Britain Defers War Debt Installment and Seeks Revision
Great Britain defers a 261 million dollar war debt payment to the United States and presses for a downward revision of terms. The note argues Britain borrows largely for allied needs and warns that failure to adjust could delay world economic recovery. Britain cites substantial payments already made and calls for mutual recognition of realities in revising settlements.
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Great Britain
United States
Great
Britain
France
London
Washington
Canada
Japanese Trade Invasion Gains In World Markets 1933
The Department of Commerce annual world economic review for 1933 notes Japan expanding shipments of competitive articles to the United States and larger exports to Latin America. It also reports a Japanese lead over American manufacturers in the Philippine textile trade and rising sales in Europe, Africa, and other regions.
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Japan
United States
Department of Commerce
Latin America
Europe
Africa
Peggy Names Morton Twins for Holiday Guests
Grandma assists Peggy in planning a holiday party guest list and suggests the Morton twins, noting they are exactly alike, raising the question of inviting both.
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Grandma
Peggy
Morton Twins
Mocking Birds Arrive In Alberta Rare Visitors Near High River
A pair of mocking birds from the United States have settled near High River Alberta, reportedly squatting in the southern region of the province. Lethbridge naturalist Harry Gould observed their exhibition including imitations of a rooster and a duck. Gould notes only two prior Canadian sightings, Red Deer Alberta and Hamilton Ontario, from earlier years.
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Canada
High River
Alta
Alberta
United States
Harry Gould
Lethbridge
Gould
Red Deer
Hamilton
Ont
China Seaboard Lighthouses Stand Against Bandit Toll
The Chinese Maritime Customs Marine Department continues to guide ships along the China coast and Yangtze with lighthouses and channels, despite bandits who have robbed or damaged beacons. Last year twelve lighthouse basings were stolen near Christmas Island in Anking, yet surveys on Tungting Lake improved marks and public notices.
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Tees Out P Marine Department
China
National Lighthouse Service
Robert Hart
Robert
Yangtze
Marine Department
The
Chinese Maritime Customs
Robert Hatt
Anking
Anhech
Christmas Island
Tungting
Flag Made by Prisoners at German Camp in WWII
In Manchester England a British Union Jack was unveiled on a memorial. Ex-Petty Officer James Allen said prisoners in Sprottau Silesia made the flag with Russian-made cloth smuggled in. It was produced for a British funeral and used on 21 occasions. A German inspecting general quipped Schwein hunds as staff saluted.
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Manchester
England
James Allen
Sprottau
Silesia
Animals as witnesses in Sardinia court cases
In Sardinia animals served as witnesses in homicide trials where households defended themselves against burglars. An accused man swore an oath before a dog, cat, or bird that witnessed the incident. if the animal showed no clear sign, the prisoner was freed.
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Sardinia
Buried at the firing point on his Hertfordshire estate
Col John Hopton famed rifleman and Bisley competitor for 36 years was buried at the 1,500 yards firing point on his Hertfordshire estate in accordance with his wish. The noted marksman, known to Canadian and overseas shooters, died recently amid his extended Bisley career.
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John Hopton
Bisley
Hertfordshire
Insect Specimens From King Leopold Arrive at Amherst
Three crane flies collected by King Leopold of Belgium arrived at Amherst College for classification by Dr. Charles P. Alexander, entomology professor. The unknown Tipulidae specimens are long legged and slender, resembling Tennisecame sport, and date from a time long past with a note that tennis began indoors and moved to lawn play from 1874.
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Leopold
Belgium
Amherst College
Charles P. Alexander
Zoo Fatality at Whipsnade as Lions Kill Keeper
A zoo employee, Stanley Lewis Stenson, was killed at Whipsnade Zoo after entering a lion enclosure to retrieve a visitor's hat. Spectators attempted rescue but two lions were shot by keepers, and the body fell 16 feet after being mauled.
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Whipsnade
Erg
Stanley Lewis Stenson
Stenson
Hot Milk Sponge Cake From This Week
Three eggs plus two more, cake flour sifted with baking powder and salt. Beat eggs until thick, add sugar gradually, fold in flour in small portions, then milk and lemon juice. Bake in tube pan at 350 for 35 minutes, invert to cool. Also adaptable to two 8x8 pans, a leaf pan, or 36 cupcake cups with adjusted times.
Peanut Butter Hermits Recipe Note
A recipe outlines making peanut butter hermits with condensed milk, peanut butter, salt, and graham crackers. The dough is baked about fifteen minutes at 375 degrees F to yield fourteen cookies. An aside references a sea travel scene with cannibals and a quip about staying calm.
Liver Cure Advice From An Old Time Ad
A fragmentary advert promises relief for low spirits and “feeling panicked” through liver stimulation rather than harsh remedies. It touts Bore thing that goes farther than Malta water and suggests a liver tonic called Liver Pils as a safe, vegetable-based option, avoiding narcotics.
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Malta
Mackenzie River Route Planned for Arctic Supplies
Hudson's Bay Company will ship 500 tons of Edmonton bound supplies by August via the Mackenzie River to Tuktoyaktuk harbor and on to Cambridge Bay and King William Island posts in the western Arctic. Col. H. G. Reid notes this trial aims to prove the route's reliability over current Pacific and Bering Strait options.
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Hudson's Bay Company
Edmonton
Mackenzie River
Arctic
Col. H. G. Reid
H.B. Transport Department
Tuktoyaktuk Harbor
Aklavik
Baychimo
Northern Post
Pacific
Bering Strait
Arctic Ocean
Vancouver
Col. Reid
Dominion
Danes Erect Memorial Stone for Hamlet on Battlefield
The Danes of Jutland claim Shakespeare's Hamlet and have marked a Viking mound battlefield with a memorial stone. A local Elsinore grave stirred controversy years ago, while Denmark's earliest historian tied Hamlet to Ammelhede and burial on the field remains uncertain after a failed excavation. The stone bears an inscription praising the kingly figure once hailed by the Jutes.
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Jutland
Hamlet
Elsinore
Denmark
Jen
Ammelhede
Hamiet's Heath
Amled
Amme
Debt Church Converts Fields To Pay Off Bailout
In a Saskatchewan hamlet, a church with a 2000 dollar debt gains temporary control of 50 acres seeded to wheat. Farmers provide seed and labor. proceeds go to the debt. Members will set aside land as a church debt area to harvest and apply results toward the obligation. Regina Leader-Post notes Germany leads in motorcycles.
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Pride Town
Prairie Canada
Saskatchewan
Regina
Kruschen Salts Claim Shifts Weight and Vitality
A reader reports losing five stone pounds? and feeling vastly improved after a month on Kruschen Salts. The ad-like testimonial urges a half teaspoon daily in hot water before breakfast, plus diet tweaks and light exercise, promising detoxified systems and a lively, healthier appearance.
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V. P
Kruschen
Invents New Fireproof Aircraft Material by Belgian Major
Major Van de Rollehem of the Belgian Army announces a new material that resists fire. Asbestos soaked in three chemical baths is baked and used to seal documents and a miniature monoplane tested by ignition near Brussels. The fireproof box and the plane endured quarter hour burns with cabin temperature at 74 degrees as the major sat amid flames.
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van de Rollehem
Brussels
Shined Shoes of Prince Hardy Bent Remembered Vigorous Career
Hardy Bent of Digby Nova Scotia veteran bootblack with 50 years in trade celebrates his 77th birthday in July. He has run his long established stand for 35 years and once shined the shoes of King Edward VII when Prince of Wales visiting Toronto. He traveled earlier to New York Toronto Halifax Saint John and other cities and says lean years are behind him as he looks to an old-age pension and a hopeful future.
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Hardy Bent
Digby
Nova Scotia
Boothlack
Edward VII
Prince of Wales
Toronto
New York
Halifax
Saint John
Hardy Peg
Milwaukee Man’s Varying Ages Costs Pension Eligibility
A Milwaukee man faced dismissal of his old age pension bid after records showed conflicting ages. He appeared as 45 in a life insurance policy, 58 in county relief files, 66 in marriage documents, and 70 in the pension application. Seventy meets the minimum eligibility age for the pension.
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Milwaukee
Woman Help Behind Many Self-Made Men Said
A saying credits a woman's assistance as crucial for numerous self-made men, noting that without her support many would have faced failure.
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Dr. Fowlers
Betty Barclay
Germany
Saya I
Prince
Denicotea
Redt. Gimpemm Co. Limited
Phe Tf. Katem Co
Liggetis Drugeres Bmaedey’e Cigar Biers
G. Whabby Retherford Drug Store
Ress Molticote
Warta
Chantler & Chaniler, Ltd
Caradian Distributors
Wellington St. W
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