World Happenings Briefly Told
Seven oyster bed veterans near Colchester average 74 with the oldest 85. Bengal boosts goat raising as deaths rise 50,000 last year. Britain mothballed warplane factories to store food and goods. Manitoba 1944 industrial output valued at 350 million, up 50 million from 1943. The Metropolitan Museum shows ancient Thebes bread loaves 3500 years old. Dutch resistance funded fighters’ families with 540,000 monthly in 1944. St Dunstan’s Review to publish Braille edition after 20 years. Shipowner Harold K Salvesen to donate 20 cottages for disabled seamen. NZ plans 30,000 postwar dwellings in three years. 4,000 by private firms. government to build 8,000 in first year.
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Colchester
Bengal
India
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
Thebes
St Dunstan's Review
London
Brailie
Leith
Scotland
Harold K. Salvesen
New Zealand
Founding of the Nation Sunday Lesson Summary
Memory verse from Proverbs 14 34 anchors the lesson on righteousness. The devotional reading ties Exodus 18 20 and Acts 7 17 44 to Moses birth burning bush laws and the Ten Commandments. The lesson traces the Exodus wilderness journey from Red Sea to Sinai through Korah rebellion to Moses death and Joshua succession.
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Egypt
Moses
Pharaoh
Midian
Israel
Red Sea
Sinai
Jethro
Plains
Moab
Miriam
Canaan
Korah
Balam
Joshua
Reuben
Gad
Manasseh
Gilead
Aaron
Stephen
Prey Of Racketeers And The Clever Fooling Of Men
A Bulletin excerpt notes women are often targeted by racketeers selling phony stocks and shady deals. It argues that even smart businessmen fall for sales patter and promises, hiding losses from friends and colleagues. It adds a remark about fish with a taste for melons used by Portuguese fishermen.
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Bulletin of ‘the Crown Trust Co
Why You Cannot Get Canned Salmon
The article notes the war years cut Canadian canned salmon and herring exports to Britain, with 450 000 cases released in Canada over three years from 1942 to 1945. It credits BC Packers Ltd. for supporting Britain and soldiers, then ends with a wish for returning to Sockeye Cohoe or Pink salmon. It also mentions RAF Cranwell’s 25th anniversary in Lincolnshire, England.
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British Columbia Packers Ltd
Vancouver
Britain
Great Britain
Atlantic
Ministry of Food
Pearl Harbour
Pacific
Canada
Sherman
RAF
Cranwell
Sandhurst
Lincolnshire
England
Our Crossword Puzzle Puzzle clogs the page with jumbled clues
Fragmented readable clues mention worm wager couple together sullen workers union and various garbled entries. The text includes scattered partial entries like goddess of and steps formations with unclear borders and erroneous character strings suggesting a puzzle page OCR artifact.
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Workers
India expands air training corps to 19 universities
The Indian Air Training Corps scheme, launched February 13 1943, expands to 19 Indian universities including three in the states. Students prepare for a flying branch career while studying, receiving ground instruction plus at least three hours of flying to simulate service conditions. A second item notes the Canadian Pacific ship Express of Britain, a 42 000 ton liner torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic near Ireland, may be salvaged.
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Indian Air Training Corps
Indian States
India
Indian Air Force
London Daily Express
Express
Britain
Atlantic Ocean
Ireland
Norse Airmen Bring Huskies Home By Rail From Montreal
The Royal Norwegian Air Force closes its training school in Ontario and Norse airmen move overseas in groups. Maritime Express dispatches 16 crates with 18 husky dogs and three Canadian born pups in a special ice cold car from Montreal to the Atlantic seaboard to accompany the airmen. Alberta teachers push for a $1,200 minimum salary to avert labor shortages, with delegates endorsing a substantial raise in the wage level at the 28th annual convention.
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Royal Norwegian Air Force
Huntsville
Gravenhurst
Ontario
Canadian National Railways
Maritime Express
Montreal
Atlantic Seaboard
Webr
Alberta
Alberta Teachers’ Association
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By Fred Neher
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