World Happenings Briefly Told From 1944 News
Nearly 40 000 ships were piloted on the River Clyde in 1944 with tonnage around 120 million. The London to Istanbul route reopened between England and Belgium. Finland nationalized its banks after a parliamentary vote. The Soviets ordered 24 compressors for 500 mile gas pipelines from the Urals to Moscow. St Leonard's Pier, wrecked in the war, may not be rebuilt.
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Clyde
Ural Mountains
Moscow
St. Leonard's Pier
Japanese religious persecution amid seventeenth century drift
The Hamilton Spectator notes Gen MacArthur’s wartime religious freedom in Japan contrasts with 17th century campaigns that exterminated Christianity. Dr J Ingram Bryan cites torture and up to 200 000 martyrs between 1614 and 1638, with Jesuits aiding converts and hospitals before near extinction.
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Gen. MacArthur
J. Ingram Bryan
Cambridge
Japan
Hamilton Spectator
Three Dangers to Guard Against to Save Lives
An editorial urges caution to avoid bulls, accidental gun discharges, and unsafe use of coal oil to rekindle fires. The St. Thomas Times-Journal stresses these three dangers as recurring reasons for unnecessary deaths and calls readers to heed them.
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St. Thomas Times-Journal
More Empire Talks on Regular Commonwealth Discussions
The Australian government in Sydney urges periodic talks with Britain and the Dominions to build a London mechanism for closer consultation on trade finance and defence. Defence Minister Beasley travels to London to press Whitehall for pre decision Dominion involvement. The piece adds a note on the standard gauge origin from Roman chariots.
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Australia
Britain
Sydney
London
Beasley
Whitehall
Stone Age House Drifted By Sand in Orkney
Professor W Gordon Childe recalls uncovering a Stone Age house in Orkney preserved under drifting sand after a gale. The find shows stone furniture due to lack of wood, a central peat hearth, bedding, wall cupboards, and a stone dresser, plus a floor sewer. Also mentions cross-bred wolves killing sheep in Shell Lake district Saskatchewan.
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W. Gordon Childe
London
Orkney
Atlantic
Scotland
West
Louis Simonar
Shell Lake
Saskatchewan
Would Save Time Shaw Proposes New English Alphabet
George Bernard Shaw urged Britain to form a committee to draft a universal phonetic alphabet. He argued a single graphic symbol could represent each sound, saving time in communication and potentially paying war costs via faster writing. He gave examples with bomb versus bonb and bom.
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George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Times
Desperate European Hunger Highlighted by Food Shortage
W L Clark notes Europe’s dire need for food as about 1.4 billion pounds of meat from the United States heads there. Children die from malnutrition and adults resist disease poorly while many countries face shortages despite funds. Denmark alone has surplus. France Holland Belgium Germany Italy and the Balkans face hunger.
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W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
Europe
United States
Denmark
France
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Italy
Balkans
Parrots’ Speech Meaning Question Stirs Debate
A short note discusses whether parrots truly know the meanings of their words. The piece weighs scientific views and common observations, noting that language use may reflect mimicked sounds rather than understood speech.
Japan Decrees Separation of Religion and State under Hirohito
Kyodo reports Gen MacArthur decree ends government control of religion in Japan. Imperial household rites revised for the Dec 25 anniversary of Emperor Yoshi hoto's death. Grand festivals reporting state matters to shrines and mausoleum will stop. Imperial messengers to shrines cancelled. Japan averages about 1,500 earthquakes yearly.
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Hirohito
Gen. MacArthur
Japan
Kyodo
Imperial Household
Yoshihoto
Boston collector claims 1839 American Christmas card record
Ernest Dudley Chase, a 67 year old Boston greeting card designer and publisher, alleges his 1839 Pease design from Albany may be the earliest American Christmas card. He cites its five panels and Santa motif, notes uncertainty about Temple of Fancy’s founding, and contrasts with J. C. Horseley’s 1846 card currently credited as first.
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Ernest Dudley Chase
Boston
Albany
N.Y
W. M. Egrey, Jr
London
British Museum
J. C. Horseley
Rust Craft Publishers
Chase
Forbes
R. H. Pease
Santa Claus
Pease
Temple of Fancy
Albany Directory
Louis Pang
Prang
Roxbury
England
Alfred Bartlett
A. M. Davis
Ottawa librarian says postwar reading dwindles in November
F C Jennings Ottawa public librarian notes library circulation for home reading dropped after V Day. He said with the war ended and servicemen returning home people have little time to sit and read, implying reading has gone out of fashion in Ottawa.
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F. C. Jennings
Ottawa
Jennings
Rationed menus balance beef pleasure with weekly meals
A columnist outlines a seven day plan using ration tokens to craft meals from Sunday roast to Friday fish. It suggests four pound rolled rib roast with Yorkshire pudding, macaroni and vegetables for meatless Tuesday, lamb stew with biscuits, liver or kidney Thursday, and bologna options for Saturday and egg accompaniment.
Ontario Cuts Isolation for Scarlet Fever and Polio
Ontario Health Department orders shorter isolation periods for scarlet fever from 28 to 21 days and polio from 21 to 14 days. Officials cite lack of communicability after first symptoms and align with New York practice of treating polio in public hospitals without isolation. Polio cases in Ontario this year total 170 versus 340 last year.
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Ontario Department of Health
New York State
Ontario
German Gold Taken From Spain To Frankfurt For Allied Control
A U S Army transport plane carried $1 000 000 in German gold from Madrid to Frankfurt where the money was handed to the Allied control council after Spain surrendered the gold to Britain and American representatives. Gondolas are flat bottomed Venice boats about 30 feet long and four to five feet wide curving upward at the ends.
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Spain
Frankfurt
Allied Control Council
United States Army
Madrid
United States
Britain
Venice
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