World Happenings Briefly Told Wide array of early 1930s items
A compact roundup noting wage increases at General Electric, a long serving English organist retires, Miss M Cooper at 83, Ko Ishii named Japanese consul for western Canada, Jara Zetkin's death near Moscow, Toronto library hires detective services to recover overdue books, Lieut Col P R Laurie named Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner, Nova Scotia steel executives hoist coal after wage compromise, Ottawa commerce offices closed, Canadian cattle market likely to reopen in New York after Bangs disease rule, and Senator Paradise's death adding to vacancies across provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric Company
United States
Christ Church, Highbury
England
M. Cooper
Ko Ishii
Canada
Vancouver
T. Hachiya
Tokyo
Japan
Jara Zetkin
Archangelskoye
Moscow
Toronto Library Board
P. R. Laurie
Metropolitan Police
Maurice Tomlin
Princess
Florence Colerles
Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company
United States Department of Commerce
Commerce Department
Commerce
Ottawa
Adventure in North Ten Bays Voyage From Vancouver
Adventure bound youths aged 14 to 17 sail from Vancouver for a summer scientific expedition across northern Canada and Alaska. They head to Skagway then Whitehorse to build boats and run the Yukon River to Dawson Fort Yukon and Tanana. The 1 600 mile trip lasts until August. They will collect botanical specimens for the University of California under Bayne Beauchamp who leads the expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Vancouver
Canada
Alaska
Skagway
Whitehorse
Yuekon
Dawson
Fort Yukon
Tannana
University of California
Bayne Beauchamp
Auto output hits 22 month high in May production
Auto production by US Automobile Chamber of Commerce members rose to 172,883 units in May, the highest in 22 months. Output jumped 23 percent from April and 51 percent from May 1932. First five months total reached 605,739 units versus 584,505 in the prior year. Ford is excluded from the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Ford Company
Dominion Steamship Nevisian sails for Canadian cattle trade
At the request of the Department of Trade and Commerce the Dominion Steamship line has specially equipped the steamer Nevisian for the cattle trade. The vessel, first to engage in the Canadian trade for over eight years, sailed from Montreal with 536 head of cattle bound for export.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Trade and Commerce
Dominion Steamship Line
Nevisian
Montreal
Africa Exhibit for Chicago Fair Arrives in Montreal
Dr. Owen F. B. O'Neil of Chicago returns from Africa aboard Cunard liner Aurania with a collection of twenty two natives and primitive art for the Chicago World Fair. He faced government restrictions on exhibitions and secured materials in the Cameroons and Portuguese Africa. A tall passenger, B. Greene, six eight, travels in the same ship, claiming royal ancestry and a British diplomatic service background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen FB. O'Neil
Chicago
Montreal
Aurania
O'Neil
Africa
Abyssinie
Cape
Dr. O'Neil
Cunard
O’nell
Central Africa
Cameroons
Portuguese Africa
London
England
Capetown
Imperial Airways
Paris
Bulawayo
Nairobi
Addis Ababa
Abyssinia
Autania
B. Greene
Canada
Greene
Mr. Greene
Althoug
Brazil
Russia
Raglan Shouldered Youth Dress Pattern No 316
A description of a carrot red crinkly crepe silk dress with raglan shoulders puffed sleeves and plaited front, paired with a blue and white pin dot crepe silk print and white crepe sleeves and bow. Style No. 316 offered in sizes 8 10 12 14 years. Size 8 requires 2 1/2 yards of 39 inch material. Price 20 cents in stamps or coin.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern ordering notice from Winnipeg Pattern No.4.05H. The Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 1T$ McDermot Ave lists details for obtaining pattern No.4.05 with address and ordering instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Hungarian Chocolate Frosting With Egg Yolks
Recipe for a small batch frosting using unsweetened chocolate egg yolks and butter. Melt chocolate with hot water blend in sugar and yolks heat, then cool slightly and beat in butter gradually. Yields enough to frost an 8x8 cake or two 9 inch layers, with a note to double for three 9 inch layers.
Egg and Ham Bake with Sour Cream Sauce
A recipe uses six hard boiled eggs two cups ham and a white sour butter milk sauce layered in a baking pan. Each layer of eggs and ham is topped with sauce and finished with buttered bread crumbs then baked thirty minutes in a moderate oven. A stray aphorism and a note on Egypt’s onion crop follow.
Trail Blazers toast at Churchill journey to Hudson Bay
Four modern trail blazers toured Churchill to honor past explorers and promote the Hudson Bay Railway. John Callaghan, W A Brown, John Blue, and Frank Pike joined Major J G MacLachlan and T W Tod, who will lead the Bank of Montreal in Churchill this summer. The group attended the bank's official opening on June 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Hudson Bay
Bixee
Churchill Harbor
Churchill
John Callaghan
Northern Alberta Railways
W. A. Brown
Canadian National Railways
Edmonton
Canadian Pacific Railway
Winnipeg
John Blue
Alberta
Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Pike
Bank of Montreal
J. G. MacLachlan
Hudson Bay Railway
T. W. Tod
H.L. McKay
Milk Suppliers Replace Losses With 65 Million Bottles
Each year British milk suppliers require 65 million new milk bottles to cover breakage and theft losses across the industry. The figure underscores ongoing material waste and security challenges in dairy distribution networks.
Shingle Industry Rebounds Along Fraser River Boom
The Fraser River shingles sector is booming with major plants on double shifts, employing about 1,000 men in New Westminster district. Prices rise sharply and production is forecast to reach 3.2 billion pieces worth 2 million, up from 770 million in 1932, boosting woods activity.
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Fraser River
New Westminster
Fraser Valley
Amazing Aberdeen Fish Filleting Machine Demonstrated
A new machine in Aberdeen cleaned haddocks of any size during a demonstration. It heads, fins, bones, and scales the fish, leaving fillets ready for smoking or packing at thirty fish per minute. The device handled a batch of small haddocks without crushing them.
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Aberdeen
Singing Color Fountain at World's Fair Chicago
The Firestone Singing Color Fountain dazzles in the gardens by the Firestone factory and exhibition building. A 200 by 15 foot pool hosts dome fountains and rainbow light effects synchronized to music played from hidden loudspeakers. Firestone displays also include a tire factory exhibit and a Hall of Science feature with rubber trees from Liberia.
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Chicago
Firestone
Firestone Factory
Great “Hall of
Liberia
Be Strong and Courageous Joshua Leads Israelites
Sunday School lesson on Joshua chapters 1 to 6 23 24 and Psalm 119. Devotional notes recount Joshua as Moses’ successor, his lineage as a trained military leader, and God’s promise to be with him as he leads the conquest of Canaan. The text cites Moses’ blessing and Ezekiel’s loyalty while stressing courage and faith.
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Joshua
Moses
Canaan
Kadesh
Jordan
Israel
Westminster Abbey
John
Charles Wesley
J. H. Jowett
Ezekiel
Egypt
Jos Bus
Unemployment dole paid by new machine in London tests
A machine that automatically pays unemployment relief and insurance money is being tested at two London labor exchanges East Ham and Holloway. Officials say the device is experimental and a few weeks will decide if it will be extended to other exchanges.
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London
East Ham
Holloway
Ministry of Labor
Night watchman jokes about missing steam roller
A lighthearted tale recalls a night watchman at a big plant who says he has checked everything but notes one missing item, a steam roller, in response to a foreman's question about everything being all right.
Devices Used to Salvage Ships From the Sea
A list of undersea stairways grabas soup tubes sand-sucking pumps fire hose incandescent marine lanterns telephones and seven league boats enables men to walk on the sea floor in salvage work. A starling marked in July 1931 on Mellum, a North Sea island off Germany, has just been found in Ireland.
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Mellum
North Sea
Germany
Millions Of U S Tourists Cross Canada United States Boundary
A 1932 report shows 32,883,619 people crossed the Canada United States boundary with 23,165,782 by bridge ferry and tunnel. Motorists totaled 7,552,000 and 2,185,837 were railway passengers. The line notes Windsor Detroit Walkerville and Niagara crossings with ferries bridges tunnels and rail ferries. The land boundary runs 3,100 miles and 2,400 miles are water boundary.
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Canada
United States
Winusor
Ontario
Detroit
Michigan
Walkerville
Detroit River
Peace Bridge
Niagara River
Fort Erie
Niagara Falls
Queenston
Ont
Odd Requests to the British Post Office
Readers send bizarre letters to the British Post Office on various topics. A woman asks for a new savings book after her old one was eaten by an elephant, an Indian native blesses the king and emperor, a former messenger complains about an unfiled character reference, a depositor’s signature change triggers notice, and a long-winded reply recalls changing teeth and Shakespearean decay in a playful, bygone era.
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India
Deaf Children Hear Voices With Light and Sound System
In Saskatoon a School for the Deaf classroom is equipped with a device by Sigurd Sanda that uses light and sound waves to let deaf pupils hear their teacher and their own voices. The system includes a microphone, amplifier, and headphones, intended to aid auditory perception.
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School For the Deaf
Saskatoon
Sigurd Sanda
Spelling Test Confuses Toronto Professional Group
A Toronto member of a learned profession erred four times when spelling a sentence in a playful test. The exercise drew attention as many others scored poorly with only one in a dozen correct.
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Toronto
Death of Pulo the Fontainebleau Carp
A venerable carp named Pulo in the largest pool of Fontainebleau near Paris is dead. Noted by visitors for a gold ring in its nose bearing Napoleon’s inscription, the carp was placed in the pond in 1814 just before Napoleon’s exile to Elba. Separately, the Soviet Republic reports first quarter foreign trade down sixty percent from 1932.
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Pulo
Palace of
Fontainebleau
Paria
Napoleon
Emperor
Elba
Soviet Republic
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Agricultural Department
New York State
Paradise
Saskatchewan
New Brunswick
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Adventure In
Boyan
By Keth Rogers
Hame
Tee
Betty Barclay
Trail Blazers
Menatreal Opes
Port of Churchill
Fraser River Valley
Israel—Joshua
London Labor Exchange
U. S
British Post Office
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