World Happenings Briefly Told
Unquantified approval of Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles appears in a Soviet organ. Halifax reports unconfirmed raids on the Canadian National steamship. Whips Prince Henry and Prince David may return to service for Britain. May 4 Empire Day program features the Nizam of Hyderabad speaking for the Brita Broadcasting Corporation. The Britannica destroyer Scout carried the body of Dr. Leopold Voohach from Dover to Wilhelmshaven. Soviet industrial output rises 13 percent in Q1 1936 versus last year. Mellon Institute notes pneumonia advances and a tuberculin aid for TB diagnosis. German railways trialed loading entire freight cars onto motor trucks for door-to-door delivery. Denison retires after 37 years at Dominion meteorological observatory. The king agrees to be patron of the National Rifle Association with the Duke of Gloucester as president. King’s £250 prize donation continues.
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Turkey
T Ictal
Sevestia
Halifax
Prince Henry
Prince David
New York
Nizam of
Hyderabad
Brita Broadcasting Corporation
Leopold Voo Howach
Britain
Dover
Wilhelm- Haven
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
F. Napier Denison
Dominion Meteorological Observatory
Mt Gonzales Heights
Government Meteorological Department
King
National Rife Association
Duke of Gloucester
Art treasures voyage back to China under convoy
Chinese art exhibition pieces dating before Christ were shipped to Britain and convoyed home by British destroyers amid wartime like tactics. Thousands of items lent by the royal family and private collectors formed the Burlington House display after lengthy negotiations with the Chinese government.
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Britain
China
London
Burlington House
England
Suffolk
Jack Miner Birthday Reflections Spark Praise and Insight
An Ottawa Citizen style feature surveys Jack Miner's long life and birthday. Quotes from Edgar A. Guest Irvin Cobb and others praise his work as a naturalist and educator. Miner stresses friends, health, and living well with simple joys while offering cautions on aging and criticism. He advocates education over force and warns against excessive church loyalty. The piece also notes magnetic storm theories and a fast growing bean found in Southern Asia.
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Jack Miner
Edgar A. Guest
Detroit
America
Irvin
Cobb
Ottawa Citizen
Watt
Bell
Million Dollar Wrigley Sign Lights Times Square
A new Wrigley Spearmint Gum sign costing about one million dollars is dedicated and becomes operational in Times Square, occupying Broadway between 44th and 49th Streets. The vast display rises ten tonnes, features a 42 foot tropical fish, 1084 feet of neon tubing, and uses nearly seventy miles of wire.
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Times. Square
New York & City
Broadway
44Th
49Th Street
Times Square
Wrighley
Toronto
Long-sheltered Spanish women gain public roles and voting power
The piece notes a social shift in Spain where women move from isolation behind grills to public life. It highlights women entering universities, with Madrid faculties often more female, and the republic granting voting rights. It also mentions women voters outnumbering men in Madrid and women pursuing education and work, contrasted with past restrictions. A separate note mentions part of South Africa's Pretoria mint being repurposed into an ammunition factory.
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Spain
University of
Marid
Republic
Madrid
South Africa
Pretoria
Dividing Of Territory Warns Of Looming Global Challenge
Major-General W. A. Griesbach of Edmonton told Halifax listeners that the world divides into haves and have nots with Britain Russia and France holding vast productive lands while Germany Japan and Italy face crowding limits. He warned the British Empire would be tested and possibly drawn into war as nations seek survival, happiness, freedom, and security.
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W. A. Griesbach
Edmonton
United Services Institute of Nova Scotia
Halifax
Great Britain
Russia
France
Germany
Japan
Italy
British Empire
Griesbach
Unknown tomb near Hsuchow reshapes China’s ancient history
A vast tomb near Hsuchow in northern China, dating to around 900 A.D., has been uncovered. It comprises about 80 large vaulted underground chambers, described as more suitable for the living than the dead, promising to clear up obscure points in China's history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Hsuchow
Matched Crochet for Matchless Chic Pattern 5559
Crochet pattern promotes a Spring hat and purse set in Moumenold Arta Dept Winnipeg ad. It features a quick dip brim hat and braided cord embellishment with matching purse in pattern 5869. Complete instructions, illustration, stitches, and materials required available for 20 cents.
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Moumenold Arta Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
GARDENING IDEAS FOR HARDY FRUITS AND ROCK GARDENS
The article discusses growing hardy fruit north of the arctic circle with protection, listing strawberries gooseberries currants Saskatoon berries and cherries as resilient options. It notes early cherries and apples from new varieties and mentions grafting for multiple varieties on one tree. It highlights rock gardens as a natural development using stones and alpine plants to transform banks into decorative mini gardens and cites climbers as valuable for landscapes without harming brick or stone walls.
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Canada
Arctic Circle
Saskatoon
Richmond
St. Lawrence
Ooth
Sears
Arabia
Peace Conference Proposals From Latin American States
Proposals from three Latin American governments urge forming a league of American nations to preserve peace in the western hemisphere. The ideas were released from the late department in Washington and sent to President Roosevelt and 17 South and Central American heads in response to the United States invitation to the inter American peace conference.
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League of American Nations
Department
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Proposal From Japan for Pacific Power Divisions
Commander Tota Ishimaru of the Japanese navy outlines a plan in a just-published book to divide influence in the Pacific among Great Britain the United States and Japan. He suggests America control the east Japan the west and England the southern Pacific with each nation ruling its own domain.
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Aval
Pacific
Iite
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Tota Ishimaru
Ishimaru
Ust
America
England
Why Many Over Forty Feel Weak Explained
Science links common headaches dizziness and stomach upsets in people over 40 to stomach acidity. Neutralize excess acidity with Phillips Milk of Magnesia after meals and before bed for relief. Available as liquid Phillips or convenient tablets made in Canada.
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Canada
China ends aid to world museums with art treasures protected
China warns it will no longer let its priceless art treasures leave the country. Officials say undiscovered artifacts underground are more valuable and will be safeguarded, citing the Thousand Buddha caves near Lanchow as the era’s most important cultural site. British and American expeditions have faced obstacles in obtaining artifacts from these caves.
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China
Thousand Buddha Caves
Lanchow
Kansu
United States
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Vancouver
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Indiana
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