World Happenings Briefly Told
Hansard editor Perciai Cormetina retires after 29 years shaping the official record. Reports state a malaria like epidemic in Hangzhou, 100 miles southwest of Shanghai, claiming hundreds daily. Saskatchewan hog numbers rose 58.5 percent in 1943 to 2,182,400. Navy Minister Macdonald says nine Canadian naval POWs held by Germany and Japan. Oslo Theological Seminary closed by Nazis ending training in occupied Norway. Japan mobilizes merchant sailors up to 60 and students. Howe announces a coal hydrogenation study lab. Kenya flax quota offered to British supply ministry for war needs. A large mural honoring the RCAF unveiled at Toronto Union Station.
Denounces Mikado Kazuo Aoyama as anti militarist critic
Aoyama, a fugitive from Japan, denounces the Mikado and Emperor, calling for a democratic Japan. He claims the three national treasures were manufactured recently and mocks their sacred status while promoting a republic by criticizing militarists and running a Japanese language leaflet.
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Kazuo Aoyama
Japan
Ta Kung Pao
Chungking
Alliance
Hamilton Spectator
Aoyama
Imperial Household Office
Hamada
Kyoto Imperial University
Takahashi
Imperial Museum
Izumo
British Army Parachute Built For Tough Use
The parachute system can withstand jerks of up to 544 tons, with rigging lines tested to 450 pounds and a canopy of silk. The complete unit weighs 30 pounds and costs 280 dollars. Over 10,000,000 training aircraft are operated under the Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
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British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Beach Assault Landing on Enemy Shores
Out of the mist a scarred landing boat pushes ashore as infantry flood the beach. A new landing is underway as troops surge from craft, carrying personnel, light tanks, jeeps, and heavy artillery toward the enemy. Different landing craft vary in size, from personnel carriers to ocean going transports.
Rationing Timetable for April 1944
Rationing notes list April 1944 coupon validity for Butter Purple and Preserves DPD with coupons 17 18 30 31 all valid April 13 and Tea Coffee E with coupons T 30 T 31 valid April 20.
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DPD
Orange
Crossword Puzzle Clues Mixed Lines
A scrambled list of crossword clues and dubious spellings covering winged to European fish terms plus misprinted entries. Several entries appear garbled or fused with unrelated letters, challenging standard clue-answer pairing.
Christ is Risen and the Tomb Empty in Mark 16
Sunday school lesson on the resurrection narrative from Mark 16 and 1 Corinthians 15 highlights the empty tomb found by the women, the angelic proclamation that Jesus is risen, and the promise of eternal life through Christ. The devotional reading cites Psalm 73 and 1 Peter 1:4.
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Lord Jesus Christ
Corinthians
Christ
Jesus
Peter
John
Galilee
Jesus Christ
Tribute to Churchill Titan of World Duty
American writer Hugh Malcolm McCormick lauds Winston Spencer Churchill in the Miami Daily News. He calls Churchill a titan who at 65 shouldered the colossal burden of guiding a world empire against a vast threat to freedom.
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Hugh Malcolm McCormick
Miami Daily News
Churchill
Winston Spencer Leonard Churchill
Route To Russia Molotoff Seeks Chicago Moscow Link
Vice-President Henry A. Wallace reports Soviet Commissar of Foreign Artay Vyscheslav Molotoff advocates a combined highway and airway linking Chicago to Moscow via Canada Alaska and Siberia. The idea arose during Molotoff’s Africa visit in 1942 when Wallace raised the question.
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Henry A. Wallace
Vyscheslav Molotoff
Foreign Artay
Chicago
Moscow
Canada
Alaska
Siberia
Wallace
Molotoff
United States
Africa
Know Their Bible Canadian Engineers In Italy Make Good Use Of It
Canadian sappers in Italy call The Bible their barrack-room guide and recently placed a field warning for mined ground. The sign quotes Proverbs 4 26 27 and was created by the Company Major. Bentonite, a plastic clay like mineral, absorbs seven times its water.
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Italy
Thirty-Eight US Built Escort Carriers Delivered to Britain
Navy Secretary Frank Knox announced that 38 escort aircraft carriers built in the United States have been delivered to Great Britain under Lend Lease. The ships, about 10 000 tons, join Allied anti submarine forces against Germany. Fifty of the carriers remain in U S service, with planes not yet specified to accompany the British transfer.
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Britain
Navy
Frank Knox
United States
Great Britain
Knox
Atlantic
Telephone Of Future Predicted By Bell Labs
Newsweek reports Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York predicts a postwar self answering phone. It uses a magnetic tape to record messages that can be erased and reused. If unanswered the caller talks to the tape and the recipient hears the message when they return. Buy War Savings Stamps Regularly.
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Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc
New York
Newsweek
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Perciai Cormetina
Hangchow
Shanghai
Saskatchewan
Macdonald
Oslo Theological Seminary
Occupied
Norway
Montreal
Asakmi
Mines and Resources Department
Howe
Kenya
R.c.af
Toronto Union Station
Mikado
Europe
Menacerta
Russia
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