World Happenings Briefly Told
December air letters mailed by Canadians rose 72 percent to about 2,363,000. A British art collection worth £6,000 was purchased for a museum tribute to Britain. Bridgend dairy deliveries faced disruption as a burst river bank flooded streets. London plans consider radio patrol cars for police. Wales will host BBC studios in Cardiff and Swansea with televised programs. Australian barges are built to store a month of food for two divisions. Overseas air routes carried millions of pounds in cargo passengers and mail monthly. German V bombs killed 8,465 and seriously wounded 21,984 in 1944. A laborer jailed two years for selling 69,000 stolen cigarettes.
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Britain
Edinburgh
Sunday School Lesson on Matthew 10 and Disciples
A Sunday school lesson outlines Matthew 10 1 5 7 8 and 10 9 15 for Juniors Intermediates Seniors and Young People and Adults. It explains Jesus calling his twelve disciples and sending them with authority to heal and preach the kingdom while focusing on their own people and avoiding Gentiles and Samaritans. It notes expectations to freely give what they received and includes cautions and context from Expositor Greek Testament.
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Jesus
Heaven
Mark
Luke
Stoves Built Behind Bombed Lines by RAF Woman
A RAF transport unit in overseas battles used improvised stoves built around a flame to cook under air raids. A female cook improvised a brick stove around a blow lamp and kept feeding troops while diving for cover as bombers roared overhead. Grasshoppers are ground and used for flour by the Arabs.
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RAF
British Columbia Shifts From Coal Exporter To Importer
Hon. E C Carson notes BC now imports over one third of its coal after decades of export. BC mines produced 1,843,826 tons in 1944 up from 1,821,654 in 1943 while Alberta imports for 1944 exceed 1,000,000 tons versus 960,000 in 1943. The Dutch East Indies risttafel lists 30 to 50 mixed foods.
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Britisn Coumbia
E. C. Carson
B.C
James Dickenson
Alberta
Dutch East Indies
Crossword Puzzle No 4923 Items and Clues
Readers are presented with a cryptic set of crossword clues and puzzle sections including entries such as 2 bins of 6, 11 Barters, 12 Unfastened, 14 Repetition, 15 Claw, 17 Compass point, 19 Ranted, 20 To equal, 21 Pronoun, 22 Specks, 22 To appear, 24 Separates threads, 26 Tears, 37 Pastries, 28 Liquid, 29 Crosses, 31 To flower, 34 Chances of, 36 To talk foollably, 36 Negative aqeyels) indicates a mixed puzzle page with cluing and possible errors or typos for readers to solve.
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Iasipia
Trans-Canada Air Lines boosts service to Canada routes
Trans-Canada Air Lines announces better service between Montreal and Vancouver starting February 1, increasing trans continental passenger accommodation by 100 percent. Fourteen passenger airplanes will be used and crews drawn from Royal Canadian Air Force retraining. In December the New York to Toronto route offered 738 seats with 673 filled for an 88.8 percent load.
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Montreal
Vancouver
Trans-Canadas Air Lines
Royal Canadian Air Force
TCA
Trans-Canada Air Lines
New York
Toronto
Balham Bombing Tale Recalled By Civil Defence Veterans
A Balham elderly woman was rescued from ruined home by a band of navvies during London bombing raids. One rescuer offered a drink from a bottle saved from the blaze, but the woman protested that it was for an emergency.
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London
Balham
Fnally
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Ardennes
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Wile Donvey
Honduras
By William Ferguson
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ANK
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iPami
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