New Anti Aircraft Gun Claims High Altitude Kill
Tests off the Riviera coast near La Seyne France demonstrate a new anti aircraft gun able to bring down an attacking bomber seven and one half miles high. The system’s construction remains secret with the firm directing the project while observers from aviation military and naval circles follow the experiments.
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la Seyne
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Europe
World Happenings Briefly Told
A Canadian legation home in Tokyo may arrive soon. Jimmy Oates plans a Ottawa to Churchill motorcycle voyage. Switzerland shipped 2.2 million pounds of silk to Great Britain. Thirty more Doukhobor men sent to Piers Island now about 100 on the island. Three Calgary boys join Nationalist air force in China after local training. Manchuria report urges Chinese autonomy under Japanese advisers. UK says no US word on world economic conference postponement. Lord Wakefield will quit motor boat speed contests. Greater Vancouver census 1931 totals 308340.
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Jimmy Oates
Canada
Ottawa
Churchill
Switzerland
Great Britain
Piers Island
Calgary
League of Nations
Manchuria
Honey Producers May Expect Good Prices Across Dominion
Dominion apiarist reports a 65 percent Ontario crop, 50 percent Saskatchewan, 60 percent Alberta, and weaker Red River Valley harvest due to dry conditions. Manitoba notes an earlier clover bloom and a better overall yield, with a Dominion-wide honey yield about 80 percent of normal, suggesting good prices for producers.
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C. B. Gooderham
Dominion
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Red River Valley
Manitoba
L. T. Floyd
Bequest of Portuguese Royal Arms to King George
Two vases bearing the royal arms of Portugal from Fulwell Park Twickenham are bequeathed to King George in King Manuel's will as thanks for kindnesses. A London journalist asks when his lordship will die. the reply is he is not dead yet. The Graf Zeppelin has arrived in Germany after a round trip to Pernambucco Brazil.
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Manuel
Fulwell Park
Twickenham
Middlesex
George
Graf Zeppelis
Friederichshafen
Germany
Pernambuco
Brazil
Pyramid Mountain
Jasper National Park
Alberta
Canada
Carter's Little Liver Pills Promote Health Claim Ad
A 1960 advertisement cites Mr. Frank C who reports relief from acidity and constipation after using Carter's Little Liver Pills. The copy emphasizes the product as purely vegetable and a gentle tonic for liver function, urging readers to ask for Carter's by name.
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Carter
PRA
Highland Society Bars Women From Membership
The Highland Society of London announces it cannot admit women as members due to 1816 and 1831 legislative acts. To ensure royal patronage for the next annual festival in June, the society plans to seek the Prince of Wales as presiding figure after direct advance representations.
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Highland Society of London
Prince of Wales
Cunard Carinthia to Circumnavigate Southern Hemisphere World Cruise
The Cunard liner Carinthia will begin a 139 day world cruise from New York on January 7, tracing a Southern Cross route. It will cover about 36,801 miles, calling at 85 ports including Kingston Jamaica the Panama Canal California Hawaii Tahiti Rarotonga Samoa Fiji New Zealand Australia New Guinea Bali Java Ceylon Seychelles Mombasa Cape Town Montevideo Santos Rio de Janeiro and back to New York. The voyage showcases rarely visited regions and includes many British possessions. Thos Cook & Son handles shore arrangements.
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Southern Cross
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Kingston
Jamaica
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Hawaii
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Rarotonga
Samoa
Fijis
New Zealand
Australia
New Guinea
Dutch East Indies
Bali
Java
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Ceylon
Seychelles Islands
Port Victoria
Sunny East Africa
Mombasa
Cape Town
South Atlantic
Montevideo
Buenos
Omaha
Seychelles
Kenya
Zanzibar
Union of South Africa
Barbadoes
Thos. Cook & Son
Crisp Molasses Cookies From This Week Recipe
Recipe outlines crisp molasses cookies with sifted special cake flour baking powder salt ginger and molasses. Butter shortening and soda are mixed into hot molasses then combined with flour folded kneaded chilled rolled thin cut baked at 350 degrees for ten minutes yields 334 dozen cookies.
Stuffed Prune Salad Recipe Card Searchwide
Cream cheese coconut and mayonnaise blend stuffed into 24 seeded prunes. Chill and serve on crisp lettuce with a mayonnaise garnish. Southern style quick salad serving eight.
Special Macaroni Salad Recipe Card
A simple eggless macaroni salad combines 2 cups cold cooked macaroni with chopped green pepper thin carrot slices and chopped onion. Stir in 44 cup French dressing and Eggless Mayonnaise until bound. Chill before serving. serves six.
Invisi ble Ray System Installed On Two German Liners
A fog penetrating projector has been installed on two new German liners. The device emits an invisible beam that increases visible distance by about twenty times and provides equal efficiency by night and day.
Old Commons Orders Endure Despite Centuries
Some standing rules in the House of Commons remain in force beyond two centuries. An old Norman French phrase still used in some cases is Le Roy le veult meaning the King wishes it, used when giving Royal assent to a Bill.
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Grapefruit Seedlings Flower Early After X-ray Treatment
Grapefruit seedlings one month old flower after being exposed to X-ray treatment. Normally trees flower after five years, but the irradiated young plants showed small blooms indicating accelerated flowering. The finding suggests a potential effect of X rays on early flowering in citrus.
Sunday School Lesson Golden Text Psalm 116:15
Devotional note and scripture focus present a church lesson tracing Deuteronomy 32 48 52 34 5 8 and Psalm 116 12 to 15. The piece highlights Jehovah valuing the death of His saints and invites reflection on biblical passages for study and devotion.
Moses Death and End of Forty Years Journey
Excerpted reflections on Moses approaching death, his view of the Promised Land, and the dignity of passing. The piece contrasts divine assignment with human isolation, notes no known burial place, and quotes theologians on the mercy and mystery of death. It blends biblical narration with meditations by J. E. McFadyen and Professor Kemper, ending with a poem on death’s judgment and triumph.
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Moses
Plains of
Ahab
Promise
Jericho
Henry van Dyke
Joshua
Moab
Jehovah
J. E. McFadyen
Professor Kemper
Ontario Seeks Strong Showing at World Grain Show
Ontario plans robust representation at the Worlds Grain Show in Regina from July 24 to August 5, 1933. Hon. T. A. Kennedy says Ontario will enter intercollegiate and junior grain judging, with provincial contests at key points to pick three representatives for a final at Guelph, plus an educational exhibit on the province’s natural resources.
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Ontario
Regina
T. A. Kennedy
Toronto
Guelph
Bakeable Butter Sugar Cookie Recipe Note
A simple cookie batter uses 4 cups butter and 1 cup sugar with vanilla and milk. Include 234 cups pastry flour or 2 cups 3 tablespoons bread flour, plus 3 teaspoons baking powder. A stray 34 teaspoon sale appears as a stray value in the ingredients.
Madame Lacroix Recommends Magic Baking Powder at Schools
Madame R Lacroix assistant director of the Provincial School of Domestic Science in Montreal says Magic Baking Powder offers uniform high leavening quality and consistent, satisfactory results. The powder is the preferred choice in many cooking schools and homes across the Dominion. A free Magic Cook Book with dozens of baked recipe ideas is available from Standard Brands Ltd in Toronto.
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Madame R. Lacroix
School of Domestic Science
Montreal
Dominion
Standard Brands Ltd
Fraser Ave
Liberty St
Toronto
Ontario
Ocean Eagle Sets Far North Sailing Record
The government survey ship Ocean Eagle under Captain William Poolok completed a 17 day voyage into Foxe Basin returning to Churchill. It sailed near Cockburn Land east of the magnetic pole and north of Baffin Island, a distance unmatched by vessels of its size in that area.
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Far North
William Poolok
Churchill
Foxe Basin
Cockburn Land
Magnetic Pole
Baffin Island
Cork Eliminates Slums in Irish Free State Initiative
Cork undertakes a program to clear and redevelop slums as part of broader housing reform in the Irish Free State. The effort targets unsafe housing conditions and aims to improve living standards for residents through planned urban renewal.
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Cork
Irish Free State
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