World Happenings Briefly Told
More than 1,000 settlers were established in Quebec under a 10 million colonization law. Quebec Minister Hos Brenee Vautrin warned single men that refusing to help with harvest could forfeit city relief. Toronto judge James Parker criticized the Canadian Performing Right Society for keeping the public in the dark about tariffed protected music. Stem rust infected wheat at the University of Saskatchewan. Garnet Wheat shows high infection. A record high merchant vessel tonnage under construction since 1932. Germany leads outside Britain with 237,000 tons under construction. Manitoba turned 65 on July 15, 1870, and became a Dominion unit on Sept 2 that year. Vancouver Island mills received Japan lumber orders marked not to be sourced from Canadian mills.
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Quebec
Hos
Brenee Vautrin
G. Wilton
Hamilton
Toronto
James Parker
Performing Right Society
University of Saskatchewan
Lloyd's Quarterly Report
Germany
Great Britain
Manitoba
Dominion
Isto
Dominion of Canada
Vancouver Island
Japan
Canada
China Goes Modern campaign to end footbinding in Peiping
Peiping mayor Yuan Liang launches a blue law style drive with six regulations. Girls under 15 cannot bind feet. those already bound must unbind. Ages 15 to 30 have three months to unbind. over 30 may unbind at leisure. Fines escalate from ten to one hundred Chinese dollars on repeat warnings.
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Peiping
Yuan Liang
China
Bird Refuses Pardon For Jailbird Squegee In Joliet
Squegee the horned lark, housed in Stateville Prison Joliet, rejected a pardon. John Posty a 65 year old burglar and cellmate since 1933 cared for the bird in cell block C and urged a release before the warden. The lark escaped the yard and attempted to return to Post, who kept him.
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Squegee
Stateville
Joliet
Blut
John Posty
Lark
Post
Whipp
Priest Crowns In BC Drowning Report From North Country
Father E Allard a well known padre in the remote north country was drowned at Col umbia as advised to Provincial police headquarters the news brought by Bishop E M Bunoz head of Ro The British Museum has a piece of tram from the Pyramid of Gizeh believed to date from the era.
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E. Allard
O ML
North Country
Columbia
Ows
EM. Bunoz, OM
British Museum
Pyramid of
Gizeh
Native Language Bible Translation Effort Among Pacific Inlands
The project by Kata Rangoso aims to translate the Bible into an unwritten native tongue of Pacific inland peoples in the western Solomons. Rev Edwin W Smith notes natives have vocabularies around ten thousand words and low grammar errors, recalling a school learning transition with writing transforming their traditional life.
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Wis
Kata Rangoso
Western
Solomons
Edwin W. Smith
British and Foreign Bible Society
T of
Africa
You
Mr. Smith
Smith
Underground Chamber Said to Be Ivan the Terrible Torture Court
Moscow excavators report finding an underground chamber near the city center linked to the legend of Ivan the Terrible. They claim a hidden passage network once connected to the czar's palace and a courtyard where victims were tortured. Geologists note the white sand may indicate distant sourcing and historic concealment.
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Ivan the Terrible
Moscow
T ‘He
Ivan
Russia
Cme
Heinrich Staden
British War Veterans Visit Berlin Aims at Reconciliation
Seven British Legion veterans led by Major Fetherstone Godly arrived in Berlin for a 10 day fact finding visit to sound out a larger group of veterans for a reconciliation move. The trip ties into a German effort to foster friendship with England amid lingering front line memories.
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Britain
Berlin
British Legion
No Man's Land
Fetherstone Godly
England
Wooden Shoes Boom At Michigan Factory In Holland
Chester Van Tongeren, star of the only wooden shoe factory in the country, reports output at ten times prior years with 1,100 workers. The Holland operation ships wooden souvenirs nationwide from ash trays to windmills while tourists receive much of the output. Van Tongeren, a Hope College veteran, started in 1928 in his father’s tobacco shop and now keeps ideas flowing.
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Michigan
Chester van Tooreene
Welland
Opera
van Tongeren
Holland
United States
A van Tongeren
Motion Picture Industry Plans Record Production This Year
The motion picture industry aims for its largest production drive since the late 1920s with budgets exceeding 150 million dollars for the coming season. California will absorb about 95 percent of spending as American companies extend some shoots to Great Britain. Double features dominate theaters, driving a surge in film output as projects like Midsummer Night's Dream and The Crusades move forward.
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California
Great Britain
Pompeii
Dictators Across Europe Born Abroad, Mussolini Excepted
The passage notes most European rulers are foreigners by birth, citing Adolf Hitler born in Austria, Mustafa Kemal in Salonica, Joseph Stalin in Georgia, Ramon de Valera in Ireland born in New York, and others. It singles out Mussolini as native to Italy.
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Europe
Adom Hitler
Germany
Mustapha Kemal
Turay
Salonica
Joeph Stalin
Rania
Georgia
Ramon de Valera
Ireland
New York
Josef Plmdehi
Pole
Mussolini
Dovia
Tay
Brown Hires Quick Return For Mrs Brown In Surprise Visit
A man arrives home with roses and orders the new maid to tell Mrs Brown he wants to see her at lunch. The scene unfolds as the old man is expected any minute. In 1930, U S movie houses sold about 1.5 billion dollars in admission tickets.
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Brown
United States
Profitable Hobby Claimed by Owner Under Scrutiny
A remand hearing questioned the ownership of a profitable hobby venture linked to a substantial sum of money. Authorities noted the owner's claims amid unclear assets and potential transfers, with emphasis on tracing funds and revealing true control of the venture.
Retains His Popularity Ace Of Wales Will Always Be Charming
The Prince of Wales remains an interesting and popular figure at 41, his youth’s charm fading yet his duty grown. He has never married, a disappointment noted, but no heir to the throne has more faithfully fulfilled his obligations, as Philadelphia Inquirer observes.
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Ace of Wales
Prince of Wales
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Philadelphia *Nquirer
Untitled note on business mood and protein value
A remark on how eagerness for poor business harms long term ventures and a protein’s worth is judged by its capacity to build body tissue.
One Piece Blouse Pattern with Openwork Yoke
Instructions describe a quick knit blouse with large needles and heavy thread, one-piece construction, side seams only. Openwork yoke contrasts with body stripes, suitable for summer and adaptable to fall and winter. Pattern 5895 includes skirt instructions and sizing 16-18 and 36-40, order by sending 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Candlewick
Gershantown
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Machine to surpass fifty top mathematicians at Victoria University
A robot mathematician, nearing completion at Victoria University in Manchester, will solve problems in ten minutes that would take fifty researchers two days. It will not tire or erode its own figures, enabling precise work without cutting corners. Professor Hartree aims to use it to probe atom mysteries, radio wave travel, and zeroplane flight.
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Victoria University
Manchester
Hartree
British Post Office tests cuckoo signal for waiting calls
A British signal project aims to silence the telephone while callers wait for the other end. The device, dubbed cuckoo, would let users lay aside the instrument without losing the line. Letters from the London Times urged a method to avoid wasted hours waiting for the voice.
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Dickrom
London Times
Long Trip to Nascopie Heads North on Arctic Cruise
The sturdy steamer Nascopie left Canada Sunday July 14 for a 10,000 mile tour of northern waters. It will reach the Arctic with provisions and passengers to isolated posts, returning to Halifax in September. Crowds saw Hudson's Bay Co. apprentices depart to spend five years learning fur trading.
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Nascopie
Arctic
Canada
St. Lawrence
Canadian
Halifax
Hudson's Bay Co
Royal business man Not in receipt of state pension
The royal business man Lord Wasmurvomt, grandson of Queen Victoria, denies a state pension and says he earns his livelihood as a director of several companies including Lever Brothers. He trained as a clerk at Lazard Bros and worked ordinary clerical hours.
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Lord Wasmurvomt
von Prrincess
Queen Victoria
News of the World
Lever Bros. T
Lazard Bros
Elements and the science of matter in ancient text
A survey of chemical elements discusses their natural states, common occurrences, and the eight most abundant in Earth's crust and atmosphere. It notes the existence of 92 elements, with about 25 common, and mentions the spectroscope as key to detecting elements in the sun and stars.
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Sea Getty
Ambassador Strawberry Tarts From Betty Barclay
Recipe for Amb assador Strawberry Tarts uses whipped cream, egg white, sugar, vanilla, coconut, and strawberries. Fill 6 baked tart shells with coconut and cream mix, layer with strawberries, top with more coconut, and serve immediately. Optional whole strawberry garnish. Serves 6.
Red Raspberry Jam Making Instructions from Recipe Note
Prepare fruit and sugar with pectin in a large kettle. Bring to a full rolling boil, stir constantly, boil hard for one minute, then remove from heat and stir in bottled fruit pectin. Stir and skim for five minutes, cool slightly, pour quickly, and seal with paraffin. Yields about ten glasses of jam.
Veterans honor Canadians in Ottawa wreath laying visit
Australian veterans in Ottawa laid a wreath at Parliament’s Peace Tower to honor Canadian soldiers who died in the Great War. The wreath was crafted by Australian veterans as a token of respect for their fallen comrades. Leprosy reportedly spread to America from Europe and Africa.
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Prime Miniser Uyons
Australia
Ottawa
Peace Tower
Parliament Buildings
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Cunard
White Star Liner
Cunard White Star
Motion Picture
ORI
Tiny Scaled Ster Ot
Gm Us Coon
Sina
Soan
Etting
Alice Brooks
Lite
Betty Barclay
America
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