World Happenings Briefly Told
The Finnish government grants composer Jan Fidelius a pension on his birthday. Tokyo orders top diplomat Setanya Beppu to Dublin to return home. Britain lifts limits on publishing merchant ship movements. Britain and the US increase coal shipments to France amid protests. The government says war damage claims total £192 million. A Japanese colonel testifies army discipline would have executed beheaded flyers. Margaret Ecker is the only woman news correspondent at Rheims peace signing. Canadian Boy Scout membership reaches 100000 in Montreal. U.S. small business firms declined nearly 20 percent during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Fidelius
Setanya Beppu
Eire
Tokyo
Dublin
Rheims
Margaret Ecker
Canadian Press
Peter Opens Gentile Mission in Caesarea Sermon
Sunday School lesson outlines Peters visit to Cornelius in Caesarea with witnesses from Joppa. Peter declares God shows no favorites and that Christ is Lord of all, Jew and Gentile. He testifies Jesus’s life, death, resurrection, and the offer of forgiveness to all who believe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Simon the Tanner
Joppa
Cornelius
Caesarea
Jerusalem
Moffatt
Christ
Jesus
God
Industrial Hygiene Division Established in Saskatchewan Health Department
Premier T C Douglas announced a new Division of Industrial Hygiene in the Saskatchewan Department of Public Health with support from the Department of National Health and Welfare. G W Rogers of Ottawa will lead the division, providing consultation, laboratory analysis, and recommendations to prevent health hazards from industrial substances. Rogers, a Toronto native, has extensive training in physics chemistry and industrial hygiene and helped found the Canadian Association of Scientific Workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Douglas
Division of Industrial Hygiene
Rogers
Toronto
University of Toronto
Harvard School of Public Health
Philip Drinker
Industrial Hygiene
Department At
Ottawa
Canadian Association of Scientific Workers
Department of National Health and Welfare
Saskatchewan Department of Public Health
Legislative
Regina
British Troops Run Occupied German Zone, Praised for Admin
The Ottawa Journal notes that British forces administer occupied Germany with notable objectivity and paternal care. It highlights the professional soldier’s instinct to manage economic emergencies and welfare of those under his orders, portraying British administration as orderly and efficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Ottawa Journal
Empire award honors Bing Coughlin for Herbie cartoons
W G Bing Coughlin, creator of Herbie cartoons for the Canadian Army Maple Leaf, has been made Member of the Order of the British Empire in a defence decorations list. His work features the Canadian Sapper Herbie in Italian mud, the invasion, Germany, and constant trouble. Also notes that joints made with animal glue reach over 5000 psi tensile strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G
Bing) Coughlin
Herbie
Order of the British Empire
Defence Headquarters
CSM
Coughlin
Maple Leaf
Germany
Canadian Parks praised in The Rocky Mountains book
Dr. Wallace W. Atwood lauds Canada’s national parks in the Rocky and Selkirk ranges. He highlights Lake Louise and the Columbia Icefield, notes abundant wildlife, and describes accessible high mountain country offering close up, unforgettable experiences for outdoors enthusiasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Rocky and Selkirk Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Vanguard Press of
New York
Wallace W. Atwood
Clark University
Worcester
Massachusetts
Atwood
Lake Louise
Banff
North America
Mt. Athabaska
Columbia
Jasper-Banff
London violinist mistaken for Churchill by Whitehall engager
Bill Somerville, third violinist with Lyons Corner House orchestra near Trafalgar Square, London, caused a stir when a woman in Whitehall asked for his autograph, noting his striking resemblance to Winston Churchill as he carried a violin case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Somerville
Lyons’ Corner House
Trafalgar Square
London
Winston Churchill
Whitehall
Pasteurization Campaign Appeals to Citizens for Help
Dr. Gordon Bates urges Canadians in eight provinces without compulsory pasteurization to contact the Health League for literature and a sample resolution. He argues that organized citizen support to influence provincial legislatures is needed to push for Dominion-wide compulsory pasteurization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Bates
Health
The
Health League of Canada
Dr. Bates
Ontario
Health League
Great Sculptor Nollekins Remembered in London Dispatch
The Canadian Press dispatch from London recalls Joseph Nollekins born 1737 in London. A famed sculptor, his works appear in Westminster Abbey and Windsor Castle. he sculpted George III and George IV, four prime ministers, and Garrick and Sterne. He died wealthy at 86 for miserly habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Nollekins
London
Westminster Abbey
St. George’s Chapel
Windsor Castle
George III
Prince of Wales
George IV
Duke of Wellington
Canning
Perceval
Pitt
Charles James Fox
Aberdeen
Castlereagh
Erskine
Egremont
Liverpool
David Garrick
Lawrence Sterne
Nollekins
St. Thomas
Single Dining on Ration Tokens Guides Meat Planning
Even with rationing a single person can dine well by using tokens wisely. The article outlines a weekly plan using three tokens for veal or cutlet, a token for sausages, a token for lamb, and unrationed fish for Friday, with meat loaf and hamburger portions for weekend hospitality. It emphasizes using the Consumer Coupon Value Chart and Token Calculator from the local Ration Board.
Coventry Rebuild Plan Aims To Make City A Modern Centre
Coventry plans a five year reconstruction program costing about £15 million to transform the bombed city into a modern business hub. Final designs will be sent to London for government approval within weeks. The project promises to erase the medieval streets and crowded housing, reshaping Coventry’s postwar skyline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coventry
England
London
Radio age creates electric hot dog device
An advance in science promises hot dogs cooked by electronics. A machine resembling a jukebox will heat the hot dog from the inside out and provide a crisp roll. Patrons insert a dime and the device handles the rest while mustard is added afterward.
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British Admiralty
Ministry of War Transport
Britain
United States
France
Maid
Board of Trade Journal
R. C. Stevenson
Boy Scout Association
Montreal
U.S
Joseph K. Wexman
Committee On Economic Development
Guam
Mariana Islands
W. Rogers, M.A
Empire
New Zealand
By Fred Neher
Carter
Thames
Gene Byrnes
Sausa
Lamb
Eees
Cafiada
Advance
Science
BY William Ferguson
Sriver
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