World Happenings Briefly Told
A collage of brief notes reports 1844 deep sea catch value at 42 100 066 dollars versus 1943 379001 dollars. Leaves of gold regild sacred Jerusalem s Aksa Mosque roof. Tawera Moamoa Maori in Britain dies at thirty. German nationals near Montreal seek repatriation. Spain turns out about 80000 bottles annually across 21 kinds. First edition of Mother Hubbard and Her Dog auctioned in London for about 9600. Lady Banting earns Doctor of Medicine at Toronto Convocation. Cardiff Wales police boast high schooling among constables. Some hold LEB and BA degrees and one nears Bar. A nav aid instrument for B29s in GM Fisher Body assembly line.
Prime Minister Buys Fraudulent Van Gogh Painting
An art expert notes that a Toronto dealer sold the Prime Minister a painting signed Miller. Investigations revealed the signature was forged and the canvas is believed to be a Van Gogh work. Experts offered about eight thousand dollars for the piece.
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Mr. King
King
Ine
Miller
van Gogh
Mr King
Toronto Financial Post
Columbus Pioneers Practical Magnetic Compass Use
Historical note credits Christopher Columbus with the first practical use of the magnetic compass in navigation. The claim highlights early maritime innovation and navigation technique.
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Christopher Columbus
Engineers See Canada's New Plane at Winnipeg Visit
Nearly 200 delegates of the Engineering Institute of Canada toured Trans-Canada Air Lines operations at Stevenson Field in Winnipeg. W F English, new vice president of TCA, and J T Dyment led the display for incoming Institute president Dean Featherstonhaugh of the University of Manitoba. The DC 4 M transport, shown with Mrs Featherstonhaugh, features four Rolls Royce Merlin engines and 44 passenger seats and is slated for postwar Canadian transcontinental and ocean service.
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Engineering Institute of Canada
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Winnipeg
T.C.A
Stevenson Field
W. F. English
T.ca
J. T. Dyment
Institute
E. P. Featherstonhaugh
University of Manitoba
Canada
Chinese Platoon Completes Basic Training in Maple Creek
An all-Chinese Canadian Army platoon of forty eight has finished basic training at Maple Creek Saskatchewan and hopes for deployment to the Pacific theatre. L Cpl Louie Victor aged 28, who led a guerrilla band in China from 1931 to 1938, seeks a more effective role against the Japanese. The average age is about 21 and all are volunteers from across Canada. Training officers describe the unit as good soldiers who are able, determined and good humored.
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Maple Creek
Sask
Pacific Theatre of War
China
L.cpl
Louie Victor
Canada
Tree Storage Cellar At Sutherland Aids Prairie Planting
The Dominion Forest Nursery Station at Sutherland Saskatchewan has built a tree storage cellar measuring 110 feet by 20 feet by nine feet to hold about 1.5 million trees. It is joined to the packing shed to speed shipping and fit farmers spring plans, with deciduous trees supplied free in the Prairie Provinces and evergreens priced at $1 per 100.
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Dominion Forest Nursery
Sutherland
Sask
Prairie Provinces
Indian Head
Vitamins not sole answer to nutrition says scientist
Dr. L A Maynard argues that vitamins alone cannot fix diets and urges emphasis on producing foods of superior nutritional quality from farm to table. Canada’s health department backs the view that many dietary factors are needed and that vitamins alone are insufficient for good health. In 1941 Lt Gen Adrian de Wiart's escape stories highlight endurance and prisoner experiences in North Africa and Italy.
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de Wiart
Hamlet
Heaven
Canada
Department of National Health and Welfare
Adrian de Wiart
Churchill
Chiang Kai-shek
Middle East
North Africa
Italy
Britain
Fortugal
Canada’s 1944 economy tops previous records says Dominion Bureau
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports that Canada’s economic trend in 1944 averaged higher than any comparable period in the country’s history. The record highlights sustained progress across sectors and reflects wartime production.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Dominion
Crossword Puzzle Clues Horizontal and Vertical List
A compact list of crossword clues across two grids. Horizontal items include to be, Japanese measure, European country, nimrod, refined, artificial language, therefore, etc. Vertical clues feature oriental title, to free from captivity, tweens, to cast off, sea nymph, exist, riding exhibition, melancholy, and others.
Freak Weather Hits Britain in Week Before December 16
Britain logged two hurricane force gales along coasts and a perfect spring day in the seven days before December 16. The period also saw the year’s worst fog, freezing northwest temperatures, and April-like warmth in the south.
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Britain
Chicago Library Fines Set Record In 1944
Chicago patrons paid a record 129699.25 in overdue fines in 1944 surpassing the previous high in 1930 by about 16000. The library notes circulation in 1930 exceeded 1944 by roughly four million volumes and most borrowers are honest with only one missing book per 2080 borrowed. The fines fund the employees pension under state law. The piece also notes Paris opened the first pawnshop in 1624 and closed a year later due to indifference to lawful interest.
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Chicago
Paris
Health leader calls best seller books filthy in Toronto protest
Dr. Gordon Bates of the Health League of Canada denounces recent best seller publications as frankly filthy and questions why parents and clergy have not protested. The article notes India’s history dating back to 4300 B.C.
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Gordon Bates
Health League of Canada
Toronto
India
Forgiveness and Mercy in Jesus Teachings
Sunday school lesson outlines Matthew 6 14 15 and Matthew 18 21 22 on forgiveness without limit. It contrasts Peter's seven times with Jesus seventy times seven and cites Jowett and Tennyson to stress boundless grace.
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Charles Reynolds Brown
Peter
Jesus
Maple Leaf Forever Inspired by Leaf on Toronto Schoolmaster
In 1867 a large maple leaf fluttered down and rested on Toronto schoolmaster Alexander Muir as he walked a leaf strewn street, inspiring the national air The Maple Leaf Forever. The moment sparked a enduring emblem linked to Canada’s identity.
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Canada
Toronto
Alexander Muir
Winnipeg 1944 housing builddelta and need
Despite labor and material shortages 570 homes were built in Winnipeg in 1944 and 700 more are required to ease the housing shortage. The British Empire owns about half of the world sheep population, totaling 67,000,000.
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Winnipeg
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England
Jerusalem
Tawera Moamoa
New Zealand
Montreal
Germany
Spain
Hubbard
London
Lady Banting
Sir Frederick Banting
Insulin
University of Toronto
Cardiff
Wales
Fisher Body
General Motors Corp
By Fred Neher
Courtland
Sutherland, Sask
Children’s Fund At
Michigan
L. A. Maynard
United States
Soil and Nutrition Laboratory
Ithaca, N.Y
Canadian Council of Nutrition
Princes
Nez
Ette
God
Insects
BY William Ferguson
Cellopsaivaine
Atterclass
Ada
FW Zolog
Fierpe
Reg'lar Fellers—Wholesale
E Erea
J Dugay
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