World Happenings Briefly Told
Mourned by scores of old sourdoughs of the Yukon gold rush and later stampedes. John P. Minook, 85, famous guide, is dead. William D. Moreland named vice-consul at Vancouver by the U S state department. Lady Mary Heath, British aviatrix, granted divorce in Reno from Sir James Heath on grounds of extreme cruelty. British garrison to be withdrawn and Weil-Hal-Wei territory restored to China. Rt Hon Arthur Henderson announced in Cummins. Corbach Germany excited over prospect of riches after rains uncover a gold deposit. R-100 dirigible flight to Canada postponed to early June. Senator Thomas Chapais completes at Laval last lecture on Canadian history. King George’s throne anniversary observed in Ottawa. Margaret Bondfield says unemployment rolls on April 14 show 506,765 more than last year.
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Yukon
John P. Minook
William D. Moreland
Vancouver
B.C
U.S. State Department
Washington
Mary Heath
Reno
Nevada
James Heath
Weil-Hal- Wei
China
Arthur Henderson
Cummins
Corbach
Germany
Cassel
British Air Ministry
Canada
Thomas Chapais
Laval University
Quebec
George
Ottawa
1St Field Brigade
Canadian Artillery Corps
Margaret Bondfield
No Good For Transportation Kaye Don Fails Record Run
Brandon Sun notes Kaye Don failed to top Major Segrave's 231 mph Daytona Beach mark with the Sunbeam Silver Bullet. The piece argues such speeds offer little transport value and describes the car as a freak needing telescope sighting to plan the next minute. Air travel may reach such speeds someday, but vehicular routes cannot sustain four miles per minute.
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Kaye Don
Major Segrave
Daytona Beach
Chrysler
New York
Niagara Falls
Brandon Sun
Edison on wise choice health above all else
The quote attributes to Thomas Edison a remark that good health tops any mental, material, or spiritual prize when asked what he would choose if offered one thing.
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Thomas Edison
Chinese Women Take Lead in China Reconstruction
Chinese women are taking a leading role in rebuilding the nation. They engage in politics, commerce, moral and social welfare, hygiene, and patriotic movements, shaping public life and national renewal.
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China
Regrets Remove Of Hon. Vincent Massey
The New York Times pays tribute to Hon. Vincent Massey Canada's minister in Washington whose promotion to High Commissioner in London was announced recently The Times notes his distinguished service in Washington and his broad influence with cities universities and learned societies while praising his handling of border commerce and politics and his art patronage.
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New York Times
Vincent Massey
Washington
London
the Times
Massey
Canada
Canadian trekker aims to cross continent by walking water mile
Alme Joyal of St Boniface Manitoba plans a ten month journey to walk from Atlantic Halifax to Pacific Vancouver. He will pour a bottle of water from the Atlantic into the Pacific to prove men of today can endure hardships. He cites his pioneer heritage and a family history of endurance including a Red River trapper ancestor who once walked Regina to Montreal with papers opposed by rival companies.
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Alme Joyal
St. Boniface
Manitoba
Atlantic Ocean
Halifax
Pacific
Vancouver
Aime Joyal
Jean Baptiste Joyal
Mary Ann Gaboury
Great Lakes
Jean Baptiste Lasimodiere
Red River
Regina
Fort Douglas
Montreal
Lord Selkirk
North Western Trading Company
Hudson's Bay Company
Red River Valley
Joyal
Challenge Pie Lemon Dessert Recipe Trial
A weekly recipe notes a lemon pie named Challenge Pie. It guides beating yolks from three eggs until light, adding lemon juice and lemon rind, hot water, sugar, and salt, cooking in double boiler, folding in stiff egg whites with sugar, filling a baked shell, and browning in the oven.
Paris to New York pattern reveal for wrap over fashion
Tingey models created in Paris, patterns adapted in New York for American women. Today's model suits matron or jeune femme, slimming and graceful on wrap over lines with pleated trims. Suitable fabrics include Bordeaux red marocain, georgette, crepe de chine, satin, thin wool georgette. avoid large patterns on heavier figures and very shiny materials. Sizes 16 to 20 and 34 to 42, ready for immediate delivery, hand cut, pattern price 25 cents. Fill in pattern size and send to Pattern Department.
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Paris
New York
Catarrhozone Promises Cure for Buzzing Ears
An old advertisement claims nine of ten ringing ear cases stem from catarrh and that Catarrhozone vapor inhalation relieves catarrh of the middle ear nose and throat. It touts quick results with no medicine to swallow and offers two month treatment for one dollar or fifty cents for a smaller size at druggists.
Sunday School Lesson May 18 Text on Love God and Neighbor
The lesson centers on Matthew 22 37 to 39 and marks the great first commandment to love God with heart soul and mind and the second to love neighbor as self. Devotional reading comes from Psalm 15.
Explosion Solves Problem of Flexible Phonograph Records
A Columbia University chem lab experiment led to the creation of a new resin named during, enabling phonograph records that bend like paper yet resist scratching. Joseph Reilly, a New York manufacturer, sought hardening methods via electro plating. Dr Hal Beans heated resins, and after many tubes, one explosive clue hardened instantly, coating heavy paper to form durable indelible records.
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Columbia University Chemical Laboratory
New York
Joseph Reilly
Reilly
Hal T. Beans
Columbia
Beans
Asparagus in Cream Sauce Steps and Tips
Wash each stalk with a brush to remove grit. Cut off tough parts, cut pieces, and cook covered in enough water until tender. Add salt before done. Mix 2 cups cooked asparagus and water with 2 cups medium cream sauce made from milk flour and butter. Season, serve hot. Save tops for salad if desired.
Why Soviet collective farming keeps workers from emigration
The Pravda explanation states land livestock and implements belong to the community so individuals have no ownership. Farm workers earn only 45 kopecks to 1 ruble 20 kopecks per ten hour day, must buy food and clothing, and pay union dues.
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Canada
Russia
Pravda
Devil devil charm boosts New Guinea vaccination drive
Sir Herbert Murray used a government charm branding to sway native chiefs in New Guinea. He claimed a big devil-devil would destroy them unless they accepted vaccination, prompting a rapid, collective turnout at the government clinic.
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New Guinea
Herbert Murray
Princess Elizabeth steamship arrives in Victoria from Scotland
The Princess Elizabeth, latest Canadian Pacific coastal liner, arrives in Victoria after 30 days at sea from Scotland. The 351 foot vessel costs 1,250,000 to build and can carry five hundred passengers on the Vancouver Victoria run.
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Victoria
Scotland
Vancouver
Pearl origins span Indian Ocean to Japanese Islands
The article notes that true natural pearls originate from diverse regions including the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, Central America, West Indies, Australia, and the Japanese Islands.
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Indian Ocean
Persian Gulf
Central America
West Indies
Australia
Japanese Islands
Headache Relief Ad Promotes Liver Pills
An old advertisement warns against quick relief drugs like bromides and promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a safer solution. It claims headaches stem from decayed poisons in the body and urges correcting the cause by cleansing the stomach liver and bowels. Druggists sell red 25 cent packages.
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Carter
Edison Says People Know Little Of Anything
Thomas A. Edison remarks that the public knows not a millionth of one per cent about any subject, suggesting that with such ignorance a world may as well end discussions and abandon further effort.
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Thomas A. Edison
Glass houses touted as cheaper and warmer than wood or stone
A report asserts houses built with chemically treated glass offer cost savings and better warmth compared with traditional wood or stone construction, suggesting advantages in insulation and durability.
Pharisees and Herodians Question Jesus Over Tribute
The Pharisees and Herodians seek to trap Jesus by asking whether it is lawful to pay tribute to Caesar. Jesus exposes their insincerity, asks for a denarius, and answers to render unto Caesar and unto God. The anecdote ends with Florence Nightingale's quote about hard work and devotion to God.
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Christ
Jesus
Herod the Great
Caesar
God
Florence Nightingale
Ice Skating in Vienna's Giant Year Round Rink
Vienna Austria hosts one of the world's largest outdoor artificial ice rinks open year round. The facility accommodates about eight thousand skaters and features a remarkable ice-making machinery that impresses visitors and inspired similar projects elsewhere.
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Vienna
Austria
Worn-out money recycled into paper products
The worn-out paper money returned to the Treasury Department at Washington D.C. each year is processed into paper pulp. From this pulp fine writing paper, cardboard, and shoe counters are manufactured.
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Treasury
Washington, D.C
Government leases 51 Ottawa offices and buildings
A Commons table shows the government leases 51 offices and buildings in Ottawa at an annual rent of 791,130 dollars. National Defence Department occupies most of the housing space.
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Ottawa
Commons
National Defence Department
First Aerial Traffic Cop in California
California announces the first aerial traffic cop to curb stunt flying endangering aviators houses and film companies. The siren and a fast black orange plane with a police badge will warn stunters. The cop aims to reduce aerial congestion joining fire brigade and emergency air services already in use.
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California
England
Canadian author wins Royal Empire Society gold medal
The Royal Empire Society awards its first gold medal for the best book on imperial interest to Canadian Dr. Chester W. New of McMaster University for his biography Lord Durham. The work is the first authoritative survey of the life of the first Earl of Durham, governor general after the 1837 Rebellion and a key figure in democracy in Britain and self-government in Canada.
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Its
Royal Empire Society
The
Royal Colonial Institute
Chester W. New
McMaster University
Lord Durham
Great Britain
Canada
Cardboard Church to be moved from Benoni site
An unusual structure near Benoni about 20 miles from Johannesburg is a church built entirely of cardboard and beaver board. Shipped from England about 20 years ago in sections it has been extensively used and proven efficient, awaiting relocation from its present site.
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Benon
Johannesburg
S.A
England
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