World Happenings Briefly Told
Britain to begin payment of new retirement pensions of 260 a week in October. Sir Charles Arden Clarke appointed governor of Sarawak. Plans for a Britain 1948 union of U S Eighth Air Force veterans. Britain states 299,161 German POWs remain in commonwealth hands. Royal visit transport cost disclosed at 27 262. Polish 2nd corps movement to Britain to finish by year end. Canadian Agricultural Institute to award 20 postgraduate scholarships of 3800. Sixteen prize Rams flown 700 miles to Sydney for Pyrmont sales valued at 30 000 with no losses.
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Britain
Charles Arden Clarke
Basutoland
South Africa
Sarawak
Woolwich Arsenal
Lawson
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
Adelaide
Western Australia
Sydney
Allied find recovers German music manuscripts from Berlin State library
British service reports Allied authorities recovered precious manuscripts by Bach Beethoven Mendelssohn Mozart and Brahms across Germany. Key finds include Bach Christmas Oratorio and St Matthew Passion, Beethoven Fourth Symphony and Missa Solemnis, Mozart Figaro acts, Brahms Violin Concerto, Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream, with locations at Schloss Banz Beuron Monastery Magdeburg Gruessau and more.
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Bach
Beethoven
Mendelssohn
Mogart
Brahms
Berlin
Germany
Brahm
Schloss Banz
Franconia
Bethoven
Beuron
Mozart
Magdeburg
Gruessau
Silesia
Dutch Canadian Girls Recall Grim War Service in Indies
Nine Dutch Canadian women who enlisted in the Dutch armed forces describe nurses stenographers and drivers’ roles across Australia Batavia Java Indo China and other territories. They faced starvation camps late fighting and harsh conditions while assisting prisoners and civilians after Japanese surrender and amid postwar tensions. Suzanna Prins recalls the grim scenes but says they would do it again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
East Indies
Dutch Information Service
Montreal
Australia
Batavia
Java
Indo-China
New York
Dominion
Suzanna
Christine Prins
Suzanna Prins
Oldest British locomotive saved from scrapping
The Jane, the oldest British locomotive in service until retirement in 1945, was purchased by the Great Western Railway to prevent its destruction. Built in 1857, it served the Wantage Tramway Company. Mixing penicillin with ice cream enables oral administration instead of injections.
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London
Jane
Great Western Railway
Wantage Tramway Company
Private meteorologists join growing forecasting field
The article notes dramatic gains in weather prediction during the war and explains how private meteorologists can profit in industry. It mentions U S adoption, standardization calls, and examples from bakeries, film, airlines, candy makers, and cotton mills, with Canada likely delaying private entrants.
Iced Tea Origin Tale From St Louis Exposition
An English tea commissioner in Calcutta created a Moslem styled pavilion at the 1904 St Louis Exposition to sell India and Ceylon tea. Facing a scorching summer, he served tea cold, attracting crowds and launching iced tea as a popular thirst quencher.
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North America
Calcutta
India
Ceylon
Missouri
St. Louis Exposition
New Wood Shaving Composite Used in Munich Homes
A Munich firm uses a new material made from wood shavings and scrapings for small one family houses. The boards are two inches thick and coated with thin cement.
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Munich
Germany
Eye Lens Growth Persists Across Lifespan
Researchers note the eye lens continues to enlarge with age, gradually increasing its size from early life onward. The finding highlights ongoing ocular development and potential implications for vision changes and eye health in aging populations.
Health League urges universal pasteurization laws in Canada
At a Toronto meeting the Health League of Canada pressed governments to enact compulsory pasteurization. Ontario is the only province with such law. Dr. Tisdall and Dr. Berry cited reduced typhoid and infant mortality after Ontario's 1938 law and urged national bodies to push similar resolutions locally and province‑wide. Vancouver Humbo ldt and Campbellton also praised for passing by‑laws.
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General Council
The
Health League of Canada
Toronto
League
Ontario
F. F. Tisdall
University of Toronto
Tisdall
A. E. Berry
Ontario Department of Health
Berry
Vancouver
B.C. Humboldt
Sask
Campbellton, N.B
Alaska Highway tourist travel forecast for 1947
The Department of the Interior predicts growing tourist traffic on the 1 600 mile Alaska Highway. A review notes current traffic exists but road facilities such as filling stations repair shops and lodging are lacking preventing general tourist travel.
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Washington
Alaska
Department of the Interior
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
The Next War A Vivid Picture From Ottawa Citizen
The Ottawa Citizen presents a stark vision of future global conflict as rising weaponry spreads. It foresees long range missiles and rocket bases across continents, underground depots, radar networks, and a total shift to military rule with massive civilian displacement.
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United States
Canada
Ottawa Citizen
Bell Labs Announces Vacuum Tube for 10000 Conversations
Bell Telephone laboratories in New York unveil a revolutionary vacuum tube described as an electronic super highway for communications. It can handle more than 10 000 conversations at once, equivalent to one hundred million words of telegraph data, and could support cross country television and long distance short wave telephone traffic.
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Bell Telephone Laboratories
New York
Boy Astronomer Plans 32 Inch Reflector Telescope
Peter Harris a 13 year old president of Leaside Astronomy Club in Toronto plans to build a 32 inch reflector telescope this late summer using a barrel thick plate glass and emery powder. He aims to spend little and learns by doing rather than buying.
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Toronto
Peter Harris
Leaside
Peter
New York Daily News Urges US Espionage Push
The Daily News editorial cites the Ottawa Royal Commission on espionage and urges the United States to build a large peace time espionage service. It warns of a Russian network in Canada with branches in the US and cites Communist networks as fertile spy ground, noting Lieut. Nicolai Redin as a lone suspect. It argues for a two spies for one policy to counter Russian competition.
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New York
The
Daily News
Royal Commission
Ottawa
United States
Canada
Nicolai Redin
New Sugar Coupons Issued For Temporary Ration Cards
The ration administration and Prices Board announce green buffalo designed coupons replacing beaver designs, both valid for temporary ration card holders. Daily campaigns boost eight million tons of food grown in victory gardens across Canada and the United States.
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Ration Administration
Prices Board
Victory Gardens
Canada
United States
The Dangers of Old Medicines in Home Cabinets
The Brandon Sun warns that outdated medicines in home cabinets can become hazardous as corks deteriorate and substances oxidize. Evaporation can turn tonics into poisons, so old remedies should be discarded and cabinets cleaned and restocked, with bottle contents washed down drains rather than trashing them.
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Brandon Sun
Lost musical manuscripts found in Germany by Allies
Manuscripts by Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Brahms once held by the Berlin state library were recovered in various German locations by allied occupation authorities. The German British news service reported the discoveries.
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Bach
Beethoven
Mendelssohn
Mozart
Brahms
Berlin
Germany
Gulf Stream distance and speed vary yearly
The Gulf Stream may shift up to 100 miles from the U S coast each year and also vary in velocity and width, affecting coastal conditions.
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Gulf Stream
United States
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Immortal Music
Fast Indies
Trenton
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Army and Navy
Weather Bureau
Europe
Gene Byrnes
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Dusseldore
Rhine
NEA Service, Inc
T. M Reg
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Sir Francis Drake
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