World Happenings Briefly Told In 1935 Trade Rise Noted
An array of items from 1935 world news notes a trade upturn reported by the League of Nations, British unemployment decline to 1,613,940, and a proposed eight month calendar with four 31 day months. Other items include brides mourning the British fleet departure from Alexandria, Margaret Bishop’s death in Ontario, and Germany ordering fast tanks.
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League of Nations
Tee ‘Daily Mirror
Alexandria
Cairo
Margaret Louise Bishop
Canada
William Avery Bishop
V.C
Owen Sound
Ont
France
French Guiana
Devil's Island
Ministry of Labor
Great Britain
Australia
Sydney
Germany
Manchester Guardian
Harold 8. Jones
Astronomer Royal
England
H. G. Wells
London
Goldfields Sask Prospects Stir Interest In Metals
Engineers report promising signs at Goldfields mining field in Saskatchewan with molybdenite tungsten nickel lead zinc silver copper and pitchblende radium among minerals found. Field size unknown and commercial viability uncertain as explorers assess potential deposits. Aristocratic sheep reach high prices at Salt Lake show with top bid of 1000 dollars for a two year old Suffolk ram. James Laidlaw of Muldoon Idaho buys the champion ram from Ontario breeders. Glass expert Dr Hostetter returns from London meeting as Caltech orders a 200 inch telescope casting.
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Sask
National Wool Growers’ Association
Salt Lake City
James Laidlaw
Muldoon
Idaho
Suffolkdale Meadows
Iiderton
Ont
Goon Cayne Hostetter
Ning, NL
London
Dr. Hostetter
California Institute of Technology
Canadian Mines Labs Report Surge in Gold Ore Testing
The Mines Branch Laboratory of the Canadian Department of Mines reports record gold ore receipts for testing in the first half of the year, with samples from many Canadian properties near production. Three research projects study refractory ores, ore genesis related treatment problems, and gold in sulfides, while non metallic ore testing rises due to building activity.
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Canada
Canadian Department of Mines
Department of Mines
Bridge River
British Columbia
Asbeetoe
Adjudicator from French Theatre Hinted for Festival
Col. H. C. Osborne honorary director of the Dominion drama festival says next year’s adjudicator may be a judge from the French theatre if plans materialize. He cannot name the individual yet but expects to announce by October who the regional adjudicators will be.
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Drama Festival
H. C. Osborne
Dominion Drama Festival
Europe
Col. Osborne
Canada
Blackpool case stalls as jailed man fights bail rules
George Santus a Blackpool motor mechanic who pleaded guilty to loitering with criminal intent was ordered to three months hard labor. Bail arrived late and the appeals committee ruled no hearing due to 21 day rule leading to a dilemma for Blackpool clerks and magistrates. Santus surrendered at Walton jail Liverpool but no commitment was possible. Authorities wonder whether to accept late bail or pursue another commitment.
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Blackpool
Lancashire
Irish Sea
George Santus
Santus
Black Pool
Preston
Walton
Liverpool
French Painter Sketch Sells for Record Sum in London
In 1464 a drawing by Jean Foucquet portraying a Papal legate with a hawk nose and keen eyes sold in London for £10,710. Lord Duveen purchased it at Christie's during the Henry Oppenheimer old master drawings sale. Sampire, a 20 inch tall Zulu man, claims three quarters of a yard of cloth suffices for a suit.
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London
Jean Foucquet
Lord Duveen
Christie's
Henry Oppenheimer
Drangs
Sampire
Easy Crochet Square Pattern 5193 for Home Decor
Learn a simple square pattern to create a luxurious looking table cloth bed spread or dresser scarf. Pattern 5183 provides instructions and an illustration. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg for this pattern. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Message From The Dead Sir Poward Beatty Telegram Scandal
A mock telegram read at Revelstoke station pretends CPR president Sir Poward Beatty receives a taunting message from Major Hell’s Bells Rogers about the transcontinental railway. The hoax ties into filming scenes for a Gaumont British drama at Lake Louise with actors portraying railway pioneers and officials.
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Poward Beatty
Hells Bells Rogers
E. W. Beatty
CPR
Revelstoke
Vancouver
Mt Lake Louise
Eagle Pass
Hell's Bells Rogers
Edward
Lake Louise
Farrell Macdonald
Rogers
Gaumont
Major Rogers
Rockies
Sir Faward
Montreal
Reveltoire
van Horne
Stephen
Smith
Shaughnessy
James J. Hill
Sir John A. Macdonald
Specimen Sets Submitted for King Edward VIII Stamp Approval
Specimen sets of designs for the new King Edward VIII postage stamps were sent to the King for approval. The first issue is expected to go on sale early in 1937 after expert designers and a post office committee review. A possible Coronation stamp issue is under consideration.
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Edward
Edward VIII
Major Tryon
Elibank Bluff Named in Canadian Rockies Film Visit
Mount named after Elibank Viscount as Elibank’s Bluff is proposed by visitors watching Richard Arlen and J Farrell MacDonald shoot scenes for The Great Barrier in the Canadian Rockies. The idea sparks laughter and a joke about wiring the note to Hon Jan MacKenzie in Ottawa.
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Viscount Elibank
Scotland
Emdian
Rockies
CPR
Richard Arlen
J. Farrell Madonald
Lord Elibank
Elibank
Jan MacKenzie
National Defence
Ottawa
Ohio’s first woman prison chief cites medical cure for crime
Mrs. Margaret Allman argues crime stems from physical or mental defects and urges medical or surgical treatment of prisoners as a preventive approach. She cites faulty ductless glands and nerve pressure as factors that undermine lawfulness in otherwise normal citizens.
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Margaret Allman
Ohio
Chinese Goose Keeps Flock in Line at Springbank Zoo
Keepers at Springbank Zoo in London Ontario report a Chinese goose that maintains order among the birds. When the ada geese vanished a few days ago the Chinese goose was sent to retrieve them, driving the flock back to the pond with hoarse commands. Wild ostriches can reach 50 to 66 miles per hour briefly.
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Springbank Zoo
London
Ontario
Two Western Boys Win Free McGill Scholarships
D C Coleman of Canadian Pacific Railway announced two 17 year old apprentices, George Stewart of Assiniboia high school and Howard Campell of Western Canada high school, winners of the annual two free McGill University scholarships. The youths beat 37 rivals from across Canada in competitive exams and will enter first year science with options in engineering or arts and commerce. Scholarships cover up to four or five years of tuition, renewing if progress is satisfactory, as the holders advance in their university years.
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McGil
McGill University
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
D.C. Coleman
George Stewart
Assiniboia High School
Thomas Stewart
Assiniboia
Sask
Howard Campell
Western Canada High
Faculty of Engineering
School of Commerce
Faculty of Arts and Science
May Open New Market In Cuba For Lard Exports
The article notes growing Cuba demand for lard as US hog supplies tighten through 1935 36. Canada has shipped a trial lard cargo while Argentina emerges as a market amid reduced US export capacity. British innovation focuses on aviation and motoring. Dentists in the US consume about half a million ounces of gold annually.
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Cuba
United States
Canadian National Railways
Canada
Argentina
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