World Happenings Briefly Told
Henri Laureys becomes first Canadian am bassador to Peru arriving in Lima by air from Canada. The Brazilian navy will patrol the entire south Atlantic. A German prisoner and his wife arrive at the enclosure after capture in France. Portugal denies Nazi war criminals asylum per BBC. HMS Tactician sails 50 000 miles in 19 months. About 204 Chinese homeless after fire near Yangtse River. Churchill mulls a civil aviation ministry for postwar air transport. German POWs in Saskatchewan harvest under supervision of C A Scott. France to run reconstruction by planned economy, de Gaulle declares at Lille. Dr E A Corbett says Canadian soldiers overseas seek jobs and citizenship, not charity.
Warship Home Port Commands Canadian Navy in English Channel
The base ship tied to a south coast English port houses Canadian ships in the Channel with Lt. Cmdr. C. G. Weller as administrator. He coordinates cooks, boats, gun crews and rations, handling paperwork while aiming to return home. His deputy is Lt-Cmdr. Thomas Barber. both are ex-RN men aiding RCN operations amid wartime deployment.
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Frank Rowe
English Channel
Cmdr
C. G. Weller
Royal Navy
British Columbia
Fraser River
Royal Canadian Navy
Canadian Naval Administrative Authority
R.C.N
R.N
Lady Somers
United States Navy
H.M.C.S. Prince Robert
Thomas Barber
Australia
Rc.n
Lunenburg
N.S
Nova Scotia
British bicycles crucial in war effort across fronts
The article praises the British bicycle as vital in World War II operations from the Battle of Britain to D Day. It notes Home Guard use, signal work, and battlefield mobility, including folding paratrooper bikes. It highlights British production quality and growing US interest postwar.
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British Iles
France
Germany
Britain
Holland
United States
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Humanity Survives and Advances Through War’s Atrocities
The text argues that despite horrors of war a rising human conscience and greater awakening may lead to a larger good for many people, asserting that humanity advances and will endure.
Proposals for Commonwealth telecoms reform discussed in London
The Commonwealth Communication Council submitted plans to the U.K. Dominions and India for reorganizing telecommunications through Public Utility Corporations to be separately owned in the U.K. Dominions and India with linking links. Prime Ministers and Indian representatives met in London for preliminary discussion, with no decisions or commitments made, but agreement to examine the proposals in detail.
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Tion Council
U.K
Dominions
India
Commonwealth
Empire
London
Marble doll valued at $500000 found in ancient Tarra gona tomb
In Tar ragona Spain a doll carved from marble is valued at $500000 and discovered in the burial vault of a child believed to have died around 300 A.D. The artifact, termed a valuable toy, was found within the infant’s tomb.
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Tarragona
Spain
Crossword Puzzle Clue Grid From The Historical Almanac
A dense crossword clue list presents numbers and hints across multiple categories. Clues cover drinks gods cities languages star terms ports coins blame birthplaces and game terms among others, plus scientific symbols and geographic references, forming a broad wordplay puzzle.
The True Source of Gladness in Sunday School
Devotional notes highlight the psalmist’s trust in God as the source of gladness and peace. Jesus answers temptation with scripture, stressing spiritual nourishment over physical bread. Romans calls for consecration, urging believers to dedicate every part of life to God’s service.
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God
Jesus
Paul
Rome
Germans Fail To Destroy Maginot Line After War
The Maginot Line in France remains intact after four years of peace as American troops occupy it without firing a shot. Diesel plant hums, lights heat, elevators run, and an underground railcar offers rides. A French youth, sole custodian, complains that Germans left 580 francs owed.
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Maginot Line
New York Herald Tribune
Water Diviner Made Official Consultant in Norfolk
Jabez Barnes aged 93, famed for water divining, has received the title of water consultant to the Freebridge Lynn Rural Council in Norfolk England. The move formalizes his long service and local reputation in identifying subterranean water sources for council projects.
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Jabez Barnes
Freebridge Lynn
Norfolk
England
Global unions and coconut usage in 1943 notes
The Transport and General Workers' Union reached 1,122,480 members by 1943 with Ernest Bevin a former General Secretary. The Amalgamated Engineering Union stood at 920,000, and the union had 269,354 women. The world consumes over 300 million coconuts daily through various uses.
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Transport and General Workers’ Union of Britain
Amalgamated Engineering Union
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Giant eight foot geranium captures Sault Ste. Marie
The Sault Ste. Marie Technical School grounds host a towering eight foot geranium drawing praise from local readers. The piece suggests A A Milne would appreciate the plant and might write about it, noting he would want delphinium blue in the mix.
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A. A. Milne
Sault Ste. Marie
Milne
Gracie Fields
Sault Daily Star
Eye sensitivity surpasses even advanced instruments
The human eye is described as 300 000 times more sensitive to dim light than the thermopile, one of the most sensitive physical instruments devised.
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Henri Laureys
Peru
Lima
Can
South Atlantic
Portugal
BBC
Tactician
Yangtse River
Churchill
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Great Britain
C. A. Scott
Saskatchewan
de Gaulle
Lille
E. A. Corbett
Canadian Association For Adult Education
Toronto
Vancouver
Canada
Canadian
Burma Front
Canadian Pacific
Swift Current
Maple Creek
Medicine Hat
Suffield
Alta
Canadian Pacific Railway
C.P.R
Dunmore
the Commonwealth Communica
War God
Mohammed
Island
Actinium
Great Lake
Iin
Workers’ Union
Suez Canal
Mone
Marian Bogert
BY William Ferguson
Reg'lar
Gene Byrnes
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
By Fred Neher
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