World Happenings Briefly Told
Bristol to reserve half its temporary housing for forces on waiting list. Masurian lake region to receive 500000 Poles. Between 1944 and 1945 Britain directed 18794 men to underground coal mining. Lloyds ships intelligence resumes after six years. US visitors to Canada spent 109 million in 1944, up 25 percent. China and Argentina to exchange ambassadors soon. Manitoba muskrat pelts valued at 750000 offered at public auction. Ottawa to build 1,000,000 laboratory postwar for health science research. Opobo chiefs receive 50590 pounds promised by Britain in 1892 for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministry of Labor
Britain
Fallersleben Auto City Ends Hitler’s Dream of a People’s Car
The Fallersleben project aimed at building a world scale automobile plant near a new city to erase Christianity. Workers were promised an air cooled car costing 990 marks with savings options but war halted deliveries and saved funds. The city pursued Nazi paganism with a communal religious center and name giving ceremony replacing baptism, now abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Fallersleben
Germany
Gale Defined as Strong Wind Beneath Storm Threshold
A gale is described as a wind of considerable power stronger than a breeze but not reaching the force of a storm. It denotes a high wind known for its noticeable and vigorous impact without reaching storm criteria.
Appointed To Senate Senator Robinson and his Legion service
Captain Brewer Robinson, Acting Overseas Manager of the Canadian Legion, is appointed to the Canadian Senate. A Summerside PEI figure, he fought in World War I with the 2nd Heavy Battery and later led Legion overseas work. He expects to advocate soldiers rehabilitation and split his time between Ottawa and Summerside. Fur Pool Limited noted as breeders of silver fox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewer Robinson
The
Canadian Legion
Canadian Senate
Senator Robinson
Prince Edward Island
Summerside
P.E.I
France
Cape Breton Highlanders
United Kingdom
London
Mr. Basten
Canada
Robinson
Legion
Montreal
Ottawa
PEI. Fur Pool Limited
General Marshall Praises Churchill Leadership in Message
U S General George Marshall, Chief of Staff, sent a tribute to Prime Minister Churchill published in London. He praised Churchill for vast contribution to peace in Europe and for leadership and allied planning. Churchill answered gratefully, saying the praise exceeds his deserts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Marshall
United States
Churchill
London
Europe
Gen. Marshall
France
Poultry From Canada to U.S. Army Four and a Half Million Pounds
The special products board announced at Ottawa that in 1945 Canada supplied about 4,500,000 pounds of dressed poultry to the United States army as part of a 30,000,000 pound commitment under a United States government contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Special Products Board
Ottawa
Reading patterns of letters in English text
The note asserts that the lowercase letter E appears most often in English text while the uppercase letter S is the most common capital letter. It discusses letter frequency and hints at typographic statistics.
Read High Standard Set by Edmonton Boy Soprano
Lawrence Kay of Edmonton earned 90 points in the solo class for boys under 16 at a Calgary musical festival. Dean Arthur Collingwood praised him as a bright future for British cathedral choirs. The report also notes rare naked eye visibility of Jupiter’s moons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Kay
Edmonton
Dean Arthur Collingwood
Calgary
Dean Collingwood
Sunday School Lesson The Church Begins Its Work
Lesson outlines Jesus teaching that all scripture points to him and commissions his witnesses. It recounts acts 4 5 where Peter and the apostles are opposed, yet proclaim Jesus' resurrection and authority, leading to continued teaching and preaching in temples and homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Temple
Jesus
Peter
Israel
Gamaliel
God
Triangular Theban Bread On Display At The Met
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York showcases triangular loaves baked in ancient Thebes around 3500 years ago. The exhibit highlights early baking shapes and Egyptian daily life through recovered bread artifacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
Thebes
Capture of Japanese woman sniper disclosed by navy officer
Lt Cmdr Robert C Downes of the U S S Franklin said marines captured a 29 year old Japanese female sniper about a year ago in the Marshalls. He described her as a tough little customer and noted she is now held in a prison camp at Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Arnhem
Holland
Helen Sensburg
England
Gerda Warko
Staten Island
New York
Cmdr
Robert C. Downes
U.S.S. Franklin
Downes
Marshalls
Pearl Harbor
Poultry Sanitation Reduces Disease in Flocks
R M Hopper of the Dominion Experimental Farm stresses clean housing, fresh ground for growing stock, annual house disinfection, and prompt disposal of diseased bird carcasses to cut mortality and prevent worm and disease spread in poultry operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Hopper
Dominion Experimental Farm
Brandon
Man
Million-volt radiography touted for civilian cancer research
H C Mermagen of the University of Rochester told the Canadian Society of Radiological Technicians annual meeting that million-volt radiography could be used for civilian cancer research when high voltage equipment becomes available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Mermagen
University of Rochester
N.Y
Canadian Society of Radiological Technicians
Pascal Builds Calculating Machine at Age Nineteen
In 1650 the French inventor Blaise Pascal, aged nineteen, creates an early mechanical calculator to aid computation. The device performs addition and subtraction using a geared wheel system and marks a milestone in the history of computing.
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Pascal
Crossword Puzzle Clues Horizontal and Vertical
A mixed clue list for a crossword with horizontal and vertical entries. Includes hints for taste allowiness vanity death court Ireland animal hair Himalayan cymbals demon exam greed sun brick skid body politic Malay gibbon ram devoured prior to analyze rudder river Ethiopian chief French coin and other standard crossword entries.
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Bristol
Lublin
Masurian Lakes
Lloyd’s of London
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
U.S
Chungking
China
Argentina
Manitoba
Winni
Department of Health and Welfare
Dominion
Claxton
Nigeria
Jaja
Pagan
By Fred Neher
Senate
Jupiter
Judea
Samaria
Christ
BY William Ferguson
Recaluise
Lassatt
Vvhat
Spur
Ulemaa
Anmaa
Provinces
Kile
Baz Bae
Finland
Reg'lar
Nix
Gene Byrnes
Court of Equity
Ireland
Asia
Celtic
Moses
Belgium
Actrees
Hat
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