World Happenings Briefly Told
A compact roundup notes the liner Queen Mary weighed and length given, France urged to pay war debts to the United States, King buys a Canada built auto, Huntingdon reform school boys donate to flood relief, python eggs shipped to Pretoria hatch en route, Ireland United States air route talks, US Army air corps urged to build 4000 planes, Dardanelles remilitarization denied by Turkish sources, Andrew Mellon celebrated his 64th birthday, and parliamentary inquiry into Speaker hiring during dissolution and reassembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
United States
Canada
Pennsylvania Industrial School
Huntingdon
Pretoria
Transvaal Museum
Orighstad
Ireland
Sean Lemass
Free State
Dublin
Congress
House Military Committee
United States Army Air Corps
London
Dardanelles
League of Nations
Turkey
Andrew William Mellon
United States Treasury
House Committee On Privileges and Elections
King
Book Of Remembrance To Hold 68000 Names For Canada
Progress toward the book of remembrance for Parliament in Ottawa is reported by J. R. Bowler, general secretary of the Canadian Legion, at the sixth Dominion convention in Vancouver. The dock will list about 68,000 Canadians who died in the war from August 4, 1914, to April 30, 1922, plus a nameless page for war-causes deaths after 1922. James Purves of London, Ontario, began the project four years ago as heraldic artist and illuminator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
J. R. Bowler
Canadian Legion
Vancouver
Canada
James Purves
Aldc
London
Ont
Buy Canadian Honey and Empire Bees Busy
The piece notes the extended buy British campaign to empire productions with slogans like buy Canadian honey and keep Empire bees busy. It mentions British reception to such catch lines and contrasts with the colorblind portrayal of cats in a grey world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Empire Productions
Empire
Canadian youth congress to meet in Ottawa in May
A congress of Canadian youth will gather in Ottawa on May 23 to 25 with delegates from youth groups across the country. The meeting, chaired by T W L MacDermot, aims to shape a national policy on a Peace Policy for Canada and Youth in the Canadian Economy and to guide Canada’s delegation to a World Youth Congress in Geneva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Candia
Canada
World Youth Congress
Geneva
T. W. L. MacDermot
Upper Canda College
League of Nations’ Society
Canadian Youth Council
League of Nations
Congress
Congress Committee
Adelaide Street West
Toronto
Aviation Expansion Urge At Canadian Legion Meet
In Vancouver the annual Canadian Legion convention passed unanimously a resolution to modernize the Royal Canadian Air Force and expand commercial aviation. It called the federal government to provide definite assistance to commercial operators, employ unemployed labor for airport development, complete the trans Canada air way, and aid northern operators in mining area development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canada
The
Canadian Legion
Vancouver
Good English Is a Key to Success Lesson
Overseas Weekly Mirror emphasizes that thinking and speaking clearly in English is essential for success. It argues most rising individuals succeed by mastering effective English, claiming error-proof, instantly impressive use wins respect from employers, friends, clients, and acquaintances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overseas Weekly Mirror
Peril Of Closed Mind And A Vintage Auction
The piece warns that a closed mind invites fossil like stagnation and buoyantly notes that constant learning keeps vitality alive. It cites a first edition of Lewis Carrolls Alice in Wonderland selling for 900 guineas to a London book firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Carrol
London
New Hearing Aid Promises Hope For Deaf Half
Researchers at the University of California led by Prof. Vern Koudsen report a new ear amplifier that can restore near normal hearing to about half of the deaf. The device targets high pitched tones, boosting only the hard of hearing range while others listen through earphones tests show many subjects hearing almost perfectly. Norman Watson and As Sepmyer graduate students assisted over a year and a half in the project amid promising results for millions of hard of hearing Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern
Koudsen
Norman Watson
As Sepmyer
University of California
United States
Aid for War Veterans Proposal to Set Up Commission
Ottawa reports that Pensions Minister Power pushes motions in the House to create a paid Veterans Assistance Commission to help ex service men with employment research and investigations. He also seeks merging the pension appeal court into the pensions commission with more commissioners to speed hearings and tighten retroactive pension payments while clarifying the Pensions Act. A separate note states sea temperatures off Alaska are 18 degrees warmer at 20 fathoms depth than at the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Assistance Commission
Ottawa
House of Commons
Pensions
Power
Major Power
Veterans’ Assistance Commission
Pension Appeal Court
Pensions Commission
Alaska
Canada’s Musical Talent Praised by Visiting Adjudicator
Harold Samuel professor of the College of Music London and Duchess of Bedford adjudicator arrived in Halifax. He noted Canadians show merit on par with Britain and the U S and praised their sympathy for high music. He arrived with David Yacamini of Perth Scotland who will judge choral music in the festival on his first Canadian visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Harold Samuel
College of Music
London
Halifax
Duchess of Bedford
Samuel
Dominion
Great Britain
United States
David Yacamini
Perth
Scotland
Yacamini
Boy to travel for delicate nail removal from lung
Kelvin Rodgers, a three year old in Melbourne, will sail to Philadelphia on the Jeff Davis with his mother for a lung nail removal. The trip, arranged by the United States and Australian governments, follows a year of failed treatment. Dr Chevalier Jackson of Temple University Hospital will perform the operation. The boy's family, motor mechanic with $20 a week, nearly depleted funds, faces death if the nail remains.
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United States
Kelvin Rodgers
Melbourne
Philadelphia
Shipping Board
American Pioneer Line
Jeff Davis
Chevalier Jackson
Temple University Hospital
Kelvin
Believe It Or Not and a Bleeding Hawk Tale
A mummified Egyptian hawk owned by Sir Mark Grant-Sturgis allegedly bleeds during British crises, a quirk noted by Daily Mirror. The item contrasts war hysteria with the bird’s dry demeanor and ends with a quip about executives and busyness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Mark Grant-Sturgis
Egypt
Mark
Daily Mirror
Smarten Your Home With Crochet Pattern 5331
Crochet rug towel band and scarf patterns described with tulip design and filet border. Complete directions charts materials colors and illustrations provided by Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union. send 20 cents to obtain pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipe
Making New Appointment Lieutenant Governor Alberta
Premier King has notified the lieutenant-governor that the five year term of Hon. W. L. Walsh ends May 4 and a new appointment will be made. Names mentioned include J. W. McDonald K.C. Macleod Dr. F. W. Gershaw Medicine Hat Dr. H. M. Tory former University of Alberta president Col. P. C. H. Primrose Edmonton Capt. J.C. Bowen former Alberta Liberal house leader and W. W. Prevey Edmonton businessman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
W. L. Walsh
King
J. W. McDonald
K.C
Macleod
F. W. Gershaw
Medicine Hat
H. M. Tory
University of Alberta
Selected Recipes Cold Water Sponge Cake
Recipe describes beating yolks until thick lemon colored, then adding sugar lemon rind flour and cold water in steps. Whipped whites folded in, batter poured into greased tube pan and baked 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes.
Gun Carriage From King George V Funeral At Woolwich
The gun carriage used for King George V’s funeral was removed from the Royal Horse Artillery depot at St John’s Wood and taken to Woolwich for preservation under cover. It previously bore King Edward VII. through London and is now housed in the Tower of London armour museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George V
Woolwich
Royal Horse Artillery
St. Johns Wood
Artillery Service
King Edward VII
London
Armour Museum
Tower of London
Concentrated Sunlight Mirrors Melt through Steel Plate
Inventor H. E. McCoy of Los Angeles demonstrates a system of 60 mirrors forming a revolving battery that concentrates sunlight into a beam reportedly reaching about 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The arrangement tracks the sun from east to west, melting a steel plate and projected metals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. McCoy
Los Angeles
California
McCoy
Canadian Exhibits Sought for Empire Exhibition
Regina Board of Trade hears from F P Cosgrove Ottawa on government exhibition plans for Canadian participation in the Empire Exhibition at Johannesburg South Africa. The pamphlet lists facilities and outlines arrangements for Canada on site. South Africa is noted as a key market as Britain links Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Dominion
Johannesburg
Regina Board of Trade
F. P. Cosgrove
Government Exhibition Commission
Ottawa
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P. V. Lewis
Lethbridge
Alta
Alice Brooks Patter
Allice Brooks
Coats
Clark
Coats’ and
Coats’ and Clark
Eae
America
Philip Sassoon
Air
Jerusalem
Tts
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