World Happenings Briefly Told
A day of World Happenings notes 4900 visitors to the Livingstone Memorial in Blantyre Scotland and the death of Lady Beatty in Leicestershire England. Greenland strip occupation by Norway provokes Danish protest while US firms push trans Atlantic exploration via Canada and the Arctic. Canada reports 1931 divorces 684, 218% below 1930. Soviet outputs rise 19.6% in five months. Curie scientists report a ray absorbed by paraffin more easily than lead. A Croydon Paris airliner incident sends 24 passengers home after a propeller stick brushes a brass rod. Lord Willingdon’s Indian government impasse with Gandhi discussed by George Lansbury.
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Livingstone National Memorial
Blantyne
Scotland
Lady Beatty
Earl David Beatty
Dingley
Leicestershire
England
Greenland
Denmark
United States
Europe
Canada
Arctic
Dominion Bureau
British Columbia
Curie
Nature
Journal of Pure Science
Croydon
Paris
Lord Willingdon
India
Government of
Mahatma Gandhi
George Lansbury
Commons
Monckton Bull Dents Car In Yard Battle
A Monckton Ontario resident reports his spotless car was attacked by a bull during a Sunday visit. The animal charged the vehicle twice, denting and massing the side with repeated blows. He later found a second marked impression on the opposite side. The owner now faces a costly reshaping and repainting bill.
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Monckton
Ontario
Incorrigible Too humorous jail handshake by Lewisohn
Adolph Lewisohn at eighty three, famed for prison reform, visited a celebrated prison and greeted inmates. The warden tried to stop him from shaking hands with a particularly low-browed prisoner, but Lewisohn replied I am incorrigible too and shook hands anyway.
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Adolph Lewisohn
Mr. Lewisohn
Peking News History and Lighthearted Exchange
A playful exchange notes the Peking News has published since 500 A D with a quote about discovering a publisher not yet sent a novel to and a line from Vart Mem of Stockholm. The dialogue contrasts a good news claim with a comic inquiry about sales and publishing.
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Peking News
Stockholm
Facts on St Lawrence Waterway Project Timeline and Scope
Salient details outline a seven year plan to complete the St Lawrence deep waterway with a 27 foot navigation channel. The total cost ranges up to 750 million dollars with Canada credited 210 million for existing canals. Power output reaches five million horsepower divided internationally 2.2 million hp. Canada and the United States share equally. Ontario takes all of Canada's share. The Beauharnois development is included. Completion begins with first power delivery within three years.
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St. Lawrence
Canada
Milion H.p
Quebec
Beauharnois
Elegant V neck dress pattern in batiste and silk options
The pattern 651 offers a V shaped neckline and pointed hip line for a graceful long silhouette. It fits sizes 36 through 48 inch bust and can be made from blue and white batiste, white batiste contrast, silk varieties, white crinkle crepe, or novelty cotton meshes.
Defensive overcalls in contract bridge strategy and rules
The article outlines defensive overcalls as crucial but complex, likening the defender to a general facing weaker forces. It covers objectives of misdirection to partner while misleading opponents, varying rules by vulnerability, and specific hand requirements for overcalls at one and two bids, including timing and safety considerations.
Queen Mary gifts two rare globes to Royal Geographical Society
During a visit to the Royal Geographical Society the King and Queen spent over an hour viewing exhibits. Her Majesty presented the society with two small globes about 150 years old, welcomed as valuable additions to the institution's historic treasures.
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Royal Geographical Society
Society
Montreal Street Open For Boys And Girls Play Nights
For two nights each week in summer a part of a crowded Montreal street becomes a playground for local children. Volunteers organize games while police redirect traffic to safe channels, ensuring a hazard free area for youth recreation.
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Montreal
Generous Advertising Is True Economy Address
Lord Wakefield argues advertising yields real customer contact. He states newspapers provide the needed reach for genuine engagement and business results. The address emphasizes print media as an effective, economical channel for connecting with audiences.
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Lord Wakefield
Sunday School Lesson July 31 Golden Text
Sunday School lesson focuses on James 1 17 and Exod 16 1 36 with devotional reading from John 6 32 40. The card emphasizes gifts from above and the biblical narrative of manna in the desert. It reflects a church program item for the week.
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James
Exodug
John
Complaints and Mercy Among Murmurers in the Wilderness
The text recounts the Israelites murmurings at the wilderness of Sin between Elim and Sinai, noting their longing for Egypt and Moses as deliverer. It contrasts mild initial rebukes with harsher later punishments, then describes promises of bread from heaven and theories about manna’s origin including tamarisk sap, manna rains, or edible lichen. The excerpts cite Rawlinson and Milton to frame human nature and gratitude.
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Egypt
Sin
Elim
Sinai
Moses
Jehovah
Rawlinson
Milton
Chocolate Drop Cookies From This Week Recipes
Sift flour with soda and salt. Cream butter and sugar until light. Beat in egg, melted chocolate, vanilla, and nuts. Alternate adding flour and milk to form a smooth batter. Drop teaspoonfuls onto greased sheets and bake at 350 degrees for about 7 minutes until cookies set. Yields about 50 cookies.
California Poinsettia Salad Makes a Floral Platter
A citrus salad recipe serves six using oranges cream cheese red pimientos and paprika. Peel and segment the oranges form six cheese balls dust with paprika and arrange them as petals radiating from each plate center. Add pimiento strips between segments and finish with French dressing.
Cleaning Tips From An Old Household Hint List
A compact guide notes practical tricks from a vintage list. It mentions milk removes ink stains cigarette ashes lift rings from furniture ammonia cleans diamonds and toothpaste removes tarnish from silver jewelry. The tone reflects simple home remedies and everyday care ideas.
New Fingerprint Method Revolutionizes Forensic Copies
A French police official announces a novel fingerprint reproduction method that eliminates photography. The process uses a collodion based gel film to capture prints directly, preserving all detail and allowing study from both sides. Dr Leung claims speed, accuracy and cost savings for police departments.
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Leung
Lyons
France
A. N. Mirrao
New York
Pressent
Polar researchers form Arctic circle alliance for second international year
Seven Canadian Meteorological Service men join 26 nations to study polar phenomena in the second international polar year beginning August 1. J E Lily is at Resolution Island Hudson Strait. R C Jackson and C Kinnear head to Fort McMurray but will be stationed at Coppermine. F T Davies leads a McGill group including B W Currie S McVeigh and John Rea to Fort Churchill for at least 14 months. A British expedition bound for Fort Rae Great Slave Lake is en route.
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Canadian Meterological Service
Arctic Circle
J. E. Lily
Resolution Island
Hudson Strait
R. C. Jackson
C. Kinnear
Fort McMurray
Alta
Coppermine
F. T. Davies
McGill University
Montreal
B. W. Currie
University of Saskatchewan
S. McVeigh
Queen's University
John Rea
Cook
Fort Churchill
Fort Rae
Great Slave Lake
First U.S. Woman Senator Martha Cannon Passes Away
Dr Martha Hughes Cannon 75 physician and first woman state senator in the United States died recently in Los Angeles She was elected to the Utah Legislature in 1896 serving two terms and steering laws on public health and the welfare of women and children
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Martha Hughes Cannon
United States
Los Angeles
Utah
Dalren Japan Leads Jam of Export Goods Awaiting Shipment
Dalren Japan faces a busy period as a backlog of export products awaits shipment. factories report congestion and smoothing of logistics, with officials promising swift clearance. notable products include steel, textiles, and electronics destined for overseas markets.
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Dalren
Japan
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St. Lawrence Waterway
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pao
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Germany
Welsh Fusiliers
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Buckingham Palace
King George
By Hamlin B. Hatch
Cavendish Club
Toronto
Queen Mary
Betty Barclay
California
U.S
Funkstroms
Kaspar
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