South African Leader Defends League Amid Speech
General Hertzog warned that loss of faith in the League would destroy civilization in a Senate debate on League reform. Dr. Visser pressed a peace focused motion while Dr. Malan urged a world conference and self review. Hertzog kept confidence in the League despite calls for revision.
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Hertzog
Union of South Africa
Senate
League
Thomas Visser
Great Britain
France
Soviet Russia
D. F. Malan
National Party
Visser
World Happenings Briefly Told
A roundup of global notes with rail and air routes in Britain, US relief bill funding, Ireland Germany trade exchange, J E L Graham wins University of Toronto medal, tin can conservation by German navy, revival of dead child hearts reported in Moscow, Canadian senator Aylesworth warns Confederation reform, Jewish Congress backs anti German boycotts, revolution adopted at annual meeting, Union of Canadian Municipalities rescheduled to Vancouver to align with London mayor’s visit.
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Britain
United States Senate
Ite
Ireland
Germany
J. E. L. Graham
Weyburn, Sask
University College
University of Toronto
Navy
Supreme Naval
N. Osti- Povaky
Moscow Medical Institute
Bir Allen B. Aylesworth
Senate
North York
Canada
Canadian Jewish Congress
Union of
Vancouver
Percy Vincent
London
Vancouver harbor master Reed retires after long career
Commander A H Reed served as Vancouver harbor master for over a quarter century. A former ship's master who switched from horse breeding to return to seafaring, he did marine surveying for the Dominion Government before becoming port warden. Even past sixty, he remains an amateur boxer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Reed
Vancouver
Reed
Dominion
Canada to be well represented at Westminster coronation
As in prior coronations Canada will be well represented at Westminster for King Edward's coronation on May 12, 1937. Prime Minister Mackenzie King will attend, along with a large section of the Dominion privy council, opposition leader R. B. Bennett, and many other leaders and members of the House of Commons and Senate.
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Canada
Westminster
Edward
Mackenzie King
Dominion Privy Council
R. B. Bennett
House of Commons
Senate
Mahabharata: World’s longest epic begun in 500 B.C.
The Mahabharata, described as the world’s longest epic, began around 500 B.C. and took about 1200 years to complete, according to historical notes.
Honours for Canadian aviators in Antarctic flight honor
Defence Minister Ian Mackenzie announced honorary ranks for H Hollick-Kenyon as air commodore and J H Lymburner as group captain in recognition of their achievement flying a plane across the Antarctic. Both are long-time Arctic flyers chosen by Sir Hubert Wilkins for the Lincoln Ellsworth trans Antarctic expedition. Hollick-Kenyon piloted the flight. Lymburner aided as air engineer, praised as a pioneer feat on par with historic aviation milestones.
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H. Hollick- Kenyon
J. H. Lymburner
Ian Mackenzie
Antarctic
Arctic
Canada
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Lincoln Elsworth
Rollick-Kenyon
Mr. Lymburner
Hollick-Kenyon
Lymburner
Queen Mary Sets Record for Wireless and Telephone Traffic
On the EMS Queen Mary voyage from Southampton to New York, ship communications overwhelmed staff with 90 000 words of press patches, 1 177 radio messages, and 875 messages received. Fourteen operators worked 36 hours straight to meet demand, two simultaneous calls to London and New York occurred, and Atlantic telephone service set a record aided by a secrecy device. The ship carried 25 000 postcards, all sold by trip’s end.
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E.M.S. Queen Mary
EMS
Queen Mary
Southampton
New York
Ocean Times
Atlantic
South Africa
London
Falconer Re-elected Head of Canadian League Society
Sir Robert Falconer, former president of the University of Toronto, was re-elected president of the League of Nations Society at its Ottawa convention. John W. Dafoe was named honorary vice-president, and Dr W R C Wallace, Queen’s University president, joined active vice-presidents as the society urged former soldiers and defence members to support its peace program.
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Robert Falconer
University of Toronto
League of Nations Society
Ottawa
John W. Dafoe
Winnipeg Free Press
W. R. Cc. Wallace
Queen's University
Kingston
Ont
Luxury Soviet Boudoir Train Makes Sochi Run
An experimental Soviet luxury train to Sochi showcases lavish features by European standards. It includes a barber shop nursery car baths individual radios hotel style crew uniforms and optional pajamas and slippers for travelers. Seats divide with curtains for privacy and a tailor shop operates round the clock to keep clothing neat.
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Sochi
Crimea
Going Into Business by David Lloyd George Plans roadside shop
War time Prime Minister David Lloyd George, famed for farming success, announces a roadside shop near his Churt estate in Surrey. The store will sell fresh fruit vegetables flowers eggs honey jam and aim to attract passing motorists. Grenoble France reports thousands of green frogs arriving by train.
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David Lloyd George
Churt
Surrey
Motex English lenses offer shatterproof eye protection
Shatterproof Motex spectacle lenses resemble ordinary glass but cannot be broken into fragments. They can be ground to any strength and depth, in white or colored tints, single or double vision, correcting all defects while guarding eyes from breakage. Especially valuable for children and workers at risk from flying bits of metal or stone, and for sports like tennis or golf where eye injuries can occur.
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Motex
Athlete in Bed With Cold Seeks World Record
A champion athlete recovering from a cold asks the doctor how high his temperature is and what the world record stands at, as he hopes to measure his fever against the mark.
Airman Climbs Tree For Record Then Climbs Down
The exchange notes an airman who attempted a new feat by climbing a tree, later remarking on his unique achievement. Warmer jokes that the airman succeeded the moment he descended before ascending, playfully framing the stunt as a record.
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Airman
Pattern 5528 dainty poke bonnet pattern note
A Winnipeg pattern item offers a Mina poke bonnet to adorn a hoop skirt with patched scraps. It invites readers to send 20 cents in stamps or coins to Household Arts Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave for the pattern. No Alice Brooks pattern book is published.
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Mina
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Narcotic production in Shanghai exceeds needs by 12 to 14 times
A League of Nations drug suppression committee report states that heroin production in Shanghai in 1934 vastly exceeded legitimate global requirements by about twelve to fourteen times. The mention of African tribes baking bread in anthill ovens notes a separate unusual housing method, with large anthill tunnels and a stone door used as entry.
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League of Nations Committee of Suppression of Drugs
Shanghai
Sunday School Message on The Crucifixion and Jesus
A Sunday school lesson reflects on Luke 23 and Romans 5 8 focusing on the crucifixion at Golgotha. It recalls Jesus forgiveness on the cross and the crowd's misreading of Messiahship, ending with Jesus commending his spirit to God as darkness falls.
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Tham
Golgotha
Jerusalem
Jesus
Campbell Morgan
Christ
God
Pilate
Jess
David
A. E. Garvie
Luke
Holy Place
Temple
Apparatus Lets Blind Read Printed Page By Shocks
Emil Ranseen a Northwestern University psychology student in Evanston announced a device that enables a blind reader to decipher printed text by nine bead probes and tiny coils delivering electrical shocks. A photo electric cell converts light from the page into energy to move the coils, and training enables interpretation of shock sequences as letters inspired by Helen Keller.
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Emil Ranseen
Northwestern University
Evanston
Helen Keller
Ranseen
Meerschaum Pipe Carving Declines From Vienna Trade
A once thriving Vienna dominated trade in meerschaum pipes fades as Simon Schild, famed for carved pipes and holders with figures like lions and philosophers, dies at 68. Two other masters linger, but none match Schild’s fame. Prices once paid are recalled amid broader notes on ancestry and odd trivia about steering wheels and eye color.
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Vienna
Simon Schild
Schild
Cameronians Dine To Style Changes In Barracks Service
The 400 men of the second battalion Cameronians Scottish Rifles at Quebec Barracks Bordon enjoy a redesigned dining system with waiter service white tablecloths cleaned knives and forks and napkins. Men may enter for meals wearing clean clothes from full parade to civvies while a discreet music system plays and Major D A H Graham notes potential savings over the old first come first served method.
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Cameronians
Scottish Rifles
Quebec Barracks
Bordon
Yemen
D. A. H. Graham
Science Set New Record With Auto Race Wirephoto
After Lou Meyer won the Indy 500, an Associated Press finish photo moved from coast to coast in 16 minutes via a portable wire photo transmitter. The rapid transmission marked a new speed for pictures, reaching late editions in the West and early ones in the East while fans departed the speedway.
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Indianapolis
Famous Speedway
Science
Lou Meyer
Associated Press
Speedway
Atlantic
Pacific
Division of Ethiopia reorganizes into five administrative parts
The article reports Mussolini creating five Ethiopian divisions with capitals Eritrea Asmara Amhara Gondar Galla Sidarno Harar Somaliland Mogadindo Addis Ababa named capital under a viceroy and military staff. It notes gas casualties in World War I-era Britain and ends with an unclear line about paying for an old car.
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Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
Eritrea
Asmara
Amhara
Gondar
Galla
Sidarno
Jimmay
Harar
Somaliland
Mogadindo
Addis Ababa
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League of Nations
Commander Reed
Mr Smile
Eee Seuchis
Toscan
Aeros Antarctic
Hollick-Kenyon and Lymburner
Beisk
Justice Porter
London Law Courts
Judicial Tribunal
Lloyds
Russia
Lloyd George Building
Grenoble
Brooke
Applique
Alice Brooks
Jessdh
Jesus Crucifi
TokSkaaye
Ashuess
Sam
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