World Happenings Briefly Told
A police court in Toronto saw a $415 fine for radio license violations. A London butterfly sale at Oxford Circus grossed £429 with a Cardamom butterfly selling for £22. Leuna plant in Halle shifts to baking powder. China offers £5400 for five Chinese studies scholarships at Oxford. China supplies natural rubber to the US through Reconstruction Finance Corp. The Magna Charta copy returns to Britain from New York. Allies reform German taxation to fund postwar costs. Paul H. Nadeau of Quebec wins the Chant Medal for Canadian astronomy work.
The Years Ahead plan inspires YMCA Canada reach
The Years Ahead, a decisive Canada YMCA study, drew unanimous praise from Charles Bauckham of Sterling Trusts and other leaders. The first edition sold out with a new printing. National Council plans one evening conferences across provinces, aiming to implement recommendations in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Charles Bauckham
Sterling Trusts Corporation
National Council
Niagara Falls
Canada
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Regina
Calgary
Edmonton
Victoria
Vancouver
New Westminster
Moose Jaw
Lethbridge
National Council of the Ymca
United States
Nickel Man Emil Bussemey Dies At 70 In Waterbury
Emil A. Bussemey known as the Nickel Man and longtime Oakville real estate dealer and builder died at age 70. He started giving nickels to Halloween children in 1929 after an accident and by 1938 had distributed 587 nickels, with the coins collected from 201 Buckingham Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil A. Bussemey
Hallowe'en
Oakville
Waterbury
Conn
Bussemey
Buckingham Street
Secret six year donation of great art collection revealed
British Museum expert Yvonne Hackenbroch disclosed that Viscount Lee of Fareham donated a vast collection to the University of Toronto Hart House in early 1940 and asked she be present to catalogue it. The set includes antique gold silver bronze enamel jewelry and illuminated manuscripts. It will take months to catalogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yvonne Hackenbroch
British Museum
Viscount Lee of
Fareham
University of Toronto
Hart House
Canada
Lord Lee
Miss Hackenbroch
Elizabeth
Viscount Lee
Tax Dodgers Island Rebels Evade Irish Tax Collectors
In a 40 year battle over rates and land annuities the Tarn and Turbot islands flee a dawn bailiff raid. The 200 residents, declaring an untaxable republic, evacuated to Aran after pooling livestock to prevent seizures. Bailiffs found the islands deserted off Clifden on Galway Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarn
Turbot
Galway
Aran
Galway Bay
Galway Council
Markets Available But Meat Supply Short
Lt. Col. J. H. Tremblay, Canadian trade commissioner for north west Europe, says western Canadian farmers may quit livestock. He notes markets exist but supply is short, citing the English bacon market as attainable if cattle were available. Tremblay tours the Dominion to meet agricultural and industry officials before taking a post in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Tremblay
North West
Europe
Col. Tremblay
Dominion
Paris
France
Belgium
Holland
Health Week Calls Canadians to Action in Health Campaign
An article urges Canadians to organize for health during Health Week with involvement from federal, provincial, and local health and education bodies. It notes failed adoption of pasteurization laws, limited pre marriage medical exams, and high illness-related work absences, stressing an ongoing need for widespread public education and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Health
Canada
Health League of Canada
British fashions urge wartime fabrics to boost postwar style
Designers appeal to the Board of Trade and others to adopt wartime materials for next year. A satin photoluminescent fabric glowed in darkness on aircraft carrier paddles. Plastics fabrics for tropical zones promise wide design scope, and a rustproof insect screen used by the RAF may clean easily with damp cloth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Britain
Royal Air Force
Canadian Nurses Send Coats to Holland Stations
One thousand coats and four hundred capes have been sent by Canadian nurses to Holland. Miss C. H. Menalda, president of the Nurses Association of the Netherlands, expresses deep gratitude in a letter to Miss Fanny Munroe, president of the Canadian Nurses Association. The clothing was collected under provincial direction and shipped to Holland. The Dutch association notes the help will aid many nurses in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nurses of
Canada
Holland
Fanny Munroe
Canadian Nurses Association
C. H. Menalda
Nurses Association of the
Netherlands
Miss Menalda
Nurses Associations
Britain to Import German Scientists for Industrial Drive
Industry Britain plans a wide scale scientific push embracing housing clothing and transport by bringing in leading German researchers. Equipment from Germany will support research at Watford near Hertfordshire with 250 experimental houses to test heating lighting and ventilation and study building acoustics. A £750000 grant will fund over 30 trade research associations across many sectors including shoes wool food paints paints varnish cotton linen fuel gas electricity paper rubber shipbuilding automobile and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Germany
Department of Industrial and Scientific Research
Watford
Hertfordshire
Canadian Physical Education Association convenes in Jasper
The national convention of the Canadian Physical Education Association will be held in Jasper Alberta from June 23. Officials announced this marks the first time the meeting is held in Alberta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Canadian Physical Education Association
Jasper
Alta
Alberta
Knife Care in the Kitchen Drawer
Advice on storing knives in a wooden rack within the kitchen drawer to prevent dulling. Keep blades separated to avoid contact with other knives or utensils and maintain sharpness.
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Toromto
Personne
Oxford Circus
London
Halle
Government of
China
Oxford University
Japan
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
New York
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Paul H. Nadeau
Quebec
Connecticut
Bogart
Louis Bremfeld
Lucas Telephone Co
Mansfield
George Hubler
Lancas
Bromfield
Hubler
Humphrey Bogart
Lauren Bacall
Ireland
Tuubine
Judy Jamieson
Ont
Lillian Jamieson
Holland Farms
Ptolemy
Dominion Experimental Farms Service
Agassiz
Creston
B.C
Beaverlodge
Lacombe
Indian
BY William Ferguson
Miitary Engineers
Continental
U.S
Elmer
Angbver
New Zealand
Physical Education Assn
By Fred Neher
Reg'lar
Gene Byrnes
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