World Happenings Briefly Told In Global News
EC veterans borrowed 732171 under the Veterans Business and Professional Loans Act through Dec 31. In 377 applications the greatest number approved was 1166 in Ontario for 2030291. Tass said Russian factories will begin mass production of television this year. Three Cambridge scientists will probe the English Channel bed to prove Britain once part of Europe. The U.S. military government prints 60000 copies of a Nazi burned books anthology to sell to Germans. A silver cross found wrapped in a sack in Sheffield with a note to return to Chesterfield parish church. John Grierson, former head of Canada’s National Film Board, named controller of film operations at Britain’s central office of information. Air Vice-Marshal Sir Leslie Brown doubts the Arctic defends North America.
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Veterans Business and Professional Loans
Ontario
John Grierson
Canada
National Film Board
British Central Office of Information
Smartest little suit for Easter pattern 7197
Adorable whirly-skirted sweater suit for daughters with year round wear. Includes stockinette stitch and garter-stitch tabs in sizes 2 4 6 8. Improved pattern-visual with charts photos and complete directions. Send twenty five cents in coins to Household Arts Depart ment Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Towel Left Inside After Operation
Mrs Lillian Arthur, a 30 year old mother of six, underwent an exploratory operation two years after a Caesarean. Surgeons found a 12 by 14 inch surgical towel with Bremerton Washington hospital initials inside her abdomen wrapped around her intestines. Her husband plans to sue Bremerton’s Harrison Memorial Hospital as doctors note towels are not usually counted due to size.
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San Mateo
Cal
Lillian Arthur
Harrison
Bremerton
Lawrence Martin
Arthur
Randall Bradley
Chicago
Ranora Sue
Sandra Sue
Nancy Diane
Helen Marie
Sheila Mae
Leela Dolores
Dominion Cerealist Leonard Newman Retires After 25 Years
Ottawa announces the retirement of Dr. Leonard H. Newman, 66, longtime dominion cerealist and head of the Agriculture Department's cereal division. Appointed 1923 to succeed Sir Charles E Saunders, he led the development of rust resistant and influential wheats and oats, earning growers wheat king titles.
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Ottawa
Leonard H. Newman
Wheat Kings
Dominion Cerealist
Sir Charles Edward Saunders
Newman
Agriculture Department
Experimental Farms Service
Regent
Saunders
Canada
Merrickville
Cnt
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Iowa State College
Cambridge University
Svales
Sweden
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
University of New Brunswick
Lipton Plan Succeeds With Free Soup Promotion
Lipton launches a Feb 19 to Mar 6 offer giving a free Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup with every half pound of Lipton’s Tea. Arthur G. Johnson leads a Canada-wide publicity push across 366 papers and 90 radio stations with extensive display material. The firm emphasizes consistent quality across Lipton brand products to maintain customer trust and recognition.
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Lipton
Arthur G. Johnson
Thomas J. Lipton Limited
Lipton Tea Company
King and Queen to observe silver anniversary at St Pauls
London officials announce the King and Queen will drive to St Pauls Cathedral on April 26 for a service commemorating their silver wedding anniversary. They were married at Westminster Abbey in 1923 and follow the 1918 royal precedent set by King George V and Queen Mary.
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London
St. Paul's Cathedral
Duke of York
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Westminster Abbey
St. Paul's
George V
Mary
Lesson on obedience ends with twist in class
A schoolteacher tells pupils a tale of a lamb eaten by a wolf to teach obedience. When a boy asks, she implies consequences for straying. The boy answers that even if the lamb had stayed, it would have been eaten by humans.
Taxi Driver Struggles To Break Even On 20 Mile Trip
Chattanooga Tennessee taxi driver James E. Roberson faced a tough run to profit on a 20 mile ride with a farmer family. A blown tire and mud trap left the cab stuck while a mule team was used to pull it free. Roberson earned five dollars and paid four to the farmer for the rescue.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
James E. Roberson
James
Isolated Civilians To Get Dental Care In Canada
Civilians in distant northern and isolated areas may receive dental treatment from army dental officers at a set fee scale. Dental corps services will be available for emergencies to relieve pain or repair dentures.
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Ottawa
Canada
February Misfortune for Jim Allen in Dundalk
February has brought repeated injuries to Jim Allen of McIntyre with broken bones each February for four years. This year a horse kick caused a leg fracture while civilian medical facilities remain unavailable in remote areas prompting army aid through approved civilian dental authority.
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Dundalk
Jim Allen
McIntyre
Dauphin Woman Leads Manitoba Farm Clubs
Edna McConnell of Dauphin Manitoba became the province’s first female agricultural representative in 1941 and later received the full title in 1946. She credits wartime need for her entry, while locals note her role in making the Dauphin district a top area for farm clubs and youth programs.
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Winnipeg
Edna McConnell
Dauphin
Man
Miss McConnell
Manitoba
John Conner
Air Force
Department of Agriculture
Petersfield
Saskatoon
Dominion
Conner
Warden Takes Boy Killer Home in Colorado
Canon City Colorado Warden Roy Best vows to raise 12 year old Jimmy Melton a convicted killer described as his own child Melton pleaded guilty to second degree murder for killing his sister Phyllis Marie Melton and will serve a 12 years to life term Mrs Best takes the boy shopping and tours the prison to show what he may be missing
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Canon City
Colo
Roy Best
Jimmy Melton
Jimmy
Las Animas
Phyllis Marie Melton
Best
Badly Packed Parcels Returned From U K
Scores of food parcels for Britain were returned to the Canadian postal department's Dead Letter Office in Ottawa from overseas. The parcels were returned because addresses had been torn off due to improper packing or the use of flimsy paper instead of heavy stock.
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Ottawa
Britain
Canadian Postal Department
Post Office Department
British Pleas Futile For Soviet Wives
London Foreign Secretary Bevin told the House of Commons there is no hope for Russian wives of 12 British ex servicemen joining their husbands in England he doubted a limit on wives would be effective and said he sympathizes with the husbands but will not yet use retaliation Backgammon is believed to have been invented in the 10th century.
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London
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
England
Britain
Bevin
Indian mocassin and other crossword clues
A dense crossword puzzle listing numerous clues across horizontal and vertical entries. Includes players, places, languages, numbers, and misc terms such as Indian mocassin, Persian elf, to tear, and gun slang. Also contains zodiac signs, body parts, and common word endings, with theme clues and scattered references.
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Bokhara
Bashan
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