World Happenings Briefly Told
Ralph Corker of Sutton Massachusetts finally drew a perfect cribbage hand for 29 points after 34 years. A two year Soviet Norwegian trade pact ends three weeks of talks in Moscow. A jackdaw in a Farnborough school steals pens pencils and chalk. Burglars in Boise Idaho steal an axe a cross cut saw and a jog chain. UNRRA ships a complete penicillin factory to Italy. 100000 Bibles printed in Norway to fill Bible hunger. Admiral Halsey is relieved from active naval duties at his request. Bananas now grown in Iceland. Three tropical bulbs planted in 1939 yield fruit in Iceland’s heated greenhouse. A Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve officer’s association forms to run a London clubhouse welfare fund magazine and reunions.
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Ralph Corker
Sutton, Mass
Moscow
Air Experts Beat Fog Menace At Arcata Field Trials
In Arcata California researchers demonstrate fog dispersal to 7000 feet using FIDO burners heating the air and atomized diesel to lift fog from runways. Navy Army and United Airlines teams test sonic dispersal curtains and air jets as additional methods to maintain clear landings.
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Naval Air Station
Army
Navy
United Airlines
Ancient 2000 year old plank boats found in Humber mud
The London Times reports two long wooden boats buried in the River Humberbank at North Ferriby near Hull. At least 2,000 years old, the vessels are being excavated as solid clay blocks to be hauled ashore. Dr. W Phillips of Cambridge and Dr. Plenderleith of the British Museum lead the dig describing them as a unique pre Roman craft sewn with yew withies and counter sunk to reduce wear.
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The
London Times
Humber
North Ferriby
Hull
W. Phillips
Cambridge University
Plenderleith
British Museum Research Laboratory
Phillips
Iodine Deficiency and Goitre Highlighted in Toronto Talk
Dr E W McHenry of the University of Toronto warned that iodine shortages cause endemic goitre and that most Canadians cannot obtain enough iodine from food and water. He urged restrictively selling only iodized salt, noted civilians lack wartime iodine programs, and cited obesity as part of malnutrition alongside rare deficiencies.
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Ontario
E. W. McHenry
Toronto
McHenry
School of Hygiene
University of Toronto
The
Health League
Canada
Canadians Invest Heavily in Savings Bonds and Life Insurance
Canadians saved boldly during the postwar period buying more than 400 million dollars in Savings Bonds in a single drive, surpassing any World War I effort. October life insurance purchases reached 104.9 million dollars, excluding pensions and group plans, signaling strong confidence in Canadian insurers and a durable postwar saver mindset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
Lethbridge Herald
Need Of Humor For Happy Home
Mrs. Geoffrey Fisher urges security and humor as essential for a happy home in a broadcast. She stresses self control patience and a sense of humor as the key to stable family life and warns that lack of truth faithfulness and love breeds broken homes and troubled children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Geoffrey Fisher
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Little Mike Reluctant to Attend Kindergarten
A mother tries to persuade her son to return to kindergarten after he refuses to go. After repeated scolding threats and insistence, the boy agrees only if it leads to growing up as a headstringer.
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Mike
RAF Appeals for Help in Missing 20000 Soldiers Search
The R.A.F. urged German civilians and authorities to assist in locating 20,000 RAF servicemen reported missing over Germany during the war, according to the British news service in Germany.
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R.A.F
Germany
A Closed Country
The Winnipeg Free Press praises Russia as a virtually closed state in an age of widespread communication. It argues such isolation is a temporary anomaly and predicts Russia will eventually open, noting the global competition and resources that erase political vacuums.
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Russia
Winnipeg Free Press
United States
No Canadian Butter Exports To United Kingdom Confirmed
J F Singleton states at the Ontario Creamery Association meeting that Canada has not exported butter to the United Kingdom. He notes small ship stores may count as exports to sailing destinations, with quotas totaling 5.6 million pounds and table butter at 2.6 million pounds.
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Canada
United Kingdom
J. F. Singleton
Dairy Products
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dairy Products Board
Ontario Creamery Association
Niagara Falls
Ont
Diet advice to ease dental pain from Dr Sidney Tarachow
A New York psychiatrist recommends patients go to the dentist on a full stomach to reduce pain. He says hunger increases physical tension and pain, suggesting a prior meal before appointments.
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Sidney Tarachow
New York
Woodworking firm produces over a million matches hourly
A modern factory runs wood matches at a rate of 1,125,000 per hour using advanced machinery. The output emphasizes high-volume production and efficient industrial processes.
Atlantic Wireless Forty Five Years Old
The 1901 reception of wireless signals across the Atlantic from Poldhu to Cabot Tower Newfoundland marked a milestone by Marconi and assistants Paget and Kemp. A memorial cairn by the Canadian Marconi company, nine feet tall, will be dedicated in Newfoundland next summer. War delayed ceremonies. estimates say less than 10 percent of the world’s water power potential has been developed.
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Atlantic
Cabot Tower
Newfoundland
Signal Hill
Guglielmo Marconi
P. W. Paget
G. S. Kemp
Poldhu
Cornwall
England
Marconi
Bologna
Italy
Marconi Company
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Farnborough
Boise, Idaho
UNRRA
United
Norwegian Bible Society
Norway
William Bull Frederick Halsey, Jr
Iceland
Tropics
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Officer's Association
Arcata
Calif
Luzon
Island
Philippines
Diana Barrymore
John Barrymore
John Howard
Hollywood
Ealth League
Thrifty
By Fred Neker
Neptune
Mercury
Sally Brown
Sally
WEA Service, Inc
M. Reg. U.S. Pat
Little Reggie
Margarita
Peggy
Agry
Chuck Thurston
Harry
Les Carroll
Joan Bulkley
Back Bay College
Boston
Atlantic Wireless
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