World Happenings Briefly Told
Reports from Rome say 22 million died in the war per Vatican radio. Glasgow to build a 625000 pound penicillin factory. Scotlands Piobaireachd society trained 93 Canadian pipers at Edinburgh Castle. About 1400 horses from 20,000 planned for France have left Canada in 1946. Five Welsh ports seek Hamburg trade. German POWs to be used on British railways. Britain has 2,133,000 telephones and 1.43 billion annual calls. The Ace of Spades roadhouse in London, requisitioned for the Royal Canadian Navy, is for sale. February steel ingots total 226,273 net tons.
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France
Canada
Ace of Spades
London
Royal Canadian Navy
Garden Tools And Early Planting For A Prolonged Harvest
Gardeners can boost efficiency with extra tools like cultivators and long-handled spades. Hardy seeds tolerate frost and cool, moist soil, aiding early growth for peas lettuce spinach and radish. Regular hoeing, sharp edges, and careful weed control extend harvests, with staggered plantings through summer for continuous freshness.
British Braille reading micro meter aids blinded ex servicemen
A new British invention, a Braille reading micro meter, assists rehabilitation of blinded ex servicemen in certain industries. It allows former skilled tool and instrument makers to continue their normal work.
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London
Britain
Millions For Relief In Europe And China In 1946
Canadian Red Cross and United Allied Relief Fund plan to spend about 5 million dollars in 1946 on relief for war‑stricken populations in Europe and China and to distribute large quantities of supplies from warehouses. Purchases totaling 9 million in 1945 have been completed, with 2 million more worth of Red Cross supplies sent to Europe and Britain.
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Red Cross
United Allied Relief
Pacific
Canadian Red Cross
Canadian United Allied Relief Fund
Europe
China
Society
Britain
United Allied Relief Fund
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
France
Greece
Holland
Norway
Yugoslavia
Denmark
Luxembourg
Poland
Russia
Free India stamps mystery tied to Bose and Burma prints
London philatelists claim a nine stamp set labeled Azad Hind was issued by Subhas Chandra Bose era Indian National Army. Stamps found near the Ira waddy banks, photogravure colored with values from half anna to 12 annas, six with surtax. Sixteen? No. Depictions include Indian sciences and a map of India with a broken chain. No evidence of public sale. Printed in Burma under Japanese auspices for use after victory. never issued. Also note a Rockford obituary line: The Defence Rests.
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London
Free India
Irawaddy
Azad Hind
India
Subhas Chandra Bose
Indian National Army
Burma
Bee Import Packaged Bees Ready Supplies and Guidance
Beekeepers receiving package bees from the Southern States should prepare housing and feeding gear since shippers provide only enough food for transit. Set arrival cages in shade, apply thin honey or sugar syrup, and transfer to hives when weather permits. Feed new colonies until established and unite queenless colonies. Obtain sugar permits from the Provincial Apiarist in advance.
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C. A. Jamieson
Bee Division
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Soldier chaplain's assistant answers Buckley Field phone
Denver report notes Pte. Saint L. Peter of Omak Washington works as a chaplain's assistant at Buckley Field and answers the chaplain's office telephone with Saint Peter as the greeting.
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Denver
Buckley's Field
Saint Peter
Pte
Saint L. Peter of
Pasteurization debate over milk and bovine TB in Toronto
A Toronto correspondent argues against compulsory pasteurization noting homogenization differs from pasteurization. The Health League of Canada replies that homogenization does not prevent disease, citing Toronto hospital records showing no bovine TB admissions from last 30 years and Ontario’s 98 percent effective compulsory pasteurization law since 1938.
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Vancouver
Toronto
T.B
Health League of Canada
Toronto Hospital For
Ontario
Queen Elizabeth docks at Southampton in the dark
The Queen Elizabeth completed a double record by docking at Southampton in darkness, a first in six years. Captain C. M. Ford led the voyage from New York without tug help due to a port strike, and praised the liner’s performance on both legs. The note adds that the sweet potato is part of the morning glory family.
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Southampton
C. M. Ford
New York
Ford
Deadliest Rocket Fired From Airplane Revealed
Col. Donald B. Diehl at Dover Army Air Field describes a powerful new rocket named Tiny Tim as the deadliest weapon fired from aircraft. He claims it can sink ships, punching holes through light cruisers and destroying destroyers, and notes its dimensions as 11.75 inches in diameter and 12 feet long.
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United States War Department
Tim
Army
Donald B. Diehl
Dover Army Air Field
Diehl
Frozen apple juice may extend market season
University of California food technology division experiments show fresh apple juice and sharp cider retain flavor and color after six to twelve months in storage, suggesting a possible commercial reality for extended selling periods. Paris was the largest city in the world for a thousand years.
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Food Technology Division
University of California
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Vatican Radio
Glasgow
The
Piobaireachd Society of Scotland
Edinburgh Castle
Cardiff
Newport
Swansea
Port Talbot
Barry
Hamburg
Germany
Docainion Bureau of Statistics
War Assets Corporation
Department of National Defence
Hawaii
North Pacific
Washington
Bikini Atoll
South America
W. R
Bob” Commins
Manitoulin Islands
Rockford, Ill
John Goembel
By Fred Neher
Ugarth League
U.S
Regina
Paris
By William Ferguson
Reg
Celun
Cuine
Gene Byrnes
Fay
NEA Service
M. Rec
Gluebgerries
Okaloosa County
Florida
H. Abbonasce
Sevi
Danny Boutilier
Nove Scotia
Carrada
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