World Happenings Briefly Told
A collection of short items notes Admiral Sir Roger Keyes urged British naval supremacy. German Zeppelin works announce the LZ 129 ready for trials next year. Canadian bacon exports for the first nine months of 1985 reach 100 million pounds valued at 15.7 million dollars, up slightly from 1994. Mrs Elen J Ackerman died in New York on November 2 leaving a hoarded fortune of 200000 dollars. Canada aims social credit dividend as jobless seek eligibility, with many drifting to Calgary and Edmonton. Roosevelt proclaims reciprocal trade treaty with Canada effective January 1. A London court deals with Carl Janssen over stop and go rights, paying 2.50. William Brown of Deloraine is reelected director of the Canadian Ayrshire Breeders’ Association for Manitoba and Saskatchewan. John Richards Jr of Red Deer is elected director for Alberta and British Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.C. Derger
Seattle
Elen J. Ackerman
New York
Social Credit
Canada
Calgary
Tod Edmonton Daily
Roosevelt
United States
Bra
Carl Janssen
England
Thames
London
William Brown
Deloraine
Man
Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
John Richards, Jr
Red Deer
Alta
Alberta
British Columbia
Trade treaty praised by Sir Edward Beatty at Thorold dinner
Sir Edward Beatty K C praising the Canada United States reciprocal trade treaty at the Thorold Ontario annual Board of Trade dinner. He called the agreement a step in the right direction, urged increased trade and delaying costly public works, and warned against destroying a system over a few defects. He likened critics to cockroaches in the cellar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Edward Beatty
Thorold
Ont
Edward Beatty
K.C
Thorold Board of Trade
Canadian Pacific Railways
Canada
Mail Delays From Boxes Slip Behind Fort Worth Posts
Fort Worth Texas postal workers finished a 32 year delayed delivery. Letters slipped into crevices of old post office boxes and some were found time worn and crumbling. Replacing boxes reduced the risk of recurrence and most mail continued to be delivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Service
Fort Worth
Texas
Disobeyed Orders Causes Pigs Death in Alta Creek
A hired man disobeyed orders and 663 pigs owned by J. H. Parsons, valued at 600 dollars, drowned in Seven Persons Creek Alberta after they slipped through a hole in the ice. The man had been told to cut near shore but went to the stream center. Separately, government railway cattle cars in South Africa will be padded to prevent bruising of animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Parsons
Seven Persons Creek
Alta
South Africa
American cars sales in South America rise sharply
More American automobiles are purchased in South America than in any other county in the world. Friendship is the result of knowing each other well but not too well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
County
Utopia on Tonga Island's simplified legislature
A fragmented OCR style note portrays a tropical island named Utopia in the Tonga Islands with a claim of no unemployment and a smooth functioning legislature. It references education, medical care, and law studies, but the text is garbled and lacks coherent details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utopia
Tonga Islands
Island
Pacific
Ion
Medical science praise for Russia by Banting in Ontario talk
Sir Frederick Banting lauded Russia s medical science standards in Hamilton Ontario calling tuberculosis tackled early by factory doctors leading to few bedridden cases. He said Russia treats disease promptly and that medical science must also focus on prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Frederick Banting
Hamilton, Ont., Health Association
Sir Frederick
Coure
Mysterious Multi Marke d Bird Stuns Lewiston Naturalists
Naturalists from Lewiston Idaho report a strange hen specimen displaying markings from a China Pheasant a blue grouse and a bronze domestic turkey. The bird is twice the size of a pheasant with a rounded stunted turkey like tail and eye wearlet. Feathwed legs and lower breast mimic the grouse while bronze gobbler tones appear on the tail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Idaho
Turkey
Bottle from liner Alfayette reaches Scotland after nine months
A bottle cast into the Atlantic by the liner Alfayette near Newfoundland on January 22, 1935 was found nine months later on the coast of North Uist in the Hebrides by Malcolm Robertson of Lochmaddy. The note urged contact with Davre town hall and promised a reward. officials have since received Robertson’s letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
Scotland
Atlantic
North Uist
Hebrides
Malcolm Robertson
Lochmaddy
Davre
Robertson
Newfoundland Banks
Elastic safety curb tested on dangerous German bend
A new elastic safety curb trial uses two steel ropes stretched at wheel height along a bend near Frankart-on-Main in Germany. Iron posts and wire springs hold the ropes to form an elastic fence that supposedly guides a car back onto the road if it veers toward the edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankart-on-Main
Germany
Recruits Mock Salute Sparks Uniform Grievance
A new recruit ignores a salute, an officer challenges him about the uniform, and the exchange highlights discontent with issued gear. The incident underscores discipline and adherence expectations within the unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anothcer
German Railway Official Opens Information Bureau in Canada
Werner Haag official representative of the German State Railways opens an Information Bureau in Toronto. He has years of experience with GSR offices in Berlin London and Paris and serves as official representative of the organizing committee for Berlin 1996 Olympic Games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werner Haag
Canada
Toronto
Mr. Haag
Berlin
London
Paris
London University plans 210 foot tower in Brooksbury
Special permit from the University of London allows a 210 foot tower to rise above the 80 to 100 foot limit. The eight storey structure will overlook Brooksbury, with storage for books at its base and the library integrated into the building. Completion may not occur until 1937. The tower will surpass Nelsons Column but remain shorter than Big Ben.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University OF London
Brooksbury
England
Nelson
Trafalgar Square
London
University Tower
London County Council
Canadian Bacon Trade Totals For 1935 Nine Months
Canadian bacon in the first nine months of 1935 reached nearly 100 million pounds valued at 15,756,171 dollars. The period shows a gain of about one million dollars compared with the same span in 1934.
Lloyds Granted Charter to Operate in Alberta
Lloyds of London has been granted a charter to operate in Alberta via an order from the provincial cabinet after an initial denial last year by the U.F.A. government. Insurance men argued no bond would be posted. The firm will not establish a branch in Edmonton and will conduct business through Palestine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amous
Alberta
Lloyds of London
U.F.A
Lloyds
Edmonton
Palestine
Baillie Takes Command of Donaldson Atlantic With Letitia
Captain George K Baillie appointed new commander of the Donaldson Atlantic. He brought the Letitia into Montreal Harbour as his first passenger command. Baillie previously skippered the Cortona for 14 years, trading Glasgow River Plate and Vancouver. A Highlander, he began as a sail apprentice and last served in Montreal during the War aboard the Casandra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George K. Baillie
Donaldson Atlantic
Letitia
Montreal Harbour
Baillie
Donaldson
Cortona
Glasgow
River Plate
Vancouver
Montreal
New Needlework For Your Home at PATTERN 5494
New pattern details two knitted squares to form inserts for a pillow or scarf, with edging and possibilities for bedspreads or dinner cloths after Christmas. It promotes pattern 494 for square instructions and joining methods, with material list and stamps or coin payment to Household Arts Dept., Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave. Winnipeg. Alice Brooks pattern book published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave.e
Winnipeg
Proving Valuable Aids of Nations Making Use of Aviation and Radio
The League of Nations relies on aviation and radio to reach rapid, unified decisions. The coordination committee’s five sanctions against Italy were instantly communicated to 96 member states, with broadcasts from Geneva and air mail copies, including Ethiopia. Radio breaks barriers and fosters international understanding for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aque of Nations
League of Nations
League
Aly
Eague
Italy
Geneva
Ethiopia
St. Thomas Tines-Journal
Death Defying Dive by Red Brady in Halifax
Red Brady, a visitor to Halifax, Nova Scotia, owes his life to judging a 45 degree angle as he dives 110 feet into a five foot deep tank. The 110 foot tower, 15 foot wide tank, and wind influence are part of his precision routine, with nightly dives even flashier due to gasoline soaked back fuel. Brady avoids smoking drinking tea or coffee and abstains from parties to maintain peak condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Brady
Halifax
N.S
Brady
Stalin proclaims poverty abolished in Soviet Union
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin told a conference of harvester drivers that poverty among peasants is ended in the USSR. He said czarist times left 20 to 30 million in semi starvation and claimed unemployment also eliminated. He cited harvest figures between 4 and 5 billion poods and urged a further large increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Educational Worker Edward E Best Dies at 83
Edward E Best a Manitoba educational worker for 47 years died aged 83 Born in Ireland he came to Canada as a child lived in Ontario and settled in Manitoba as a school teacher in 1881 He was an inspector of schools later earned a BA from the University of Manitoba at age 7 His son Ernest E Best is general secretary of the Y M C A for Canada a well known figure in Winnipeg Regina and other western cities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward E. Best
Manitoba
Ireland
Mr. Best
Canada
Ontario
Best
University of Manitoba
Ernest E. Best
Y.M.C.A. For
Winnipeg
Regina
Scheme Did Not Work In Cleveland Police Memo
A worried motorist parked in a forbidden spot and left a note on the windshield saying do not leave ticket back in 10 minutes. On return he found a reply stating sorry couldn’t there was also a ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Freak Hurricane Stuns Weather Experts In Nassau Storm
Nassau residents waited as a November hurricane veered from Bermuda toward Florida. Meteorologists misforecast the path, calling the storm unprecedented and a freak of nature. In Florida the blast toppled houses and killed seven, injuring scores as wires and boats were hurled inland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Nassau
Bahamas
Bermuda
Grady Norton
United States Weather Bureau
Miami
Florida
Associated Press
Nassu
Wallopag
Florida Spa
America
United Press
J. R. Tanehill
Springfield Republican
Canada Raises Bacon Exports Gains on British Market
Canadian bacon exports for the first nine months of 1935 rose about one million dollars from 1934, totaling nearly 100 million pounds worth 15.76 million dollars. The British market absorbed 98.84 million pounds, 99.4 percent of exports, lifting Canada from ninth to second place among bacon suppliers to Great Britain since 1931. Canada also shipped bacon to fifteen other countries including the United States, Newfoundland, Bermuda, the West Indies, Japan, China, Peru and Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
Great Britain
United States
Newfoundland
Bermuda
French West Indies
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Japan
China
Fiji
Colombia
Peru
Alaska
Domestic Navy Courts To Settle Sailors Marriages
Fleet Orders announce domestic courts to aid naval ratings and their families. Three women have been appointed to assist and begin duties. The Welfare and Marriage Allowance section will run the courts at Portsmouth Devonport and Chatham naval barracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Devonport
Chatham
Rat Plague Threatens Bucharest as Rats Invade City
Rat outbreaks from across the Dniester widen in Bucharest, including the royal area. Public health measures fail to curb the infestation seen on Calea Victoriei at night, with pedestrians tripping over brown rat streams. A University of California scientist tinkers with aquatic plant growth under artificial sun and minerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Dniester
Russia
Roumania
Ministry of Public Health
Calea Victoriel
Royal Palace
University of California
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Roger Keyes
Zeppelin
Hard
Sir Frederick Banting
Naturalists
Bottle Crosses the
Ocean
Alice Brooks Pattern Book
Edward Best
Navy
Romay
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