World Happenings Briefly Told
Peacetime work for a mine detector uses to locate nails in salvaged timber before sawmilling. A blue stamp from Canada dated 1585 sold for 270 pounds at Harmers London. A giant skeleton found in the Tien Mountains north of the Himalayas in Soviet Central Asia. Edinburgh council cuts max vehicle speed to 20 mph for two months. Stuart Hibberd marks 21st BBC anniversary with over 10 000 broadcasts. Jet propelled buzz bombs and a twin fuselage fighter teased by Los Angeles firms. Vancouver airport to train Trans-Canada crews for giant Pacific flights in 1946. An atomic energy committee is formed by World Power Conference in London. Archdeacon Faries edits Cree hymnal during Toronto furlough with 300 to 400 hymns.
Coming Prince of Peace Isaiah 9 6 7 Excerpt
Memory selection from Isaiah 9 6 shows the child born and the government on his shoulder with titles Wonderful Counselor Mighty God Everlasting Father Prince of Peace The coming era of peace is discussed with Isaiah 9 2 7 and related biblical cross references highlighting fulfillment in Jesus and the divine purpose for the old covenant course.
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Judah
Jesus
Isaiah
Christ
Matthew
House of David
David
Mitchell
Silk production origins in China and Si ling shi legend
The article notes silk as a major animal product for weaving and suggests China as the earliest center for silk-worm rearing and silk manufacture. It attributes the discovery of spinning and weaving silk to Si-ling-she, dating her life to around 2700 B.C. and venerating her as a saint for the invention.
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China
Si-ling
Planning the weekly menu with token ration guidance
The article explains using tokens as a weekly meat ration equivalent. It suggests a Sunday extender, meat loaf from a ham burger, lamb chops for two tokens, eggs for Tuesday, a mushroom cream sauce with noodles for midweek, steak and kidney pie on Thursday, and fish on Friday with sausages for three tokens. Total thirteen tokens used for the week leaves three for next-week planning.
Scholar claims Gray's Elegy written at Upton near Slough
A 17 year old from Merchant Taylors School argues Gray wrote the Elegy in a Country Church Yard at Upton near Slough rather than Stoke Poges. He cites ivy on Upton church and curfew bells from Windsor Castle five miles away, while Stoke Poges authorities challenge the claim.
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Gray
Stoke Poges
Buckinghamshire
John Langford Lewis
Merchant Taylors School
Slough
Bucks
Upton
Harold Langford Lewis
Lincolns Inn
Stoke
Windsor Castle
Farthest North Runs Norway's Arctic News Hub
Behind the Arctic Circle at Vads in Finnmark stands Norway’s northernmost and smallest newspaper plant the Finnmarken. The editor notes the 3,000 weekly copies are likely the world’s best read news sheets as war wreckage heals. after securing plants from Sweden and England boats bring reading matter to Norway’s Arctic coast.
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Arctic Circle
Vads
Finnmarken
Norway
Sweden
England
Arctic
Norwegian Information Service
Landlord disclaims injury liability at closing time bar
A Fleet Street publican posted a notice over the bar declaring the landlord takes no responsibility for injuries customers may suffer in a rush to exit at closing time. The notice reflects a humorous yet protective disclaimer typical of pubs.
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Fleet Street
Ty Cobb Jr shoots a goose banded by Jack Miner
Ty Cobb Jr a Georgia doctor and longtime guest of the Miner family at Kingsville Bird Sanctuary shot a Canada goose on a central Georgia river. The bird carried a leg band reading Write Jack Miner Kingsville Ontario from spring 1945, with the scripture verse Give unto the Lord from Psalm 29:1.
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Jack Miner
Tyrus R. Cobb
Ty, Jr
Georgia
Miner
Kingsville
Dublin
Ontario
British Pacific War Skeptic Says Shared Enmity Never Existed
A Japanese Foreign Office spokesman claims Britain’s role in the Pacific war remains mysterious and asserts that despite prior clashes there has never been real enmity between the two nations. He says there was no lasting dispute and that their perspectives are incongruent.
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Britain
Jap Foreign Office
Bacteriological Warfare Warned as Global Threat
State Secretary Byrnes warned of a looming bacteriological warfare threat surpassing the atomic bomb. He said no protection would exist against this more frightful method and noted Allied talks on wartime science. The claim ties to Allied fears and ongoing Anglo American Canadian discussions.
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United States
Britain
Canada
Byrnes
Washington
Scientific fashions for Operation Muskox trek uniforms
Canadian army men on the 81 day 3100 mile northern trek will wear latest winter clothing. Key items include string vests for body heat management and moisture proof battledress. Other gear features parkas ski caps knee warmers duffle boots and treated inner gloves for handling instruments in extreme cold.
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Canada
Northland
Feather Fingers Burglar Terrifies Southend Residents
Southend residents nickname a local burglar "feather fingers" as he operates through open windows at night, entering homes while owners sleep and rifling pockets. The nickname reflects his stealthy method and target behavior in the neighborhood.
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Southend
England
Call for universal military training in Canada in three services
Hon Colin Gibson minister of national defence for air announced at a Halifax press conference that all Canadian men of military age should be required to serve a training period in one of the three dominion services.
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Colin Gibson
National Defence
Halifax
Alfalfa’s name traced to fodder quality in Spanish roots
The term alfalfa may derive from a Spanish form of the Arabic word alfalfacah meaning the best fodder. The note discusses linguistic origins and the plant’s valued status as animal feed.
Letter on a housewives union and forty hour week
The St Catharines Standard cites a Brantford Expositor letter arguing women should strike at home to demand a forty hour week with union wages. It notes the logic shifts to housewives unions and questions whether the protest raises a broader question about home life drudgery and unequal labor.
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Brantford Expositor
Ontario
Brantford
St. Catharines Standard
Australian bushmen and their boomerang throws
Bushmen throw boomerangs up to 100 yards with a sharp leftward curve. The implement can rise to about 100 feet and circle around five times before returning to the thrower.
Health League promotes whole wheat energy and snacks
The Health League of Canada Industrial Division advertises whole wheat bread as energy rich with B vitamins minerals and protein supplementary to animal products. It urges energy foods at breakfast and snacks mid-morning and mid-afternoon with specific snack ideas and nourishing sandwich fillings using whole wheat bread and vegetables.
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The
Health League of Canada
Ingert
League
Walnut Uses Across Furniture Oil Dye and Dessert
The walnut tree provides valuable brown wood for furniture. Its unripe fruit is pickled while ripe fruit yields dessert. The tree also gives oil for artists colors and a dye that stains light wood brown.
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Harmers
Bond Street
London
Tien Mountains
Soviet Central Asia
Himmalayas
Stuart Hibberd
BBC
Los Angeles
Vancouver
Trans-Canada Airlines
Pacific
International Executive Council
Richard Faries
Toronto
Legend OF Silk
Saus
Ty Cobb, Jr
By Fred Neher
Gene Byrnes
U.S
Ugaisn League
OPICS
BY WiLliam Ferguson
Ttai
Aou Eeler
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