World Happenings Briefly Told
Thanksgiving Day will be celebrated in Canada this year on Oct and the second Monday in that month announced at Ottawa. Church attendance is rising in Berlin and 174 Christian churches plus at least one synagogue are functioning again. The Prin cess Maud was among the first to touch down in Normandy on D day. The BBC has given up central London theatres used as war studies. Princess Elizabeth has been promoted in the ATS. Denmark joined UN relief administration by unanimous council vote. Crow's Nest club at St John’s Nild closed. 8,000 Allied officers shed a sentimental tear.
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Canada
Ottawa
Berlin
Dunkirk
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Normandy
British Broadcasting Corporation
Criterion
Paris
London
St. John's
Nild
Potsdam Plan Outlines Postwar German Reforms
A Potsdam communique from Attlee Truman and Stalin envisions a spartan German economy with demilitarization and strict controls on war potential. Germany would be a single economic unit with a living standard tied to Europe’s average, while agriculture and peaceful industries are emphasized. The note hints at continued Allied occupation and no partition, with Germany allowed to produce what it needs.
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Germany
Attlee
Truman
Stalin
Potsdam
Russia
Britain
Reich
Churchill Biography Reviewed By Cambridge Professor
A Cambridge University professor reviews a biography of Winston Churchill written by Sir Ernest Barker. The work traces Churchill from boyhood to current times, noting Churchill’s Norman ancestry and his ancestry’s 1066 roots.
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Winston Churchill
Ernest Barker
Cambridge University
Ministry of Information
Churchill
England
John Churchill
Duke of Marlborough
Commonwealth
Firoz Khan Noon
India
Empire
Importance of Underdrainage and Irrigation in Plant Life
Dr. E. S. Archibald of the Dominion Experimental Farms Service says water is the key factor in plant life. He notes underdrainage prevents excess water and moderates production, while crop soils can exhaust surface fibres leading to paddies and reduced drainage. Irrigation protects early growth and crop maturity where rainfall is insufficient, especially in British Columbia fruit regions and Southern Alberta farms, with expansion to other provinces anticipated.
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E. S. Archibald
Dominion Experimental Farms Service
Canada
British Columbia
Alberta
Canada Salvage Drive Reaches Four-Year Mark
Since 1941 voluntary committees across Canada collected salvage from homes for production. The National War Services salvage division reported 23,938 tons in 1941 rising to 78,992 tons in 1944, totaling 308,095 tons from 1941 to 1944.
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Canada
National War Services Department
Crossword Puzzle Across Clues From A Historic Page
A vintage style crossword shows clues for across and down entries. The list includes terms like Philippine savage, Moham medan sovereign, English poet, symbol for silver, and many other definitions across diverse topics.
Biscuit bombing aids supply drops in New Guinea war zones
The Royal Australian Air Force has expanded its biscuit bombing to feed and arm divisions in New Guinea New Britain and the Solomons. In one day at Wewak area RAAF Douglas transports dropped 48 540 pounds of gear to aid the campaign. A new method uses a storpedo bomb container carrying newspapers released by parachute for supply runs.
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Royal Australian Air Force
New Guinea
New Britain
Solomons
Australian News and Information Bureau
Owen Stanley
Wewak
Douglas
R.A.A.F
Netherlands abolishes death penalty after war criminals punished
The government announces the death penalty will be abolished in the Netherlands once all war criminals are punished. The penalty, unknown before the war, was introduced by decree on Sept. 4, 1944 to allow special tribunals to punish collaborators and traitors.
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Netherlands
Holland
Specialists and broad education urged over narrow expertise
Dr Gordon Bates editor of Health magazine argues specialists harm progress by narrowing view. He cites gunpowder and bombs as risks of specialization and urges broad general education for all children to prevent social disease and war. He adds advertising accountability and notes Mexico dominates nearly half global silver production.
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Gordon Bates
Health Magazine
Dr. Bates
Health League of Canada
Canada
Film Board Aids Rural Schools With Monthly Film Showings
National Film Board aids rural schools by sending a field representative to provide monthly film showings on geography science and history. Films cover Canada resources and global topics and support nutrition lessons posters maps and student debates.
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National Film Board
Film Board
Canada
Department of Education
Leaflet Balloons Used Against Reich Found Secret Method
The mystery of dropping propaganda leaflets over Germany without Allied aircraft is revealed. Balloons carried timed fuses burning at slow rates to release leaflets at set intervals, with balloons designed to explode after completing their mission. The system could run up to eight hours before detonation. Java described as the earth’s most densely populated island.
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Germany
Reich
Jacob Names Israel and Faces Esau in Genesis Lessons
Theology notes on Romans 14 19 Genesis 32 35 and Ephesians 4 32 tracing Jacob's transformation from Jacob to Israel in Genesis 32 24 32 and his tense reunion with Esau in Genesis 33 including his strategic preparations and the symbolic message of facing his past as a turning point in his spiritual journey.
High voltage enables electron flow in air and evacuated tubes
Electricity moves through air only under strong pressure from high voltage, while in airless tubes electrons travel freely.
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Princess Elizabeth
Auxiliary Territorial Services
Denmark
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Council
Stuttgart
By Fred Neher
King of Judah
Odin
Sun God
Polly
Coast-Guard
Pacific
Harold Knitter
Chicago
Australia Air Force
Uealth
Specialism
Mexico
By William Ferguson
OUR
Minlutlis
Plumas National Forest
California
NEA Service
Reg'lar Fellers
Gene Byrnes
Mooneys
Eei
Java
Island
Earth
Jacob
Esau
Israel
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