World Happenings Briefly Told
Brantfort Expositor editor Glyn Bowden elected president of the Ontario Quebec Newspaper Circulation Managers Association after a two day conference. Britain votes overwhelmingly for the League of Nations in a peace ballot, 7 775 800 of 8 008 703 in favor. Calgary aldermen to receive pay starting December 1 1935 at five dollars per day, up to two hundred fifty dollars yearly, vote nine to four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glyn Bowden
Brantfort Expositor
League of Nations
Britain
League
Bersborough
British Columbia
Canada
Cariboo
London
Imperial Art Treasures, Inc
Rockefeller Centre
Martin Mooney
New York American
City of Calgary
Advances New Theory On Eve's Apple Peach
Lloyd C. Stark of Louisiana Missouri, a nurseryman and fruit origins expert, suggests Eve's infamous fruit was a peach not an apple. He cites ancient Chinese beliefs linking a peach to immorality and body preservation, proposing the Persian peach as the Garden of Eden fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd C. Stark
Louisiana
Garden of Eden
Fireproof asbestos suit aids Sheffield firemen in flames
The Fire Brigade of Sheffield England has taken delivery of a special asbestos suit enabling a fireman to walk into the fiercest flames. The suit allows rescue and salvage work unhampered by heat. Sheffield pioneers the adoption after vigorous tests, with other brigades awaiting the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
England
Shefeld
Sound proof window admits light and air report
A new sound proof window designed by E T Fisk of Amalgamated Wireless in Australia allows light and air while blocking most noise. After a decade of acoustic experiments, tests show effectiveness by using materials on surfaces to reflect or absorb sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Fisk
Amalgamated Wireless
Australia
Fisk
Pie Disaster Replies From The Cooking Book
Aistress scolds Norah over a burnt pie. Norah explains it is her own cremation, claiming a deviation from the Cooking Book’s instructions. The exchange pairs humor with domestic kitchen mishap in a concise vignette.
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Aistress
Norah
Migration Of The Canada Goose By Jack Miner
A historical account details Jack Miner's creation of the first Canadian bird sanctuary in 1904 and his pioneering tagging program begun in 1915 for Canada Geese. It describes methods, discoveries about migration routes across Hudson Bay and the Atlantic coast, and the impact of tagged geese returning to Kingsville Ontario each year, with thousands tagged since 1915 and hundreds observed among ponds on the sanctuary grounds.
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Manly F. Miner
Jack Miner
Jack ‘Miner
Canada
North America
W.E. Bray
Anderson
N.C
Hudson Bay Company
Moose Factory
Hudson Bay District
Hudson's and James's Bays
Baffin
W. G. Walton
Hudson's Bay
Cochrane
James Bay
Baffin Land
Revillion Freres Fur Company
Sanctuary
Middle States
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Carrituck Sound
Labrador
Newfoundland
New England
North Carolina
Great Lake Region
Kingsville
Ontario
Betty Barclay Cornmeal and All-Bran Recipe Mix
A dated recipe card outlines Betty Barclay's cornmeal dish with 4 percent cup corn meal 2 cups milk 4 percent cup all-bran 38 eggs 1 tablespoon butter 8 tablespoons baking powder 8 teaspoons sugar 1 teaspoon salt. The method heats cornmeal with milk, adds bran and cools, then stirs in eggs milk butter baking powder sugar and salt. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes in an 8 inch earthenware pan or Pyrex.
Spurred eggs hollowed and stuffed with seasoned yolk mix
The recipe describes shelling eggs, removing yolks, mashing them with butter and chopped pickle, cucumber, mustard dressing, and salt. The yolk mixture is seasoned, then spooned back into the whites, which are sprinkled with paprika for color.
New Offensive Planned Against Grasshoppers
A six day conference of eminent entomologists from Canada and the United States backed a future plan to strike grasshoppers in isolated breeding areas before outbreaks. The Dominion Government had appointed a committee to design permanent grasshopper control, aiming to shield farms from plagues and reduce long campaigns of poison baiting.
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Lethbridge
Canada
United States
Ena
Upper Stratas Plans Rocket Flight to 50 Kilometres Height
An order was issued to construct a rocket expected to reach about 50 kilometres altitude and a speed of 700 metres per second, over twice the speed of sound at zero Celsius. The craft would carry automatic scientific instruments and descend by parachutes after peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secmenemsompmne Sonemitten
Jacket Dress in Sizes to 48 by Ellen Worth
Extremely attractive slimming and comfortable jacket dress designed for fuller figures. Open V-neckline and cross over bodice create a slimming silhouette. Fabrics include tub silk print, plain yellow, handkerchief linen, eyelet batiste, dotted voile, striped lawn. Pattern No 877 for bust sizes 36 to 48 inches. mailing address for pattern orders in Winnipeg. The Spring Fashion Magazine offers color illustrations and patterns for all ages.
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Ellen Worth
Pattern Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Banff's Famous Hot Springs Attraction
Banff National Park in Alberta features the famous hot sulphur springs on Sulphur Mountain. Five principal springs include Upper, Kidney, Middle, Cave and Basin, with development by the National Parks Service adding a 112-degree Fahrenheit, 60 by 30 foot pool at Upper Hot Springs and two pools at Cave and Basin with varying temperatures and visitor facilities.
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Banff
Banff National Park
Alberta
National Parks Service
Department of the Interior
Sulphur Mountain
Britain Leads In Wireless Licenses In 1930s Race
International Broadcasting Union figures show Great Britain with 6,688,721 radio licenses and Germany close behind at 6,439,323 on January 31. Soviet Russia and France trail, while Italy Spain Portugal Belgium Switzerland and Sweden report smaller totals. Japan leads in eastern countries with 1,897,398 licenses issued.
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Great Britain
Germany
International Broadcasting Union
Britain
Soviet
Russia
France
Union
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Belgium
Switzerland
Sweden
Japan
Noted Aviatrix Fined for Licensure in Bridlington Crash
Mrs. Amy Johnson Mollison, renowned aviatrix, was fined 10 shillings in Bridlington England after an April 19 crash killed a motorcyclist. Police said she could not produce a license at first. it expired when later found. Mollison testified her secretary failed to renew it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy ‘Mollison
Amy Johnson Mollison
Bridlington
Eng
Judge Moves Court by Air to Speed Justice
A Port Darwin based judge, Wells of the Assize court, flew his court to Alice Springs 1000 miles away to speed up justice. He brought the crown prosecutor and court officials, saving many witnesses, police officers, and prisoners from a long trek across barren country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralian
Suage Wells
Assize Court
Port Darwin
Australia
Alice Spring
Judge Wells
Bees Wintered Well in Yanaga and the United States
Reports say bees in Yanaga and across the United States wintered well despite long sub zero spells proving disastrous to bees. Outdoor hives remained confined for three months, with occasional clusters moving to fresh honey during the cold period.
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Yanaga
United States
Eye education and early sight study note 1880 cargo fact
A historic note cites the U S National Society for the Prevention of Blindness claiming children gain 80 percent of learning through sight. It recalls London importing Australian meat in 1880 and mentions Roman era shorthand invention.
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U.S
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
London
Australia
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Willie McManus
Glasgow
Athenia
Willie
Montreal
Toronto
Broadview Avenue
Betty Barclay
Sydney Bulletin
Sydney
Banff's
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