World Happenings Briefly Told
Combat veteran Gen Sir Arthur Scott was killed by enemy action. Crare Corp shipped a 3.08 ton 11 percent miles long marine chain to Portland navy yard for pulling ships into dry docks. An Orlando booklet guides army air forces trainees to improvise faces against cold in the Arctic. Gen Douglas MacArthur received the Knight Grand Cross with swords from Queen Wilhelmina. St George’s Hospital plans relocation to quieter London outskirts. W C Barrie, 65, Edmonton farm official, dies. born in Paisley and moved west in 1906. Commander Peter MacRitchie returns to Canada after Normandy sorties. GE device claims projectile speed measurement to 1,100,000th sec. Sir Hugh Rigby, who saved King George V in 1928, dies at 74 in a nursing home. Born in Dublin, he served as royal surgeon.
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Crare Corporation
Portland
Ore. Navy Yard
Sir Hugh Rigby
King George V
Dublin
Sunday School Lesson on Hophni and Phinehas in I Samuel
Devotional notes from Hebrews 5 1 9 discuss high priests and the appointment of men for God The lesson contrasts the holy office with Hophni and Phinehas Eli's sons described as base and irreverent They abused offerings and claimed excess while priests from the line of Aaron faced prophetic rebuke and warning against divine neglect of duties
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Hophni
Phinehas
Eli
Belial
Joseph Parker
Aaron
Egypt
Israel
God
Rehabilitation of ex servicemen demands planning and tolerance
Health League of Canada in its August bulletin argues rehabilitation goes beyond federal aid. It calls for careful planning and broad sympathy from relatives, friends, employers, and co workers as veterans readjust after war.
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Stanley E. Caldwell
Health League of Canada
Snfantry
Johnny
Caldwell
Ontario
Fats and Oils Salvage Keeps War Industry Moving
Canadian housewives who salvage fats for industry help sustain wartime production of synthetic rubber plastics lubricants and munitions. Even used fats remain valuable as technicians convert them into essential war materials and free more food fat for family consumption.
Ancient Ipswich find may be Babylonian seal
An inch long tube found in a Ipswich cottage is thought to be a 3000 year old Babylonia seal. The artifact has drawn interest from archaeologists and local historians as they assess its origin and significance.
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Ipswich
England
Crossword Puzzle Clue List Folded Into Grid
A dense vertical and horizontal set of clues spans names numbers and terms across languages and domains. Entries include Moslem name born wings and denoting signs from ancient to modern with partial answers and cross clues.
Tower Bridge opens fifty years ago in London
Fifty years ago on June 30 Tower Bridge was opened by the Prince of Wales for the Queen in a picturesque ceremony. It was hailed as a steel age triumph with the largest bascule in the world and spans of 115 feet for each leaf and a 200 foot waterway between them. A reporter noted the leaves rose smoothly at the touch of a small silver disc. Bears are known to suffer from arthritis.
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London
Tower Bridge
Prince of Wales
Copenhagen
London Times
Saskatchewan Eyes Uniform Royalty Policy for Commercial Fish
Saskatchewan government aims to push a uniform royalty plan for all commercial fish. A conference with Alberta and Manitoba officials is hoped for this fall. Hon J L Phelps says the levy would fund northern fish surveys, inspections, research facilities, and hatcheries costs. The royalty would fall on shippers or dealers, not consumers, and mirror fur levies.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
J. L. Phelps
Phelps
Mr. Phelps
Canadian Officer Sails Submarine Sinking Two Japanese Ships
Lieut. Bob Fahrig of Brandon Manitoba a rare Canadian naval officer in the British submarine service reports taking part in the sinking of two Japanese ships. He says the submarine life is hard but worthwhile and he would not switch careers.
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Bob Fahrig
R.C.N.V.R
Brandon
Man
WAS WELL NAMED
Among those saved in an Anderson shelter recently when flying bombs hit a place in southern England were six members of a family named Anderson including a woman of 90 and another of 64.
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Anderson
England
Milk Sold in Glass Bottles in Peiping China
Pasteurized water buffalo milk is sold in Peiping in sealed glass bottles, marking a dairy product offering in the city.
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Peiping
China
Sweden tops world cycling as war boosts bike boom
Sweden now has about 3 million bicycles, more per capita than Denmark or the Netherlands, with 45 per 1000 residents owning bikes. In Stockholm 425000 bikes serve a city of 640000, driven by travel bans, bus cuts, commuter expansion, and growing interest in sports and outdoor life.
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Sweden
Denmark
Holland
Stockholm
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Arthur
Binny) Scott
Orlando
Fla
Fiers
Army Air Forces Tactical Training Centre
Arctic
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Wilhelmina
The
Netherlands
St. George's Hospital
Hyde Park Corner
W. C. Barrie
Prairie Farm Assistance and Wheat Acreage Reduction Board
Edmonton
Paisley
Ont
Western Canada
Peter MacRitchie
Canada
Normandy
Royal Canadian Navy
Philip C. Michel
General Electric Company
Iskrael
Health League
Canadian National Railways
Laprairie
St. Johns
Quebec
St. Lawrence
National
Essizialziz
Switzerland
Coolidge
Fish
Gene Byrnes
Qata Hire
Pte
H. Koebe
Winnipeg
BY WiLliam Ferguson
South Pole
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North Pole
By Fred Neher
Wilber
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