Faith in Hanover Rally Lifts European Youth Hope
Rev. Wilson E. Bergstrand cites Dr. Hans Lilje leading a Hanover rally that drew 20 000 youths after the war era 3 000 attendance. He says world council delegates worry but church efforts steadily retrieve lost youth.
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Europe
Hans Lilje
Hanover
Germany
Wilson E. Bergstrand
Lutheran Augustana Synod
Bergstrand
World Council of Churches
Geneva
Switzerland
Lilje
Mosquito Netting Aims For Hot Weather Comfort
War Department biogeographer Paul Siple told a GE science forum that lightweight mosquito netting worn away from the body by spacers would not hinder air flow or visibility. He said the design would block direct solar radiation and enable maximum use of air movement for comfort.
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Paul Siple
War Department
General Electric Science Forum
Siple
Confucius Birth and Death Years Noted
A historical note states Confucius was born in 551 B C in China and died in 479 B C, marking his lifespan and origin in ancient times.
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Confucius
China
Snow Cloaked Alps Hold Nazi Skirmish and Escape
In the Alpine snows of Austria a young woman helps Jews flee toward Switzerland while Nazis pursue. General Mott, obsessed with trapping ski tracks, orders harsh crackdowns as Kroger protects the escape route. A fatal shot in a glacial garage ends the pursuit. Kroger and the girl escape toward safety.
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Austria
Alps
Mott
Gestapo
Kroger
Luuck
Switzerland
Europe
Goering
General Mott
Vienna
General
Junior Miss Slim Pattern 4736 Includes Hat
Pattern 4736 offers three sleeve lengths for junior miss sizes 11 13 15 and 17 with a slim waist design. Size 13 dress needs 214 yards of 54 inch fabric and hat fabric required. a flat flounced hat is included. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermott Ave E Winnipeg Man with size name address and style number.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg
Union
McDermott Ave. E
Man
Paper shortage may last years says distributor official
H Moore, secretary of the food distributors, told the British United Press in Winnipeg that wrapping paper and bags are scarce not temporarily but for years. He cites demand from the building trade and UNRRA. He suggests consumers make hold-all bags and use oilcloth for meat and other wrapped goods.
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H. Moore
United Press
Winnipeg
UNRRA
Successful season at Churchill port marked by grain exports
Churchill Manitoba officials tally 1946 shipping season as two final freighters Fort Richelieu and Hill Crest Park leave for England. Wheat exports reach unofficial 2,800,000 bushels, fifth busiest by ships and possibly third by volume. Dalgieish line also carries pit props, whiskey, curling stones, and china. All grain moved via 1000 mile Hudson Bay Railway. about 160 dock and railway workers hired from outside communities.
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Churchill
Man
England
Hudson Bay
Fort Richelieu
Hill Crest Park
Dalgieish Line
Hudson Bay Railway
Canadian Shield
Gratitude of a Muskoka Skunk Ends With Freedom
A Muskoka Lake skunk wedged its head in a quart jar during a cottage stay. After the owners planned to shoot it, the animal escaped. Days later the woman freed the skunk by removing the jar, and the grateful animal scampered off into the woods.
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Toronto
Border crossing rules urged by Northwest aviation planners
At the Northwest Aviation Planning Conference in Butte Montana pilots urged easier border crossing procedures while stressing safety. Delegates thanked Canada's Department of Transport for locating missing American fliers, and warned pilots not to fly in unfamiliar areas without route information. Casein is processed into paper coatings wall paints adhesives and other products.
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Northwest Aviation Planning Conference
Butte
Montana
Rundle
Department of Transport
Selected Recipes Cooking for the Crowd
Practical guide for feeding 20 or more with tested large-quantity dishes. Includes Chicken and Celery Casserole with layered chicken celery and white sauce baked 400 F for 5 minutes and Rice Cereal Corn Dish with eggs baked in a water bath for 60 minutes Yield: 20 servings.
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Supper Committee
London conference forms world medical association
The London conference establishes a world medical association from national bodies to foster closer ties among global organizations and physicians, aiming to raise health levels for all peoples.
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London
Plastic Decking Replaces Wood on Mauretania and QE Hulls
British shipyards adopt new plastic decking for Mauretania replacing wooden planks on decks with colored plastic that cleans easily, resists oil, and does not require holystoning. The material, a Clydeside product, is also used on the Blackburn and is claimed to be springy, fire resistant, and eye friendly. Additionally Queen Elizabeth’s hull below the waterline receives a plastic treatment.
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Mauretania
Blackburn
Plastic Perspex Aids Skull Repair In Surgery
London reports that plastic perspex already widely used in surgery is used to repair defective skulls. Maj George Blaine M D notes plastics can be molded to shape to restore facial bones and mask missing nose or ear with matched color and texture. Some plastics may be absorbed by living tissue. Cement is only one component of concrete.
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London
George Blaine
Medical
Blaine
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Phillips
Vicki VapoRub
VapoRus
Skunk
Aviation Conference
Boi
Vival
Moll
Form World Association
Henri Becquerel
Vaar
Cement
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