World Happenings Briefly Told
Yugoslavia will release all German and Austrian prisoners of war by year end per Interior Minister Rankovic. Crown Princess Juliana’s coronation slated for Sept 6 in Amsterdam’s 13th century church. Japan's Mita Hayakawa, 70, wins mayoral race in Ko Village, Chiba. A 5s stamp book from 1045 sold in London for £105. British Navy tugs destroyed 16 Japanese mines in two years. Anne Reins, 1 year, joins Methodist Home for the Aged, descendant of Charles Wesley. Britain to wire 30,000 schools for cinema. Air Commodore Frank Whittle awarded $400,000 by Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yugoslavia
Alexander Rankovic
Juliana
The
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Advance Made In Tuberculosis Fight
Ottawa report notes a remarkable advance in Canada’s tuberculosis battle. Dr G J Wherrett, Canadian Tuberculosis Association executive secretary, cites a drop in death rate from 200 per 100 000 in 1900 to 48.2 in 1946 and provinces ranging from 17.5 in Saskatchewan to 70.4 in Quebec. Indigenous rates were described as almost fantastic, from 680.1 per 100 000 in 1937 to 564.4 in 1946.
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Ottawa
Canada
G. J. Wherrett
Canadian Tuberculosis Association
Association
Wherrett
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Embroidery Pattern 7365 for Colorful Kitchen Towels
Pattern 7365 offers six motifs sized 6x7 inches with transfer. It includes easy charts photos and full directions for embroidery. Send twenty five cents in coins to Household Arts Depart ment Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Romanian government strips former king of citizenship
Bucharest reports the government deprived former King Michael and four family members of Romanian citizenship and confiscated vast holdings, including 143 castles and 3,060 rooms. The action targets royal assets after exile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Michael
Canada of Vital Interest Human Milk Best for Babies
A National Research Council subcommittee report in The Journal of the American Medical Association states human milk remains the optimal infant food. Dr. C. Anderson Aldrich highlights its prophylactic role, calls for breast milk stations in cities, and notes risks of breast infections and insufficient supply necessitating supplement feeds when needed.
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Committee On Maternal and Child Feeding
National Research Council
Journal of
The
American Medical Association
C. Anderson Aldrich
M.D
Farmer makes own rain covers 120 acres at once
In Elsa Texas W A Harding owner of Evergreen Farms operates a 1800 acre unit that irrigates 120 acres daily with cloud seeding substitutes and dehydration. The system yields two and a half inches of rain every 24 hours enabling ten alfalfa cuts yearly and frequent oat harvests. Dehydration turns grasses into pastel green flour shipped to Kansas City for poultry feed and human vitamin pills.
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Elsa
Tex
W. A. Harding
Evergreen
Harding
Rio Grande Valley
Kansas City
Kitchen Meditations Captives
A poem by Jane Dale depicts spring scenes and captive images in nature. The speaker observes a cloud in a poplar, a stream freed by a boy, a crocus kept to grow, and a baby in a happy dream, concluding with a reflection on spring’s lure and a vow to marvel and sing.
The Spoiler Poem On Thoughtless Fire and Hunt
A poem condemns careless campers and hunters who leave fires burning and waste wildlife. It laments reckless acts that devastate forests, fish spawning rivers, trapped beaver homes, and species in closed seasons, urging responsibility to protect heritage and nature.
Predicts heavy traffic through Port Churchill
Yorkton. P Dalgleish of an English shipping firm told a Yorkton board of trade meeting the Hudson Bay route will become a main transportation lane. He predicted Churchill would be on par with the St Lawrence and Vancouver routes and that westbound cargo will suffice to fill more than one ship this year. Last year 15 ships voyaged to Churchill with only one carrying cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkton, Sask
P. Dalgleish
Hudson Bay
Churchill
St. Lawrence
Vancouver
Outdoors Too Roomy for House Hunter
A man seeking a home asks a naturalist for shelter. The naturalist jokes about living outdoors under the stars, then the man clarifies he wants something smaller. The light exchange highlights humor about housing needs and al fresco living.
Breast feeding often unnecessary for many infants
The text argues that lightened age breast feeding can be a burden and not expected of the mother, especially where medical advice is lacking. It notes this may apply to many babies not under skilled medical direction.
Weekly Tip Pesky Weeds Between Cement
Salt added to boiling water kills grass and weeds growing between sections of a cement walk or patio. The method uses simple kitchen ingredients to target unwanted growth in tight spots.
Crossworlds Puzzle Clues From an Older Notebook
A mixed list of crossword clues and crossword related items including land measure, planetary name, and phrases like Much About Nothing. The page organizes horizontal and vertical clues with numbers and cryptic style hints for a historic puzzle column.
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Mita Hayakawa
Japan
Ko Village
Chiba Prefecture
London
Brooke Claxton
Methodist Home
Anne Reins
Charles Wesley
Education Ministry
Britain
Frank Whittle
Aldrich
B.C
Agassiz
Fraser Valley
Fraser
Sudan
Jane Dale
Little Reggie
Reginald
Margarita
Priscilla
Hazel
al Vermeer
BY William Ferguson
Totrry
M. V. Gillard
Sylva
Port Churchill
W. J
Actinium
Vincent Lopez
Odin
Hebrew Kingdom
Son of
Adam
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