Travel clinics aid Manitoba schoolchildren teeth
World happenings brief notes that in 1935 travelling dental clinics treated over three thousand Manitoba schoolchildren. Also mentioned are a quieting aircraft silencer invention, Elsie Janis plans to renounce possessions for charity, and other international updates on gold output, Soviet Japan tensions, paleontological finds in Hillsboro, optometry advertising reforms, the icebreaker McLean’s northbound voyage, and a vast butter shipment from Alberta and Saskatchewan to Britain.
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Manitoba
Alberta
N. P. McLean
Quebec
North
Hudson's Straits
Straits
Belle Isle
Vancouver
Saskatchewan
Great Britain
Butter Awards Biggest Creamery Butter Show Ever Put On At Calgary Exhibition
Manitoba and Alberta creameries supplied the competition at the Calgary exhibition creamery butter show. Manitoba took 29 prizes in May with 4 firsts 18 seconds and seven thirds while Alberta had 27 prizes with six firsts 17 seconds and four thirds. In June Manitoba earned 39 prizes and Alberta 36. Stettler Creamery led the two classes with the top score for 1939, while St Lazare Creamery and Northern Alberta Dairy Pool tied for second. Mrs. H. C. Taylor of Headingly won the dairy butter class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Manitoba
Alberta
Alberta Creamery
Stettler Creamery
St. Lazare Creamery
St. Lazare
Man
Alberta Dairy Pool
Wetaskiwin
Saskatchewan
Soviet press reach grows with 38 million readers in 1935
More than ten thousand newspapers published in Soviet languages, aggregate circulation rising from 37 million in 1935 to 38 million that year. Books and magazines now issued in over a hundred languages across the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
Elephants Restricted to Walking Gait Only
Observers note that elephants cannot trot or gallop and are limited to walking as their sole gait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shuile
Drought Triggers U S Geological Study of Ground Water
The drought severely lowered the underground water table across the Dakotas, Montana, and Wyoming. George Ferrell of A A A warns of a very serious drop as the drought covers a smaller area but remains drier. Oscar Meinzer notes field workers will cooperate with army engineers. about 15 papers on underground water prospects have been sent to the government printing office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Geological Survey
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
George Ferrell
Western Regions A.A.A
Washington
Oscar Meinzer
Geological Survey
Army
American Geophysical Union
Soviet Edict Abolishes Pedology In Schools
The Communist Party orders a return to traditional schooling removing pedology and advanced teaching methods. Central committee charges “scientific classifiers” with Marxist misdirection and claims higher and lower class theories biased by biology. Thousands labeled backward will be moved to normal schools and extensive questionnaires dropped.
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Communist Party
Tse
Last Hope to ID Living Unknown Soldier in Paris
Three eminent French psychologists will attempt to identify the living unknown soldier who baffled scientists since being brought to Paris after World War I. Believed to be Mangin, he was found in Lyons wandering in a uniform, with amnesia. He could not recall his name despite years of examination, while many French citizens claimed him as husband or relative, and over 200 letters sought his identity.
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Paris
Mangin
Lyons
France
King Kong The 20 Inch Model Behind Giant Creature
The famous 30 foot ape was actually a 20 inch toy manipulated by trick photography to look monstrous on screen, with the film relying on camera effects to create the illusion of vast size.
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King Kong
Halifax Borough Honours Halifax Namesake Visit
The Halifax borough in York west riding England extended greetings to Halifax Nova Scotia in a council chamber ceremony. A parchment scroll in a leather case bore the address presented to Mayor Cragg, arriving in Canada aboard the liner Queen Mary.
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Halifax
West Riding
York
England
Nova Scotia
Empire State Building’s Wind Tolerance Revealed
The Empire State Building rises nearly a quarter mile but sways only about one tenth of an inch in the strongest winds. A gale of 110 miles per hour is cited as the normal upper limit for New York winds, indicating remarkable structural stability.
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Empire State Building
New York
Buckingham Palace Could Be Sold for Building Purposes
Buckingham Palace and 40 acres of grounds may be sold as a building site for 15000000 dollars. Valuers studied the property. if sold, part of the grounds would become public pleasure ground. A London syndicate is said to be interested as London’s commercial core grows around the palace.
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Buckingham Palace
England
City of London
George
York House
St. James
Buckingham Palace Rd
Potatoes From Prairies Marketed in Montreal
Prairie potatoes are marketed in Montreal as high prices drive shipments. Ninety pound bags of whites from Alberta bring about $1.65 or slightly less than prices paid for Maritime stock.
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Prairie Provinces
Montreal
Alberta
Maritime
Atock
Crochet Sailor Set Pattern For Summer Accessory
Easy crochet project for a sailor style hat and bag using alternating plain and rib stitches. Includes a novel peep hole top and blocking instructions. Pattern 5343 provides full instructions, illustrations, materials, and stitch guide. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Sunday School Lesson on Acts Unity and Sharing
Devotional text discusses Acts 4 32 35 and 6 3 4, highlighting Christians unity and shared possessions. It cites Dr John Gardner on the gospel of life and material sharing, Aristides on Christian charity, and the phrase laid at the apostles feet. The lesson emphasizes voluntary sharing and equality, foreseeing a time of stronger brotherhood.
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Corinthians
John Gardner
Moffatt
Aristides
Hadrian
Christ
Lewis Morris
Hindenburg's British Flight Draws Press Comment
The British press discusses the German airship Hindenburg crossing Great Britain on its four voyages. The Daily Express notes varying routes over Midlands industrial areas and naval yards plus a Canada stopover hovering above Prince Edward Island Saint John and Halifax. Both Canadian ports are ice free and offer dry docks for warships.
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Great Britain
Hindenburg
Britain
Canada
Daily Express
Midlands
Channel
Prince Edward Island
Saint John
Halifax
Canadian
Absent-Minded Professor Requests Interim Sequestration
A secretary records a curious remark from an absent minded professor who plans to go to town and asks to be kept where he is until his return if he happens to come back during his absence. The note reflects a humorous misunderstanding of travel and custody.
Persuading a Small Boy Against His Pet Dog
A terse challenge argues that convincing a young boy to give up his dog is difficult, noting the emotional bond and the effort needed to alter a child’s attachment to a pet. The remark implies the strength of affection and resistance to change.
Construction Building Boom In Canada In 1934
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 1934 new dwelling spending at 9.2 million dollars, about 1 840 homes if valued at 5 000 each. Ontario leads the builder share, followed by Quebec and others. Roads, factories, government buildings and churches figure among large construction categories. total new construction nears 116 million with 70 million for alterations and repairs.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Alberta
Nova Scotia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
Importance Of Gold Production Also Highlights Mineral Growth
Hon. T. A. Crerar and Hon. C. D. Howe addressed the Sault board of trade on the eve of a mining trip to Michipicoten and Goudreau. Canada produced 116 million dollars in gold last year, with total mineral output at 222 million dollars. Crerar said mining could surpass agriculture within a decade, noting Ontario’s role in bridging eastern and western Canada.
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Canada
T. A. Crerar
Dominion
Ontario
T. E. Simpson
Conservative
Houses of Commons
Crerar Sald
Italy's Ethiopia policy poised for steady development
Count Guiseppe Volpi, tasked by Premier Mussolini, outlines six guiding principles for Italy's large scale industry expansion in Ethiopia. Emphasizing preparation, private enterprise with no monopolies, and no rush to profits, the plan stresses native workers, racial separation, and careful resource development in coffee, cotton, wool, and minerals.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Guiseppe Volpi
Mussolini
Count Volpi
Volpi
Long Distance Call From Philly To Australia
Kelvin Rogers, who traveled from Australia to Philadelphia for a lung nail removal, spoke via short wave to his father and dog Briar in Australia. He greeted them and confirmed the nail removal by dropping a sound on a meterase tray heard overseas, amid remarks about leadership and crowd movement.
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Kelvin Rogers
Philadelphia
Australia
Melbourne
Briar
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Vole Tele
Buckingham Fene
Elsie Janis
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Hon
Japan
Soviet Banda
Kamchatka Peninsula
Siberia
Conrad J. Osman
Hillsboro
Nab
Peter Vennot
House of Commons
Bathurst, N.B
Royal Rearden
Alice Brooks
Alice Brooke
Canadian Pacific Railway
H. J. Main
John Queen
John Bracken
W. J. Tupper
E-C
W. M. Neal
Western Linen
Mayor Queen
Bracken
Neal
James Gooderham
Canadian Pacific
J. St. Leger Maginn
Andrew Murdoch
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