World Happenings Briefly Told
Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery was decorated at Athens with the Greek Medal for Gallantry. The foreign ministers council agreed to hand the Dodecanese to Greece with demilitarization. A Nottingham vandalism case on Victory Day involved red lions and colored details. Nickel from Welsh mines funds new coins in India. Bahamas plans tercentennial stamps for 17th century settlers. Iceland asks US to keep bases until takeover or UN action. Newfoundland to extend radio telephone service to the south coast and Labrador. King grants 1,000,000 ex servicemen free membership in the Travel Association of Great Britain.
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Viscount Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
Athens
Iceland
United States
United Nations Security Council
Newfoundland
Labrador
United Kingdom
Travel Association of Great Britain
Endless Engine Reverie and Humorous Vignettes From London Times
A column of anecdotes and reflections celebrates railway engines and antique steamers. It muses on motive power, nostalgia, and the charm of old machines, then shifts to light humor about lifts, barbers, doctors, and clergy, weaving gentle satire through varied scenes and quips.
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Jen
England
Yitai
Dawn Express
Bedfordshire
London Times
Mrs Manners Organizes backyard prank with neighbors
Martha Manners and Sarah Pettibone plot to surprise their husbands by catching them in a supposed neglect of duties. Two broom wielding wives ambush Tom Manners and Sam Pettibone, then laugh off the scene and plan a joint fishing trip and picnic for next Saturday.
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Tom
Sam Pettibone
Martha Manners
Alice
Pettibone
Sarah
Mrs. Pettibone
Sam
Tom Manner
Martha
Tom Manners
Melbourne firm to switch to sewing machines
A Melbourne company that built aircraft parts during the war will convert to sewing machine manufacture. The firm aims to produce 2000 domestic machines each month and is the first in Australia to manufacture whole sewing machines locally.
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Melbourne
Australia
Early Start Best Getting Under Way In Morning Hours
The piece argues that starting early boosts efficiency, describing a diurnal pattern where morning performance peaks around 8 a.m. and declines through the day. It notes many self made individuals are morning workers who accomplish more quickly and often better.
Weather Philosopher jokes about good weather
A humorous exchange contrasts Ruskin's view that all weather is good with a farmyard riddle. A salesman asks for directions to a hotel. the farmer gives a multi step route that leads back to the same spot, teasing that full directions would confuse him.
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Ruskin
Henry
Knothole explains view over a 14 foot high fence
A lawyer cross examines a witness about seeing over a tall fence. The witness, five feet four inches, claims visibility via a knothole in the fence, prompting the court to hear the humorous explanation.
Delano Author Ties Roosevelt to Churchill as Seventh Cousin
Buffalo author Daniel W. Delano Jr. claims Franklin Delano Roosevelt was Winston Churchill’s seventh cousin through Jennie Jerome’s Delano line. His 18 years of genealogical study trace the family from ancient Actii to FDR, noting Delano roots as explorers, leaders, and philanthropists.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Daniel W. Delano, Jr
Buffalo
Delano
Mr. Roosevelt
Britain
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Mr. Churchill
Jennie Jerome
Brooklyn
N.Y
Lord Randolph Churchill
Actii
B.C
Two Seats Lead to Awkward Whodunit at Cinerama
Mrs Williams visits a cinema and seeks to sit with her sister but only finds two gangway seats one behind the other. She asks a nearby filmgoer if he is alone. He replies without turning his head, muttering that his aunt is with him, prompting a puzzled moment.
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Brown
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Foreign Ministers Council
Dodecanese Islands
Nottingham
South Wales
Government of
India
Bahamas Islands
Willie
Jane
Johnny
STORY
Matthas
Tom Gossiping Over the Back Fence With That Old Blatherskite, Sam Pettibone
Hugh Dalton
Exchequer
Labor
Gad Shor
Val
Gumboil Gilligan
Gene Byrnes
Gillen
Kenosha
Jean Pfefferie
London
James Pfefferie
University of Wisconsin
Wis
Churchill
President Roosevelt
BY William Ferguson
Cabistrano
Kwimksraey
WEA Service Service
Pat
Nevada
Meteor Crater
Flagstaff
Winslow
Ariz
Elmer
By Fred Neher
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