News In A Nutshell

Northern Advocate, 2 December 1936, Page 7

News In A Nutshell

A telegram from Cambridge, Massachusetts, states that the first weather observation flight in a balloon attempted in darkness in the United States was made there last night. Harvard University sent a balloon to a height «of 50,000 feet, whence’the occupants signalled that the temperature was 77 degrees below zero.

The Afghan Foreign Minister states that an important pact is to be signed very shortly at Teheran by Turkey, Irak, Afghanistan and Iran (Persia). He gives no indication of the terms of the pact.

A telegram from Reading, Pennsylvania, reports that, in order to maintain the picket lines, hosiery mill strikers lay on the pavement in front of the mills in freezing weather. Tear gas proved useless, and the police removed 58 strikers without breaking up the living carpet of pickets.

The president of the Board of Trade, Mr Walter Runciman, who has decided to set up within the board a department to be known as the Food (Defence Plans) Department, says it will work in co-operaticn with the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence, Sir Thomas Inskip, in order to continue and complete the formulation of plans for the supply and control of distribution of food and feeding stuffs for defence purposes.—> (8.0. W.) ' 1 * ♦ * * ' • J The Canadian Parliament is to reassemble on January 18. Defence policy will be the chief problem. • » » • Mr Earl Thacker, a member of the Honolulu Harbour Board, arrived at New York yesterday. He stated that the American heiress, Mrs Doris Duke Cromwell, had filed a second petition to build a swimming pool on her property at Honolulu. The petition. Mr Thacker added, probably would be granted. * * * *' The United States Treasury Department announces a refinancing operation of 1,500,000,000 dollars for December 15 to refund 1,158,000,000 dollars of existing obligations and provide 342,000,000 dollars of new money.

Three Calgary aldermen, who were re-elected as Social Credit members, have refused to continue to support Mr Aberhart. declaring the Premier is failing to fulfil national dividend pledges.

A message from Winnipeg states that 2,000,000 bushels of wheat were sold on the strength of reports that Britain is to establish an emergency wheat supply.

The sudden death occuri-ed at Brisbane yesterday of the Minister of Mines, Mr James Stopfcrd, aged 57. He had been a member of Parliament for 21 years.

It is announced, that Louis will meet Eddie Simms at Cleveland in a. heavyweight boxing bout on December 14.

Mr Roosevelt was welcomed at Buenos Aires by a very large and jubilant crowd. It was the best reception Argentina has ever extended to anyone. The. Pan-American Conference opened on December 1.

Lord Nuffield states that (his £2,125,000 gift to create a fund for Morris motor employees will be his last .for some considerable time, as, in addition to recent donations, his outstanding promises have never been larger, « ♦ * •

It has been announced, in connection with the celebration in the United States of the birthday of Mark Twain, that the Mark Twain Foundation Society has offered as a gift to the British people a cast of the head of. the famous author from the large memorial to be erected to him in East River Drive Park. The gift has been accepted.

Three descendants of Alfred Ncbel, founder of the Nobel Peace Prize, have sent a message to the German Press from Stockholm, dissociating themselves with the action of the Nobel Committee in awarding the peace* prize to Karl von Cssietszky. They say the award is incompatible with the intentions of the founder.

Tokio police arrested two men for alleged plotting to assassinate the Prime Minister, Mr Koki Hirota, for the purpose of attracting attention to agrarian troubles in the Fukushima prefecture. The ring-leader had in his possession a stick of dynamite, and also carried petitions addressed to several Ministers.

The engagement is announced between Mr Angus Douglas Vickers, a son of Mr Douglas Vickers, of Tulloch Castle. Dingwall. Rosshire. and Miss Phyllis Maud Francis, a daughter or Mr Norton Francis, of Christchurch, New Zealand,

The Privy Council has reserved judgment on the appeal of the Corporation of the City of Auckland against the Alliance Assurance Company from the High Court of Appeal of New Zealand.

Sir Henry Lytton, most famous of all Gilbert and Sullivan players, who died in August, left an estate valued at £14,87?;

There was an ugly scene at the Court at Gibraltar when three British subjects were sentenced to six months’ hard labour for assaulting a Spanish Monarchist. A crowd of 100 rushed to the Court protesting. Extra police w'ere hurried to protect the magistrates. Three hundred demonstrated outside the Court.