World happenings briefly told across frontiers
British prisoners of war in Switzerland contributed £585 to Red Cross and St John Ambulance last year. Maj Gen Victor Odell, Canadian ambassador to China, returned to Chungking after months in Canada. Reginald Leiper British ambassador to Greece knighted by King George VI. A German escapee from a South Wales POW camp was recaptured in Scotland after six weeks free. The Warsaw government decreed Danzig incorporation into Poland per Lublin radio. The British Legion in 1944 found 7,144 jobs for former service members, 3,603 discharged during this war. Montgomery presented British medals to 39 US Army personnel for Allied Western Front victories. Alderman R Corish was honoured with the freedom of Wexford on his 25th mayoral year. Canadian surgeons’ wartime military procedures to influence Russian treatment plans observed in Toronto.
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Switzerland
Red Cross
St. John Ambulance
Reginald Leiper
Greece
George VI
British Broadcasting Company
South Wales
Scotland
Warsaw
Danzig
Poland
Lublin
British Legion
Wexford
Eire
Ald. R. Corish
Chorley Park Hospital
Toronto
Abraham’s Call and Journey to Canaan in Genesis
Summary of Sunday school lesson on Abraham’s faith and migration from Ur to Haran and then to Canaan. Includes references to Genesis 12 50 Acts 7 Hebrews 11 and notes on the Hebrew identity and Genesis stories of Isaac Jacob Esau and Joseph. Also covers Stephen’s summary and the migration theme in Genesis 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham
Haran
Canaan
Isaac
Egypt
Stephen
Witter
Palestine
Eber
Chaldea
Tigris
Euphrates
Persian Gulf
Terah
Danish Monopoly Claims Navigation Rights in Northern Pacific
A Danish policy once asserted sole right to navigate the northern Pacific and barred other nations from trading there, reflecting historic maritime competition in the region. The claim illustrates past tensions over who could access critical sea routes and resources.
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Spain
Northern
Pacific
Churchill Pays Tribute To Lloyd George In Commons
Prime Minister Churchill thanked late Earl Lloyd George calling him a champion of the weak and the poor and the greatest Welshman since the Tudors. He praised Lloyd George for launching liberal and radical forces that advanced social betterment and spoke of his understanding of the life of the people.
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Churchill
Earl Lloyd George Fas
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Soapless soap promises cleaner tubs after war
A post war synthetic detergent touted as soapless soap promises to eliminate tub rings in hard soft or salt water. Chemists describe it as molecularly juggled detergent developed after ten years of research. War Savings Stamps program referenced as a purchase option.
Crossword Puzzle Clues From A Fragment Page
Puzzle clues appear with numbers and short hints. The readable items include a 45 across entry Crownke Humpbackea bird and several other labeled numbers such as 54 25 41 42 44 with partial phrases and garbled text. The legible parts suggest a crossword with bird, passage, conjunction, and lone entries amid corrupted OCR.
Midget carriers bolster Atlantic convoy safety
The Admiralty in London revealed that British merchant ships have operated small decked midget aircraft carriers since 1943. These unique vessels blend merchant and escort duties, sending off tiny fighter craft that kept U boats at bay, though few dramatic battle successes were credited. They saved ships by eliminating catapulted planes that could not return, preventing 100 percent aircraft loss at sea.
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Atlantic
Admiralty
London
Lost Guinea Pig Seeks Return From Bellows Falls Reader
A resident of Bellows Falls Vermont asks J C Webber at Canadian National Railways Montreal to locate a brown shoe box with string left in Car K 106 at The Montrealer. The box is said to contain a guinea pig with lettuce or carrot, last seen en route from Philadelphia to Bellows Falls.
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Bellows Falls
J.C. Webber
Canadian National Railways Central
Montreal
Philadelphia
Bellows Fall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Victor Odill
China
Chungking
Canada
Marshal Montgomery
United States Army
Western Front
Pioneers OF Faith
Jacob
Esau
Joseph
Royal Navy
Germany
Rhine
Rmany—Stoker
T. W. Craine
Naval Land
Earl Lloyd George
Regul
Reg
Aire
We, Eck
Gene Byrn
By William Ferguson
Kwiz Korner
Eapon
Unfivenames
Robert Fela
Serence Soto
Come Seaver
By Fred Neher
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