World Happenings Briefly Told in 1940s Style
Dispatch summarizes postwar political shifts in Europe with a reform bill vote and Soviet advances. It notes a reparation pier damage, a recommen dation against rebuilding, and Canada shipping large wartime cargo. Also mentions a Hollywood veterans gratuity plan, a Canadian prices board report, and Margate luxury camp plans with a seawater pool.
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Sorin
Leedie
Pryt
Beigrama Heidoki
Proeres
Prices Board
Montreal
Canada
Europe
England
Margate Corporation
Cruelty of Seventeenth Century Japanese Persecutions
The article recalls the harsh suppression of Christianity in Japan during the 1600s and cites Dr. J Ingram Bryan on the extermination of the church. It notes Jesuit missions saved lives and treated the afflicted, while around 200000 martyrs endured punishment before merciful Allied policies contrasted with shogunal cruelty.
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Gen. Macarthur
J. Ingram Bryan
Cambridge
Japan
Hamilton Spectator
Dangers Urging Caution On Bulls Homes And Coarse Behavior
The St. Tim Journal urges readers to guard against dangerous bulls, to avoid letting off at home or elsewhere, and to be cautious in applying coarse conduct. It notes that many lives have been sacrificed rekindling these causes, stressing public safety and prudent behavior.
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St. T. Tunes Journal
Shaw urges new English alphabet to save wartime time
George Bernard Shaw appeals to Britain to form a committee to draft a phonetic alphabet where every sound is captured by a single symbol without diacritics. He argues adoption would reduce pronunciation waste and cites the word bomb as emblem of unnecessary letters.
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George Bernard Shaw
Mr. Shaw
The
Times
Shaw
Stone Age House Found Buried in Orkney Sand
Professor W Gordon Childe describes uncovering a Stone Age house in Orkney preserved by sand. The unroofed dwelling shows stone furniture, a central peat hearth, bed posts, cupboards, a stone dresser, and a wall sewer, offering a vivid, though harsh, glimpse of life 3,000 years ago.
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Ting
W. Gordon Childe
London
Orkney
Atlantic
Scot
Tana
Empire Talks Frequent Discussions Between Australia and Britain
The Australian government seeks regular discussions with Britain and the Dominions to consult on trade and defense matters. Defence Minister Beasley will press Whitehall from London to involve Dominion residents in important decisions. A note on imperial transport gauge history follows.
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Australia
Brita
London
Lance
Kaid Defence
Beasley
Whitehall
Desperate Food Shortages Hit Europe Amid Wartime Strain
The Windsor Star notes Europe faces severe hunger as 1.4 billion pounds of U S meat flow east and balance falters. Denmark has some surplus but many nations including Belgium Germany Italy and the Balkans lack enough to feed their populations. The article highlights price and supply troubles complicating relief efforts.
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Europe
Clark
Windsor Star
United States
Canadian
Denmark
Belgium
Germany
Italy
Balkans
Japan Decrees Separation of Religion and Government
Emperor Hirohito endorses Gen MacArthur's decree separating church and state in Japan. Imperial household rites and state ceremonies to the imperial sanctuary will be curtailed. Dispatch of imperial messengers to government shrines ends, and observances for Emperor Yoshi Sato's 1926 death anniversary are reduced amid Japan's frequent earthquakes.
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Japan
Hirohito
Gen. MacArthur
Kyodo
Imperial Household
Yoshi Sato
Early American Christmas Card Discovery and History
A detective notes Pease and the Temple of Fancy as possible sources for the earliest American Christmas card dated to 1839 linking engraver Pease to Albany. The story traces Prang, Pang and early Boston makers, the 24 color printing era, and sentimental trends before a revival in the 1900s.
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Vitegh
Taber
Ics
Cant Mayer Pubes
British
JC. Hateeley
Forbes
RM. Pease
Sender
Cspient
Santa Claus
Pease
Temple of Fancy
Albany Directory
Chase
Louis Pang
Prang
Roxpury
Shase
England
Alfred Bartlett
A M_ Davis
Less Time Now Ended Reading Decline in Ottawa
F.C. Jennings, Ottawa's public librarian, says reading has fallen from fashion as library circulation ends for November. He attributes the drop to postwar busyness after V-Day and the return of servicemen, noting people lack time to sit and read at home.
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F.C. Jennings
Ottawa
Jennings
Meat rationing menu guides weekly family meals
The piece outlines a ration friendly weekly dinner plan from Sunday to Saturday. It suggests a four pound rolled rib roast Sunday, macaroni scallopattern Tuesday, lamb stew Wednesday, liver or kidney Thursday, fish Friday, and light fried bologna with eggs as needed, maximizing remaining tokens. It emphasizes economical, diet varied options without heavy restrictions.
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Weanesay
Ontario cuts isolation periods for scarlet fever and polio
Ontario health regulations reduce scarlet fever isolation from 28 to 21 days and poliomyelitis isolation from 21 to 14 days. Authorities say both diseases are communicable only after the first clinical appearance. The changes mirror New York State practices as polio admissions in public hospitals rise fewer cases.
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Ontario
Ontario Department of Health
New York State
German Gold Faken From Spain To Frankfurt For Allied Control
An American transport plane carried $1000 in German gold from Madrid to Frankfurt for Allied custody. The gold, coins of British and American denomination, was surrendered to the Spanish government by the German embassy after negotiations. Spain agreed to turn the gold over to Britain and American representatives as part of the canal conveyances on Venice’s waterways.
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Faken
Spain
Frankfurt
Allied Control Council A
United States Army
Madrid
United States
Britain
Amerian
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