Briefs from the era include deaths, bills and honors
Dame Clara Butt leaves 15,000 to Boys College of Music from 197,585 estate. Commons postpones abolition of hanging. Congress approves Byrd expedition medals and a 526,000,000 Navy appropriation. Amherstburg High to teach highway safety in Canada. Kenyan trial over alleged beating of a native servant. Glasgow inmate eats shop fixtures. Eugene Field heir paid mortgage by Phi Delta Theta. Postmaster General announces further transatlantic rate cuts July 1.
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Clara Butt
Boys College of Music
House of Commons
Richard E.i Bynt
Congress
House
United States Navy
Senate
House of Representatives
Canada
Amherstburgh
Thorna
Michel Reneiris
Nairobi
Kenya
Joseph Shalopski
Glasgow
Eugene Field
Phi Delta Theta
Field
G. C. Tryon
London
Montreal
New York
Civil Service Reform Suggestions By Prof Dawson
Prof R MacGregor Dawson of the University of Saskatchewan warned at the Canadian Political Science Association that political patronage and the service structure hinder civil service efficiency. He proposed exams to weed out poor candidates, a gradation plan to attract top talent, a promotion system for brilliant officers, and salaries to ensure a comfortable living. He noted only about 53 percent of some 62 000 positions were filled, and that many branches like income tax and penitentiaries did not fall under the Civil Service Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. MacGregor Dawson
University of Saskatchewan
Canadian Political Science Association
Dominion
Civil Service Commission
Income Tax Branch
Penitentiary Service
Radio Commission
Civil Service Act
England city limits dogs to one per house
A local ordinance in Aylenbury, England, restricts households to a single dog. The move aims to reduce nuisance and stray incidents, with enforcement through municipal inspectors and fines for violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aylenbury
England
Alberta's First Crude Oil Claim Traced to 1870s Find
William McCardell, Banff pioneer, holds a letter asserting crude oil first found near Waterton Lakes in November 1870. It states Billy McCardell and Lafayette French hauled in oil from the mountains, sent to Ottawa for assay, with 3 percent lubricating oil and 5 percent vegetable matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eneer
Seys
Alberta
William McCarcell
Banff
McCardell
Joseph Lake
Invermere
B.C
Carlin and Lake
Exshaw
Billy McCardell
Lafayette French
Ottawa
Howard Sibbald
California
Scott and Leeson Ranch
Morley
Waterton Lakes
Homestake Oil Company
London Scientist Tests Protozoa Filtration for Bath Water
A London researcher monitors a daily strain between bacteria and protozoa from a high Strand room as a new filtration concept purges swimming baths. The method avoids chloride by passing bath water through earth filters inoculated with protozoa, natural enemies of bacteria, promising safer baths.
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London
Strand
Edward H. Ellis
Polishers Defy Mechanization in Soviet Russia
In Soviet Russia, floor polishers persist with traditional methods since Catherine the Great era, cleaning with brushes, cloths, and bare feet. They take pride in maintaining their craft and have resisted the introduction of electrical polishing devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet
Russia
Catherine the Great
Fresh Air Pollution Figures Spark Public Debate
Figures show Britons inhale 13 million coal particles per breath, 700 thousand gasoline particles from car exhausts, 37 thousand rubber dust and 25 thousand tobacco ash particles. Advocates urge stronger government action, arguing the data helps public gauge lung conditions.
Global Thunderstorms Active at Any Moment
At any moment about 1,800 thunderstorms are in progress worldwide producing roughly 360,000 lightning flashes per hour. The phenomenon underscores the planet's dynamic weather system and intense electrical activity across regions.
War relic returns to Victoria from Ypres font cover
A carved five foot font cover from St Martin's cathedral in Ypres Belgium, destroyed in 1915, is returned to Victoria British Columbia. Officials note many items were carried away during the war and an allied appeal has seen hundreds returned. The piece dates to an earlier era and was found in Christ Church cathedral in Victoria.
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Coast City
St. Martin's Cathedral
Ypres
Belgium
Victoria
Christ Church
B.c
Ofk
Longevity Theory Claims Short Life Span From Learning
In Cairo 112 year old Rem Mohamed, a milkman who still milks goats and delivers door to door, says his secret is to avoid drinking and smoking and not tire the brain with learning. He eats three hearty meals daily, two with beans and one with meat and vegetables, has married once, and his wife is living. Their youngest son is 65.
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Cairo
Egypt
Rem Mohamed
Mohamed
London residents with telephones in baths rooms
About 500 Londoners including doctors actors and businessmen own telephones in their baths rooms. Many have lines in every room and some even in conservatories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The Agony In the Garden Devotional Reading Explains
A devotional note on Luke 22 39 46 and Isaiah 48 1 6 reviews the agony of Jesus in Gethsemane. It cites Luke 22 42 45 and 42 Bible verses, quotes Reuen Thomas and Dr Charles Lewis Slattery, and discusses prayer against temptation, the cup, and the Father’s will. It references Matthew 26 and Papini’s “The Mystery of Jesus” with notes on divine support.
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Jerusalem
Jesus
Kidron
Gethsemane
Reuen Thomas
Charles Lewis Slattery
Papini
Olives
Cannot Be Tamed Sea-Gull Never Truly Domesticates
Dr John Tait of McGill University told the Royal Society of Canada in Ottawa that a gull hatched days after birth cannot be tamed because adults teach fear. He described a conditioning process where repeated warnings from the mother or other birds create a lasting instinctive fear of unfamiliar animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tait
McGill University
Montreal
Royal Society of Canada
Ottawa
Tait
London Zoo Receives Four Sacred Cave Snakes From Malaya
Four five foot cave snakes with two white bands arrived at the London Zoo from Malaya. Never before shown in captivity. They were captured at Batu caves in Johore guarded by native temple priests who rarely admit visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Han
Malaya
London Zoo
Batu
Johore
Manitoba Gift Of Icelandic Library Debuts At Manitoba
A donation of 2 500 Icelandic volumes from Armaljotur B Ol gon of Gimli Man is announced by President Sidney E Smith. The collection, built over many years, is believed unequalled in any Canadian university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Manitoba
Armaljotur B. Olgon
Gimli
Man
Sidney E. Smith
Garden pests and sprays for warm weather vegetables
General garden insect enemies fall into two groups: foliage eaters and sap suckers. Use poison or burning sprays, or a combination for mixed infestations. For aphids apply whale oil soap with soap and water, nicotine or Black Leaf 40. Fungus causes yellowing or mildew. Bordnealy or sulfur dusting helps. Cutworms are trapped with sweet bran and Paris Green. Warm season crops like beans, tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, melons need rich soil. sow second and third rounds of hearty vegetables as weather warms.
Empress of Canada Captain Wins Efficiency Trophy
Captain A J Hosken R N R commander of RM8 Empress of Canada and his crew received the Chairman's shield aboard in Vancouver British Columbia in a luncheon ceremony marking their fourth win of the annual efficiency trophy for lifeboat discipline upkeep and life saving on Pacific fleet ships. The shield created by Sir Edward Beatty has honored top ships since 1929. The presentation was by K J Burna port manager.
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A. J. Hoaken
R.N.R
R.M
Empress of Canada
Vancouver
B.C
Pacific
Edward W. Beatty
Hosken
R.M.S. Empress of
Old Custom Fades as Eggs Become National Egg Eating Day
Chinese people lose faith in eggs easing back pain and the poultry industry seeks government decree to declare Lih Hsia or beginning of summer as a national egg eating day. Eggs have long marked the festival but belief wanes as the custom erodes.
Turkey's young girls seek equal military draft rights
In a petition to the Ministry of Education, Turkish girls aged 16 to 20 demand military education and treatment equal to male recruits fulfilling compulsory service, expressing readiness to fight like men.
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Turkey
Ministry of Education
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