubt with Peter's wholehearted loyalty and cites Gospel scenes and devotional cross references.
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Simon Peter
Peter
Jesus
Moffatts
John the Baptist
Elijah
Herod
Jesus John the Baptist
Shakespeare
Cesar
Charlemagne
Alfred the Great
Lincoln
Webster
C. E. Jefferson
Christ
God
Matthew
Israel
Galilee
Simon
Wm. A. Grist
Lloyd George to lead new political movement
The Ottawa Journal notes the long arc of Lloyd George from Victorian times to the modern era and declares him an extraordinary figure as he prepares to launch a new political movement in his forty-year career. His influence, cited as unmatched for his era, is the focus rather than the specifics of the movement.
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Gladstone
Lloyd George
Carnarvon
Lloyd: George
Ottawa Journal
Divine Shroud Science Probes Relic Authenticity with Infrared
Divine Shroud Science asserts infrared photography proves the Shroud and the Tunic, treasured by the Italian royal family and church authorities, authentic relics of Christ. Experts say blood-stain patterns align with Biblical Agony details, showing flogging marks on the Shroud and a shoulder wound on the Tunic from Christ bearing the Cross.
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Calvary
New Crime Detection Method Uses Gunpowder Residue Claim
The article reports a method claimed by Trini gists to identify the shooter of a gun by detecting nitrates and nitrites on hands, arising from handling a revolver or pistol, as the combustion products of gunpowder. The claim suggests one can establish who fired the gun with reasonable certainty.
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Trini Gists
England’s sole hand made nails maker turns out giant bars
Willams produces 54 pounds of giant barge nails in an eight hour shift highlighting a single remaining maker in England for this craft.
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England
Willams
Sulphur a Common Element and Its Uses Across Nature
Sulphur occurs abundantly in nature in native form in volcanic regions such as Italy Sicily Iceland and Mexico. It also occurs combined as sulphides and sulphates with minerals like pyrite galena cinnabar and calcium sulphate gypsum. Sulphur compounds are present in life and foods and in petroleum while its main commercial use is to produce sulphur dioxide for sulphuric acid and many products including matches insecticides lime sulphur spray and vulcanized rubber.
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Free State
Italy
Sicily
Iceland
Mexico
United States
Fool's Gulch
Gift of Tea Celebrates Centenary of Empire Industry
The tea producers of the British Empire present Queen with a casket holding 15 pounds of tea to mark the industry centenary. The casket, Bombay rosewood with inlays of Ceylon satinwood and ebony, contains a rare blend from 15 teas. Seven from Ceylon, six from India, two from East Africa, including a Darjeeling component noted for its tobacco like appearance and slight flavor. priced at 3.25 dollars per pound, it is among the most expensive teas, used sparingly for special brews.
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Bombay
Ceylon
India
East Africa
Darjeeling
Queer Rama devotion rites in South Indian town
Unusual five day rite in Eslore worships Sri Rama. Devotees inscribe the name of Sri Rama ten million times to gain salvation. Books bearing the names are worshipped near the image, then carried in procession and finally offered at a sacred temple.
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Eslore
Sri Rama
Faech
Just Nutme Of Book The Mohienne Relates To Native Tale
A fragment discusses the Mohianne and Gladya artiguidgeyn, noting a sun blended Mobegan or Mohican identity. It mentions Mite Tantaquilgeon being died by the United States Government and a census like tally of tribe members in New England. The survey records 175 living in that territory.
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Gladya Artiguidgeyn
United Sta
New England
Final Row Mail Carriers on Northern Manitoba Trail
Mail carriers made their final runs along the storm swept routes between Way House and Crosy Lake in northern Manitoba. Plane service then took over the 60 mile route from the northern trading post, marking the end of the courier era as these weathered freight lines faded away.
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Manitoba
Way House
Crosy Lake
Courier Mail
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Old Fort
Montgomery
Tie Dog
James Charles McGuigan
Regina
Toronto
McNeil
America
Betty Barcleyy
Western Lambs
Ellen Worth
Man
Gorten H. Guest
AP AY
Empire
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