World Happenings Briefly Told
Atlantic air refueling shift planned by British sources. Polish envoy to Canada named. Hiroshima bomb killed 206,343 per central liaison office. Crerar says peace must wait for higher civilization. 1945 divorces in BC set a record, 1,366. British wireless fences in GB/NI reach 9,864,200. Memorials planned on three continents for British wartime feats. Rickenbacker proposes stem bomb to prospect minerals in Antarctic region. Ernest Tubby Mayne, 84, retired Battle of Britain pilot, discharged after 28 years. to work with Kent naval firm.
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Sieplace
Dexputen
Canada
Hiroshima
MD. G. Crerar
British Columbia
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Fadie Rickenbacker
New York
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
South Polar
Ernest i Tubby Mayne
Af.c
Royal Flying Corps
RAF
Kent
Anne Adams Pattern Dept Ad for Teen Fashions in Winnipeg
A teen sewing notice promotes Pattern 32 with front drawstring neck and new sleeves and Pattern 4832 in teen sizes 10 12 14 16. Size 12 frock requires 2 1/2 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 20 cents in coins to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. FE
Winnipeg
Viceroy’s Paintings to be Shown in London Exhibition
London critics will examine Governor General designate Alexander’s landscape works at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters show in London. Two canvases depict the north west frontier of India and a smaller piece contrasts English vegetable gardens. Friends say he is modest about displaying his art, persuaded to enter reluctantly. Churchill, another Briton who paints, has reproductions in Life magazine.
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Viceroy
London
Marshal Alexander
Royal Institute of Oil Painters
Designate
India
Winston Churchill
Churchill
United States
Life
Christmas Trees Must Not Burn in Such Waste
A historical editorial argues Christmas trees are perishable after December 25 and many are destroyed in bonfires. It condemns unsold stock, urges fair pricing and wider access, and warns government action may follow if markets remain unregulated. It also references broader agricultural and economic concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Seed Production Factors in Ontario and Western Canada
An address by A N D Butler outlines key elements for seed production including climate choice seed stock maintenance and efficient methods. He notes Ontario can grow many seeds but economic viability varies by crop and region with pea seed production shifting to Alberta British Columbia and Saskatchewan due to climate rainfall and disease factors. Early planting and alfalfa sod drainage influence yields. Production in Saskatchewan remains uncertain for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. N. D. Butler
Dominion
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Fraser
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Yellowknife Prospector Andy Hay Heads North Riches
The North’s famed prospector Andy Hay, 49, of Great Falls Montana, owns rich Yellowknife Foldfields claims near Edmonton. He remains modest about wealth earned recently, recalling survival tests in the Arctic and a 11 month isolation in 1989. Hay led early survey parties for the Alcan highway. He once lived a year in the bush without needing to kill a dog for food, and later married Florence Docton in Toronto.
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Ous
Cialis Ynada
Canada
United States
Andy Yay
Northwest
Hay
Great Falls
Mont
Yellowknife
Edmonton
Toronto
King Edward Hoter
Alcan High Highway
Arctic
Andy
Florence Doctan
Great Slave Lake
Health Week Pushes Canada to Address Health Crisis
A signed statement cites 357,634 Canadians of military age rejected from National Service and 57,694 of 1,260,992 called up. It urges action to improve health services, reduce preventable sickness, and asks citizens to support Health Week promoted by Health League of Canada with federal and provincial health and education departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Health Department
Health League of Canada
The
Health League
Decorated Viscount Alexander in Canada with twenty awards
Viscount Alexander displays a total of 20 awards in service dress, among the most decorated in the British Empire. Field Marshal Montgomery surpasses him with 22 total, wearing 12 British and 10 foreign swords across eight rows as his battle dress is altered to fit them. Also notes Puritans’ historical opposition to wedding rings as heathenish.
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Alexander
Viscount Alexander
Canada
British Empire
Viscount Montgomery
Viscount Alexaner
Field Marshal
Montgomery
Bomb Test Proposal by Dr. Inglis Sparks Debate
Dr. David Inglis, atomic bomb scientist and Johns Hopkins associate professor, urged a bomb test on a typical American city to jar public thinking or, failing that, build a desert city of concrete for the experiment. He warned naval ships would not reveal true destructive power and noted even New York might not be safe against such weapons. He said Hiroshima and Nagasaki misled the public on wooden city perceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ientist
David Inglis
Taglis
Johns Hopkins University
Inglis
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
New York City
Britain’s Food Position and War-Time Shipments
Britain faced a difficult food position after the war with high import dependence and reduced domestic rations. Large stock releases to liberated territories worsened civilian shortages, while new dock facilities for Singapore and tiny wire turns highlight postwar logistics and technical notes.
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Britain
Europe
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Wise and Kootenay Park
Banff
By William Ferguson
Reg'lar
Earth
Fong
Searth
Maseaas
Maan
Crees
Gene Byrnes
By Fred Neher
Doolittle
Doolittle Fiers
China
Salt Lake City
Utah
Singapore
New Delhi
England
King George V
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