World Happenings Briefly Told
Canada exports hay to the south via air in 114 hours as Clyde Pangtors plans long-distance sky routes. Bolivia mobilizes conscripts from 1996 and reservists from 1911 and 1914. Austria nears budget balance through strict economy without tax hikes or pay cuts. Britain and the Dominions lead the world out of a slump, with Russia planning monthly high altitude flights in 1935. Prof Prokov meets Piccard and Cosyns. Gladstone Murray named acting controller of the BBC replacing Col Dawnay on sick leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Clyde Pangtors
Bolivia
Austria
Karl Bureach
Great Britain
Dominions
Maurice Hankey
Russia
Prokov
August Piccard
Max Cosyns
Piccard
Gladstone Murray
British Broadcasting Corporation
Col
Alan Dawnay
Little Journeys In Science On Light and Waves
A fragmented article describes light as a wave phenomenon with varying wavelengths and temperatures, noting how higher temperatures yield different colors from red to white. It mentions Hertzian waves in telegraphy and luminescence, including chemiluminescence from chemical reactions and phosphorescent examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Rae
Wnee
Howe
Viani
Taking Unusual Picture in Valley of 10 000 Smokes
Hollywood director Ewing Scott unveils a bold film expedition to the Aleutian volcanic region known as the Valley of 10 000 smokes. He promises pioneering use of modern photographic gear operated by trained specialists and four specially designed aero planes to capture never before seen Arctic scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleutian Islands
Ewing Scott
Honey production and value in Alberta report
The Alberta agricultural department notes rising honey output over the past year. In 1934 production reached 1,264,000 pounds, worth about $128,483 at 10 cents per pound. The previous year produced 1,000,000 pounds valued at nine cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Agricultural Department
Baruch Discusses Tin Policy For War and Peace
Bernard Baruch, former War Industries Board chairman, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that a licensing program for the munitions sector would fail in war but is not opposed in peace. He urged government stockpiling of tin and even proposed accepting tin as payment on war debts, noting its strategic value similar to investing in battleships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department
Bernard M. Baruch
Old War Industries Board
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Baruch
Elaborate homemade clock marks 20th birthday in New Zealand
G W Barstrop of Newtown, New Zealand celebrated the 20th birthday of his self made clock. Built after 30 years of work since its 1914 starting, the device uses odds and ends including old clocks tins bells fishing line an empty floor polish can as a pendulum bob and wires to tell minutes hours days of month moon phase and times in major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Barstrop
Newtown
New Zealand
Barstrop
Women’s tied neckline tunic dress pattern advert
Fashion pattern description for a tunic dress with a tied neckline and upper sleeve yoke in a range of fabrics. Mentions sizes 14 to 40 inches bust, yardage requirements, and material options. Encourages orders from Pattern Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave. E, Winnipeg with 2c extra for a full magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Worth While Bequest Trust Brings Christmas Cheer
A Seattle area Christmas trust funded by the 20 year old will of Mrs. Caroline McGilvra Burke provided 25 000 for the Jenny home for old folks residents. In 1994 the trust funded a dinner for 786 residents with each receiving a 43 cheque. Comprehensive grain variety tests across Canada note reliable varieties district by district. Surf water foam poses greater danger to swimmers than waves as every bubble reduces water density.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline McGilvra Burke
Seattle
Jenney
Dominion Department of Agricultural
Canada
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Two London women learn to see after long blindness
After years of blindness, two women underwent Cardiff surgeon Dr Pador Thomas operations and one travels to the United States while the other remains in England. They learn to see by first drawing objects on a blackboard, then adding details, and finally recognizing faces and focusing, aided by mutual support.
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London
Daphne Muir
Raydon Muir
Cape Town
United States
Pador Thomas
Cardiff
Muir
Snapshot enlargements as gifts for Christmas
The article extols enlarging snapshot negatives into gifts and decor. It discusses home enlargers, masking negatives, and choosing meaningful subjects like pets for relatives. It notes that even small negatives can be blown up to large sizes and offers practical tips from photo shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axe & “Magic Lantern
Fido
Cleo
Big Brother
Sister
Cynthia
John van Guilder
Hat Torn Off in Windy Street Chase
An austere woman walking along First Avenue loses her hat when a gust lifts it fifty feet high and across the street toward Fifty-second Street. A ragpicker man grabs the hat and rips out its feathers as onlookers watch, while the pedestrian pursues through traffic lights. The incident ends with the man keeping the hat, leaving the owner dissatisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Picker
First Avenue
Fifty-second Street
Indy
Quebec suffragists push vote as civil rights path
Mrs Pierre Casgrain, president of the League for Women's Rights, told Montreal's Junior Board of Trade that women seek the vote to secure civil rights and national recognition. She rejected the notion that political interest harms domestic duties, affirming women can be good mothers and wives while active in public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Pierre Castrain
League For Women's Rights
Junior Board of Trade At
Montreal
Casgrain
Coconut Fruit Pie and Cheese Sauce Recipe
Betty Barclay offers a coconut fruit pie with pineapple juice and shredded coconut baked in a shell, plus a cheese crumb sauce over fried tomatoes or crackers. The recipe includes sugar, flour, salt, egg yolk, butter, lemon juice, and cayenne. yields six portions and features a gingered crumb topping.
Fingerprints Sent in Belgium After Gruesome Amputation
A magistrate in Bruges received a wrapped parcel containing eight fingers and two thumbs in response to a request for fingerprints of a death by own action by drowning. The guard at Wasseghen reportedly cut off the applicant’s fingers to obtain identification details. Separately, Prince Edward Island shows a reduced field crop value in 1934 versus 1983, with estimated 1934 value at 8.8 million dollars and 1933 at 18.8 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruges
Belgium
Wasseghen
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Ancient Egyptians Felt They Were Indigenous Free of Admixture
The ancient Egyptians claimed native status with no foreign intermixing and most evidence supports this view.
Serum Declared Success in Tuberculosis Trial at Prison
Denver tuberculosis experts near a public announcement of a new preventive serum tested on Colorado convicts. Governor Johnson said two volunteers, Carl Erickson and Mike Schmidt, may receive pardons in January as trials show no tuberculosis signs and researchers deem the serum a success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
E. C. Johnson
Colorado
National Jewish Hospital
Johnson
Carl, Erickson
Mike Schmidt
Deaver
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool reports strong progress at Regina meeting
At its Regina annual meeting the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool presented a statement of substantial progress despite poor crops in parts of the province. Total grain handled was just over 60 million bushels, with working capital rising from 3,890,854 to 6,017,831 dollars. In 1929 western Wheat Pools paid members about 22 million dollars more than grain sold, aided by provincial government support. Pools are repaying advances, with Manitoba writing off 1.3 million dollars. principal repayments totaled 1,819,470 dollars in 1933 and 1934 across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Western Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Total
Manager Accepts Codfish for Entrance Tickets in Sweden
A Swedish manager let audiences pay with codfish after a cash shortage hit his venue. The tactic met a minor hurdle when attendees lacked coins for change, forcing a sale of takings to a wholesale market. Nearby economic notes include Canada hogs totaling 2,870,041 in 50 weeks ending Dec 13, 1982 vs 3,019,526 previously, and a British Greenland expedition covering 1,500 miles by dogs. Stockholm residents reportedly spent an average of 10 dollars per person on movie tickets last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Seal
Canada
Stockholm
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Gordon H. Guest
Arms and Ammunition Industry
Willy
Humorist
Betty Barclay
Peas
Creas
Greenland
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