World Happenings Briefly Told
Government order in council sets Aug 15 as official war ending date for certain tenancy agreements. Canada-Netherlands radio service restored. Nazi master file with 8,000,000 names captured by Allies. Goodrich Rubber president sees no civilian fires unrationed before 1946. Churchill named honorary freeman of Westminster. Palomar telescope construction resumes. completion in 1–2 years. Polish towns regain 28 dailies from wartime caves. Canada praised in Jamaican trade for bananas sugar citrus coffee. Gibraltar lighthouse 350000 candlepower back in use, aiding convoys in fog.
Be Tenderly Affectioned in Honor Preferring One Another
A Sunday school devotional outlines Romans 12 themes on using varied gifts within the church, judging oneself soberly, and fostering a genuine love. It emphasizes unity, cheerful giving, and creating a positive spiritual climate, noting the danger of evil and hypocrisy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
Halford E. Luccock
Moffatt
China’s Opportunity in Craft Markets and Medicine
The passage notes China’s potential to compete with Japan in handicrafts and design beauty, aiming to capture American knickknack demand. It mentions Rutin, a tobacco-derived drug for capillary fragility linked to high blood pressure, as a medical note.
Open disagreement at London Conference seen as hopeful change
The New York Times argues that frank open debate among Foreign Ministers signals progress toward worldwide cooperation. Secret sessions are viewed as necessary compromises, not mischief, and preparation is framed as part of open diplomacy rather than secret plotting.
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London
House of Representatives
House of Commons
New York Times
Capacity to See Ultra-violet Vision Discovered by English Physicist
English physicist A. G. Gayden and Harvard’s Prof George Waldo describe how cataract surgery enabling lens removal vastly boosts UV sensitivity. After lens removal, the eye allows ultraviolet light to reach the retina, enabling UV reading for some patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Gayden
George Waldo
Harvard Biological Laboratories
Optical Society of America
Waldo
Gayden
Armor Plated Cars From Hitler and Goering Sighted in New York
Report describes armored Mercedes Benz vehicles of Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering arriving in New York for the victory loan event. Goering’s car is a low convertible with bullet proof glass. Hitler’s is a longer, heavier model with thicker windows and greater height. The pair traveled via freight through Washington and to Fort Myer for display.
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Hitler
Goering
Washington
Fort Myer
United States
New York
Measured in Handfuls to Fill Vacuum of Atomic Era
The piece notes Oak Ridge construction yielded minuscule outputs and that shipments, even in briefcases, carried radioactive materials for atomic work. It discusses postwar power shifts and the likely roles of Britain, the United States, Russia, and China as Japan’s influence wanes, with Russia possibly filling the vacuum. It ends with a geological aside about Utah as an inland sea.
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Russia
Japan
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Orient
Britain
United States
China
Soviet Union
Saskatchewan to inaugurate air ambulance service
The Saskatchewan Department of Public Health will launch air ambulance flights in two phases with northern and southern zones. A Norseman aircraft is prepared for the south, while northern flights use existing aircraft. A $25 flat fee applies per flight, with higher costs charged when nonessential. Flights require a physician or registered nurse request and land at government licensed airports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan Department of Public Health
T. C. Douglas
Public Health
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Department of Public Health
Department of Natural Resources
Medical Services Division
Health Department
Natural Resources Department
Douglas
Poor Accent Controversy On Scots Dialect Slippage
The Burns' Federation warns slang may creep into Scots speech while a Scots reader recalls an American claim to come from "God's own country." A Member of the Sect counters that Scots accent is strong even when mispronounced by outsiders. A British view notes English speakers see a Scottish accent as foreign speech. The Halifax Chronicle mentions being deep in a foxhole.
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Burns’ Federation
Halifax Chronicle
Pasteurization Helps Make Milk Safer for All
Dr A E Berry of Ontario reports pasteurization has made milk safe without reducing its nutritional value. He notes Ontario’s compulsory pasteurization covers most fluid milk sales with upcoming rural expansions and cites a drop in typhoid and related illnesses since the law seven years ago.
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Canada
Ontario
A. E. Berry
Ontario Department of Health
Newspaper sales surpass bread loaves in North America
Allen Sykes of New York, eastern manager for the American Newspaper Association, told the Advertising and Sales Club that newspaper sales in Canada and the United States rose from 29,000,000 copies in 1921 to 48,000,000 last year. He added that daily bread sales in the same region run about 30,000,000 loaves.
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Canada
United States
Allen Sykes
New York
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Association
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Netherlands
Nazi Party
George Lawin
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co
Westminster City
Winston Churchill
Mount Palomar
California
Poland
Kingston
Jamaica
Dominion
Gibraltar
Fellowship IN the Church
Florida
Ceylon
Hero of
Leonard Birchall
St. Catharines
Ont
DeWitt Mackenzie
A.P
Gen. MacArthur
Utah
Pips
By Fred Neher
Doctor Jones
Gene Byrnes
Vane
By William Ferguson
Old Duell
Nebraska
LAW
Logan Canyon Highway
Cache Nat's Forest
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