World Happenings Briefly Told
The fisheries laboratory at Lowestoft England borrowed an Admiralty vessel for research in the southern North Sea. Seven veteran Sunday School members in Liverpool aged 5 to 80 received medals for long and faithful service. Britain saved 10 to 12 million tons of coal this winter thanks to housewives. D R Grenfell, ex mines minister, spoke. The South African government halted bread service in public places from 3 to 4 pm as a wheat conservation measure. Field Marshal Montgomery said his book Normandy to the Baltic would be published later rather than soon. First London strawberries priced at three pence a berry. supply vanished in an hour. A doms and colonies visitors club in London will be funded by the Victoria League to honor war fallen. Canada Denmark Iceland and the UK have completed UNRRA contributions per PM Mackenzie King. The British government cut the standard loaf from two pounds to 1½ pounds to save 12 percent of flour. Bishop Wand dedicated a memorial plaque at St George's Hospital for the Duke of Kent, killed in 1942, who presided there 1923–1943.
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Liverpool
England
Britain
D. R. Grenfell
Canada
Dominican Republic
Iceland
United Kingdom
UNRRA
Mackenzie King
Commons
J. W. C. Wand
London
St. George's Hospital
Duke of Kent
Duke
Prisoners’ Aid and Welfare Association of
Montreal
Ottawa
R. Gordon Burgoyne
Burgoyne
Kingston
St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiaries
Joseph Archambault
R. W. Craig
Winnipeg
J. C. McRuer
K.C
Toronto
Senate
W. B. Megloughlin
Penitentiaries
King Charles I Returns to Trafalgar Square
In Toronto on Saturday night P O D notes King Charles I returns after five years away. The statue endured bomb impacts during the blitz and was transported to the Ministry of Works for cleaning and reinforcement before once again occupying its spot amid busy traffic and public approval.
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Charles I
P. O.D
Toronto
Earl of Rosebery
Midlands
Trafalgar Square
Whitehall
Ministry of Works
King Charles
Princess Elizabeth critiques modern children’s books in London
Princess Elizabeth observes that books for children are too advanced and difficult for young readers during a tour of the National Book League exhibition. She notes the well kept used books and jokes that children did not look at them. Princess Margaret Rose shows interest in volumes once owned by King George V and Queen Mary. A Welsh book offered to Albert from Papa stands out in the display.
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London
Elizabeth
National Book League
Margaret Rose
King
Queen Mary
Granny
Albert
Papa
Railway demobilized at Romney light railway
The Romney Hythe and Dymchurch light railway, famed as the world’s smallest public line, has been demobilized and reopened for passengers after wartime service. During the war its 12 mile gauge cars carried anti aircraft guns.
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Romney
England
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch
Prison Reform Urges Action on Canada’s Rising Offenses
A historical look shows rising non indictable and indictable crimes in Canada, with 1942 admitting 64 168 to penitentiaries. The Prisoners Aid and Welfare Association cites reforms and a Royal Commission report from 1938 that Parliament approved but Senate blocked, leaving prison reform stalled for years. The piece urges leaders to heed the commission’s recommendations and improve inmate rehabilitation.
Muskox expedition area to host 11 plane aerial mapping unit
An RCAF photographic team will map 1,000,000 square miles of northern Canada this summer. The 11 aircraft unit will survey the Windswept north to identify hydro power sites, mining potential, watersheds, and numerous geographical features along the Muskox trek route.
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Canada
Muskox
R.C.A F
Resolute Widow Defies Booking Clerk Over Train Timing
A determined widow questions a station clerk at Manchester about the next train, insisting she may travel or assist a relative. She sharpens her claim that the clerk should not presume about her plans, asserting his civility and knowledge may be limited.
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Manchester
Shy House
Break in rationing rules lets housewives switch dealers
Effective Sept. 15, British housewives may change retailers for meat eggs fats cheese bacon sugar and preserves with an eight week interval after the last change. The change ends wartime restraints that kept buyers at the same shop and allows women to voice opinions more freely to retailers. Milk remains excluded from the new provision.
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Sir Ben Smith
Surplus Australian Gas Masks Draw No Bids At Auction
The Australian Commonwealth Disposals Commissioner offered 4 500 000 civilian gas masks at public sale but received no bids. Masks from wartime surplus were meant for defense against air attacks but overseas demand is weak and distributors show little interest. The commissioner contemplates reusing parts or finding new products to convert the stock.
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Australia
Australian Commonwealth Disposals
Selfless statesmen and world peace call for action
The Toronto Star argues that only selfless leaders and communities can reject nationalist aims in favor of collective security. It urges premier Attlee as a model and stresses the need to replace war with neighborliness and justice for all humanity.
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Attlee
Toronto Star
CDQ Distress Call Used Before SOS Adoption
Before SOS adoption the maritime distress signal used was CDQ, widely employed as a call for help at sea. This historical note highlights the precursor to the familiar SOS signaling convention.
Vital Interest in Emotions and Health Education
A Health Education Journal piece argues that anxiety and emotional stress in modern society trigger physiological harm such as high blood pressure and ulcers. It urges teaching children rational emotional control from early years and building social and economic systems aligned with human emotional needs.
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Health Education Journal
Savings on deposit in Canadian banks March 31
Chartered bank deposits totaled 3,170,180,000 at March 31 up from 3,077,952,000 at February 28 and 2,724,692,000 on March 31, 1945. March bank statements also note Mount Rainier and Shasta emitting heated vapors, indicating internal heat.
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Canada
British Museum buys famed Portland Vase after wartime closure
The British Museum quietly reopens after wartime closure and buys the Portland Vase. Found near Rome in a 16th century sarcophagus, it was deposited with the museum in 1810 by the Duke of Portland. The purchase came from J R Valentin's bequest, with Christie’s auction the prior 1929 bid of twenty nine thousand guineas.
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British Museum
Rome
Possesor
Duke of Portland
Bloomsbury
J. R. Valentin
Christie's
British
Victoria and Albert Museums
Women Drivers Traffic Survey In Manitoba Report Reveals Fewer Accidents
A Manitoba traffic survey shows women involved in far fewer incidents than men. In the past year 43 men were linked to fatal crashes while two women were. non fatal accidents tallied 1 327 for men and 87 for women.
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Manitoba
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Fisheries Laboratory
Lowestoft
The
Admiralty
North Sea
Field Marshal
Viscount Montgomery
Normandy
Baltic
Dominions
Colonies
Victoria League
Princess Elizabeth
Royal Commission
Northern Survey
Germany
Duffy
Baltimore Sun
By Fred Neher
Emily Post
Savings Bank
Mounts Rainier
Shasta
United States
Palestine
Portland
By William Ferguson
Gea David Morri
Oak Ory
Catfornia
Reg'lar Fellers
Gene Byrnes
Ware
Roger
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