World Happenings Briefly Told Across The Globe
A roundup of short items notes censuses in Hayward California and population shifts in Alberta. It cites overcrowding accusations, a sea mine blast damaging Broadstairs houses, resumption of flying activities for Britons, and Channel Islands flowers reaching England. Also mentions Hitler photos for darts boards, a royal defense medal to the Duchess of Kent, a 1500 prayer book selling for £1000, Alberta’s population rise from returning servicemen, and Strathlochy Scotland telegrams at flood limits across the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iattie
Hayward
Calif
Harold Sexton
Broadstairs
England
Channel Islands
Hitler
London
Duchess of Kent
Royal Naval Service
Sotheby's Auction Rooms
Alberta
Strathlochy
Scotland
Bedbugs A Nuisance To Poultry And Control Methods
Common bedbugs and allied species trouble poultry by seeking blood at night while hiding in cracks during the day. Eggs up to 200 per female are laid in crevices. young resemble adults but paler and also feed on blood. Life cycle usually completes in six weeks. spraying cracks with creosote oil or crude petroleum is an effective control, to be repeated about ten days later if needed.
Crochet Square Pattern 7432 Instructions and Request
The notice details crochet squares of 12 to 16 inches in various threads with Pattern 7432. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern, with plain name address and pattern number. Also mentions British whaling expeditions to be equipped with radar for bearings on whales. Concludes with a quip about conscience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Dermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Ian
British precision machines boost wartime to peacetime production
Britain’s precision engineering display in London showcases new wartime machines ready for peacetime use. Air operated gauges test shells at high speed, with unskilled workers handling up to 900 shells hourly and a one micrometer milling machine shaping metal to extreme accuracy. Industry output rose tenfold during war, aided by imports, and the exhibit draws engineers eager to buy for peaceful production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
London
Coventry Gauge and Tool Co
Canadian Authors A Drive To Endow Endowment Needs
Canadian Writers' Foundation seeks an adequate capital endowment to aid outstanding authors facing age or illness. Founded in 1931 and incorporated last year, with Dr. Pelham Edgar of Toronto as a key organizer. The plan notes prior limited support and ongoing government help since 1933, naming Sir Charles G. D. Roberts as a long-time beneficiary and citing current cases including ill poets and a hand-disabled novelist. England reports 240 oil wells yielding about 500 000 barrels yearly, drilled during wartime by a British government contract. Japan records 21 major earthquakes since 1696, each causing over 1 000 deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Writers’ Foundation
Pelham Edgar
Toronto
Wilfred Eggleston
Foundaton
National Organization
Dominion
Charles G. D. Roberts
England
Oklahoma
Industrial accidents in the place nobody goes warned by manager
In a memorandum from Todor tra accident Prevention Associations Ontario Mor ley general manager warns about dangers in seldom visited spaces. He cites painters on shafts and ceilings as risk points and notes many injuries occur where access is restricted. The note urges strict safety caution and reassessment of dangerous work zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Morley
Todor Tra
Coe
Industralte
Mr. Marley
Campaign for milk pasteurization gains support
The Health League of Canada pushes for compulsory pasteurization nationwide. Dominion Council of Health endorses the campaign at its annual meeting. The Park Voluntary Committee on Health and politicians urge provincial action to enact enforceable pasteurization laws. Ontario currently has compulsory pasteurization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health League of Canada
Dominion Council of Health
Park Voluntary Committee
Ontario
Canada
Senate
House of Commons
Canadians Should Realize What They Have To Be Thankful For
A St Marys resident reflects on the after holiday feast and contrasts local abundance with Europe’s postwar deprivation. The piece praises Canada’s food and fuel wealth despite rationing, noting markets and households in the district enjoyed plentiful fowl and treats while recalling the broader wartime hunger. It also contemplates oil field formation and earth history as a distant, graveyard of ancient life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Marys
Europe
Atlantic
A Week of Meat and Leftover Luncheon Ideas
The passage lays out a Sunday lamb roast and Monday lamb curry, plus luncheon odds and ends. It suggests a meatless Tuesday scallop with vegetables and cheese sauce, followed by a Wednesday steak and kidney pie. Thursday features frankfurters with sauerkraut and potatoes, Friday fish, andSaturday flank steak with savory dressing. A final note offers 6 ounces of cooked meats for later meals and Sunday sliced flank steak for the next day.
Pipers Trained Across Forces By Edinburgh Courses
The Piobaireachd Society of Scotland trained 93 Canadian army pipers during the war while 713 pipers from British dominions and Polish forces studied under Pipe Major William Ross at Edinburgh Castle. Notable Canadian attendees included Pipe Majors Esson, Sutherland, MacKinnon, and Sgt Armstrong with several units such as Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Black Watch Cameron Highlanders Ottawa and Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piobaireachd Society of Scotland
Edinburgh Castle
William Ross
Esson
Vancouver
Neil Sutherland
Malcolm MacKinnon
Calgary
Sgt. Armstrong
Seaforth Highlanders
Canada
D. Sutherland
Canadian Black Watch
Duncan and
Scott
Cameron Highlanders of
Ottawa
Noble
Argyl
Southerland Highlanders of Canada
Back Seat Drivers and Russian Culture in Brief
A Canadian reader sees Russian habits as distant yet relatable noting a couple who bought and operated a tank in Europe while the wife led. The piece casts the back seat driver as a Russian trait, hinting at broader world brotherhood possibilities. A note on Cyprus history mentions 1878 reforms in Asia Minor by Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Kitchener
Asl
Cyprus
Turkey
Asia Minor
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Horace
Allan Brooks
Mayr
Allen Brooks
British Columbia
Britain
United States
Precision Engineering
Geoffrey Francis Fisher
Canterbury
Anglican Church of Canada
Protestant Episcopal Church
U.S
Philadelphia
Archbishop of Canterbury
Japan
By Fred Neher
Wess
Gene Byrnes
Frankfurters
Stutton Frank
Vere
By William Ferguson
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