World Happenings Briefly Told
Thieves stole suger in Lopdon driving away in a truck later recovered empty. A taxi driver found £293 in a case left in a taxi. no one claimed it. Pensions Minister Mackenzie said Canada Red Cross expects 25 000 blasts donations weekly. In Flough Eng James Thomas Pwider described earnings claimed to be 12 daily. Gerald Lascelles 19 year old nephew of the King led cadet unit observed by the Princess Royal. Valleyfield torpedoed in the North Atlantic went to last assignment after Newfoundland frigates. Maj Ger Wilhelm Hansteen Norwegian invasion commander in Britain qualified as a paratrooper at 47. In Rio Vargas raised luncheon price by 60 percent in government workers restaurant. New price of the luncheon is cents.
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Ger Wilhelm Hansteen
Britain
Paul in Ephesus on his third missionary journey
Sunday school notes summarize Paul’s preaching in Ephesus during his third journey. He appeals first to Jews, then Greeks, in the synagogue and Tyrannus lecture room, teaching for two years so Asia hears the word. The text emphasizes God’s grace and being created for good works prepared beforehand.
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Paul
Ephesus
Tyrannus
Jesus the Christ
Asia
Lord
Asia Minor
Diana
Christ
God
Christ Jesus
Playing Safe in a Rainy Canteen Banter from Lancashire
Two British Army recruits exchange dialect humor in a wet canteen with bantering about Lancashire towns Oldham and Lancashire. The piece notes the historical context of early lighthouses by Libyans and Cushites in lower Egypt and cites Argentina’s Atlantic coastline of 1610 miles 2570.
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Lower
Egypt
Argentina
British women run essential factories across Britain modelled on Mary Channell plant
British women establish small essential factories nationwide inspired by Mary Channell's incendiary bomb plant. A disused grocery store plant in a historic district assembles vital aircraft parts and incendiaries for the air force, with workers mostly over 60. Adolf Hitler reportedly owns the looted Van Dyck Adoration of the Lamb, moved from Belgium to France for safety and then handed to Hermann Goering per a European authority cited by the Daily Mail.
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Britain
Mary Channell
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Belgium
France
Hermann Goering
Daily Man
Canada Egg Production Surges to Record Levels in 1944
The Special Products Board reports eggs produced across provinces are at record highs with deliveries ahead of prior years. Through March 1944 total inspections reached 25,414,470 dozen, up from 9,873,360 dozen in the same period of 1943.
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Canada
Special Products Board
Early domesticated cats trace to ancient Egypt
The common cat is said to have sprung from long tailed wild cats of northern Africa and to have been first tamed by the ancient Egyptians. Domestication spans centuries with uncertain identification of the wild progenitor. There is enough ice in Antarctica to encase the earth in a layer 120 feet thick.
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Africa
The
Antarctica
Prevention and treatment of blindness urged to public health
The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph editorial urges making blindness prevention and care a public health duty. It cites 12,344 known Canadians legally blind or receiving blind pensions, notes many with progressive eye disease remain uncounted, and calls for health departments to oversee prevention, treatment, and sight-saving measures.
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Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph
Canada
Canadian National Institute For the Blind
Quebec
Saving Many Lives in an Italian Evacuation Hospital
An Associated Press despatch from Santa Maria Infante describes a shock ward where blood plasma is stocked and used to treat wounded in Italy. Litter bearers transport casualties to crowded wards as plasma restores color, stabilizes blood pressure, and enables operations, with a patient from Ohio receiving 10 units and pulling back from death’s edge.
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Associated Press
Italy
Santa Maria Infante
Ohio
Hog slaughter surge in Canada 1944 under premium policy
The Current Review of Agricultural Conditions in Canada reports that 1944 hog slaughter in inspected plants will be the highest on record due to an early 1944 hog premium policy, with a substantial rise in the share qualifying for the two premier grades. It also notes the Grand Canyon of Colorado is widening slowly, deepening one inch annually and expanding one inch per 1,000 years.
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Canada
Grand Canyon of
Colorado
Ration Controls Ease on Farm Machinery
The prices board announced removal of ration controls on six types of farm equipment including diamond harrow sections flexible harrow sections spring tooth harrow sections cream separators power sheep shearing machines and animal clippers. Officials cited increased production meeting demand as the reason for loosening restrictions.
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The
Prices Board
A Useful Hint How To Cut Bread So Leaf Will Be Kept
A garbled instructional note explains bread slicing to keep the leaf intact. The text oddly mentions crooked loaves, cutting technique, and a sharp knife. It describes holding the bread correctly and watching the slice direction for a straight cut.
First Steps to Tokyo booklet offered to Aleutian veterans
The RCAF announced a 0 page booklet titled First Steps to Tokyo by the late FO David F Griffin. It will be sent free to the next of kin of all RCAF personnel who served in the Aleutian campaign.
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Tokyo
FO David
Grifin
RCAF
Crossword Clue Catalog From 11 Across On Puzzle Page
Puzzle list presents clues with numbered entries for across and down words. Entries include common terms such as room in a harem, Jason's ship, garland, meadow, war god, lily, and card game. The page appears as a themed crossword clue compilation with answers linked to standard vocabulary.
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Lopdon
Kirkhar Lieder
Kids Taxi
Pensions
Mackenzie
Commons
Canadian Red Cross
Flough, Backs
Eng
James Thomas Pwider
Gerald Lascelles
Princess Royal
Valleyfield
North Atlantic
Newfoundland Command
Rio de Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
Jesus
Lancashire
Oldham
National Film Board
Hitler
By William Ferguson
Wikiup
U.S
Dover
Gene Byrnes
Trey
Lad
Fott
Wealth League
Wteete
Department of Public Health
Parm Machinery
Fasy
RCAP
Jason
King of Bashan
By Fred Neher
Will-Yum
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