World Happenings Briefly Told
About 3 500 German prisoners work on farms in Ontario Manitoba and Alberta slightly more than last year. A London Daily Graphic column says 6 000 Canadian servicemen left in Britain some will stay five or more years. Canadian fluid milk sales in 1945 rose to over four billion pounds and may rise 5 to 10 percent. South Africa names a director of food supplies to organize urban cereal rationing. The land appeal endures for girls as the British Women's Land Army reports 1 400 inquiries in week one of a new campaign. During demobilization year 3 150 000 outfits or 31 500 000 clothing items were issued to service leavers. Reconstruction Minister Howe said aviation facilities in Canada cost more than revenue. Eire aims to compete for the British bacon market. The government tightens hog industry control, with 350 000 farmers affected. A new $4 500 000 granary, Scotland’s largest milling project, will be built in Renfrew by a Clyde shipper, mainly to handle grain from Canada. A special laboratory at Sault Ste. Marie will develop disease cultures to combat forest insects like spruce budworm and hemlock looper.
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Rome
Italy
United States
South America
France
Argentina
Brazil
Belgium
Switzerland
U.S
Seeco-Suardo
Lecco Suardo
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
United Kingdom
Italian Emigration Surge Reaches U S and Americas
Italy plans to emigrate up to 750,000 people over three years with the United States as the first destination, Argentina and Brazil next, and limited numbers to France or Switzerland. U.S. quotas and travel limits raise questions about the impact on Italy and the world.
Color pictures sent by radio linking continents
Wireless advances enable transmission of color photos across thousands of miles. Two four color pictures have already sailed from England to Australia, with forecasts of rapid completion for events such as a London procession appearing in Australia the next day.
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England
Australia
London
Comet Schwassman Wachmann Found On 1902 Plate
A 1902 photographic plate reveals the Schwassman Wachmann comet photographed in 1902, though the official discovery occurred in 1927. The note adds that artificial light would erase most night colors, leaving moonlit contrasts as the main illumination.
Water Safety for Rural Wells in Prairie Provinces
The article explains how rural water supplies from shallow wells are prone to contamination and outlines practical protection steps. It covers sources of pollution, watertight well construction, chlorine disinfection with lime, and the role of regular bacteriological testing and possible reconstruction or treatment when analyses remain poor.
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Prairie Provinces
Department of Health
History Repeats Itself in Roman Work-Force Clash
In the first century Romans rejected an inventor’s device to move heavy columns fearing job losses. The episode shows early resistance to automation and its impact on labor.
Friendly Gesture Links English and Belgian Schools
Britain's Ministry of Education announces a scheme to pair English and Belgian schools, exchange correspondence, and connect pupils for exchanges and holidays. A France-Britain scheme started in November has drawn wide interest with 15000 English pupils corresponding to French peers and 250 British schools linked with French counterparts.
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Belgium
Britain
Ministry of Education
France
British Army Finds Limpet Mine Link to Empire Rival Attack
After a two day hunt at Sedat Yam near Haifa British forces say they uncovered a limpet mine like the one used against the refugee ship Empire Rival. Four thousand troops and trained dogs located an inert mine and frogman equipment tied to the incident.
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Jerusalem
Sedat Yam
Empire Rival
Cypress
Haifa
Lightning Strikes Twice Strike Hits Harrison Barns
Melvin Jordan loses a second barn in Harrison Maine when lightning destroys the rebuilt structure after wartime delays. A prior barn, damaged years before, had already been replaced and then struck again by a second lightning event.
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Harrison
Melvin Jordan
Johnson
Dallas finds its prettiest girl in Martha Jane Lee
Martha Jane Lee a 21 year old information clerk at a Dallas hotel is hailed as the prettiest girl in Dallas by model agency head Harry Conover who spent three days in the city selecting five girls to work for him. He found Miss Lee when his wife Candy Jones suggested the in formation clerk. Conover and his model wife recently wed in Hamilton Ontario.
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Martha Jane Lee
Dallas
Tex
Harry Conover
Miss Lee
Candy Jones
Wartime Price Controls Fading Amid Calls for Moderation
The Windsor Star notes that price controls, once a wartime success due to broad public effort, now lack the needed unity. It cites Hon. D. C. Abbott urging moderation among labor and producers and warns that without it chaotic, possibly chaotic conditions could please speculation.
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Hon
D. C. Abbott
Windsor Star
Training tests at Cobham for future diplomats
A new three day training system at Cobham Surrey tests foreign and domestic service candidates. At Loke dAbernon Manor guests undergo various tasks including dismantling and reassembling a water tank under observation by psychologists. Of 700 candidates tested last summer only 15 passed 670 rejected 15 placed on reserve.
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Cobham
Surrey
Loke d’Abernon Manor
Valuable cargo prompts safes on British South American Airways planes
The airline has begun placing safes on its London to South America route after transporting diamonds emeralds money and even snakes. The surge in valuable freight led to standard fitting of specially designed strong boxes on the London South America run.
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British South American Airways Corporation
British citizenship changes end marriage as a citizenship trigger
Home Secretary Chuter Ede announced reforms to British citizenship law to stop British women from losing citizenship by marrying foreigners and to require alien wives of Britons to naturalize. The changes, urged by women’s groups, follow a historical shift from 1878 rules to 1933 adjustments and aim to equalize rights with men.
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Chuter Ede
Home Secretary
Brockville Soap Scramble Causes Woman to Faint in Line
In Brockville a queue turned chaotic as shoppers crowded for soap, a local woman fainted but could not fall due to the crowd. She was carried to the street where she revived.
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Brockville
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Lecco-Suardo
Yugoslavia
Military Guard
Dean Acheson
Marshal Tito
Limpet Mine
Palestine
By Fred Neher
Harry
Beauty
Gene Byrnes
BY William Ferguson
Japan
Miss A.racek
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