World Happenings Briefly Told
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police assumed policing of Prince Edward Island on May 1. Italy surfaced over 4,000 miles of highway in the national system with bituminous dressing in the past year. Duke of Connaught, 82, celebrated birthday May 1 at his Riviera villa. A bill to protect the northern Pacific halibut trade, via a Canada United States convention, has been signed by President Hoover. Inspector Alfred H. Joy of the RCMP was buried in Ottawa in a military funeral the day before his planned wedding.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Prince Edward Island
E. C. Cox
Limerick
Sask
Alexander Laird
Queen's University
Italy
Duke of Connaught
Canada
Riviera
Stanley Baldwin
Ramsay McDonald
New Zealand
United States
Hoover
Ottawa
Alfred H. Joy
Proves London Doctor Wrong By Body Material Claims
A London doctor argues human bodies are worth little more than one dollar for the materials they contain. He suggests we could fill a ten gallon tank with body water, make seven soap bars from fat, a flea dag from sulphur, a nail from iron, 2300 match heads from phosphorus, 9000 pencils from carbon, and produce salts from magnesium, if extraction were possible.
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London
Canada Reclaims Share of British Bacon Ham Market
Canada rapidly recapturing British market for bacon and ham. First quarter exports to Great Britain reach 56,480,000 lbs, up from 15,821,000 lbs last year, a roughly 257 percent rise. Exports to all markets total 77,526,000 lbs, nearly quadruple 1931 levels. Canada notes direct exports to Irish Free State and ongoing efforts in Britain through exhibitions, publicity, and farm quality standards.
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Canada
Great Britain
H. H. Stevens
Minister of Trade and Commerce
Irish Free State
Denmark
Britain
Department of Trade and Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Britain Prepares for Influx of Canadian American Tourists
Britain plans a larger tourist influx from Canada and the United States, aided by the Travel Association of Great Britain and Ireland. Ocean fare cuts of about 20 percent enable summer holidays abroad with all-inclusive costs under seven dollars a day via Cunard and Anchor-Donaldson lines. Tours cover Europe by coach, rail, and steamer, with visits to France and Belgium, and third class now offers notable comfort. Ontario and Quebec expect benefits from Montreal travelers en route to Europe, plus Ottawa and Toronto stops for western visitors.
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Britain
Canada
United States
Travel Association of
Great Britain
Ireland
Europe
Cunard
Anchor-Donaldson
France
Belgium
Ontario
Quebec
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Tiny girls free dress with nautical blue trimmings
A vintage pattern describes a darting free and easy dress for young girls. It features a white batiste fabric with blue spots and a nautical blue yoke, hem band, and optional narrow tie sash. Sizes 2 4 and 6 years use small amounts of 35 inch fabric and binding. Price 25 cents.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Winnipeg Pattern No Town Site address is 175 McDermot Ave. The notice directs readers on how to order various patterns via the Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Aeroplane Patrol Uses Planes On East And West Coasts
Royal Canadian Mounted Police will use aeroplanes for preventive work on both Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Major-General J.4. MacErien, commissioner, said arrangements allow a considerable number of planes from the Royal Canadian Air Force. Aircraft will work with the preventive service vessels and be stationed at strategic points. The forests of Quebec cover over 155 million acres according to recent estimates.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Atlantic
Pacific
J. 4. MacErien
R.c.alp
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canada Calls For European Tourists To Boost Trade
The article notes that France, Germany, Cuba, Italy, Switzerland and other nations compete for American tourists. It highlights reduced steamship fares lowering Atlantic travel costs and urges Canada to attract more Europeans this summer. Canada, its shipping firms, and the passenger flow are all stakeholders.
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Canada
Atlantic
Europe
Fame and Disraeli on Ottawa wall
In a corridor to Ottawa's Parliamentary restaurant two American visitors examined etched Prime Ministers. One pointed to Disraeli's likeness and quipped that he resembles actor George Arliss.
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Ottawa
Great Britain
Disraeli
George Arliss
Tree Planting Car Promotes Prairie Forestry Work
The Canadian Forestry Association’s Tree Planting Car enters its 14th year spreading tree planting on the prairies. After a rebuild in Montreal and a trip to Ottawa, Alan B. Beaven takes charge in Regina. Seeded talks aim to boost shelter belts, windbreaks, and mixed farming. The first two tour months are in Saskatchewan, then Alberta later.
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Canadian Forestry Association
Prairies
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Ottawa
Regina
Alan B. Beaven
Beaven
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Coffee Ginger Cookies by Betty Barclay
A coffee flavored cookie recipe from Betty Barclay. Notes dissolve soda in boiling water then mix with molasses and shortening. Add hot coffee sugar and seasonings, then flour to form stiff dough for rolling and cutting into shapes.
Orange Candied Sweet Potatoes Recipe Card
Orange candied sweet potatoes serves six with orange juice rind water sugar corn syrup salt butter and optional marshmallows. Peel and arrange 6 to 8 potatoes in a casserole bake covered at 375 to 400 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes until tender then baste and finish browning. Optional marshmallows added last minute.
Scientist Dr W Collins elected to American Philosophical Society
Ottawa reports the Department of Mines geologist Dr W Collins director of the geological survey has been named to the American Philosophical Society, a rare honor reflecting a distinguished career including representation of Canada at the 1929 International Geological Congress in South Africa. A Missouri editor prefers a cow to a saxophone for the same noise plus milk.
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Geological Survey
American Philosophical Society
W. Collins
Department of Mines
Ottawa
Western Hemisphere
Collins
Dominion
South Africa
Missouri
Sunday School Lesson Golden Text Genesis 28 15
The lesson centers on Genesis 28 15 with the golden text I am with thee and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest Genesis 28 15 and connects Genesis 27 28 to a devotional reading from Psalm 139 1 12 highlighting divine presence guidance and protection across journeys.
Bethel Dream and the Ladder of Faith in Jacob
Jacob fleeing Esau dreams on a Bethel hillside of a heavenly ladder and divine presence. The piece links Jacob’s vision to biblical motifs of communication between heaven and earth, God’s guidance, and the enduring phrase The God of Bethel. Scriptures from Genesis to Psalms frame revelation as Providence guiding the lone traveler to faith.
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Jacob
Esau
Haran
Bethel
God
Ralph Connor
Bishop Taylor
Heaven
Earth
John
Aegean
David
Judea
B. F. Meyer
Bethels
Rufus M. Jones
J. B
McFadyen
Man
Rebekah
Jehovah
Isaac
Abraham
Theological Lecturer Ponders Bible Following
A lecturer asks which Bible character has the largest following. A voice from Bear answers Ananias, contrasting Moses who established the Old Law and Paul who spread the New.
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Moses
Paul
Bear
Ananias
Willing to Make Deal Over Ring After Quarrel
A quarrel ends with Willing proposing to return the ring only if someone can quickly take over the remaining installments. He declines to part with the ring unless a buyer is found promptly.
Lipton Cup Collection to Be Prepared for Kelvingrove Exhibit
A film actress jokes about not marrying a bishop as a large Lipton trophy collection, among many people waiting to be presented. Sir Thomas Lipton's extensive cups and trophies will take two months to ready for display at the Kelvingrove Art Galleries in Scotland.
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Sir Thomas Lipton
Kelvingrove
Scotland
Dont Be Robbed Of Youth Ad Featuring Lux Soap
Hollywood scriptwriter Ralph Graves urges women to guard youth and complexion with Lux Toilet Soap. The ad promotes Lux as a daily beauty secret used by most major actresses and studios with a dollar-a-cake price noted as 10 cents.
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Hollywood
Ralph Graves
Starving Flood Victims in China Face Grim Market Prices
Report to the League of Nations Manchurian Commission details 6,000,000 Chinese in the Hwei River Valley suffering on grass and bark as relief wheat from the United States arrives slowly. Transportation issues limit aid, with prices for human life set at $1 per year of age, rising to age 25 before easing.
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Hwei River
Anhwei
League of Nations’ Manchurian Commission
Peiping
New York State
United States
Shanghai
Hwei Valley
Shaowu
Peter Chuan
National Flood Relief Commission
North Anhwei
Chuan
Waterless Soap Devised by Kansas City Chemist
A chemist from a Kansas City joint concern has developed a waterless soap in paste form. The product is claimed to be harmless to the skin and to possess healing and antiseptic qualities. It lathers freely without water and absorbs all dirt.
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Kansas City
How Earth Is Divided Deserts Productive Land and More
Scientists estimate that 40 percent of Earth's land is desert while 30 percent is productive and 30 percent is poor grazing land, forest, high mountains or waste. There is no agreement on the exact portion inhabitable. Argentina has about 7,000 plants using steam for power. Porto Rico imported jute bags worth 1,000,000 dollars in 1931.
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Argentina
Porto Rico
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