World Happenings Briefly Told
A Polish press dispatch from Ware notes a Polish minister to Canada and Hiroshima’s Aug sixth casualties. Britain sees 1945 divorces hitting record levels in British Columbia while wireless licenses rise to 9,888,300 nationwide. Memorials for wartime feats unfold across three continents. Captain Eadie Rickenbacker backs stem bomb research for polar resource prospecting. Squadron Leader Ernest Mayne ends 28 years in the RAF and joins a Kent automobile company.
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Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Eadie Rickenbacker
New York
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
South Polar
Ernest
Tubby) Mayne
Royal Flying Corps
RAF
Kent Wuromobile
Anne Adams Pattern for Teens in Winnipeg
A vintage advertisement describes a simple teen pattern with front drawstring neckline new sleeves belt and pocket. It offers sizes 10 12 14 16 and includes a size 1 frock option with fabric requirements and a 20 cent send in to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot
Winnipeg
Man
Artistic Talent New Viceroy's Paintings to Be Shown in London
London critics will examine the Royal Institute of Oil Painters exhibition featuring paintings by Field Marshal Alexander. Two Canadian governor-general Gesignate landscapes will be displayed, including a frontier India scene and a contrasting English vegetable garden. Friends say his talent is evident yet he remains modest about unveiling his work. Churchill is another Briton who paints in spare time, noted in Life magazine.
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London
Alexander
Royal Institute of Oil Painters
Gesignate
India
Winston ‘Churchill
United States
Christmas Trees Deserve Careful Handling and Avoid Waste
The article argues that Christmas tree production is a legitimate business but trees after December 25 lose value. Merchants burn unsold trees around cities, calling it wasteful and potentially criminal, urging market regulation or government action to ensure reasonable prices and availability for all. It also notes broad claims about coinage history and plant growth from unrelated experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Seed Production Factors in Canadian Seed Industry
A. N. D. Butler notes climate, seed stock quality, and farming methods shape seed production for the food industry. He cites Ontario and Western Canada, pea seed shifts from Fraser Valley to Alberta and British Columbia interior, driven by climate, rainfall, pests, and soil fertility. Saskatchewan shows emerging potential while long-term viability remains uncertain.
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A. N. D. Butler
Dominion Departent of Agriculture
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Fraser
British Columbia
Alberta
Qiverta
Saskatchewan
Yellowknife prospector Andy Hay widens mythic North tale
Andy Hay a 49 year old Great Falls native and Yellowknife goldfields prospect, owns rich claims north of Edmonton but stays low key in public. His past includes wartime service with American engineers, leading Arctic surveys, and a 11 month Arctic survival there was a fatal plane return. He married Florence Dodman in Toronto and remains noted for integrity and restraint despite rumored earnings.
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Canada
United States
Northland
Andy Hay
Northwest
Hay
Great Falls
Mont
Yellowknife
Edmonton
Toronto
King Edward Hotel
Astern
Alcan High- Highway
Arctic
Andy
Florence Dodman
Great Slave Lake
Wake Up Canada Health Week Promotes National Health Action
The Health League of Canada urges public awakening during Health Week starting February 3 to spotlight Canada’s health crisis. It cites 257,624 Canadians of military age rejected from the National Selective Service and argues preventable sickness costs exceed one billion dollars yearly, calling for immediate action and broad government support.
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Canada
Health League of Canada
The
Health League
Decorations of Viscount Alexander in Canada
Viscount Alexander appears in Canada in service dress displaying a total of 20 awards, making him one of the most decorated figures in the British Empire. Only Field Marshal Montgomery is more decorated with 22 awards, Montgomery occupying eight rows of ribbons while Alexander fits into sx rows. A tangential note recalls Puritans once sought to abolish wedding rings as heathenish in origin.
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Viscount Alexander
Canada
British Empire
Viscount Montgomery
Field Marshal
Montomery
Bomb Test Advocate Proposes City as Atomic Shock Case
Dr. David Inglis, atomic scientist and Johns Hopkins associate professor, urges a bomb test in a typical American city to awaken public thought. If unfeasible, he favors building a desert city of concrete as a monument to the bomb’s power. He critiques naval test value and notes Salt Lake Temple walls and enduring forks as unrelated facts.
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David Inglis
Inglis
Johns Hopkins University
Tinglia
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
New York City
Food position in Britain and wartime ship actions
Britain's food position during the war remained tight as imports lagged and stocks were diverted to liberated territories. End of hostilities did not restore domestic rations, threatening health and production. A floating dock replacement for Singapore was announced, and the King George V dock had a complex wartime fate. A tiny strand of wire is used in telephone switchboard relays.
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Britain
Europe
Singapor
New Delhi
England
Singapore
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Ware
Haisan
Columbia
Y Anne Adam
Fisenhower
Merry War Mountain
Kootenay Park
Banff National Park
Aise
By Fred Neher
Doolittle
China
Salt Lake City
Utah
By William Ferguson
Sairerar
Onered
Wremal
Earth
Chester
Parrsviann
Reg'lar
Gene Byrnes
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