World Happenings Briefly Told
Ladg wringdon wife of the Indian viceroy appeals for a special charity fund to mark the king’s silver jubilee next May. A $9,000 grant for the Canadian Legion was approved to help veterans present pension cases. A Canadian pensions table shows $8,546,119 collected from sugar excise taxes last April to December 81. British war pensions recipients decline to 4,508,000. Sir Philip Sassoon says a trans Atlantic air route to America and Canada may open. An estimated 45,000 to 50,000 pension applications may face adjudication by the Canadian pensions commission in two years. Contempt for canal cretreats a $1000010 order for wheats. Cinta Cub In Trot Pr. Willa Carpe, Roy Royal Ontario curator, told members of prospects for Western Canada improvements.
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Ladg Wringdon
Canadian Legion
House of Commons
Ministry of Pensions
Philip Sassoon
Air
Plymouth Chamber of Commerce
Britain
United States
Canada
Canadian Pensions Commission
Pri
Smaller Ships May Benefit From Diesel Engine Battery
A London Institute member argues for diesel power on ships under ten thousand tons, proposing a hundred seventy five horsepower engines to allow selective operation, less vibration and noise. An Australian amateur dramatic society had royal associations with a staged show, while the Dominion Bureau estimates Canada field crops valued at about 536.8 million dollars in 1984, up from 1933 by roughly 113 thousand.
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Institute of Mechanical Engineering of London
Halifax Chronicle
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Macaroni Making Nations Rise Across the World
Canada leads with sixteen macaroni plants in 1983, producing nearly 27 million pounds. Britain absorbs about 2 million, while 1 million goes to seven others from Newfoundland to Japan, as Italy’s prime role wanes and global production expands.
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Canada
Italy
Fone
Charles James Fox
Smar_test Dresses This Season Youthful Mode
Pattern notes from Ellen Worth highlight black novelty Jersey dresses for daytime wear with white Bengaline collars and bone buttons. Also suggest Angora plaid, crepe silk options in black purple beetroot red monk brown with beige. sizes 14 16 18 at $8 88 and 40 inch bust. Patterns 20c each. mail orders to Pattern Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. Booklet Pow to Make Better Dresses available for 2bc. guide to sewing for all skill levels.
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Ellen Worth
Dreas
Bigle
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
A Good Muscle Building Cheese Diet Guide
A Good Muscle Builder Cheese is best paired with starchy foods like potatoes or macaroni for easy digestion. It digests well when used as the main dish with a light dessert, avoid high heat to prevent toughening protein. The cheese provides tissue building energy and serves as a strong muscle builder for all ages.
Bran Fig Honey Bread From Betty Barclay
Betty Barclay presents Bran Fig Honey Bread recipe yields one large loaf. Mix egg sugar honey and melted shortening then add bran. Sift flour with soda baking powder and salt, fold in nuts and figs, alternate dry with milk, bake 375 degrees for 75 minutes in greased loaf tin.
Simple Apple Sauce Lemon Dessert Cream
Combine two cups apple sauce with juice from fourteen lemons and four cups of sweetened condensed milk. Blend thoroughly, add nutmeg if desired, and chill well. Serves six.
Ontario to abolish exam fees for schools
Ontario minister of education Hon L J Simp on announced that examination fees will be abolished with local school authorities bearing the cost. Premier Mitchell F Hepburn noted local authorities lose about 72000 while teachers’ exam presiding pay ends. At a London banquet 500000 was raised for the Printers Pension Fund.
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Ontario
L. J. Simpon
Mitchell F. Hepburn
London
Printers Pension Fund
Hog Production In Canada Trends In 20th Century
Western Canada dominates hog production with ample coarse grain feed supporting growth. Ontario shows a strong share in 1923 and 1983, while Western Canada rises to about half of hog origin by 1983. An agriculture report notes Western Canada as a continuing major factor. Also a butterfly wing marking reveals the sex of Monarch.
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Western Canada
Canada
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Dominion
Handwriting readers give dating, love advice, and notes
A Winnipeg Newspaper Union feature offers graphology insights with reader letters about relationships and personality. It includes sample profiles for women and men, urging dignity, patience, and understanding, plus a postal appeal for handwriting specimens and a note on Copal’s insect preservation use.
Alberta Creamery Butter Sets New High In 1934
A preliminary 1934 estimate shows Alberta creamery butter output at 25.5 million pounds, surpassing 1933’s 23.75 million. Total dairy product value rises to 14.3 million, up from 12.95 million in 1933, with dairy expanding while beef remains strong. By 1983 creameries reached 96 and 446,000 milch cows.
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Alberta
Britain’s First Tailless War Plane, the Pterodactyl V
Aviation experts who witnessed trials of Britain’s Westland Pterodactyl V believe its fighting power may exceed all other military aircraft. The V shaped craft integrates forward firing guns and eliminates blind zones caused by conventional tails, enhancing observer gunner fire.
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Great Britain
Westland
Ernest Potter
Westland Works
Old Debt Settled and War-touched Sausage Machine Tale
Old dispute ends with $770 awarded to Irishman William McLaren now in Montreal for a sausage making machine destroyed by Free State troops. The device doubled as a bomb maker during Civil War era tensions before its destruction near Bermuda railways which carried 661,524 passengers last year.
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Wiliam McLaren
Montreal
Canada
Bermuda
Gov Railway
Little Journeys In Science by Gordon H. Guest MAD
In 1887 a scientist showed violet and ultraviolet light ease electric sparks and discharge negatively charged bodies. Fluorite and quartz crystallize or charge under ultraviolet light and sunlight. Light makes insulators and metals eject electrons, called photoelectrons, with speed depending on light type. Even distant starlight can carry full strength to Earth, though a vast fraction is lost over time.
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Sirius
Space
Chicago
Practically Silent Airplane Engine by William Harper Jr
William Harper Jr of New York announced a nearly silent airplane engine that runs on gasoline alcohol light fuel oil or castor oil and is nearly ready for marketing. The design uses exhaust gases to boost supercharging, providing muffling without power loss and achieving inaudibility beyond 100 feet.
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William Harper, Jr
New York
Harper
H. B. Motor Co
Many Wool Treasures Earn Prize at Bletchley Show
Enterprising Ashley Green children in Buckinghamshire gathered hedge wool dyed with ark dyes, knitted a scarf that won first prize at the Bletchley show and is now presented to Lord Baden-Powell, Chief Scout.
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Ashley Green
Chesham
Buck Inghamshire
Ark
Bletchley Show
Lord Baden-Powell
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Gordon H. Guest
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