World Happenings Briefly Told
Alfred Bristol Zoo gorilla receives extra lettuce on his 18th birthday. World contributions total 78 000 pounds to restore St Pauls Cathedral. Britain lays 200 nautical mile submarine cable to Germany. Planning mission to draft blueprints for new towns in war devasted north Borneo. General Louis Botha statue unveiled in Capetown by his daughter. Machinery from Mannheim sub factory sent to Russia as reparations. British butchers may soon add professional letters to names. Institute of Meat established with Fellows Members and Associates. Princess Elizabeth shoots a 12 point stag in Scottish Highlands. UN reports working capital fund contributions of 18 695 785.05 dollars, 74.78 percent of total 24 999 500.
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Britain
Institute of Meat
The
United Nations
Value of a Farm Wife Put at One Hundred Thousand Dollars
A New York Times opinion piece cites University of Minnesota professor George A Pond claiming a good farm wife is worth 69000 dollars based on cooperative effort raising farm profits. The article argues the figure is conservative and even suggests 100000 dollars, noting a wife handles many household duties and supports family needs.
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George A. Pond
University of Minnesota
David
New York Times
Whitewash For Winter Quarters Of Farm Animals
Farmers urged to sanitize winter stables and poultry houses by whitewashing. Clean surfaces, dampen before application, strain whitewash, and add carbolic acid for a disinfectant mix. Dominion Agriculture Ottawa offers recipes for various whitewash types.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
South Africa Gives Britain Cash Gifts as National Tribute
Prime Minister Smuts presented Britain with gifts exceeding £1,000,000 as a national tribute. At 10 Downing Street Attlee called it a wonderful symbol of shared spirit for a new peaceful era. The note mentions El Azhar in Cairo as the world’s oldest university, claimed as founded in 2696.
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Smuts
South Africa
Britain
10 Downing Street
Attlee
el Azhar At
Cairo
Baked Chops With Bran Stuffing
Chops stuffed with Bran Stuffing are fried to brown, then baked 45 minutes in a 350 degree oven. Garnish with sautéed apple slices. Bran stuffing combines bread crumbs bran poultry seasoning onion pepper and milk or stock. Yield four servings.
Eight Americans to challenge for Walker Cup in Britain
New York news confirms eight top American amateurs will travel to Britain to compete in the Walker Cup at St Andrews on May 16 and 17 1947. The United States hopes to regain the international trophy after Britain’s 1938 win and the wartime hiatus.
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New York
Britain
U.S.G.A
United States
St. Andrews
Scotland
Europe
St. Paul
Minn
Origin Of Name Great Slave Lake and Yellowknife Origins
The piece notes Great Slave Lake s name allegedly derives from the Slavies tribe roaming the region while Yellowknife reflects a tribe named for carriers of yellow copper knives from the Coppermine river area. It adds that near absolute zero metals lose electrical resistance to flow.
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Great Slave Lake
Lake Erie
Yellowknife
Coppermine River
Extra Precautions for Penicillin Production
The article describes rigorous safeguards for penicillin production in hospital and physician settings. Penicillin is kept in glass lined chambers with seamless floors, sterilized attire is required for all entrants, sterile air is maintained under slight pressure, and ultraviolet rays are used as an additional precaution. It notes soap-making’s ancient Italian roots.
British bicycle upgrade with energy storing motor and radio
British designers unveil a bicycle featuring a downhill energy storage motor and radio, promising freewheeling uphill with music. The innovation aims to reduce the frustration of opposing road slopes and would thrill cycling clubs at rallies.
June Weddings and Juno Named Month Roots
The piece contrasts forgetfulness of unkind acts with memory of kindness and kept promises. It notes June's popularity as a wedding month, tied to Juno wife of Jupiter and goddess of marriage, suggesting cultural associations with matrimonial ceremonies.
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Juno
Jupiter
Little silver mine found in war surplus kits
Milton Hammer of the War Assets Administration says assays by the Bureau of Standards show each surplus desalting kit contains five ounces of silver worth several dollars, though kits sold for five cents. After the finding, 235,000 kits were frozen and offered to the highest bidders with a bottom price of 3.75 dollars. The government paid about 20 dollars per kit.
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United States War Assets Administration
Milton Hammer
WAA
Bureau of Standards
Hammer
House Surplus Property Committee
Return To Bikini After Nuclear Tests Moves Considered
Air Marshal E W Stedman told a Ottawa gathering that Bikini inhabitants likely return to the atoll, calling the relocation for underwater tests wise due to heavy showering water and radioactive contamination. He cited the Kimberly mine in South Africa as the deepest diamond mine at 3,600 feet.
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Bikini
E. W. Stedman
Ottawa
Kimberly
South Africa
Moon colony possible says British Interplanetary Society
British Interplanetary Society members, many scientists, believe lunar colonization could occur in 20 to 30 years with artificial air and protection for the lack of air water and erosion. They acknowledge no life on the moon as known but consider life forms adapting to airless conditions possible.
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British Interplanetary Society
L. J. Carter
Society
Carter
Interplanetary Society
Mr. Carter
Education funding in new Russian budget for 1946 47
Moscow radio reports education expenditure for the 1946 47 budget at 40 160 000 000 rubles 8 032 000 000 dollars an increase of 13 792 000 000 rubles 2 758 000 000 dollars over the previous year.
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Moscow Radio
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Capetown
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Mannheim
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