World Happenings Briefly Told
The National Government hires former military aviators to build a Chinese air force. Amelia Earhart receives the Order of Leopold from King Albert after her solo Atlantic flight. Empress of Britain breaks Atlantic crossing records on a Belle Isle pass. Col. Herbert Swinford dies in Winnipeg at 83 after a Red River Rebellion career. Prof J W Gregory drowns while leading an Andes earth movements expedition. British Columbia fisheries output totals 11,109,822 dollars in 1931, down from 23,103,302 the year before. The empire marketing board reports a 32 million pound rise in fruit bill with oranges leading. Road deaths in England near 7,600 with 20,000+ injuries. London Metro district tolls 1,326 killed, 5,000 injured. BC lumbermen plan a China trade delegation if the BC Lumber Manufacturers Association proposal passes.
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Amelia Earhart
Leopold
Albert of
Atlantic
Strait of Belle Isle
Col
Herbert Swinford
Red River
North Wrest
Winnipeg
J. W. Gregory
Andes
British Columbia
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United Kingdom
Empire Marketing Board
Canada
England
London
China
Nelson Lougheed
British Columbia Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Vegetarians Health Study Finds Slower Body Heat Gain
A Kansas City experiment lasting over two years by a professor compared 70 vegetarians with meat eaters. Vegetarians produced 10 percent less body heat and energy, with no clear gains in activity or intelligence or in sickness resistance. Apart from heat generation, overall diet showed few differences.
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Kansas City
New Platinum Vapor From California Institute of Technology
A discovery from Caltech releases a precious vapor that evaporates water and forms ultra thin, nearly permanent films on many materials. The coating is smoother than dew, making fibers pliant and film like platinum. A casual dialogue about a daughter practicing piano leads to a request to borrow a lawn mower.
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California Institute of Technology
Personal Cottish Lady Seeks Companions in Canada
A personal Scottish lady currently in Canada offers to take charge of one or more young ladies. Experienced with travel abroad and with Canadian girls, she can act as a companion or travel partner across Canada. Excellent testimonials from Canada and Britain. Additional information available on request. Apply Box 50, Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Canada
Britain
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
MacDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Had Original Ideas New South Wales Bandits Out After Dig
A Sydney despatch reports bandits stealing a 30ft brick wall and six ft high, 30 locomotives minus frames, and parts of a church. The piece likens it to rackets in the United States where thieves back a van to a home and steal everything in one trip, noting the difficulty of keeping possessions in modern times.
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New South Wales
Sydney
N.S.W
United States
Prince of Wales Leads Practical Public Service
The Prince of Wales uses his heir position and popularity to take on practical leadership tasks. He engages diverse audiences from business men to farmers in their own language, showing familiarity with their problems and delivering energetic, pragmatic guidance.
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Prince of Wales
One Over One Contract Bridge System Explained
The article surveys the One-Over-One variation developed by Geo. Reith and used by the Four Horsemen of Bridge. It contrasts openings and forced bids with the Approach-Forcing System, outlines slam signals, two and three bid meanings, and notes this system may require greater experience yet shows strong success in duplicate play.
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Geo. Reith
Knickerbocker Whist Club
New York
Four Horsemen of Bridge
Hal Sims
David Burnstine
Willard Karn
Oswald Jacoby
Classic Weeknight Cookies From Simple Oatmeal Mix
A practical bake yielding four dozen cookies. Use 114 cups special cake flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 16 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1 teaspoon cloves, half cup butter, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 egg, 13 percent cup oatmeal, 4 cup milk. Sift dry ingredients thrice, cream shortening with sugar, beat egg, fold in oats and flour with milk, drop by teaspoonfuls, bake at 350F for 18 to 20 minutes.
Coconut Flavored Custard Mix From Old Recipe
A vintage style dessert base using flour sugar salt milk coconut egg whites and vanilla. The method scalds milk in a double boiler then thickens with dry ingredients before folding in coconut egg whites and vanilla and chilling before serving. Garnish with tart jelly. serves six.
Dead Can We Talk to the Living Joke
A man asks if the dead can communicate. His friend jokes that the dead can’t talk, recounting borrowing a fiver from a Scotsman who died a week later and never spoke again.
Abraham’s Faith and Friend of God in Sunday Lesson
The Sunday school lesson highlights Abraham as a model of faith and altruism. It notes his life as a venture with purpose, his relationship with God, and his role in shifting belief from many gods to the worship of one Almighty. Isaiah Basil King’s view is cited alongside reflections on how Abraham’s obedience benefited others and blessed nations.
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Abraham
God
Jehovah
Abram
Basil King
Exciting Life Retired Englishman Sir Claude De Crespigny
Sir Claude Champion De Crespigny, an 85 year old Englishman who served in the Royal Navy and the Army, recently celebrated his birthday after a six week West Indies trip with Lady De Crespigny. He recounts numerous injuries from boxing to ballooning and recalls feats from battling a waterman with bare fists to surviving a river shark infested bank.
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Claude Champion de Crespigny
Royal Navy
Army
Claude
Lady de Crespigny
England
West Indies
North Sea
Lack Representation in Government Panels for Farmers
The article notes that in Canada’s Senate 98 members have only 11 farmers, and rural constituencies show 12 percent Senate representation and 15 percent in the House of Commons. It argues that farmer concerns suffer from underrepresentation and that farming, though a large profession, remains disorganized while other unions are highly organized.
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Senate of Canada
Senate
House of Commons
Why American Judge Money Fails to Explain British Justice
An eminent American lawyer visited London to study British law. An English lawyer guided him through the Law Courts as cases were heard and explained. The American praised British justice yet wondered why Americans still feel their judges are the best money can buy.
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London
America
Reverend claims Britain's largest dog in Leicestershire
The Rev J Gard, a Baptist minister from Ibstock Leicestershire England, asserts ownership of Britain's largest dog an Irish wolfhound. The animal stands three feet tall at the shoulder weighs about 154 pounds and is as large as a donkey in size.
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J. Gard
Ibstock
Leicestershire
England
Britain
Neuritis Cleared By Kruschen Salts Remedy
Rev H K E T reports neuritis in shoulder and left arm cured after a month by keeping affected parts warm and drinking Kraschen Salts in hot water each morning. He attributes the relief to Kruschen Salts correcting impurities in the blood and restoring normal function.
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Thad
H. KE. T
New York Doctor Plans Nonstop New York Rome Flight
Dr Leon Pisculli of New York seeks to study aviator strain on long hops by flying nonstop from New York to Rome in the same craft used by Panghorn and Herndon.伴 Pilot William Ulbrich and Miss Edna Newcomer will co pilot with Miss Newcomer parachuting over Florence.
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Atlantic
New York
Rome
Clyde Panghorn
Hugh Herndon
Leon Pisculli
Flying Nurses’ Association
British Adventurers Find Sunken Spanish Galleon Tale
A band of British treasure seekers located a sunken Spanish galleon in Chaguaramas Bay Trinidad and Tobago. Leader Frank Cooper used a divining spring aboard the Vigilant as they circled the bay hoping to recover gold ingots and jewels. The bay is linked to a legendary Spanish fleet defeated by the British in the late eighteenth century.
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Chaguaramas Bay
Trinidad
Frank Cooper
Atlantic
Cooper
Special Fellowship Awards Announced at Toronto University
The University of Toronto School of Graduate Studies announced special fellowships open to graduates from other Canadian universities. Winners include J. R. Daniels Beall and M. J. Fisher from UBC, H. M. Chisholm from Dalhousie Halifax, and E. O. Bratten from the University of Saskatchewan. A stray quote from Lustige Kolner Zeitung appears in the text.
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B.C
Saskatchewan
School of Graduate Studies
University of Toronto
J. R. Daniels Beall
M. J. Fisher
University of British Columbia
H. M. Chisholm
Dalhousie University
Halifax
N.S
E. O. Bratten
University of Saskatchewan
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Prince
Keir
Taio
McDermot Ave
F. L. C. Bond
C.N.R
Montreal
Donat Cyr
Cyr
F. D. Jacob
Dominion Graphologist
Imperial Tobacco
W. B. Tingle
The
Tobacco Company
A. Desrosiers
Imperial Company
J. E. Gibault
Canadian National Railways
By Hamlin B
Hatch
Cavendish Club
Toronto
Betty Barclay
Kruschen
Columbus
New World
San Domingo
Ters
Lustige Kolner Zeitung
Cologne
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