World Happenings Briefly Told in Early Dispatch
Jet propelled airliners cross Atlantic in five hours at 40000 feet as relations resume between Switzerland and Russia after 22 years. Senator McRae predicts gold prices rise beyond 35 dollars per ounce. Venus de Milo cast sells for £2 in London. BBC seeks announcers from over 1000 applicants. Dean Woods heads new pharmacy department at UBC. Nazi saboteur organizer in Frankfurt jailed seven years in US custody. Mount Wilson records distance to Boötes nebula at 1.2 quintillion miles. French colonial agency seeks Canadian shipyards for pre fab launches and barges.
Try Something New In Your Garden This Season
An agricultural note urges expanding Canadian seed choices beyond beans and corn to include spinach ki cabbage and many other crops. It recommends choosing improved wartime varieties for higher quality yields and emphasizes thorough soil preparation and early planting for maximum returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Cyprus Button Factory Aims Pearl Button Line
One of the largest industrial concerns in Cyprus, a Larnaca button factory turning out 100000 buttons daily, with 1000 workers, currently uses dom nuts and hopes to start producing mother of pearl buttons soon. The piece notes contrast between sheep and goats, mentioning the bighorn sheep with hair and mountain goat with fine wool.
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Cyprus
Larnaca
Princess Elizabeth Greeted with Cheers on Ulster Tour
Princess Elizabeth toured Northern Ireland unaccompanied by other royals driving from Government House Hillsboro through Down Armagh Tyrone and Fermanagh counties. Crowds cheered in Portadown Dungannon and at linen mills while she visited a girls school and lunch at Dungannon town hall. The visit followed the launch of a British aircraft carrier Eagle at Belfast.
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Elizabeth
Ulster
Belfast
England
Scotland
Government House
Hillsboro
Down County
Lord
Lady Granville
Northern Ireland
Down
Armagh
Tyrone
Fermanagh
Portadown
Dungannon
Bann
Two Great Men Eisenhower Churchill Admiration Highlighted
The Ottawa Journal praises General Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill as two exceptional leaders. It lauds Churchill’s continued clarity on world affairs and Eisenhower’s modesty and intelligence. Both are celebrated for advancing Anglo American friendship vital to a hopeful future.
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Eisenhower
Churchill
Richmond
Ottawa Journal
Special Spider Webs For Land Surveying Instruments
London firm F Barker and Son uses spiders and their webs to manufacture precision surveying instruments. Spiders are housed in long boxes and encouraged to produce webs of required strength, with horsehair also used in other instruments. The workshops remain busy from wartime demand into the present.
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Britain
F. Barker and Son
Sun- Dial
Clerkenwell Road
London
Michigan Dean Urges US Know Canada History
Dean J B Edmonson of the University of Michigan Education School argues in an interview that it is highly desirable for United States residents to become better acquainted with Canadian history and geography.
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J. B. Edmonson
School of Education
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
United States
Dress Clothes Give Million Dollar Feeling Says Writer
A Scene columnist from Shingwauk Farm Muskoka argues dress clothes lift morale and refine charm even in peace. He cites how a tux at dinner maintains sanity for isolated civil servants abroad, suggesting clothing links to home and sociability.
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Shingwauk Farm
Muskoka
St. Thomas
Canadian Craft Shops Give Service Men New Skills and Pride
Supervisor R. D. Wallace details how RCAF and Army craft shops in Europe and England supported thousands of men in the war era. From jail-turned-workshops to Farnborough depots, crafts shifted to personal pursuit with power tools, yielding model steam engines and cedar chests as memorable outputs. The program encouraged civvy life crafts, making homes happier and men better citizens.
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RCAF
Army
R. D
Bob) Wallace
Brantford Collegiate
Toronto
Y.M.C.A
Aurich
Germany
Bob
Taylor Statten
Ahmed
Ontario
Algonquin Park
Y.M.C.A. War Services
Camp Borden
Petawawa
Kingston
Barriefield
Canada
R.C.A.F
Rockcliffe
Borden
England
Wallace
Farnborough
Hampshire
Civvy Street
Aero Club of Canada stamps fetch £225 at London auction
In 1918 three stamps issued by the Aero Club of Canada for aircraft mail between Toronto and Ottawa sold in London for £225. The stamps depict a Zeppelin crash in flames after an attack by a fighter. Dr Lin Yutang, author, has invented an Oriental version of the typewriter.
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The
Aero Club of Canada
Toronto
Ottawa
London
Lin Yutang
Editorial Calls for Wider Diphtheria Immunization and Toxoid Recall
The Canadian Journal of Public Health urges overcoming complacency in diphtheria protection. It notes rising morbidity and recent Ottawa deaths, stressing immunization of children and at risk adults, plus recall doses and broader re-immunization under special circumstances.
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Canadian Journal of Public Health
United States
Canada
Ottawa
Early Dope Shortage Led Planes to Glue Coated Fabric
In early aviation, dope was scarce so ships were coated with glue. As glue dried, an alum and water solution was applied to shrink the fabric tightly onto the ribs, securing the airframe.
Self-righting lifeboat idea from broken crock sighting
William observes a broken crock floating in a well while aiding a woman and notes it righting itself repeatedly. This prompts him to conceive a self-righting lifeboat concept inspired by the crock's automatic reorientation.
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William
Insect Names Learned Daily Exceed 60 Years Catalog
A person learning 25 new insect names per day would require more than six decades to memorize all species described and catalogued by scientists. The fact highlights the vast diversity of insects and the ongoing effort to document biodiversity.
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Switzerland
Russia
A.D McRae
Vancouver
Venus de Milo
Lady Mitchett
BBC
E. L. Woods
College of Pharmacy
University of Saskatchewan
Pharmacy
University of British Columbia
Frankfurt
Mount Wilson Observatory
Constellation
Bootes
Maritime Workers Federation
BIG Button Business
Canadian Army
Army Education Services
Dundurn Camp
C. A. Hopkins
Saskatoon
A. M. Macaulay
Centre
Doug. Minor
Regina
Pte W. Roberts
Dawson Creek
B.C
Cpl
W. B. Olson
Camrose
Alta
Pte
Haroldur Skafel
Ratner
Charles F. Scott
Calgary
Princess Elizabeth
By Fred Neher
Ugalh
Bach
BY William Ferguson
Musiciaais
Aepyornis
Madagascar
FPME
Leitsch
Norman Jay Gould
Waywersa
Wisconsi
Gene Byrnes
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