World Happenings Briefly Told In 1910s Digest
Summary of global events including British Postal contracts allowing a 14 day Maul sail from England to South Africa. Cholera in Siam with 1 400 deaths by mid April. Stingless bees arrive in London for experiments. Italy loses about 160 million in gold since Ethiopian war. Britain’s radium supplies running low per National Radium Commission. A fur cargo valued near 100 000 Canadian from Edmonton via McMurray, flown from northern posts. Canadian Shipping Act to take effect August 1. Auto accidents up 116 percent in early year. life expectancy up seven years since 1911. London suburbs report better health.
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England
South Africa
British
Post Office Department
Siam
London
Central Africa
Ni ‘Onal Radium Commission
Britain
Edmonton
McMurray
Howe
Ottawa
Ontario Motor Vehicles Branch
Wheat Exports Rise as Canada Reports Strong Year
Canada’s wheat exports for the year ending March 31 rose in volume and value with 179,124,180 bushels exported worth 148,576,885 dollars at 83 cents per bushel, up from 165,701,985 bushels and 132,441,685 dollars at 80 cents. Wheat flour exports fell in quantity but rose in value, totaling 458,047 barrels worth 19,382,617 dollars at 3.99 dollars per barrel, up from 4036,527 barrels at 18,386,040 dollars.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
World Boy Scout Jamboree Set For Holland Visit
Official notice indicates the fifth World Scout Jamboree will occur in August 1935 at Bloemendaal near Haarlem, Holland. Holland invites a Canadian contingent of scouts and scoutmasters, with the Dutch government issuing a special jamboree postage stamp similar to Hungary’s 1933 gesture.
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Holland
Bloemendaal
Haarlem
Dominion
Boy Scouts Association
Netherland
Hungary
Advice to teachers calls for bold professional image
Dr G W Kerby of Mount Royal College urges teachers to drop apologetic attitudes and public stereotypes at the Alberta Teachers Association convention. He decries communities restricting teachers socially and stresses integration with life beyond the classroom. A stray anecdote about a waiter and a joke about New Zealand’s native mammals follows.
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G. W. Kerby
Mount Royal College
Calgary
Alberta Teachers’ Association
Kerby
Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation Incorporation in Canada
Ontario government grants royal assent to an act creating The Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation in Canada. The trust funds will be invested in government bonds, with annual interest used for sanctuary upkeep and education campaigns in Canadian schools. The foundation aims to raise one million dollars to ensure perpetual sanctuary operations.
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Ontario
Jack Miner
USA
Canada
Dominion
Migratory Bird Foundation
Has Strange History Of The Tichborne Dole Gift
Centuries ago a Lady Tichborne on her deathbed asked her husband to fund an annual gift to the poor. He set aside revenue from land he could walk around before a brand burned out, and she crawled in a circle to outline the parcels. The Dole is distributed in four parts and continued through wartime by special Food Controller permit.
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Tichborne Dole
Tichborne
Reclaiming Land From Sea in Port of Spain
The British colony Port of Spain Trinidad expands its coast by reclamation from the Atlantic Ocean. About 80 acres have been added. resident engineer R H Beard says work is not half finished yet but progresses satisfactorily.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
R. H. Beard
A Rare Occurrence at St Pauls Cathedral Third Burial
The report notes a rare third burial at St Pauls Cathedral within six months, April 18, Louise Creighton widow of a former Bishop of London, buried beside her husband in the crypt. She was 86, long linked to royal circles after her husband’s death. Other recent interments included Lord Jellinek in November and Lord Beatty in March.
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Edward VII
Hampton “Court Palace
Oxford
Fusband
Alberta educator slated as Canadian adult education director
A sub-committee of the Canadian Association for Adult Education recommended E. A. Corbett, director of university extension at the University of Alberta, be appointed director of adult education in Canada. The panel, including Sir Robert Falconer and A. E. Morgan, said he will begin on a voluntary basis and become full time on September 1. Corbett, a Truro Nova Scotia native educated at Huntingdon Academy, joined Alberta in 1921 and has led the extension department since 1927.
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Canadian Association For Adult Education
E. A. Corbett
University of Alberta
Canda
Robert Falconer
University of Toronto
A. E. Morgan
McGill University
W. J. Dunlop
Corbett
Truro
N.S
Huntingdon Academy
Quebec
Strathcona Hall
Department of Extension
Spinach Health Value Questioned at Nutrition Meeting
Health analysts at an American Institute of Nutrition session in Washington cast doubt on spinach’s high value noting iron and calcium are not as usable as once thought. Yale researchers led by Horwitz and Cowgill, with Mendel, reported only partial iron and calcium absorption from spinach. Separately, Saint John maritimers cite a record by James Pitt who shaved a man in 28 seconds and ran 100 yards in one minute, with Cambridge officials once offering 500 dollars to beat the feat.
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American Institute of ‘Nutrition
Washington
M. K. Horwitz
G. R. Cowgill
Yale University
L. B. Mendel
Saint John
N.B
James S. Pitt
Cambridge
Mass
Mayor Brooks
Pitt
The Canadian Badger and a Czech factory clocked shift
The Canadian badger is a stocky, silvery gray mammal with a white nose stripe. It hibernates in winter and rarely surfaces. Victor Weiner, once a Patzan plant owner in Czechoslovakia, became a clerk there after offering the factory to workers who would hire him. An expensive candy dissolves to simulate breath in winter film scenes.
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Victor Weiner
Patzan
Czechoslovakia
Stratosphere Reveals Natural Oxygen Exchange Process
Reported to the American Chemical Society in Kansas City, researchers describe a stratosphere based natural chemical factory where heavy oxygen from evaporated sea water exchanges with lighter air oxygen. Dr. Malcolm Dole and others note equilibrium at extreme cold and low pressure, swapping heavy and light oxygen between water vapor and air.
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American Chemical Society
Kansas City
Malcolm Dole
Northwestern University
Dole
Chemical Society
Has Proved A Success Panel Heating England
Panel heating, now widely used in England, circulates hot water through concealed ceiling coils and radiates heat like sunshine. It achieves comfort at lower air temperatures, lowers the need to heat air to 72 degrees, and allows windows to be opened for relief. Installation is costly but operating costs can cut expenses by about a quarter.
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England
Englan
Senate praise and royal visit schedules in Canada
Senator Iva Campbell Fallis lauds nonpartisan Senate work during a Niagara Falls interview. Governor General’s Lady Tweedsmuir to reside at Quebec vice-regal quarters June through August with maritime province tours, then British Columbia for the Canada Pacific exhibition opening August 26. J W Curran notes Sault Ste. Marie as a potential Canadian platinum hub amid new discoveries near Algoma.
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Almon
Senate
Iva Campbell Fallis
Niagara Falls
Dominion
Governor-creneraams
Tweedsmuir
Quebec
Wallews Aae
Russia
J. W. Curran
Sault Daily Star
Sault Ste. Marie
Canada
Algoma
Six sided beauty rosettes pattern explains knitting
Instructions for a six sided rosette motif from pattern 5584. Details include joining triangles into a medallion, uses and materials, plus an illustration and stitch guidance. Also notes sending 20 cents to Winnipeg address for pattern access and mentions pattern publication confusion.
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Ebay
Household Arta
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Gardening notes on soil culture and annual flowers
Expert guidance on thorough cultivation including spade and plow methods, rotation for small gardens, and row spacing. Emphasizes twice yearly turning, weed control, moisture conservation, and intercrops like radish with carrots. Highlights Canada wide variety of annuals for quick display and sheltering borders with Dahlias and climbers.
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Canada
Guarded By Police Former Chief Secretary For Ireland Receives
Police guards remain outside the Gray's Inn chambers of Lord Greenwood former chief secretary for Ireland from 1920 to 1922. The shadowing by Scotland Yard persists despite his retirement. Guards date to the Anglo Irish treaty era. Lord Greenwood last held the post before its abolition.
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Gray's Inn
Lord Greenwood
Ireland
Whitby
Ont
Scotland Yard
Lord Carson
Carson
Old Theory Exploded Drafts On Common Colds
Dr J A Doull of Western Reserve University Cleveland challenged old cold myths in an Ohio Academy of Science address. He said cold exposure does not cause colds and that infection is the real factor. He noted the first US automobile at the 1893 World's Fair.
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J. A. Doull
Department of Hygiene and Public Health
Western Reserve Univerity School of Medicine
Cleveland
Medical Science
Ohio Academy of Science
Doull
United States
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New Zealand
Near East
J. Bull
News of the World
Alberta
Natural Chemical Factory
West
Alice Brooks
Goth
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