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A mix of items reports funds paid on police matters, butterfly specimens sold in Oxford Circus London, a Leuna oil pant in Halle turning to baking powder, and China offering funds to Oxford University for Chinese studies. Notes Britain’s Magna Carta return, Allied tax reform aims, and the Royal Astronomical Society Canada names Paul H. Nadeau winner of the Chant Medal for services to astronomy in Canada.
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Halle
China
Oxford University
Japan
United States
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Paul H. Nadeau
Quebec
Canada
The Years Ahead plans stir Canadian YMCA interest
The Years Ahead, a million dollar study by the Canadian YMCA, wins rare praise. Charles Bauckham of Sterling Trusts describes the report as a bold self analysis and the most ambitious such effort yet for the Canadian YMCA. National Council staff arrange one evening conferences in major cities to push adoption across Canada in 1946.
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YMCA
Charles Bauckham
Sterling Trusts Corporation
Ymca Study Committee
National Council
Niagara Falls
Ym.c.a
Canada
National Counil
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Regina
Calgary
Edmonton
Victoria
Vancouver
New Westminster
Moose Jaw
Lethbridge
National Council of the Ymca of
United States
Nickels and kindness: The Nickel Man of Waterbury dies
Emil A. Bussemey known as the Nickel Man dies at 70 in Oakville Waterbury Conn. He started giving out nickels on Halloween 1929 after an accident left him with hurt legs. The practice grew from a single door to hundreds of young visitors over the years, peaking in 1938 with 587 children served at 22 Halloween.
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Connecticut
Hallowe'rn
Emil A. Bussemey
Hallowe'en
Buckingham Street
Bussemeys
Bussemey
Hallowen
Dark-eyed art expert kept secret Toronto gift for six years
Yvonne Hackenbroch of the British Museum revealed she withheld for six years the donation of Viscount Lee of Fareham's priceless medieval art collection to the University of Toronto Hart House. The collection arrived in 1940 but was not announced until weeks ago at Lord Lee’s request. She explained her role in unpacking and cataloguing the items, noting the daunting task of detailing gold, silver, bronze metalwork, enamels, jewelry, and illuminated manuscripts.
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Yvonne Hackenbroch
British Museum
Viscount Lee of
Fareham
University of Toronto
Hart House
Canada
Lord Lee
Tye
Miss Hackenbroch
Elizabeth
Viscount Lee
Britain to Import German Scientists for Industry Drive
Britain plans a far reaching program to import leading German scientists to aid industrial development across housing clothing and transport. Equipment has been brought from Germany for research bodies with 750000 pounds in grants to more than 30 trade associations. Experimental houses will be built near Watford to test heating lighting ventilation and acoustic properties as part of the mission to boost multiple industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Germany
Department of Industrial and Scientific Research
Watford
Hertfordshire
Tax Dodger Island Inhabitants Evade Irish Collectors
The 200 residents of Tarn and Turbot on Galway Bay claim untaxable status and have dodged a 12,000 pound tax raid ordered by Galway council. The pair evacuated overnight after learning of the seizure attempt, leaving the bailiffs empty handed. Authorities allege the islands fall under county jurisdiction, a dispute pursued for 40 years.
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Sland
Ireland
Tarn
Turbot
Galway
En Magse
Aran
Galway Bay
Markets Available Sut Meat Supply Short Owing 1 Canada
Western Canadian farmers show reluctance to keep livestock says Lt. Col. J. H. Tremblay Canadian trade commissioner for northwest Europe. Markets exist but supply is short English bacon could be imported if available, Tremblay notes. He tours Dominion gathering export data for France Belgium and Holland before taking up post in Paris.
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Canada
J. H. Tremblay
North West
Europe
Col. Tremblay
Dominion
Paris
France
Belgium
Holland
Health Week Urges Canadians To Focus On Preventive Health
A national message for Health Week calls on all Canadians to organize for health with help from Dominion provincial and municipal departments and public groups. It notes alarming stats on illness and wartime production, urges wider education, and promotes preventive measures such as milk pasteurization and pre-marital medical checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Service Cat
Hlence
Alek
Jnem
Canada
Health League of Canada
British Fashion Fabric Innovations For Postwar Fun
The Board of Trade and government bodies may back new British fabrics from wartime materials. A photoluminescent satin glows in the dark and was used on night landing paddles for carriers. Plastics fabrics for tropical zones promise wide design scope, while a rust proof insect screen fabric used by the RAF cleans grease or stains with a damp cloth.
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Board of Trade
Durlastics
Britain
Royal Air Force
Canadian Nurses Send 1000 Coats to Holland Nurses
The Nurses Associations of Canada sent one thousand coats and four hundred capes to Holland, a donation received with deep thanks by Miss C H Menalda, president of the Netherlands Nurses Association. The clothing was gathered under provincial nurse bodies and shipped by the Canadian Nurses Association, aiding Dutch nurses in need. The article also notes Ptolemy mentioning Saxons for the first time in the mid second century.
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Holland
Canada
Fanny Munroe
Canadian Nurses Association
C.H. Menalda
Nurses Association of the
Netherlands
Menalda
Nurses Associations
Farm Illustration Stations On Private Farms In Every Province
The Illustration Station program of farm organization and practical studies has advanced on 208 units located on private farms across provinces. Work is supervised from Experimental Stations and Sub Stations in Agassiz, Creston, Beaverlodge, Lacombe, Lethbridge, and other centers in British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Ontario Quebec New Brunswick Nova Scotia. Most medieval mystery plays used masks.
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Dominion Experimental Farms Service
Agassiz
Creston
B.C. Beaverlodge
Lac
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Bromfield
Hubler
Bromfeld
Humphrey Bogart
Lauren Bacall
Jasper
Alta
Icials
Alverta
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Gene Byrnes
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Ont
Lillian Jamieson
Ptolemy
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