World Happenings Briefly Told
The king approves the Duke of Kent as chancellor of the University of Wales. A new Canadian coronation year colina will appear likely in May. The RCMP lab extension to Ottawa is in main estimates. Five mine department appointees will earn 7500 dollars each. Radio license revenue rose to 1,574,421 dollars in the last year. Prince Chichibu and Princess Chichibu will visit Canada en route to the imperial coronation. A 400,000 dollar tuberculosis sanatorium work begins in Jamaica. Canadian engineers are in demand in the British West Indies for oil developments.
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University of Wales
Duke of Kent
George VI
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ottawa
House of Commons
Prince Chichibu
Emperor of Japan
Chichibu
Canada
King George Vi.i
Jamaica
George V
British West Indies
J. B. Christian
Trinidad
Toronto
Christian
Fine deepwater channel at Hudson Strait entrance charted
Hydrographic branch reports a new 600 foot deep, ice free channel between Digges Island and Cape Wolstenholme at the western entrance to Hudson Strait. It lies 22 miles from the strait’s end and offers a route away from the usual ice, with dramatic cliffs described at Cape Wolstenholme.
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Hudson Strait
Marine Department
Digges Island
Cape Wolstenholme
Hudson Bay
Digges Island Ly
Wolstenholme
Longest solar eclipse of 1804 center over Pacific Ocean
The great eclipse on June 8 promises seven minutes four seconds of obscuration, longest since 1804. Observations from ships near the New Hebrides face movement issues, with the sun rising and setting eclipsed as the track crosses the Pacific and ends in Peru.
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Helio
Pacific Ocean
Earth
New Hebrides
Peru
Detroit
Ten Years Of Canadian Aviation
Canada has expanded civil aviation from 39 licensed aircraft in 1925 to 380 by 1935 with air mail and transport services widespread. Freight grew from 500,000 to over 26 million pounds. mail moved from 1,080 to 1,126,084 pounds. Aviation aids mining, surveys, prospecting, drills, and gear transport. aerial surveys map transmission lines, roads, harbours, and town plans. fisheries patrols and stock stocking rely on planes. forestry uses air patrols for fire detection and timber surveys.
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Canadas
Dominion
Canada
Virgin Country
British Columbia
Western Canada Fairs elect leaders at Winnipeg meeting
EB Richardson of Calgary exhibition is elected president of the Western Canada Fairs Association. Fred Kemp of Edmonton becomes vice president and Sid Johns of Saskatoon is named secretary for a 10th term. The circuit dates are revised with a string of fairs from Estevan to Prince Albert scheduled from June 21 to August 7.
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EB. L. Richardson
Calgary
Western Canada Association of Exhibitions
Winnipeg
Fred W. Kemp
Edmonton
Sid. W. Johns
Saskatoon
Western Canada Fairs Association
Estevan
Moose Jaw
Weyburn
Carman
Man
Portage la Prairie
Dauphin
Yorkton
Sask
Melfort
Lethbridge
Red Deer
Vegreville
Alta
Vermillion
Bounty Call Backed to Curb Coyotes in Alberta
The Alberta Provincial Horse Breeders Association passed a resolution in Edmonton urging the provincial government to place a bounty on coyotes. It claims increasing numbers and bolder behavior in Central and Northern Alberta threaten livestock and farms.
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Alberta Provincial Horse Breeders’ Association
Edmonton
Alberta
Asiatic Ramie Grass Grown in Vancouver Garden
Fred Gray cultivated ramie from seed in Vancouver, a native Asian grass used like flax or hemp. The plant can reach seven feet in three years, and in Gray’s garden it grew to two feet in its first season.
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Asia
Vancouver
Fred Gray
Gravity on the Sun Makes Ordinary Man Weigh Two Tons
A reader note explains that gravity on the sun is extreme, stating an average man would weigh about two tons on its surface. The playful observation highlights how mass and gravity differ in stellar environments.
Hawks Not Good to Eat Say Ontario Resident
A Kingsville Ontario letter argues hawks should be controlled only when attacking property and poultry. The writer defends shooting hawks that threaten chickens and barns, cites bird sanctuary experiences with mourning doves and bobwhite quail, and criticizes urban activists and foreign studies. He urges practical, local management based on observed conditions.
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Ontario
Royal Ontario Museum
Florida
Mexico
Central America
Bird Sanctuary
Kingsville
Ont
Life span of a butterfly varies widely
The average life of a butterfly is five weeks with some living ten weeks while others survive only a few days and many cannot eat during their brief lifespan.
Back Pain Relief Promised by Kruschen Salt Ad
A woman with agonizing backache reports dramatic improvement after four months on Kruschen Salt. She credits the product for eliminating pain and notes it stimulates kidney function to purify blood and relieve back discomfort.
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Kruscher Salta
Kruschen
B.C. Kruschen
The Season's smartest style motif pattern 4253
Pattern 4263 offers a V-neck frock with puffed sleeves and a back flare skirt. Describes waist yoke half belt and full swirl. Suitable fabrics include silk, jersey or triple sheet. Sizes 12 to 40. size 16 uses 34 yards of 39 inch fabric. Instructions included. send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept. Winnipeg. The brain tissue remark is unrelated.
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Jersey
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Sunday School Lesson January 31 Focus on Alcohol and Poverty
This Sunday school piece discusses Biblical verses from Isaiah Proverbs and Matthew on the dangers of alcohol, citing Luther Hayes training school notes. It contrasts temperance warnings with quotes from Carnegie and Shakespeare, linking drunkenness to poverty, ruin in households, and moral decline.
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Lucy Webb Hayes Training School
Moffatt
Royal police officer Cameron to return to former duties
Inspector Cameron of the King's police will resume former service roles as the royal family shifts with Buckingham Palace plans. He had been linked to Chief Inspector Green under King George V and Queen Mary's special officer duties. The Daily Sketch notes Cameron rejoined the Duke of York and will work with His Majesty in the new regime. Uncertainty remains whether Chief Inspector Storfer, who accompanied the Duke of Windsor abroad, will resume normal duty or stay with the ex-king.
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Cameron
Buckingham Palace
Green
Queen Mary
George V
Duke of York
Daily Sketch
Storfer
Duke of Windsor
A Great Builder Tour Sparks Quiet Room Test
A small builder guides his friend through a finished house and asks if he can hear him. The friend answers yes but cannot see him, prompting the builder to call out about the wall. Norway's tourism income in 1926 is projected at about £12,009,000.
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Harry
Walla
Norway
National Research Council progress in Canada 1936
The National Research Council reports notable progress in 1936 aimed at improving living conditions in the Dominion. Ottawa laboratories employ about 190 staff across five divisions Agriculture and Biology Chemistry Physics and Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics and Research Information with a national library service. Scholarships funded by the council supported thirty students from thirteen universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
National Research Council
National Research Laboratories
Ottawa
National Scientific Library Service
Yak and boot fall impact on Arnicican city diets
In Mongolia and Tibet the yak yields most wilk for local use. Authorities estimate 70,000,000 tons of Boot fall on Arnicican cities each year.
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Mongolia
Tibet
Arnicican
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Saan CS
Buck Et Maak
Department of Mines and Resources
The
E. L. Richardson
HAWKS
Kreschen
Andrew Carnegie
Hirut
Matthew
Jesus
Shakespeare
Inspector Cameron
Bayer Company, Limited
Windsor
Bayer
National Research In Canada
Regina
Onipeg
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