World Happenings Briefly Told
Five hundred British Guiana negroes at a Georgetown conference petitioned the king through the colonial secretary to be allowed to fight for Ethiopia. An educational gambling campaign will be started by Canada's Social Service Council. A Duck Lake Saskatchewan father aged 96 and his 70 year old son receive old age pensions. A Soho restaurant window bears a sign closed until after the war due to Ethiopia. The West Australian Labor party opposed Australian war involvement except for defence or at the people's wish. Ottawa plans compulsory superannuation for civic workers aged 65 by Dec 31. A new airline linking Denmark Scotland Iceland Canada and the United States will be investigated. The Egyptian cabinet approved a £200,000 credit for war materials purchases.
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British Guiana
George‘town
Ethiopia
Social Service Council of Canada
Duck Lake
Sask
Soho
London
West Australian Labor Party
Ottawa
Denmark
Scotland
Iceland
Canada
United States
Encouraging Sign for Canadian Farm Income in 12 Months
The Bank of Commerce estimates Canadian farmers earned about 14 percent more in the year ending June 30 than the prior year while farm costs rose 5 percent and purchasing power increased 9 percent. In a separate domestic scene a husband asks about a visitor at the gate and learns it was Mrs Smith who lacked time to enter.
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Bank of Commerce
Mrs Smith
Glasgow seamstress threads safety into Queen Mary
A little seamstress in obscurity at Glasgow is helping secure the new liner Queen Mary. Miss Edith Rankin on Ben View Street weaves silk strands for a magnetic compass card and sews the magnetic needles with accuracy to a thousandth of an inch. Her skill, honed after years at sea, ensures ships rely on the compass cards she helps perfect.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Edith Rankin
Ben View Street
Miss Rankin
Aed
Kashmiri Reader Demonstrates X-ray Vision in London
Kuda Bux, a Kashmiri Indian known as the man with the X-ray eyes, reads rapidly from a book unseen before as eminent doctors including Andrade Quain Professor of Physics and Dr J G Porter-Phillips observe. Dr Marshall bandages the eyes with dough pads and cotton, while a final bandage covers the mouth.
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Freaway
Kuda Bux
London
Andrade Quain
London University
J. G. Porter-Phillips
Bethlehem Royal Hospital
C. Jennings
Marshall
Editor Toast At Eastoria Convention Draws Wry Toasts
Appreciation notes for the editor include a Kansas minister’s toast at a fanoral convention. The lines praise prompt payment, liberal advertising, full news, plain correspondence, and caution that burying him avoids mistakes, citing Wisconsin Press for attribution.
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Kansas
Wisconsin Press
Quiet Hayden Planetarium Sets New Silence Benchmark
The Hayden Planetarium in New York opened October 3 with soundproofing by acoustical devices. Tests show the space is extremely quiet, with noise levels about 15 times lower than the threshold of hearing. A recording indicated a five decibel jump when a man removed his hat in the venue.
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New
Hayden Planetarium
New York
Planetarium
Gold Roadbed at Virginia City Hides $2 Million Vein
For 67 years the Virginia and Truckee Railroad hauled gold and silver ore near Virginia City Nevada. A canyon section moved by Sutro Tunnel Coalition Inc. and Ogden Mills could sink a shaft to recover the new wealth.
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Nevada
Virginia and Truckee
Virginia City
Ogden Mills
United States Treasury
Sutro Tunnel Coalition Inc
Regain Vigour Quickly With Phosferine Tonic
Regain vigor and better health quickly with Phosferine, a British tonic praised for boosting energy and sleep. It claims to soothe nerves, ease pains, and restore vitality across ages, suitable for fatigue, debility, convalescence, and general malaise.
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England
Canada
Rain Tower Dreamed by French Scientist for Sahara Irrigation
French scientist J Dubosc claims a cement rain tower 2000 feet tall could irrigate deserts. The funnel shaped device would suck hot air, condense it at the top, and produce rain. He envisions a model for the Paris Fair 1997 and notes multiple towers would be needed to fertilize the Sahara.
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J. Dubosc
Monsieur Dubose
Sais
Monsieur Dubosc
Sahara
Bristol woman drinks at least thirty cups of tea daily
A Bristol woman is touted as the champion tea drinker, claiming she never consumes fewer than thirty cups a day and has never been ill. The article notes British averages around five cups per person daily, with London inquiries showing ten to twelve cups common and mentions Dr. Johnson reportedly drank twenty cups daily.
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Bristol
Great Britain
London
Dr. Johnson
Tallest Man Hans Schichter Affects Public Spaces
The world's tallest man, Hans Schichter, at twenty measured seven feet six inches and may reach nine feet. Doctors project continued growth. six and a half yards of fabric needed for his suit. Relatives are average height. He hopes to become a film star. A Yorkshire club for men over 72 inches protests small chairs and cramped leg room in cinemas and public transport.
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Res
Hans Schichter
Hans
Yorkshire
Alberta Liquor Prices Hike Aims Revenue Gain
Alberta's Social Credit government views liquor as a luxury and plans a price increase on beer and hard liquor to raise about $300,000 in additional revenue by March 31. Premier Aberhart announced the move in Edmonton while stressing the aim to keep essential needs affordable for the less fortunate.
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Alberta
Alberta Social Credit
Aberhart
Edmonton
Carrier Of Disease Germs Blamed On Home Hygiene
A Toronto doctor cautions that air transmission of disease is minimal and stresses home hygiene. He cites unsafe food handling, improper washing of greens, and contaminated cups, bedding, and papers as key transmission routes. The speech urges thorough washing and careful handling to prevent dysentery typhoid and diphtheria.
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Toronto
Kerma
Gorton P. Jackson
York County
Prince Loses Friend Tutor to Wales Died in England
Henry Peter Hansell, tutor to the Prince of Wales and his three brothers, died at Bletchingley Surrey aged 11. He accompanied the Prince to Oxford where he served as mentor and friend. Hansell joined the King's household in 1901 and remained as gentleman usher to the King.
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London
Henry Peter Hansell
Prince of Wales
New York Times
Hansell
Bletchingley
Surrey
Oxford
Asher
Coldest Spot in Siberia Reported at Minus 102 Degrees
Soviet scientists declare Di-Mekon in Eastern Siberia the coldest place, where water thrown from a bucket freezes before hitting the ground. The usual temperature there is minus 102 degrees Fahrenheit, while locals joke about damp Moscow conditions and a long filibuster of free advertising.
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Siberian
Di-Mekon
Siberia
Moscow
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