World Happenings Across Nations and Nations
John Masters, 102, London’s oldest man, dies after a wartime effort to enlist underage. U S to raise rice exports to Cuba amid dire sugar worker need. Nationalist China issues vast new banknotes totaling 3 trillion Chinese dollars since 1945. Medical council notes plasma and serum from 1940 drying process remains usable. Bombay plans a 236 acre co operative farm with perennial water for land colonization. Canada reports 1946 tobacco output at 134,667,000 pounds, a record. Truman invited to Canada by Viscount Alexander and Lady Alexander. Japanese price board cites 106 percent food price rise in year. Egg price 10 yen. British minesweeping flotilla returns to Britain from Cork.
Scheme for Channel Tunnel Revival Faces Study
A plan to revive a Channel Tunnel link between England and France is discussed with an all party British MP committee to examine new engineering methods and current political and economic conditions. The envisioned tunnel would span 30 miles and cost around 120 million dollars. A frog from Ecuador is smaller than a queen bee when its limbs are tucked tight.
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England
France
Ecuador
Tired passenger halts trolley chase turns into arrest
In Philadelphia Motorman Milton Shaw paused for a snack then chased a hijacker who jumped to the controls. The man identified as George Quigley 31 fled seven blocks before stopping to pick up a passenger and was arrested for malicious mischief and operating a trolley without consent by Patrolman Samuel Wyche.
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Philadelphia
Milton Shaw
Shaw
Pasenger
Samuel Wyche
George Quigley
Dress pattern 4914 promises line and fit for women
Advertisement notes Pattern 4914 for Women in sizes 12 to 42 with scalloped sides and a flattering line. Includes illustrated instructions and at 39 inch fabric uses 34 yards size 16. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba for orders. Copper first used around 3500 B C by Egyptians.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Crossword Puzzle Clue List From A Page
A list of crossword hints arranged in horizontal clues including Eggss shaded walk head covering rodent dash poison old Roman date take charge assist and many numbered entries with various cross references and terms across cuisine measure time period lodging and nautical terms
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Seaman
This Curious World Vox Pop Puzzle Summary
This prompt presents a word puzzle with numbered clues spanning multiple categories including animals plants and objects. It lists definitions and partial answers such as vertical coin tub house parts and languages to guide solving a curious world style quiz.
Little Reggie Obeys While Mrs Van Loon Is Over
A terse family scene notes a child named Reggie must stay in his room after an earlier upset with Mrs Van Loon during her visit. The brief exchange preserves a tense domestic moment with clear instruction for behavior.
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Reggie
Gifts for Britain's King and Queen in South Africa Tour
Official announcement at Cape Town describes South Africa presenting the King with a small number of brilliant-cut diamonds in a gold box and the Queen with an engraved gold tea service comprising a teapot sugar basin and cream jug during their royal tour.
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South Africa
Capetown
Shaw outwitted by women in charity auction
In New York the Women’s Action Committee for Lasting Peace raised funds by auctioning autographed books and Shaw’s autograph. He refused to sign, calling the cause too large. The auction still went on selling a popular American autographed book for 70 dollars and Shaw’s grouchy letter for 170 dollars.
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New York
Women's Action Committee For Lasting Peace
George Bernard Shaw
London
Shaw
United Nations
Little
Women’s Action Committee
New York Herald Tribune
Protection from Whooping Cough
The Kitchener Record reports a life insurance survey showing whooping cough kills more children annually than polio and scarlet fever combined. Parents are urged to protect children with early vaccination as it reduces illness severity even if immunity is not guaranteed.
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Kitchener
Vancouver Marriage Sales Hit Hard by Rising Costs
In 1946 Vancouver registered a record 1,235 divorces as couples struggle with debt and court decrees speed up. Across Canada the rate rose nearly 70 percent over the prior year, while high living costs delay many marriages and separations. The mid day meal is cited as key to better work and enjoyment alongside breakfast.
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Vancouver
Cupid
Buddha Images Defy Widow Seat Wish with Reclining Statue
Burmese builders erect a monumental reclining Buddha in Pegu, defying one of the founder's wishes that no images be made after his death. The statue measures 80 feet long and 41 feet high, sparking debate over religious reverence and artistic homage.
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Buddha
Pegu
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