World Happenings Briefly Told
Germany will use a special blood test to prove sobriety or intoxication in automobile cases. Extensions to telephone service lines and equipment coat 6.75 million dollars this fall for UK government systems. In July Ontario highway accidents killed 65, the highest July figure since 1529. Riverside relief plea revealed 22 relief recipients driving their own cars, says Minister David Croll. Western Canada’s wheat crop ranks high in quality per grain inspector James D. Frazer. US farm cash income from July to August falls by 85 million dollars despite usual farm income rise. Mothers and Infants Association rejects a reception committee amid a Romford baby show protest. US treasury enforcement nets nearly 1,000 arrests in a narcotics and liquor drive.
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United Kingdom
Ontario
Ontario Highways Department
Riverside
Eapex County
David Croll
Public Welfare
Western Canada
James D. Frazer
Grain Standard Board
United States
Agriculture Department
Mothers and Infants Association
Croydon
England
Romford
Treasury
Land Reclamation Leads Indian Progress in Fifty Years
The Central Irrigation Board of India reports India tops the world in land reclaimed or irrigated over the last fifty years. British India accounts for 31 million acres reclaimed, Italy second with under 6 million. In India alone 7 million acres reclaimed, with rest irrigated. When projects finish 5 million more acres will be irrigated, supporting about 375 million in produce from crops like rice and beans, using 260 million gallons daily from canals over 75 thousand miles long and powered by more than 50 dams and many smaller structures.
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British India
Central Irrigation Board of India
India Office
London
Italy
India
Lady Smith Britain Columbia Town Cleared Bond Debt
Ladysmith in British Columbia celebrated paying off its $94,336 bonded debt after six years of economic hardship following mine closures. A logging company arrival spurred revival and prosperity, symbolized by burning the debt in a giant bonfire as a flagpole was raised on the site.
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Britain
Columbia
Ladysmith
Thia
British Columbia
Alberta Prohibits Red Squirrel Shooting This Fall
Alberta game branch orders a closed season for red squirrels this fall and winter due to general scarcity. Previous years featured open seasons from November 1 to March 31, but the species has been placed on the protected list.
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Alberta
Game Branch
Long Trip Completes Voyage of Marchioness of Reading
The Marchioness of Reading returns to England after a 10000 mile transcontinental motor tour incognito with a single companion and chauffeur. She visited Canada and the United States to study people and relief methods, praising youth vitality and democratic education, and noting lavish public spending on universities hospitals libraries and monuments.
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Marchioness of
Reading
England
Canada
United States
Lady Reading
New York
Roosevelt
White House
W.P.A
Berlin Chief Uses Yellow Spots To Curb Car Noise
The Ber lin chief of police headlines a plan to paint loud horn drivers with a large yellow spot. The method reduced noise in a city once famed for its din. Commodore Gooderham of Toronto calls for driving courtesy, while many motorists already push speeds on the highways.
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Berlin
Europe
Commodore Gooderham
Toronto
Pioneer unveils three dimensional trivision photography
Douglas F. Winnek of Madison reveals a live-view effect from a single printed frame as his 8 by 10 trivision photograph shows depth from multiple angles. He claims the cellulose acetate plates grooved at 300 ridges per inch create two-eye depth, enabling realistic motion and potential advances for motion pictures Roentgenology television and printing.
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Douglas F. Winnek
Madison, Wia
Winnek
Trivision
Protege of Queen Mary enters Wanstead Royal Infant Orphanage
Brian William Frank Roberts, two and a half, orphan son of a chief steward on the Orient line ship Otranto who died last year, is admitted to the Royal Infant Orphanage Wanstead for maintenance and secondary education to age 16. Queen Mary nominates two children to ensure a protege remains at the institution. You say Jake takes everything literally. He was invited to a house warming party and brought kindling and a box of matches.
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Queen Mary
Royal Infant Orphanage
Wanstead
Brian William Frank Roberts
Orient Line
Hera
Jake
Rising Sun Afghan Pattern for Crochet Squares
Crochet on Afghan Square pattern offers a soft warm afghan in three shades of one color on a dark background. Blocks can be crocheted in same or different colors using wool scraps. Pattern 5668 includes directions, illustration, material needs, and color ideas. Send 20 cents in stamps to Hoprebaid Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg.
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Hoprebaid Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
New Gold Strike Reported From Yellowknife Division
A report to Minister Crerar confirms a new gold strike in the Yellowknife mining division of the Northwest Territories. Located on the east side of Gordon Lake about 50 miles northeast of the Yellowknife River mouth, it involves veins and lenses with free gold. Initial locators were Mining Corporation of Canada with 36 claims July 15, followed by AX Syndicate with 100 claims, and others planning development during freeze-up. about 600 claims staked to date.
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Yellowknife Mining
Northwest Territories
T. A. Crerar
A. L. Cumming
Fort Smith
N.W.T
Gordon Lake
Yellowknife River
Great Slave Lake
Mining Corporation of Canada
AX. Syndicate
Ventures, Limited
Fred Connell
A.E. Syndicate
Kari Springer
Wood-Brown Syndicate
Burwash Yellowknife Mines, Limited
The
Mining Corporation
Yellowknife
Cumming
A. W. Jolliffe
Dominion Department of Mines
Sanctity Of Contracts Protest From Maritime Board
The Maritime Board of Trade denounced a rising tendency to depart from strict honesty in contracts across provincial municipal and personal dealings. In a resolution at the convention closing session the association voiced grave concern and urged the federal government to uphold Canada s credit and standing to avoid harmful consequences to the country s reputation.
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Maritime Board of Trade
Canada
Record Butter Output Reaches New Saskatchewan High
A 1935 production record in Sas katchewan shows creamery butter output at 22,853,859 pounds, nearly two million pounds above the 1934 peak, marking the highest level on record for that year.
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Sasatchewan
Second Convert in Philippi and Paul’s Jailkeeper Conversion
A Sunday School lesson on Acts 16 16 40 and Philippians 3 5 14 recounts Paul and Silas jailed after freeing a fortune telling slave girl. An earthquake frees the prisoners, the jailer asks what to do to be saved, and he and his household are baptized as Paul proclaims believing on the Lord Jesus. Paul honors his goal of knowing Christ and sharing the resurrection power.
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Philippi
Paul
Silas
Jesus Christ
Lynn H Hough
Tertullian
Jesus
Christ
Carry High Speed Cameras In Montreal Built Aircraft
The second of three military aircraft built in Montreal for the department of national defence has been tested for Northwest Territories service. Designed for high speed photography and transport, it carries fuel and oil for five and a half hours, with oblique cameras rear mounted to photograph through cabin apertures. It features float landing gear, optional wheel undercarriage, and a ski undercarriage for winter flights. The Netherlands face a 30,000 person job shortage, and many nations have used post offices as advertising agencies.
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Montreal
Department of National Defence
Northwest Territories
German War Duty Order Casts Wide Fear Across Ages 25-45
Millions of Germans aged 25 to 45 carry a kriegsbeorderung a blue eight by five inch sheet detailing when and where to report for war. The document lists barracks required clothing and procedures if residence changes and ties failure to martial law.
Practice Has Been Stopped Prisoners in Philippine Jail Barred From Home Meals
Prisoners in the provincial jail of the Philippine Islands may no longer return home unescorted for meals or to sleep. Secretary of the Interior Elpidio Quirino, back from a provincial tour, called the practice of allowing home meals and overnight stays a bad one to continue. The policy had reduced government feeding costs, with minor offenders often going home two or three times daily, and many released nightly to sleep at home, though few attempted escapes.
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Philippine
Philippine Islands
Elpidio Quirino
Interior
Smith’s shady shilling caper ends with floor trap
Smith glances around a busy shop then uses a handkerchief to lift a coin hidden on the floor. The coin refuses to lift and sticks to the floor as a shop assistant nears, highlighting a petty theft incident in a large store.
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Smith
Montreal horn bylaw imposes fines for late night honks
A municipal rule in Montreal makes blowing an automobile horn between midnight and four in the morning punishable by a 40 dollar fine plus one month in jail costs. The measure aims to curb late night noise and reduce disturbances.
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Montreal
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Alice Brooks
Yellowknife Mining Division
Maritime Board of ‘Trade
Teais
Netherlands
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