World Happenings Briefly Told From 1934 Highlights
Steel experts in Germany claim to have developed an alloy nearly as hard as diamonds for cutting tools. A potato shortage prompts the Reich government to lift restrictions. Sir Hubert Wilkins leaves Croydon for Kingapore to join a polar expedition. A new museum opens at Corinth ruins with four house relics found in forty years. Building plans in Johannesburg in 1934 exceed 1932 totals by $500,000 in four months. The Prince of Wales hosts 360 South African pilgrims at St James’s Palace. Napoleon letters, thought abandoned in Moscow in 1812, reportedly found in the Kremlin. Helen Boucher sets a world speed record for light aircraft on a 1000 km course at 254 km/h. Customs duties show marked recovery in early 1934. G. Ferguson notes Britain’s leadership role as Canada exhibits products in London.
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Germany
Reich
Belgium
Haty
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Plorer
Croydon
Kingapore
Lincoln Ellsworth
Corinth
Johannesburg
Prince of Wales
South Africa
St. James’ Palace
France
Flanders
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon
Moscow
Kremlin
Helen Boucher
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
G. Howard Ferguson
United Kingdom
London
Britain
Ferguson
Ingenious Use of Razor Blades to Clear Weeds
Mr. M. J. Harvey, borough surveyor at Hythe England, devised a weed removal device for the Royal Military canal using safety razor blades threaded on a wire weighted with lead. Workers drag the rig along the canal from opposite banks, swiftly clearing weeds and replacing old barge cutting methods.
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M. J. Harvey
Hythe
England
Harvey
Royal Military Canal
Great Harwood Readers Boost Local Library Demand
Great Harwood near Blackburn claims being the nation s best read town with over six thousand of twelve thousand seven hundred eighty seven residents registered at the county library. The popular branch sees weekly membership growth and queues outside the small wooden building as demand rises. In the last year one hundred thousand books were issued.
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Harwood
Blackburn
England
County Library
Railroad Zeppela speeds Berlin to Cologne in record run
A diesel engined railroad Zep covered 380 miles from Berlin to Cologne in four hours nineteen minutes, averaging over 90 mph with two stops and reaching over 130 mph. A regular Berlin Cologne service planned for next year would cut the journey to four hours from seven. A railroad Zep service to Hamburg has been operating for months, taking two hours twenty minutes for the 195 miles.
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Berlin
Cologne
Zep
Fastern
Hamburg
Boat driven by car powers strange Thames punt
A strange craft on the Thames at Putney features a large flat-bottomed punt carrying a four-stater car with a 12 hp engine. Paddles fixed to the rear wheels—jacked up—revolve with the car, driving the craft as the motorist simply couples and drives onto the punt.
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Thames
Putney
England
Fashion pattern describes a chic chiffon dress design
The description highlights a cool floral shouldered dress with an square neckline and paneled slim skirt in chiffon cotton voile. It notes finish options for sleeve edges, suitable plain materials, and variations like chiffon prints and lawn. Style No. 403 fits sizes 14 to 40 inches bust, size 16 needing 31 yards of 39 inch material, priced at 20 cents.
How To Order Patterns Address in Newspaper Union
The text shows a fragmented pattern order request with garbled words and unclear contact details. It mentions Pattern No and a likely address line but provides no usable names or locations to confirm a concrete item or action.
Religion And Science See No Conflict Says Sir Charles Saunders
Sir Charles Saunders, knighted in the King's birthday honors, told the Loyal Knights of Ye Round Table in Toronto that religion and science are complementary. He argued there is no inherent clash, with religion exploring deity and science studying his works, as long as each stays within its domain.
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Charles Saunders
Sir Charles Saunders
Dominion
Marquis
Sir Charles
Toronto
Knights of Ye Round Table
Darwin
God
Charles
Knights
Vision magnifying spectacles unveil at Toronto congress
Dr. William Feinbloom of New York announced the microscope spectacle, a device claimed to raise near blind vision by 250 percent, using a new principle in optics. He has spent nine years developing wearable magnification for practical daily use. Public streets occupy about one third of Manhattan Island, a fact noted in the context.
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Toronto
William Fienbloom
New York
American Optometric Association
Feinbloom
Recipes For This Week Carrot Turnip Toast
Cubes of cold boiled carrots and turnips mixed with a medium white sauce sugar and lemon juice seasoned with salt and pepper then heated. Serve on buttered toast garnished with parsley for a simple weekly dish.
Unbaked Brownies Recipe From Historic Page
Simple chocolate squares made with unsweetened chocolate condensed milk vanilla water crumbs and walnuts. Melt chocolate then mix with condensed milk stir thickened water and crumb blend. Bake a buttered pan with nuts, chill overnight, cut into 18 squares. Graham crackers may substitute vanilla wafers.
Too Proficient Secretary Beats Manager at Golf
In a provincial town a resident secretary of a large insurance company entertained his general manager with a round of golf. The secretary played exceptionally well, ending the game on the twelfth hole. The manager, irritated by the decisive defeat, asked what else the secretary did beyond golf.
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Blank
Elijah at Horeb and the call to service in Israel
Sunday School lesson notes Elijah’s Horeb retreat. God asks what he is doing and recommissions him. He must leave the cave and anoint Hazael Jehu and Elisha to lead Israel. The lesson links Elijah’s doubt to a broader call to renewed prophetic leadership.
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Elijah
Horeb
Jehovah
Jesus
Satan
God
Jezebel
Hamlet
Moses
Damascus
Hazael
Benhadad
Syria
Jehu
Ahab
Isarael
Elisha
Lijau
Canoe Trips in Canada Offer Tranquil Getaway
A booklet by National Parks of Canada outlines routes for canoeing across canal, river, and lake. Readers can drift along calm waters or relive voyagers days through rugged wilderness, with routes once used by Indigenous peoples and fur traders. The brochure promises scenic geology and abundant wildlife along Canada's diverse waterways.
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Canada
National Parks of Canada
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Canal
Atrean
Lake
Wilderbem
Ape
Canade
Little Journeys In Science by Gordon H. Guest
A brief outline of the cell’s discovery by Robert Hooke in the 17th century and the evolving view of cells and protoplasm. It covers early observations of cork cells, Brown and Dujardin’s identification of protoplasm, the cell membrane, and the element list found in cells, noting unresolved questions about life and cell counts in humans.
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Robert Hooke
Brown and Dujardin
Dawson Creek Builds Air Airport for Large Planes
In Dawson Creek British Columbia the small town votes to move the curling rink tennis court basketball court and baseball diamond to make room for a landing field large enough for tri motor aeroplanes. Also notes elm species in Canada with white elm extending from Cape Breton to central Saskatchewan.
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Dawson Creek
B.C
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Cape Breton
Saskatchewan
Great Lakes
Hudson Bay
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Middlesex County
Newspaper Union
Tao
Ruth Rogers
Nan Sore An Erapaper Union
Sine
Atewa
Ter
Menen
Manhattan Island
Betty Barclay
Gordon H. Guest
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