World Happenings Briefly Told
America produced 6000 tons of synthetic rubber in 1941 and 700000 in 1945. A footpath in Durham England will be dug up and turned into pulverised fuel. Maurice Lambert's equestrian statue of King George stands at Burlington House as a Royal Academy exhibit. Belgium reduced daily bread rations in May from 400 g to 350 g, now 200 g. Nickel from South Wales is used to mint new half and quarter rupee coins for India. Senate immigration panel says desirable immigrants appear more promising than in years. St Pauls Cathedral seeks 100000 pounds for Empire fund drive. Canada issued 1,754,351 radio receiving licenses for year to March 31 1946 generating 4260379 dollars. UNRRA chief says there is no solution to the world food crisis. The crisis is bad and will get worse.
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Senate Committee On Immigration
St. Paul's Cathedral
T. W. C. Brown
Transport Department
Radio
Canada
Conan Doyle’s Son Denounces Mediums In Touch Claim
Adrian M. Conan Doyle says he is regularly in touch with his late father Arthur Conan Doyle and condemns mediums for misusing his name. He calls for a church backed union with spiritualism including ordained mediums and church seances after services.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
London
Adrian M. Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur
Sherlock Holmes
Mr. Doyle
Doyle
Not Very Musical Whippoorwill Fans Nocturnal Chorus
The New York Times notes the whippoorwill’s large mouth suited for catching insects on the wing at night. It spends more time making noise than hunting and does not sing. Its call is described as persistent and unmusical, unlike an owl’s hoot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Twain tale notes Bombay High Court judge pride
Mark Twain recounts a Bombay High Court judge strutting at a railway station. A sweating English traveler asks if this is the Bombay train and the judge, not the station master, retorts with a curt denial provoking a sharp comeback about his swagger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Mark Twain
Bombay
Production loss in NSW industries tops two million
Latham Withall of the Associated Chamber of Manufactures reports a production shortfall of nearly 2 million dollars in New South Wales during the first quarter. Strikes hit coal, steel and car battery industries, reducing output and signaling the year may face continued disruption.
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Canberra
Australia
New South Wales
Latham Withall
Associated Chamber of Manufactures
Health education as a civic duty for all citizens
The article argues health education must shift from a few professionals to a broad civic enterprise. It links illness to poverty and envisions preventable sickness banished through collective action. Physicians, leaders, and citizens must share responsibility for a healthier, more educated society.
Health for all requires citizen voting and reform
The text argues that health achievements depend on changes in economic and social conditions and that political forces resist change, urging every voting citizen to perform their duty to ensure health for everybody.
Film on Scotland Yard Seeks Access to Inner Workings
A London correspondent reports a film being made of Scotland Yard to display postwar crime fighting. Viewers may see the fingerprint department chemical analysis lab and an actual Flying Squad pursuit. The piece aims to reveal the Yard’s inner operations to the cinema public. The ancient belief of tides arising from a hole by the sea is noted.
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Scotland Yard
London
Ottawa Journal
Royal Family praised for protection-free monarchy in Time view
Ottawa Journal summarizes Time magazine observations on the British Royal Family as simple and dignified. The correspondent notes no police protection is needed and suggests royal safety reflects public loyalty. He warns abolition would require ballot action by the people.
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London
Times
United Kingdom
Ottawa Journal
Souvenir Book Honors Canadians Who Served in Holland
Saskatchewan troops who fought in Holland may receive the souvenir book Holland and the Canadians published in Amsterdam by the Canada Netherlands Committee. The 72 page 150 photograph volume traces prewar prosperity, wartime suffering, resistance, and the liberation led by the First Canadian Army with a foreword praising Canadian courage. About 43 000 copies have been distributed. Saskatchewan soldiers should request the copy from Public Relations Officer MD 12 Regina with first come first served priority.
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Saskatchewan
Holland
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Rotterdam
Nijmegen
Arnhem
Zeeland
J. Nikerk
Canadian Netherlands Committee
Norman Phillips
Canadian Army Public Relations
Canada
M.D. 12
Regina
Glowing Ruby Gem and its Royal Mines
The article notes ruby as July's birthstone and a corundum variety ranking near diamond in hardness. It highlights Mogok Burma mines as the finest source, describes ruby formation in limestone and river gravels, and mentions pigeon blood color as the top standard.
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Royal Ontario Museum
Mogok
Upper Burma
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America
Durham
England
Maurice Lamberts
King George
Burlington House
Piccadilly
Royal Academy
Belgium
South Wales
Government of
George S. Mooney
Administrative Council (European
U.N.A.R.A
Humane Society
James D. Elder
Windsor Humane Society
Leola Hodgkins
R.R
Cottam
Ont
League
Departments of Health
George Vincent
Rockefeller Foundation
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
Paris
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Gene Byrnes
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