World Happenings Briefly Told
World events include Britain, Switzerland and Russia resuming diplomatic relations after a year-long break. An art sale in London features a six-foot Venus de Milo cast for £2,000. Astronomers at Mount Wilson place the distance to a nebula in Boötes at 1.2 quintillion miles. Canada seeks shipyards to build steel launches and barges for the French Colonial Purchasing Agency.
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Switzeland
Russia
A.D. Meftae
Vancouver
London
Lady Mitchett
BBC
Mount Wtlson Observatory
Bootes
Maritime Workers Federation
Purchasig Agency
Shipyards Canada
Garden and crop variety advice in wartime seed catalogs
Garden editor urges broadening varieties beyond beans and lettuce, highlighting numerous vegetables like spinach, peppers, turnips, cabbage, and soybeans. Emphasizes selecting from Canadian catalogs, adopting improved strains, and avoiding over tidy cultivation while investing in soil humus through composting and soil turnover for higher yields. A brief note on a Cyprus button factory underscores diverse industries.
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Canada
University servicemen aided by staff in air force
Private Haroldur Skafel of the University unit receives assistance from Staff Sgt. Charles F. Scott, based in Regina and Calgary, with related support from a post staff.
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University
Haroldur Skafel
Ratner
Charles F. Scott
Regina
Calgary
Princess Elizabeth tours Ulster with cheering crowds in 1950s drive
Princess Elizabeth made her first solo tour outside Britain visiting Ulster towns Armagh Tyrone Fermanagh Down and Derry enjoying enthusiastic welcomes from locals at farms schools and villages. She rode with her uncle and aunt Lord and Lady Granville and visited Dungannon Portadown and the River Bann area before lunch in Armagh. Also noted is a London firm that uses spider webs and horsehair in land surveying instruments and a Michigan educator urging Americans to learn Canadian history and geography.
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Northern Ireland
Princess Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Ulster
Eagle
Belfast
England
Scotland
Government House
Hillsboro
Down County
Lord
Lady Granville
Down
Armagh
Tyrone
Fermanagh
Portadown
Dungannon
Bann
London
Britain
F. Barker and Son
Clerkenwell Road
Churchill and Eisenhower Admired as Great Allied Leaders
The Ottawa Journal notes a Richmond tribute by General Eisenhower to Sir Winston Churchill. It asserts both men embody admirable qualities and strengthen Anglo American friendship essential for future world stability. It praises Churchill's continued clarity in world affairs and Eisenhower's leadership, modesty, generosity, and intellect.
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Churchill
Eisenhower
Richmond
Ottawa Journal
Self-righting Reboat Idea from Floating Crock
William Would, while helping a woman lift a heavy vessel from a well, noticed a broken crock on the water that righted itself repeatedly. This observation sparked his invention of a self-righting reboat.
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William
Memorizing 25 Insects a Day Takes Decades to Catalog
A person who learns 25 new insect names daily would require over six decades to memorize all those described and catalogued by scientists, illustrating the vast scope of entomology and species discovery.
Dress Clothes Lift Morale and Mood Says The Scene Writer
A Muskoka monthly The Scene notes that dressing well banishes wartime strains and boosts morale, arguing that fine clothes create a clean cut look, spark conversation, and give a confident, million dollar feeling, despite minor wardrobe quirks. It cites civil servants in remote areas using dress at dinner to feel connected to civilization.
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Shingwauk Farm
Muskoka
St. Thomas Times Journal
Craft shops aid service men in a machine age
Supervisor Bob Wallace leads craft shops across Canada and Europe, turning old stables and garages into well equipped rooms where RCAF and Army personnel pay for materials to make items from model steam engines to ornamental copper trays. The crafts program, now widely adopted in England and on the continent, helps service members express individuality through powered tools and shared workshops. Also noted are Aero Club of Canada stamps selling for £225 at a London auction and Dr Lin Yutang’s Oriental typewriter adaptation.
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RCAF
Army
Bob) Wallace
Brantford Collegiate
Toronto
YMCA
Aurich
Germany
Bob
Taylor Statten
Ahmed
Ontario
Algonquin Park
Camp Borden
Petawaw Kingston
Barrie
Canada
Rockcliffe
Borden
Canadian Reinforcement Units
England
Wallace
Farnborough
Hampshire
Barriefield
Civyy Street
Diphtheria immunization urged as vital public health aim
Editorial from the Canadian Journal of Public Health stresses renewed effort to immunize all children and adults against diphtheria. It warns of complacency, cites recent Ottawa area deaths, and calls for recall doses and possible broader re-immunization in special circumstances. It notes that control hinges on widespread active immunization and that any case reflects failure to immunize.
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Canadian Journal of Public Health
United
Canada
Ottawa
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Roma
Atlantic
Beingie
EL. Woods
College of Pharmacy
University of Saskntchewan
Pew Department of Pharmacy
University of British Columba
Organer
Frankfurt
United States
Cyprus
Larnaca
Fice
Army Education Services
Dundurn
C. A. Hopkins
Saskatoon
A.M. Macaulay
Doug. Minor
Dawson Creek
Cpl
W. B. Olson
Camrose
Alta
Pte. W. Roberts
J.B. Edmonson
School of
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
By Fred Neher
The
Aero Club of Canada
Sir
Lin Yutang
Meer
Abpyornis
Norman JY Gould Yy Mawarose
By William Ferguson
Gene Byrnes
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