World Happenings Briefly Told
Since the war began the army requisitioned more than 200000 houses in Britain. Henry pioneer of radio and television died in Manderville England after a short illness. Canada grew 608000 tons of sugar beets this year, 28 percent over the 473300 tons 1943 crop. Air raids in Manchester since the war began killed SOP persons and 1778 injured. A penny black stamp issued in 1851 sold for 146 pounds at auction. Aircraft that dropped jeeps and six pounder guns in Normandy on D-Day were Halifaxes. John Harding, 19, pleaded guilty in London to counterfeiting after learning from a book by an ex Scotland Yard man. A fund to restore the ancient Church of St Julian Norwich was launched after enemy action. Mother Julian, a mystic, lived 40 years in a cell in this church. Canada's external trade, excluding gold, was valued at 475.5 million dollars in October, up from 425.795 million in the same month last year.
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Normandy
D-Day
John Harding
London
Scotland Yard
St. Julian
Norwich
Norfolk
Mother Julian
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Sunday School Lesson for December 24 Experience of Christmas Tidings
The piece recapitulates the Christmas story with Luke 2 10 and the angels tidings for all people while linking the birth of Jesus to fulfillment of prophecy. It contrasts Christ and Judaism, arguing Christianity offers fuller revelation through Jesus as Son of God, superseding old law.
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Caesar Augustus
Mary
Joseph
Nazareth
Bethlehem
David
Jesus
Richard Roberts
Christ the Lord
Son
God
Christ
A Room of One's Own For Every Citizen Post War
The piece argues for a private room for each citizen to provide privacy, quiet, and contemplation in postwar life. Itframes the idea as a safeguard for sanity amid intensifying modern life, citing public support but noting some may prefer privacy less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emdr. L. Snell
Orittia
Ont
England
Britain
Peterborough Examiner
Churchill vows to block postwar German weapons research
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that Allies will prevent Germany from pursuing long-range weapons after the war. He noted many ordinary people and Allied partners are involved and declined to reveal sensitive ties with the United States and Britain in the war against Japan. The report recalls the 1908 first Channel crossing by air.
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Churchill
House of Commons
Germany
Japan
As Ils
English Channel
Real lifesavers Birds and monkeys save soldiers in jungles
Birds and monkeys help soldiers lost in jungle areas by signaling edible foods, while men learn to fear berries and fruits that can be poisonous based on what the creatures eat.
Our Crossword Puzzle No 4914
Crossword puzzle text appears garbled with many missing letters and misread words. The readable parts indicate a standard puzzle with horizontal and vertical clues, but the article is incomplete and contains jumbled phrases and stray characters, providing little coherent news value.
Pocket radio key to Allied broadcasts in Dutch occupation
Dutch patriot workers developed a pocket size radio set to German standards to hear Allied broadcasts. A former radio factory worker revealed the device to British troops in Holland, showing a three tube radio hidden in a field dressing box with a Red Cross lid. Power came from a battery or hand dynamo, part of many such experiments.
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Netherlands
Holland
BBC
Brandon Sun
Scots seek Canada facts from CWAC Polybank exhibit
Edinburgh visitors asked many questions about Canada at a wartime exhibit, interrogating Set Annte Polybank CWAC of Victoria BC. She faced hearty curiosity on fish glue production immigration jobs and life for Canadian army girls.
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Scotland
Canada
Thousand Islands
Annte Polybank
CWAC
Victoria
Edinburgh
Polybank
London
Jeff
Sgt Polybank
Military equipment replacement rates noted in period draft
A summary noting that for every hundred combat rifles used overseas eighty must be replaced within a year, and for machine guns the annual replacement ratio is eighty five. The figures illustrate planned wear and replacement cycles in the armed forces.
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H.W. Henry
Manderville
Manchester
V-2
Eversone
University of Paris
Oxford
Cambridge
Balt
Arabia
Vireil
Girt
Accumu
Cathedral
Ieraet
Allied
Dallas, Texas
Mabry
By Fred Neh
By William Ferguson
Gene Byrnes
HW Army
Auys
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