World Happenings Briefly Told From Across the Globe
A 156th Independence Day observed in the United States with tragic loss of over 240 lives. U S House and Senate conferees approve a 2.1 billion unemployment relief bill. British Columbia reports limited sockeye salmon packs for 1932. A snowstorm on Mount Olympus near Bursa, Turkey freezes a shepherd and hundreds of sheep. Canadian doctors read lead type upside down in a CMA experiment. Ontario and Manitoba celebrate Dominion Day with a new highway link. A price fixing inquiry implicates Ontario fruit basket makers. Katharine Medill McCormick dies at 79 in Versailles, mother of Chicago Tribune editor Col. Robert R. McCormick. Pirate treasure valued at 60 million dollars found on Cocos Island. Prospective searches for Hornby’s Thelon River mystery entice new prospectors. A Montreal hospital reports a punctured heart during a boy’s injury. surgeon Dr. J Harry Condon repairs the ventricle.
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United States
House Representatives
Senate
British Columbia
Hon
S&s. L. Howe
Mount Olympus
Bursa
Turkey
Canadian Medical Association
Ontario
Manitoba
Dominion of Canada
F. A. McGregor
Katharine Medill McCormick
Robert S. McCormick
Versailles
France
Robert R. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Cocos Isle
Vancouver
B.C
R. D. Adams
Jack Hornby
Thelon River
Hornby
Homeopathic Hospital
Montreal
J. Harry Condon
Robert Shepherd
Emancipation Demands From Deaf Association Meeting
Edwin G Peterson of the Saskatchewan School for the Deaf urged social emancipation for deaf persons. He called for opportunities in education and employment at the Western Canada Association of the Deaf triennial convention in Winnipeg.
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Edwin G.peterson
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan School For the Deaf
Western Canada Association of the Deaf
Winnipeg
Coins Unearthed At Thames Riverside Site In Roman Find
A workman digging at a riverside home on the Thames uncovered Roman coins dated AD 320 to 324. The discovery is linked to what may be the site of an ancient Roman road near Viscount Craigavon, premier of Northern Ireland.
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Thames
Viscount Craigavon
Northern Ireland
Far Away Yet Man Produces Vast Electric Voltage
Far away experiments in laboratories reach 10,000,000 volts, one tenth the voltage of a lightning flash. In Texas Rio Grande valley, ribbed oranges with cantaloupelike skins are being produced.
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Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Fiji War Club To Be Returned As Mace In Court
Windsor Castle houses the war club of Fiji's former king presented to Queen Victoria 58 years ago. By royal command it will be returned for ceremonial use as a mace in the Fiji legislative council. The king sent love to Her Majesty and carved doves on the club's knobs as tokens of submission.
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Queen Victoria
Fiji
Windsor Castle
Thakombau
Hercules Robinson
Great Britain
King George
Waiting Time Is Over by Barnjum Seeks Prosperity
Frank J. D. Barnjum, a Canadian optimist, says prosperity awaits if people act now. He urges everyone with money to buy, build, repair, and stock up as in 1929 to lift mood by 30 to 50 percent, and to advertise.
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Frank J. D. Barnjum
A Paris influenced dainty blouse pattern
This pattern notes a chic white crepe silk blouse that pairs with suits or skirts and can be made in fabric varieties like or gandie dotted batiste lace or tucked net. Style No. 547 covers sizes 14 through 40 inch bust with a front plastron and bow tied sleeves, priced at 25 cents.
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Paris
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
An order notice from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union lists address 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg and references Pattern No Name Town re. The text outlines ordering processes and pattern identifiers for readers seeking patterns by number and town origin.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Voyage To Nelson With Stores For RCM Detachments
The Flemish barge Neophite is to be overhauled by the Department of Railways and Canals preparing for a voyage to Nelson. She will carry supplies for detachments along the southwest coast of Hudson Bay. The Neophite is a long steel vessel with cabins and crew quarters aft and powered by sail and gas.
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Nelson
Neophite
Department of Railways and Canals
RCM P
Hudson Bay
Shall Our Monetary System Be Changed Continued Analysis
An examination of proposals to reform monetary policy by Major Strange and others. Options include expanding or curtailing credit via central banks in good or bad times, basing the Canadian dollar on labor units, wholesale price indices, bi and symmetallism, and nationalizing currency. Notes warn against impracticalities, with emphasis on gold standard constraints and Canada’s gold commitments.
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Major Strange
Karl Marx
Gresham
Marshall
Coun
Great Britain
Canada
Searle Grain Company
Subsidy Expired For Omagh House Builders
Omagh residents who recently completed homes face paying all costs themselves after a council disclosed subsidies from the city and government had expired on March 31, 1931. Builders had begun work believing aid would come from both authorities. Nature cannot jump from winter to summer without a spring.
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Omagh
Ireland
Limitations Of Distributional Valuations In Bridge
In high contracts distributional trick taking may overstate a hand's potential due to overlapping high card and ruffing values in two hands. Slams require specific control and unbalanced hands bolster slam chances, while balanced hands need concentrated aces and kings. An example shows how value duplication can mislead bidding, cautioning against slam in certain balanced deals. A German postal device update follows.
Sunday School Lesson Golden Text and Biblical Excerpts
The lesson centers on the Passover concept with Christ as sacrifice. It covers Exodus chapters 11 and 12 verses 1 through 38 and includes a devotional reading from Psalm 63 verses 1 through 7, guiding reflection on deliverance and divine provision.
Passover Rite Instructions From Early Jewish Calendar
The passage discusses the instituting of the Passover, noting the birth of an independent nation founded on liberty and equality. It outlines calendar changes from Abib to Nisan, contrasts ecclesiastical and civil years, and cites Egyptian seasonal beginnings. It lists Passover rites: roasted lamb symbolizing unity, bitter herbs symbolizing suffering, and unleavened bread as a traveler’s fare prompting readiness to depart.
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Wise
Baylonians
Egypt
Edersheim
R. C
Gillie
Crushed Pineapple Cream Dessert Recipe
Recipe for a light crammed dessert using milk cream crushed pineapple junket tablet and sugar. Dissolve the tablet in cold water then heat the dairy to lukewarm add sugar and tablet stir briefly pour into dishes and let firm about ten minutes chill before serving topped with pineapple.
Glazed Carrots and Kitchen Fixture News
Glazed carrots accompany roast lamb and can bake with meat to save fuel. Boil six carrots fifteen minutes, skin, slice, bake with a syrup of brown sugar butter and hot water until brown, basting occasionally. A New York restaurant chain replaces fifty waitresses with a pancake machine.
Receipts of Japanese government railways near a million dollars
Government railways in Japan reported receipts close to 1 million dollars for the previous year. The figure reflects revenue from operations and related services across the network, indicating steady public transport earnings and handling of national rail funds.
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Japan
Gartera on trousers prompts quirky collar stud quip
A humorous exchange from Sca d Gagsnisse Strix in Stockholm features a man asking why another wears gartera outside his trousers. The reply cites dropping a collar stud down his neck, delivering a playful, misfired punchline.
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Toa
Babys Soap
Meiauel
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Fink
W. N. UL
Mace Is Old War Club
Barnjum
Taft
Bow Street
London
de Valera
Jimmy de Rothschild
Lord Moyne
Sean O’casey
Lord Castlerose
Lord Moyniham
Lord Carson
Sir John Lavery
Lord Murphy
Earl Beatty
Bernard Shaw
Lord Derby
Low
London Evening Standard
England
By Hamlin B. Hatch
Cavendish Club
Toronto
Q. J
A. Q
A. K
South
Germany
Betty Barclay
Chis
New York
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