World Happenings Briefly Told
George Foster a theatrical agent who gave Harry Lauder his start died in London. The Lincoln copy of Magna Carta was installed in a safe at Lincoln Cathedral. The South Wales and Monmouthshire Industries Association will sponsor a major show in London in August and September 1947. Lifeboats were launched 266 times in Britain in six months saving 381 lives. Sir Evelyn Baring said 10,000 natives were asked for Middle East garrison duties. Britain and the United States will keep wartime economic information exchanges. Bognor Regis plans voluntary shop helpers to aid elderly residents living alone. The Vanguard battleship entered dockyard hands at Portsmouth for six months of fitting out.
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George Foster
Harry Lauder
London
South Wales and Monmouthshire Industries Association
Lon Gor
Britain
Evelyn Baring
South Africa
War Office
Middle East
United States
Commerce Department
Bognor Regis
England
Portsmouth
Canada weighs free port idea for ocean gateways
A Free Port explains how Canada’s ocean gateways like Quebec Halifax and Saint John push to become year round open ports. Transport Minister Chevrier reports an inter departmental committee will study briefs for Parliament while ports debate customs free zones and storage only rules.
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Quebec
Halifax
Saint John
N.B
Montreal
Vancouver
Victoria
Chevrier
Emile St. Laurent
Old Citadel
Gordon Isner
Canada
New York
New Orleans
United States
Allied orders action on Japanese nationals entering Hokkaido
Allied headquarters directed the Japanese government to arrest Japanese nationals crossing from Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands into Hokkaido to guard against introduction of communicable diseases. The public relations office explained the measure aims to prevent disease spread.
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Tokyo
Hokkaido
Sakhalin
Kurile Islands
Japan
Faraday on Taxing Electricity Foretold by St. Catharines Standard
The article recalls Michael Faraday’s remark to Gladstone that electricity would be taxed someday. It notes the prediction proved true as electric bills now show charges for electric current.
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Michael Faraday
Gladstone
Chancellor
Faraday
St. Catherines
Rise in Canadian soft drink use drives big per capita sales
Canadians increasingly drink carbonated beverages with projections of yearly consumption nearing four times the Queen Mary’s displacement. The surge follows a 86 percent rise from 1935 to 1941, with a 1942 dip due to sugar rations, yet 58 million gallons valued at 36 million dollars still moved through servers and shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Canada
United States
Polish Army Veterans to Arrive in Canada for Farm Work
About 4000 Polish veterans will travel to Canada as agricultural workers, with the initial group expected mid September. They will go from Italy to Canada under two year contracts to farm roles in the Dominion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Canada
Dominion
Italy
Phosphorus in Matches Killed and Maimed Workers
Phosphorus once the main ingredient in match heads caused necrosis and deadly disease among workers until a non-poisonous match was invented.
Goat and Carrier Pigeon In Unlikely Travel Tale
In Johannesburg a mountain goat escaped into the lion enclosure where Satan the lion pursued it before retreating. The caper ended with the goat injured and returned to its quarters as Satan sulked. A carrier pigeon labeled 656, linked to a 1946 military service, was found near the Ottawa river after an apparent flight. It was taken to the Ottawa Humane Society and remains classified as Absent Without Leave pending return to its unit.
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Transvaal Highveld
Johannesburg Zoo
Satan
Johannesburg
King of Beasts
Carier
Bikini Island
Ottawa River
Canal Locks
Armed Services
Ottawa
Norman St. Germain
Gladstone Avenue
Michael Nalone
Frank’ Street
Gilbert Davis
Kent Street
Evening Citizen Office
Ottawa Humane Society
Ottawa Citizen
Campaign for Churchill statue on Dover cliffs proposed
Margate City Council received a citizen's plea to start a national campaign to erect a giant Churchill statue on the White Cliffs of Dover. The proposal suggested Churchill holding a cigar with the tip illuminated day and night for ships in the Channel to see.
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Margate
Kent
England
Winston Churchill
Dover
H. A. Marsh
Churchill
Channel
Ottawa astronomer retires after 44 years in service
R. Meldrum Stewart, director of the Dominion Observatory and Dominion astronomer, retires after 44 years in government service. He was appointed to the position in 1924.
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Ottawa
R. Meldrum Stewart
Dominion Observatory
Dominion
Reestablishment Of Borstal System Planned In BC
Victoria reports immediate restart of the Borstal rehabilitation program for young offenders in British Columbia pending no physical obstacles. Attorney General Gordon S. Wismer says reopening the Vancouver institution, active 1937 to 1942, depends mainly on available accommodation and will proceed without a new legislative session.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Gordon S. Wismer
Vancouver
Juvenile Delinquency Declines in Canada in 1945
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports juvenile crime convictions in 1945 fell to the lowest since 1940. Juveniles brought before the courts numbered 9,755 in 1945, down from 11,654 in 1944, ending a period of high delinquency.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Unmanned B-17 Drones Demonstrate Remote Flight Concepts
The historic flight from Hilo to California showcased radio piloted drones guiding long range missions using automatic pilots and radar. A ground beeper views drones via television panels, directs launches, speeds, altitudes, and landings with electronic control, enabling multiple drones per mother craft.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Muroe
Calif
William L. Richardson
United States Army Air Force
Air Force
Milk price gap widens between Toronto and Buffalo units
The article compares milk prices in Canada and the United States noting 13 ek quart in Toronto versus 18 to cents in Buffalo. The Times-Review of Fort Erie explains the imperial quart is 40 fluid ounces versus 32, making Buffalo’s minimum price 22 cents per imperial quart. A stray line mentions a large elephant consuming 800 pounds of green fodder in 18 hours.
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Canada
United States
Toronto
Buffalo
Times-Review
Fort Erie
National Unity in Health Education Editorial Urges Canadawide Program
Dr. Gordon Bates, General Director of the Health League and editor of Health, calls for a nationwide health education program to raise standards across all provinces. He argues true national unity and leadership require improving physical and mental health everywhere, preventing poverty, slums, and disease through broad participation and universal humanitarian aims.
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Gordon Bates
National Unity
The
Health League of Canada
Dr. Bates
Health League
Canada
Dominion
Scot merchant keeps five-shilling tally in head
McTavish, owner of a shop, pockets a shilling from a sale and explains he tracks totals in his head until reaching five shillings before ringing it up to save wear on the cash register. The old friend notes the unusual method.
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McTavish
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Hamburg
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Monty
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C.B.E
D.S.O
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Europe
Mayfair Magazine
Mann
C. C. Mann
Brig. Mann
Montgomery
B. L. Montgomery
Joseph Priestley
Geneva
Switzerland
Philip Physick
North America
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Sumrise
Gene Byrnes
Thrifty
Scott
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NEA Ser Inc
U. S. Pat
F. Eliot
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