World Happenings Briefly Told
Butchers in Britain face a 20 percent cut in meat for sausages and other commodities. The Countess Spencer becomes Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen. The coronation chair awaits transport back to Westminster Abbey after bombing safety. Germany plundered 140000 cattle from 36 Italian provinces during occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Countess Spencer
Victoria Memyss
Queen
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey
Influence of Timothy's Christian Home in Pauls Letter
Sunday School lesson notes summarize Pauls addresses to Timothy and Titus. It notes Timothy's trusted lineage from Lois and Eunice, his ordination gift, and the call to nurture faith through scripture. It highlights temperance and virtuous living urged for elders and believers.
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Timothy
Paul
God the Father
Christ Jesus Our Lord
Lois
Eunice
Christ Jesus
Ephesus
Titus
Radar Aid Forecasts Weather Hazards From Storms Near Flight Paths
The text describes radar development in 1942 linking radar echo splotches to storm locations. It notes a Caribbean radar network for defense around the Panama Canal and how unexplained returns matched stormy areas, prompting meteorologists to pursue weather charting uses.
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A.A.F
Caribbean
Panama Canal
Strikes and labor woes cited by Dave Boone
Dave Boone argues in the New York Sun that widespread strikes create the impression that American workers are the most abused and underpaid group in history while employers resemble villainous figures such as Simon Legree Gargantua and Jesse James.
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Dave Boone
New York Sun
Simon Legree
Gargantua
Jesse James
Globe returns to Chateau Laurier lobby after war loan
The famous terrestrial globe once displayed in the Chateau Laurier’s lobby returns after being loaned by Robert Sommerville for the war. The globe had been prominent for a decade and visitors often spun it to study world geography.
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Chateau Laurier
National Defence
Robert Sommerville
Canadian National Hotels
March of Ideas To Face Forward
The article argues patriotism grows from a wider view of nation as part of a global commonwealth. It warns against isolating security and prosperity in armament and insists nations must embrace international cooperation as global problems rise. It stresses interdependence and shared economic and political duties.
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Commonwealth of Nations
New York Times
Repatriation Tale of a Corporeal Alibi
A corporal aboard a troop transport created a dramatic delaying alibi at the dock and later at sea, only to be outwitted by draft officers who discovered the deception. Health Magazine notes that worrying is useful only if it spurs action, otherwise it yields fruitless fear and eventual concern over real issues.
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Health
Carat to Ounce Conversion Noted at 142 Carats per Ounce
A report states that roughly 142 carats equal one ounce, outlining the basic unit conversion for gem material pricing and weighing standards used by jewelers and traders.
Universal suffrage enacted for Russian parliamentary vote
The Supreme Soviet approves a law for direct secret universal suffrage in the February 10 elections. It grants voting rights regardless of race faith sex or origin and allows new clergy to vote and be elected. Candidates must be at least 23, voters 18.
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Supreme Soviet
Moscow
Air mail dates and early wireless disruption
The record notes that regular air mail began in 1894 using homing pigeons to link Santa Catalina Island with Los Angeles. Marconi’s wireless, introduced by 1898, ended this era of early air service.
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America
Santa Catalina Island
Los Angeles
Marconi’s
Wireless
Canada Faces Historic Housing Shortage And Looming Reconstruction Rush
Canada confronts a severe housing shortage born from wartime shifts with a building boom outpacing labor and materials. Officials warn the backlog will persist into 1946, as veteran housing tops priority and hardwood flooring along with finishing lumber remain scarce, while construction payrolls grow with discharged servicemen and war workers.
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Canada
New Brunswick
Montreal
Toronto
Howe
Radar type rail link tested on Rock Island Lines
The first RF radar components will be applied to the Rock Island Lines railway communication system based on advice from Canadian National Railways headquaters in Winnipeg. Sperry Gyroscope Company develops radar type radio system for military and naval operations recently approved by the U S Government.
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Rock Island
Canadian National Railways
Winnipeg
Rock Islands
Sperry Gyroscope Company
U.S
Buffalo Bill era meat rot after skin removal
In Buffalo Bill's time the buffalo meat had no market and was left to rot where found after the hides were stripped, leaving carcasses to decay in the plains.
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Buffalo Bill
Doctor’s Pacific camp tale reveals stubborn bore among many women
Dr C A Dereede recalls life in Tjideng camp Batavia where 12 men shared space with about 10 000 Dutch and English women and children under Japanese rule. He Sterne describes the experience as a long nightmare noting his wife faced harsher tensions from jealous women while he remained married with two daughters.
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C. A. Dereede
Tjideng
Batavia
Churchill to Delay Writing Books or Articles
Newsweek reports former Prime Minister Winston Churchill will not produce books or articles for now to protect his political position. He cites low financial gains due to high income tax and suggests any future writings would appear posthumously if at all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newsweek
Churchill
Heart Disease Now Seen as Manageable Condition
Dr. Walter Modell of Cornell University Medical College writes in Hygeia that most heart disease patients live long, useful lives and that many forms need not impair normal existence. He argues the public misperceives causes, notes rising deaths reflect longer life spans, and urges physician guided evaluation and treatment.
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Walter Modell
Hygeia
American Medical Association
Modell
Department of
Pharmacology
Cornell University Medical College
New York
Dr. Modell
Ring‑type brooches define medieval women's attire
The article notes that medieval women wore ring type brooches whose pins were secured by fabric threads passing through the ring.
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Alan E. Cameron
Dominion
Canadian Institute of Mines and Metallurgy
Yellowknife
N.W.T
United Nations’ Shipping Pool
United Maritime Authority
Washington
The
Moscow Radio
Russia
Supreme Soviet of
Soviet Union
Holland
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore
India
Joshua
Broken Hill
Australia
Prices Board Consumer Branch
March of Ideas
Corporal
By Fred Neher
Reg'lar
Pinhead
Gene Byrnes
Fritz Klein
Lueneburg
Germany
Belsen
Klein
Doctor
BY William Ferguson
Guanaye
Perl
Jan
Avick
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