World happenings briefly told
Government bill appointing an economic council passed third reading in the House of Commons with no division. A four man crew died when their 70 ton motor TEAS struck a mine in Salamis gulf. Fire destroyed the Alberta Wheat Pool elevator at Kitscoty with 18 000 bushels of wheat lost from 25 000 capacity valued about 15 000. Gerald C. MacGuire, 37. With 16 new fighting aeroplanes ordered, Australia plans 36 more this year and similar next year. Four Chinese convicted of smuggling opium valued at 4000 into Vancouver from Empress of Japan. King sent 250 to the Implacable Fund to preserve the Trafalgar ship. Between 10 000 and 50 000 Australians expected to England for jubilee travels via USA or Canada. Premier Reid denies extending Alberta legislature life beyond next June.
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Economic Council
House of Commons
Salamis Gulf
Alberta Wheat Pool
Kitscoty
Alta
Gerald C. MacGuire
Vancouver
Japan
England
United States
Canada
Alberta
RG. Reid
Attorney in Kansas Receives Physical Exam During X Ray
Raron J. Anderson, attorney, entered a Kansas doctor’s office for a routine physical. He carried a ten and a five dollar bill. The physician used an X ray, then charged Fifteen dollars for the examination.
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Raron J. Anderson
Kansas
Anderson
Marathon Argument Sparks Timekeeper Clash
A lighthearted exchange unfolds after a marathon where a runner challenges his time and jokes with the timekeeper. The timekeeper retorts that the runner himself altered the time by finishing in a way that changed the clock. The moment captures friction and humor at the race’s finish.
Faithful vicar’s benevolence builds almshouses and aid
The Rev Frank Tatchell, longtime Midhurst vicar dubbed Five-minute Frank, used a £600 annual stipend to shelter the old and aid the needy. He transformed the vicarage into almshouses costing a penny weekly, distributed 100 pairs of boots to tramps, kept emergency brandy for emergencies, and opened the garden to parishioners like a public park. He also hosted a grand continental party for local teachers at public expense.
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Indeprade
Wortame
Frank Tatchell
Midhurst
Sussex
England
Sword of Hs
Indian Ocean
Patlle
Philanthrop
Interesting Souvenirs Recall Queen Victoria Jubilee
June 1897 keepsakes linked to Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee recalled by G. E. Davis of Swift Current Sask. A New Testament and a cup from a Southborough Kent school mark the 1897 Jubilee. Each item bears a Queen portrait and the inscription V R. 1837-1907.
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G. E. Davis
Swift Current
Sask
Davis
Southborough
Kent
England
Navy silk jacket dress with navy white trim fashion note
Delightful little jacket dress in navy sheer silk with navy white taffeta trim. Features a tied scarf neckline and a simple nipped jacket line. Suggested in natural linen for a nautical look. Size range 14 to 40 bust with pattern details and pricing notes.
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Nic
Sean
Handwriting Analysis and Personal Advice Column Readings
A grapho-analyst signature column offers guidance on personality, relationships, and self-improvement. It cautions against hasty judgments, urges patience, notes the writer’s tendencies to overemphasize details, and discusses a 17 year old in love with a 39 year old. It suggests delaying serious choices and offers handwriting analysis for further insight.
Finest Organ In World At Royal Albert Hall London
The Royal Albert Hall in London houses a new organ completed after six years of work at a cost of 130000 dollars. It is described as the finest in the world with 175 draw stops, 10491 speaking pipes, four keyboards, seven tonal departments, and 80 miles of electric cable. It weighs 175 tons and occupies 65000 cubic feet. One hundred twelve craftsmen built it and it will cost 11000 annually to tune. The instrument promises a wide tonal color and a remarkable sonority.
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Royall Albert Hall
London
Royal Albert Hall
History Of The Sponge
History traces sponge origins to Aristotle era Greek soldiers using sponges for padding. By the mid ninth century microscopic study established sponges as animals, not plants.
Cycling Boom in Britain Drives Surge in Bike Production
Britain’s cycling boom postwar prompts manufacturers to surge output. Firms shift to meet demand with record 31.5 lakh machines forecast for 1994. Cyclists Touring Club and National Cyclists Union report sharp membership gains, including 40 thousand in the union. London sees over 400 cycling clubs, with two women only groups recently formed.
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Great Britain
Britain
Cyclists’ Touring Club
National Cyclists Union
Inondon
Captain James rises to command Imperial Airways liners
The 25 year old, once a pilot’s helper, has been promoted to command Imperial Airways 40 passenger liners. He earned a private and commercial license, mastered navigation and radio, then flew cross channel routes. Now he is Europe’s longest serving first rank pilot.
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England
James
Imperial Airways
Percy
Ridesrom
Europe
Bran Corn Meal Muffins From Betty Barclay
Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs milk bran and corn meal. Sift flour salt and baking powder. fold into first mixture just until flour disappears. Bake in greased muffin tins in moderate oven about 400 degrees F for 20 to 25 minutes. Yield 12 muffins.
Tropical Delight with Bananas and Coconut
A playful recipe note describes baking bananas with coconut in a hot oven until tender. It hints at a possible explanation for why certain animals sleep through the winter, and suggests serving immediately. Serves 4.
Nutritional value of grass discussed for children's diet
Dr G J Cessful and nutrition specialists at John Hopkins review experiments feeding grass tea to chickens at the Agricultural College. Birds fed grass ashes grew overweight or underweight with bright plumage, suggesting something in grass is present though its exact value remains unknown.
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Dr. G
John Hopkins University
Agricultural College
Dr. Thristie
A Children's Paradise How Fresh Air Schools Hare Hendon
Educationists from across the United Kingdom and abroad visit Hendon to view new open air schools described as almost a children’s paradise. Land is set far from roads, a garden and playing field form, a light air bungalow sits as a quadrangle with a verandah linking rooms. Glazed partitions open to fresh air, four such semi open air schools exist with a fifth planned.
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Hendon
England
United Kingdom
Miser’s Strange Habit Feeds Final Breath in London
In southeast London Edwin Thomas Howes was found dead in modest lodgings with about $300 in his pockets and $1,105 in savings. An inquest heard Howes skimped on food and basic comforts while indulging a costly habit of lighting his pipe with one pound notes, a practice noted by relatives.
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London
Edwin Thomas Howes
Howes
Poultry Exports Jump in February to 786000 Pounds
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports February poultry exports at 786000 pounds valued at 141606 dollars, more than four times the same month last year when 141085 pounds were exported valued at 26036 dollars.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Cellulose in Plants and Uses in Modern Industry
Cellulose forms the major part of plant cell walls, with cotton containing about 85 percent. Science converts cellulose into dextrose for candies and syrups, parchment via lye, and nitrocellulose through sulfuric acid. Nitrocellulose is a key explosive and film base, used in lacquers, photography, and imitation leather goods, while collagen and rubbers mix nitrocellulose with solvents.
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Gorton H. Guest
MLA
Amokeleas
la Weil
Queen Mary liner to feature painted stairway panels and pool
Fragments describe Cunard White Star Queen Mary plans with wall panels by noted artists in the stairway and a first class swimming pool tiled with ornate patterns. An artificial palm grove will be cooled by hidden fans as sand from Margate is offered for a beach area. A historian seeks the author of the first cowboy song with justice in the old West noted as buried.
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Margate Corporation
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