World Happenings Summary of Postwar Developments
Britain reports over forty thousand man days lost to dock strikes last year. Russia plans a 50 percent rise in fashionable tailor shops postwar. Denmark introduces its first meat rationing since 1920 and confirms resumption of Canada France parcel post service up to 20 pounds. Denmark hosts first postwar rheumatism congress in Copenhagen September 5 to 7. Soviet Union begins production of light plastic materials for refrigerators boats and lifebuoys. Canada reports wage growth in 1946 and Denmark confirms cheese exports to Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Canada
France
Army too small says chief in plea for training
Lt. Gen. J. Lawton Collins warned at the Reserve Officers Association convention that the U S Army has only 10 divisions versus Russia and its European allies with 300. He urged universal military training and warned that U S forces in Europe could be overrun and that we cannot rely on probabilities about future threats.
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Miami
Fla
U.S. Army
Russia
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Collins
Reserve Officers Association
Europe
Pearl Harbor
Man blinded by hawk attack near Clinton
Harry Reynolds, 23, of Big Bar, was attacked by a hawk while horseback riding 40 miles from Clinton. He was taken to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops. The bird clawed his forehead and nearly gouged his right eye. he will be temporarily blind for several weeks though his eye is not permanently lost.
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Kamloops
Harry Reynolds
Big Bar
Clinton
Royal Inland Hospital
Reynold
Forest Resources Plummet Prompt Global Action
Empire Forestry experts warn of severe worldwide timber loss. Brassed forester E Legat cites that within 5,000 years humans destroyed at least two-fifths of original forests and urges coordinated policy and better exchange of forestry data to sustain softwood supplies. Canada Scandinavia remain key producers while Russia and South America loom as future sources.
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London
Empire Forestry Conference
Co. E. Legat
Empire Forestry Association
Russia
Canada
The
Forestry Association
Sweden
Finland
Scandinavia
South America
Americans Adopting Canadian Babies
Ottawa report says about three infants weekly depart Canada for U S adoption. Passport officer B G Sivertz noted applications must be filed by the natural parent or guardian and that legal adoption is complete when the passport is issued. Gordon Graydon questioned the practice.
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Ottawa
External Affairs Commons
United States
B. G. Sivertz
Gordon Graydon
P.c.—Peel
Sivertz
Homer Iliad Crowned First Ghost Story in Poetry
Harvard professor I A Richards credits the Iliad with being the earliest ghost story in poetry.
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I. A. Richards
Harvard University
Larkspur Named Flower for July Month
The article states that the larkspur is the official flower for the month of July. It notes July’s association with the bloom and its decorative use in gardens and celebrations.
Crossword Puzzle Clues And Answers Preview
The puzzle presents across and down clues with varied terms from languages to objects and places. Entries include Greek letters inches of travel and household items, plus references to ancient scripts and geography.
World’s Sunburn Remedy Found In Dark Red Petrolatum
A four member research team including Dr Matthew Luckiesh and A H Taylor and medical experts from the AMA studied petrolatum jelly used for sunburn prevention. The dark red veterinary petrolatum proved pure stable and inexpensive and can be applied thinly to protect skin for a day.
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Matthew Luckiesh
A. H. Taylor
Torald Sollman
American Medical Association
Rosy embroidery pattern 7122 for linens from Winnipeg
Pattern number 7122 offers eight motifs sized 342 by 4 to 1012 by 12 inches for jiffy rose themed embroidery. Send twenty five cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue East Winnipeg Manitoba with name and address and pattern number legibly written.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Westward feed grain needed to feed eastern cattle
Dominion Bureau of Statistics officials warn that eastern Canada will require large imports of western feed grains due to a backward season and persistent rains. Transportation priorities and a favorable western crop outlook complicate supplies for Ontario and other eastern provinces, threatening butter and livestock production this winter.
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Ottawa
Canada
Farm Statistics Branch
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
East
Woman Returns Shoes From Exclusive Shop
A woman returns a pair of smart shoes to the exclusive shop where she bought them. She complains that she cannot walk in them. The clerk replies that people who have to walk do not shop there.
Atomic age shows up in Birmingham directory items
A Birmingham directory lists an atomic barbershop an atomic cafe an atomic welding company and an atomic boogie hour on a local radio station reflecting postwar novelty in the city.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Atomic Welding Company
Atomic Boogie Hour
Thorpdale tree in Victoria towers over 375 feet
The Thorpdale tree, a mountain ash in Victoria, Australia, is said to have been 375 feet tall. A vintage quote from Dyson Carter in The Woman magazine suggests carefree outdoor sun exposure in August 1946.
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Dyson Carter
the Woman
Thorpdale
Victoria
Australia
Bee Based Coatings Aid Sugar Conservation
A historic note describes beeswax used to coat shells and planes to conserve sugar. The passage highlights honey as a conservation aid and suggests practical applications in manufacturing and transport.
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Britain
Tass
Danish Ministry of Supply
Denmark
Labor Department
British Empire
Oxford
Nuffield Foundation
Copenhagen
Soviet Union
J. G. Gardiner
Hawk
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Legat
India
U.S
Assam
Odin
Artificia
Wealth League
Comkaien
Alice Brooks
Earth
Little Reggie
Margarita
CGIES
JASH
Lapcarita
Peggy
Nere 66
Peggy Lela
Moom
Hmm
By Chuck Thurston
Angratef
Tan
Priscilla
By al Vermeer
Fie
Meme
Lorna
Les Carroll
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