World Happenings Briefly Told
Henri Laureys the first Canadian ambassador to Peru arrived by air from Canada. The south Atlantic patrol will be run by the Brazilian navy. A German prisoner captured by the British Army in France reached a prisoners enclosure with his wife. Portugal denied Nazi war criminals asylum, per BBC. HMS Tactician returned home after 50 000 miles in 19 months. An estimated 20 000 Chinese were left homeless by a Yangtse River slum fire. Churchill reportedly contemplates a ministry of civil aviation for postwar air transport. About 200 German POWs in Saskatchewan harvest fields deemed very satisfactory. France to direct reconstruction by a planned economy, de Gaulle said at Lille. Dr. E A Corbett said overseas soldiers want jobs and citizenship, not charity.
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France
E. A. Corbett
Canadian Association For Adult Education
Toronto
Vancouver
Canada
Home Port for Canadian War Ships in English Channel
Canadian press report details Lt. Cmdr. C. G. Weller heading the Canadian Naval Administrative Authority aboard a warship tied to a south coast English port. He acts as liaison with the Royal Navy, arranging cooks boats gun crews and rations as ships return from channel patrols. Also notes Lt.Cmdr. Thomas Barber and Burma front brain surgery teams with 2591 operations in five months.
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Frank Rowe
English Channel
Cmdr
C. G. Weller
Royal Navy
British Columbia
Fraser River
Royal Canadian Navy
Canadian Naval Administrative Authority
R.C.N
R.N
Lady Somers
United States Navy
Hm.c.s. Prince Robert
Rc.n
Thomas Barber
Australia
Lunenburg
N.S
Nova Scotia
Burma
The bicycle in war and trade from Britain’s viewpoint
British bicycles played a crucial role in World War II operations including Home Guards, D Day, and parachute troops with folding models used by paratroopers. The article notes Britain’s bikes as the finest, with many countries and American servicemen adopting them and a UK firm receiving a 40 bicycle order for a submarine depot seven miles from the pub.
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British Iles
France
Germany
Britain
Holland
United States
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Humanity Survives and Advances Despite Atrocities
The passage reflects on the wartime past and asserts that humanity experiences a growing awakening of conscience. It stresses that this moral progress is possible and could lead to a greater good for more people, stating that humanity will endure and advance.
Commonwealth Proposals for Public Utility Corporations
The Commonwealth Communications Council submitted to the U K Dominions and India a plan to reorganize telecoms via publicly owned utility corporations in the U K Dominions and India with linking arrangements. A preliminary London meeting with Prime Ministers and Indian representatives discussed the proposals. No decisions were made and no commitments entered, but detailed examination was agreed.
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Commonwealth Communication Council
U.K
Dominions
India
Commonwealth and
Empire
London
Marble doll unearthed from Tarra gon a infant tomb
In Tar Ragona Spain a marble doll valued at $500000 was found in an infant tomb dated about 300 A D. The finely chiseled toy was located in a bank vault. The discovery links the artifact to ancient burial customs and wealth.
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Tarragona
Spain
True Source of Gladness and Temptation in Sunday School
Sunday School lesson outlines the true source of gladness from trusting God, Luke 4 temptation of Jesus, and Romans 12 1 2 exhorting consecration. It contrasts earthly abundance with spiritual riches and urges daily life as a sacrament in service to God.
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Jesus
God
Paul
Rome
Unscathed Maginot Line Seen After Peaceful War Phase
After four years of conflict the Maginot line stood intact as American troops entered without firing a shot. Disabled guns looked operable, power plants hummed, lights heat and elevators functioned. Soldiers rode a small electric train in tunnels while showers, goblets, and a bar awaited at the bottom level. A French boy, sole custodian, complained that the Germans left 580 francs owed him.
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Maginot Line
New York Herald Tribune
Crossword Puzzle Challenge 4905 Clues
Puzzle from Our Crosswords section with numerous clues across and down. Includes war god names like Ares and lists such as Italian city and South American language, plus technical terms and common nouns. Answers reference classical and modern terms, requiring broad knowledge.
Water diviner named consultant to council in Norfolk
Jabez Barnes a renowned water diviner aged 93 receives the title water consultant to the Freebridge Lynn Rural Council in Norfolk England. The appointment acknowledges his long standing reputation for locating underground water sources.
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Jabez Barnes
Freebridge Lynn
Norfolk
England
World unions grow large with Bevin linked to TGWU
By 1943 the Transport and General Workers' Union had 1,122,480 members and the Amalgamated Engineering Union 920,000. Ernest Bevin, Britain's Minister of Labour, was once General Secretary to the TGWU, now the world’s largest union with 269,354 women among its members. More than 300,000,000 people use coconuts daily.
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Transport and General Workers’ Union of Britain
Amalgamated Engineering Union
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Giant geranium reaches eight feet at Sault Ste. Marie school
The Sault Ste. Marie Technical School grounds host a giant geranium standing eight feet tall, prompting talk that A A Milne could craft verse about the plant. The item jokes Milne would require a delphinium blue counterpart in any literary homage.
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A. A. Milne
Sault Ste. Marie
Milne
Gracie Fields
Sault Daily Star
Eye sensitivity vs thermopile in dim light
A comparison notes the human eye is 300000 times more sensitive to dim light than the thermopile, a highly sensitive physical instrument.
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Henri Laureys
Peru
Limes
South Atlantic
Portugal
BBC
Tactician
Yangtse River
Churchill
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Great Britain
C. A. Scott
Saskatchewan
de Gaulle
Lille
Canadian
Canadian Pacific
Swift Current
Maple Creek
Medicine Hat
Suffield
Alta
Canadian Pacific Railway
C.P.R
Dunmore
BY William Ferguson
Suez Canal
Sas
Marian Bogert
WHIWS
War God
Mohammed
Als
Eta Ris
Actinium
Great Lake
Lia
Workers’ Union
Reg'lar
Gene Byrnes
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
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