World Happenings Briefly Told
Census data show Java population density at 821 per square mile. Prince Albert Johann of Schleswig-Holstein dies in a Berlin sanitarium after a short illness. The British Empire Trade Exhibition, opened by the Prince of Wales, closes with attendance at 1,443,014. Kingsford-Smith wins the Britannia Trophy for 1930. The Prince of Wales plans postvisit industrial city tours. Mrs Bankes presents Queen Mary a 100 year old handkerchief. Toronto convocation to award Lord Bessborough Doctor of Laws. Richard Halliburton and pilot May 3 cross 2000 miles of Sahara en route to a globe circumnavigation. Viscount and Lady Astor receive a silver model of Drake's Golden Hind on May 3 anniversary of marriage. Lady Astor has served Plymouth in Parliament since 1919.
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Prince Albert Johann
Schleswig- Holstein
George V
Great Britain
Berlin
Prince of Wales
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Royal Aero Club
South Africa
Canada
Lord Bessborough
Richard Halliburton
United States
Stephen
Sahara
Globe
Plymouth
England
Viscount
Lady Astor
Sir Francis Drake
Zeppelin May Visit Arctic Flight Negotiations In Berlin
Dr Hugo Eckener and other interested parties hold talks in Berlin on a potential Graf Zeppelin polar flight. Eckener says financing remains the main difficulty but is hopeful solutions will emerge. Nearby, Scottish gulls adapt to scarce winter food, gathering scraps near Aberdeens fish trains and at George Watsons College in Edinburgh.
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Berlin
Hugo Eckener
Graf
Scotland
Aberdeen
Edinburgh
George Watson's College
Increase Mental Health Facilities Urgently Needed in Canada
John Burke Ingram argues Canada assigns 29,529 mental hospital patients, with rising numbers and high costs. He urges psychopathic hospitals and outpatient clinics, explains insanity vs mental deficiency, and highlights the Canadian National Committee for Mental Hygiene’s work to educate and push for government-backed facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burke Ingram
Canada
Kingston
Kitchener
Electricity wasted at Grand Falls prompts search for gains
Four million horsepower of electricity was going to waste at Grand Falls Labrador. Sir Wilfred Grenfell, medical missionary to Labrador and Northern Newfoundland, urged governments during a Montreal lecture that Labrador may be mineral rich. Berlin to Vienna flyers can now telegram from their Lufthansa flight to ground stations, a Feb. 2 inauguration. The commentary notes that most men waste their own time and few do things as they should.
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Grand Falls
Labrador
Sir Wilfred Grenfell
Newfoundland
Montreal
Sir Wilfred
Luftalansa
Berlin
Vienna
Village of Blind People Described at Pan-American Health Meet
Dr Bustamente, Mexican delegate, described Tiltepec in Oaxaca as home to 20000 blind residents caused by onchocercocis. He said the village lies in the mountains, reachable only by rough horse trails, and that an insect is the illness cause. Eradication offers hope in Mexico’s fight.
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Niguel Bustamente
Conference of Directors of Health
Washington
Tiltepec
Oaxaca
Mexico
Bustamente
Aviators Jump From 2000 Feet In Canadian Parachute Display
Twelve Royal Canadian Air Force officers and NCOs leapt from 2000 feet in a bold parachute exhibition. All entrants completed the hazardous jump, with landings described as perfect or near perfect. Ten of the twelve were performing their first parachute leap.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Canada
Air Force
The Five Elves Create Magic Baby Soap
A Fairy Queen assigns five elves to gather rare perfumes from France Algeria Bulgaria Africa India Messina Cochin China and East Indies. They deliver petals cloves sandalwood bergamot musk deer and palm oil to a soap maker whose magic soap becomes the Baby Princesss gift. Every user of the soap gains beauty and joy.
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France
Algeria
Bulgaria
Africa
India
Italy
Messina
Cochin China
East Indies
Abyssinia
Civit
Kruschen Salts Promises Clear Skin and Vital Health
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a daily morning remedy. It claims six vital salts cleanse blood acids, clear blemishes, improve skin, boost energy, and sharpen the mind, insisting modern cooking deprives people of these minerals. It recommends a quarter teaspoon in hot water each morning.
Planning Bacon Plant For Saskatchewan
Ambitious plans for a bacon curing plant in Saskatchewan include a Prince Edward Island syndicate buying a Long Lake near Strasbourg farm, erecting buildings for 5,000 hogs, securing machinery, and shipping 2,500 bacon sides this fall. A Danish expert in hog production will run the operation.
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Saskatchewan
Prince Edward Island
Long Lake
Strasbourg
Sask
England
Denmark
New plant sugars found in weeds yield high value
Government chemists announce discovery of sugars in dandelions and goldenrod from inulin roots. Dr. R F Jackson and Emma McDonald report inulin is 92 percent levulose with 3 percent glucose and 5 percent novel sugar triplets. The find ties to biblical parables quoted in text.
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Burrau of Standards
R. F. Jackson
Bureau
Emma McDonald
Jerusalem
Vaccine For Common Colds At Columbia University Report
Report describes experiments at Columbia University Medical Center where artificial and purified real colds were used to test virus behavior in chimpanzees and humans. Researchers Dochez Mills Shirley and Kneeland with Yale Kneeland Jr discuss creating a virus based vaccine potential and plan to grow the virus in vitro. Financial support came from Chemical Foundation Inc, with publication in the Courier.
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Presbyterian Hospital
Columbia University Medical Centre
A. B. Docher
K. C. Mills
G. S. Shirley
Yale Kneeland, Jr
Courier
Sunday School Lesson May 10 Focus on Stewardship
The golden text from 1 Corinthians 4.2 stresses faithfulness in stewards as Luke 19.11-26 recounts a parable of entrusted gifts. Devotional reading from Psalm 103.11-18 offers mercy and guidance for faithful service.
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Java
Zeppelin
Arctic
Eckener
Hollands
Eagle Brand
Intani
the Hotel Co
Lira
Gessge Sa
Torite
Tetatare Ab Talent Feeslung Mane
Canadian National Committee For Mental Hygiene
Grand Fals
Air Telegram Service
Ottawa
Bacon
Jesus
Wycliffe
John Oxenham
Europe
Columbia University
Baby
Albert Soaps Ltd
Chantler & Chantler Limited
Wellington ST. W
Toronto, Ont
Brooderk
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