World Happenings Briefly Told From Across Britain
Government sponsored restaurants now number 2082 and serve SK000 meats daily across Britain. Merchant Marine rescues total 5651 seamen in the war period. Ireland has received nearly 41.606 million in compensation for bomb damage. Kitchen waste salvage yielded 32976 pounds. A Hendon manufacturing company was fined 18200 pounds for selling women’s goods above the maximum price. Robert Shaw, friend of Thomas Edison, died in Winnipeg. The navy awarded nine honors to officers and men of the Canadian frigate Waskestu for submarine service. During Holidays at Home iodized vapor is used in Chesterfield parks via 300 diffusers. A postwar aviation policy urged by L C L Murray would train long-distance fliers in the British Empire.
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Hendon
England
Robert Shaw
Thomas A. Edison
Canada
Winnipeg
Sunday School Lesson on Wisdom and Self-Discipline
The lesson frames wisdom as reverence for God and obedience to parents, citing Proverbs 1 7 10 and Jeremiah 35 6 10. It uses Pauls analogy of Grecian athletes to urge self discipline in the Christian race, aiming for an incorruptible crown.
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R. Wm
Jeremiah
Temple Court
Jonadab
Cestor
Sonadab
Paul
Gaupes
Peter
Good Specialty There Were Three Perfectly Good
A clipped OCR fragment notes three perfectly good items labeled as 2879. The text is incomplete with no clear date or context, preserving minimal details about an inventory or item code. The source lacks names, places, organizations, or outcomes to expand.
Short Snorters Album Sign Up At Montreal Airport
Jock Barclay and Capt. R. M. Smith, veteran T C A pilots, added their names to the Short Snorters album at the Tea Wing of Montreal Airport. Barclay flew Montreal to Scotland in 11 hours 14 minutes, still a record, and Smith’s westbound crossing lasted 12 hours 59 minutes. The TC A service carries mails to Canadian forces overseas.
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Yx Ap
Jock
Barclay
Supervn
trans-Atlantic Air Service
Fim Affman
Montreal
R. M. Smith
T.C.A
Smith
Railways Ran 26459 Special Trains for D-Day Prep
In the two months before D-Day British railways ran 26459 special troop ammunition and store trains. About 1100 of these carried 250000 soldiers across Britain with 12000 tons of baggage stores and heavy equipment including 7000 vehicles. This saw 8000 more special trains and over 3000 freight cars. More than 5000 wagon loads of supplies were sent by ordinary freight trains.
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Britain
British Railways
Colonial Research Fellowships Fund Twenty Five Scholarships
A British funded program will train scientists across medicine sociology fisheries animal husbandry and archaeology by offering 25 colonial research fellowships. Fellows from anywhere in the Commonwealth may join under 35 with complete freedom of inquiry and a two year basic allowance of about 1600 dollars. Sample study schemes include African languages hydrology surveys and Jamaican coconut research.
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Commonwealth
Empire
Jamaica
Ottawa Citizen
British resolve and debt curb after Europe war
Fragmentary Detroit Free Press excerpt praises Britain's indomitable will to stay free after Waterloo era costs. It notes Bevin and Miller metaphorically, suggesting Britain's enduring power, prestige, and prosperity despite financial strain and global conflicts. The text remains unclear and partially garbled.
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Britain
Napoleon
Waterios
Europe
No Longer Free Air Water and Land Taxes Noted
Fort William Times Journal remarks on the aging idea that land water and even air come without cost or constraint. It cites international arrangements and local municipal services as proofs that tax and price systems govern resources.
Puzzle Storyline From A Crisscross Clue Grid
A compact puzzle grid lists horizontal and vertical clues with diverse terms including foods, animals, and languages. Readers solve by matching clues to intersecting letters, revealing a hidden message or final answer.
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Southend
Navy
Waskestu
Chesterfield
L. C. L. Murray
de Havilland Aircraft of Canada, Ltd
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Mozart
For
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Louisiana
Siberian
Necro
Mane
Vega
Washington
By Fred Neher
Wbep
Ath
Reg
Gene Byrnes
Penn
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