Golden Leaves Canada Grows Most Tobacco Needs
Canada produces virtually all its tobacco left after 1846 wealth boom with 110,358 acres yielding 141,384,000 pounds valued at 50 million. Exports and domestic tax revenue, shifts to new belts in Ontario, breeding, fertilizers, and pest control innovations. Cello film packaging and modern machines enable 1,200 cigarettes a minute. Quebec and British Columbia also grow high quality tobacco.
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Canada
Quebec
British Columbia
Soothsayer Claims Hitler Hidden in Argentina Town
Rome based prophet Achille d Angelo asserts Adolf Hitler is alive in a western Argentinian river town, having escaped by submarine from Denmark before V E Day. He says Hitler stays with a wealthy Argentinean family, with a four man party and a woman, without revealing how he learned the secret.
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Achille d Angelo
Adolf Hitler
Argentina
Desimark
Hitler
der Fuhhrer
Brantford Couple Reuses Old Wedding Cake for Golden Anniversary
In Brantford Ontario a couple marked their golden anniversary by using four leftover pieces from their original wedding cake. The note recalls the era when local bakers made memorable cakes for celebrations and highlights the Carter's long marriage.
Casket Buried for 250 Years in Bridlington
A metal casket with Bridlington records from 1947 and a letter from Mayor F. F. Millner was buried under the town hall approach. A paving stone instructs not to dig up the casket until 2197, anticipating the atomic age and future generations.
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Bridlington
Yorkshire
F. F. Millner
Swedish housewives enjoy two weeks vacation on government fund
The government set aside 500000 kroner for vacation trips for Swedish housewives. Last summer 16731 women used the fund for a two week holiday in Sweden with all expenses paid.
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Stockholm
Motorcyclist saved by shoelace in tram collision
In Auckland a motor cyclist owes survival to his shoelace snagging a tram bolt. The snag dragged him 30 feet with his head two inches from the wheels, narrowly avoiding catastrophe.
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Auckland
World Happenings Highlights From Around the Globe
British cotton production peaks postwar era while Ipswich town hall clock receives its first overhaul in eight decades. An anonymous gift of 1540 dollars arrives for St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London in dirty bills. A 29-pound Dolly Varden trout tops Lake Pend Oreille records, and pest control officials caution grasshoppers pose little crop risk. Atomic energy ships may sail soon, and Greece outlaws strikes with military courts. Pakistan Boy Scout Association seeks royal patronage with Mohammed Ali Jinnah as chief scout.
Scout Pears Awarded Gilt Cross for Lake Rescue
Pears 15 of Swansea Ontario, a first class scout, receives the gilt cross for saving Mrs M Porter 26 and a companion from drowning in Lake Simcoe last summer. His prompt action prevented a tragedy at the lakeside incident.
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Swansea
Ont
M. Porter
Lake Simcoe
Atomic bomb could equal two million tons says Glasgow professor
Dr S C Curran of Glasgow University opened an atomic energy week and stated an atomic bomb could be as powerful as two million tons of high explosives. He added that such a bomb could be built smaller than some bombs used in Germany.
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Glasgow
S. C. Curran
Glasgow University
Curran
Germany
Colored aluminum factory to produce bright durable goods
A new factory in Lanarkshire, Scotland will manufacture colored aluminum that resists scratching stays bright and cleans easily with a duster. The process will be applied to costume jewelry fancy goods and furniture.
Doctors Use Electric Shocks To Revive Boy After Pulse Stops
Cleveland physicians used direct heart shocks to restart a 14 year old boy after his pulse and blood pressure readings disappeared during chest surgery. After 35 minutes of manual massage and mechanical respiration the heart regained faint action, and two series of electric shocks restored normal rhythm leading to a full recovery.
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Chicago
Cleveland
The
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Etruscan Dentists Made Double Tooth Replacements
Two and a half millennia ago Etruscan practitioners carved an ox tooth to stand in for two human teeth and anchored it with gold supports, creating a set of early false teeth.
Next War To Be Fought By Germs
Nobel Prize winner Dr. Arthur H. Compton warned a germ war could wipe out life, as he spoke in Los Angeles to Washington University alumni. He said the next conflict may involve spreading disease before atomic advances fully dominate future battles.
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Los Angeles
Arthur H. Compton
America
Washington University of St. Laws
Burglar Takes Car For Joy Ride In Indianapolis
A burglar who stole a 1948 model from an agency showroom in Indianapolis apparently sought only a joy ride. The car was found behind the building undamaged with 400 miles added to the odometer.
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Indianapolis
CROSSWORD PUZZLE HINTS AND ANSWER KEY
A scrambled grid lists horizontal and vertical clues with numbers, some garbled phrases, and partial answers. It includes terms from math, language, geography, and ancient numerals, ending with an instruction “Answer To Last Week's Puzzle.”
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