World Happenings Briefly Told Highlights From 1944 War Era
The report notes 46 090 ships piloted in the River Clyde in 1944 with a gross tonnage around 120 000. South African ex-service men applying for aid include 4 593 seeking full-time university study. Poultry flocks average 656 birds with many between 100 and 1500. US Navy says atomic bomb tests against warships planned for this year after spring. Canadian war volunteers thanked by Britain’s Herbert Morrison. Australian butter output 1944 45 season estimated under 32 000 tons, the lowest in 20 years. The first raw silk shipment to North America since the Pacific war began arrives in San Francisco aboard the President Grant. Queen Mary presents nine scrapbooks to Great Ormond Street Hospital. Dominion Bureau of Statistics cost of living index rises to 120.1 in December from 119.9 in November, up 19.1% since 1939.
Health officials urge diphtheria toxoid use to end deaths
Maj. Gen. Brock Chisholm says danger comes from neglecting toxoid. Dr. Nelles Silverthorne cites Ottawa outbreak deaths among unvaccinated children as proof. Health Week aims to boost immunization. coroner inquests proposed to spur action. Conscientious objectors fund Red Cross as overseas forces return. Southeast Asia population figure noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brock Chisholm
National Health
The
Health League of Canada
Nelles Silverthorne
League
Ottawa
Silverthorne
Canada
Gordon Bates
Chisholm
Bates
Jose R. Andreu
Cuba
Seamen’s Comforts Daughters of the Empire Aid War Crews
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire provided ships with comforts valued at nearly one million dollars during the war. Members supplied games, magazines, books in multiple languages, and knitted items to crews on 349 ships and through various depots and naval centers in Canada and Britain.
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Daughters of the Empire
Imperial Order
H. 8. Angas
National War Service
Canadian
United States
Canada
Department of Naval Services
Navy League of Canada
1.C.C.E
Saint John
N.B
Sydney
N.S
Royal Canadian Navy
N.C.D.E
Halifax
Britain
Royal National Mission
British Sailors’ Society
Royal Navy
I.C.D.E
Gems of Thought on Happiness and Duty
A compilation of brief quotes on happiness duty and virtue from authors Arthur S Hardy Tyron Edwards Sterne Mary Baker Eddy Tillotson and Maurice Maeterlinck. The lines praise seeking duty over personal happiness and describe goodness as its own reward and a path to contentment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyron Edwards
Sterne
Mary Baker Eddy
Maurice Maeterlinck
Germany Granted Limit on Steel Output by Allied Council
The Allied Control Council set a maximum annual production of 7.5 million tons for Germany with an operative cap of 5.8 million tons without explicit approval. Older plants will be retained where feasible. Germany produced 11 million tons in 1919, rising to 11 million by 1938 under the Nazi regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Allied Control Council
Weather note on snow at sub-zero temperatures
The passage discusses snow formation in extreme cold. It notes that sub zero temperatures lack sufficient moisture for fluffy flakes and describes a fine dust like fall when moisture is limited.
Gripsholm Model Wedding Defied Red Tape
Pte. Francis Joseph Yanchus of Guelph Ontario after a 1945 discharge proceeded to Italy to marry Lina Ragusa the daughter of an Italian count. He secured permissions through Ottawa and Washington and sailed with the Gripsholm from New York October 16. Bishop Pietro Gagnor officiated at Caserta cathedral before 700 townspeople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gripsholm
Francis Joseph Yanchus
Guelph
Ont
R.C.A.M
Italy
Frank
Lina Ragusa
Col
F. B. Bowman
Hamilton
Ottawa
England
Canada
Washington
New York
Pietro Gagnor
Caserta
Lina
Huff Duff and HF-DF Aid in Atlantic Victory
The U S Navy reveals how the long distance detection device Huff Duff or HF DF aided the Atlantic war effort. Used with radar and sonar, HF DF helped spot ships and planes and break up U boat wolf packs and locate a submarine which landed saboteurs on the Long Island and Florida coasts in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Navy
Long Island
Florida
Veteran repair squad restores hall amid wartime damage
A group of elderly volunteers from Priory Park Philosophers and a Hornsey Social Club aged 62 to 90 carried out repairs after enemy bombing. The hall was wrecked again and repaired again before a rocket caused further damage. They completed the task for a third time and plan a victory celebration in the renovated building. Councillor A J Blake, 74, notes roof walls fittings and windows were repaired or replaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priory Park
Hornsey
Evening News
London
A. J. Blake
Basic Bran Nut Loaf Recipe Variation
A loaf recipe uses bran sugar flour milk eggs shortening and baking powder with chopped nutmeats. Variations include adding raisins dates figs or orange rind and replacing milk with juice and water. nutments may be omitted.
Coveted Honor The Order Of Merit Given To New Members
Britain awards the Order of Merit to distinguished figures in arts learning literature and science. The 1902 creation limits to 24 members and carries no title or precedence. Professors A N Whitehead and others have been named for exceptional service to the Crown and Empire.
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Britain
O.M
General Eisenhower
George VI
A. N. Whitehead
Cambridge University
England
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Edward VII
Sinking of Provence records greatest shipwreck loss
The French cruiser Provence sank in the Mediterranean on February 26, 1916. Of about 4000 people aboard, only 870 were saved. Birds of prey wearing pantaloons confuse prey with their feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provence
Mediterranean
Boy Finds WWII German Helmet with Secret Message
A three year old in Philadelphia discovers a German helmet strap surprise revealing a wartime note attributed to Erwin Rommel. The scrap includes “Important Despatch” and a Do not open line, with swastikas and mentions of El Alamein and Afrika Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Perloff
Philadelphia
German Africa Corps
Field Marsha Erwin Rommel
Bruce
Edith
Joseph Seidfurt
Afrika Corps
Effendong
el Alamein
Russians Seek Citizenship Reinstatement in China and UK Winter Warning
The Soviet consulate in Shanghai reports 200 exiled Russians applying to regain Russian citizenship. A Harbin dispatch notes 7 000 similar applications by Russian exiles in Manchuria. Prime Minister Attlee warns Londoners the winter will be hard with no short term food relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Harbin
Manchuria
Attlee
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Scotland
Herbert Morrison
Australia
North America
Orient
San Francisco
President Grant
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Red Cross
Arthur MacNamara
Southeastern
Asia
Arthur S. Hardy
Tillotson
German Steel
London Club
Reg'lar Fellers
Whatcha
Evildin, Pinhead
Gene Byrnes
Rommel
By William Ferguson
Baltic Sea
By Fred Neher
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