World Happenings Briefly Told
An Amazon parrot speaks French and English in London. Canada’s 1947 beet crop may drop 70 million pounds from last year. Canada’s veterans affairs department seeks work for about 9,000 older veterans. About 25,000 children greeted the royal party in Pretoria. Gen. Arthur Blair, 77, died at Drumdelnies Scotland. Toronto reports dental health impacts from sugar rationing. Britain gifts Warspite’s steering wheel to King Haakon. Britain to spend 500 million on raw materials in North America. Alberta pests forecast light crop damage from grasshoppers this year.
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Arthur Blair
Drumdelnies
Nairn
Scotland
Toronto
Edmund A. Grant
City Health Department
King Haakon
Norway
George
Britain
Canada
United States
Hugh Dalton
Alberta
Appetite Not A Reliable Guide To Diet Says Scientists
Experts declare appetite unreliable for guiding what to eat due to individual habits food variety and nutrient loss in processing. A safe diet rests on proven nutrition rules and Canadians are urged to study and follow those guidelines.
The War Cry Paper Sells Vast Ad-Free Circulation
The International Salvation Army publishes over 100 religious periodicals with The War Cry as the best known. Each issue runs around 1,638,446 copies and none contains advertising.
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The
International Salvation Army
War Cry
Britain’s Helicina Tanker Becomes Fast Modern Vessel
The Helicina, a converted British tanker laid down to outrun submarines, debuts with high speed and crew comfort. On its Southampton to Curacao run it beat typical times, completing in just over ten days where 15 to 16 days was prior. Each crewman has a private cabin with spring bed reading light desk drawers and settee, while messes connect for a shared recreation space.
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Southampton
Curacao
West Indies
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Letters from China to Canada costs $5,500 in stamps
Toronto report says sending a letter from China to Canada costs 5500 in Chinese currency, about 44 cents Canadian. Rev. D Stringer of the Scarboro Foreign Missionary Society disclosed the finding after receiving a letter with 27 stamps from a missionary in Cheking Province, China. A plantigrade animal is defined as one that walks flat footed.
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Toronto
China
Canada
Rev
D. Stringer
Scarboro Foreign Missionary Society
Cheking Province
Crossword puzzle clues and word list excerpt
A scrambled crossword puzzle segment presents horizontal and vertical clue strings with mixed languages and misspellings. The readable items include references to place names, titles, and common crossword fodder such as types of trees, minerals, and phrases, but the text is fragmentary and interleaved with errors and nonstandard spellings.
Arteriosclerosis Tied to Mental Strain in Men
Medical overview notes excessive mental work elevating risk of arteriosclerosis with a higher incidence in men. Describes arterial changes as bead like, symptoms from brain to heart, including memory loss, sleep issues, irritability, and nocturnal breathing attacks. Also mentions angina, coronary involvement, and possible thrombosis.
Gaston Monnerville Elected Head of French Republic Council
Gaston Monnerville elected president of the council of the French republic. Former representative for French Guiana and vice president of the Socialist party in France. Decorated by General De Gaulle for prominence in the War and for serving in the French underground.
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Council of the
French Republic
Gaston Monnerville
French Guiana
Socialist Party
France
Monnerville
DeGaulle
Factors in Arterial Disease Implicated by Several Ailments
The article notes heredity may influence certain arterial diseases while typhoid fever rheumatism scarlet fever diphtheria and influenza are blamed as contributing factors. Potential triggers include infected teeth tonsils sinuses gall bladder prostate or appendix though diagnosis and treatment rest with the physician.
British Children Must Extend School Attendance to 15
A new law raises the school leaving age in Britain from 14 to 15 effective recently. The Ministry of Education estimates about 130,000 children who would have left school will return this fall, as leaders call the measure an investment in the nation's future amid manpower shortages. About 390,000 pupils reach age 14 this year, per the Education Ministry.
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Ministry of Education
Education Ministry
Easy Method Of Growing Grass Reported
An alleged simple device uses strips of paper containing seed and fertilizer. The strips are laid on the ground, lightly covered, and watered. The paper dissolves, releasing seed and nutrients, with grass claimed to appear in four or five days. The method is presented as a gardener’s millennial breakthrough.
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Brandon Sun
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London
Veterans Affairs Department
Pretoria
Doris Duke
Harper's Bazaar
New York
Honolulu
Paris
Miss Duke
Fastens
Cameroon
Soviet Republic of Armenia
Ruth
Josh
Alaska
Roman Rumeras
Shetland
Cative of Ireland
Toma
Fis
PIA
Jane Canapa
Colon
By Fred Neker
Napoleon
BY William Ferguson
England
English Channel
NEA Service Inc M. Reg US
Jack Croom
Arkerses
Little Reggie
Margarita
Reginald
HE Aint
She
Peggy
Aui
Gee Tra Wai
Aswell Miss
MOV
By Chuck Thurston
Les Carroll
CHEST
Coles
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