World Happenings Briefly Told
Secretary Morgenthau said the United States received 290 453 dollars from Finland as the war debt instalment in full. A blizzard in Iceland caused the drowning of twenty six people with twenty five still missing. New Zealand railways ordered eight streamlined electric locomotives from English Electric Company. A memorial chapel will host a stove cross by Lake Lucerne where Queen Astrid died. Arthur Henderson died on October 20 leaving his estate to his widow. Primo Laurencetti shouted against Mussolini at a Montreal Fascist meeting and was injured. Police detained 5258 Berlin bicyclists during a crackdown with 2832 fined. A 13 kilogram 787 gram gold nugget said to be the century’s largest was found in the Ural fields. More traffic deaths occurred during election week in Britain totaling 165.
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Morgenthau
Finland
Iceland
New Zealand
English Electric Company
London
Lake of Lucerne
Astrid
Belgium
Arthur Henderson
World Disarmament Conference
Primo Laurencetti
Mussolini
Montreal
Berlin
Ural
Saskatchewan Rhodes Scholar James Weir Named
James Donald Weir of Saskatoon, son of the University of Saskatchewan registrar, is named the Saskatchewan Rhodes scholar. He specializes in geology and plans advanced work in historical geology and geography, with ties to John Weir and G M Weir in academia and government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Donald Weir
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Weir
John Weir
University of Alberta
G.M. Weir
The
Uversity of Alberta
Oxford
Pioneer Woman Physician Mary McLeod Dies at 83
Mary McLeod of New Brunswick, one of North America’s earliest women doctors and the first New Brunswick woman to practice medicine, died at St John. Illness due to old age ended a career largely spent in hospital work in Detroit Idaho and the western United States. Born in Caronsville NB she trained at Northwestern University in 1892 and later became a hospital superintendent before a gradual retirement begun twenty five years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
St. John
Mary McLeod
New, Brunswick
North America
United States
New Brunswick
Northwestern University
Women's Medical School
Chicago
McLeod
Detroit
Open Challenge tests tricky word pronunciations
The New York Post features Neal O Hara presenting an erudite lady challenge to pronounce common words such as calliope masseuse fiance cello lingerie bourgeois ecollette elite porte cochere and saracHon, plus pope names like Duce Sinn Fein Paderewski Fascists Ypres Bolsheviki Les Miserables Ysaye Il Trovatore Thais Dvorak and Jascha Heifitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal O'Hara
New York Post
Thais
Dvorak
Jascha Heifetz
Royal Bank Announces New Appointments in Canada
The Royal Bank of Canada confirms immediate appointments of Mr. Mitchell as assistant general manager overseeing Ontario branches from Toronto headquarters. Mr. James Muir becomes general inspector based in Montreal after a career across Canada and New York. Mr. Harold G. Hesler, secretary of the bank, is named general inspector with duties across Dominion and foreign branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bank of Halifax
New Glasgow
Union Bank
Royal Bank of Canada
Mitchell
Halifax
St. John's
Newfoundland
Vancouver
Toronto
Ontario
James Muir
Scotland
Dominion
New York
Muir
Moose Jaw
Commercial Bank of Scotland, Ltd
Chartered Bank of India
London
England
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Credit Department
Central
South America
Winnipg
Montreal
Harold G. Hesler
Humberstone
Ont
Welland
Havana
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Hesler
Vancouver Golden Jubilee plans set a 12 week festival
Leander Manley, vice-chairman of the plans and attractions sub committee, forecasts one million visitors to Vancouver in 12 weeks. The May 24 start will showcase Hastings Park with a continuous program and a citywide effort. Twenty five committees have prepared a general plan for each week of the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B.C
Leander Manley
Hastings Park
Manley
New Surgical Aid Uses Zipper To Close Wound
A zipper joins surgical tools as a fastener for stomach wounds in a cancer patient. Dr. Morris Fishbein of the A M A confirms the method used to open and close the wound for daily tumor treatment. Names of patient, hospital, and surgeon are withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Minimum Price System Aids Argentine Farmers in Depression Era
Argentine minister Luis Dahan defends a minimum price system for wheat, linseed, and other crops. He cites a 10-peso per quintal wheat floor, converts to 89.4 cents per bushel at official rates and 746 cents at free rates, and argues the policy stabilizes farming without fostering overproduction. The scheme, funded by a temporary tax on exchange margins, kept farmers on the plow with far less loss than projected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luis Dahan
Tion
Dubau
Audience with the King by Vansittart on peace plan
Sir Robert Vansittart, permanent British Under-Secretary, met the King after joining Sir Samuel Hoare and Premier Laval in drafting a joint peace plan. The plan has drawn condemnation from other League members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Vansittart
Foreign Office
Samuel Hoare
Premier Laval
France
League
Studied Canadian Beaver Wife Of Grey Owl
Mrs Rose Grey Owl speaks about life with Grey Owl in Prince Albert National Park. She raises her four year old daughter Dawn and works on a play about northern life to educate about beaver conservation. She travels alone to remote fields to gather material for the project.
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Grey Owl
Canada
England
Ad- Jawan Lake
Prince Albert National Park
Rose Grey Owl
Dawn
Ontario
Quebec
Adjawan Lake
Western universities form Inter-Varsity News Service
Four western Canadian universities launch a volunteer press service with picture exchanges and regular director exchanges. Larry Alexander of Alberta names it the Inter-Varsity News Service while Manitoban calls it the Intercollegiate Press Union. A craft name will be chosen later. A London Hackney flat block offers baby carriage space for six cents weekly along with one room flats for widows and a mortuary chapel. An electrical firm claims radio can cure lame muscles and joints. Zoos buy snakes by the foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
Larry Alexander
University of Alberta
Manitoban
University of Manitoba
Intercollegiate Press Union
Hackney
London
Restrictions on Jews in Germany Considered by Hitler
German Jewish businessmen face new measures likely to be approved by Chancellor Hitler and his cabinet. Proposed rules would echo Nuremberg laws and curb Jewish economic life, requiring prominent Hebrew or Star of David insignia on stores, banning Jewish stockholding, restricting property ownership in Germany, and limiting residence in certain areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Germany
Nuremberg
Toronto Star Weekly Contest Offers $3000 Cash Prizes
The Toronto Star Weekly begins a Canadian geography contest with 531 cash prizes including a $1000 first prize. Readers answer by matching names to four weekly puzzle pictures over 12 weeks. Entries open to all readers. multiple entries allowed per person and per family.
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Toronto Star Weekly
The
Dominion
Canada
Alberta Wheat Crop Frost Damage Reduced By Two Million Bushels
Alberta yields are trimmed by frost damage lowering the province's crop by 2,000,000 bushels from the original estimate. projected yield about 14 bushels per acre, thus 32,000,000 bushels of No 1 and 2 Northern grade, 21,000,000 trading grade, and 4,000,000 seed or lower grades. antelope roam Saskatchewan south west. residents seek ongoing protection. a joke exchange about pets and a light note on penguins traveling long distances.
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Alberta
Crass Stitch Roses Pattern and Home Craft Tips
Guide to cross stitch roses and wreath patterns with color options and practical uses. Includes transfer designs Pattern 9424, pricing notes, stitch illustrations, and request for 20 cents to obtain patterns from the Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union. Also mentions milk pasteurization and barley growth observations.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Coffee native to Abyssinia grows wild yet cultivated use rises
The coffee plant, native to Abyssinia where it grows wild, has long been used as a beverage there. A cultivated variety is increasing in production and export. A separate exchange includes mentions of a stranger seeking a criminal lawyer and a Vermont museum exhibit on soybeans showing diverse uses from paints to stock feed.
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Abyssinia
Kaffa
Fleming Museum
University of Vermont
The Proper Direction for Social Vision
The piece argues that scientific progress and social reform must align to uplift life. It praises pioneers in science and medicine while condemning greed and brutality. The author urges a broad recovery project uniting good citizens to foster disinterested zeal for spiritual life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Mab
Yale Review
High Aims For Youth Deformed German Con scripts
A November report in the Arbeitsdienst cites Field Master Straesser stating 160,000 twenty-year-olds must be shaped for service. Survey shows half did not engage in sports, 90 percent have deformed feet, 60 percent flat-footed, and only 5 percent in first-class training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Hitler
Arbeitsdienst
Strae
Lenin Brain Study Aims To Build Educational Atlas
The Soviet Brain Institute outlines a project using twenty five thousand brain slices from Lenin and other brains under study since 1927. It plans a brain atlas to illuminate behavior, with Lenin’s January 1924 death noted and his embalmed body still viewed at the mausoleum in Red Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nikolai Lenin
Father of
Communism
Soviet Brain Institute
Lenin
Red Square
The Folly Of Speed HLV O B Chicago Daily News
In Chicago Daily News the writer notes a 50 mile per hour pledge by a major insurer. He admits past fast driving reaching 80 mph but argues speed wastes fuel tires and causes wear. He doubts rapid 400 mile trips in seven hours will save health or arteries.
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HLV. O'B
Chicago Daily News
Japanese man asks Shanghai police for sweepstake ticket
The Shanghai police receive a strange demand from Mr. Kataoka of Nagasaki Japan. He requests the police to buy him a sweepstake ticket for the next Shanghai races and to send details of prices chances of victory and race dates. His letter bore urgent red ink.
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Aia
Shanghai
Kataoka
Nagasaki
Japan
Personal Prosperity Taste Noted By Those In Power
The statement reflects a view that prosperity was enjoyed by individuals who observed it without needing the governing party to point it out. It suggests a discretionary standard of wealth tied to the ruling regime.
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Saskatchewan Rhodes
Ames Donald Weir
New Royal Bank
Volunteer Press Service
John
Arctic
Tropics
Alice Brooks
Bhis
China
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