World Happenings Briefly Told
The Irish Free State accepted a British invitation to attend an international naval conference in December. The Queen Mary will begin her maiden voyage from the Clyde to Southampton on March 23. King Saud and his government pursued strict neutrality in the Italo Ethiopian war and refused to export camels and sheep to Italy. The Nobel prize listing noted no Peace Prize for 1945 with Hull and Haile Selassie mentioned. Dust storms affected parts of Kansas and Texas. Dr. G H Schofield noted a literary growth amid mood decline. Lieutenant Colonel R J Birdwhistle announced Baron Freedamuir as patron of the Dominion Rifle Association. Dr Hermann Gortz, a German, was arrested in Hawrick under the Official Secrets Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irish Free State
Clyde
Southampton
Ton Saud
Arabia
Italy
Nobel Committee
United States
Cordell Hull
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Bugaboo
Gran Lands
Liberal
Elkhart
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Dodge City
GH. Schofield
New Zealand
Winnipeg
R. J. Birdwhistle
Dominion of Canada Rifle Association
Baron Freedamuir
Old Spinning Wheel Over Century Old in New Brunswick Home
A spinning wheel over 100 years old remains in use at Mrs. Joseph Poirier's home in Sydney NB. Made by Alex MacIntosh in 1818, the wheel has served Mrs. Poirier for 25 years and was once used by her aunt Catherine McPhee in Grand Mira from 1875 to 1910. It is described as light and strong, still turning out high quality homespun cloth, and the owner will not sell at any price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Poirier
Sydney
Alex MacIntosh
Poirier
Catherine McPhee
Grand Mira
Gold Output Reaches New Monthly High in August 1935
Canada produced 2 097 ounces of gold in the first eight months of the year and 294 361 ounces in August, a monthly record. September output from Manitoba and Saskatchewan mines totaled 13 583 ounces. It is expected 120 athletes will represent Canada at the Berlin Olympic Games, August 1 to 16, 1936. A kerosene and water wash improves shadows, mirrors, and picture glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Dominion of Canada
Berlin
City builds seaside replica of Monte Carlo in three months
Turkish dictator Mustafa Kemal Ataturk ordered a fast built seaside city near Istanbul called Florya with a hotel casino and bathing beach to be a national playground. The mayor mobilized 1000 workers and in exactly three months the resort rose on the European Marmara shore. The aim was to free people from tradition and spur outdoor living like Americans and Europeans.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Kamel Ataturk
Mustapha Kemal
Florya
Sea of ‘Marmora
Kemal
Gold production in British Columbia rises sharply in three year span
British Columbia mines officials report a $17 million rise in annual production over the last three years and forecast exceeding $45 million this year, up from about $28 million in 1932. First nine months show record gold recoveries, with monthly output near $1 million and total year likely over $12 million Canadian. The shift marks the greatest single change in the province's mining industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia Metals and Mintale
British Columbia
London Cow Café Delights Charing Cross Crowd
A living cow cafe at Char ing Cross underground station thrills Londoners as two Jersey cows stand near the entrance hall for a three week season. Milk is sold by four milkmaids at a milk bar for fourpence a glass, promoting the milk campaign with cooled and tested milk.
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London
Charing Cross
Divinity Fudge From Simple Easy To Make Recipe
A historical recipe presents a simple divinity fudge method using Crown Brand corn syrup sugar water salt and egg whites. It details candy stages from soft ball to hard ball, folding in walnuts vanilla then beating thick and creamy before pouring onto a buttered sheet to cool and cut.
Water and incubator note show odd comparisons
A student essay on water describes it as a light colored wet squid that darkens when washed. An incubator in Russia for rare bird eggs imitates natural hatching by heating the top more than the bottom and cooling the eggs periodically.
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Russia
Hole in Madonna portrait explains halo compass pivot
An old Italian painting detail shows a tiny hole in the Madonna’s face where the artist pivoted a compass to swing the halo circle. The notch demonstrates the precise geometric method used by Renaissance painters.
Canada October index shows slight gain over September
October business in Canada rose marginally from September after adjustments by McConnell Baxter Eastman. The preliminary index stood at 185 percent below normal, revised 188 percent, with a year ago 21.1 percent under par. Gains came from revenue freight loadings and construction contracts, while bank debits and electric energy output fell. The combined index is up about 13.4 percent versus October 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
McConnell, Baxter & Eastman
Fac
Pilgrimage to Vimy draws mine ex-service men
The Vimy Pilgrimage of the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League plans for July next year as Captain Ben W. Allen reports overwhelming early support. Over 2400 applications with deposits have been received by November 11 at headquarters. Headquarters in France prepared billeting for five thousand. Canon Scott named Pilgrim Number One. An Empire broadcast of services is planned from the cenotaph in London.
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Canada
Legion
Ben Alen
Ben
Canadian Legion
British Empire Service League
Ben W. Allen
Sparks Street
Ottawa
Captain Allen
Canadian Pacifi Company
Cunard White Star Line
France
Teady
Wwe
Canon Scott
Vimy
London
Vimy Ridge
British Broadcasting “Company
Giant revolving globe to show world frontiers in Moscow
A fifteen foot diameter globe is being erected by the Atlas Institute in Central Park of Culture and Rest, Moscow. It will display the frontiers railways waterways and airways of various countries with internal electric illumination and external projectors. The globe will revolve on its axis at six revolutions per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlas Institute
Central Park of Culture
Moscow
Nobel Prize Money Fails To Buy Happiness Says Spemann
Dr Hans Spemann, Nobel laureate in 1934 for medical science, says money cannot buy happiness. He remains content with his work and simple needs, illustrating that happiness comes from health and satisfaction, not wealth. The Times-Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Speman
University of Freiburg
Germany
Spemann
Hans Spemann
Avery Land
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Women Executives Rise Across States and Sectors
Fragmented OCR text lists women in high roles such as Frances Dorothy Allen in New York central linen, Catherine Lankford a surgeon in Pennsylvania, Daryl Hochman in Georgia, and Obie in a panel. Mentions United States National Balvage magazine and a quote about knowledge and danger.
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Rai
Isalen Raymond
Green Bay
Frances Dorothy Allen
Marie
New Yorke Central Linen
Man Peart Andrews
Heyes
Caret
Catherine Lankford
Penn Tylvans
Daryl Hochman
Tolls On Suez Canal and Italian Ethiopian Campaign Costs
Port Said correspondent of the London Times estimates that by October first about 200,000 Italian officials and civilians passed through the Suez Canal. Large ships like Saturnia and Lombardia carried thousands, paying canal charges of up to 45,000 dollars per trip, while smaller vessels faced around 15,000 dollars. Across eight months the Italian government paid roughly 3.75 million dollars to the canal company, a minor item in the overall cost of transporting an army to Africa, with costs likely rising as troops withdraw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
Italy
Suez Canal
Canal Company
Africa
New York Sun
Economy Drives Bride Prices Up in South Serbia
Widespread money shortages push infertile bartering for goods while cash brides remain in demand. Farmers and villagers rely on homemade goods, yet wives must be bought with spot cash, leading to more old maids as young men marry less.
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South
Serbia
Wheat exports from Saskatchewan via Churchill rise sharply
Between 1931 and 1935 western Canada exported about 12.146 million bushels of wheat through Churchill. About 85 percent came from the Saskatchewan Wheat Oil organization. Separately, nearly 1.5 million of 31 million foreign-born people in the United States are illiterate.
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Western
Canada
Churchill
Saskatchewan Wheat Oil Organization
United States
Reception Is Perfect Boy Has Marlee World's Smallest Radio Set
A 17-year-old inventor Grisha Gromberg of Vennetsa Russia built what is claimed as the world’s smallest radio receiving set. It stands two-fifths of an inch high and three-tenths of an inch in diameter, weighing one twentieth of an ounce. The piece is described as a perfect receiver. The passage also notes shoe manufacturing reaching America in 1629 via Thomas Beary with Mayflower hides. A lecturer asks for a man who can persevere when colleagues fail. A deep sea diver is mentioned.
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Boy
Marlee
Grisha Gromberg
Vennetsa
Russia
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