World happenings briefly told in Arctic plans and BC affairs
A Soviet expedition head by George Uschikoff seeks an Arctic passage from Asia to Europe. Manitoba Paper Co. resumes full operations at Pine Falls with 85 workers returning. H. G. Wells plans three years of film work. A second North American Community Council conference is set for Queen's University in Kingston. The Soviet government orders 16 Maxim Gorky type airplanes after a 1932 crash. Dr. Allen Peebles appointed technical adviser to Canada state health insurance inquiry. BC officials discuss bureaucracy growth. Law Society of BC opens annual convention. Manitoba highway tolls report 20 dead and 62 seriously injured first half year. Canada’s ties with Britain urged to be in a brotherly spirit, not monetary terms.
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George Uschikoff
Asia
Europe
Manitoba Paper Co
Pine Falls
H. G. Wells
Ima
G. M. Wel
British Columbia
Victoria
Canada
J. W. Deb. Farris
K.C
Law Society of British Columbia
Manitoba
W. J. Major
Great Britain
Raymond Morand
Windsor
Ont
House of ‘Commons
Empire Parliamentary Association
London
Falconer urges Canada to form foreign affairs ministry
Sir Robert Falconer, president of the League of Nations Society, spoke in Ottawa urging Canada to create a separate ministry of foreign affairs. He argued Canada should participate more fully in League affairs and consider world events, noting Italian and Japanese policies could have distant but serious consequences for Canadians.
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Robert Falconer
Canada
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Sir Robert Falconer
League of Nations Society
Ottawa
Great Britain
League of Nations
Experimental Bridge 4 Misreads Card Rank Confuses Ace and King
A young man with vague card knowledge joins a four person bridge game and makes a fatal error by discarding a king on a trick already won by an opponent's ace. His partner exclaims a king cannot beat an ace while the novice stumbles through an awkward explanation.
Miss Violet Piercy Sets Stair Climb Marathon Feat
The London Sunday Times reports Violet Piercy, a woman marathon runner, completing a five and a quarter mile run from Highgate to the Monument. She sprinted up 311 steps to the top, finishing 46 minutes 1 second after start. The stair ascent took 2 minutes 86 seconds, with Bas attempting a similar feat.
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London Sunday Times
Violet Piercy
Highgate
Bas
Trans Canada Airways prep for coast to coast service
The Trans-Canada airway moves toward coast to coast service within years as civil aviation appropriations are amplified. Preparatory work includes building airdromes and landing fields, night lighting, wireless facilities, and extensive atmospheric and route investigations. 49 landing places exist. nearly $500,000 more will push progress this year.
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Montreal
Vancouver
Air Force
Mounted Police
New Plane by Dean B Hammond Sees Government Interest
Dean B Hammond of Ypsilanti Michigan unveils a new two seat biplane claimed to land on a dime and achieve carlike fuel efficiency. Fifteen units ordered by the Bureau of Air Commerce for inspection service with a 200 foot landing and takeoff roll and a top speed around 35 mph. The craft uses three wheel gear and a rear pushing propeller.
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Dean B. Hammond
Ypsilanti
Mich
Hammond
United States
Federal Bureau of Air Commerce
Inspection Service
Holstein records broken in Canada half year figures
Holstein Friesien Association of Canada reports a sharp rise in registrations and transfers. Brantford says 14 705 cattle changed hands, up 99 percent from 1994, with exports to the United States at 4 596 head, up 180 percent. Registration for the period reached 15 581, up 28 percent despite exports of breeding stock.
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Canada
Holstein Friesien Association of Canada
Brantford
United States
Canadian railroads grow from 16 miles to vast Dominion system
A century of Canadian railroading began with the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railway of 1835 a 16 mile line linking St Johns and Lapraire Quebec. By Confederation in 1867 mileage was 2278 and the Canadian Pacific Railway completed in 1885 united east and west. The wartime era reshaped expansion into the Canadian National system operating 24000 miles linking Canada to the world.
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Dominion
Canada
Australia
Champlain and
St. Lawrence
St. Johns
Laprairie
Quebec
Montreal
New York
St Johns
Richeleu River
Lake Champlain
Hudson River
Trafic
Grand Trunk System
Ontario
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadan National Railways
Deer Reunites With Owner After Long Absence
Jack Reynolds of Townsend Montana reconnected with his long lost pet deer Buckie a three year old. On a hiking trip Reynolds whistled and Buckie followed him home calmly resting on the kitchen floor. The tale recalls a 1932 discovery of a fawn Markhor goat from India with corkscrew horns.
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Jack Reynolds
Buckie
Reynolds
Townsend
Montana
Widow Completes 50 Year Mars Map By Flammerion Name
Madame Gabrielle Flammerion, widow of Camille Flammerion, finishes the famed astronomer's map of Mars begun over five decades ago. She works long hours at an observatory garden site where her husband and first wife are buried, using a powerful telescope and photographs to chart the red planet.
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Mars
Camille Flammerion
Madame Gabrielle Flammerion
Recipes For This Week Betty Barclay
Recipes for this week by Betty Barclay includes two fruit preserves crafts. It describes making juice from berries with sugar and pectin and paring a plum relish with spices, sugar, vinegar and pectin. Both yield multiple glasses and require boiling then paraffin sealing.
Not Married Yet Proposals Intertangled With Poets
In a humorous exchange a man recounts how his plan to propose was foiled when his intended partner confessed she preferred Browning Kipling and Shelley. He laments the odds of courting a girl loving three other fellows and questions his chances.
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Browning
Kipling
Shelley
Princess For A Day Maid In Archbishop's House
Dorothy Shaw, a kitchen maid at Bishopthorpe Palace, wed George Wilton, a young cobbler, in a ceremony conducted by Archbishop William Temple. The couple’s wedding breakfast was held in the palace common room with all staff present, and Dorothy later honeymooned in an apartment once occupied by King Edward and Queen Alexandra.
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York
England
Dorothy Shaw
Bishopthorpe
Dorothy
George Wilton
Wiliam Temple
Alexandra
Wale
Cardinal Woleey
Pocket Knife For Dolls House At Windsor Castle
The Queen adds a tiny pocket knife to the Queen's Dolls' House at Windsor. Weighing one hundredth ounce, it cuts like a full-size blade. Made from Faraday steel from 115 years ago. Sir Robert Hadfield arranged miniature knives from this steel. Notables including the Prince of Wales Mussolini and President Roosevelt have accepted them. The Queen sent a coin in exchange, a tradition warning that gifts of knives cut friendship.
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Windsor Castle
Faraday
Robert Hadfield
Prince of Wales
Signor Mussolini
Roosevelt
Sir Robert
Natives Stealing Stones From Carthage Ruins
Report notes natives in North Africa are believed to be taking stones and columns from the ruins of ancient Carthage while seeking building materials.
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Carthage
North
Africa
Lacy doilies for summer tables and gifts
Doilies in airy designs suit summer semes and luncheon sets. They can be made quickly with unbleached white or colored string and starch to stiffen. The design is lovely and the patterns promise everyday use and extra donations. Send 20 cents to the Winnipeg newspaper department for pattern access.
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Winnipeg
Newopeper
New Safety Rail Device Improves Railroad Travel Safety
The electric eye Sperry rail detector offers precise flaw detection in rails. A new block switch uses locomotive oils as eyes and automatically brakes and alerts the cab if another train occupies the track.
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Sperry
Shifting Of Earth's Crust Scientist Reports Continent Westward
Indications that the American continent is slowly moving westward were reported by Father Lejay director of the Zhawel observatory near Shanghai. He spoke in Paris during the International Astronomical Union convention about gravity chart calculations.
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America
Father Lejay
Zhawel Observatory
Shanghai
Paris
International Astronomical Union
Little Journeys In Science Photography
A concise explanation of photography origins and processes. It covers camera exposure, latent image formation, development in a reducing agent, fixing with sodium thiosulphate, washing, and drying to produce a negative, then creating a paper print by exposing through the negative to produce a positive. It notes toning can alter tint.
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Gordon
Guest
ALA
Smallest English county seeks police boost over speeding
In Rutland England the twelfth year without an assize court prompts county authorities to ask for more police. Population 17400 mostly farming, with 17 existing officers and one recruit. Officials say motorists speed across the county, keeping magistrates idle, so another constable is needed.
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England
Rutland
St. Thomas
Pekoe Tea Meaning Tied to White Hair, Chinese Roots
Neal O'Hara in the New York Post explains Pekoe as the Chinese term for white hair, referring to a light down on tea leaves. The elder duck is noted to reach speeds of 40 to 50 miles per hour.
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Neal O'Hara
New York Post
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Railroads of Canada
India
Betty Barclay
Queen Mary
Alice Brooks
Klee
Doities
Crochet
Ordah
Wiens Ai
Sas
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