World Happenings Briefly Told
New Zealand will ship 46 500 tons of butter and 35 000 tons of cheese to Britain. Plans begin for a 750 000 dollar students union at the University of Alberta. The royal arms of Charles II were found in a window recess at Roydon Church near Dias Norfolk. Scots plan a communal Highland glen farm as a first step to a new world. Ships officers say more left the British merchant navy last year than were lost in the war. Canadian farmers earned higher prices for agricultural products by Sept 15 than in 1945. A modern veterans health and occupational centre will be built at Kirkfield Park near Winnipeg. Pink steel for monuments is being produced in the Ural plants near Moscow.
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New Zealand
Britain
Charles II
Roydon
Dias
Norfolk
England
Kirkfield Park
Winnipeg
Canada Presses for Universal Milk Pasteurization
Dr. Gordon Bates of the Health League of Canada argues that Canada’s interests require compulsory pasteurization of milk nationwide. Ontario leads with province wide legislation, as Bates warns critics who oppose pasteurization threaten public health by allowing milkborne diseases like tuberculosis, typhoid, and diphtheria.
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Canada
Gordon Bates
Bates
Health League of Canada
Dominion
Repainting Window Screens For Spring
Winter is a good time to repaint window screens to be ready for spring use. Paint both sides of fine mesh to protect the wire, using a damp carpet piece or a thin coat with a brush to avoid clogging the screening.
Bayonne Eaters Contest Ends in Tragedy
Three men competed for the city title of the biggest eater in Bayonne. They consumed a massive meal of steak a rabbit and 10 pounds of beans. One died of indigestion the other two were hospitalized with paralysis and a heart attack shortly after leaving the table.
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Paris
Bayonne
Parise Soir
Albany man, 96, collects long‑held life policy
Harvey R. Senior, a lifelong Albany resident aged 96, drew a $1,011.99 check from a life insurance policy started in 1911 when he was 61. Mortality data show only about three in 10,000 reach age 96.
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Harvey R. Senior
Albany, II
Chinese Dream Of Home Becomes Reality
More than 6009 Chinese residents of Canada began the first leg of a return home from across the Dominion west of Montreal. They boarded trains to San Francisco as immigration authorities noted a potential drop in Canada's Chinese population. Others await passage or list access, while Victoria and Ottawa push to repeal the 1932 Chinese Immigration Act.
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Vancouver
Wartern
Canada
Dominion
Montreal
China
San Francisco
Frisco
Victoria
Ottawa
Housan Ningyun Benevolent Association
Mackenzie King
Glen
Fantastic Idea Inventor Proposes Airborne Cities
Leonard Z Plebanek, Chicago inventor and head of an engineering firm, proposes aluminum helium filled jet propelled cities in the air. He envisions affordable two and a half room homes built on an assembly line with cruise speed 150 mph and movable mooring to different locations.
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Leonard Z. Plebanek
Plebanek
Inventors Club of
Chicago
Eels to Become Foundation for New Fish Industry
Sydney Nova Scotia reports a plan to start a new eel based fish processing plant at South Bar. Star MacLeod, a Sydney businessman, aims to pack pickled smoked and prepared eels for Boston buyers where they fetch high demand, especially from Italian Americans during December.
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Sydney
N.S
South Bar
Here
Star MacLeod
New South Bar
Boston
Man dies rescuing 100 rare birds in home cage release
Wayland Mass. Jacob Goodman 60 collapsed and died while freeing 100 rare birds from cages in his five room house. The Maze destroyed Goodman’s home after the incident.
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Wayland
Mass
Jacob Goodman
Goodman
Tasmanian shearer Hayes sets big day record at 318 sheep
In Ross Tasmania Allen Hayes broke his own Tasmanian record by shearing 318 Corridale sheep in eight hours nearly matching the Australian mark set by Jack Howe at Alice Springs in 1892. Hayes averaged about one sheep every 100 seconds, improving his 311-sheep record from four years prior. Australian News notes also mention Roger Bacon’s early work with gunpowder.
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Ross
Tasmania
Allen Hayes
Jack Howe
Alice Spring
Queensland
Hayes
Mounted Police Deny Horse Is Outmoded
Ottawa reports the Royal Canadian Mounted Police defend the horse as still vital despite modernization. They note Canada uses about 200 mounted officers and assert cavalry remains useful in select policing tasks. Also mentioned is a new electronic coffee roaster that self shuts off after two minutes from a 15 minute norm.
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University of Alberta
Highland Glen
Dominion Bureau of Statisics
Ural
Moscow Radio
WII League of
Ontario
Province
Fantastic Idea
Little Reggie
Margarita
Reggies
Peggy
Ana
Pop
Ul. VA
Scatterhead
Chuck Thurston
Les Carroll
Enrare
Saskatchewan Health Services
Saskatchewan Health Services Planning Commission
Saskatchewan
Frar
Roger Bacon
By Fred Neher
Mea
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RCMP
R.C.M.P
U.N
Lloyd B. Herman
Moronto
United Nations
Lake Success
Flushing Meadows
London
Puerto Rico
Island
South Atlantic
Wilidan
U.S. Pat
Edward K. Levine
JJ Vernon
Vew Ore
NEA Service. Inc
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