World Happenings Briefly Told In Wartime Canada UK and Italy notes
A roundup of wartime items from Athens to Montreal. Winston Churchill Street named in Athens. NZ spent about six and a half million on landing vessels for Pacific forces. Trafalgar Square memorial idea proposed by Lord Winster. BC shipbuilders foresee 1000 coastal jobs postwar plus 1000 repair positions. Royal Aeronautical Society to start a British Empire Lecture series in London. Albergo Massimo d Azeglio Rome renamed Chateau Laurier by Canadian Officers Club. Six female sgardoughs seek gold in BC mountains. Dr H V Warren of UBC mining warns on war related study. McGill installs 50 000x electron microscope for war science. CN Railway Employees War Services Association sent 147 946 books to overseas troops with thanks from France Italy West Africa and India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian National Railways Employees’ War Services Association
France
Italy
West Africa
India
Do Not Want Sympathy For Achievements Of Men With Artificial Limbs
A Vancouver Province article notes many amputees retrain for new industry and succeed through skill. It highlights sports and cultural success, plus the tough adjustment period as trainees forget disability to prove value, urging understanding over sympathy.
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Vancouver
Build a barrel feed mixer with a hinged door
Instructions describe converting an old barrel into a feed mixer by cutting a side door with hinges and a latch, mounting the barrel on two 2x4 supports, and placing the assembly on a bent iron rod crank to rotate the drum.
Greek pilot Vaz tests Tempest cannons over Cologne
A Greek pilot in the Canadian Air Force flies a Tempest to test cannons. Vaz, nicknamed fighting Creek, delayed returning after bombing an ammunition train in Germany east of Cologne. He reported the cannons were functioning and then flew home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BBC European Service
Vaz
Fighting Creek
O.K
Germany
Cologne
Big Rail Job and the War Time Railways
N. B. Walton of Canadian National Railways argues railways are the nation’s lifeline and warns against repeating prewar economic starvation. He lauds the railways for their war effort, noting they faced ten years of hardship yet performed beyond rivals in wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Walton, Cbe
Canadian National Railways
Montreal
Walton
Canadian Railways
Navy strength reaches ninety thousand new recruits
The Brockville Recorder notes Canada’s navy has grown to about 90 000 sailors and future recruiting will focus on replacements. The report also mentions the Philippines has 7 083 islands with Luzon as the largest at 40 814 square miles and 4 642 unnamed islands.
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Brockville
Philippines
Luzon
Philippine Islands
Wartime Garden Advice Encourages 1945 Planting Efforts
The Agricultural Supplies Board urges ongoing wartime gardening in 1945 to ease transportation strain. Farmers should maintain sizable kitchen gardens while seeds fertilizers and tools remain available. A pamphlet The Wartime Garden offers planting tips and pest control guidance free from the Dominion Department of Agriculture Ottawa.
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Agricultural Supplies Board
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Cancer Control Society aims to coordinate Canadian cancer research
The Canadian Society for the Control of Cancer aims to form a national body similar to the American Cancer Society to coordinate research. Backed by the Canadian Medical Association and the King George V Cancer Jubilee Fund, it has provincial branches with prairie provinces notably active and plans a national educational campaign. The Apache Indians once valued the dandelion as a food source.
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Canadian Society For the Control of Cancer
Canada
New York
American Cancer Society
Canadian Medical Association
King George V Cancer Jubilee Fund
United Commercial Travellers
Prairie Provinces
Society For the Control of Cancer
Blessed is He Who Comes In The Lord's Name
Sunday School lesson discusses Jesus entry into Jerusalem riding an ass, fulfilled prophecy from Zechariah, and crowd acclaim Hosanna in the highest. It notes the Passover journey, crowd dynamics, and the prophetic claim of Jesus as the Messiah from Nazareth. War Savings Stamps appeal ends the piece.
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Israel
Jesus
Jerusalem
Bethphage
Mount of Olives
Matthew
Zechariah
Russia
W. A. Grist
John
Lazarus
David
Nazareth of
Galilee
Henry Burton
Crossword Puzzle Clue List
Puzzle row of clues and answers mixed with OCR errors including multiple misspellings and garbled entries. Provides a long list of numbered hints such as To propel, Agrian tribe member, Overhead shelter, Leisure, and many others with errors and misprints.
Cleveland institute studies Russian cancer serum
Researchers at the Institute of Pathology of Western Reserve University in Cleveland pursue a three year project to test a Russian developed serum claimed to cure cancer. Directed by Dr. Hary Goldblatt, the study will cost about $15,000 after Russian scientist Dr. Alexander Bogolomets publicized the serum last year. Nearly a quart of serum was produced locally for initial experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute of Pathology of Western Reserve University At
Cleveland
Hary Goldblatt
Alexander A. Bogolomets
Long Life of Justice Riddell Tied to Public Health
The late Mr Justice W R Riddell, aged 92, led the Health League of Canada for 25 years and authored numerous medical articles. He helped found the National Council for Combatting Venereal Diseases in 1919 and supported federal health action, arguing neither Dominion nor provinces hinder health campaigning. His view linked longevity to science and information.
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W. R. Riddell
Ontario Supreme Court
Health League of Canada
Toronto
Health League
National Council For
Justice Riddell
Dominion
Department of Health
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Athens
Winston Churchill
New Zealand
Pacific
Trafalgar Square
Dominions
Lord Winster
British Columbia
Royal Aeronautical Society Council
London
Rome
Albergo Massimo d'Azeglio
Canadian Officers’ Club
H. V. Warren
University of British Columbia Department of Mining Engineering
McGill University
Fred
Margaret Ecker
Maurice Desjardins
Canadian Railway
Will-Yum
By Fred Neher
Cancer Research
Canadian Society
By William Ferguson
Otoh
Joseph Mihaliketon
Snake River Canyon
Taanone
Dorchester
Mass
NEA Service
Island of the Hebrides
Leisure
Flet
Actinium
Ireland
Canadian Army
Allan Hemphill
Galetta
Ont
England
Cleveland University
Nearty League
Supported Health Movement
Gene Byrnes
Ian
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