World Happenings Briefly Told
UNRRA officials estimate 130 million Europeans will need relief. A Czechoslovakian brigade in Britain joins the 1st Canadian Army. Normandy invasion defense includes twelve RCAF fighter squadrons. Bombay approves shark liver product marketing for veterans and uniforms rules extend 30 days. Danae loaned to Polish Navy now Orp Conrad in memory of Joseph Conrad. Rand labs aims to boost penicillin output for South Africa. German banned books removed and French children return to elementary schools.
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Royal Navy
Danae
Orp Conrad
Joseph Conrad
Canadians Hold More Cash As War Years Grow
Bank of Canada says average cash on hand per person rose from 19.19 in 1914 to 34.63 in 1920 and climbed each year, reaching 70.27 in 1944 so far, with notes largely kept by individuals rather than businesses.
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Johnny Canuck
Bank of Canada
United States
Canadian soldiers seek home town papers abroad
Captain Violet Matthews of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry recently returned to her Toronto home and said Canadian troops overseas crave their hometown newspapers above all else.
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Violet Matthews
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
Toronto
Snow-Fighting Days Ahead For Railways
Railways prepare for winter as sectionmen and extra gangs ready tracks for harsh weather. Western CP lines await snowplows and wing plows while maintenance crews perform fall cleanups from the lakes to Vancouver Island.
Will Bounce Back and the War on Public Relations
The Liverpool Advance notes that mistreating a customer drives them away and sparks negative word of mouth. It warns that the saying There is a war on is a termite expression eroding goodwill and will need effort to repair. The piece urges buying War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Liverpool
Snow Fences and Plows Keep Canadian Pacific Tracks Clear
The Canadian Pacific Railway maintains over 1 800 miles of snow fences along more than 10 000 miles of track in the west. In exposed areas up to three fence lines are needed to prevent drifted snow from blocking rights of way. Prairie snowfall runs 12 to 14 feet, driven into drifts by winds, with plows backing up fences when needed. Glacier's Connaught Tunnel corridor sees 33 feet of snow yearly, requiring rotary plows and push-plows to manage heavy drifts. Rotary plows spin at 400 rpm, hurling snow away from the line in a raging maelstrom.
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Prairies
Western Lines
Canadian Pacific Railway
F. W. Alexander
T. E. Price
Head of
Lakes
Vancouver Island
Prairie
Rockies
Selkirks
Canadian Pacific
Glacier
Ulster Linen Industry Adopts Rayon Fabrics
Belfast hosts an exhibition of synthetic long-staple rayon fabrics for Ulster linen mills. The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland urges that rayon textiles are an adjunct to linen, not a competitor, as wartime flax scarcity continues to strain supply.
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Ulster
Belfast
Ulster Linen Mills
Northern Ireland
Intimate ties shape nations and unity in a community
Arthur E. Morgan argues unity requires love and cooperative work with neighbors. The piece notes mahogany trees dispersed across vast forests, sometimes as sparsely as one per square mile.
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Arthur E. Morgan
Peeling Potatoes by Gas Flame at 1750 Degrees
A curious world note explains that potatoes passed quickly through a gas flame at 1750 degrees peel themselves as moisture under the skin turns to steam and explodes.
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Seeded lotus lily sprouts after oven test in 3 days
A British scientist placed a 250 year old lotus lily seed in an oven and observed a shoot over three inches long with a visible root within three days. Privates in the Papal Guard are not allowed to marry.
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Papal Guard
Isaiah and Jesus on Peace and Loving Enemies
Sunday School lesson centers on the Beatitudes and the command to love enemies. It contrasts Old Testament calls for justice with Jesus teaching to bless and do good to all, citing Scripture from Isaiah, Matthew, Romans, and Proverbs to emphasize universal divine compassion.
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Isaiah
Jesus
Israel
F. W. Farrar
Father
Charles E. Jefferson
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UNRRA
Britain
General de Gauille
Consultative Assembly
RCAF
Normandy
Bombay
India
A. Janovics
Rand Laboratories
South Africa
Germany
Marshal Petain
By Fred Neher
Red
Will
Ulster Linen Industry
Gene Byrnes
Americas
Generall Cans
BY William Ferguson
DE Witt Matthews
Fis
Koncucky
SAN Idea
Philippine Savage
Teutonic
Deity
Ajao
Informer
Odin
Relative
Jewe
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