World Happenings Briefly Told
Former RAF crew members may apply for flying log books for personal retention. The 16th century King’s College chapel windows at Cambridge are being replaced after WW2 blitz damage. A 14 foot oak sapling was sent by the King to be planted in a Kentish Town Garden of Remembrance. A Poland census announces 75 people per square mile in February. The original manuscript of Alice in Wonderland sold for 50 000 dollars to A S W Rosenbach. Twenty eight girls and 12 men from British universities went to France under a student exchange. Mayor Curzon sent 15 500 courteous letters to Hendon children about soldier training. F Wakefield, 61, won the King’s Prize for best plowman at Langley, Buckinghamshire. British railway employees cultivate 21 150 allotments along tracks yielding a 99 000 dollar harvest. Tom Johnston says Scotland should supply all souvenirs for visitors, not Japan or Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies
J. W. Murphy
Fortune Magazine
Shanghai
New York
San Francisco
Japan
China
Okinawa
Central Reserve Bank
Chungking
Whitewater Jack MacNicol a Great Canadian at Work
The St Catharines Standard lauds John R. MacNicol Toronto M P nicknamed Whitewater Jack for his drive to irrigate Saskatchewan and Alberta. It notes his tours of the North and West, his water conservation plan, and support from M J Coldwell and the C C F leader. It compares irrigation to wartime spending and praises his vision for Canada’s welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. MacNicol
Toronto
M.P
Canada
Toronto- Davenport
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa News
MacNicol
P.M
St. Catharines
Not Quite Bankrupt The Lincoln Journal recounts a speech
The Lincoln State Journal describes a dinner including soup, rib roast, sides, rolls, butter, pie a la mode and coffee. A speaker begins by declaring We are a bankrupt nation and mentions Ducos patenting a motion picture device in 1564.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
State Journal
Prairie Premiers urge rapid removal of trade restrictions
Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba urge the Trade and Tariff Committee to immediately remove non essential trade barriers. A 3500 word brief signed by Premiers Manning Douglas and Garson argues exports key to the economy and calls for unilateral action toward tariff reductions and living cost relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Trade and Tariff Committee
E. C. Manning
T. C. Douglas
Stuart Garson
Canada
Social Credit
CCF
United Kingdom
United States
Prairie Provinces
U.S
Green light from mercy atoms may define new length standard
A tiny ray of green light, emitted by mercury atoms formed from gold, could set a more accurate length standard. Researchers Dr. Jacob Wiens and Dr. Luis Alvarez, at UC Berkeley, report developing the light source using a cyclotron to transmute gold into mercury, reversing alchemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Wiens
United States Navy Electronics Research Laboratory
Berkeley
Calif
Luis W. Alvarez
University of California
Wiens
Alvarez
Princess Elizabeth Leads Cadet Parade in Hyde Park
The princess, in a navy coat and hat, takes the salute from 5 000 to 6 000 army cadets in Hyde Park London. Maj Gen R E Urquhart stands with her at the saluting base as contingents from every country cadet association in the United Kingdom part in the march past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
London
Hyde Park
R. E. Urquhart
1St Airborne Division
Arnhem
Territorial Army
Army Cadet Force
Country Cadet Association
United Kingdom
Egg production costs dominated by feed and labor
The article notes feed as the largest cost in egg production, accounting for 50 to 60 percent of total costs, with labor at about 20 percent. It highlights feed as the major expense and implies management focus on feed efficiency.
Empire State Building’s Elevator Shafts Span Seven Miles
A historic note describes the Empire State Building in New York as housing seven miles of elevator shafts within its towering framework. The detail highlights the building’s complex vertical transportation system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire State Building
New York
Nursing consultant Mrs Abernethy’s UNRRA Greece post
Mrs C Ass Abernethy, once poor farm wife, became nursing advisor to UNRRA in Greece after serving Newfoundland public health. She replaced Mrs True, killed in Italy, and previously toiled on Saskatchewan and Manitoba farms during the 1930s downturn. Her reform work in Newfoundland led to the Greece assignment and later hospital management near Labrador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C Ass Abermethy
UNRRA
Greece
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
True
Italy
Abernethy
Public Health Service of
Newfoundland
Labrador
MNRRA
Sun Spots Explain Radio Disruptions By Solar Winds
Three Carnegie Institution scientists report electrically charged gases flow from sun spots into Earth's atmosphere racing toward the ionosphere at about a mile per second. They say these clouds disrupt the F layer, altering reflection paths and causing radio signals to fade during magnetic storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Earth
H. W. Wells
J. W. Watts
D. E. George
Ionosphere Laboratory
Kensington
Northern views mock Muskox operation in north claimed by foreman
J Osten Oglestone of Moose River Ontario ridicules Canada Army Operation Muskox calling publicity mischief. He notes hardy northern living, tents and gardens near North Bay and James Bay, arguing the north is healthy and not as dire as southern headlines suggest. The Hamilton Spectator urges the army to showcase genuine northern life.
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J. Osten Oglestone
Moose River
Ontario
Oglestone
Ottawa Journal
North Bay
Moosonee
James Bay
Arctic Circle
Jack Canuck
Muskox
Shangri-La
Hamilton Spectator
Letter from Dublin in 1941 mentions ham price demand
A sister in Dublin sent a June 1941 letter that reached Mrs. Fred Driver in Wimbledon, London. It describes a grocer who refused to cut a few pounds off a ham and made the writer take away a wheeled thing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Fred Driver
Wimbledon
London
Food Production Urges World Fish Sharing
In Ottawa C J Morrow of Lunenburg urges international distribution of fish to relieve global hunger. He calls for resuming war cabinet controls, long term marketing plans, and exemptions on fishing equipment to boost production and living standards in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
C. J. Morrow
Lunenburg
N.S
Fisheries Council of Canada
Dominion
Morrow
United States
Cuba
Australia
J. S. Eckman
Vancouver
Canada
Eye Health and Vitamin A Sources Highlighted
The Nutrition Division links catlike night vision to vitamin A from butter and edible yellow orange foods. It lists carrots squash pumpkin red peppers tomatoes and yellow corn as rich sources and advises regular large servings. Armenia adopted Christianity as state religion in 303 A.D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armenia
Luck And Honesty Reunite Serviceman’s Wife With Purse
A waste paper basket and an honest Ottawa shopkeeper led to a lucky recovery. A purse containing $338 of a serviceman’s gratuity money, their marriage license and papers was found in a store waste basket, given to police, and returned to the relieved wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Serviceman
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King’s College Chapel
Cambridge
Eng
Garden of Remembrance
Kentish Town
Poland
Warsaw Radio
A. S. W. Rosenbach
France
A. W. Curzon
Hendon
England
Langley
Buckinghamshire
F. Wakefield
Cippenham Court Farm
Slough
Tom Johnston
Scottish Tourist Board
Scotland
Birmingham
Ducos
Western
Princess Elizabeth
Mrs. Abernethy
By Fred Neher
Pinhead
Gene Byrnes
Willie
AXE
BY WiLliam Ferguson
NEA Service, Inc
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