World Happenings Briefly Told
The skull of the Marquis de Montcalm will be exhibited in a Quebec museum under royal patronage. Australia accepts British plans for a bi weekly flying boat service Singapore to Port Darwin starting August 1937. UK unemployment fell 126188 April 27 to May 25. insured workers rose to 10,831,000. Edmonton men Frank Barnard and Fred Schrader built a Queen Mary model in scale 1:25. Canada Australia New Zealand steamship talks continue. Halifax junior city clerk J R Burbridge earned 200 last year, then 90 raise. new pay 909 yearly. A fight across the South Atlantic in a free balloon may be planned by Dr Zinner. Casablanca to Amazon would take 5–8 days with favorable winds. Manitoba reports no grasshoppers this year. 50000 poison bait funds deemed unnecessary.
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Marquis de Montcalm
Canada
Quebec
British Council
United Kingdom
Australia
Singapore
Port Darwin
United Kingom
New Zealand
W. D. Euler
Zinner
Hamburg
Casablanca
Morocco
Amazon
Manitoba
H. E. Wood
Department of Agriculture
Memorial plans for late King George V across empire
Reports detail a philanthropic national memorial including land for a park, homes for the aged, a cancer research fund with radium, and hostels for job seekers. Towns in Britain plan windows, tablets, and statues nationwide while New Delhi approves a Princes Park statue. An India memorial infirmary for incurables is also planned.
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George
Empire
George V
Great Britain
Liverpool
Aberdeen
King George
Westminster
Wandsworth
London
Parliament Square
New Delhi
India
Princes Park
Charles Jagger
Princes of
Ind
Wreck of Stone Marker Guarded Near Stanley Park
A weathered stone mark from 1898 placed by the British survey ship Egeria to determine longitude and latitude was found near the sunset gun in Stanley Park Vancouver. It records exact coordinates and bears a note about its origin. visitors have worn it down. Protectors plan a chain barrier or pedestal and garden around the relic to preserve it.
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Vancouver
B.C
HLM
S. Egeria
Stanley Park
Egeria
First Marine Broadcast Station On Board Kanimbla
A new liner under construction in Belfast will include a complete broadcasting station with a powerful transmitter studios and specialized personnel to plan and produce programs for listeners ashore The Kanimbla will sail to Melbourne and operate between Adelaide and Cairns as the first government licensed marine broadcasting service on regular schedules for listeners at sea and ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
London Times
Kanimbla
Melbourne
Australia
Adelaide
South Australia
Cairns
Queensland
Britain Faces Hard Diplomacy Over Palestine Troubles
Detroit Free Press notes Britain's wartime pledges to Jews and Arabs clash, fueling chronic unrest in the Holy Land and risk of incipient war. It argues success requires a harmony producing settlement, or Britain may fail as Solomon the Wise. A separate item reports a man in Talrus, New Zealand, breaking his arm when a chicken necked suddenly.
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Palestine
Holy Land
Solomon the Wise
Detroit Free Press
Talrus
New Zealand
Silken thread ties Canada to Britain noted by editor
The Swift Current Herald comments on a prominent American proposal for Canada and the United States to merge into one nation. It argues Canada remains within the British Commonwealth by a “silken thread,” earned through gradual self government culminating in Westminster, preserving Canada’s full nationhood and equal status.
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Canada
United States
British Commonwealth of Nations
Dominion of Canada
Great Britain
Great
British Commonwealth
Swift Current Herald
Great Progress Made Montreal Doctor Hopes Eventually to Stamp Out Scarlet Fever
Dr HB Cumming of Montreal told the Ontario Medical Association that scarlet fever, once the top infectious threat, now seems no more dangerous than chicken pox or measles as mortality falls to about one percent. He praised tests and antitoxins by Dr and Mr Dick, noting serum use is justified and optimism remains that the disease will be stamped out though virulent recurrences are possible.
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Montreal
HB. Cumming
Ontario Medical Association
Cushing
Lacy Knit Pattern for Lace Stitch Skirt Set
Pattern 5535 offers a two-piece louse and skirt in sizes 16-18 and 38-40 with lace and plain knit stripes. Includes instructions, stitch illustrations, and material needs. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Sir Edgar Britten and a Life Afloat at Sea
Sir Edgar Britten began his maritime career 44 years ago aboard sailing ships and later served as commodore of Cunard Fleet and captain of the Berengaria. Knighted in 1934, he joined Cunard in 1901, was referenced by the King, and is famed for yarns and a salty vocabulary. The piece notes his retirement plans and oceanic exploits with Cunard and White Star amid line consolidations.
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Pagar Britten
Edgar Britten
High Seas
Theophilus
Eagar
Cunard Line
Cunard
Berengaria
Cunard Star
James Charles
Arthur Rostron
White Star
Bertram Hayes
Edgar
Jessie Osborn
Royal Reserve
Arctic Expedition Set for Three Years in Baffinland
P D Baird a Cambridge graduate and Winnipeg native leads a Royal Geographical Society backed party toward Churchill Southampton Island and the west coast of Baffinland to spend three years surveying mineral possibilities. The 1934 veteran geologist returns to Arctic wastes with 12 pounds of English tobacco packed in air light cans and a radio.
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Churchill
Southampton Island
Baffin Land
P. D. Baird
Cambridge University
Winnipeg
Baird
Canada
Arctic
Baffinland
Royal Geographical Society
Chesterfield
England
Turbomotive Draws Royal Scot With Super-Heated Steam
The Royal Scot from Euston to Glasgow Central was drawn by Crewe built turbomotive. Generating about 2000 horsepower with a nine ton coal tender and 4000 gallons water, it uses super heated steam at 250 psi. The engine shows minimal visible mechanism, with only driving wheel coupling rods visible.
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Royal Scot
Euston
London
Glasgow Central
Crewe Works
Barometer of Temperament and Global Oddities
A quirky collection notes teeth as temperament barometers with bluish tones linked to neuroticism and yellow teeth to cheerfulness. It also cites rising United States sugar consumption since 1900, Russia claiming parachute records, and the English Greyhound racing club's sizable dog ownership.
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America
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Buckingham
Marine Broadcasting Station
Britain
March OF
Prairies
Regina
Saskatchewan
Alice Brooks
Ehold
Douglas & CO. Ltd
Tropical America
Bafin
Supuee ¢ Canamian Racine
Weston
Art Moody
Canadian Pacific Railway
Pattullo
Victoria
Port Moody
Canadian Pacific
Harry A. Abbott
W. H
Billy) Evans
P. A. Barnhart
Kamloops
Russia
Moscow
Wor Tn
National Greynomanacing Club of
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