Churchill buys 42 shorthorn cattle for Chartwell herd
Winston Churchill purchased 42 shorthorn cattle to add to his Chartwell herd in Kent. In Bristol two butchers fined for wasting electricity after an electric thaw. A bus accident near Cairo killed 40 people when it plunged into a canal. Nobel laureate Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins dies at Cam. Pottery from Lucunus and Mommus found in Canterbury. Stockholm grows by 18,507 in 1946 reaching 690,108.
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Winston Churchill
Chartwell
Kent
Bristol
England
Stockholm
Childs dress pattern 7120 with embroidery transfer
Advertisement for a pattern 7120 for a child's dress and bolero in bluebirds and roses. Includes sizes 2 through 10 with easy charts photos and directions. Send twenty five cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man and include name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot
Winnipeg
Man
Plan to Cycle Across Canada From London
Michael Bradley a professional singer and Alfred Griffiths a London store manager left for Montreal to cycle across Canada. They will seek odd jobs to fund the trip and aim to reach Vancouver by September to cross the Rockies before snow. Griffiths, 33, and Bradley, 38, will take £75 each and two cycles.
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London
Canada
Michael Bradley
Alfred Griffiths
Montreal
Vancouver
Griffiths
England
Bradley
Predictions on the car of tomorrow from a leading engineer
The director of engineering for a major motor car company envisions the automobile of tomorrow featuring streamlined shapes with lower silhouettes and wide bodies. He expects air conditioning to appear in higher priced models first, larger window areas for better visibility, shorter engines with higher compression, front wheel drive or rear engine layouts, and fully automatic transmission across all models.
Honor for Princess Elizabeth at Windsor
Princess Elizabeth receives the freedom of Windsor as one of the rare honors in the last half century. Windsor has granted freedom to only two others in 50 years, the Prince of Wales, now Duke of Windsor, in 1920, making her the first woman so honored.
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Elizabeth
Windsor
Prince of Wales
Duke of Windsor
Princess Elizabeth
Whaling Harvest Exceeds Expectations
Britain reports a robust Antarctic whaling season with over 2000 whales caught by UK crews and 185000 barrels of oil produced. The factory ship Balena led in whale and edible oil yield, aided by early aircraft use for spotting and weather reconnaissance amid a surge of 14 expeditions worldwide.
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Britain
Antarctic
Balaena
United Kingdom
Crossword Puzzle Puzzle Fragment Row
A jumble of crossword clues and partial answers lists many hints across horizontal and vertical entries. The readable items include themes on anatomy tools languages geography and common words with fragments like Bird's beak and To depart.
Heirloom Veil Repaired with Human Hair
In Harrismith South Africa a veil worn by multiple ancestors was repaired using hair from Mrs H R Pattinson’s head. The veil had small holes and could not be mended by ordinary threads. The single technique left no visible mark and the repair completed for the daughter’s wedding.
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Harrismith
South Africa
H. R. Pattinson
Army Plans Christmas Toy Drive for Overseas Troops
Maj Gen Worthington of Western Army Command announced the Canadian Army will build new toys and repair existing ones in hobby shops for distribution to needy children in the United Kingdom and Europe this Christmas.
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Edmonton
United Kingdom
Europe
F. F. Worthington
Western Army Command
Not All Cynics In The Modern Lawn Vision
A fragment discusses expectations of lawns and gardens matching seed catalog images and mentions a fact about air weight. The item is a short, general observation with no clear local event or named entities.
Blames Sun Spots For Inclement Weather
London Ontario astronomer Dr. W. C. Colgrove cites 250 to 300 sun spots as cause of bad weather. He says sun spot groups determine regional impact and notes three or four years are needed to raise a milk cow.
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London
Ont
W. C. Colgrove
University of Wester Ontario
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