World Happenings Briefly Told
Displays of 269 firms were shown in Leipzig. Amy Johnson prepares for a Europe Asia to Tokyo flight. Feminist leaders call for full nationality equality. Mrs. C M Strong dubbed mother of the 44th Battalion dies in Winnipeg. Eskimo hunter demented by first movie in Thorshavn. Samuel Weinstein among Banting Foundation medical grant recipients. R B Bennett receives antique silver dishes for 61st birthday. 200 foot flag pole gifted to Canberra by British Columbia. Alaskan reindeer herd driven toward Mackenzie River, 300 miles away.
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London Daily Herald
Amy Johnson
Australia
Europe
Asia
Tokyo
Assembly
League of Nations
C. M. Strong
44Th Battalion
Winnipeg
Otto Knudsen
Lange Koch
Thorshavn
Faroe Island
Banting Research Foundation
Samuel Weinstein
University of Saskatchewan
R. B. Bennett
Australian Commonwealth
Canberra
British Columbia
Mackenzie River
T. G. Murphy
Interior
House of Commons
New Settlers Take Up 50 Acres in Southern Okanagan
Over the past year in the Southern Okanagan British Columbia new settlers occupied more than 50 acres of orchard and vegetable land. Prices ranged from 80 dollars per acre for raw land to 750 dollars for improved bearing orchard. About 25 000 young fruit trees were planted.
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Okanagan
British Columbia
General Bertrand Dies in Brussels Theatre Collapse
National hero General Bertrand, famed for Liege’s defense and the Yser campaign, died suddenly in a Brussels theatre. He reportedly delayed German advances for ten days while Joffre reorganized French forces for Paris defense. The other fragment notes a misguided youth’s claim about four kinds of sheep.
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Bertrand
Liege
Brussels
Marshal Joffre
Paris
Paris pattern for wrap around slip with easy sewing
A wrap around slip pattern from Paris details a seamless shadow proof garment with a finished lower edge from selvedge, options for pivot or rolled hems, darts in the bodice, detachable shoulder straps, and a deep V back for evening wear. Crepe de chine satin and flat crepe are suggested fabrics with lace trim possible. pattern No. 900 in sizes 12 to 40 bust and priced 25 cents.
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Paris
Kmas
Patterns Order Address and Demographic Note
Winnipeg Pattern No. Name tee ewe nee Size. Town of London's foreign population shows 34 percent Russians 10 percent Italians eight percent Germans seven percent French. Estimated Russian population about 40 000.
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London
Cunard Week End Cruises Bring 4 Day Ocean Trips
Cunard Line introduces week-end cruises on its express steamers Berengaria Aquitania and Mauretania offering four day trips from New York to Nassau Bermuda and Nova Scotia Halifax. Passengers enjoy deck games pools lectures dances and full meals with shore time for sightseeing golf and sun. The voyage includes pilot drop and quarantine clearance before arrival at Sandy Hook pier with customs and immigration checks.
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Pioneer Steamship Company
Cunard Line
Lne
Nassau
New York
Bermuda
Savannah
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Samuel Cunard
Cunard
Aquitania
Mauretania
Ambrose Channel
Columbus
West Indies
Sandy Hook
Staten Island
New York Bay
Customs and Immigration
Coast Guard
Cosgrave cites China as large outlet for low grade fruit
In Vancouver two meetings featured Col. L. M. Cosgrave Canadian Government Trade Commissioner in Shanghai who stated that China offers a large outlet for low grade fruit at economical prices. Okanagan fruit shippers showed strong interest in the prospect.
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Okanagan
Col
L. M. Cosgrave
Shanghai
China
Vancouver
Cosgrave
Edmonton a City of Homes Seventeen Hundred New Dwellings Erected
Edmonton Journal reports eighteen hundred new homes built in six years with an average of 300 yearly. The original cost, excluding repairs and additions, totals about 36 million dollars.
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Edmonton
Edmonton Journal
Sunday School Lesson PNLY 19
Golden Text emphasizes giving over receiving from Acts 20 35. Lesson surveys Acts 4 32 35 6 1 7 9 36 89 and 2 Corinthians 9 1 15 with devotional reading Psalm 112 5 10. The piece stresses fasting in prayer, ongoing preaching and teaching, and prayer as preparation for ministry with quotes on prayer and spiritual vitality by Holden and Jowett.
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J. Stuart Holden
J. H. Jowett
Shared Holdings and Early Church Deacon Example
The text details the early Christian church's unity and common wealth in Jerusalem and neighboring communities. It cites Essenes and Therapeutas as groups with shared possessions, notes the apostles’ distribution of funds to the poor, and explains the origin of deacons from selecting seven men to manage aid while the apostles focus on preaching.
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Dead Sea
Palestine
Egypt
Therapeutas
Jerusalem
Aristires
Hadrian
Jesus
Christ
Chrysostom
Diakonein
Paul
Two New Senators Appointed From Alberta and Saskatchewan
Patrick Burns of Calgary and Arthur Marcotte of Ponteix named to the senate. Burns succeeds the late P E Lessard of Edmonton who died in April, Marcotte fills the Saskatoon vacancy caused by J G Turriff’s death last fall. Senate party balance stands Conservatives 47 and Liberals 48 with one further vacancy after G G Foster’s death.
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Patrick Burns
Calgary
Alberta
Senate
Arthur Marcotte
K.C
Ponteix
Sask
P. E. Lessard
Edmonton
Saskatchewan
J. G. Turriff
G. G. Foster
Montreal
Gavel From Fort Malden Tells Editors' Tale At Regina
At the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Convention in Regina Saskatchewan the gavel used by President Malcolm Macbeth to keep editors in order is highlighted. The wooden relic, carved from Fort Malden timber circa 1800 AD, recalls General Isaac Brock and Tecumseh. Presented in 1930 by the Lake Erie and St. Clair Publishers Association to Hugh Savage of Dunvegan BC with the inscription From one savage to another. The gavel bears a silver plate noting its antiquity and uses.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Malcolm Macbeth
Old Fort Malden
Isaac Brock
Tecumseh
Lake Erie and
Savage
Amendment to Companies Act expands employee home loan powers
Hon. C. H. Cahan introduced a bill in the House of Commons to amend the Companies Act. The measure allows loans to employees for buying or building homes even if they are shareholders and lets an auditor serve as a director if the company’s bonds and shares are not publicly offered. Aluminum is widely used to reduce weight in small automobiles.
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C. H. Cahan
House of Commons
Notable Flight Ties Cities by Hawks at Record Speeds
Captain Frank M. Hawks, famed U S speed pilot, linked Quebec Montreal Ottawa and Toronto in a four hour trip with a 850 mile route. He set several times as breakfast in Montreal, luncheon in Toronto, tea in Montreal, dinner with US minister MacNider. The pace averaged about 198 mph.
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Quebec
Montreal
Toronto
Ottawa
Frank M. Hawks
United States
Capital
Hawks
Hanford
MacNider
Montreal Lights Aeroplane Club
Captain Hawks
Paris
London
Berlin
Rome
Banting Foundation Grants Awarded to Western Scientists
Samuel Weinstein of the University of Saskatchewan heads long term Banting Research Foundation grants with Western Manitoba scholars Prof. F D White P G Mar and Dr R H Fraser receiving short term funding. White teaches biochemistry at the Medical College, Mar just finished year two in medicine, Fraser lectures physiology and pharmacology. Research runs through the summer begun after winter term end, with Mar holding science graduate credentials.
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Banting Research Foundation
Samuel Weinstein
University of Saskatchewan
F. D. White
P. G. Mar
R. H. Fraser
University of Manitoba
White
Medical College
Peter Mar
Dr. Fraser
Onion diet for sheep aids western slope surplus
Sheep flocks on Colorado's western slope are fed an onion diet to reduce last year's surplus. F. D. Warren, warehouse owner, reports hundreds of sacks given to sheep owners due to lack of market. Also notes that standing on damp concrete while using an electric iron can transmit a shock.
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Colorado
F. D. Warren
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