World Happenings Briefly Told In Wartime Notes
Scotland Yard has solved every London murder this year. The Dnieper hydroelectric station will start generating power early next year after reconstruction. Dining car service on Britrail will be restored slowly due to limited space. Commonwealth Marine Salvage Board saved 132 ships totaling 660000 tons between 1942 and January 1945. De Seversky said Nazis built but did not fly a jet fighter at 725 mph. Fraser River sockeye salmon catch up nearly 50 percent from 1941. US Army found vast film archives in the German Air Force library covering Britain. One in a thousand general casualties are blind veterans, says CNIB official.
Canada Oil and Gas Output Declines From Year Ago
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports April crude oil output at 692 089 barrels, down from 779 534 in March and 843 976 in April last year. Alberta produced 678 546 barrels, Turner Valley supplying 628 299. First four months total 2 133 072 barrels versus 3 352 927 in 1944. Natural gas April output 4 363 245 000 cu ft, down from March and up from April 1944. Year to date 19 805 485 000 cu ft, below 1944’s 20 306 725 000.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Alberta
Turner Valley
all-Canada
Unexpected Compliment Sparks Church Sermon Mixup
A minister preaching six miles from home brings his wife to the chapel. She enters by the main door while he uses the vestry. A deacon seats the wife, then, after the service, remarks in private that they rarely have such a poor speaker as tonight.
Purley Residents Protest Nazi Flag Waves on Train
Anger rose in Purley England as German prisoners aboard a train waved swastika flags from windows giving the impression of a victory journey. The report also notes Otto von Guericke, a German physicist, built the first electric generator around 1663.
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Purley
England
Otto von Guericke
Approve Grading for Farm Products Gains Support
Farm Forum radio groups say grading farm products is a prime safeguard against inefficiency and should be standardized nationally. They argue better supervision could align grading with consumer needs and oppose price stabilization tied to grading as promoting inefficiency.
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Farm Forum
Radio Forum
Vancouver Grain Shipments to India and Europe Planned
Transport Controller Lockwood announced in Montreal that Vancouver and New Westminster elevators will export 16 million bushels of grain to India and Europe over five months. Shipments average 3 million bushels monthly, 80 000 tons, with about 10 ships loaded every 30 days.
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Vancouver
New Westminster
India
Lockwood
Montreal
Chief Worried Soldier Story From Jessel Dialogue
George Jessel recounts a talk with a decorated Southern Black soldier about bravery under fire. He recalls a joke where a rookie fears an unnamed threat while the sergeant warns that no bullet will find him unless his name is on it.
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George Jessel
Jacob’s Flight and Vision in Genesis 27–28
Devotional study traces Jacob’s start as a schemer who gains and loses family blessing. Fleeing Esau, he rests among stones at night and dreams of a sacred place, where God renews the blessed promise to him as part of the Abrahamic line despite his flaws. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Esau
Jacob
Haran
Palestine
Beersheba
God
Abraham
Als
Wealth of Canada praises volunteers and civic duty
Dr Gordon Bates editor of Health urges that volunteers drive reforms and civil progress, naming leaders like Wilberforce Beecher Stowe Pankhurst Shaftsbury Butler Wesley. He argues citizens should devote time to service and businesses and civil servants should work unpaid for the common good. The piece links postwar ideals to volunteer strength and notes platinum’s early history and Chinese hospitality customs.
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Gordon Bates
Health
Health League of Canada
Dr. Bates
Wilberforce
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Mrs. Pankhurst
Lord Shaftsbury
Josephine Butler
John Wesley
Crossword puzzle clues list stray rows
Puzzle contains scattered horizontal and vertical clues with numbers and garbled text items. It lists words for diplomacy dislike self sick greedy ditch leave out period of time footlike part color star names and many others in a fragmented crossword format.
Orders and Percentages Shake Northwest Lumber Camp
The foreman reports a shift in camp meal leadership after complaints of poor food. Two young women replace the bachelor cook as orders demand percent-based figures. The punchline notes that last week two per cent of the men married and 100 per cent of the cooks.
Bath prison jackdaw causes unexpected lockdown
Police in Bath England investigated eerie screeches from empty cells and found a jackdaw inside the local prison. The bird had entered through a vent, turning the supposed quiet jail into a small scare and a curious incident.
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Bath
England
American catering charms British experts with glamor
British visitors note American catering is brighter, more varied, and eye catching. They describe dietitian backed menus and plates designed for visual appeal, recalling a midnight chicken sandwich at a remote Arizona station served on a pastel plane shaped plate.
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United States
Hollywood
Wilds
Arizona
Euston
Crewe
London Times
Books Lover Dies In Bed Of Fire Misadventure
Frederick William George aged 62 lived in a single room at New Street Penzance surrounded by thousands of books. He died when a fire broke out in his room and was found by firemen. His life savings included copper and silver coins and small notes stored around him.
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New Street
Penzance
Frederick William George
Frederick George
London Express
Aircraft Engine Makers Catch Interest in Fuel Pumps
In 1927 manufacturers of aircraft engines began to take an active interest in fuel pumps, marking a shift toward integrating pumping systems in propulsion technology.
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Alexander de Seversky
British Columbia
Fraser River
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Britain
D. B. Lawley
Canadian National Institute For the Blind
By Fred Neher
Marshal Josef Stalin
Potsdam
West Coast
Reg'lar Fellers
Suddeen Partnership
Gene Byrnes
Canada
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China
Iowa
Rigaer
By William Ferguson
NEA Service
Algernon Sidney
Tick Bird
Persia
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Hitler
Ira Kearns
Hamilton, Ont
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Poland
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