World Happenings Briefly Told
Gene Tunney gives up globe trotter life to chase prospects. Col Lawrence, famed in Arabia, lived on about 100 pounds yearly. Canada spent 146 million on military from 1921 to Feb. Haile Selassie appeals to League to halt Italian prep in Africa. Since July 1990, 97 judges earn 5000 dollars yearly+ in salary. Radio certificates awarded to two Canadians. BBC bans the word Allah to avoid offense. Eighteen Canadians to tour Russia to study Soviet justice administration. Ontario dentists 6 percent favor state medicine or health insurance for low incomes.
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Gene Tunney
Globe Trotter
Col. T. KE. Lawrence
Arabia
Canada
House of Commons
Saskatoon
British Broadcasting Corporation
Montreal
Russia
Frank Scott
McGill Univerity
J. 8. Lapp
Ontario Dental Association
Ontario
Gift for Chief Guide Lady Baden Powell Standard Awarded
Lady Baden Powell receives a distinctive standard as a token of loyalty to the Chief Guide. The emblem features a gold trefoil on blue with blue sea waves and three ships, a gold fish for the Chief, red motto bands with Be Prepared and Welsh motto, green white triangle tents, and Baden Powell crests flanking a pair of lions.
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Baden-Powell
Girl Guides of
Powell
Banat
Scout and Guide Movement
Canadian High Commissioner Recovering, Benet Says
Prime Minister Bennett states Canadian high commissioner in London G Howard Ferguson recently recovered from a serious illness and there is no plan to replace him. Bennett adds Ferguson was one of the greatest ministers to hold the post since Sir Charles Tupper.
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Canadian High Commission
G. Howard Ferguson
London
R. B. Benet
Bennett
Charles Tupper
Wouldn't Wish For Two eee Jars at Picture Shows
A dialogue about attending picture shows and sharing a wish, with Jimmie asking Willie to come and Willie replying he would not join if lazy, suggesting staying home. The fragment hints at habitual outings and companionship in a casual rural setting.
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Jimmie
Willie
Color Blindness Tested in School Boys and Girls
Dr James Drever reports a test showing 12 of 120 boys may mistake traffic lights stop signals. He notes color blindness is largely inherited from mothers, with few affected girls. No cure exists, spectacles may alter color confusions, risking future drivers.
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James ‘Drever
Caped dress for larger figure perfect for warm days
Ellen Worth presents a cape dress pattern for full figures, with wrap-over front and skirt plaits for ease of movement. Made in maize eyelet and other cool fabrics, No. 261 design with sizes 36 to 48 inches bust. Patterns 20c. mail orders to Winnipeg Pattern Department. Spring Fashion Magazine offers color illustrated garments and family patterns for 20c.
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Pattern Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Jail closures and moon craters note in Mora items
The Amnersburg Echo reports Mooretown Ontario jail to be sold at auction after holding no prisoners for forty years. Sandwich turnkeys wash dishes due to no inmates. Winnipeg jail lacks prisoners. Also notes the moon’s near side bears about 30 000 craters from meteoric origin.
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Amnersbourg Echo
Mooretown
Ontario
Sandwich
Winnipeg
Young Scientist Returns From Two Arctic Years
T P Manning a youthful British scientist returns from two-year Arctic studies for the British Geographical Society. He travelled alone from Southampton Island 500 miles north to Churchill and Chesterfield Inlet, subsisting with four dogs and collecting data on Arctic fauna.
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North
Arctic
T. P. Manning
British Geographical Society
Churchill
Southampton Island
There
Manning
Hudson's Bay Company
Southampton
Chesterfield Inlet
Churehill
Best Advertising Medium spapers During 1934 Received Largest Share
Newspapers in 1934 captured 618 percent of 23,216,520 from 367 national advertisers, per the American Newspaper Publishers Association bureau of advertising. Magazines got 25 percent while chain broadcasting took 13.2 percent. Compared with 1933, more national advertisers and higher individual spending were reported.
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Spapers
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Chain Broadcasting
Germany's New Vest Pocket Warships Draw Naval Interest
Foreign experts note Germany has built about 450 tiny speed boats capable of 60 knots, each with five crew and four torpedoes. A second larger model would carry 10 men with a 2900 mile range. These craft, along with planned 250 ton submarines, offer low cost, economical operation, small crews, and high maneuverability that could challenge other powers.
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Germany
Reich
Vxperta
Rel
Chocolate Nut Fudge And Coffee Pineapple Drink Recipe
A collection of two recipes including chocolate fudge and a coffee pineapple drink. The fudge uses sugar unsweetened chocolate milk vanilla nuts and is cooked to a soft ball then cooled and cut. The drink blends sugar water orange rind coffee pineapple juice and cream served over cracked ice.
William Berrigan wins Nenana ice lottery with perfect minute
William Berrigan won 61600 in the Nenana ice classic held 80 miles west of Fairbanks on the Nenana River. He correctly predicted the exact minute May 15 at 1 32 pm, in the annual contest attracting participants from across Alaska.
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William Berrigan
Nenana
Fairbanks
Berrigan
Alaska
Cows Attend Luncheon With Guernsey Club Guests
Members of the American Guernsey Cattle Club hosted their annual New York luncheon at a midtown hotel. Two distinguished bovine guests Iceberg and Foremost Southern Maid moved through the room while Foremost Southern Maid supplied milk for the men. Admiral Byrd’s gold dairy service medal was presented in his absence by Lt Commander G. O. Neville.
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New York
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Iceberg
Antarctic Circle
Admiral Byrd
Club
G. O. Neville
Had Exciting Trip Young Englishman Found Plenty Of Adventure
G Savage a Manchester youth left England with $1 to seek adventure. Returning aboard President Harding from America he endured prison in Egypt as an Army deserter. He won a boxing contest in Malaya, but fled from natives. In Colorado he won a rifle and gauntlets at a rodeo. The trip yielded little money given pound dollar exchange.
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G. Savage
Manchester
England
President Harding
America
Egypt
Malaya
Colorado
Whales Question Sparks Childs Curious Lesson
A classroom exchange centers on whales as a teacher asks for more questions and a small girl asks what the prince has to do with the whales. The moment shows curiosity and perceived connections in a learning setting.
German Cruise Plan for Workers Costs Six Cents a Day
Germany offers a three week cruise to Berlin workers for six and a quarter dollars a week including fare meals trips and tips. The program organized by Strength Through Joy aims to send 3,000 workers and families on German liners. Many have never seen the sea and last year the program sent 80,000 workers to sea voyages. this year hopes to reach 160,000.
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Tion
Germany
Berlin
Aea
Oped
High Speed Express Train Targeted by British Railways
The London and North Eastern Railway plans a high speed steam service from Newcastle to London covering 268 miles in four hours. The train named Silver Jubilee tests demand for a limited fast service as a permanent option. The note also mentions a doubling world population projection and a dugout canoe found in Japan.
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Itish
Britain
London and North Eastern Railway
Newcastle
London
Little Journeys In Science Gold
Gold dates from ancient times and occurs as native ore in stream beds and nuggets. Placer mining uses sluices to separate heavier gold from sand, while hydraulic mining uses pressurized water. Vein mining yields gold by stamping and amalgamation or cyanide processing. Gold is very dense and highly malleable and ductile, with 24 carat purity used for pure gold and 18 carat common in jewelry.
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South Africa
Strange Customs of Wan yamwesi Christenings Narrated
Anthropologist Frederick G. Cartaches describes Wan yamwesi birth rites where a sneeze invokes an ancestor and names the child accordingly. He notes a hunting injury leads to the wife being blamed and given a back of the head admonition during the ceremony.
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Frederick G. Cartaches
New York
Africa
Extensive Salvage Plan for White Sea Ships Draws Up Refloats
A special squad of engineers is drafting plans to refloat, salvage cargo, and junk up to twenty ships at the bottom of the White Sea, with 14 mapped wrecks beyond reach though complete Archangel charts guide 14. Canadian macaroni imports near Italian and French supplies reflect growing popular demand in the British Isles. King George has long held a personal boldry. a local joke and a cryptic line about erryboats prompts dock humor.
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White Sea
Archangel
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Simon
Ramsay MacDonald
Sir John Simon
Centre
John
MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Mora
Betty Barclay
Smith's Weekly
Syaney
Austra
Goshimura
Japan
Gordon H. Guest
MEA
British Isles
Italy
France
George
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