World Happenings Briefly Told
Experiments in Fiji suggest leather production potential in the Colony. Germans used potato sacks as a forerunner of V-1 weapons, a forestry ministry adviser noted. Road signs at railway stations in Eire remain restricted for defense, now allowed again since 1940. The US Navy PT boats have been lightened and strengthened by wood to improve performance. Rex Whistler, famed British scenic artist, was killed in action in Normandy. London agents report advance orders for seats on the Victory Procession route. The Air Force Medical Service evacuated 173 527 American personnel in 1943 with 11 deaths. Pitteen licenses for broadcasting have lagged. six stations have equipment to operate, Ottawa transport officials said.
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Minery of Agriculture
Eire
U.S. Navy
Rex Whistler
Great Britain
Normandy
Sunday School Lesson on Saul and Samuel Parables
A devotional for September 3 outlines First Samuel 13 14 and 15 23 focusing on Saul’s impatience at Gilgal and sacrilege of offering sacrifices without Samuel. It notes Samuel's rebuke and discusses David’s introduction as harpist to soothe Saul’s troubled mind amid Philistine threats. A stray line cites a Norwegian glacier study.
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Saul
Samuel
Gilgal
Adam Clarke
Lond
Matthew Henry
Michmash
God
West
Jesse
David
David S
Mass Miniature Radiography A Wartime TB Exam Advance
Wartime mass miniature radiography uses a high angle lens camera and continuous film strip to produce hundreds of chest images per hour. The method provides a quick affordable screening tool for TB in schools factories and services, not a final diagnosis, with units already in use across Britain and shipments planned for Russia.
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Britain
Russia
Ministry of Health
Restrictions Lifted Signs on British Vehicles Return
Morrison lifts wartime ban on place name signs in Britain restoring their use. Post 1940 rules limited readable signs from low-flying aircraft. now only signs readable from such planes face limits. Re-erection of shop signs planned. prominent building signs remain restricted. vehicle signs exempt.
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Britain
Morrison
TransAtlantic
Daily Mail
Aluminum Pot Rejuvenation by Water and Potato Peelings
A historical tip explains brightening the inside of an aluminum pot by cooking with water and potato peels until a silvery shine returns. For restoring the exterior black coating, place the pot in a larger vessel with water and potato peels and boil to remove the coating.
Prices of brides cut in Khartoum trigger Sudan feast
An Exchange Telegraph Agency dispatch reports thousands celebrate in Khartoum as bride prices are reduced to £6 for the first wife and £3 for the second, a move unrelated to Axis defeats or UN victories. The account notes the term dark continent and tribal dancing accompanying the news in the Sudan.
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Sudan
Axis
North Africa
United Nations
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Khartoum
New York Times
Mechanical pitchfork aids pea growers toward canneries
A new mechanical pitchfork replaces ten workers and three machines by speeding pea harvests for canneries. In Afghanistan written receipts are required for all cash sales.
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Afghanistan
Durable yarns from corn and sunflowers hailed by Commerce
Reported by the Department of Commerce Hungary’s paper mill workers discovered a cellulose based yarn from corn and sunflower stalks. Diamond mines employ an X ray device to reveal stolen gems by glow in the stomach. Two elderly women observe MPs patrol street scene in London.
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Hungary
Department of Commerce
Anmlets
House of Commons
London
Our Crossword Puzzle No 4808
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Egypt
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