World Happenings Briefly Told
August beef sales in Bank Saskatchewan reached 141170 pounds with 33690 red brand and 107480 blue brand. Japan India trade talks resume. current accord expires in March. King Edward gives Royal Burgess Golf Club gold ball marking last year’s captaincy. Hartlepool bombarded in WWI, 100 killed. German vessel Elbe welcomed back after 22 years. Crerar says Jasper Banff highway to be finished in two years. Ferguson urges closer empire ties and defense. US FCC hearing seeks exclusive broadcast slots for educational institutions.
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Bankatchewan
Japan
India
Edward
Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh
Prince of Wales
Hartlepool
England
Toronto
United States Communications Commission
French Duchess of Broncas Dies After X Ray Battle
The Duchess de Broncas, dubbed Florence Nightingale of France, continued radiology in Paris after marriage, despite deadly X ray exposure. She perfected heated needles and other instruments, lost fingers and arm, yet pressed on to ease hundreds of patients.
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Duchess de Broncas
Florence Nightingale
France
Paris
Duc Des Broncos
Tam
British Columbia Agricultural Revenue Rises in 1935
BC total gross agricultural revenue is estimated at 42 419 992 dollars for 1935, up 2 593 851 or 6 51 percent from 1934. Increases appear in farm animals wool dairy products fruit vegetables poultry and eggs fodder crops hops nursery stock and fur farming while grains potatoes honey tobacco and seeds fall slightly. Compared with the prior year average meat branch prices were higher.
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British Columbia
Reformation stamps issued in Copenhagen hallmarked by Tausen portrait
Two new stamps on sale in Copenhagen honor the 400th anniversary of the Reformation. Each stamp features Hans Tausen, champion of Luther's doctrines in Denmark, based on a Frederiksborg gallery portrait. The Buckingam Palace arch stood at central Buckingham Palace until 1851.
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Copenhagen
Hans Tausen
Luther
Denmark
Frederiksborg
Sea Maps Declared Obsolete After Bering Survey
United States Coast Guard Commander L V Kielhorn returned to Seattle from a charting survey in the Far North declaring all Bering sea maps obsolete. The Chelan cutter reported a new deep in the Aleutian trough four miles south of the islands, confirming no gateway south of the Bering to the North Pacific. The expedition also found a vast undersea mountain range in the Bering Sea. The new depth is 4199 fathoms near the regular North Pacific steamship route.
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United States Coastguard
L. V. Kielhorn
Seattle
Wash
Bering Sea
Chelan
North Pacific
Aleutian Islands
Kielhorn
Bering Wa
Aleutian Trough
Italian cows produce wool under Mussolini order
Italian chemists claim high grade wool from cow milk while Premier Mussolini orders cows to produce wool for Europe. The move targets military uniforms and national needs in dictatorships as Western cattlemen view it with skepticism. Rome’s legend of wolves and milk is invoked to underscore the unlikely policy amid wartime tensions.
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Mussolini
Europe
Rome
Romulus
Remus
Vitamin C Danaged by Standing in Juices Found
The United States Department of Agriculture home economics bureau reports orange juice contains two to three times more vitamin C than tomato juice. Vitamin C degrades if left standing. Experiments analyzed four orange varieties from California and Florida, plus fresh and canned tomato juices, with canned tomatoes showing equal vitamin C to fresh samples.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Home Economics Bureau
California
Florida
Duke Buys Gift Horse for King Edward Charger
The Salford borough in Lancashire offered King Edward a chestnut gelding named Cherry Grove, two years owned by the chief constable. Standing 16 hands high, the horse was deemed royal etiquette breached, so the Duke of Beaufort purchased him for £150 and will present him as the king’s charger.
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Edward
Salford
Lancashire
England
Duke of Beaufort
One Way Out of Debts and Public Spending
Editorial argues that debt cannot be cleared without repayment and that stopping public borrowing is the only path to freedom. It urges government spending only from sensible taxation and warns of entangling debt webs. A brief note mentions Waterloo Bridge opening in London at the end of 1939.
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Waterloo Bridge
London
England
Nurse Emma Pulman Dies Gave Frontier Care
Emma Pulman of Winnipeg General Hospital died recently. Born in England in 1852, she trained at Charing Cross Hospital London and volunteered to treat Red River Fever victims. She helped establish Winnipeg’s first isolation ward after nursing a semi conscious man with smallpox, and she loved horses and dogs, breeding collies in later years.
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Emma Pulman
Winnipeg General Hospital
England
Charing Cross Hospital
London
Red River
Frontier
Pulman
Winnipeg
Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertisement
An old fashioned ad extols liver bile flow and morning energy urging readers to take Carter's Little Liver Pills. It claims two pounds of bile daily aid digestion, warns against constipation, promises a harmless calomel free remedy, and urges refusing other products.
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Carter
Garteer
Littia Ives
Mysore Diamonds Baffle Price Guess at London Tea Party
The famed Mysore diamonds worn by the Maharajah at a London tea party impressed 262 Anglo-Indian guests. The stones, “swallows eggs” in size, lay on a chain against his tunic, cannot be priced, and may be worth a billion dollars. He also wore large diamonds in each ear and an emerald on his left hand amid a gold thread turban.
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Mysore
London
Wales Researchers Breed Hard Grass for Mountain Pastures
Scientists at the University of Wales plant breeding station near completion of grass experiments to endure Welsh mountain climate. With limited pasture land, twenty years of research promises new pastures in unlikely places enabling all season crops of strawberries raspberries apples pears and vegetables beyond their usual short seasons.
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University of Wales
Wales
Tiger skin exhibition funds Ottawa church build
An exhibition at Chalmers Church Ottawa during the Seventh General Council of the United Church of Canada featured a double striped tiger skin once given to Rev H H Smith of Sitamau India. Mr Smith sold the skin when short of funds for a new church, fetching $700 to complete the building.
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Chalmers Church
Ottawa
General Council of the
United Church of Canada
H. H. Smith
Sitamau
India
Maundasaur
Smith
London Zoo Turned Into Continental Beer Garden Scene
Animals in cages watch visitors dine as giraffes, tigers, and baboons observe fashionable Mayfair patrons on restaurant balconies and in floodlit gardens. London presents its closest likeness to a Continental beer garden.
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London Zoo
Mayfair
London
Sunday School Lesson on Acts 17 Paul in Thessalonica to Berea
Golden text Hebrews 4 12 outlines God s word as living and sharper than a two edged sword The lesson covers Paul s ministry in Thessalonica and Berea describing how he reasoned from Scripture showing Jesus as the Christ Some Jews devout Greeks and honorable Greek women believed while others opposed him and fled at night to continue the mission in Berea
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God
Thessaloni
Thessalonica
Philippi
Paul
Thessalonians
Amphipolis
Apollonia
Luke
Christ
Jesus
Silas
Pat
Macedoniad
Achaia
Greece
Berea
Jeep mascot of Nascopie returns to Halifax port first
The ship’s kitten mascot known as The Jeep refused to leave the crew’s vessel at any port and led the way off the Nascopie at Halifax. A witty saying notes a genius is a man who can do almost anything but make a living.
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Jeep
R.M.S
No need to rub and scrub cautions on lye use
The text warns against rubbing and scrubbing and notes that lye heats water when dissolved. It emphasizes not dissolving lye in hat water and explains the heat produced by the lye itself during dissolution.
Smart Crochet Gauntlets Pattern 5710
A brief notice invites readers to crochet two identical gauntlets with flared cuffs and contrast yarn. Pattern 5710 provides directions, stitches, and a materials list, with illustration. To obtain the pattern send 20 cents in stamps or coins to the Household Arts Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Well Informed London Finance Committee Tours Regina
Alderman Whittingham of London's Finance Committee and the Lord Mayor's party visited Regina during a Canadian tour. He outlined Regina's strong financial position to Mayor Ellison, noting London officials closely monitor civic finances and typically know the figures better than local council members.
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London
Regina
Whittingham
City of
Windsor Star
Glareless Windshield Glass Unveiled At Buffalo Meeting
In Buffalo the Illuminating Engineering Society disclosed a glare reducing windshield glass. Westinghouse's L W Chubb described the development as screening headlight glare without impairing driver vision, aiming to cut one of the major causes of automobile accidents.
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Buffalo
L. W. Chubb
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co
Canada Fire Losses and Week Totals Reported
The Monetary Times estimates Canada fire losses for the week ending September 50 at 192 300 compared with 232 000 the prior week and 96 450 year earlier. Year to date fire losses total 10 045 350 versus 8 915 225 last year. Some authorities call for tougher punishment amid rising concerns over crooning and swing music.
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Canada
Monetary Times
Discovery links food extracts to cataract cure advance
Dr Agnes Fay Morgan of the University of California reports that certain food extracts may affect cataract development. Her work as chair of Household Science suggests a potential step toward solving the long baffling eye malady.
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Agnes Fay Morgan
Department of Household Science
University of California
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