World Happenings Briefly Told
British prisoners of war in Switzerland contributed £555 to the Red Cross and St John Ambulance. Reginald Leiper, British Ambassador to Greece, has been knighted. A German escapee from a South Wales POW camp was recaptured in Scotland after six weeks. The Warsaw government decreed Danzig’s incorporation into Poland. The British Legion in 1944 placed 7,144 ex servicemen in jobs. Field Marshal Montgomery awarded 39 US servicemen medals. Wexford celebrated a world record as Alderman R Corish was named mayor for 25 years. Russian surgeons visiting Toronto praised Canadian military medical advances.
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Switzerland
Red Cross
St. John Ambulance
South Wales
Scotland
Midget Aircraft Carriers Operate in Atlantic Since 1943
The admiralty in London disclosed that British merchant vessels with flight decks have operated in the Atlantic since 1943. These unique ships serve as merchant and escort carriers, keeping U boats at bay. They reduced aircraft losses by eliminating catapulted planes that could not return to their ships.
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Atlantic
Admiralty
London
Churchill salutes Lloyd George as a champion of the weak
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Churchill paid tribute to the late Earl Lloyd George calling him a champion of the weak and poor and the greatest Welshman since Tudor times. He praised Lloyd George for launching liberal forces into social betterment and social security and noted no man more gifted or connected with the people.
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Churchill
Earl Lloyd George
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Seed Treatment Helps Prevent Seedborne Diseases
G A Scott of the Dominion Department of Agriculture urges farmers to treat seed with recommended dusts to control seedborne diseases. Mercury dusts like Ceresan and Leytosan are effective but toxic. hot water or other dusts such as Arasan Semesan Spergon are advised for different crops. Proper seed treatment costs only a few cents per bushel and offers crop protection and germination benefits.
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G. A. Scott
Division of Botany & Plant Pathology
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Scott
Girls Garden Brigade sets to raise fresh vegetables
More than 1,800 farm daughters enrolled in the girls garden brigade sponsored by the Department of Agriculture. When these girls go into action across counties, farm families will enjoy vegetables fresh from the garden and recognize the value of farm gardens.
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Department of Agriculture
Whiter Bread Plan Aims For Whiter Loaf In Britain
Britain plans a policy shift reducing national flour extractions from 85 percent to 8.22 percent, promising a lighter whiter loaf with minimal loss of nutritional value. Col Llewellin, minister of food, stated the measure will improve taste and quality in due course.
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Britain
Col. Llewellin
Cleared The Land By Russian Farm Sappers In War
Anna Antsiferova and fellow workers from a Soviet collective farm trained by the Red Army cleared minefields left by Germans after the Don battles. They lifted thousands of mines and counterminded anti tank and anti infantry mines along with unexploded shells and bombs.
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Russia
Anna Antsiferova
Don
Anna
Red Army
Alexander Neupokoyev
Leeds Yorkshire Post
Hearty Talk on Meat and Maritime Food Policy
A letter from a southern England woman complaints about butcher quality hints at meat issues. The article notes heat can aid healing by increasing blood flow. It details Canadian ship provisioning in 1944, with strict per day quotas and $16 million in food supplies, ensuring no ship stores leak to black markets and underscoring the role of Canadian farmers in sustaining merchant ships and convoy escorts during wartime.
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Southern England
Canada
Mark Scully Enlists in United States Navy
Mark Scully aged 44 and father of 11 joins the Navy. Previously he worked as a Hartford fireman earning $49.50 weekly. His wife will receive $240 a month from his Navy allotment checks.
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Mark Scully
United States Navy
Hartford
Conn
Abraham's Call and Journey to Canaan
Devotional study recounts Abraham's departure from Haran to Canaan, tracing his origins in Ur of the Chaldees, the migration path via Haran and Damascus, and the call to leave his country and kindred, as framed in Hebrews and Genesis. The narrative emphasizes faith and obedience as foundational themes for the Old Testament period.
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Abraham
Haran
Stephen
Palestine
Eber
God
Chaldea
Tigris
Euphrates
Persian Gulf
Terah
Canaan
Damascus
Jordan
Sea of Galilee
Shechem
Pasteurized Milk Guardrails Curb Germs, Illnesses Cited
Careful experiments show no raw milk free of germs even under sterile conditions. Bacteria exist in milk from healthy cows and cause souring and indigestion in babies. Disease germs arise from cows handlers or contaminated water and can spread tuberculosis, typhoid, diphtheria and other illnesses through dairy products. Proper pasteurization destroys these germs. The note also links the Hawaiian Islands' formation to volcanic action from deep below sea level.
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J. R. Fraser
McGill University Medical Faculty
CROSSWORD PUZZLE CLUES AND WORD LIST
A crossword puzzle layout with numerous Across and Down clues including Predominant idea discharges What was that last remark Breed of cattle Slushy Joined Carouse To brown Man's name Kingly Part of infinitive Citrus fruit Rested Goddess of discord Bristle Slang spreads by report Passageway Conjunction Even Alone Crowlike bird Answer to IR ny OT 2 VERTICAL 1To be irogi cally con nected 2 By 3 Poetic among 4 Always 6 Prying instrument 6 Fails to fol low suit 1 Prefix former 8 Tramp 9 Mine entrance 10 To scold 11 Lithuanian seaport 13 Church council 16 Above 19 Stop-watch 21 Part of coat 24 Lobster roe 26 Old World plant 29 Saltpeter 31 Island in Aegean Sea 33 A few 36 Pertaining to joint or stem 36 Public Speaker 37 Prefix halt 39 Beetle 40 Famous 43 Internal organ 46 Existed 48 Tropical 51 Projecting part 53 Parcel of land 56 Symbol for cerium 8 To act
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Church Council
Aegean Sea
Stem
Also Mentioned on This Page
Victor Odlum
China
Chungking
Reginald Leiper
Greece
British Broadcasting Company
Warsaw
Danzig
Poland
Lublin
The
British Legion
Field Marshal Montgomery
United States Army
Western Front
Wexford
Eire
Ald. R. Corish
Chorley Park Hospital
Toronto
By Fred Neher
Germany
Stoker T. W. Craine
Royal Navy
Rhine
BY William Ferguson
United States
Kwwiz Korner
Robert F. Black
White Motor Company
Pearl Ralph WO. Watson
Coerence Spoons, Corp
Reg
Gene Byrnes
Pioneers OF Faith
Isaac
Jacob
Esau
Joseph
Egypt
Cealth League
Hawaiian Islands
Slushy
Carouse
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