World Happenings Briskly Told From Across the Globe
Emile Vaillancourt arrives in Havana as Canada’s first ambassador to Cube. Britain reports 7 736 children killed by German air raids leaving a future memorial in London. Cardiff grants freedom of the city to Prime Minister Church. Overseas League Tobacco Fund has shipped 225000000 cigarettes to Canadian forces. Chen Cheng estimates Chinese war casualties at 3 100 000 since 1937. Gardener Joseph Maliender dies near 100 in Retford. Belgian airfield mines removed with no casualties. Wendell M Stanley develops a influenza vaccine far more effective. A 40 year old land deed from Liverpool filed in Portland Maine transfers Long Island land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overseas League Tobacco Fund
Dominionwide
U.S
Liverpool
England
Portland
Long Island
Canadian Wheat Stocks Show Decline in Farm Reserves
A March 1945 survey places Canadian wheat stocks at 502,977,991 bushels in North America with 24,076,406 in US bonds, down 426 million from 1944. Most stock sits in country elevators and farms, 38 percent and 32 percent respectively, with Manitoba 14 million, Saskatchewan 90 million, and Alberta 45 million on farms. Seed for 1945 and livestock feed will reduce farm carryover by July 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prophetic Kings Turn from Jehovah Across Israel
Devotional text surveys I Kings chapters 12 through 22 and Elijah’s flight, Jezebel’s threats, and divine anointings. It notes Jeroboam’s golden calves at Bethel and Dan, Ahab’s idolatry with Jezebel, Baal worship, and Elijah’s confrontation, flight, and God's renewal with anointings in Damascus, Jehu, and Elisha among seven thousand faithful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeroboam
Jehovah
Jerusalem
Rehoboam
Judah
Israel
Egypt
Beth-el
Dan
Ahab
Omri
Nebat
Jezebel
Ethbaal
Sidonians
Baal
Samaria
Elijah
Beersheba
Damascus
Hazael
Syria
Jehu
Nimshi
Elisha
Shaphat
Abel-meholah
Unique Pear Tree Ashtray Gift From Malmesbury Citizens
Field Marshal Smuts carried a distinctive gift to London for Premier Churchill. An ashtray crafted from an old pear tree he once climbed as a boy, donated by prominent residents from Malmesbury and surrounding areas in South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field Marshal Smuts
London
Premier Churchill
Field Marshal
Malmesbury
South Africa
Restoring Baked Honey Jam By Melting Sugar In Oven
A simple method to fix crystalline honey jam or jelly is to warm the jar in a warm oven until the sugar dissolves and the product becomes smooth again. This quick correction helps restore texture without overheating.
Notary’s Safe Hidden Loot Found In Nijmegen
A Dutch notary returning home after German withdrawal discovered his safe contained 985000 Dutch guilders about $400000 in gold and cash. Canadian engineers opened the guarded safe to confirm the amount, which was turned over to Dutch authorities with a possible percentage reward to the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nijmegen
Holland
Delicacy from Siberia Swans Enter London Menus
Siberian swans fly to Ireland to escape winter then are shot and sold in Britain as a West End delicacy. The birds reach turkey size when plucked before gracing fine dining. Separately, the U S patent office rejected forty eight percent of patents in a recent twelve year span.
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Siberia
London
Ireland
Britain
West End
U S. Patent Office
Junior Chamber of Commerce overview and aims
The Junior Chamber of Commerce is a nation wide organization of young Canadian men with branches across Canada. Its aims are to weld young men together through self development and public service, while its objects focus on fostering interest in public affairs and community improvement through programs like public speaking, management, and civic projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Halifax
Vancouver
Canada
Jaycees
Victory Loan
Community Chest
Red Cross
Saskatchewan
Eisenhower Receives Unusually Large Stream of Gifts and Letters
The New York Herald Tribune reports that General Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, has received a flood of letters and gifts from around the world. Citizens request autographs and pictures, while others ask for battle jackets, a five star cluster, or neckties. Some youngsters request German helmets or toy weapons, and rare gifts have included four leaf clovers and even homing pigeons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Expeditionary Force
General Eisenhower
Eisenhower
New York Herald Tribune
Four Classes Among Conquered Germans Described by One Correspondent
A Vancouver Sun report quotes a single correspondent’s description of German reaction after conquest. He divides Germans into four classes snarlers ignorers smilers and wavers with snipers also present. Snarlers stay loyal to Nazism ignorers deny Allied existence smugglers not present here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmerich
Vancouver Sun
Prowler Spends Night in Dallas Home Then Leaves
Before dawn a prowler entered Mrs. J P Woodward's Dallas residence, cooked a meal in the kitchen, ate, washed dishes, and stacked them neatly on the drain board before departing. Mrs Woodward slept through the incident. Alaska's coastline reaches 35000 miles, about 10000 more than Earth's circumference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. J. P. Woodward
Dallas
Texas
Alaska
Cost of killing through wars and sugar imports figure in World War II
A Life Magazine feature traces the rising cost of taking a life from ancient Rome to Napoleon and Civil War to World War II with estimates around 50 000 per foe. It also notes Americans consume over 6 million tons of sugar annually, about 4.6 million tons imported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Your Life Magazine
Crossword Puzzle With Clues and Directions
A mixed grid of across and down clues lists definitions for a standard crossword. The horizontal and vertical sections include various common words from worry to article and cover multiple parts of speech with numeric labels for each clue.
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Emile Vaillancourt
Cube
Havana
Ottawa
St. Theomas Hospital
City Council
Cardiff
Wales
Prime
Church
Chen Cheng
Japan
Joseph Maliender
Retford
Eng
Belgium
Wendell M. Stanley
Rockefeller Institute
Princeton University
By Fred Neher
Mrs. Burns
Archie
Anyboy
Pais
Josef Kramer
S.S. Storm Group
Belsen
Kramer
Holland Town
The
Junior Chamber of Commerce Nation-Wide
Beulah Walton
Wornsee
North
Rilik
By William Ferguson
OF the Sea
Jos Shin
Berlin
Tempelhof
Ibsen
Seaport
Comfort
Ocean
Iit
Reg'lar Fellers
Gene Byrnes
Pinhead Duffy
Trillymaire
Grogan
Bene BS
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